The Most Toxic Family in Gaming, Meet the Mishimas of Tekken!

[@rooflemonger]

So Tekken 8 is only a couple of months away now, so why not get a bit of a primer on the story & lore of the main characters of the Franchise, the Mishima's! To say the Mishima family has problems is an understatement as they basically all hate each other, and their ongoing feuds and issues have helped basically destroy the planet by the time Tekken 8 rolls around. So give a watch, maybe drop a like if you could since the video took a good while to make, and understand that Kuma is Heihachi's favourite son!

[@ektran4205]

REINA WAS BORN TO EXTERMINATE THE DEVIL GENE

[@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946]

Let’s not forget Asuka Kazama I don’t know if they’re half cousins of Jin Kazama.

[@Tenroseiken]

How did you make that family tree???

[@rooflemonger]

@@Tenroseiken googled family tree maker and clicked on one of them

[@rooflemonger]

@@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946 nobody knows anything about asuka, besides the fact she shares the name kazama she has exactly zero relevance to the actual plot

[@spirto1279]

Since Heihachi has 18-25 kids plus Kuma, I want a game that's just a Mishima battle royale for the inheritance money.

[@milagrosgutierrezmartin9506]

1 son, and 18-25 useless parasites. Kuma is Heihachi's true son.

[@severedproxy]

@@milagrosgutierrezmartin9506 100% agreed, kuma is the ONLY son.

[@rasmusdegn9690]

So... Power Instinct.

[@erdood3235]

​@@rasmusdegn9690what's that?

[@wasupman777]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pdreding]

You know your family's messed up when Akuma is the wacky uncle.

[@KWillo]

Underrated comment 😂😭

[@robertdenicola6409]

LMFAOOO 😂

[@InfernoCleric384]

Always has been

[@GRIMM2197]

This is so funny lol

[@MattyTaps]

AKUMA IS WHO?!

[@horribleoscar9443]

The Mishima Zaibatsu is actually very worker friendly for a large corporation, every employee gets at least three weeks of being presumed dead per year.

[@ayodejimatthew1539]

😂 I like your humour

[@marcusharris87]

ROFL stomp😂😂😂😂

[@blaze-kz7nz]

If Kuma or Panda won a King of Iron Fist Tournament, they would be the CEO (based on their Tekken 5 endings). Mishima Zaibatsu does not discriminate based on species.

[@theHedgex1]

Not to mention that challenging your boss to a fight is a virtue instead of something that would punish you.

[@Nehfarius]

@@theHedgex1 The fight itself is plenty punishing, after all, even if you win. The Zaibatsu, after all, does not recruit weaklings(and if it does, they don't stay weak for long).

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

let's be honest here Kuma is the only son Heihachi ever loved and hes a bear 😭

[@newhybrid101]

He kinda respects Lars

[@lylinettelafleur3524]

​@@newhybrid101respect doesn't mean love though

[@Rylaine]

​@@lylinettelafleur3524still something he didn't have for kazooyer

[@seraphimofwrath1596]

Kuma 2 not kuma

[@susiehaltmann3342]

I was so confused when I saw him and panda in smash ultimate as spirits. “Tekken has characters that are literally just a fucking bear and panda?”

[@bluebeastgamer7494]

Jinpachi was such a good person that even in his devil form when he got a little consciousnes he organised an iron fist tournament so a fighter could defeat him.

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

Yep

[@LunaP1]

He was the first "good" Mishima in the family.

[@hishot1078]

It wasn't devil. It was something else.

[@Xxandrew01]

Summing up Jinpachi in a nutshell...too angry to die

[@Lord_Numpty]

Truly the only good man in the group. Or at least the group that keeps getting brought up and appeared in 7 to screw up Heihachi (Him, Kazumi, Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin. Jin is not a good guy, he started the third world war to release an ancient god of destruction for the sake of imprisoning it so it couldn't fulful the prophecy IT made about eventually being freed and killing even more people than Jin did. Which is questionable when Humanity already imprisoned it once before and Humanity has advanced *drastically* since then. He's an angsty idiot with a martyr complex who I wish died instead of the gloriously over-the-top evil bastard Heihachi).

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

And if you want to know what a Mishima Thanksgiving looks like? Look up Heihachi's ending where he straps his son, his grandson, and his father to rockets and sends them into space.

