As an Asuka main I fully agree. I don't mind her rivalry with Lili as long as it's kept to a minimum like Jin's rivalry with Hwoarang. What bothers me is that Lili was more essential to the story of Tekken 6 than Asuka was in the entire series

Being an Asuka main the fact this isn't the canon makes me so salty.

Asuka has MC potential but she gets shut down to just being tomboy waifu bait

Fast-forward 3 years she is still a wasted Kazama.

Paul was wasted the most. He was most badass, was able to fight kazuya till stalemate, was able to defeat ogre and now he is a joke character

"What the hell happened to this series" The answer is Tekken 7 Main focus is E-sport,

I was one of the people who suggested Asuka on twitter and sadly she isn't the only one. Steve is wasted potential, Hwoarang is wasted potential, Lei Wulong is wasted potential, Ling Xiaoyu is wasted potential. Literally everyone that isn't named Mishima is wasted potential.

As of Tekken 7, everyone who isn’t a Mishima is wasted. Have you SEEN then t7 endings?

*sigh* Yeah. Lili also has an interesting setup, but for her OWN storyline about proving her worth and independence. Lili and Asuka would be much better off in separate storylines instead of a pointless "rivalry."

You definitely need to make a second part to this. Tekken 8's story mode puts this whole video front and center.

With how much focus was on Jin in Tekken 8 regarding his family, Asuka had a great opening to have some moments. Instead of bringing Jun back to life, having Asuka have to gain her family powers and assisting Jin to accept the angelic powers in Jun's sted.

Came back to this to say man, Namco hates this chick lmao, T8 did no favors

I honestly think Asuka should've been the protagonist of 6 instead of Lars. The guy had nothing going for him, yet 6 had him shoved down our throats. It would've been interesting to see Asuka take the center stage and figure out that she had the same influence on Jin's devil form that Jun had. Hell, Feng could've been more active in the story too, like an increasingly powerful rival. Asuka could've grown as a character, but nah, let's just give her a random, pointless rivalry with not-Karin, and irritating 'fan-service' to boot. I swear, ever since 6, every character that wasn't related to the Mishimas have been sidelined and treated like jobbers.

And then Asuka got pushed out again for Reina, true story. Tekken has never had a good plot outside of the loose string of a plot that is the Mishimas. But because T7 and T8 had huge finales people will say “OMG TEKKEN’S PLOT IS SO AMAZING!”

Never thought you'd talk about best girl

Wonder why Asuka and Jin don't acknowledge each other really

Seriously! Asuka's character is handled poorly!

To be fair after tekken 2 every character in the series is wasted potential. They made everybody a joke except the mishimas 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Tekken 4 was the last game with a serious story. The mood of the game feels dark. Example, Paul's story is not a joke

So sad that she was downgraded and pushed aside! Kazuya should be coming after her because her power is a threat to his devil power. How can they keep screwing up such a simple concept!

Having anti-demon powers should be a huge deal. Imagine what Asuka could do if she knew about her power and tried to develop it further. Imagine if she could use that against the _Mishimas._ Game changer.

There’s a lot of characters in this series that have wasted plotential. Specifically, anyone who isn’t a Mishima.

It’s sad how this video is still relevant.

haven't checked on tekken in awhile but man making asuka jin's cousin and doing nothing with it is like having jerrod inside ermac and doing nothing with it, such a obvious plot point but goes nowhere

One thing they could have done to tie her into the main story could have been that she is high school friend with Xiaoyu. As such, even if she doesn't interact with Jin, at least Xiaoyu would be aware that "hey, he has a cousin who may or may not heal him"

Remember when Hwoarang was Jin's rival, and they have legit respect for one another? Remember that Ling Xiaoyu is Jin's sort of love interest(it's clear she loves him, but his feelings towards her are up in the air) and actually was important to the plot, instead of being brushed aside and made comedic relief? Can we bring these two back into the story? Please?

Yesssss! Asuka, Jun, Julia, and Xiaoyu are all females I believe deserve a serious place in tekken's story.

