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Pretty cool how she makes FANGs with her gauntlets during her lvl 3:

I noticed this name was borrowed from FANG’s CA in SFV but her variation is vastly different from his. 
 
Her laugh is reminiscent to FANG’s which is supposed to sound like they’re constantly say “death” (shi-shi-shi) which she also uses to name some of her moves. 

Some interesting notes about A.K.I.' s moves, with few lost in translations details. Sources:
English
Japanese

Serpent Lash is 蛇頭鞭 Jatōben "Snake head lash". But Snakehead (Simplified Chinese 蛇头 shétóu) is also the name of a Chinese criminal organisation involved with human smuggling. Nice sn(e)aky reference to the criminal underworld where F.A.N.G came from and in which still is wallowing.
Toxic Blossom is 毒破裂 Dokuharetsu "poison explosion".
Nightshade Pulse is 紫煙砲 Shienhō "purple smoke cannon". 紫煙 Shien can also mean "tobacco smoke" or, in Chinese only, "mountain haze" or "auspicious cloud". It certainly is NOT the latter, though...
Nightshade Chaser is 紫煙追 Shientsui "purple smoke chase".
Orchid Spring is 紫泡泉 Shihōsen "purple foam spring".
Cruel Fate is 凶襲突 Kyōshūtotsu "evil assault stab".
Snake Step is 蛇軽功 Jakeikō "snake qīnggōng". Qīnggōng (Simplified Chinese 轻功, Traditional 輕功, both different from the Japanese standard but it's the same character) "lightness skill" is the method to train for jumping off vertical surfaces taught in Chinese MA and theater. Basically the double jump and wall running training, and the relative skill.
Sinister Slide is 悪鬼蛇行 Akkidakō "evil demon crawling", where "crawling" (蛇行 dakō) is literally "snake walking".
Venomous Fang is 猛毒牙 Mōdokuga "deadly poison fang".
Heel Strike is 蛇連咬 Jarenkō "snake repeated bites".
Entrapment is 雁字搦 Ganjigarame "bound hand and foot", where 雁 gan is the wild goose, 字 ji "character" and 搦 garame is "entwine" (腕搦み udegarami "arm entwining" is the generic name of the bent armlock submission in Jūdō and Jūjutsu which in catch wrestling is known as double wristlock and in MMA and BJJ is known as "Kimura"... because Masahiko Kimura beat Hélio Gracie with an udegarami in 1951). The etymological explanation is that if you bound a person with a rope in the form of a skein of geese, which resembles an alphabet letter (usually they form a V-shape in the sky), that person cannot move anymore.
L1 Super Deadly Implication is 死屍累々 Shishiruirui "heaps of corpses everywhere", an expression also used figuratively when something goes very wrong and there are serious consequences for numerous people involved. Here... no, it's used literally lol.
L2 Super Tainted Talons is 紫煙裂爪 Shienressō, "purple smoke tearing talons"
L3 Claws of Ya Zi is 睚眦 Gaishi, Chinese Yázì. Yázì is the second of the nine sons of the dragon. Except the first one (囚牛 Qiúniú, a full dragon), they're all hybrids of a dragon with another animal and are often used as decorations on various objects, according to their respective inclinations. Yázì has a dhole's head and is the more violent of all the nine sons of the dragon, as he likes to kill and slaughter. Being directly linked to fighting, Yázì is often featured on the crossguards of Chinese swords. Also, because the single characters of his name mean respectively 睚 "glare" and 眦 "corner of the eye", gaishi is also used to mean "death glare", because if he's angry with you you're screwed the moment he glares at you.

Pretty cool how she makes FANGs with her gauntlets during her lvl 3:

Pretty cool how she makes FANGs with her gauntlets during her lvl 3:

Pretty cool how she makes FANGs with her gauntlets during her lvl 3:

Similar to Fang/Bison. I wonder if the poison* training has a deliberate side-effect making them super-sycophantic/malleable to their master or those stronger - be a useful trait in an assassin if you were the boss. The impression I got from AKI is that she delights in perfecting the art of poisoning, creating her "magnum opus", and revelling in using what Fang's taught her, rather than getting her jollies
 
* pedantic note: Aki primarily seems to use venom, really, aside from what she feeds the MC in her debut trailer. I think..

she's in pain don't belittle her suffering

It's been a while, but has anyone seen @Skort?

