History Of Akuma Part 1 Street Fighter V
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2025
- The Master of the Supreme Fist is here!
Time to learn how the young boy Gouki transforms into the dark hado powered demon Akuma!
Certainly a fan favourite and let me guys know if i missed something out in the comments below!
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"Akuma called his brother a coward before fleeing"
paradox
Quite the oxymoron
The fight was over
Ben Byers your icon is cute
*Oo0f*
Akuma hated SFV so much he left it for Tekken 7.
Lies
@the guy12341 kri boi
@Benjamian Hausmann akuma way better than everyone on Tekken
And then he died lmao
He couldn't go for MK because MK is American, unlike SF and Tekken, both of which are Japanese.
Akuma gave up his humanity, but he still doesn't come across as straight up evil since he still has a sense of honor that keeps him from killing arbitrarily. He just doesn't strike me as evil like Bison, just amoral.
You are correct, Gouki (Akuma) is amoral and does not kill indiscriminately. He did not kill Gen because Gen was sick even though he still had the power to resist the Raging Demon and he regrets attacking Gouken.
agreed. if anything I would say it's a testament to Akuma's own willpower that he controls the dark hado without becoming full-blown evil. from my understanding they created Evil Ryu and Oni for "what if?" purposes to show what would happen if they did go over the edge. he's sparred with several fighters, shown concern for others, even made a friend. there are times, though, when he just seems to decide to fuck things up for whatever reason. like that submarine >
Decapre
Evil Ryu and Oni are canon and non canon. Evil Eyu has happen but only for an instant, he went evil when he did that uppercut that caused that huge scar on his chest be he did not notice it because it was the heat of battle and the adrenaline was flowing.
Oni is what would happen if Gouki (Akuma) was to give in to the Dark Hado completely but his honor and his pride (which in my opinion is like dozens of time stronger than Vegeta's) will not allow it.
BigBlackGWAR are you talking about from the comics when he scarred sagat? udon comics aren't canon either :P ryu has tapped into the dark hado before in canon, but he has never become the "evil ryu" we know as a character.
vegeta? is that the dragon ball guy?
Decapre
Sorry about that, I was talking about the animated movie. Seriously, in Street Fighter, what the heck is canon?
Although he obviously isn't overly "animated" about it, I would compare Akuma's pride to that of Vegeta.
My boy Akuma.
Akuma i know right
Akuma Please do story of the ex plus characters like " Garuda" with his demon dark hado power and how he survived similar to gokei aka Akuma!
I agree. I use him a lot in USF4
Jonathan Ontiveros join
P
He so bad
Akuma dodged Ryu's child support payment question.
they aren't related,if they are I think akuma/gouki was actually the original ryu before he tapped into the satsui no hado,and the ryu that we currently know is,a being split from gouki's soul and is left of gouki's humanity,kinda like how bison and rose are halfs of the same being,I don't think gouki is literally ryu's fahter,that would be too cliche and similar to star wars.
You honestly think street fighter cares about being cliche'
😂
@@SupportGamin2025 cliches become cliche for a reason. It's because they work and are part of much greater archetypes. Just because it happens a lot in many different stories doesn't mean it's not a good story and It's upsetting that in today's current fiction fans and writers alike are always looking for the big twist. Usually not relying on telling a solid story which kind of has to include cliche or two. When you try so desperately to avoid them it usually can weaken the narrative. Different structures are held up in very similar ways because that is the most efficient way to hold that structure up and such as same thing with stories if you try to make the structure of a story different for the sake of being different The Narrative has a tendency to fall apart. Look at anything M Night Shyamalan did after Unbreakable.
The truth is, Akuma is Ryu. Akuma is from the future, but from an alternate time line. In Akuma's timeline Ryu is seduced by blood lust and masters the dark arts of fighting, hence becoming Akuma, a powerful fighter with murderous intent.Aug 18, 2001
Just a single correction: Goutetsu was a practitioner of Ansatsuken, not satsui no hado, satsui no hado is not a fighting style, but rather harnessing the energy of hatred and darkness.
Only the correct opinion i could 🙈
akuma. the best character in street fighter.
+Reginald Marshall its just game mechanics bro.
I still think akuma is the best since ryu.
