Ryu did actually defeat Akuma

[processor.dev1l]

The proof is in the pudding. Not only he did defeat Akuma off screen, he also stole his flip flops

[Peddie]

If he had stuck around to accept his prize money after winning the second Street Fighter tournament he wouldn't have had to resort to stealing an old angry man's sandals. smh Ryu.

[processor.dev1l]

Originally posted by Peddie:

If he had stuck around to accept his prize money after winning the second Street Fighter tournament he wouldn't have had to resort to stealing an old angry man's sandals. smh Ryu.

On the other side, considering how introverted Ryu is, this is probably the best conversation ender.

Guile: "Hey, nice shoes"
Ryu: "I took them from Akuma"
*Guile disappears over the horizon*

[Tripas]

Originally posted by Peddie:

If he had stuck around to accept his prize money after winning the second Street Fighter tournament he wouldn't have had to resort to stealing an old angry man's sandals. smh Ryu.

The man worked hard selling his fruit on the street to be able to afford those, and then this so-called "protagonist" just steals them.

#JusticeForAkuma

[Grampire]

Justice for Akuma is a dark closet in a forgotten corner of the Earth where he is perpetually waterboarded until the Sun explodes and destroys the Earth. (Assuming Akuma survives that long, if he dies before it would be injustice.)

[Doc Holiday]

Ryu actually defeats Akuma in the "Ryu Final" manga, which Capcom uses to this day as reference to the games - Ken CA face punch is taken from there, Ryu's Hashogeki and Drive Impact too

[processor.dev1l]

Originally posted by Grampire:

Justice for Akuma is a dark closet in a forgotten corner of the Earth where he is perpetually waterboarded until the Sun explodes and destroys the Earth. (Assuming Akuma survives that long, if he dies before it would be injustice.)

Lore wise Akuma is possibly the chillest dude in SF universe... Unless you are a strong fighter.

[Peddie]

He's basically the Predator. If you don't appear to be a decent adversary he has no quarrel with you.

[Grampire]

That's cool and all, I just wish Ryu would have actually killed him.

Like legit ripped his head off
Then Capcom could find a way to retcon Ryu's temporary lapse into the "satsui no hado" or whatever shoto ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that is and make it not actually his fault so he can go back to being the generic karate gi good guy he was designed to be.

Ryu stays boring, Akuma becomes dead, 1 less shoto alive and Street Fighter benefits.

[Peddie]

Hey now, they've turned Ryu into a too pure for this world himbo who can't handle phones. That's more personality than he's had in the first 30 years of his existence. It might not be particularly spicy, but it's more than nothing.

[Grampire]

I think Ryu killing insufferable edgelord version of himself would make him very interesting tbh.

[processor.dev1l]

Originally posted by Grampire:

I think Ryu killing insufferable edgelord version of himself would make him very interesting tbh.

Yeah, those insufferable edgelord stand sellers... :D

[Tripas]

Originally posted by Lysamus:

And that's still not the most egregious Ryu character arc resolved off screen. Capcom's got you beat in that game OP.

Capcom: "Hey look, Ryu finally overcame the Satsui no Hado, the dark element of himself that had been tormenting him for years and years in this series."
The players: "Oh wow, that's awesome! How did he do it?"
Capcom: "Yeah, you WOULD like to know that, wouldn't you? But we're not telling you, now watch him one-shot Necalli and completely neuter him as any kind of threat."

[Overcaptain]

Originally posted by Tripas:

Originally posted by Lysamus:

And that's still not the most egregious Ryu character arc resolved off screen. Capcom's got you beat in that game OP.

Capcom: "Hey look, Ryu finally overcame the Satsui no Hado, the dark element of himself that had been tormenting him for years and years in this series."
The players: "Oh wow, that's awesome! How did he do it?"
Capcom: "Yeah, you WOULD like to know that, wouldn't you? But we're not telling you, now watch him one-shot Necalli and completely neuter him as any kind of threat."

The ending Necalli deserves. Garbage bage bage character ter ter.

[processor.dev1l]

Originally posted by ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

Originally posted by Tripas:

Capcom: "Hey look, Ryu finally overcame the Satsui no Hado, the dark element of himself that had been tormenting him for years and years in this series."
The players: "Oh wow, that's awesome! How did he do it?"
Capcom: "Yeah, you WOULD like to know that, wouldn't you? But we're not telling you, now watch him one-shot Necalli and completely neuter him as any kind of threat."

The ending Necalli deserves. Garbage bage bage character ter ter.

Didn't Ryu's punch cure that stupid stutter?

Also, Necalli claims he wants to devour the strongest warriors, yet Oro is somewhere sleeping, looking like a trash bag, and Akuma is doing his best impression of a grumpy sunflower.

[Modern=inferior loser pretender]

Ryu is the kind of person who would hard reject Modern so it makes sense.