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Ergo Critiques (Unfairly) #2

Jin Kazama from Tekken 3-7

The son of Kazuya Mishima and Jun Kazama, and the grandson of Heihachi Mishima. Jin Kazama carries the Devil Gene, which he obtained from his treacherous father, Kazuya. He seeks revenge, for some reason. Maybe because he has the most evil and ruthless family in the world who gives him shit all the time.

You could say that the entire Tekken franchise revolves around the Mishima family and their continuous daddy problems.

Jin hates his father, Kazuya, as much as Kazuya hates his own father as well, Heihachi. Heihachi hates his f-

Alright, enough. We get it. Tekken’s wack. Let’s get to the point.

I’m now going to use my super dependable critiquing eye, which holds no bias at all, on Jin Kazama. He is arguably the poster child of Tekken, appearing in the front cover of almost every installment since Tekken 3. He is notably known for his uh, brooding and moody demeanor.

And his super cool bangs.

In this post, I want to rate some of his costumes from different installments and judge them from a practical level and, of course, how cool he looks.

Devil Jin is not included, that’s an entirely different character for me and we’re going to be here all night, if I’m going to make a post about his hilariously edgy devil form.

Tekken 4

Let’s start off with a bang!

This is Tekken 4′s Jin Kazama and holy shit! It can’t get any more mid-2000s than this. It doesn’t mean that it’s bad, cuz it’s the opposite. This is one of the coolest designs I’ve seen in a fighting game. I mean, flames on your tracksuit?! God damn!

Jin Kazama usually fights barefooted, with shin guards. In this iteration, he fights with boots that are admittedly a bit too colorful. I know that he likes his blacks and reds, but couldn’t they have been a bit more matching with his tracksuit?

What I do like about this, is his gloves. It might look a bit awkward, since it doesn’t match that well with his tracksuit in terms of colors. I’m not too big on color theory and all that, so I can’t give a formidable opinion on this. Enough about the colors!

I like how the gloves go over the sleeves.

“Huh? Why?” You may ask.

Well, Kazama uses a style called Karate. Which means that he was trained to fight in a gi. You know, the uh, the uniform you use when practicing martial arts like judo, jiu-jiutsu or karate? In these martial arts, it’s easier to get grappled when you’re in a gi. Your sleeves are big and and loose around your wrists, which puts you in a disadvantageous position to be thrown around. His gloves nulls the possibility of that. But, uh, his tracksuit is still baggy.

Great design. 4/5.

Tekken 5

This is his most iconic design, remastered from Tekken 3.

It’s simple, looks cool and his belt is tied correctly. A bit extra with the flame design on his pants, though. But Jin Kazama was introduced in 1999 with this iconic design and people obviously wanted it back. Can’t blame ‘em, it looks good! My favorite part about this design is, of course, his guards. That’s probably my most favorite thing about Jin! They fit him soooo well! His gloves are top-tier, and his shin guards are hidden under his pants, teasingly revealing themselves once in a while when Jin kicks ass.

Show everyone your ankles, Jin! <3

He looks like a goblin in this game, though. What a weird face.

Good design. 3/5.

Tekken 7

Oh no. Jin, no!

Can I say, this is the definition of an over-designed character? Well, it probably isn’t, but it sure as hell made me dry heave.

Those leather pants with black tribal designs? Ew. Those boots that look like they belong in the Sonic Franchise? Ew. Wearing a studded belt in the 2010s? Alongside with those little and cute kunai accessories next to the golden belt buckle? Eeeeeeew!

The arms kinda look cool. You can’t really lift your arms, though. His shoulder pads are awkwardly cupping his shoulders, restricting movement a lot. As someone who needs to punch people a lot and fight his family every Tuesday, it was a stupid idea for him to put those on. How can he even take the arm thingies off?! How did he even put them on?!

Bad design. 2/5.

Summary

Generally, I loathe edgy characters. They say some of the lamest shit ever and they always have a generic, tragic backstory and then they are brooding all the time. They also wear dark clothes, generally cover their RED, SULLEN AND TIRED eyes with their bangs or with a hood.

But, uh, I love Jin Kazama. He’s the only, edgy character I’ve ever liked (this is a lie, i love scorpion) and he’s so fun to play as! Even when he transforms into an even more edgier character, which is Devil Jin, he’s still great.

I’m a big hypocrite, but I’m fine with that!

Thanks for reading!

- Ergo

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