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Jin Kazama vs Orval Parker
Jin Kazama is the son of Jun Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. Jun's intimate relationship with Kazuya grew and she became pregnant with Jin. The devil within Kazuya attempted to enter Jin while he was still in his mother's womb, but Jun managed to fight it off. Afterwards, Jun moved to a remote location in the mountains where she raised Jin and trained him in the Kazama family's self-defence fighting style.
Several years later, Jun sensed the approaching of a great evil and decided that it was about time she told Jin concerning his origins. She also told him that if anything were to happen to her, he should look for his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima. Jun's premonitions proved to be true, as she was attacked by Ogre four days later on Jin's 15th birthday. Hours after the chaos, Jin, who fell unconscious, then awoke amongst the rubble and began searching for his mother, with no success, enraged, Jin swore revenge. He was then taken in by Heihachi, who began to train him in Mishima-style Karate.
Jin's actions and surroundings fit the mould of a quintessential "tragic hero". As with many tragedies, all of the major traumatic events that occur within the hero's life are beyond his control:
First and foremost, there's the fact that his grandfather, and father are two of the evilest and ruthless individuals who've ever lived on the face of the earth. Secondly, his mother was cruelly and abruptly taken from him while he was still a teenager. Third, he was betrayed by his grandfather, whom he trusted deeply. Fourth, the return of his great-grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, has caused him to begin losing his internal struggle with the Devil within. Fifth, the appearance of Azazel prompts him to corrupt the Mishima Zaibatsu further just for the chance to face the beast and sacrifice himself to destroy it. Each of these occurs to a helpless and unassuming Jin, who is simply doing what he can to set things right at every turn.
It is known that Jin used to be "sweet and nice", before all the above-mentioned events happened, however after everything he went through, he seems to have lost all his human feelings.
Jin's personality ranges from stoic and calm to rude and arrogant at various moments, and his words and actions hint toward the bitterness within. Although he is portrayed as a monster in his devil form, in general, he is never portrayed as evil, and everything that he does, he does for a good reason.
He also has one personality trait which is common with many Japanese action heroes. Once Jin's mind is focused in any particular direction, it is immensely difficult to get him to change or even notice the events and people around him. People close to him, including Hwoarang, and Xiaoyu, are always going to extremes to gain Jin's attention, and yet, he maintains an indifferent demeanour towards them.
Jin's disinterest in close relations perhaps results from the Devil Gene. As a result of his family's bloodline curse, Jin thinks that the people he loves will likely suffer if he ever completely succumbs to the Devil Gene or becomes one with it like his father. In short, Jin planned to destroy his father, and grandfather, and then himself, dying without children to put an end to the Mishima curse once and for all. However, Jin could not go through with it after defeating his two predecessors, so it's unknown if he has given up on this plan completely since he saw the image of his mother Jun.
In 2017, at the age of only 18, Jin uses his new position as the CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu to throw the world into chaos in hopes of a cure. Although his intentions are entirely benevolent since he seeks to use this to awaken and then destroy a much greater threat, Azazel. Believing that defeating this monster could help get rid of his curse, Jin might have destroyed countless people's property, ruined many lives and gain lots of enemies through his actions. This may mean that Jin (no matter how painful it is for him) is willing to go out of his morals if that is what it takes to save the world. This again shows that no matter how indifferent and arrogant Jin seems to be, he is still a good man.
To save the world from certain annihilation at the hands of Azazel, Jin loses everything he has, including control of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Cold, hungry and living on the street Jin saw no way of moving forward in his life and decided the only we to proceed would be to end his life and forever rid the world of the cursed devil gene.
But as fate would have it, this was not to be the end of our hero's story. A chance crossing with an up and coming manager called Barron Blade, who he had met 10 years previously saved Jin and promised to train him in the ways of mixed martial arts, to give his life meaning and one day reclaim with is rightfully his.
His first test in the octagon, a more experienced fighter from Shawinigan, Canada, Orval Parker. Can Jin start down the path to reclaim his empire or will this challenge be to tough for Jin to overcome.
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