Leo Kliesen

Leo Kliesen

As readers of pt1 know, I’ve always wondered how strong these characters really are. So here:

Our first topic we will cover are things such as cyborgs or androids.

Robotics are common in this world. In this world, tech also seems more advanced, making humans slightly smarter. For example, Bryan Fury was dead, but was turned into a cyborg zombie. Bryan also has extremely strong physical strength, able to shrug off gunshots and deep cuts like they’re nothing. This just says that this world is extremely powerful and dangerous to live in. Now, speaking of cyborgs, many robots are in the Tekken universe, mostly built to battle. For example, the Jack line and Alisa.

We shall now discuss Jack. At first, Jack was just a robotic strongman. Many of us could tell. But, as you can see with the case of Jane, some Jacks had emotions. That tells us that the Tekken world is more advanced than seems. However, when Jane rebuilt Jack after it was destroyed, it was no longer able to have emotions. Which tells us that this world is, although fancy, painfully limited.

Then comes another example of sentient androids. Alisa Bosonovitch. If you remember, Dr. Bosonovitch built Alisa to replace his deceased daughter. However, Alisa became powerful. She could remove limbs and use hyper-powerful chainsaws, and turn her head into a bomb. She could destroy things. That just tells us that Alisa is extremely strong.

In the events of Tekken 6, Alisa grew feelings for Lars Alexandersson. (Speaking of Lars, how can he be “Alexander’s son” when he’s Heihachi’s illegitimate son? He should be “Lars Heihachisson.”) That tells us that, although Alisa is strong, she is sentient.

Now let’s get us back to my favorite character, Bryan. Unlike Alisa or some Jacks, he does not seem to have feelings. He is a chaos machine. The logic of Bryan works like this: Destroy things, manically laugh. Destroy more things, laugh again. Bryan does not care who he kills or destroys. He just fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, and fights some more.

Speaking of robotics with no emotions, Mokujin is a unique example. He does not seem to have feelings. He just guards peace. That gives him one restricted feeling of duty and peace. However, he was given magic powers to transform into any other creature, making whoever created him extensively knowledgeable and powerful. The same goes for Combot, Tetsujin, and Kinjin.

Then, the second topic becomes apparent: The ordinary and mundane.

That saying, this world is not ordinary at all. Even the weakest fighters have some power.

Leo is an example I’ll get to. How or are they, again? 19? 20? Yeah, that’s right. They’re barely of age, and yet they can dodge gunshots and kick and punch with inexplicable force. Leo is quite the superhuman.

Then, there’s Paul. Paul has extreme force and can attack like crazy. He can also harness Ki, in the form of fire. Paul’s friend Law and his son Forest are also similar, as they can use extreme force and punch and kick quickly.

So even everyday people can harness Ki in this world. Quite strong.

In fact, even rough and tumble fighters such as Marduk and Miguel can resist gunshots and punch hard enough to punch through rock. (Hey, when I was four, I created a hole in my house. Does that count?) That just says that this world is crazy powerful.

It never ends in the Tekken-verse.

Pt3 will be coming to finish the saga soon.

I'm okay with Leo having an ambigous gender. Despite this, I view him as a boy.

There was a new Tekken character named Devil Leo?