Albert Avila Akuma isn't the best oni is
Reginald Marshall If he had as much health as Ryu or other shotos, he would be very op just by looking at his design, moves, and playstyles.
In Street Fighter Alpha he was the brother of Gouken and was trained under the Ansatsuken teacher Gotetsu then wanted to become the evil side of the Ansatsuken technique then he would train under Gotetsu a couple more years while Gouken left and was looking for a good side to the art he practices then Akuma returns years later and kills Gotetsu then goes into secret hiding
Akuma is my favorite Street Fighter Character
Jordan Roby my favourite character is Gen
Me too..Akuma or Gouki I called it especially
Jordan Roby mine is ryu and my favorite tekken fighter is jin
Mine too.
Akuma has beaten multiple people like Gen and Gouken and Gotetsu
I always did prefer the aesthetic of Oni Akuma over vanilla Akuma. Gives off a much greater sense of savagery in his demeanor and presentation.
Pol Subanajouy well considering Oni is just Akuma after he lost 100% of his humanity it would make sense that he's more savage
I know. I guess vanilla Akuma seems like a middle step in the evolution that I just don't find as fun as Oni? Like from a character design perspective, I think it would have been more fun to just go there with the character straight away. Just personal taste/opinion and what have you.
i prefer shin akuma's look in CvS2 personally. that was the best iteration yet. shin akuma and god rugal are the things nightmares are made of.
Decapre Please don't bring up those 2. Can't get Shin Akuma's 30 hit Raging Demon out of my mind.
If you think about it, Akuma just wanted to pursue his martial art without any restrictions. Usually martial arts get watered down, to remove all the moves that can kill. Akuma wanted to learn the art uncensored so he can use it to its fullest ability. He just wanted to be the best. That is also, why Gen, another martial artist who trained in assassination arts, was a good rival. Gen at his prime, vs Akuma would have been a good fight.
I don't see why we can't have a young, pre-hado Gouki as a character in a game
Zeo Zentnights I would love that, it would be interesting to see how different his move set was back before he gave up his humanity.
Most likely he would fight as similar as Ken and Ryu with Ryu's flaming Hadoken and Ken's flaming shoryuken.
Zeo Zentnights so you want another boring shoto?
teetheluchador
Basically, we have enough clones. Hey I have an idea, how about young Gouken?? LOL!!!!!
Honestly I rather play as Goutetsu, the original master of Gouki (Akuma) and Gouken.
VileMK69 Z I wouldn't, he'd just play a lot like gen and for him to be in the game it'd have to mean Akuma didn't actually kill him too
Almost all of akuma fights are left unknown!!!
Yeah! Especially his fight with Oro
@@andraethegiant1987 Well Akuma's fight with Oro was a tie. Apparently they stopped fighting because if they got serious they would kill each other
@@joshuabaez8192 oro stil had his hand tied behind his back while bring the fight to a tie imagine he used both hands
Still waiting to see Akuma Vs Asura finally being resolved.
😂🤣🤣🤣
Akuma was implied to be Ryu's dad in 2 SF movies. Akuma and Gen also had a respect for eachother until Akuma deemed Gen not worthy after finding out that he's sick
Facts
dafaq I thought Akuma is in Tekken ! ~ he shows up tekken 7
Akuma was so disgusted about street fighter V that he went to tekken for a while
Akuma’s backstory in a nutshell.
I’VE REJECTED MY HUMANITY, GOUKEN!!!!!!
Is ThAt a MotHErflIPpin JoJo RefErEnCe?!!!
It's a shame Capcom is so lazy with their lore and doesn't embrace some of the stellar character arcs that are here. There's no growth with these characters at all, no resolutions to climactic battles game after game, they simply ignore any semblence of their story and let the anime, comics and fans do all the heavy lifting. Then they retread the exact same stories once more and don't resolve these either. How is Ryu still struggling with the Satsui No Hado? How hasn't there been a definite winner with consequences between him and Akuma? It's ridiculously silly.
With sales of SFV utterly disappointing, as a long time fan it actually makes me smile as they just don't get it. It isn't enough for these games just to have great gameplay anymore, you have to have content and context to what is going on. Until Street Fighter does this, it will continue its march to being a niche franchise when it deserves so much better.
