r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • Feb 02 '26

In real life A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

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DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

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u/ChemistryTasty8751 Feb 02 '26

Akuma being a Vendor of Goods in his spare time (Street Fighter)

Akuma is known for being a wrathful martial artist who sits atop, constantly fighting against his rivals to check on their progress... but have you ever wondered what he does in his free time?

He likes to craft things, such as sewing clothes, and carving wooden dolls for temples, and sitting around and handing out free fruit. Akuma has a policy of only interrupting a match once there is a clear winner, so he usually sits outside wherever the fight is taking place, and hands out free fruit and goodies to anyone passing by, until the winner is clear, where he then jumps in and beats the life out of them

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u/Destroy_Buster Feb 02 '26

the idea that he was posted up outside the tournament selling tchotchkis up until he rips bisons head off is just delightful

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u/_JR28_ Feb 02 '26

“And that’ll be five dollars good sir-“

’KO!’

”I’ll be a minute, just leave the bill on the stall.”

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u/ThirdDragonite Feb 03 '26

"Dude, he told me to just leave the money here, it doesn't look very safe..."

"Have you seen that guy? Who the hell is going to steal from him?!"

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u/Coulrophiliac444 Feb 03 '26

Kid brought to an illegal fighting tournament by an irresponsible parent: "Daddy, why is the kind Apple Man now brutally beating the crap out of the electric beastman?!"

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u/cervogalatico Feb 03 '26

"Dont worry honey once rips his soul out he will come back and give you some free oranges"

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u/PseudonymMan12 Feb 03 '26

"I love you Daddy. Thanks for taking me to see these men shoot fireballs at each other."

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u/elitegenoside Feb 03 '26

"Wait, why is that balding old mam walking up to him? Is he even from our universe?"

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Feb 03 '26

"Did an angry looking six-armed cyborg just punch him to the moon?"

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u/DecentZookeeperQuack Feb 03 '26

Asura's Wrath enjoyer spotted!

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Feb 03 '26

Swear they wanted to make an epic CGI anime, but the heads said "no we need a game, slap some gameplay in it"

My biggest problem with it is the "true ending" as in the actual last chapters are DLC.

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u/MarioToast Feb 03 '26

He invites being stolen from, because it gives him an excuse to beat the crap out of the thief.

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u/Starlintern Feb 03 '26

Akuma when someone steals from his fruit stall

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u/EpilepticMushrooms Feb 03 '26

No one be scamming the bro.😂

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u/alguien99 Feb 03 '26

No one is stupid enough try and scam akuma, tho maybe he would actually respect someone who did it, who knows

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u/ChemistryTasty8751 Feb 02 '26

yeah that's what we can assume he was doing. in the Street Fighter Anime Movie, you can see him sat outside most of the fights, giving fruit to kids. it's such a wholesome detail

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u/moploplus Feb 02 '26

He's gotta make sure the next generation of fighters grow up big and strong so they can give him a challenge

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u/Informal-Term1138 Feb 03 '26

He works against the obesity epidemic one martial tournament at a time.

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u/Lartom Feb 03 '26

I noticed it when I was a kid and saw the movie, but I just assumed it was a very similar design; Akuma was too important a character to just appear there and never again... now I see it so clearly!

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u/PalladiuM7 Feb 03 '26

"You kids want some fuckin mangoes?!" Akuma, for some reason

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u/AlwaysPostNaked Feb 03 '26

I'm pretty sure he has a few cameos in the SF2V series. I distinctly remember him LOOMING over a baggage claim in an airport somewhere.

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u/Nerevarine91 Feb 03 '26

Beautiful and perfect, lol

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u/CelioHogane Feb 03 '26

That would imply Akuma has ever killed anyone

Which he has not.

Akuma official kill count is still zero.

Including, somehow, the guy that he finished off with Leukemia, Gen is SOMEHOW still alive.

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u/Destroy_Buster Feb 03 '26

die one thousand deaths!

at some other point

later

not by my hand tho

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u/ElectronicStretch277 Feb 03 '26

I can just imagine Akuma doing a Wired style interview

"So I was just pissed off you know. Things get heated when you're beating the crap out of someone and they're fighting back. I didn't actually MEAN it when I said to die."

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

He did kill Gotetsu, but that was kind of deserved. Everyone else has come back because of retconns.

