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| Street Fighter #10 |
Story, Art, etc.Udon Entertainment
Publisher : Image
Format : Monthly comic
Price : $2.95 |
This is the Chun Li issue. It's almost all about Chun Li... even the
backup story. And you know what, that's actually a very goo thing
because Chun Li has DESPERATELY needed a story beyond "Shadowloo
kills father, so she joins Interpol and tries to avenge his death".
It's been a crime that in all these years Capcom has never bothered
to go more into a character they've promoted SO heavily! Thank you
Udon, it's about time! We learn more about Chun Li in this issue than
we've learned in maybe 20 games over the last 14 years!
The basic storyline is her teaming with Fei Long and Gen (the guy
who taught her how to fight) to find Yanyu and Xiayu (Shadowloo's
Chinese Dolls). There's a lot of good background info on all the characters
as they set the scene. Yun and Yang from SF3 also make a small guest
appearance, and although I don't care one way or the other about them,
it was pretty cool. The big brawl was kinda short, and it was Fei
and Gen who did most of the work. I know there's limited space, but
it would be cool if the bad guys could put up more of a fight. In
the end they find out that Shadowloo's secret weapon is real, and
it's being engineered in different areas around the world. One location
is Brazil, and apparently Cammy & Delta Red are taking care of
that now.
And Udon is doing good things with Ryu & Sakura too. Their little
scene where Sakura teaches Ryu to use his e-mail is very funny...
Ryu's e-mail address is BoringRyu@capcommunications.com, and his password
is KenRulz! LMAO! That whole scene was classic. That's something I
never thought I'd say about a Ryu & Sakura scene!! Udon is doing
exactly what should be done with Ryu!
Meanwhile, Ken & Eliza are in Vegas watching Balrog fight. He
notices them in the crowd and phones Vega to give him a head up. So
I suppose we can expect some trouble next issue.
The backup story features Chun Li as a little girl training with Gen.
It's really more interesting as far as Gen is concerned because it
shows what he's all about. An assassin attacks Gen in front of Chun
Li, and Gen kills him in front of Chun Li. I wonder if the big deal
they make about 'tainting' Chun Li with that incident is gonna come
back later on? Are they gonna try to make Chun Li get tempted by the
dark side like Ryu & Akuma? It sure seems like a pretty big hint
that that's what they're gonna do.
The disappointing thing about this issue for me was that they didn't
lead up to the Cammy vs Chun Li fight in the next issue. Does that
mean that it's not gonna be a focus of the issue? Is it just gonna
be one of those quick throwaway fights? I hope not. That relationship
could easily fill an entire issue!
The Alvin Lee cover that features the cast of SF2 will combine with
the next 2 covers to create one long group shot of SF2, SFZ, and SF3.
They need to make a for sale poster out of that! They had a display
at the show in San Diego, and I can't tell you how many times people
in line asked for it.
And another miscellaneous note regarding the 2nd cover and some other
things... Does Chun Li know any other pose besides the 'crotch shot'?!
Every time you see a picture of her on a cover lately, she's flashing
us! It's embarrassing. It's like when stars like Britney or Christina
use up all their talent and have to resort to being slutty to keep
peoples' attention. Chun Li has gotten old and boring, but she doesn't
need to be cheap and slutty... she needs more storyline and a minor
makeover. She's plenty sexy without being blatant. As much as I criticize
and tease Chun Li, I don't like seeing this.
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