+The Rose Experience Also, it's been inferred and pretty much accepted that Shin "True" Akuma is him perfecting his art without fully giving in to the SNH. He strikes the balance and masters it. Oni is the SNH taking over his will and transforming him into a monster. My guess is that Shin Akuma is the strongest form of the character, but Oni is the more likely outcome. Once again, shame on Capcom for not giving a true resolution to Akuma, or anyone else's arc. Time to get Ono off the lead of this franchise.
+The Rose Experience Agreed!!!!
+The Rose Experience to add to what you said, it's implied by Rose (via her win quote against him) that Oni isn't just a "what-if," but Akuma's fate as a fighter. As for the fight with Asura, I like to think of it more as an accurate portrayal of his abilities, not just canon/non-canon.
+The Rose Experience dont worry, the tekken universe will help with his story.
Akatsuki sixsixsix I agree and it just annoys me further how lazy Capcom is.
Akuma may have "broke his rule" and killed Bison at the end of SF2 because he saw what Bison was and how he was already consumed by psycho power. So either seeing psycho power as monstrous and or seeing Bison as already dead because he has to switch bodies to survive, Akuma may not have judged him as a living fighter and so just killed him.
This is absolutely awesome. Love the idea, this channel is going to get much bigger.
I remember playing Akuma a LONG while back in Capcom Vs SNK 2 and SNK Vs Capcom. Nowadays in SFV and Tekken 7, he's still my main...even if I'm not that good at fighting games.
Shin Akuma has appeared in canon series like the Alpha Series
I wish they make a Street Fighter Prequel game about the past and origins of every older fighter in their younger days such as:Gouken,Gen,Akuma,M Bison,Zeku,etc.
I be imagining a origin or prequel myself. Such as WHY Bison kills Chun-Li's father!!!! I came up with the two fought together in a war against another country,young Bison was a mercenary. The two became close friends until some years later after chun-li was about 5 or 6 years old,Bison kills the father because he didn't want nothing to do with the dark path Bison has chosen one he discovered Psycho Drive.
Some times I like to imagine the evil ryu story from alpha 3 as a prequel to akuma's story. If you think about evil ryu is like a younger akuma in a sense.
Akuma was the only fighter willing to go far in his training to be better than others.
Thanks for doing this. Can't wait for the King Episode, the HYPE is REAL!!
Damn, and Oni once stated that Cody could potentially beat him.
HIM, THIS MONSTER.
Strangely Cody is one of the strongest characters in the SF universe
Yeah I don't see that how possible maybe because he actually street fight and not do karate etc
that wasn't canon, bud.
Decapre I'm aware, I just love that small little quote. Can't wait for his arrival in SFV.
Phoenix Poole ah i feel ya XD i'm not a big akuma fan but i definitely like the way his gameplay looks in sf5. i don't think anyone could ever replace Urien for me, though.
Oni isn't a 'what-if' possibility. If u read Rose's win quote against him in the game she says that Oni appears too early on ... implying that Akuma WILL one day become Oni .
You forgot that Akuma killed Gill in Street Fighter III 2nd Impact. And Shin Akuma is canon but not the Capcom vs SNK 2 version.
Hey history of the warrior! Huge fan of your vidoes. I'm mostly a tekken fan and know little about street fighter so seeing Akuma in this new Tekken really interested me. I actually thought that he was the main villain of Street fighter due to his popularity but thanks to this video I see how it is really bison. Akuma does indeed seem like a cool character. I like that he is bad but has a sense of honor about him. Him being friends with Kazumi and willing to kill Heihachi actually makes more sense now. Hopefully there will be more about him that will connect the dots between his character and the Mishima's in the future.
finally! I have been waiting for this video
my nigga oro making me proud
Yesterday: Gouki
Today: Akuma
Tomorrow: Oni
In the next week: Satan himself
hotel: trivago
@@godtoHrD unoriginal
They never found out the true winner between akuma and Oni. Legend says they still are fighting as we speak.
Akuma has always been notoriously infamous. A fan fav indeed
Gouken: "All this time and you still don't get it!"
