Seeing how much fans accepted Kenshi since his first appearance i can only imagine how they felt after finding his "cameo" in MK11's Krypt

My favorite thing about MKX is how his MK9 moveset was named "balanced," despite it being absolutely busted in MK9. I like to think this was intentional lmao

It's incredible how Kenshi started as basically an Ermac clone but became a fan favorite and grew into his own style

Babe, wake up! New competitive history video!

I hope we will get Competitive History of Shang Tsung some day

Hey Ketchup and Mustard, just wanted to thank you for the amount of love and care you put into this page ❤ One of the best, if not the best, MK pages out there. I actually make time in my day to watch your contents, no matter how short or long they are. Please keep this up.

I dont even like the mk games, just the lore and characters but your commentary, insight and passion is really interesting and entertaining. really awesome series.

I JUST walked into work and this drops. This shift cannot go by fast enough.

I really want Kenshi in the next MK. Love the concept of blind characters.

I'm in the middle of my finals - took a 5 minute break just to answer a few messages. Went to KZfaq just to see if there is anything I'll watch after I'm done with studying, but I wouldn't be able to focus after seeing Ketchup and Mustard dropped a new competitive history. I really hope you keep this good work up for a long time, and I hope you do Kabal in the near future, with all his broken appearances.

Who else came back here after MK1 gameplay trailer?

Kenshi is one of my favorite FG characters ever. Just the fact that he was blind but handled so well, and he's such a blast to play, especially in X.

The balanced variation in MKX is like the devs saying,"sorry guys kenshi was broken in mk9 so we have balanced him".

Kenshi is my favorite character ever I waited for this video since the first competitive history Video that I watch

Possessed Kenshi is sooo fun. Reminds me of Chizuru from the KoF series, in that you never know if they're gonna attack with a projection/hologram or teleport themselves. Grats on the vid, K&M!

There's always something fun about the fighting game characters who have a physical trait what most would call a handicap that they overcome to become skilled fighters. In Kenshi's case, his design and overall story made him very distinct and memorable in comparison to the other 3D era characters. You'd certainly be able to have someone who knows nothing about MK understand what Kenshi is all about just by looking at him.

You ever just randomly open KZfaq, see a thumbnail, shout "yeeees" in your best M.Bison impression, then tap on your phone screen with the force of a thousand black holes? Because I just did.

The moment I realized you weren't gonna mention Tai Chi s3 and 2223 in Deadly Alliance, I was quite disappointed. MKDA Tai Chi is INCREDIBLY SAFE if you use s3 often. 2223 is by far his best string, because it can confirm into 54% or more on hit, or become completely safe + pushback.

I'm just glad to hear that you enjoy working on this series! Your passion shines through in its quality; I'm always very happy to see a new one show up. Take care of yourself and good luck with future videos!

Possessed Kenshi is so fun, it's one of the few variations I would love to see evolve into it's own character

21:46 Good news everyone.

I really adore the content on this channel and both Ketchup & Mustard's passion for MK. Among FGC content this is a very high standard to me, the MK metas and competitive history videos are both super great and I appreciate all the hard work put into everything

I actually just watched snow blind and was just watching old mk9 tourneys (both featuring plenty of Kenshi)

Scorpion: GET OVER HERE (Pulls Kenshi ancestor spirit) Scorpion: No, f*ck off

What a great choice for a video! Kenshi is my favorite of the new characters introduced during the post-2D era of MK games!

Really nice surprise! One of the only fighting games I played competitively was mkx. My main was balanced kenshi, such a low tier fighter but so fun to play. No one expected a good kenshi and got plenty of great reactions

It is great to see this astounding character in the 'Competitive History' series. I am intrigued as to who may be next. Perhaps Kitana, Jade or Sindel for another Edenian? Or maybe some other character... still, thank you for another entry, and may you both be well.

Let’s go! Kenshi is my favorite mk character ever! I’ve been waiting for this one and it did not disappoint!

My first MK was Deadly Alliance and i loved Kenshi, im not a Zoner player but he’s always was so fun to play and to this day hes always been my 2nd main whenever he shows up

I can't believe Kenshi was so good it inspired a mortal kombat character of the same name

Ketchup and Mustard, I adore this series. It's fascinating to me to be able to see how characters' tools and gameplan evolve throughout the series, I wish more content creators would cover Street Fighter in the same way. Seeing high-level tournament footage is both inspiring and quite intimidating as a casual player. As I'm also an identical twin, I wish you guys well from one twin set to another!

WEEEE ANOTHER COMPETITIVE HISTORY! Been dying to see one for Kitana, hope she’s on the list soon.

I've been waiting for this. Thank you thank you!

this competitive history is one of my favorites so far!! keep them up please! 😩

What a birthday to have with a new PNK&M video, thanks!

Let’s not forget he’s a literally a blinded swordsman and that will never not be cool

Even back in the MKDA days Kenshi felt like an instant klassic. Thank you for the awesome content!

Awesome video! Kenshi's been my main since I was a kid, he's such a cool character.

Kenshi has always been one of my favorite characters in MK, fun to play and he always has awesome designs lol

A blind samurai using telekinesis? Oh, Kenshi oozes cool - how can you not love him?!

Keyshia is a character I became an INSTANT fan of. He's just so cool!

Hey, recently found the channel after hearing you on Triple KO ages ago and the videos have been really interesting to listen to as someone who hasn't played much mortal kombat but always appreciated it from afar. If your up for suggestions, I'd be interested to see what the history on Johnny Cage is since he appears so much throughout the series. I've also got so little exposure to the 3D Era of games so seeing all the characters change through those has been really fun too!

FINALLY, THANK YOU KETCHUP AND MUSTARD!!

Amazing video as always

Yess ! The competitive history i waited for the most !

