King of Fighters Destiny Ep 9 to Ep 15 Review (Spoilers!)

Hi Everyone! It's been a while since I did a KOF Destiny episodes recap so let's get started!

Episode 9 started off with Geese talking to the Mysterious "R" as they brainwashed the American Sports team with the Dark Crystals. Terry and Kyo had an misunderstanding but Geese's men chased after them.

Heidern arrived and took the two to his secret hideout. Heidern advised the two men to leave South Town as Geese's big plan is more than just hosting the KOF tournament. However Terry and Kyo insisted of staying due to their personal agendas and the two men left.

Angeline was called up by Geese and was horrified that Geese murdered Matt. Geese gave her a bottle to poison Terry which she waited anxiously for his arrival at a cafe. Episode 10 is a flashback between Kyo and Benimaru's rivalry which the two fought off a group of gangsters in the rain. Kyo told Benimaru that the gangsters were harassing his girlfriend earlier and Benimaru respected him for that.

Back to the present, Angeline poured the poison to Terry's drink before he arrived. Before Terry could drink it, a little boy was causing problems to the cafe owner. Terry step in and the boy want Terry to be his surrogate father. But Terry declined despite the boy's puppy eyes. In the end, Terry gave in and promise the boy he will find him after he settle his matters. (Fatal Fury fans will probably guess who this boy really is and how his back story will complicate Terry in the future)

Angeline throw the poison drink away and she confessed that Geese threaten her. She begged Terry to leave South Town with her but Terry claimed his revenge against Geese is not over. As Terry left, Billy came in and kidnapped Angeline...

The tournament finally begin as Joe took on Athena for the first match. At the same time, Mai defeated Ryo and advance to the next round (Which I am sure a lot of AOF fans are pissed off now and we didn't even see Takuma!) Mai went to see Terry's match as he defeated Kensou and now take on Chin.

Terry's Power Charge and Power Dunk didn't appear until KOF 97 but then no one is counting...

As both teams were cheering for Terry and Chin, Chin was surprisingly good at handling Terry but a crack on Chin's wine bottle had him forfeit the match. Chin knew that Terry has hidden potential and advise him to make use of it. Clark and Kim were having their final match and despite Kim used his Fu-Oh Ken to knock Clark down, he came back stronger and defeated Kim.

While Benimaru was having problems against a brainwashed Brian Battler, Terry received a call that Angeline is held hostage and he rushed to save her. Heidern placed a tracker on him and later told Andy and Joe about Terry.

Benimaru was knocked out by Brian which Daimon defeated Brian and even Lucky Grabbler. Kyo finally make his debut and took on Heavy D. Kyo could sense Heavy D's Orochi presence but easily defeated Heavy D.

Meanwhile Billy was trying to make Angeline to side with Geese but she refused to side with him. (Despite Billy held a light for her) Terry rushed in and took Angeline away. However Geese's men and Billy surrounded them. Andy and Joe came to their aid while Heidern sneaked into Geese's office to find evidence.

Fatal Fury fans will know this scene is a tribute to Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 Poster.

Heidern managed to get away from Billy while Terry and Angeline get to the rooftop. Geese was waiting for them and Terry took him on. However he was no match for Geese's Orochi powers and threw a blast at Terry...

In another flashback, Angeline recalled how Terry saved her from some ruffians. He wanted to bring her along to meet Tung Fu Rue however Angeline sacrifice herself to get chased by the same ruffians as Terry leave South Town alone. (Terry also didn't get her name which probably explained him not remembering her when they met again in the bar in episode 3)

Angeline was left to die but Geese saved her and she has been following him ever since until that fateful night at the bar...

Seven episodes and we are 3/4 away from the season finale of 24 episodes. Let's start with Heidern being the exposition person to explain to Terry and Kyo what is really going on with Geese and the Mysterious "R".

The poison that Geese gave to Angeline is a reference to the Legend of Hungry Wolf OVA where Lilly was threatened by Geese to gave Terry poison before the match. Let's be honest, the women in Terry's life loved him so much that they willingly to break all the rules. The little boy which in the credit is labelled as Rock Howard is the illegitimate son of Geese which Terry won't know about it until he defeated Geese and he choose to kill himself.

The tournament begin and I know that despite AOF is the better team in the arcades and how they could lose to 3 girls who are not really top tier characters. I could suggest that Ryo, Robert and maybe Takuma didn't want to hurt Yuri in the match and kinda of hold back. Which probably explained why Mai could take out Ryo in the final match.

Terry was a badass throughout his fight and it was very funny to see Mai being all peaky to Andy and Joe at the sidelines and Joe became a punching bag for Mai to manhandle. Kim and Clark was very good as both used their trademark moves and Clark was very tough to deal with Kim's Fu-Oh Ken which in the game is a real killer but Clark's Ultra Argentina Back Breaker was really done in animated form since we are used to see this move in the arcades.