[@aleksiejlublov7995]

Mishima Zaibatsu definitely has a space exploration program. And who better to trust with that task than your own family.

[@wambokodavid7109]

@@aleksiejlublov7995 😂😂

[@Mezha07]

I always imagined that their reunion starts with Wavedashing into ewgf but who knows

[@crawlingboy]

no no their ending is lars takken tag 2 ending

[@serpentlord285]

​@@crawlingboyThats a Mishima Christmas

[@pockystyx4087]

y'know what sucks? Even if Kazuya and Jin stop having kids; to prevent the bloodline from continuing, they still have to worry about the numerous unknown kids Heihachi has had over the years lol

[@KaitouKaiju]

Heihachi's other kids wouldn't inherit the devil gene though

[@pockystyx4087]

@@KaitouKaiju Honestly; at this point, I fully expect Kazumi to have some secret kids! Tekken has plot twists like a Telenovela. lol

[@rooflemonger]

hey heihachi kids can sometimes turn out good like Lars did. Devil gene kids however, not so much

[@pockystyx4087]

@@rooflemonger I think; aside from the bear, the key thing might be Heihachi not raising the kids directly. they tend to grow up a bit more level headed. . . when they're not thrown off a cliff or something.

[@holeeshi9959]

relax, Heihachi's kids won't have the devil gene, unless they are from Kazumi, but Xiaoyu's been eyeing Jin a lot, and Nina and Anna might be getting their Mishima babies one day....

[@Tunaria]

Lee remains one of my favorite "Mishimas", going from a complete joke to a major benefactor in the fight against Kazuya. He also has a very clear character arc, starting out as an arrogant rival who gets easily decked by Kazuya, then distancing himself from the Mishima family and founding Violet Systems(though that doesn't stop him from taking revenge upon Heihachi and Kazuya when the opportunity presents itself) and finally using his company to back up the other good family member Lars. Sure, he's still somewhat of an arrogant jerk, but like the Kumas, Jun and Lars, he's easily the least evil among the family.

[@Artryom]

Jun’s not a Mishima, she never married Kazuya I’m pretty sure. Thus, Kazama.

[@twistedgambit9084]

@@Artryom Jun is a "Mishima" stop being a nerd.

[@blackout1524]

@@twistedgambit9084 She's not a Mishima. And if you're on a Tekken video you're a hardcore nerd by default.

[@Artryom]

@@blackout1524 Idk how they think she's a Mishima, Harada even confirmed though that Kazuya don't even think of her as his wife iirc too. As disappointing as that is lol. Facts tho.

[@fissilewhistle]

⁠@@ArtryomHe’s also a genius roboticist.

[@scottnotpilgrim]

I feel like toxic is being nice here but that is one way to describe this family

[@CntBckt]

lol Legit.

[@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946]

Who is more toxic the Griffin from Family Guy or the Mishima's from tekken.

[@NrettG]

@@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946 Griffin's are horrible people. But I don't think anything can touch Mishima's. You can at least comprehend the depths that the Griffin's will go to be horrible people. Mishima's I don't think we've even dipped past the foot into the ocean of THAT mess.

[@marche800]

​@NrettG Also the scope of the Griffins damage doesn't get anywhere near as bad as the mishima's. The mishima family make their problems, everyone's problem.

[@NrettG]

@@marche800 Heihachi: I know how to beat my son, show the world he's a monster by blowing up his HQ! Kazuya after getting blown up in his HQ building: Proceeds to destroy the entire city shifting blame back towards Heihachi I do feel bad for anyone that lives. Not anyone or where specific, they just exist and have to deal with this stuff 24/7. I mean in the span of a year you got Jin declaring WW3, Heihachi getting his ass kicked by Akuma, the bombing of a city by a super laser from space, AND the reveal that literal devils and angels truly exist.

[@ababyharpseal6534]

I think it's possible that Heihachi liked Reina a lot more than any of his male kids (assuming he even knew about her, that is). He seemed to have a soft spot for Xiaoyu of all people and never treated her anywhere near as badly as he did his actual blood relatives. I've always assumed that he'd be similarly biased towards his female kids, and him leaving the Zaibatsu to his daughter fits perfectly with that idea.

[@iceman-cn5xx]

Zeus, is that you?