Akuma: " After fully accepting the Satsui no Hado i... will have... EVERYTHING!" *powers up*
Gouken :" No,brother,you don't have eveything!" *power of nothingness*
Akuma: "How- how are you so powerful?! You never lost anything! (his humanity in that sense)"
Gouken : "It's not about loss. Strength is a choice,to fight like hell to protect what matters!... You threw away everything you ever had. No wonder you don't have true power!!!"
Akuma : "GOUKEEEEENNN"
I think Akuma acknowledged Cody Travers as a strong foe, if he actually tried. Just throwing that out here. Can anyone confirm/deny it?
I love Akuma but he scares me
My AlterEGO
Shin akuma gives me the creeps😨😰
Me too
He presents Satan. Don't watching him.
Bisons laugh scares the freak out of me 😰😨
In an animated Street Fighter Alpha movie, when Ryu asks if Akuma had a son, Akuma replies, "Where I fight, I fight alone. Where I walk, I walk alone", thus revealing that Ryu is NOT Akuma's son.
Wrong, Akuma never knew he had a son because Ryu's mother hid it from him. Only his brother knew the truth.
Capcom Characters don't age or Change their Clothes lol
Lmao
+MG16ncpGB grant They do though, change costumes from time to time. See Jean Grey, I love her outfits!
+BlackJohnnyCage What about DLC stuff?
akuma's hair starts going grey in 3, ryu's proportions change
***** & How many years it took for Street Fighter V to drop? 😂
Goki goken vaga(the full powered zero version) Oro Gen and Gil are the highest tier of fighters in lore, as most of the other ones are the only people known to have survived a full power goki using shin goku satsui
Akuma isn’t actually evil
He just wants to kill anyone strong
I enjoyed this a lot, Akuma has been one of my favorite fighting game characters since he debuted. Now, I will check out your History of Sagat video. And I subscribed.
ADMIT IT!! Y'all play as Akuma because of his "Raging Demon" move!!
Guilty
Same but I like his dive kick and is one of the main reasons why I play characters with similar dive kicks for example
Cyber sub zero in mk10
@@ThaProd1gy what about Kung Lao he had it first
I like his air fireball
Yes, evil ryu, akuma and oni
The raging demon
Kinda late, but oh well. Oro isn't the only character to get along with Akuma. Elena did befriend him in her ending. Canon or not, she did it, and that's impressive.
Goutetsu's fighting style is Ansatsuken, not Satsui No Hado, which is only the part dealing with the use of dark power. But even Ansatsuken is a word that simply refers to any martial art created for and used for lethal purposes. In this, it is similar to the ancient japanese martial arts possessing the suffixe -jutsu or jitsu) that were defined as systems used for the battlefield as opposed to modern systems with the suffixe -do that refer to martial arts used for personal development or sports....like kenjutsu vs kendo, for exemple. This difference is essentially what separates fighters like Akuma and Gouken, even though they trained in the same system of martial arts.
Akuma/Gouki/Oni is my favorite character from any lore ever.
Goki jacks the prayer beads of his dead teacher (who he kills) and wears them as the "true master"!? Akuma is by far the baddest SF character of all time, yup, I said it!
Yeah King was my first pick when I was introduced to Tekken.
Same here, King was one of my fav tekken characters ever sinced I've played tekken 4 and he caught my eye for the first time because he looked so cool wearing a jaguar mask.
I REJECT MY HUMANITY, GOUGOU
Akuma is a secret player on x-men vs street fighter... Can find him in a certain area in the characters select section... I remember playing that for a year & didn't get shown where to find that character till a year after I first played it... Rip to the arcade days
Rock Howard (Garou: Mark of Wolves)
K', Kyo Kusanagi, and Iori Yagami (King of Fighters)
Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, and Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury/King of Fighters)
Ryo Sakazaki, Takuma Sakazaki/Mr. Karate, and Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting/King of Fighters)
Sol Badguy/Order Sol (Guilty Gear)
That Will Be Dope!!
I Love Kyo, Terry, & Rock!!
Eh
one of my favourite video game characters
My ultimate favorite character of all time so much so... I even have his ancient kanji “ten” symbol on my arm...