Yeah, they're already doing what I was hoping they'd do; she gets super analytical and then fangirls out when she things of FANG. She's not constantly making double entendres, interplay of sex & violence moments & depression like Juri.

Some other things I noticed about AKI
 

 
We already know that this is the girl  known as “Phantom” from the side story featured for FANG in SF5. This is referenced in the kanji characters in this artwork (阿鬼-Ghost this is pronounced A-ki)
 
Her motif being based on a snake was also explained in the side story. The serpent dagger was  the gift that FANG offered her. 

 
AKI’s chained spiked tendrils are something that was intended for FANG according to his concept art. 
 

I don't see why people keep saying she's like Juri
 
She's not beyond "A girl that is evil". They have very different looks, mannerisms, voices, attitudes, etc.

It's mentioned in this PS blog article that China is the newest location to explore in WT: https://blog.playstation.com/2023/08/30/a-k-i-slithers-into-street-fighter-6-on-september-27-full-gameplay-details-revealed/

It's been a while, but has anyone seen @Skort?

Capcom released a rejected Maki concept, SO similar to Linn Kurosawa that I and Ryoredcyclone wondered if Capcom couldn't bring Maki back with some of Linn's moves, like her 双勁破 Sōkeiha "twin power wave" and her 隼落投 Shunrakutō "falcon drop throw". Since they apparently can't freely use Linn anymore, it could be a fantastic way to kill two birds with one stone: you further differentiate Maki from the "standard Bushinryū" - now that Kimberly has "inherited" the style - AND show her evolution as a character, while hinting she could be killing aliens in another universe... kinda like they made Zeku the Striders' founder.
 


 
 

I kept all the characters voices in english for SF6. The English voice acting is actually good so I don't feel the need to change it. 

Yeah, I wonder what motivated the sound team to switch to such a different sound compared to the first two Alpha games. I mean I'm probably among the few people who liked nearly every single soundtrack in SF history, but even though I enjoyed Alpha 3's soundtrack I get the sentiment for not liking it too. They probably wanted to explore another layer of sound with the "new" soundtrack, as we learned more about our characters' pasts. Every SF song always has something behind it... Like when I hear The Road, I feel like it speaks to Ryu's determination to make himself a great fighter - it has a youthful upbeat sound in contrast to KOBU in SF3TS. 

True.
But SFIV was still the last game where we saw her playable.
Granted, if I want to play a good-looking Elena I have to revert back to SFIII. But then again, she can't kick Honda, Juri or Adon (random examples) there.
Let's just hope we'll see her back in SF6 with good animations and a CA which gives her back all of her lifebar in 0.5 seconds just to troll even more, I mean, and a more thoughtful approach to her character.
I even thought about a super secret CA, not listed in the moveset, just for that.
Imagine a 720 P grab where Elena hugs you like she did with Akuma in her SFIV ending, and which gives her AND HER OPPONENT back all their lifebars. Complete reset. And if nothing changes (no one does anything until the timeout), the match is awarded to her opponent anyway. Because making friends is more important, who cares about fighting.
I'd call it Hakuna Matata.

Vote cast! Did my duty!

She would get pale, swelling, and spikes

 

Just to add: remember the mafia boss BORIS RODČENKO in the Russian stage in SFV? The one who smuggles weapons and works of art?

 
The "real" name of Nicky Petrovich in the movie is Viktor Korolenko, and he makes the character played by Freeman steal two Fabergé eggs from a museum, then manipulates the protagonist (Banderas, an undercover cop) to make him deliver the eggs by kidnapping his girlfriend... who's actually Petrovich/Korolenko's DAUGHTER, so she was in cahoot with the mafia the whole time. Banderas is compromised and can't return to his cop life anymore, so he decides to become a thief (but at least his girlfriend DID actually love him, despite the ruse to frame him). So many elements they reused from this film for JP and Rodčenko...
 

You go into battle hub and find Eternity.

Ok guys, I've found out one of the VERY likely inspirations for JP.
In the 2009 movie Thick as Thieves, there's a Russian mafia boss played by Croatian actor Rade Šerbedžija. He has roughly the same attire and general aspect JP has, complete with beard, fedora and cane. Also, he's named Nicky PETROVICH... But the protagonist (Antonio Banderas) finds out it's a false name. I saw the movie by chance on TV today and was like




Oh, and there's ALSO Morgan Freeman in the movie (he plays a thief linked to Petrovich). So the link for Albert Jackson came from here as well... The movie was dubbed and released in Japan in 2010.