Benimaru didn't take his match seriously which resulted in his defeat which to be honest, he has yet to mature to be a better fighter. If you played the games from 94 to 97, you can see that Benimaru was one of the better fighters to use which is a sign of his improvements and the threat level rises due to Orochi. So let's hope, Benimaru will be better next time around.

So now we are at a crossroad with Terry taking on Geese for the first time and looking how it is going, it is not going well for Terry and I am worried that Angeline might get caught in the crossfire like Lilly. So let's hope that doesn't come true. Furthermore, I am also surprised that Terry and the Ruffians didn't know Angeline was a girl but given that her clothing make her like a boy and how her voice sounds squeaky, it's no wonder no one figure it out.

That's my thoughts of episode 9 to 15. Let's hope the final quarter will not be disappointed and where is Iori? Until then, see you in the next post!

King of Fighters Destiny Ep 5 to Ep 8 Review (Spoilers!)

Hi everyone! I was waiting for a few episodes together to make a review and it look like things are about to get interesting! (Episode 8 was leaked online and Potential Spoilers for episode 9)

Episode 5 is a flashback episode about Geese and his hate relationship with Wolfgang Krauser who is his half brother. Geese was an illegitimate son of the Krauser Family and was the first child. Despite that,Wolfgang despise him and drove Geese out of the family. With nowhere to go, Geese trained under Tung Fu Rue and studied together with Jeff Bogard.

But Geese was again let down after Tung choose Jeff to be the successor and he swore that he will get what he want which led to the beginning of Episode 2 on the night of Jeff's murder. It is an interesting past that make Geese a victim of circumstances and was betrayed twice by his "brothers"-Wolfgang and Jeff which explained his twisted mind now.

Like I said, an Ass Kicking!

Episode 6 was a fan service episode with Yuri meet King in London and she convinced King to join the tournament since King is in need of cash. (In the original canon, it was for her younger brother's medical bills) They met up with Mai who was harassed by some street punks and gave them an ass-kicking! (Literately)

One of the more interesting question that fans wonder all these years about Mai's ninja fan was finally explained since we always wonder how many fans did she have hidden in her body? The answer? Her fans are actually like boomerang that come back to her every time she threw it.

In the end, the three girls formed the "Queens" team and joined the tournament...

Episode 7 begin with Kyo calling back to his father, Saisyu to explain of the Orochi presence in South Town and after Saisyu was hen-pecked by his wife, the Kusanagi blade started to vibrate. Meanwhile Angeline met with Geese's assistant, Matt who blackmailed her after knowing she stole Geese's money for herself.

Matt tried to rape her but was saved by Terry and somehow Angeline has a flashback of her younger self with Terry years ago. (Which probably explained why she asked have they met before. Because they did but Terry can't remember now) The two of them had a moment together (Correction to previous episode-Angeline is Geese's adopted daughter and not daughter in law)

As Kyo and company were looking through the list of fighters for the tournament, Heidern had a nightmare of his family being murdered and a mysterious man pulled his right eye out...

Kensou...can't get away from Hot Bao after all these years...

Finally Episode 8 which is the gathering of fighters as they all arrived at Geese Tower. First was Kyo's team followed by the Psycho Soldiers Team. (Athena, Kensou and Chin) Benimaru spotted Ralf and Clark arrived and was bragging that he can take them. Next was the Queen's Team which Ryo got into an argument with Yuri and Robert got stuck in the middle.

The Korea Team (Kim, Chang and Choi) arrived with reporters interviewed Kim on why he recruited Chang and Choi who are hard core criminals. Being the self righteous person he is, Kim claimed he can turned them a new leaf with his training. (Yeah right, after so many years, the two of them never seemed to change)

This feel like a VS title screen on a video game...

"REAL BOUT" is from Real Bout Fatal Fury which is a Remake of sort to the First Fatal Fury game

Yeah! Show me more, Mai!

Terry, Andy and Joe arrived and Billy was trying to start a fight with Terry but stopped because of the media. Andy and Mai got into a Lovers' quarrel and Kyo used Benimaru to create a diversion as he follow Terry who has sneaked past security. Terry spotted Geese entering a secret passage in a hidden wall and follow in...

So after 8 episodes, the tournament will begin very soon. The latest episode was pure fan service with all your favourite characters interacting each other. Kyo showing respect to Chin since he was their senior, Athena was lovely though her hair seem a bit too bright. (Who unfortunately has no line in this episode but I know she is voiced by Ikezawa Haruna who is the official voice for Athena since KOF' 98)

Mai showing off her assets was lovely with Yuri felt embarrassed about her own bust size. Ralf and Clark acting all bad ass and walking away from everyone else. (Do you even think will we see Leona Heidern in the future?) Andy and Mai squabbling was hilarious as they butt out Joe at the same time and Benimaru calling Mai a hot busty woman.

So in the next episode, Geese meet "R" and they brainwashed the America Sports Team (Heavy D, Brian Battler and Lucky Glauber) with the Dark Crystals. We also get Terry vs Kyo in the car park but I know this is just a warm up for better things to come! Until then, see you in the next post!