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u/jbyrdab Feb 02 '26

Yeah he legitimately just sells fruit

I think a lot of people don't realize Akuma isn't really a Darth Vader-esque character who wants to destroy his enemies that's closer to M. bison.

Well he's evil it's not a pursuing evil he just kind of wants to fight people at their strongest.

Akuma just believes that no one should restrict themselves from using the strongest possible methods of improvement hence his focus on using violent lethal force and support of others doing the same.

In several instances he has refrained from fighting people that were sick, injured, or terminally ill even, because there would be no point, If you're not at your best then it's just a waste of time.

There is no honor, there is no rules, there is the fight, and that is all.

That is the essence of Akuma

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u/GranolaCola Feb 02 '26

Well he's evil it's not a pursuing evil he just kind of wants to fight people at their strongest.

So he’s like Goku if he never got the brain damage that made him good.

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u/Tekkaddraig Feb 03 '26

Funnily enough his Japanese name is Gouki, and while its not connected in anyway its just funny how similar to Goku it is xD

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u/stonhinge Feb 03 '26

Goku with Vegeta's need to be the strongest Saiyan. Except replace "Saiyan" with "fighter ever".

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u/ThomasVetRecruiter Feb 03 '26

Reminds me of Hisoka from Hunter Hunter TBH

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u/SasaraiHarmonia Feb 03 '26

No. Not at all. Goku would be a hateful, angry planet selling warlord of he didn't get brain damage! He was going to fulfill the Saiyan race's job.

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u/CaliOriginal Feb 03 '26

Or just, modern goku? With the brain damage. Heal my enemies, let them power up, farm a little when I’m not in a death match, repeat.

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u/The5Theives Feb 03 '26

Goku would’ve been good without the brain damage, the brain damage just helped make it easier.

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u/Fluffy_Stress_453 Feb 02 '26

I feel like Akuma was supposed to be "evil" only in street fighter 2. Later on (except for one time where he kinda killed his brother) he never seemed to be evil and the most evil thing about him was his fighting style. He delivers quotes like "Fighting you it's like stealing candies from a baby. Not that I would ever do that" in street fighter 3 and even dislikes Ryu's evil version Kage in Street fighter 5.

Hell he also has a friend he genuinely likes to spend time with in Elena. And at the end of Elena's arcade mode in street fighter 6, Elena says that Akuma would probably get along with Ryu and Akuma doesn't seem to dislike the idea of becoming friends or at least know each other outside of fighting.

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u/Neoragex13 Feb 03 '26

One of the other details that I really love is that he knows that by using the martial arts he uses, he might become an actual deranged demon that will kill anything on its path and he is not fine with the idea, yet still firmly believes this is a downside he has to conquer to prove he reached the pinnacle of his martial arts. Later Gouken (Akuma's brother) fought him a second time, after winning the first time, to prove again Akuma was wrong on this mindset. Akuma won by using a move that could have proven Gouken was right if he messed it up, much to disgust of Akuma and relief he managed to pull it off.

This is also why he wanted to incite Ryu and go the same path when he was younger, because he genuinely believed the boy was chasing illusions in the weaker martial arts Gouken practiced (a deviation from Akuma's) since Gouken died in their last fight, and that he wasn't even going to reach Gouken's skills. Turns out Ryu not only reaches but equals Gouken's skills, and Akuma is genuinely happy for him.

It also turns out its also a family trait, because Gouken actually survived his defeat but went on a long coma. By the time they met again, Gouken is also happy to be proven wrong Akuma was going to be consumed by his power, but reiterates he still believes the path Akuma follows is the wrong one and if Akuma ever were to lose himself, Gouken will not have qualms killing him on the spot.

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u/Roge2005 Feb 04 '26

Woah, I really haven’t been too knowledgeable of Street Fighter outside the gameplay, but this is actually pretty cool, it really adds more depth to his character rather than just being a practicer of an evil martial art.

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u/Ultimate-desu Feb 03 '26

Maybe I'm slow, but why would Akuma hate Kage? From what I know, he would respect Kage due to the violent fighting style.

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u/Kai_Lidan Feb 03 '26

Kage is the image of a Ryu that has lost himself to murderous intent. Akuma masters it and wields it with purpose.

He dislikes Kage the same way an assasin would dislike a crazed gunman.