A man who threw away his humanity for ultimate power and became so strong, he had to search for the strongest fighters just for a fair fight. Badass
I've always loved Akuma, he shows us that there is no good or evil; there is only pov.
Akuma represents the embodiment of the pursuit of absolute power at the cost of one's humanity.
The Assassination FIST like the sound of that
Sounds like Akuma had a huge amount of humanity to compromise
Interesting Akuma never crossed paths with Sagat.
He actually has ..
As ryu
@@ThaProd1gy no
Possibly, more than likely, in the comics.
Or m bisin
Sagat doesn't want no part of Akuma he knows Akuma would kill him with one punch.💯
I love Oni as a character, basically all demon and destruction personified.
Akuma and Gouken rivalry reminds me of Ashura and Indra's rivalry in Naruto Shippuden.
Really interesting Akuma history, thanks!
In response to the last thing you said at around 9:50. If akuma found an opponent worthy he would continue fighting to the death. But a lot of those opponents and he didn't find worthy while fighting them you walked away. That's what I think why his integrity is kind of sordid when it comes how many wins and losses he has on his record.
1. The fight with Asura obviously isn't canon, but it's used to more accurately portray Oni's abilities as a fighter. Not canon doesn't mean not possible. It's just not part of the main continuity.
2. It's implied (via Rose's win quote in SF4) that becoming Oni isn't just a "What-If," but Akuma's actual fate as a fighter.
love this so much!!!! you have a new follower.
Ryu's predicts his future as the next Akuma. He even asks Ken to kill him when the time comes
I heard that akuma is actually future ryu and thats why evil ryu looks so much like akuma
Is that tru,My homey told me that akuma is the Father of Ryu is That tru?
That makes no sense.
Sundiata King that cant be true because sagat killed Dan’s dad
Thats wat google said lol
@Sundiata King that dumbass Theory
Just like when you get hit in a certain spot and then your brain gives you the option to ignore the pain until the pain subsides
Dan Hibiki please
*PLEASE*
Dude Dan sucked! His hadouken didn't even move an inch across the screen
+Solaire of Astora Wow, another Internet tough guy who can't handle the opinions of others. Fuck yourself buddy
Edward Finley
Dan is truth.
Edward Finley
Oh, so you clearly don't main the mighty, graceful, majestic Lord Dan.
I bet you play on Easy mode too.
great job on his story. only thing u missed out is from street fighter origins akuma book is the reason why he killed gotetsu was because gotetsu sent him away for pilgrimage for a warrior in the mountains and at some point he came across some warriors who killed his father...from which he realised these men trained underneath gotetsu who were corrupted by the pilgrimage in the mountains. out of revenge he killed gotetsu
Akuma called ryu a spineless coward
Lol why would he call himself that
i gotta say that i loved the X-Files music popping in...excellent touch...made me smile
Hey! You must give me the music of the first few seconds! Thank you!!
Gouki may have left his humanity and accepted the Dark hadou, but one thing still stands, he follows a code of honor as a warrior and only fights those who are as strong as him, those weaker than him he finds no sense of joy or anything.
why you never do SNK characters like terry or iori?
kyo!
Nakoruru.
Snk characters are all over the place. Story of origin is there but then it's like you have 60 characters that come out of fucking no where. Lol
Can you believe it when ken and ryu is training jin is training at the same time
'the power of nothingness' kinda reminds me of Bruce Lees phylosophy......
Its a Buddhist teaching. Very deep very hard to grasp and understand but also useful.
Very interesting. How can I learn of this teaching? I shall learn it until I understand.
Step 1:
Give away everything you own and cut off all ties with your friends and loved ones. Then go to northern India where the Ganges first flows from the Himalayas, take off all of your clothes you have on your back and give them to the needy. Whilst naked, find a warm rock to sun bathe on, preferably one with a great view and start contemplating. Continue for the next 50-60 years...
Step 2:
....
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....
Bobby Yates So basically become a wild & feral animal? xD
I'm guessing you died during step 2. It's all silence.
You do not learn it, it's not a knowledge, it's a "knowing".
knowledge can be accumulated and requires understanding, knowing doesn't.
Do you understand you have a pair of hands, or do you know you have a pair of hands?
it's a discovery, a realization, kinda like a "Eureka" moment.