Possessed Kenshi sounds awesome, definitely going to try him

Kenshi's for sure gotta be one of the best MK characters since the 2D Trilogy. I hope he'll get to comeback again.

I’m so glad you talked quite a bit about Pig, he and Kenshi really are linked in the competitive world of MK!

For as much as Keanu Reeves says he doesn't want his likeness in an MK game due to how uncomfortable he is about watching himself get mutilated by the series' Fatalities, I do wish he'd portray Kenshi and let the reference go full circle.

Been waiting for this since the Reptile video! Thank K&M!

KENSHI LESGOOOO

another great upload; also loved your commentary on the shaolin monks GDQ run

Love your content man keep it up.

I'm so happy he's back for MK1, nice video

Speaking of Pig. My buddies and I still to this day use the term "The Pig of the Hut Special", when going for a long run grab on the opponent.

So, just to be clear; mkx Kenshi did not have a reliable wake up option; you could always force his special moves to come out in the opposite direction by just timing a jump in when knock down (which is still possible and even worse since rising karma doesn't have armor anymore. so apart from possessed this continues to be a weakness. This is why his DF4xx has that hit box, I remember this being a topic of contention. It's just a get of me tool; just respect it and you'll be fine.

Another excellent video for another excellent character!

Keep em coming preciate the history content being a young mk fan

My favorite little fun fact about Kenshi is that he doesn’t have a defined stance for his Katana which is why it’s just named Katana. It’s a nice little detail since he didn’t have the sword until post blinding and wouldn’t have any formal training with it

Really enjoy this series K&M, hoping to see Baraka covered at some point

Its so good to see him back in MK1(2023)

Love me some blind Kenshi. Was waiting for this video!

Nice, one of my favorite Mortal Kombat characters and one that's always really fun to play; in fact I'd say he's my favorite character after Scorpion.

Kenshi is the coolest mk character The fact that he has yet to have a playable chapter in any nrs game is criminal

Nice video !!

14:14 the Pig vs Jade gauntlet being lost in time is a true travesty

Could we get Shinnok? I really liked his necromancer style and my friends all hated it, so im really curious about how he actually was competitively.

Kenshi? More like "CAN'T See"!

The day has finally come! My favorite character!

I love these.

I love how one of the most played spot of all of PNDK videos are near the intro, because of how annoying it sounds people just tend to skip it

It can't be overstated how broken Kenshi was in MK9, he legit made some characters unable to play the game, they just can't get near him, and they can't zone him due to his projectile reflect, but he can zone them no problem. Even good characters like Kitana was helpless in that MU... Oh well, still love MK9. Good CH episode as usual. I'm casting my vote for Sub-Zero and Kitana, my favorite male and female characters in MK~

Always a pleasure to watch this series. Any plans on doing kabal in the near future?

Kenshi is definitely top three in my favorite characters list. I hope to see Kitana soon.

I loved Kenshi in MK9 so much, he was so entertaining to play as.

As someone that was alive and old enough to play every mortal kombat when they released (I was 9 when Mortal Kombat first hit in the 90s) I never cared for the "good guy" characters in MK. I always thought they were lame or boring. Kenshi in MKDA was the first time I was able to get behind an originally good guy character, and I have liked him since

finally, I've waited 2500 years for this i can finally play kenshi mk9

Players when zoning god takes off the blindfold and decides not to zone:

Yes finally another one!

Kenshi coming back in MK1 is something I'm looking forward to. I semi mained him casually in MKX so this is something I'm looking forward to.

Great video. Lots of stuff missing for MKDA, MKD and MKA though. Also one air cancel per combo isn't shown properly in the video. You are guaranteed two 6 hit air strings without any air cancels by using MKA's built in air to ground rules (popups pop up after one 6 hit air string without any air cancels used and you can OTG a ground ender after the 2nd air string without any air cancels, Reiko gets 50% easily with the built in rules without air cancels). You're supposed to add one air cancel to either one of those strings. Since they scale, using it on the first 6 hit string nets you more damage. The rules were also at NEC11 and proven to be just fine the way they always were, shown in countless combo videos, during the MKA days. Whoever you consulted with clearly still has it out for me after 20 years lol. Hit me up sometime, man! Been a long time since i've heard from you.

OMG this Channel is TBS Arya but MK version instead of Tekken. Much respect for the quality video!

what about him being immune to Sonya's kiss of death because he's blind?

i love watching kenshi gameplay

Snowblind... that's one animation I keep being told to check out. Kenshi is quite an interesting character, honestly.

sindel competitive history would be sick

This is INSANE!

Watching this after seeing Kenshi in the gameplay trailer

Yes! My favorite mk character finally has his own competitive history

2:10 Okay, this was the last channel I expected to make a Guilty Gear joke

YES FINALLY Just need Kabal now and I'm good

Koolest addition in the 3D era. Kenshi was such a dope kharacter in MKD

Top stuff

I always wondered the same thing about the name of Kenshi's "Balanced" Variation. Had to have really been an intentional reference...

I know you put A TON of work into these videos and so I know it's a big ask, but I think it's about time we get one of the MK1 characters. Sub-Zero would be a good choice since he is in literally every game. My favorite character is also Johnny Cage so I'd love to see a video on him. But if that's too much work for the amount of time your schedule is currently allowing, I would also love a Shinnok video. Another of my favorite characters who I would love to see the history of.

Waking up to a banger

Going against a good mk9 kenshi was a nightmare being a Kung Lao/Nightwofl player. So darn hard to get in on him.

Kenshi is an absolute beast!

Waiting for the vídeo of Sonya Blade competitive history, please do it

Great video! I’m a big Kenshi player myself, and my only complaint is that you didn’t show off balanced’s damage. Solid 40% for one bar. also, man do i wish i could play mk9