[@anandaabdulazis1569]

​​@@iceman-cn5xxI mean Heihachi can manifest lightning and one of his move is lightning god uppercut

[@iceman-cn5xx]

@@anandaabdulazis1569 it all makes sense now, especially when you consider that he has between 18 to 25 kids

[@neardarkroad1347]

​@@anandaabdulazis1569japanese has their own lightning god tho. A super powerful man having many kids is not exclusive to Zeus allegory. I mean, Heichachi doesn't make the family tree into family circle like Zeus.

[@tio_john]

​@@neardarkroad1347 yea but the meme is funny

[@DJKHAI23]

Look all I want to add to all of this is that Kazuya seemingly loves his Grandfather and I just have to say that is kind of sweet. Cause he always seems found of him in 5 which is interesting. His Mother and Grandfather were the things he cares about most and unfortunately dear old dad ruined that.

[@H4rdlex]

To be fair both of then were possessed by devil beings and had to be stopped, even Kazuya isn't a sweet considering the path he took by choice.

[@MrMooMoo088]

Kaz apologists ew. Kaz still isn't the coolest Mishima even with the Chad Heihaichi dead.

[@RationalMinded]

Kazuya didn't hesitate to put down Jinpachi in one of the more intimate ways in the series. That evil smile and chuckle after the deed solidified the idea that "This MF Is Evil".

[@c16621]

What???? Kaz HATES his father. He threw him off a cliff!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrMooMoo088]

@@c16621 yes that's what he said

[@OseiTheWarriors]

We need a 90s family sitcom about the Mishima's, laugh track and all

[@mqfii8992]

There must be at least 1 of them being thrown at a high place per episode

[@darellarocho5729]

You forgot about Pikachu. He's also a Mishima.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

I could tell by that weird pointy tail.

[@ilidot5892]

So is Armor King

[@johnking7054]

lol true

[@andresdeleon2122]

It's still funny to me nowdays that Pikachu's moveset in Pokken is basically Heihachi's moves

[@wonderman7166]

*Protect KUMA at all cost!* He is the nicest & kindest Mishima member

[@HoDoBoDo]

Heihachi isn't exactly a normal human being. I don't think regular people can generate electricity from their body on such a level where it can be visible 😂.

[@rooflemonger]

i can when I feel like it

[@HoDoBoDo]

@@rooflemonger Lol

[@sean_image]

Lets not forget about his superhuman strength and durability as well. He's definitely about peak human.

[@HoDoBoDo]

​@@sean_imagePeak Human definitely, but there is most definitely a supernatural factor to his abilities. In the story mode for Tekken 7 he uses his ki to unlock his "ascended" form like I genuinely don't think a normal person can do that XD. Not only that, but the power up was strong enough to tear some of his clothing off.

[@Terminator-ht3sx]

@@HoDoBoDoyou don’t know the lore

[@leevieriksson6309]

The fact that only the bear and the 18 year old girl are smiling should tell you something

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

Kaz smiled once when he threw his dad off the family cliff. Oh and when he left him to die being surrounded by an army of Jacks lol

[@requiem418]

Most wholesome family in video game history.

[@raszota8466]

I belive Reina spends a lot of hair gel like Sepiroth to keep her hair somewhat normal.

[@Marbledream]

Reina gets heihachi cut in her devil form still lol

[@spider4000]

The reason why heihachi loves Kuma so much cause animals aren’t as complex as his other kids, when kuma plays he means it lmfao

[@장준현-i9p]

(Project X zone 2) Heihachi: You and your brother are not get along each other? That’s normal. Dante(Devil May Cry): At least we’re better than Mishima.

[@williamcorey4700]

Devil May Cry 5 plot says hello

[@alexandermoultrie5595]

The sons of Sparda are saints compared to the Mishimas.

[@bigtacotime4382]

@@williamcorey4700 they get along at the end. vergil committed a few war crimes to live again but the family gets along.

[@randeegaming6776]

up to tekken 7 (where heihachi died). i was CONVINCED that the entire tekken story was just heihachi telling kid jin and kid asuka a story to make kazuya look bad. he's telling this story because heihachi was forced to retire due to old age and kazuya took over the family company. I imagine jun is just taking care of housework, jin and asuka is just sitting around listening to heihachi, kasumi is just there sitting somehow looks young for her age, and kazuya walking in from work just annoyed with the story that heihachi is telling.

[@Nehfarius]

And then Heihachi and Kazuya duke it out, and the winner throws the loser off the roof of the house, as is tradition.