I think one of tekkens problems is not enough characters are progressing and getting together and form relationships, every time someone gets close to having a relation they stagnate. The other thing is that if you not a Mishima your not doing anything, people don’t have to contribute to that plot to have something going ie nina and Steve story

Honestly Tekken's Writing Started to Go To Shit around 6. Biggest Problem is That they introduce new Characters but don't do anything meaningful with them Or Just Sideline to Make way with The Mishimas. Feng Should've Have Been Asuka's True Rival Since it would give her more agency along with Exploring her Ties with Jin and Jun but that's just me.

Before Watching: I felt a dull pain in my stomach the moment I saw the thumbnail, because IT'S SO TRUE! After Watching: (slow clap) Nicely. Freakin'. Said.

Also Harada said that Jin and Asuka aren’t cousins, he said that their relationship is more 'complicated' than that and that they don’t share any parent nor sibling of the parent. Harada and the developers want to keep it this way because I feel like it’s most likely a hint for Asuka to actually connect with Jin and Jun in the future for Tekken 8.

The fact that it's been 4 games and Asuka STILL hasnt canonicly met Feng is so sad. And now Feng is fixating at his rivalry with Leroy of all things. ffs

Too bad her plot line will never be expanded now because she’s been confirmed to be a distant relative of Jin which I had a hunch they’d pull something like this for how long she hasn’t been written deeply since her debut. It does make sense because Jin and Asuka never had a direct interaction ever, however this does ruin any potential plot line Asuka can play, but she’s not alone with this issue, tons of Tekken characters are having no story line and being wasted as a Jobber, Feng is recent victim to this as he is now reduced to the guy who lost to Leroy Smith.

Hi from the future. Asuka is not Jin's cousin. Jin and Jun are from the main branch of the Kazama family. They have no close relatives as the main branch is presumed to have died out after Jun's disappearance. Asuka is a distant relative of Jun and Jin, from the side branch of the Kazama clan and most likely has no connection to Yakushima. As far as why Asuka was included in T5 and onward, it's likely to have a character that purely uses Kazama style karate. For the developers, creating movesets is a lot harder than creating a new character model (which you have to do every new game anyways) so Asuka is basically a repurpose of the existing Kazama moveset. While the Kazama purification power is useful for story purposes, Harada never intended Asuka to be the Kazama to deliver the purification powers to the Mishima bloodline, and we can see what he intended in the story of Tekken 8.

*sees wasted plotential on asuka* me: yes

Asuka was a character that when she first debuted and I saw her ending I am like, wait so there was another Kazama and she has the same abilities as Jun!? She seems cool and spunky, I wonder what they are going to do with her? Fast forward to 6 and 7 and Asuka has zero bearing on the stories of each, her ending is non canon despite having very important information regarding her bloodline and we are focusing so much on the Mishima family once again. Oh and she is reduced to have a very pointless rivalry. .......Yeah Tekken 8 needs to bring Jun back and have Asuka get a role in something other then discount Sakura and Karin rivalry because come on even me and a friend were saying that 8 would be fantastic if Jun was brought back and Asuka had a role in that game, which would take the series full circle and actually end this arc. Great job as always Snake!

If only Harada used his own imagination and creativity instead of taking inspiration from Street Fighter then she would have been a main story material. I actually have no problem with Harada most of the times but like seriously, She was not someone that deserved to be treated like this.

According to Harada, Jin and Asuka aren't exactly cousins or something. But I really don't buy into that because it's just much easier to explain they're cousins because I can't really think of any other way they can be related.

Lars is the most pointless addition to the Mishima family ever. "Oh Heihachi had a one night stand with a random woman in Sweden when the Tekken Force were stationed there once and Lars is the result." Even Lee has a better claim to being a Mishima and he was adopted and used by Heihachi to toughen Kazuya up by giving him a rival.

This video made me realise that damn near the whole tekken roster could get a wasted plotential. I feel like tekken 7, and it's shitty character episode endings, made everyone realise that bandai have nothing in plan for the characters unless they're a Mishima.

Can't wait for part 2!

everytime he say Asuka's name, it sounds like "Oscar"...