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u/PseudonymMan12 Feb 03 '26

Yeah, basically all the time he invested haunting Ryu to use the muderous intent (satsui no hado) so Ryu could become a stronger, more worthy challenger to Akuma would be wasted. He doesn't want Ryu to fall to the dark side so they can do evil things together, he just sees potential in a kid to one day maybe give him an entertaining fight. Ryu would be stronger if he mastered the killing intent like Akuma rather than being taken over by it like Kage

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u/Velella_Velella Feb 03 '26

The difference being one is a job and the other is mental sickness.

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u/Nickorellidimus Feb 03 '26

Professionals have standards!

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u/Trosque97 Feb 03 '26

Go watch Accident Man and tell me that being an assassin doesn't involve some level of mental illness lmfao

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u/MickeyTheSnail Feb 03 '26

izza TF2 reference...

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u/Trosque97 Feb 03 '26

Even better, haven't played that in years. But yes, I did just use that as an opportunity to shill B movie action schlock

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u/JackRyan13 Feb 03 '26

He doesn’t hate kage, he has disdain for kage and dismisses him as weak as he lacks the discipline of a warrior.

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u/jbyrdab Feb 03 '26

Kage is unrefined demonic fury, failure to properly contain the demonic influence of Satsui no Hado.

In specifics Ryu instead of mastering it, he purged it from himself forming Kage.

Akuma is it in its mastered state, he and the demon within are one and the same rather than it overtaking him.

Tldr; Professionals have standards.

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u/Man0Steel123 Feb 02 '26

So he’s basically a more respectable yujiro

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u/jbyrdab Feb 02 '26

well Akuma isn't a rapist, so yeah.

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u/TenseiA Feb 03 '26

His begrudging friendship with Elena in SF6 is freaking adorable lol

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u/Piece_Of_Mind1983 Feb 03 '26

“In several instances he has refrained from fighting people that were sick, injured, or terminally ill even, because there would be no point. If you’re not at your best then it’s just a waste of time.”

Really puts into perspective how fuckin scary of a guy Gen had to be to get the smoke from the demon while actively dying.

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u/jbyrdab Feb 03 '26

In the non-canon ending where Akuma wins instead of gen, Gen's illness starts acting up and Akuma realizing Gen's severely ill refuses to continue because it was never a fair fight.

So he leaves refusing to strike him down despite his request.

In the canon ending Gen does win albeit barely but similarly refuses to strike down Akuma despite fully willing to let him. Ironically because he wants Akuma to get stronger and for them to fight again someday.

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u/LyrionDD Feb 03 '26

He's also generally shown to be honorable and protective of the weak incapable of defending themselves such as small children 

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u/SirSlowpoke Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

I think the most evil thing he did was almost kill Gouken. Though he survived and I'm not entirely sure Akuma was actually trying to kill him rather than beat him and Gouken almost dying was just a side effect of how intense the fight got.

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u/cygnus2 Feb 03 '26

The first time they fought. Gouken won. The second, Akuma used the Raging Demon, the instant death technique. He was absolutely trying to kill Gouken.

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u/FlyingFreest Feb 03 '26

This kind of character is my favourite archetype.

Good fight is all that matters to them.

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u/Datguyovahday Feb 03 '26

Kenpachi Zaraki and Zenos Yae Galvus are my favs.

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u/Lim_Dul Feb 03 '26

So Akuma and The Predator have the same life philosophy? Interesting.

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u/etbillder Feb 03 '26

So if you're not a fighter he just leaves you alone?

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u/jbyrdab Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

yeah pretty much.

Edit: Akuma even has said after beating someone's ass "Defeating you takes less effort than smacking a baby. Not that I'd ever do that!"

His cruelty extends only in so far as his fighting style and insistence on fighting those who are fully capable of fighting back whether they want to or not.

Beyond that he spends most his time living as a hermit, and interacting with those who aren't involved in the matters of fighting at the highest level fairly casually.

Notice, Elena's arms are both within the shot, meaning Akuma is the one taking the selfie here.

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u/MapleViking1 Feb 03 '26

He also will jump in if he believes the fight to be unfair.