[@jettiful]

aunt Reina is the youngest and the cool aunt theyve ever had

[@Angeljin-Fq5yx]

Typical asain culture description 😂. Very accurate

[@taco_sensei]

"Meet the Mishimas" 😭😭 bro I would watch that sitcom

[@aldiyaralmassov3378]

They will have a scene where it’s basically just “who broke the coffee machine?” Meme, Which will end in them opening the iron fist tournament AGAIN

[@trbd]

The Mishimas equivalent of thanksgiving dinner would be global thermonuclear war

[@coletrain583]

Imagine what Christmas is like for them. Maybe rather giving gifts, they throw fists at each other. And Armageddon begins.

[@tabkg5802]

Jin didn't want to kill Azazel just to get rid of devil gene but mainly because if Azazel was reincarnated fully in the future no one would've been able to fully stop him. At least according to info he had

[@ryanspencer9602]

He was planning on making the devil gene die out, and only someone with the devil gene could kill Azazel.

[@Oroboruscomp]

Yeah I thought Jin was gonna kill him because Azazel was going to revive in the future anyways. And without knowing if there'd be a person with the devil gene to kill him Jin couldn't risk not killing him now.

[@Lord_Numpty]

@@Oroboruscomp By murdering a whole bunch of people and starting the third world war though?

[@fightingmedialounge519]

That wasn't his main reason.

[@mas8705]

“Heihachi screwed a lot of people over” Figuratively or Literally?

[@DOSFrost]

Yes

[@zadenhomunculus8652]

He meant "screwed a lot of people over and over".

[@frozenlicks]

Both figuratively, screwing people literally is quite different from what you are thinking

[@mas8705]

@@frozenlicks I mean if it’s confirmed that Heihachi has a good 20+ illegitimate children running around and we only know one of them, it is still a fair assumption to make.

[@thesilentsociety3252]

Kuma the only wholesome member of the family, plus his T8 bio makes it even more depressing given that he doesn’t know Heihachi is died and he’s doing his best to protect the company until he returns.

[@Etheric_Energy241]

The mishimas hair standing up because of their electric powers is a cool theory that but reina doesn’t have spiky hair for some reason so it’s not consistent anymore

[@rooflemonger]

no amount of art consistency throughout decades is allowed to ruin a pretty girl design

[@jmanners]

Well it kinda spikes outward to the side a bit...

[@Darkmoone1]

Something tells me she manages her hairstyle so it doesn't go out of control, but you can still see some of it spiking to the side on the tip of her hair.

[@taco_sensei]

Yo her hair actually has started to rise on her right side tho???

[@KaitouKaiju]

She's the only one who cares enough to use conditioner

[@peteartieda58]

Something has to be said about Heihachi showing affection only to his bear 'child" vs everyone else in his family tree. It might just come off as a joke/gag but it kinda displays his desire for control to other beings. He's only amicable with a pet he can order around or play with. Yes Kuma has a consciousness and intelligence but it's still limited.

[@stevemclovin1566]

If nothing else, at least Kuma is aware of his treachery and won't take it lying down.

[@Xehanort10]

8:14 Lee's the most stable since he realised the Mishima family feud was pointless, moved to the Bahamas and started his robotics company.

[@melvinshine9841]

It is worth mentioning that Jin's goal in awakening Azazel was to lure out Kazuya and kill him, then die in the process of killing Azazel so the Devil Gene would be no more. Granted, plan still failed spectacularly with Azazel being the only dead one. Jin thinking two people with the Devil Gene is two too many, is likely the reason he's been avoiding Xiaoyu for years. He doesn't want to take any chances. While it's a case of things being made worse, retroactively, Jun deserves some blame for more than just seeing *something* in Kazuya. She's the one who told Jin to seek out Heihachi if anything ever happened to her, which wouldn't be as bad if Asuka Kazama wasn't introduced in Tekken 5, meaning Jun had living family who probably wouldn't shoot her son in the face.

[@rooflemonger]

Jin was in control of the most powerful force on earth, he could easily find Kazuya whenever he wanted.