Just last month I was thinking how Asuka was wasted in the series and it made me think of your wasted potential series so I then thought to wait for the Asuka episode. And almost everything that I thought was wrong is in this video! It's almost as if you somehow read my mind and decided to make this video. 😱 But I will answer the question on why Jun didn't bring Jin to her family. My theory is that like Jun, her family is always focused on being virtuous and after Jun & Kazuya's fling and having a baby before marriage, they disowned her. I mentioned the second part because having a child without getting married may not be a big deal in Western society but in Japan, it's still considered very taboo.

I literally used to write big fanfiction about Asuka's story and journey on joining forces or people that wants to stop Devil gene or Jin or Mishimas like this was such a dissapointment knowing Asuka is trapped in rival arc with Lili

Remember that time Hwoarang was Jin’s rival?

Random fun fact: asuka’s voice actress also does Mila from DOA (who’s my main in that series)

I may consider Asuka to be one of my favourite characters, but I can’t deny that everything you’ve said here is spot on.

"Hey! Asuka we cant make any story about you anymore, so your Lesbian for Lili now. It may not go good with your fans but the yuri fans will love it..... Thats all that matter, your welcome' -Tekken Storyboard

You know which character really was wasted potential in Tekken after just only being in one canon game... ANGEL!! The Tekken 8 story needs her now more than ever to come and help stop Kazuya forever, this could be the time to redeem herself after she obviously failed in Tekken 2, and that allowed Kazuya to become the monster that he is today.

Asuka the fan service.

0:38 it’s worse in tekken cause you can argue a few things in Batwoman case. Martha not being close with her siblings. Thomas naming Alfred to be Bruce’s guardian and the cains accepted it. Who knows. Like Jun knows how awful Heihachi is so like why did Jun tell Jin to find him.

She truly could have evolved as a character to become much like Jun Kazama and truly comfort Jin. Give her the story she deserves continuing from Tekken 5. She ran into Jin Kazama and healed him. Her entire story can be about learning about the Kazama’s (She can't possibly know about them because she was unaware she healed Jin or what the devil gene was) and who Jun Kazama was. This way, she becomes more like Jun, even to the point of frustrating Jin and Kazuya as a FOIL character to Jin's dark and edgy and Kazuya's murderous rage. She can remind Kazuya of Jun so much that he refuses to kill her and even allows her to discuss things with him and train with him. It would be a complete contrast to anything else he displays even with his workers, to let this girl come and go whenever she pleases. This begins to tamper with the devil gene (Thus allowing Angel some more screen time). She would also have access to Jin Kazama but in a way that she annoys him because she is so much like his mother, even to the point of looking like her, but her actions are so not like Jun Kazama. She loves cell phones, shopping, she talks with a weird accent, and is so bubbly! Jin would also be in conflict because there should be no reason why he allows this girl, who clearly knows Kazuya because she would MENTION Kazuya around Jin, but Jin still allows her to be around and not send any Tekken Force members to her dojo (Which she would own by now). As she continues to grow, she could become the main threat to the devil gene in both Kazuya AND Jin because like Jun almost stopped Kazuya from going full devil and then raised Jin, Asuka could be the one who gets in trouble and Kazuya would always rescue her, thus giving him redeeming qualities (Like how Devil took Jun and flew away in TTT). For instance, Heihachi could use her as bait to lure Kazuya out and Kazuya could finally defeat Heihachi and try to kill him but Asuka could stop him and he can literally say the same thing Jin said in Tekken 4 but instead say “Asuka Kazama...thank Asuka Kazama” and fly off the same way. Jin could do the same but not be as personal by sending help if her dojo is attacked. The whole town would know that this dojo is under protection by G Corporation AND Mishima Zaibatsu, thus, getting Feng Wei off her back, and also giving her an excuse not to be strong enough to defeat every person. She can focus on using her influence in more ways than just punching. She could have a plot to help her city as well because of Kazuya’s obvious and Jin's reluctant bias towards her. She would tell Jin stories of Kazuya saved her from Heihachi and said those words and this would anger Jin as it shows that either Kazuya is not all evil...or he still is (as they act the same way)...which would annoy Jin to no end as it would show that Asuka still has hope for Kazuya and maybe he is going about things the wrong way. Kazuya would be closer to her than Jin is...ironically, even though she and Jin are Kazama blood. Her greatest conflict would be Kazuya's and Jin's fights because she knows that one of them will eventually kill the other if they don't stop. She would see the good in both of them and in a climactic battle, she stands between the two of them and they hold their punches inches away from different sides of her head. Then Jin loses control and goes Devil and Kazuya does the same to match his power and Asuka over powers them both with the light that she doesn't even know she has. Kazuya and Jin part because she loses consciousness and needs help. They'll kill each other at the next tournament. (Okay, I wrote a lot more than I thought I would, but hey...it's a better story than Tekken 7 😂)