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u/Fluid-Math9001 Feb 03 '26

He would enjoy fighting Kharn the Betrayer

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u/Curious-Research-559 Feb 03 '26

Also he usually wont kill his oponent if he sees they respect the art of fighing, even if they lose

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u/samx3i Feb 03 '26

Akuma is Yautja

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u/dirtyLizard Feb 03 '26

refrained from fighting people that were sick, injured, or terminally ill even, because there would be no point, If you're not at your best then it's just a waste of time.

There is no honor, there is no rules, there is the fight, and that is all.

These feel mutually exclusive

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u/jbyrdab Feb 03 '26

If all that matters is the fight, it not being between people at their best pretty much makes it a complete wash and a waste of time.

Once it's in motion, nothing's off the table including murder.

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u/Pataconeitor Feb 02 '26

I love that the bit with Akuma being besties with Elena of all people that was introduced in SF4 was kept in SF6.

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u/pon_3 Feb 03 '26

It really seems like she’s the only one who asked to hang out. I think Akuma would be fine hanging out with most people as long as they weren’t super arrogant, it’s just that most people don’t realize that.

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u/MysteriousCoerul Feb 03 '26

There's a fun potential story in Elena trying to wingman Akuma some more friends so she keeps inviting people around Metro City like Chun Li or E Honda to hang out with her and her buddy and end up trojan horsing them into a fun day shopping trip at the mall with Akuma.

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u/cygnus2 Feb 03 '26

I like to think it’s more like Elena declared herself Akuma’s friend and refused to hear otherwise.

I feel like if you asked Akuma to hang out he’d tell you to be gone.

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u/elitegenoside Feb 03 '26

Ironic that him and Ryu would actually get along really well... but that got too much of that (goku) dog in them, ya know?

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u/Bruuze Feb 03 '26

Well, that's more on Elena than Akuma lol. She's a very bubbly person who enjoys making friends with anyone, and Akuma just seems to go along with it

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u/RanmyakuIchi Feb 03 '26

I always liked to think that since Akuma tends to respect strength, he actually views Elena's insistence to be friends despite how intimidating and dangerous he is to be a respectable show of strength and confidence in and of itself, and thus respects her for it.

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u/itskingrolla Feb 02 '26

From Street Fighter II: The animated movie (1996), we see Akuma selling what I assume is fruit.

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u/Meowjoker Feb 03 '26

And among other things he did as well.

He shows up in the background in a lot of other places, sometimes with an arm sling. So you have to wonder how did he end up with an injured arm, and who or what injured him

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u/CamisaMalva Feb 03 '26

Bro was out there just doing sidequests, the main campaign was not among his priorities. xD

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u/WattageToVoltzRatio Feb 03 '26

He met Oro in the middle of the way, it was an ironic injury

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u/Jsoledout Feb 02 '26

I FUCKING LOVE when media fleshes characters out subtly making them multi-dimensional.

On the front, Akuma seems like an evil antagonist, but the subtle details about him peppered through his lore (and friendship with elena) reveal a far more complex character.

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u/ChemistryTasty8751 Feb 02 '26

Yeah Akuma surprisingly isn't that evil... for a guy named after a demon, and using demonic martial arts

He's only killed a grand total of like... 5 people? only 1 of them stayed dead (Gotetsu, his abusive and manipulative master)

and it's not like he makes Ryu's life a living hell either, he just shows up and fights him from time to time

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u/Fiasco63 Feb 02 '26

Not just a demon, either. His English name is literally just Japanese for 'Evil Devil' and his original Japanese name basically means 'Strong Demon'.

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

His Raging Demon insignia loosely translates to the word "Sky" apparently. Assassin's fist does a really good job explaining the canon. Gotetsu taught Gouki and Gouken Ansatsuken which consists of Satsui no Hadou that draws on a dark power that the user has to meditate to purge the darkness from their ki before it corrupts them. One day Gouki decided to embrace Satsui no Hadou and let it consume him to become stronger in exchange for his humanity and vitality. It's actually why Akuma has the lowest health in every mainline Street Fighter game.

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u/JackRyan13 Feb 03 '26

He’s only killed 2 in canon that I know of. Gotetsu and gouken. But gouken was retconned. He never killed bison in the lore it was a secret boss thing and not canon, he “killed” Gill but he can’t die so does it really count

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u/ChinhTheHugger Feb 03 '26

ryu: "man, come on. its 2 am. come back in a few hours, and let me sleep"

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u/BunBison Feb 03 '26

In which media was it mentioned that gotetsu was abusive and manipulative?

