Did you notice that Karin and Sakura are basically younger, female versions of Ken and Ryu? Same coloring, similar outfits, rivals that respect one another, the one in red being extremely wealthy... I'm sure there are more parallels, but I'm not that familiar with the Street Fighter universe.
OuroborosChoked same thing with Chung li and Juri. Both leg dominate kick based fighters who had their fathers killed by M.Bison. One is evil and one good despite having extremely similar backgrounds but just responded to the same trauma differently just like Ryu and Akuma
You nailed the thing I like most about Karin: she's not spoiled, she's proud. She strives for excellence and is willing to struggle to get it. She didn't have her fighting skills handed to her on a silver platter! She grows in SFA3 when she learns for the first time what it's like to lose, and moreover, she's willing to respect anyone who can step their game up to the same tier she's on. Also that outfit she's got for SFV is seriously baller. :)
Jackson Ferrell I had the same realisation about Vega. I thought he was just a stuck-up flamboyant douchebag, but seeing this guy's Vega video turned me around.
Ya say it. From 5:32 - 5:47 Imagine Karin were ta fight just like Sakura but still keepin' her own uniform. It's like havin' 2 female versions of Ryu and Ken. What would happen if Gouken were ta take Sakura, Karin, Sean, and Mel as disciples? It might create The Ansatsuken Family.
What's fascinating about her is despite of her proud and perfectionist nature, she became quite the charismatic character, she eventually became good friends with Ibuki and Mika, she even hired Birdie. She maybe pompous and shows her sass at times, but that's because she takes things seriously when it is necessary. She also has great leadership qualities that even veterans like Chun Li and Ken respect her not because she's filthy rich, but because she does have excellent leadership skills and a very keen sense of utilizing her wealth to the fullest for whatever goals she's aiming for (which is in SFV, trying to stop a cataclysmic worldwide potential disaster) For even the veterans, she's not just a filthy rich schoolgirl, she actually shown effective leadership qualities.
i really do like how karin becomes the leader of the street fighters in a way in 5(which while takes a bit of chun li's screentime, makes a lot of sense considering how effective and hardworking her leadership is while chun li at times works better in a group.) and she's able to get ties to everyone with her knowledge of fighting while using her business responsibly and even scaring shadaloo into backing off with her power.(love her endings in alpha 3 and 5.) i love her relationship with sakura(and how she tries to help her out when she's down in her story by sending ryu to her showing her compassion and growth.) and how in 5 she's become friendlier while keeping her strong confident personality.(which udon took an unneccesarily long time to get too instead of making her a selfish lili-clone that took things too far.at times.) udon comics does have a problem with characterizing and certain plot elements at times,though it does add cool actions and story points to its lore with my favorites being in the unlimited(i hope the every street fighter character vs. gill fight is put in a 5 dlc story or the focus of 6 as i feel the story should focus on defeating the Illuminati/killing gill as 3 kinda left that plot hanging.) and street fighter vs darkstalkers comics(my favorite lore piece being beliel and morrigan being the ancestors of ryu and kens ankatsuken fighting style to explain why they play similarly.i hope morrigan,lilith and the other darkstalker characters become mainstays in the udon street fighter comics along with introducing other capcom series and ingrid.:3)
Amazing work as usual, DiGi! A lot of my friends who are huge Street Fighter fans absolutely adore Karin--and this video has certainly helped me see why. Keep it up! xx
in SF Alpha 3, Karin Kanzuki was my main, along with a few others. So it makes me happy that you got to know the character like i do. my greatest moment with her is fighting M. Bison on Alpha 3. We are both down to our final HP bars on the final round. he comes at me with a fully power Psycho crusher. if it hit me, im dead....if i block....im dead due to chip damage, so i COUNTERED IT! it so so fucking EPIC! he died and i had won the battle......it was by far my most epic moment in any fighting game and i will forever love the character. i got SF5 solo cuz she was in it. i abit made about her move set but im still happy to be playing her again.
she along with sakura,zangief,ryu,dan and r. mika have my favorite endings in alpha 3.(and i like thinking her lasering the psycho drive is "canon".:3)
I think a major point of Karin's game personality being different than her comic personality is that, as of SFV, she hired(or maybe just took in) Birdie to their household as his "profession" as of the latest SFV Beta is "Kanzuki Mansion Freeloader". Comic!Karin wouldn't touch SFV Birdie, but Game!Karin acknowledges his fighting skill and let's him live with her. It's really neat. Also, OHHHHHHH HO HO. That Ojou-sama laugh gives me life.
+Goodbye18000 - Wait, what? Lol, hold on, i didn't know this. Birdie's profession is a Kanzuki Mansion Freeloader now?! ...man, SFV is going places. No wonder he's put on weight. Dude's been freeloading all 200 miles of that estate! XD Also, yeah. That laugh is godly. Deep down in our hearts we're all just immensely rich school girls with a posh upbringing.
+Goodbye18000 Woah. I did see a page of them interacting from that vita box thing but it was in Japanese so I didn't know what they were saying. before that, I thought the contrast between the two might make an interesting, odd ball friendship.
You did an excellent job on this. More than worth the wait. My initial interest in Karin started because she was presented as something like Sakura’s Ken. Ken is my all time favorite Street Fighter, so when Alpha 3 came out I was already very interested in her. I ended up really liking the character (and characters like her) and since 1998, just loving the character. I remember first getting online and lurking on the very few web shrines she had. While I went off and on with fighting games, I always loved the characters. Especially this one. I was excited when I learned a company would try to finally making a good narrative of the Street Fighter series. Unfortunately, not only did I not enjoy any of the Udon books, Karin’s depiction was a major disappointment. I began to think it just wasn’t really possible to make Street Fighter into a decent narrative and when SF4 came around I wasn’t interested. (Though I loved that trailer with the brush stroke effect) I bought it on a whim probably less than a year after release and really enjoyed it but was still only playing casually. When I learned they were going to add more past characters, that’s when I started following fighting game websites, figuring they would be the first to report if she was going to reappear. There were endless rumors too. There was the fake image of her fighting Sakura in SF4. People constantly speculating that her origin in the manga made it difficult for her to appear in the games. And Street Fighter X Tekken. Oh. Watched every reveal trailer hoping she would appear. I wanted her in the main series but I would have settled for that. I preordered just to play her in the beta. I NEVER pre-order. I could go on . . . and I will. Somewhere on the internet . . . I'd do a web-shrine if I wasn't broke. Again. Thanks for this wonderful video!
