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Shun'ei is a member of
The King of Fighters XIV's "China Team" along with Tung
Fu Rue and Meitenkun. He is the central character of KOF XIV's
main story arc. Shun'ei
is a manipulator of illusions. Due to his mysterious powers, he was abandoned
at a young age by his parents and was raised as a disciple of Tung. Through
his training, he learned to control his hidden powers. As Tung's last
disciple, he sets out to challenge other fighters from all over the world with
his close friend Meitenkun.
It is revealed that
the Shun'ei has one of Verse's
power on his left-half, one of the two creatures, along with an unknown blue
creature, created from the result of Ash
Crimson's doing on changing his timeline to erase himself from being Saiki's
descendants and kills his ancestor, with their power fragment are somehow
implanted Shun'ei when he was a kid in a new timeline. After
Verse's defeat, Shun'ei is advised by Kyo
to continue his training to keep his powers under control. Shun'ei agrees and
vows to train harder.
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Updated: Feb. 11th, 2022
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Maybe I'm "too American" to like this design? ...I'm not sure. My first thoughts on Shun'ei: He looks like a J-pop / K-pop star, or a character from Xuan
Dou Zhi Wang. Shun'ei has a pretty straight
forward fighting style, albeit more "agile" than your typical KOF protagonists / cool guys. I think I'd like his design more if he was colored differently. You know what I think of when I see green hair?
Clown. Shun-ei is not a part-time clown, to my knowledge, so I'm not sure what they were going for with that loud hair. Shun'ei's default color scheme looks more like
"Color #13" to me. Besides the clown hair, his hipster "one pant leg up" is a bit obnoxious and very 90's. Are you 16... Shun'ei? Do you even have a license to drive? >_> And don't get me started on the headphones. Yikes, there's a lot going on with him.
Fighting style-wise, Shun'ei holds up a bit better. His animations and moveset aren't bad... and I like the flying fists concept (which he cleverly shares with the final boss). He's got some cool special moves and hits pretty hard, which is important in a fighting game. Overall, I prefer beating up Shun'ei with Iori, Kyo, or K'... a REAL KOF
protagonist. Heh.
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