[@j.a.g816]

​@@rooflemongerdude has a hate boner for jin

[@junk_bot_man6412]

​@@rooflemongerespecially in t7 cuz where TF was he💀

[@4yahwey275]

@@rooflemongerkazuya had g corp 😂

[@4yahwey275]

@@junk_bot_man6412 sleep from the azazel fight

[@lexscott3739]

The fact that Reina calls Jin "Senpai" in her trailer makes me wonder whether it's because they both learned under Heihachi, or attended the same educational facility at some point. The age of the various Mishimas and how it works together is always a bit of a headache. At the time of Tekken 7 Heihachi was 75, Kazuya 49, Lee 48, Lars 28, Jin 21, and Kuma the 2nd 10 years old. This implies that Heihachi had Kazuya at the age of 26, then adopted Lee at 27 when Kazuya was 1 years old, then had Lars at 47. Meanwhile Kazuya had Jin at 28, and Jin was old enough to vote when Kuma the 2nd was born. Additionally, since Kazuya was 25 at the time of the first Tekken's release in 1995, where the year the tournament takes place is stated to be 1995 as well. Thus, since Kazuya was thrown off a cliff by Heihachi at 5 years old, the feud between the two started in 1975 and-assuming likely incorrectly that Heihachi truly died during the events of Tekken 7-ended in 2019. Though it's important to note that the games stopped giving timeline details since Tekken 5, and the official ages have been modified retroactively a few times in the past.

[@Boss-_]

Everyone gets really hung up on this, but I never hear anyone mention that she said "Jin Senpai" with a cheery tone, before going back to her default deeper and darker tone. She's most likely just taunting him, imitating Ling. Sarcastically calling him "Senpai". She doesnt strike me as the type to bother with honorifics

[@raghugba863]

Just a little detail, but, there's no reason to assume Heihachi adopted Lee as a newborn. He could've easily adopted him at any point during his childhood which I think would make more sense, since it was to piss off Kazuya

[@12himitsu12]

It was said in a mocking tone, I don't think she really respects him...

[@KingShibe]

Reina is obviously older than Jin, but younger than Kazuya

[@quincykearney9862]

You do have a good point about the Mishima family throwing people off the cliff. But Jin is the only person in the family they never got thrown off. Lucky of him.

[@thinkpositivemaya992]

I mean he kinda did got thrown off in heihachi ending Tekken 3

[@Angeljin-Fq5yx]

​@@thinkpositivemaya992non canon. And that was helicopter

[@thelittleoleme5323]

​@@thinkpositivemaya992in Tekken 6 he got thrown off from space

[@da_001]

My theory is Jun named her son Jin after Jinpachi. We know Kazuya and Jinpachi trained as a child and was extremely fond of him calling him Ji-chan (grandpa). Yes he neck stabbed him with his hands in Tekken 5, but on the wiki Jinpachi is listed as one of the few people Kazuya likes. Probably told Jun about him as pillow talk and the rest is history.

[@phlixcarbon]

Gotta remember that ending in T5 is non canon for Kazuya so who knows what he would've actually done.

[@ShizzThe69kinG]

While Kazuya ending wasn’t canon; I’m curious if his ending was some form of his psychotic mercy killing for his grandfather… you know typical Kazuya fashion? 🤨

[@seraphimofwrath1596]

Jin killed jinpachi canonically

[@KingShibe]

​@@seraphimofwrath1596nope. It was Heihachi. He locked him underneath Honmaru and he starved to death

[@KingShibe]

Except Jin wasn't even born yet when Kazuya "died"

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

Most people dont actually know that Kuma 1 and 2 are basically Mishima's Ever since the story progressing they inherited some of Heihachi's signature moves. Ff2, Demon paw and even hellsweep I hope Kuma is gonna have electrics in the 8 Edit: Don't wanna brag but, CALLED IT

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

@otdreamer193-xy1uc yup, there are also 2 Changs(Michelle and Julia), 9 Jack Variants (OG, 2, Gunjack, PJ, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8) and lastly people never knew that they have never used Roger Jr in game (Except during a specific grab animation)

[@SKTheKid]

He does get electrics in T8!

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

He has them, like the true Mishima he’s always been

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

@@pigglesgoomshby7249 Called it

[@rasmusdegn9690]

While the Mishimas may be the MOST toxic family in fighting games i'd like to give an honorable(?) mention to the Goketsuji family from Power Instinct.

[@eyalrephaeli6833]

Yeah. Them and the Mugen Tenshin Clan are also notoriously dysfunctional.

[@Love-Sensibility]

​@@eyalrephaeli6833Don't even mention the second family...