I really like seeing more of Karin after SF Alpha 3, and when she came about into SFV, I was really impressed seeing her, and what she was like in both her story and her role in the SFV movie mode. Next to Sakura and others I'd admired, she is also one of my favorites.
This was pretty good DiGi. I always enjoy going back and evaluating characters beyond my first impressions because I might see and sympathize more with them then I let myself believe and its nice to see you do the same. You're doing amazing work man, till next time.
Now we get to the princess-curled benefactor of Mika's Mafia! I personally like Karin, because she really did seem like a good person, even if she usually made a rude first impression! I especially liked that she stayed true to her word about sponsoring Mika, meaning that she takes her promises seriously, and has a strong sense of honor. I liked the way the games characterized Karin and her interactions with Sakura, so I'm glad I never read that manga(if only for that reason alone). Her addition to all the other awesome characters confirmed for Street Fighter 5 has me so pumped!
+cloudstrife4534 - Yeah, i think that pretty much sums up Karin in a nutshell. She makes a rude first impression because she's a very proud person but once you get to know her you see she's capable of respecting you if you have something worthy to be respected for, plus she sticks to her word too so she's trustworthy. I like that about her and i'm expecting great things from her in SFV.
it's more the udon comics that made her into a bitchy lili-clone (and took way too long to make her like her game personality.) ive read some of the manga and it honestly both fits her game personality and sets some parts of her role in 5.
I'm from a city called Boston and a little to the south called New York City. I've only been to New York City only once you know why? because it's 200 bloody miles away! Also good video man. Can't wait to play as Karin in SFV. 4 weeks away!
Karin flew under my for the longest time, too; all I really "knew" about her was that she was a bit obnoxious, she was Sakura's rival, and that even on a highly underrated soundtrack of pretty bangin' tunes, she had one of my favourite themes from Street Fighter Alpha 3 (which if I remember right, was also composed by Hideki Okugawa, who worked on all of the SFIII games, doing Third Strike solo). So hearing that she ain't all that bad is a pleasant surprise. I'll be honest, actually, all the Street Fighter Who Dat's so far have all been a but if an eye opener. One of my main gripes with the series for years- albeit one that probably came as a result of severe Hype Aversion on my part more then anything else- was that not many Street Fighter characters came across as interesting to me. Some were certainly interestingly designed, but I still felt they came across as flat; I only really had love for the characters introduced within the Street Fighter III and EX series'.
I don't even play Street Fighter but I'm still loving these videos dude! I'm learning all sorts of things haha, keep up the great work, your effort on these videos shines through something fierce.
that theory between Karin, Shadaloo, and the Illuminati was pretty interesting btw, i dont know if you, Digi, or anybody has noticed this on Ryu, but following the games in the game's timeline, Ryu's hair gets darker each game SF - Red Alpha - light brown SFII - dark brown SFIV - darker brown SFIII - pretty much black SFV - ? it kinda demonstrates how much of a wandering fighting hobo Ryu is considering he doesnt take the time to wash his hair, which would get darker and greasy if not washed properly
+Swift_Heracross Gotta also keep in mind that both him and Gouki have noticeably red hair when using the Satsui no Hadou. With Ryu's hair being red once again in the SFIV timeline, despite being dark brown for his "normal" appearance. Maybe the red hair aspect getting darker is also a showing of how much less and less Ryu is using the Satsui no Hadou, especially seeing how in SFIII, he's completely abolished it and has apparently SURPASSED what it could have given him.
the I was going to raise a major point in my series I am currently editing for my new channel (not this one, it is one I use for watching other videos). I always thought that since Karin is in SF V and the Illuminati are involved in the game, her family could be very important to the game´s story. Being that many members of the Illuminati are high ranking politicians and over all very influential people all over the world, could her parents or even her be part of this even bigger organization. It could very well be that her family is so powerful that they are among the few families that could fathom in standing a chance against the Illuminati. Just my opinion but will elaborate on it with the videos I have planned regarding SF V story
rah, 200 miles. bare flexin'. lol ffs. This video was shared on my Facebook. decided to entertain it, and ended up impressed. you've gained a new sub famalamski, good job lol
damn, that sounds rough lol. I'd suggest trying to find fb groups that discuss gaming and other topics you may be interested in, it can be pretty cool once you join the right ones :D
+chaosthunder - Imagine having a manor that big though. 200 miles. That's a long ting just to get to the front gate, lol XD Anyways, thanks for subscribing, man. Appreciated! I'm noticing the slang you're throwing around. Are you from the UK too?
DiGi Valentine 200 miles means if you ever need to run to the toilet...you'd be pissed loool. Don't mention it, I haven't enjoyed watching a gaming youtuber in quite some time, and it's refreshing to hear somene from the UK doing stuff for a change! lol and yeah man's from the UK, South London :D
+chaosthunder - Yesss rude-boy! You're a South Londoner? Nice one, fam. I'm from North side, myself. I got family living down those ends though, mostly around the Orpington/Bromley area. Where you situated at?
Props for the DYKG segment, that was nothing short of brilliant and hilariously timed. Likewise, the video as a whole was expertly handled, and I'm glad to say I've had my own eyes opened to the possibility of the Kanzuki here. Also digging the delectable theory-writing there at the end. The sad thing is this could date the video when SFV comes out proper, but if it turns out to be true... Hoo boy. One thing I am finding interesting is, Sakura evidently not being on the roster for SFV makes me think of the reasoning. Karin's importance is going to tie into R.Mika... But without Sakura there to be the alternate plot, your Illuminati Connection theory seems the most likely. Can't have a character's only relevance be as a background rival to another, right Rufus?