Ah, yes, the Tekken franchise. Loved the games, but loathed what they did to most of the cast. I remembered being surprised at how little to nothing they did with Asuka in the games given she shares both the Kazama blood AND the fighting style. And then there's the treatment of the OG characters, like Paul Phoenix and the Williams sisters. I can go on, but my thoughts on the overall universe is that it started to decline in Tekken 4, then went full blown anime of the bad kind from Tekken 5 and beyond. Then, sadly, the non-canon entry, TTT2, actually had some of the best endings and character backgrounds for a long time before getting the mess that was Tekken 7.

and this is still relevant in Tekken 8 😞

Literally Jin’s cousin and is instead pushed aside for a dumb rivalry with Lily. The Kazama’s are a complete mystery to this day but it’s been hinted from spinoffs like Tag Teams that they have angelic history that counters the Devil Gene the Mishimas have. I seriously hope Tekken 8 expands on the Kazamas since it’ll probably focus on Jin and Kazuya’s rivalry.

Tekken in general has just so, so many, perhaps countless wasted potentials of all their freaking characters. They've all set up to have pretty intriguing background but they've all never really tied the story properly together. I'm honestly upset to see a majority of their endings are just the same unfunny gags or "insert cool action scene" or "Mishima are evil and I'll do revenge" Unless they're Mishima, they probably play no role in the main story whatsoever.;;; Like I really wish they have some character development in their endings or something???

I feel like you could do a Wasted Plotential on 95% of the Tekken roster, basically anyone who's not a Mishima.

When I first saw Asuka, and her moveset, I thought she would be some long lost sister to Jin. Her immediate family other than her father is ever mentioned. Her father would have to be related to Jun Kazama. Since her moveset is so similar to Jun, as well as the original King, as opposed to the orphan who is the current king, Hwoarang being trained by Baek Doo San, and Julia being trained similar moves by Michelle Chang, Asuka would have to been trained by Jun Kazama herself, at some point. Edit: I was surprised that Asuka wasn't even in that Blood Vengeance movie. She was always so dead set on tracking down Feng because he attacked her father's Dojo.

Can somebody famous show this to Harada? He barely (if not at all) pays attention to anyone who isn't a streamer or an EVO challenger for Esports, give the man to understand what do all of us want.

If you thought Asuka was wasted 3 years ago, play Tekken 8 and see how much potential was missed. Long story short, Asuka finds out that Jin's mother was Jun Kazama... Somehow not knowing this years ago. But to go into a bit more detail, they seriously never addressed if Asuka and Jin are cousins. Like, they could've revealed that Jun is Asuka's aunt (and maybe reveal that's Asuka's Dad is Jun's younger brother, and keep in mind this is strictly my personal head canon,) during this reveal. But no. They instead focus more on the relationship between Jin and Xiaoyu during that scene.

You'd think being Jin's cousin would make Asuka important but she's sidelined in a comedic rivalry with Lili.