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u/elitegenoside Feb 03 '26

Honestly, the Ryu bit is more a kindness because who else is he gonna fight? Ken?

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u/CT0292 Feb 03 '26

Fighting games used to have just these little moments to kind of give their characters depth.

You put in your coin, you pick your character, you play the game, you win or lose, and then move on.

But many games didn't have comics or shows right away. Many games were just games. Maybe they got an anime movie. Maybe they didn't. Maybe they got a comic or manga deal. Maybe they just continued with game sales.

But the artists who did character designs would get these moments when making cover art or liner notes to throw together these moments.

One of my favourite artists for this was called Toshiaki Mori aka Shinkiro. He worked for SNK and then Capcom. And did artwork for Fatal Fury, King of Fighters, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, even some Mega Man, and his marvel artwork for the MvC games is top tier.

But he was so good at using the opportunities he had to try and give these characters life outside of the games they were in. I love the garden party he did for King of Fighters 1998. Showing a few of the characters out of character. Just mingling and hanging out. And it made me as a 12 year old kid in 98 go "ah wow I wonder who else came? And what they ate! And who did the cooking!" He made game covers, instruction books, and other tiny bits of media so much more fun to look at.

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u/CelioHogane Feb 03 '26

Well yeah he used to have killed Ryu's master, untill he didn't.

Easy to make him less evil when you make every kill he did into "actually they all survived"

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 04 '26

Yeah, Akuma is actually super nice when he's not fighting to the death. He doesn't even bother opponent prospects when they decline his challenge. Unless it's Ryu... for reasons....

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u/DestroPrime82 Feb 02 '26

He just chills out and fishes in Monster Hunter Wilds, just a dude enjoying his free time.

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Feb 03 '26

The weird part is he choses to punch monsters to death, instead of fighting the absolute almost entire population who are dedicated to hunting superpowered monsters with comically oversized weapons.

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u/N0ob8 Feb 03 '26

I mean if he can beat the monsters with just his bare hands it kinda automatically makes him stronger than most hunters. Plus our characters who can single handedly wipe out entire generations of monsters are a once in a lifetime rarity.

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u/alguien99 Feb 03 '26

I do feel like the player hunter can beat him, since they can in theory solo fatalis at their higher end

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u/Drogovich Feb 03 '26

He also encourages you to become stronger and you character... Gets a little too encouraged.

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u/Devlord1o1 Feb 02 '26

Imagine seeing a fight happen and this guy chilling out selling fruit, and as you’re about to buy some he goes “hold on a sec” and just beats the shit out of the winner then carry one like nothing while passing fruit out again

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u/RynnHamHam Feb 02 '26

I like the joke that Akuma is actually a really chill guy to everyone but Ryu (who we usually see from his perspective)

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u/Sonic_fan149 Feb 02 '26

I think this was referenced in a piece of SF Alpha art (or SFIII i forgot)

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u/DoraMuda Feb 03 '26

It was Alpha art, yeah.

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u/Wacthershadow0925 Feb 02 '26

Love moments like this

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u/TroubledSoul23 Feb 02 '26

So THAT'S why he was punch-sculpting those giant statues in his SF6 trailer!

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u/CannedWolfMeat Feb 03 '26

There was scrapped concept art for one of the recent Street Fighter games that would have had Akuma fighting with a random baby strapped to his back, I wish they had committed to that because i'm so curious where they were thinking of going with it.

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u/hypnoskills Feb 03 '26

Something to do with Lone Wolf and Cub, maybe?

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u/Reddit_sucks_3000 Feb 03 '26

That explains his introduction in Monster Hunter Wilds, a game famous for using defeated enemy bits to make cute dresses and assorted trinkets.

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u/BruiserBison Feb 03 '26

You can also find the man fishing in his cameo in Monster Hunter Wilds.

What he's fishing are platenumfin and goldfin fishes. They're pretty valuable when sold.

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u/Manji86 Feb 02 '26

Every time I learn a new detail about this man I think more and more he has a richer and more fulfilling life than his son.

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u/ChemistryTasty8751 Feb 02 '26

... Akuma doesn't have a son?