+JacksonJin - Thanks! :) As for Sakura, nah i think we will see her as DLC much MUCH later on down the line. An older Sakura would make sense from a business/marketing perspective (she does have quite a large fanbase) but they probably didn't want to use her right out the gates because of too many shoto-type characters taking the centre stage in the past. I think we'll see Sakura at some point and their old rivalry will kick back up again, which i'd welcome. Maybe it'll tie in to the Illuminati theory too. Who knows. I just hope it's interesting from a storyline and character arc perspective :)
I always liked the spoiled rich girl with the "oh ho ho" laugh archetype its one my favorite tropes along with the narcissist and the completely insane psycho (take one guess who my favorite Street Fighter is from that). Also if you have to credit Udon Karin for one thing its the facial expressions (8:29 and 8:43 )
+Jurassic Reptile - Oh yeah, 100%! The art for those UDON comics have always been amazing, no doubt about that at all. It's just looking back on some of the story choices now i can see the writing took quite a few liberties with the source material. But i ain't even hating, it's just a different medium that the characters exist in, i can dig that. I just need to make sure i'm getting all my facts right for Who Dat because when i started writing this Karin episode it was going to have a very different approach because i had gotten Karin wrong this whole time XD;;
Another great episode of Who Dat. I'm really liking the ones on SF characters and would like to see more. Particularly on the III series. Anyway, keep up the good work :)
Would just like to say upon me trying to find out who juri was I came across your video and INSTANTLY SUBSCRIBED. Dude you're freaking hilarious and informative. LOVE YOUR VIDS !!!!
You are the reason why Karin is my favorite character. Not only did you and I both kind of have indifference towards the character(Me mainly because I didn't want to click on this specific Who Dat), but as you told it to me, new Karin became my 4th favorite character to play as, but my favorite character overall. THANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUU
Mr Digi Valentine. I've been a subscriber to you for a couple of days now. your content is unique and your delivery is great! I love the fact that you crack down on a character based on their facts and expand them more. keep it up, Mr Valentine!
The strange part about Karin is that I liked her being an effective stylish jerk the fact she has compassion is something I was not aware of but I am not offended that she has compassion even though I love fighters who are jerks because her positive qualities like a fantastic appearance,great number of techniques,speed and power combined with her vibrant personality make her fascinating and a great character to play. Her only downside is you need to be a perfectionist like her to make the most of her and she does not work well for new players that are not willing to invest a lot of effort into her.
dayum nigga....you've done it again. You've swept me into caring who this character is. Duuuude I love your work! keep'em coming! Get bigger and more famous, I support you! When I make it big ill fund you to pump out more episodes
I really love your wit DiGi, ahah.. I've gone from only watching the characters I know to watching all of them because I just enjoy your humour so much B-)
I was amazed with karin's role in the storymode! she is the freaking leader. Also she is so rich that she owns a 6000 ninja army that sadly got owned by Bison.
Great vid as usual. Think maybe you could cover an SNK character in the future? I think Terry Bogard or Athena Asamiya would make for a great Who Dat? video.
+FGC|Checkmate - No promises just yet but if my schedule free's up i'll look in to covering one or two SNK characters. We'll see. Thanks for watching :)
Not sure why it took me this long to subscribe. All of your Who Dat? videos have all managed to maintain a high level of quality, and all thoroughly researched. Would you consider doing a video on Cody from the Street Fighter/Final Fight series? (I think he would be a pretty good subject given the evolution of the character over time.) And, if you'd be up for it, I'd love to see a video on Beowulf or Big Band from Skullgirls. Either way, keep up the good work.
+PSISomething - Hey, better late than never. Glad to have you subscribed! (I actually do the same thing, myself. I watch a channels videos for a while to get a feel of their upload rate and personality before i finally subscribe to them, so no worries). As for Cody, i like the guy. There's clearly a story there and i definitely have material to work with when it comes down to him. That said, there's no current plans for him just yet. I have a long list of other things i need to make episodes on first but i think Cody might make an appearance if the moment arises. I wouldn't mind doing an episode of him at some point. We'll see though.
I think the Kanzuki estate covers 200 *square* miles. That's area, not length or width. Still rather considerable, but not the distance from one end of the estate to the other.
Just remember in game is the only canon story for SF they borrow a few things from the manga namely Masahiko Nakihara's which is pretty much our canon manga since he did artwork for Capcom.
When I was watching my friend play SF Alpha 3 home at me this Friday and facing off against Sakura, I noticed that she seem to have similar moves to Fei Long. Seems like I'll be spending some time learning her.
+Sai Prime Their is some history. Karin fought Ken in the second volume of Sakura's manga.(sadly, it isn't actually shown) She also mentioned taking a few pointers from his moves before she met him. She created her own martial arts after all. In Alpha 3, she loses in a rematch if you play Ken and says she didn't think she would lose again.
(continued from previous comment) I'm starting to see, though, that I was a little unfair; there's a little more depth and thought put into the casts across the series then I gave Capcom credit for.
I'm a little convinced that Karin is partially inspired by young Dio Brando in the introduction of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 1 because of her life's purpose of chasing success like a dog chasing a squirrel. And I feel like it's a bit of an homage in one of her special entrances where she hops from her helicopter to the ground in a dramatic landing pose where her hand is placed flat against the ground while she kneels as her eyes are closed, like how Dio leaps from his stagecoach and does the exact same thing when he meets Jonathan
happy birthday karin!!!(i like to think her alpha 3 ending is canon since the satellite shows up again and the only confirmed non canon ending is charlie/guile and i love that in 5 she's not only good friends with sakura & ibuki,fully sponsors r. mika while giving birdie a place to stay with no issue and becomes the big good of the series with how massive her fortune and fighting knowledge is.) i really like her story arc(the alpha series is my favorite story in street fighter to boot.:3) with her being a equivalent of ken to sakura(even fighting the guy himself leading to her respecting sakura.) learning to enjoy the fight but not be a spoilsport about losing(didn't like that about her udon comics version as it took way to long for her development to kick in and she was too similar to lili from tekken in that regard,though i'd love to see them meet in tekken x street fighter.) and is fully supporting of others while keeping her respecting,playfully proud but charismatic that i hope keeps her as a regular. ohohohohohoho :3
Well Karin is basically Sakura's answer to Ken as Ryu's rival. Wealthy, powerful Martial Artist, Overconfident, blonde with a red outfit, and passionate about combat, and she was originally just a palette swap. Except she's younger than Ken, her fighting style is different, and she's more focused about victory than Ken is, but he's still pretty proud of being successful
These videos are pretty great, man, I just discovered your series today and I love your presentation style. More popular channels tend to mess up on informational/retrospective videos, imo, by having an annoyingly high ratio of stupid-joke-time to actual-info-time. You're almost as concise as DYKG without being so damn dry. That comparison isn't perfect though since these videos are meant to be entirely informational. Anyways, though, it would be kind of hilarious if some day DYKG asks you to lend your voice for one of their videos even with the little spoof of them that you put in this one.