Once again, a very nice and SENSIBLE idea for a character who was misused in such a gross way. I'm glad that there are people out there who noticed just what happened to her which is a shame because it was already bad enough we lost a fan favorite (Jun) around that time so when Asuka was introduced, gross implications aside (Jun being discarded for a younger model), Asuka at least had a decent debut in Tekken 5 what with her connection to the Kazama family and having the power to suppress the devil gene. But nope, she got relegated to a generic, tomboy anime schoolgirl forever trapped having to have a pointless schoolgirl rivalry with Lili in a shallow copying of Street Fighter's Sakura & Karin. Oh joy /s. I pretty much agree with your rewrite having her be a more central figure of Tekken 6 teaming up with the others who had a reason to stop Jin and how her involvement carried into Tekken 7. Tekken's story was never perfect but it's clear that after Tekken 4, things started going south at the blink of an eye and part of this has to do with Harada's piss-poor storytelling. This all goes back to what happened with Jun. The original story had Jun dying by the hand of Ogre which was the motivation for Jin to defeat him and avenge his mother. But then when Tekken Tag Tournament 1 happened and she returned, it confused fans only for Harada to then come out and saw that Tekken Tag 1's endings were not canon to the main story. We see this carry over to Tekken 4 where stories for the characters pick up after Tekken 3. Though I still remember back during this time, people were still pissed that Jun was not in the game and so for this, it's pretty clear that Harada felt the best way to appease fans was to introduce a new character who had her fighting style and resemblance creating Asuka in the process. This still didn't satiate Jun fans though and he kept quiet about her until Tekken Tag 2. Fan reception to her was overwhelmingly positive as to be expected and THIS is where Harada made a stupid change changing Jun's status from deceased to "missing". This right here is part of what ruined the story but okay fine, she's "missing". If Jun does not make her return in Tekken 8 then this will just prove to me that Harada was either trolling or he's just that incompetent of a writer even worse than we imagined. But back on Asuka, yeah she's definitely one of the worst examples of wasted potential from the Tekken series and I would hope that she'll be put to better use in Tekken 8's story narrative.

After Tekken 3 or 4, the series relied on dumb humor than just sticking to it's normal routes (Meaning it should be serious with a bit of humor, like the PS1 Tekken games).

Interesting, if I remember correctly, during Tekken 5 development, Unknown, who, at the time was supposed to be Jun's sister, not Jun herself, was going to be a playful character, just not possessed by the wolf spirit. Then Asuka was created because of the school girl craze in Japan. Dang. I was a big fan of Asuka and hoped to see her interactions with Jin and the others, and maybe a possible return of Jun, but this series kept on disappointing me. Won't ever forgive what they did with Jun either. First, they told us she was dead, then changed it to her be missing, telling us she was too old now to be include in the games. It took her fans calling Harada out on twitter to put her in TTT2 as well as the other ladies like Kunimitisu and Michelle. I used to be a huge fan of the series, but after Tekken 4, it was clear story and character development meant nothing, so I just left the series.

Even though Asuka is related to Jun and is supposed to have the same angelic powers that Jun had (we only saw in a non-canon ending), the character is wasted simply for sheer comic relief. Even though she has very serious motivations such as avenging her hospitalized father and detaining a genocidal relative, she never achieved her goals, all her endings without exception are gag (three of which are dedicated to one-sidede Lili's rivalry). Asuka is just a teenager with no relevant connection to the other Kazamas (she probably doesn't even know who Jun is). I can't see how she could fit into the main plot of Tekken 8, Asuka has nothing to do with Jin, most likely Jun will return to the game, already has an exorcist with angelic powers at her disposal. So more likely we’ll spend more time watching Asuka lose her time with Lili bullshit.

Thank you so much for this video! I hate the fact that, despite her potential, Asuka is treated like a dumb anime schoolgirl. What makes it even worse is that there is already another character who fills that role perfectly and that's Ling Xiaoy. Asuka is, as pointed in the video, supposed to be legacy character to Jun, not a comic relief character. Speaking of which, i hope that you will also do one episode for Paul Phoenix. It's sad to see one of the strongest characters from first 3 games (dude defeated Ogre, for crying out loud!) being reduced to bumbling buffoon.

