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* MurderousIntent: The Satsui no Hadou, as usual, which Gouki used to turn himself into an Akuma. And following the franchise storyline, Ryu has a surprising innate potential, which leads to [[spoiler:Gouken asking Ken to watch over him.]]

* BigBrotherMentor: Surprisingly, Gouken chooses [[spoiler: Ken over Ryu]] as the more stable of his two students, and requests that he take care of the other once they've left the dojo. He even tells him that "you're the big brother now."

* KamehameHadoken: It wouldn't be ''Street Fighter'' without it. However, the series focuses on Ryu and Ken actually ''learning'' to perform it; when Gouken demonstrates it for the first time, they react how people would in RealLife. It also requires more concentration and is less flashy than the video game versions.

** FridgeLogic: So does this mean that Sayaka hooked up with Ken's dad? Gouken did mention that both he and his mother were good friends.

* ActingForTwo: Togo Igawa plays both the Ansatsuken grandmaster Gotetsu and Gouma the fisherman.

* ActingForTwo: Togo Igawa plays both the Ansatsuken grandmaster Gotetsu and Gouma the fisherman.

* NotSoAboveItAll: As their training winds down, Ryu and Ken get a NES and a copy of ''VideoGame/MegaMan''. Gouken peeks in, and it looks like he's going to reprimand them...but then he asks if it's any good.

[[caption-width-right:350:A new origin]]

* FakeNationality:
** Korean-American actor/stuntman Mike Moh as the Japanese-born Ryu.
** British actor/stuntman Christian Howard as the Japanese-American Ken Masters.
** Joey Ansah, who is of mixed ancestry (Caucasian-African) plays the older Gouki.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** In another life, Ryu was [[{{Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight}} Danny Cho]].
** [[{{Film/TheBourneSeries}} Desh]] decided to take up Ansatsuken after getting his ass kicked by Jason Bourne.
** Ken must have some Greek in him, as his dad fought in [[{{Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire}} the Battle of Salamis]].
*** He also shows up [[RetroactiveRecognition in Yunkai]] as [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Nero.]]

** Ryu and Ken start off with their red and yellow gloves respectively as with the Alpha games. After their training is completed, Gouken gives them the brown Hado-resistant Ansatsuken gloves from Street Fighter 2 (where the fireballs have the illusion of their hands). Gouken also gives Ryu his signature black belt with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABrinkazan Furinkazan]] markings evident in Ryu's Street Fighter 2 artwork.

The full series debuted on {{Machinima}} on May 23, 2014, and can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLTS4u9M_2r89MGqgDNGGxQfmLuhtxqU here]].

* IconicItem: Ryu gets his iconic belt as a parting gift from Gouken. Ryu's red headband is given to him by Ken after their climactic fight. [[spoiler: Ryu went berserk with Satsui No Hado, and Ken stopped him with a flaming Shoryuken. The resulting blow cracked Ryu's head open, and Ken quickly tied the headband to stop the bleeding.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: The neighbor from across the lake returns in episode 10 and performs a song he wrote for Ryu on his flute. It's the theme from the SNES games, of course. Ken's theme plays on a radio during their workout session shortly afterward.

* PurpleisPowerful: Akuma's flames turn purple after he's completed his training.

* AwfulTruth: Gouki discovers that since Ansatsuken is an assassination art, [[spoiler: he and Gouken have be raised to carry on a legacy that can only have one master, and that the two of them will have to fight for it at some point.]]

** Well this is quite some time before SF4, where Gouken had had his fight with Gouki and been knocked out.

* EmpathicEnvironment: The fight between [[spoiler: Goutetsu]] and Akuma happens in the middle of a [[PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath storm]]. Akuma's heaven symbol even appears in the clouds afterwards. The latter also acts as a ShoutOut to the [=OVA=] ''StreetfighterAlphaGenerations" where the same thing happens.

* TheCameo: Yoshinori Ono shows up in Episode 4.

* Shoryuken: Wouldn't be ''Street Fighter'' without it. Gouken can jump ''much'' higher than his students, leading Ken to wonder when they're going to learn it.

* BigBrotherMentor: Surprisingly, Gouken chooses [[spoiler: Ken over Ryu]] as the more stable of his two students, and requests that he take of the other once they've left the dojo. He even tells him that "you're the big brother now."

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Prior to Ryu and Ken's climactic fight, Gouki takes them aside individually and gives them strategic advice. His words accurately describe the tactics used by the characters in the video game.