Great fun episode as usual bruv, but.... that's 7 Street Fighter characters, 3 from Sonic, 2 from Cowboy Bebop....when are we getting more Shenmue? Nozoooomi! Tooooom!
+The Movie Planet - Yeah, i need to hit up the Shenmue universe again at some point. I ain't even meaning to stall on that, it's just there's been so much other stuff i need to get through. The Street Fighter stuff is sticking around because the new game is coming out soon and i want to cover the cast so don't expect to see the Street Fighter characters vanish for a long while yet, but i should probably dip in to the Shenmue series for one or two more episodes. No promises but i'll see what i can do with the schedule i have :)
They should have an intro with Karin sometime where her alt costume looks the same as her regular one, but then before the fight starts she rips it off. (While the other character covers their eyes but then sees she's not actually naked) What she has underneath looks a bit like the workout vest the Amazon from Jormangund wears, I think it would look nice to go with *just* that, like she was turning into some kind of American Gladiator.
I got a question this time: How do you feel about character stereotypes? For example, from what I seen, the rich character are usually the ones who are the most obnoxious or spoiled. I just wanted to ask this question because from your description of Karin, she seems to break out of that stereotype slightly, and I was curious. Other than that, I hope you will continue the great work.
+gizmo123473 - Truth be told, in some cases i actually don't mind stereotypes if they're used on grounds for people to relate and connect upon. There's been some great characters made from a stereotype mould and they wouldn't have been so great if they were not made from it. I'll probably speak more upon this subject if ever i do an episode on Hakan, actually. There's a lot i want to say about that guy in particular. As for Karin herself, i do feel she fits the stereotype of a rich upper-class female, snobbish in attitude and someone who looks down upon people less worthy than her... but she definitely does step outside the box a little due to the way she shows her respectful side. It's just a matter of winning her respect. She's got her heart in the right place, that's for sure.
Regarding Karin's appearance, I believe it mainly has to do with her being a female version of Ken similar to Sakura being a female Ryu, not counting fighting styles. Both Ken and Karin wear a similar, of not the same, outfit as their rival, only red. Both have blonde hair, and both of f'ing rich. And I just now realized both their first names start with the letter K and end with the letter N. Not sure if that was intentional or just a coincidence.
200 miles isn't a measurement of area. 200 square miles would be an estate just over 14 miles on a side which is nothing to sneeze at is larger than some of the smallest countries in the world. London is 607 square miles in area for reference.
I thought Karin looked like Nellie Oleson from 1974's Little House On the Prairie and that her rivalry with Sakura practically made them like Nellie and Laura Ingalls.
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Did you notice that Karin and Sakura are basically younger, female versions of Ken and Ryu? Same coloring, similar outfits, rivals that respect one another, the one in red being extremely wealthy... I'm sure there are more parallels, but I'm not that familiar with the Street Fighter universe.
Good point
OuroborosChoked same thing with Chung li and Juri. Both leg dominate kick based fighters who had their fathers killed by M.Bison. One is evil and one good despite having extremely similar backgrounds but just responded to the same trauma differently just like Ryu and Akuma
She also shares her knee throw with Ken.
I have that thought every time i look at them together
@Michael Tetur Yes. He's stupid rich
You nailed the thing I like most about Karin: she's not spoiled, she's proud. She strives for excellence and is willing to struggle to get it. She didn't have her fighting skills handed to her on a silver platter! She grows in SFA3 when she learns for the first time what it's like to lose, and moreover, she's willing to respect anyone who can step their game up to the same tier she's on.
Also that outfit she's got for SFV is seriously baller. :)
Jackson Ferrell I had the same realisation about Vega. I thought he was just a stuck-up flamboyant douchebag, but seeing this guy's Vega video turned me around.
Nothing you said disproved the idea her being spoiled. just not being one dimensional.
I like Karin. That's a rich kid done right.
Like a female, teenage Trump.
@Newdude12 yeah and Karin isn't a bitch to everyone .
Ya say it. From 5:32 - 5:47 Imagine Karin were ta fight just like Sakura but still keepin' her own uniform. It's like havin' 2 female versions of Ryu and Ken. What would happen if Gouken were ta take Sakura, Karin, Sean, and Mel as disciples? It might create The Ansatsuken Family.
What's fascinating about her is despite of her proud and perfectionist nature, she became quite the charismatic character, she eventually became good friends with Ibuki and Mika, she even hired Birdie. She maybe pompous and shows her sass at times, but that's because she takes things seriously when it is necessary.
She also has great leadership qualities that even veterans like Chun Li and Ken respect her not because she's filthy rich, but because she does have excellent leadership skills and a very keen sense of utilizing her wealth to the fullest for whatever goals she's aiming for (which is in SFV, trying to stop a cataclysmic worldwide potential disaster) For even the veterans, she's not just a filthy rich schoolgirl, she actually shown effective leadership qualities.
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i really do like how karin becomes the leader of the street fighters in a way in 5(which while takes a bit of chun li's screentime, makes a lot of sense considering how effective and hardworking her leadership is while chun li at times works better in a group.) and she's able to get ties to everyone with her knowledge of fighting while using her business responsibly and even scaring shadaloo into backing off with her power.(love her endings in alpha 3 and 5.) i love her relationship with sakura(and how she tries to help her out when she's down in her story by sending ryu to her showing her compassion and growth.) and how in 5 she's become friendlier while keeping her strong confident personality.(which udon took an unneccesarily long time to get too instead of making her a selfish lili-clone that took things too far.at times.) udon comics does have a problem with characterizing and certain plot elements at times,though it does add cool actions and story points to its lore with my favorites being in the unlimited(i hope the every street fighter character vs. gill fight is put in a 5 dlc story or the focus of 6 as i feel the story should focus on defeating the Illuminati/killing gill as 3 kinda left that plot hanging.) and street fighter vs darkstalkers comics(my favorite lore piece being beliel and morrigan being the ancestors of ryu and kens ankatsuken fighting style to explain why they play similarly.i hope morrigan,lilith and the other darkstalker characters become mainstays in the udon street fighter comics along with introducing other capcom series and ingrid.:3)
Karin was my first encounter to the Ojou-sama laugh
+MrToonlink53 - And what a brilliant laugh it is! ~
+MrToonlink53 Same here. I like characters like that because of her.
uhahahahahaha...hahaha. something like this ._.