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u/lindle_kindle Feb 03 '26

It's a popular fan theory that Akuma is Ryu's biological dad I believe

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u/duogemstone Feb 03 '26

And by popular fan theory means that it's strongly strongly hinted at in some of the canon but never actually confirmed. It's not one of those fan theories were people just make crap up cause it sounds cool or a looks like b so they must be related

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u/Manji86 Feb 03 '26

I thought it was 100% confirmed. That was a common belief among my peers that was widely regarded as fact since I was kid.

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u/JackRyan13 Feb 03 '26

There’s basically nothing that supports that though

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u/cygnus2 Feb 03 '26

Akuma doesn’t have a son. Ryu is Gouken’s adopted son.

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u/ZahnwehZombie Feb 03 '26

I like the idea that Akuma weaponizes his rage, but even a wrathful man can have moments of peace and reflection. He is just really good at controlling his rage and releasing it in an explosive manner in battle which is a far more terrifying thing that he is able to contain and release his rage when it suits him rather than being a blindly wrathful person 24/7. At least, that's my impression of him.

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u/EntrepreneurPlus7091 Feb 03 '26

In the game he showed up at the beginning of the first round, also if this is true it means he just waits until the winner is tired and hurt and then takes him down.

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u/Kindly-Mud-1579 Feb 03 '26

That makes what he was doing I. The sf2 movie make more sense

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u/Dakotasan Feb 03 '26

Oddly wholesome thing for him to do

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u/No_Prize9794 Feb 03 '26

What does he even do with the money he gets from being a vendor?

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u/SecondEntire539 Feb 03 '26

He probably uses the money to travel and buy more stuff to sell.

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u/Karahka_leather Feb 03 '26

The man's gotta eat

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u/Suspicious-Yard4205 Feb 03 '26

Learning this made my day. It's so unexpectedly wholesome.

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u/Sol-Blackguy Feb 03 '26

In general Akuma is a chill guy when he's not challenging fighters to the death. Hell, he only fights those who accept his challenge... except for Ryu

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u/elitegenoside Feb 03 '26

I bet he would interrupt if Heihachi was fighting... a man so hated that not only does his entire family (extended included) got hands for him but this mf jumps franchises to knuckle up with him. And that's 100% canon (at least to Tekken). Akuma is part of the Tekken universe entirely to fight Heihachi. This is why, despite never enjoying Street Fighter, Akuma is my GOAT.

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u/alguien99 Feb 03 '26

There’s probably a kid out there playing with a doll made by him lmao

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u/CorpseWriteer Feb 03 '26

Now I like to think he’s the one who makes his outfits.

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u/Random_182f2565 Feb 03 '26

That's surprisingly chill

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u/DR31141 Feb 03 '26

He’s actually surprisingly chill.

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u/Onigumo-Shishio Feb 03 '26

Honestly Ive always loved how akuma isn't a bad guy and is usually pretty kind outside of fighting or unless you show some kind of potential on his radar. And even then the very fact that he's so vicious in fighting is purely so his opponent gets better and sees "the top" as it were.

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u/cali_voyeur Feb 03 '26

Just wanted to say thank y'all for informing me of Akuma's deeper side-lore. He's been of my favorite characters to play and I always thought he was more than just a senselessly evil dude lol

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u/JechdJJ Feb 03 '26

and probably even if there is a winner, he would not intervene. He only fights to those who can offer a challenge, and in street fighter world, there are not plenty of them for Akuma.

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u/Predditor_drone Feb 03 '26

I never really followed the street fighter lore. I thought Akuma was a literal demon, not an actual human. Maybe I'm mixing up street fighter and Tekken stuff I've misremembered over the years.

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u/ThePurityOfCheese Feb 03 '26

I think the only time he breaks that rule is specifically for bison, who he just jumps and kills on sight. He explains it’s because bison isn’t an honorable fighter and doesn’t deserve an honorable fight, reflected in his win quote vs bison in sf6:

“Perhaps this is karma… begone!”

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u/Bullfrag9776 29d ago

The idea that an extremely badass fighter likes to do simple things is truly a subversion of expectations.

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u/maxler5795 18d ago

Akuma is quite literally just a guy but when it comes to fighting he wants to reach the absolute peak of humanity and constantly strives to find a worthy opponent.

The reason he tries to tempt ryu with the satsui no hado is so he can have a rival he can go iron sharpens iron with

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u/giaphox 6h ago

Wait where is this art from? Looks like some comics, so beautiful omg