Awesome, we're FINALLY about to tackle some Tekken bullshit on this channel! I've been waiting for this day, lol. As a fan of both Asuka and Lili, this has been one of my biggest complaints about Tekken since T6. I may love me some yuri/rivalry between these two girls because I'm admittedly a perv, but I hate how it's obvious they just shoehorned this rivalry together (and it may have been the reason they even created Lili in T5DR in the first place), JUST so that Harada could have a Tekken equivalent of Sakura & Karin from Street Fighter. Unfortunately, they just completely sidetracked the very reason why Asuka was introduced into the series in the first place (to be Jun's story and gameplay replacement, abet younger and spunkier) and there is just no excuse for that. It also is a disservice to Lili, since it basically doomed her almost right from the start to only being around in the games as the resident fanservice girl of Tekken without any true story relevance to the overall scheme of things, instead of doing things in regards to 'protecting' her family's conglomerate like she was doing in T5DR and in the backstory/scenario campaign of T6 (...and the less said about her and Eliza, the better....) I don't think Tekken Project seems to understand why Capcom's version works as it does, but the clear difference between the two pairs is that Sakura and Karin actually have (positive, but what's important is at least SOME form of) development in their eventually friendly rivalry from SFA3 to SF5, and it doesn't take away from their individual relevance in the plot or motivations. Lili and Asuka only exist for each other the instant Asuka beat Lili during T5DR's tournament, and that's it. Everything else that may have been of interest to them individually has been put on hold since 2008 just to push their (practically lesbian at this point) rivalry together, and it's gone nowhere of importance, only to straight up anime fanservice. It's been 2 canon games after T5DR, Harada. Get your shit together with the Kazama bloodline already... and bring Jun back while you're at it.

Better yet, just don't have Lars. Tekken 6 really screwed up the narrative.

Great video again, Snake :) Yes, i agree i think there was always something going on with Asuka and her power that turned Jin back from his devil form. But sadly her character has been relegated useless with pointless rivalry with Lili. Basically almost every Tekken character is a wasted potential at this point. Also Harada's favoritism of Heihachi and trying to make him sympathetic rubs me the wrong way. I don't know what Mr. Harada was trying to accomplish by making Heihachi into "misunderstood good guy". Heihachi has tried to murder every member of his family. He overthrew his father, imprisoned him and left him starve to death and he wasn't even tainted, he killed Michelle's father, unleashed Ogre that attacked Jun who is either dead or missing, planned for world domination, etc. That's not how you make your main villain sympathetic. Its not like Severus Snape who is on evil side but is secretly helping out the good guys. Heihachi has shown no remorse or regret for his actions. Harada, get your head out of your ass.

Something to note: Harada retconned that Jin and Asuka were first cousins, they're more just 'of the same kin' now. Which is stupid and asinine, but it does at least explain why Jin went to Heihachi and not Asuka's family.

I am so glad this popped up on my recommendations bc I’ve been wanting to see videos like this about Tekken characters. There’s such an underwhelming amount of Tekken videos discussing lore/characters, this had excited me greatly!

I agree with you wholeheartedly on Asuka not being used at her potential and your comparison between Asuka and Lili with Sakura and Karin respectively. I was disappointed when Lili was in the picture and her endings after Tekken 5 were more ... comedic rather than relevant to the plot (as most of the Tekken endings outside the Mishima Clan).

Lars should never have been created, Asuka could have had a bigger role in T6

Asuka should be part of the Mishima story as she's one herself her not being in the story makes no sense at all to me I hope Jun and Angel returns.

I Main Asuka, and wow, i would love if all of this were canon.

The fact we lost this potential for someone as bland as Lars is infuriating

Imagine if Asuka's Tekken 5 ending was actually canon

Seeing this, really shows just how much even Tekken wasted their character story wise as well.

Nah it's not even Sakura and Karin type of rivalry, it's straight up Sakura and Ibuki type of thing.