The fuck is an Ojou laugh?
Frieza-Sama was my introduction to the laugh. At around 9 years old I was very confused by this.
Karin's Alpha 3 ending is "cannon."
i c wut u did thar
->The Joke
->Your head
Karin is the real deal, man. Definitely gonna be playing as her a lot in SFV.
I wished Karin and Lili had a rivalry in Street Fighter X Tekken.
Princesoulger yes
Ok but like that would be I C O N I C they’re practically the same personality
Lili's not right in the head so I'd vote for Karin.
Unlike Karin, Lili ruined Asuka's character with their rivalry. Which sucks because I like playing as her.
Karin is my type o' cutie.
+Strekks - What? Posh and incredibly difficult to win over? :D
A challenge!
Amazing work as usual, DiGi! A lot of my friends who are huge Street Fighter fans absolutely adore Karin--and this video has certainly helped me see why.
Keep it up!
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+Rabbit Plays Games Whoa rabbit you watch digi's videos?! Never expected to see you here xD
+kevinthemanwilliams I sure do! I LOVE Who Dat! :)
in SF Alpha 3, Karin Kanzuki was my main, along with a few others. So it makes me happy that you got to know the character like i do. my greatest moment with her is fighting M. Bison on Alpha 3. We are both down to our final HP bars on the final round. he comes at me with a fully power Psycho crusher. if it hit me, im dead....if i block....im dead due to chip damage, so i COUNTERED IT! it so so fucking EPIC! he died and i had won the battle......it was by far my most epic moment in any fighting game and i will forever love the character. i got SF5 solo cuz she was in it. i abit made about her move set but im still happy to be playing her again.
she along with sakura,zangief,ryu,dan and r. mika have my favorite endings in alpha 3.(and i like thinking her lasering the psycho drive is "canon".:3)
"M.bison, finally defeated by a pink laser shaped like a cock" im fucking dead XD
Me too.
I think a major point of Karin's game personality being different than her comic personality is that, as of SFV, she hired(or maybe just took in) Birdie to their household as his "profession" as of the latest SFV Beta is "Kanzuki Mansion Freeloader". Comic!Karin wouldn't touch SFV Birdie, but Game!Karin acknowledges his fighting skill and let's him live with her. It's really neat.
Also, OHHHHHHH HO HO. That Ojou-sama laugh gives me life.
+Goodbye18000 - Wait, what? Lol, hold on, i didn't know this. Birdie's profession is a Kanzuki Mansion Freeloader now?! ...man, SFV is going places. No wonder he's put on weight. Dude's been freeloading all 200 miles of that estate! XD
Also, yeah. That laugh is godly. Deep down in our hearts we're all just immensely rich school girls with a posh upbringing.
+Goodbye18000 Woah. I did see a page of them interacting from that vita box thing but it was in Japanese so I didn't know what they were saying. before that, I thought the contrast between the two might make an interesting, odd ball friendship.
You did an excellent job on this. More than worth the wait. My initial interest in Karin started because she was presented as something like Sakura’s Ken. Ken is my all time favorite Street Fighter, so when Alpha 3 came out I was already very interested in her. I ended up really liking the character (and characters like her) and since 1998, just loving the character.
I remember first getting online and lurking on the very few web shrines she had.
While I went off and on with fighting games, I always loved the characters. Especially this one. I was excited when I learned a company would try to finally making a good narrative of the Street Fighter series. Unfortunately, not only did I not enjoy any of the Udon books, Karin’s depiction was a major disappointment.
I began to think it just wasn’t really possible to make Street Fighter into a decent narrative and when SF4 came around I wasn’t interested. (Though I loved that trailer with the brush stroke effect) I bought it on a whim probably less than a year after release and really enjoyed it but was still only playing casually. When I learned they were going to add more past characters, that’s when I started following fighting game websites, figuring they would be the first to report if she was going to reappear.
There were endless rumors too. There was the fake image of her fighting Sakura in SF4. People constantly speculating that her origin in the manga made it difficult for her to appear in the games. And Street Fighter X Tekken. Oh. Watched every reveal trailer hoping she would appear. I wanted her in the main series but I would have settled for that.
I preordered just to play her in the beta. I NEVER pre-order.
I could go on . . . and I will. Somewhere on the internet . . . I'd do a web-shrine if I wasn't broke.
Again. Thanks for this wonderful video!
This was amazing DiGi! Loved the end bit.
+Sasso Studios - Thanks very much, yo! :)
@@DiGiValentine broooo bring back the old intro its such a tune
In the Kanzuki Estate stage.. you can see that her Estate has its own Bullet Train Station! lolol
I really like seeing more of Karin after SF Alpha 3, and when she came about into SFV, I was really impressed seeing her, and what she was like in both her story and her role in the SFV movie mode. Next to Sakura and others I'd admired, she is also one of my favorites.
always love your work digi!
especially when Alex is in it......
This was pretty good DiGi. I always enjoy going back and evaluating characters beyond my first impressions because I might see and sympathize more with them then I let myself believe and its nice to see you do the same.
You're doing amazing work man, till next time.
and her homegirl, Sakura is still struggling. You'd think that she'd bless her homegirl with a few stacks.
Now we get to the princess-curled benefactor of Mika's Mafia! I personally like Karin, because she really did seem like a good person, even if she usually made a rude first impression! I especially liked that she stayed true to her word about sponsoring Mika, meaning that she takes her promises seriously, and has a strong sense of honor. I liked the way the games characterized Karin and her interactions with Sakura, so I'm glad I never read that manga(if only for that reason alone). Her addition to all the other awesome characters confirmed for Street Fighter 5 has me so pumped!
