so, basically, JIN FINISHED HIS STORY BEFORE CODY DOES!

Claudio being the closest Tekken has ever gotten to a JoJo character and then going out just like a JoJo character was so cool. Was definitely disappointed that Jun didn't have a bigger role but it seems like they're setting her up to be more important in the next chapter

For Reina's Devil gene there's also a fifth option: Hehachi specifically sought out mothers with the devil gene to have kids with (or spliced it into the kids after they were born) to make a strand of it that was loyal to him as weapons to fight Kazuya and Jin.

The final fight between Jin and Kazuya was incredible. The parts of jin busting out his different movesets from his trainings was absolutely brilliant.

Trust me. Asuka fans have been complaining about how she has been used in this franchise for years. That Family Tree scene was just another wasted opportunity to add to the pile.

I never thought of Jin as a “depressed character” but that “I want to live” hit so hard, like kid got shot in the head by his grandpa 20 years ago ofc he’s clinically depressed

The interesting thing with Angel Jin is that people have theorized for decades now what Angel in Tekken 2 was supposed to be and one prevailing theory was that she was the manifestation of of the Kazama powers, being the counterpart to the devil gene. And now in T8 it seems to be confirmed that this was exactly that. Basically Angel in T2 actually was a relevant character in some way.

If Reina is a genetic clone of Kazuya, she could technically claim to be the "daughter" of Heihachi that way too.

I'm with you on Kaz. His son surpassed him, and released him from the Mishima curse. Kazuya will not be the same man as before. Jin showed him with his fists, that there is another way besides pure brute strength. I see a redemption arc, in Kazuya's future.

It is no stretch to assume thst Jin has been actively suicidal since at least Tekken 6. He hates the mishima bloodline, he hates the devil gene, but he is also both of those things. He sees himself as the evil he hates in the world and wants to disappear. I think he straight up says that he intended to die killing Azazel in Tekken 6. At several points in this game he says he'll defeat Kazuya even if it kills him and Jun has to straight up tell him that people would miss him if he throws his life away for him to unlock his full power.

Jin: So you wer protecting me this whole time?

Tekken 7 Jin: "EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED OFFSCREEN."

To touch on the dark topic for a moment, your hunch was spot on. TW for anyone reading this.

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"Claudio is the least hyped character in the roster"

Jin has always wanted to end himself. Every game he brings up how he will get rid of the devil gene and then himself. He says to Kazuya “I’ll send you to hell and join you soon after.” The scene with Jun is so powerful because what she is explaining to him is that the Kazama power fosters life. All life is precious, and the hardest lesson for Jin is realizing that this also means

To me, it looks more likely Reina is a clone hybrid of Heihachi and Kazumi, in a similar fashion of Steve Fox. That way, Heihachi is her father, in the same way Nina is Steve's mom.

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Thorgi, regarding Reina having the Devil Gene, you should note that the Hachijou aren't the only group of people who has the Devil Gene. They've established that Azazel, being the progenitor of the Devil Gene, bestowed numerous people with that power. So it's likely possible that Heihachi had sex with a random woman who had the Devil Gene due to a long-distant ancestor.