I’ve been craving Tekken story content on here for YEARS now. I’m so excited that you’re covering Tekken characters now 👏🏿👏🏿

As someone who's utterly sad that Asuka has such little relevance AND that Xiao also couldve added so much more to Jin's characterline, thank you for mentioning Xiao at least ;_;

Asuka really should be in the spotlight and I love this idea for her. As much as I love Lili, she really did derail Asuka to a serious extent and it sucks. Just out of curiosity, and assuming it’s not gonna be covered in future WP episodes, how would you fit Xiaoyu and Hwoarang into this story? They feel like no brainers to me (and given Xiao’s story with Claudio it seems likely) and I’d love to see them be pushed to the forefront. Especially given Xiao worked surprisingly well as the protagonist of Blood Vengeance and evolved into a much more likeable character, and Hwoarang is one of only two fighters to ever canonically beat Jin and therefore should realistically have a much bigger role imo.

@6:34 At least with Scorpion he was depicted as sympathetic going back as early as MK2. Heihachi's attempts at nuance just came out of nowhere. Great video. Would also have liked to see Asuka interact with Xiaoyu and Hwoarang. And your Steve Fox suggestion also makes me want to see a video on Anna Williams as well.

Ya know, Tekken 7 kinda "plotentially wasted" every character that didn't have Mishima as a last name

I just really hope Tekken 8 will give attention and good character development to characters who aren’t apart of the Mishima family

Asuka mains rise up, this is for us

YES 4TH SNAKE IS COVERING TEKKEN!!! ^__^ This was great and worth the wait hopefully a Xiaoyu episode is planned because good lord Tekken 7 did my girl dirty she's one of the most popular, long lasting iconic characters of the franchise like if Nina is the queen of Tekken she's easily the princess, she's one of Jin's only real friends (and an implied pseudo love interest) has ties to Heihachi as well, she was the star of an entire movie exploring her involvement in the families conflict for crying out loud she deserves to be a part of the main story definitely more than Lars does (as much as I may like him) seriously #JusticeForXiaoyu

They could've just brought back Jun Kazama in T7 instead of Asuka and nobody would've batted an eye at Asuka's absence. If anything, people probably would've been happier

Lili completely destroyed Asuka's character. She basically went from being a totally unique developed, and sensible character, to a plaything to the worst character ever to come into Tekken. This might be my biased hatred towards Lili, but she adds nothing interesting to the story. She basically started as trying to defend her father's business from bankruptcy from the Mishima Zibatsu, only to turn to a senseless rivalry to what could have been a key character to the Kazama story line. Makes me think Tekken's story would've thrived without Lili. Again, maybe my bias, but Lili is an utter disappointment to the series.

You should work for Bandai Namco because your story idea for what Asuka should’ve done in Tekken 6 was a good one! Asuka should’ve been the main protagonist in Tekken 6 and Lars should’ve been the secondary protagonist. It would be cool to switch between two characters and see their own storyline in Scenario Campaign. I hope Bandai Namco fixes Asuka's character that way she can be an important character in Tekken 8. Especially since Jun is in Tekken 8.

4thSnake, you and I share a VERY similar mindset regarding Asuka. And that makes me very happy because I don't see too many Asuka videos where she's not treated like she's in Jun and other's shadow. She could have been quite the heroic character, but nope! Gotta make it edgy. Thank you, for posting this. I am beyond happy someone else shares similar beliefs.

Asuka is the biggest waste in Tekken history. I was excited to see what they would do with her after Tekken 5, but they've done nothing with her since except have her fight with Lili in every game since to fuel some ship between them or something. Sub-Zero: "Such wasted potential."

At least she didn't become a back up dancer like my boi Eddy

Anyone here after Tekken 8?

Aside from Asuka and Steve, I really wish Yoshimitsu got to do more in the central narrative, and that Raven, Zafina, and Claudio, characters that should've been central to their respective tekken debuts, weren't wasted.

It took you a little over 4 minutes to do what Namco couldn't with such a potential character in over 10 fucking years. Bravo, and I mean that genuinely, sir.😄

I am a Jun Kazama main. As well as Asuka Kazama just because of the Kazama style. But this hurt. And yet it’s so true. I need Jun back ASAP.

4th Snake: What the hell happened to the series man, honestly? Me: It's slowly starting to turn into the MK Storyline.

I believed that non-canon endings are *WHAT IFS.* The story was canon.

"anime gut punch" made me chuckle