+cloudstrife4534 - Yeah, i think that pretty much sums up Karin in a nutshell. She makes a rude first impression because she's a very proud person but once you get to know her you see she's capable of respecting you if you have something worthy to be respected for, plus she sticks to her word too so she's trustworthy. I like that about her and i'm expecting great things from her in SFV.
it's more the udon comics that made her into a bitchy lili-clone (and took way too long to make her like her game personality.) ive read some of the manga and it honestly both fits her game personality and sets some parts of her role in 5.
I love how her schoolgirl outfit has puffed sleeves and bicycle shorts, but I LOVE her new look even more.
Fuck yes, another video!!! Great work as always Digi! Keep them coming!
I'm from a city called Boston and a little to the south called New York City. I've only been to New York City only once you know why? because it's 200 bloody miles away! Also good video man. Can't wait to play as Karin in SFV. 4 weeks away!
Lol the old old intro, brings back memories. This was the first vid of yours i ever watched, happy to take this trip down memory lane.
NEW WHO DAT HYPE!
Nice video again mate, series just keeps getting better and better. :3
Karin flew under my for the longest time, too; all I really "knew" about her was that she was a bit obnoxious, she was Sakura's rival, and that even on a highly underrated soundtrack of pretty bangin' tunes, she had one of my favourite themes from Street Fighter Alpha 3 (which if I remember right, was also composed by Hideki Okugawa, who worked on all of the SFIII games, doing Third Strike solo). So hearing that she ain't all that bad is a pleasant surprise.
I'll be honest, actually, all the Street Fighter Who Dat's so far have all been a but if an eye opener. One of my main gripes with the series for years- albeit one that probably came as a result of severe Hype Aversion on my part more then anything else- was that not many Street Fighter characters came across as interesting to me. Some were certainly interestingly designed, but I still felt they came across as flat; I only really had love for the characters introduced within the Street Fighter III and EX series'.
A zaibatsu with martial artists that own a space laser? Shit this rings a bell.
Great video. I feel where you coming from btw. I'm not big on the the whole sailor uniform anymore either. I enjoyed the kimono dlc she has in sfv.
I loved the Vega video, and and i think I'm going to marathon this series.
Hilarious, great work!
Agh! Another fantastic episode!
Honestly, I had the exact same experience you did with her beforehand! Thanks for opening my eyes!
I like this! Good job!
I don't even play Street Fighter but I'm still loving these videos dude! I'm learning all sorts of things haha, keep up the great work, your effort on these videos shines through something fierce.
+Daniel Hunt - Cheers, bruh! :)
that theory between Karin, Shadaloo, and the Illuminati was pretty interesting
btw, i dont know if you, Digi, or anybody has noticed this on Ryu, but following the games in the game's timeline, Ryu's hair gets darker each game
SF - Red
Alpha - light brown
SFII - dark brown
SFIV - darker brown
SFIII - pretty much black
SFV - ?
it kinda demonstrates how much of a wandering fighting hobo Ryu is considering he doesnt take the time to wash his hair, which would get darker and greasy if not washed properly
+Swift_Heracross People's hair CAN get darker as they age.
Crimsonis true, but Ryu is a hobo
Swift_Heracross ryu is not a hobo, he has home to go to & plus he can live with his best friend
+Swift_Heracross
Gotta also keep in mind that both him and Gouki have noticeably red hair when using the Satsui no Hadou. With Ryu's hair being red once again in the SFIV timeline, despite being dark brown for his "normal" appearance.
Maybe the red hair aspect getting darker is also a showing of how much less and less Ryu is using the Satsui no Hadou, especially seeing how in SFIII, he's completely abolished it and has apparently SURPASSED what it could have given him.
Ken's Hair isn't really Blonde...it's Black. :)
the I was going to raise a major point in my series I am currently editing for my new channel (not this one, it is one I use for watching other videos).
I always thought that since Karin is in SF V and the Illuminati are involved in the game, her family could be very important to the game´s story.
Being that many members of the Illuminati are high ranking politicians and over all very influential people all over the world, could her parents or even her be part of this even bigger organization.
It could very well be that her family is so powerful that they are among the few families that could fathom in standing a chance against the Illuminati.
Just my opinion but will elaborate on it with the videos I have planned regarding SF V story
rah, 200 miles.
bare flexin'. lol ffs.
This video was shared on my Facebook. decided to entertain it, and ended up impressed.
you've gained a new sub famalamski, good job lol
+Alienrun lol I already did haha! and yeah I have quite a few gaming friends :3
damn, that sounds rough lol. I'd suggest trying to find fb groups that discuss gaming and other topics you may be interested in, it can be pretty cool once you join the right ones :D
+chaosthunder - Imagine having a manor that big though. 200 miles. That's a long ting just to get to the front gate, lol XD Anyways, thanks for subscribing, man. Appreciated! I'm noticing the slang you're throwing around. Are you from the UK too?
DiGi Valentine
200 miles means if you ever need to run to the toilet...you'd be pissed loool.
Don't mention it, I haven't enjoyed watching a gaming youtuber in quite some time, and it's refreshing to hear somene from the UK doing stuff for a change!
lol and yeah man's from the UK, South London :D
+chaosthunder - Yesss rude-boy! You're a South Londoner? Nice one, fam. I'm from North side, myself. I got family living down those ends though, mostly around the Orpington/Bromley area. Where you situated at?
Props for the DYKG segment, that was nothing short of brilliant and hilariously timed. Likewise, the video as a whole was expertly handled, and I'm glad to say I've had my own eyes opened to the possibility of the Kanzuki here. Also digging the delectable theory-writing there at the end. The sad thing is this could date the video when SFV comes out proper, but if it turns out to be true... Hoo boy.
One thing I am finding interesting is, Sakura evidently not being on the roster for SFV makes me think of the reasoning. Karin's importance is going to tie into R.Mika... But without Sakura there to be the alternate plot, your Illuminati Connection theory seems the most likely. Can't have a character's only relevance be as a background rival to another, right Rufus?
+JacksonJin - Thanks! :) As for Sakura, nah i think we will see her as DLC much MUCH later on down the line. An older Sakura would make sense from a business/marketing perspective (she does have quite a large fanbase) but they probably didn't want to use her right out the gates because of too many shoto-type characters taking the centre stage in the past. I think we'll see Sakura at some point and their old rivalry will kick back up again, which i'd welcome. Maybe it'll tie in to the Illuminati theory too. Who knows. I just hope it's interesting from a storyline and character arc perspective :)
So London, got me in tears man good work.
