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

If anyone else here has been a fan of Noe V./BigMex's blogs on fighting game design for years like me, I just want to bring attention to the fact that, for the past month or so, he's been doing a series about SF6 that's up to 16 parts now.
 
https://streetwriterpodcast.blogspot.com/

Capcom and the attention to details.
 
 
Remember when on his character profile Capcom stated that Carlos is no longer using his "Wheel throw" (orig. 車輪投げ Sharin nage, "wheel throw", aka the classic Tomoe Nage from Jūdō) because doing it gave him backaches? Well, he's still doing it, just more on his right side... So the scabbard with the katana inside on his back doesn't hurt him anymore. 😆

Yes Capcom, tease me Menat

I hope they share all the designs AKI went through

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:

That's...not contortionist shit.
 
That's basically a bridge. Like basically the same thing Darun and Seth do. And Darun ain't no contortionist. I can do bridges too. That's leagues different from AKI's bizarre body contortions and slithering movements. Like way different.
 
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I'll also note that I watched the trailer for the first time last night alongside my friend who is a big Street Fighter fan but very much a 'normie' in regards to lore.
 
He really really liked AKI and did not think she was like Juri. He immediately compared her to FANG and I let him know she was his apprentice. At first he thought she was more similar to Vega cuz of the snake motif and the use of claws as a weapon.

This is the story thread. Surface level observations are things we mock Eventhubs for.

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:

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/