I think the fact that akuma even let elena take a picture with him means he gets along with her.
ive been waiting for you to do king!!!
And Armor King also
The prayer beads are a way to intentionally handicap himself. It's like permanent holy water on a demon. He fights mortals while wearing the beads so he doesn't have an unfair supernatural advantage. He wants the most from his opponents.
Can't wait for King :-) even though I am fully knowledgeable of King/King II lore I'm still excited :-D
Yea and I hope he does armor King next, plus I main both Armor King and King in tt2
Akuma is a perfect true demon, we can't say him bad, he mastered all the skills, gen was laughing and coughing at him after his defeat and he said that until he has no humanity, he cannot be a demon god, but I think he is, and he has humanity because among a weak opponent he asks his rival If he wants to leave or if he's feared of him, he give them a chance to walk away , otherwise he kills his opponent, if the opponent even survives he don't care, he consider his rival defeated, and I think that's enough of humanity in him because he's a demon, because if he has no humanity he would kill anyone even when his opponent was not ready.
i thought the style was called ansatsuken? and satsui no hado is literally the dark side of "hado"
Shin Akuma is simply Akuma fighting at his full potential. He usually holds back against fighters to test if they are even worthy to fight at an even playing field. He says this in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. The Shin Akuma in the SNK crossovers are different though.
How do you knwo what is canon and what's not? Where did you get all this info
from?
I told him
I'm wondering the same thing. 🤔🤨🧐
Quiandra Nunnery It's called research. You know not very casual fan stuff
Great job man this was on point from all the things I know of akuma
omg thank you i requested this character XD great job by the way
im more of a mortal kombat guy but i will forever love Akuma and Shin Akuma. Especially Akuma from Capcom vs snk 2 and Street Fighter 3 3rd strike
Could you please do the history of Fujin? if it's not too much trouble, that is.
That will be like 3 minutes
+Reginald Marshall mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Fujin
Aaron Rainge this comment is super old, I've already seen the video.
Q
Something to note... Gen was dying before Akuma found him.. Akuma realized this when he coughed up the blood and decided to stop because he did not wish to fight a dying man that was the reason that fight ended in a draw
AKUMA IS RYU. FROM A DIFFERENT TIME. DO THE MATH.
Kage ? XD
There’s no time travel in SF. 😏
@@jorge11b actually there is,it's called ingrid
@@sofianhatake9773 kage isn't evil ryu
What about the evil Ryu in USR
Akuma is basically the Noob Saibot of SF
Thanks for the upload man. I was wondering if you could do KOF characters like Kyo Kusanagi
Got yourself a subscriber! Would love it if you do a History on Rugal Bernstein and Wolfgang Krauser. I never really played much of the KOF games but they always seemed awesome however I know very little about them. Cheers :D
Law from tekken
Keep up the good work Im interested in seeing Akuma in Tekken & see his story & the debt he owes Kazumi
*History of Akuma Tekken 7*
who knows it man? I bet not even Hadara yet
Akuma was so cool in street fighter, then he came in tekken and became even more excellent
Keep in mind that Akuma and Oro fought to a stalemate, with Oro having one arm tied behind his back. And we have yet to see Akuma fight Morrigan canon, much less in the fully formed power modes.
Is Oro a god?
Now this is the canon story. The one thing missed here is that Ryu still has the dark hadou in SFV Necalli seems to be the one to take care of that. I think Gen and Adon being dissed by Akuma means he is really that powerful, he's constantly searching for that worthy opponent. Gill was definitely dead, but resurrection kept him alive, also Ingrid is another key part of this since in sfa3 Max she's said to have links to Satsui no hado, psycho power and her own.
Akuma and Ryu have the same goal when you think about it. They both want to find the most worthy opponents and perfect their skill. They just have two drastically different methods of doing so. And that’s what I like about him. Plus his special move is perfection.
In a way when you think about it,evil ryu is basically just a young version of akuma,before he became demon looking
Like father like son!
Even if it's not cannon it's still a version of akuma that exists meaning it's the only version worth talking about this version of akuma is easily the strongest version of akuma to date
Fujin from mortal kombat or Laura from street fighter
Laura is new
I would love to see a movie all about Akuma.