I always liked the spoiled rich girl with the "oh ho ho" laugh archetype its one my favorite tropes along with the narcissist and the completely insane psycho (take one guess who my favorite Street Fighter is from that). Also if you have to credit Udon Karin for one thing its the facial expressions (8:29 and 8:43 )
+Jurassic Reptile - Oh yeah, 100%! The art for those UDON comics have always been amazing, no doubt about that at all. It's just looking back on some of the story choices now i can see the writing took quite a few liberties with the source material. But i ain't even hating, it's just a different medium that the characters exist in, i can dig that. I just need to make sure i'm getting all my facts right for Who Dat because when i started writing this Karin episode it was going to have a very different approach because i had gotten Karin wrong this whole time XD;;
Another great episode of Who Dat. I'm really liking the ones on SF characters and would like to see more. Particularly on the III series. Anyway, keep up the good work :)
Love these Who Dat vids! Keep up the good work!
Would just like to say upon me trying to find out who juri was I came across your video and INSTANTLY SUBSCRIBED. Dude you're freaking hilarious and informative. LOVE YOUR VIDS !!!!
You deserve a lot more subs! Great work. Informative and really entertaining!
You are the reason why Karin is my favorite character. Not only did you and I both kind of have indifference towards the character(Me mainly because I didn't want to click on this specific Who Dat), but as you told it to me, new Karin became my 4th favorite character to play as, but my favorite character overall. THANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUU
As someone who had low opinion of Karin, this was great!
"WELL, THERE GOES ALL MY HENTAI PRIVILEGES!"
Im glad your still making these videos, Your channel may be obscure but your videos are awesome!
Karin's outfit may be cliche, but it does connect her more strongly to Sakura.
Awesome video DiGi!
AMAZING SERIES!!!!
Makoto and Karin are my favs
Same here
Yeah best Karin and Sakura my favour love it.
The best version of Karin is from the Saigado doujinshi
Quince friends?
Mr Digi Valentine. I've been a subscriber to you for a couple of days now. your content is unique and your delivery is great! I love the fact that you crack down on a character based on their facts and expand them more. keep it up, Mr Valentine!
I never thought of her as her as rude but as prideful
Wow that was a great video! Subbed
OK after this episode i think the Kanzuki's arw one of the richest groups in gaming XD
_[beat]_
"what do ya mean it's pronounced as _'Kuh-Reen'_?!"
My exact reaction, bruv xD
The strange part about Karin is that I liked her being an effective stylish jerk the fact she has compassion is something I was not aware of but I am not offended that she has compassion even though I love fighters who are jerks because her positive qualities like a fantastic appearance,great number of techniques,speed and power combined with her vibrant personality make her fascinating and a great character to play.
Her only downside is you need to be a perfectionist like her to make the most of her and she does not work well for new players that are not willing to invest a lot of effort into her.
what about ken
Awesome video. Only thing that's missing is a ohoho shoutout
dayum nigga....you've done it again. You've swept me into caring who this character is. Duuuude I love your work! keep'em coming! Get bigger and more famous, I support you! When I make it big ill fund you to pump out more episodes
I really love your wit DiGi, ahah.. I've gone from only watching the characters I know to watching all of them because I just enjoy your humour so much B-)
This video is awesome!
Also please do cody next
Dude you rock!!! Loving your videos everytime. Still waiting on an Sakura episode. I guess since you've done Karin.
I really love that ending theme of yours.
+Kenseiger J - It is pretty damn funky, ain't it? All thanks go to Sir J for making that song (and every other song on this channel, in fact).
I was amazed with karin's role in the storymode! she is the freaking leader. Also she is so rich that she owns a 6000 ninja army that sadly got owned by Bison.
Great vid as usual.
Think maybe you could cover an SNK character in the future? I think Terry Bogard or Athena Asamiya would make for a great Who Dat? video.
+FGC|Checkmate - No promises just yet but if my schedule free's up i'll look in to covering one or two SNK characters. We'll see. Thanks for watching :)
Awesome video can you do gill
That’s a good idea digi valentine you should do some SNK characters like Terry Bogard he’s interesting to know.
that animu rich girl laugh tho....
***** XDD exactly
***** LOL XDD
Not sure why it took me this long to subscribe. All of your Who Dat? videos have all managed to maintain a high level of quality, and all thoroughly researched.
Would you consider doing a video on Cody from the Street Fighter/Final Fight series? (I think he would be a pretty good subject given the evolution of the character over time.) And, if you'd be up for it, I'd love to see a video on Beowulf or Big Band from Skullgirls.
Either way, keep up the good work.
+PSISomething - Hey, better late than never. Glad to have you subscribed! (I actually do the same thing, myself. I watch a channels videos for a while to get a feel of their upload rate and personality before i finally subscribe to them, so no worries).
As for Cody, i like the guy. There's clearly a story there and i definitely have material to work with when it comes down to him. That said, there's no current plans for him just yet. I have a long list of other things i need to make episodes on first but i think Cody might make an appearance if the moment arises. I wouldn't mind doing an episode of him at some point. We'll see though.
good stuff man, subscribed!
Great analysis of this character.
Just seen a small amount of vids from you and I say, I like the content. Just subscribed and I'll be looking forward to what you bring.
Just found this channel and it's great, subbed for sure
I think the Kanzuki estate covers 200 *square* miles. That's area, not length or width. Still rather considerable, but not the distance from one end of the estate to the other.
Just remember in game is the only canon story for SF they borrow a few things from the manga namely Masahiko Nakihara's which is pretty much our canon manga since he did artwork for Capcom.
well she's definitely different from lili that's for sure
Help I couldn't find the subscribe button for "DiG' You Know Valentine?"!
I know, it twas joking as well.
+RiDEL - It got cancelled after the first episode :'(
Great vid!
When I was watching my friend play SF Alpha 3 home at me this Friday and facing off against Sakura, I noticed that she seem to have similar moves to Fei Long.
Seems like I'll be spending some time learning her.
...Wait... nothing about Ken? I always thought she was Ken's Sakura in a way. Where did I even get that from?..
