Just watched and can only really echo what most people have said, really liked how they pulled the Joy and Wong story threads together that the anime has been sprinkling, showing how Ryo has actually impacted on them.
The Baihu fight was awful and clearly rushed, I think I would've preferred just the cameo from last week and left the mystery there, or made him the fight instead of Greg to get access to the Yellowhead last ep. There was just no scale to what a step up in skill he is meant to represent. In the games he's a more proficient fighter than Chai right? Definitely better than the 3 street fights you've head to get to him. There's no sense of that at all in the anime except is stun chop on Joy, which I liked but is then completely undone by the time of the fight with Ryo.
They did leave his 'Hazuki... I'll remember that name' remark so maybe he will assist in future and be fleshed out a bit.
As for the 'Baihu is Ziming' theory I think that was put to bed by the bonus comics surely?
I mean Baihu is Yellowhead and Ziming is clearly Chiyoumen and very senior, literally standing on the symbol talking to Niao Sun, a leader, in that comic, he's also not dressed at all like Baihu:
Plus, in the official concept art of the Heads of the Chiyoumen, the silhouette on the right matches Ziming's design from that comic perfectly, all but confirming he is at Niao Sun and Lan Di's level within the organisation:
The fact they have the same voice actor in the anime is nothing, there must be various other characters with the same actor, it's a standard budget managing approach. I get they're both mysterious characters so same voice actor might perk some intrigue but we know enough already to know Baihu, a Yellowhead fighter/leader who is hanging out in the Kowloon, is not Ziming, one of the heads of the Chiyoumen. :)
The Baihu fight was awful and clearly rushed, I think I would've preferred just the cameo from last week and left the mystery there, or made him the fight instead of Greg to get access to the Yellowhead last ep. There was just no scale to what a step up in skill he is meant to represent. In the games he's a more proficient fighter than Chai right? Definitely better than the 3 street fights you've head to get to him. There's no sense of that at all in the anime except is stun chop on Joy, which I liked but is then completely undone by the time of the fight with Ryo.
They did leave his 'Hazuki... I'll remember that name' remark so maybe he will assist in future and be fleshed out a bit.
As for the 'Baihu is Ziming' theory I think that was put to bed by the bonus comics surely?
I mean Baihu is Yellowhead and Ziming is clearly Chiyoumen and very senior, literally standing on the symbol talking to Niao Sun, a leader, in that comic, he's also not dressed at all like Baihu:
Plus, in the official concept art of the Heads of the Chiyoumen, the silhouette on the right matches Ziming's design from that comic perfectly, all but confirming he is at Niao Sun and Lan Di's level within the organisation:
The fact they have the same voice actor in the anime is nothing, there must be various other characters with the same actor, it's a standard budget managing approach. I get they're both mysterious characters so same voice actor might perk some intrigue but we know enough already to know Baihu, a Yellowhead fighter/leader who is hanging out in the Kowloon, is not Ziming, one of the heads of the Chiyoumen. :)
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