+Sai Prime Their is some history. Karin fought Ken in the second volume of Sakura's manga.(sadly, it isn't actually shown) She also mentioned taking a few pointers from his moves before she met him. She created her own martial arts after all. In Alpha 3, she loses in a rematch if you play Ken and says she didn't think she would lose again.
AgentownshipRebelion Years later, but I noticed Karin has Ken's forward throw in Alpha 3.
he does fight/somewhat inspires her with his view on fighting in alpha 3.
10/10 would watch again. I am maining her in sf5
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I'm starting to see, though, that I was a little unfair; there's a little more depth and thought put into the casts across the series then I gave Capcom credit for.
I'm a little convinced that Karin is partially inspired by young Dio Brando in the introduction of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 1 because of her life's purpose of chasing success like a dog chasing a squirrel. And I feel like it's a bit of an homage in one of her special entrances where she hops from her helicopter to the ground in a dramatic landing pose where her hand is placed flat against the ground while she kneels as her eyes are closed, like how Dio leaps from his stagecoach and does the exact same thing when he meets Jonathan
Well Guiles design was inspired by Polanreff so its possible.
Oh, hello Luvia.
happy birthday karin!!!(i like to think her alpha 3 ending is canon since the satellite shows up again and the only confirmed non canon ending is charlie/guile and i love that in 5 she's not only good friends with sakura & ibuki,fully sponsors r. mika while giving birdie a place to stay with no issue and becomes the big good of the series with how massive her fortune and fighting knowledge is.)
i really like her story arc(the alpha series is my favorite story in street fighter to boot.:3) with her being a equivalent of ken to sakura(even fighting the guy himself leading to her respecting sakura.) learning to enjoy the fight but not be a spoilsport about losing(didn't like that about her udon comics version as it took way to long for her development to kick in and she was too similar to lili from tekken in that regard,though i'd love to see them meet in tekken x street fighter.) and is fully supporting of others while keeping her respecting,playfully proud but charismatic that i hope keeps her as a regular.
ohohohohohoho :3
Karin's confidence and attitude is thesort of thing we see in male characters all the time, it's great to see it in a blond like Karin
8:37: That happened to yo me Also with both Sally Acorn and Karin Kanzuki Also.
Well Karin is basically Sakura's answer to Ken as Ryu's rival. Wealthy, powerful Martial Artist, Overconfident, blonde with a red outfit, and passionate about combat, and she was originally just a palette swap. Except she's younger than Ken, her fighting style is different, and she's more focused about victory than Ken is, but he's still pretty proud of being successful
Karin I don't know if should would fight in 2020 and 2021 with the others Karens but character development with Karin yay like she very proud
These videos are pretty great, man, I just discovered your series today and I love your presentation style. More popular channels tend to mess up on informational/retrospective videos, imo, by having an annoyingly high ratio of stupid-joke-time to actual-info-time. You're almost as concise as DYKG without being so damn dry. That comparison isn't perfect though since these videos are meant to be entirely informational. Anyways, though, it would be kind of hilarious if some day DYKG asks you to lend your voice for one of their videos even with the little spoof of them that you put in this one.
He just did a NiGHTS episode on DYKG.
My main in SFV as well as Charlie Nash.
Great fun episode as usual bruv, but.... that's 7 Street Fighter characters, 3 from Sonic, 2 from Cowboy Bebop....when are we getting more Shenmue? Nozoooomi! Tooooom!
+The Movie Planet - Yeah, i need to hit up the Shenmue universe again at some point. I ain't even meaning to stall on that, it's just there's been so much other stuff i need to get through. The Street Fighter stuff is sticking around because the new game is coming out soon and i want to cover the cast so don't expect to see the Street Fighter characters vanish for a long while yet, but i should probably dip in to the Shenmue series for one or two more episodes. No promises but i'll see what i can do with the schedule i have :)
DiGi Valentine Alright fam I'll just wait patiently to get the dealio on Fuku-san and Goro then ;)
They should have an intro with Karin sometime where her alt costume looks the same as her regular one, but then before the fight starts she rips it off. (While the other character covers their eyes but then sees she's not actually naked) What she has underneath looks a bit like the workout vest the Amazon from Jormangund wears, I think it would look nice to go with *just* that, like she was turning into some kind of American Gladiator.
I miss old karin kanzuki so popular that marvellous job back day best street fighter alpha 3 will done capcom your made!
6:40 Relatable.
I got a question this time: How do you feel about character stereotypes? For example, from what I seen, the rich character are usually the ones who are the most obnoxious or spoiled. I just wanted to ask this question because from your description of Karin, she seems to break out of that stereotype slightly, and I was curious. Other than that, I hope you will continue the great work.
+gizmo123473 - Truth be told, in some cases i actually don't mind stereotypes if they're used on grounds for people to relate and connect upon. There's been some great characters made from a stereotype mould and they wouldn't have been so great if they were not made from it. I'll probably speak more upon this subject if ever i do an episode on Hakan, actually. There's a lot i want to say about that guy in particular.
As for Karin herself, i do feel she fits the stereotype of a rich upper-class female, snobbish in attitude and someone who looks down upon people less worthy than her... but she definitely does step outside the box a little due to the way she shows her respectful side. It's just a matter of winning her respect. She's got her heart in the right place, that's for sure.
Honestly the whole" learns to be more respectful after their losses" isn't pretty standard for any rich character that isn't just a flat villain.
I love your intro.
Regarding Karin's appearance, I believe it mainly has to do with her being a female version of Ken similar to Sakura being a female Ryu, not counting fighting styles. Both Ken and Karin wear a similar, of not the same, outfit as their rival, only red. Both have blonde hair, and both of f'ing rich. And I just now realized both their first names start with the letter K and end with the letter N. Not sure if that was intentional or just a coincidence.
200 miles isn't a measurement of area. 200 square miles would be an estate just over 14 miles on a side which is nothing to sneeze at is larger than some of the smallest countries in the world. London is 607 square miles in area for reference.
God Dammit DAN! @9:44 what are you doing!?!
I thought Karin looked like Nellie Oleson from 1974's Little House On the Prairie and that her rivalry with Sakura practically made them like Nellie and Laura Ingalls.