[@happyphiri4237]

Bro everybody is throwing each other off that mountain 💀

[@justaway6901]

The new saga of Tekken is probably Jin on the run while the world is on the hunt for him. A few would probably be protecting him (like Xiaoyu). Reina is probably going to be the new head of a new company (a combination of the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corp). Not sure how they are going to handle Kazuya though at the end of T8.

[@bluebeastgamer7494]

Wang jinrei and Jinpachi were childhood best friends. Wang also believed that Heihachi would be a good successor until he got to know about his deeds.

[@AustinT97]

Really enjoyed this video Roofle! I find it funny that Jin basically had a reverse villain origin story. Starting out as a plucky protagonist and then the evil thoughts got in his head and became a world destroying tyrant NOW he wants to be the good guy again because he made an Oopsy. Nonetheless, shoutout to Lars, Kuma and Reina for being the MVPs when it comes to the Mishima bloodline. Also, I look forward to the next one of these lore/history lesson videos. Maybe we can see one for Granblue or Under Night.

[@yaqubebased1961]

We don't know a thing about Reina lol. Could be the worst of them all

[@narmiarmy1599]

i think it'd be pretty stupid if heihachi came back cause that was such an impactful moment and was HUGE for kazuya's like development (i'm guessing since he finally did what he wanted to do for like 30 years) and namco now also knows that people dont like it when characters do smth thats very big and could change them forever... for nothing (looking at you jin)

[@Freedmoon44]

Sure but on the other side, its Heihachi, he is just built differant and its a long standing meme that they just kill each other every so often. The Jin screw up was quite bad, but if Heihachi comes back after a long while of Kazuya character dev, instead of nullifying it all it could finally serve as an excuse to prove his growth rather than just his determination. Besides, Heihachi is an *ss so him coming back to get destroyed again would be fun lol

[@itslouieduh]

This video was a good but there was misinformation in certain parts of the video and a misunderstanding of Jin’s motivation in T6. 1. Kazuya wasn’t raised by Heihachi after being thrown off the cliff originally. He disappeared and trained himself with revenge as motivation only to reappear in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 1. 2. Kazuya was indeed the protagonist in Tekken 1 and the “hero.” It was in Tekken 2 where he became the villain due to the devil gene taking control. This was why Jun fell for Kazuya during and after Tekken 1, before Tekken 2. 3. Jin didn’t just want to fight Azazel to get rid of the devil gene. It was already inevitable that Azazel was going to awaken when “two evil stars” clashed and this was implying devil gene users. This implies Kazuya and Jin. It can be said that their first battle in T4 sparked the dreams Jin was having by Azazel. But a battle to the death by Jin and Kazuya would have awakened Azazel in full power. Azazel was not only the “father” of the devil gene, but also a world destroyer which was remarked by Zafina. If Azazel was unleashed at full power, the world would have ended. Jin’s motive was to cause as much suffering with WW3 as possible kill Azazel while also getting rid of the devil gene completely. Especially since only one with the devil gene could kill Azazel. A weakened Jin after the Kazuya fight would not be able to defeat Azazel. Jin was quite literally trying to save the world from utter destruction from Azazel while also getting rid of the devil gene which was bad for the world. A MASSIVE double edged sword with it facing the blade more. There are plot holes here but all in all. That’s it.

[@magicalgirl1296]

Imagine the carnage of Thanksgiving with the Mishima family. Bonus if the Kazama get to attend.

[@Persephone_07]

"Heihachi Mishima is... Completely ded!" -Harada.

[@e-money9251]

Harada: i never said that

[@genshoryukenpou]

Raven : actually, i shout it before

[@jacobbowser1158]

I see Heihachi returning as DLC/ playable, but dead lore wise due to the fact that both of Heihachi's VAs (voice actors) have passed away. Bandai made a short statement after the 2nd VA passed away in 2018 saying that they weren't going to recast for Heihachi.

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

"I had a dream my father/son/grandson/daughter/wife/grizzlybear kills me for the money...."

[@thelittleoleme5323]

Kuma is not a grizzly, he's supposed to be a Japanese brown bear

[@zachataxxii7126]

Reminder that literally the only family member Heihachi cared about besides his wife before he killed her is his pet bear Also, I know they already said he's her father, but I can't wait for Reina turning out to be either literally Heihachi in another body or Heihachi's ghost just following her around lol

[@MrMooMoo088]

Was gonna say Reina is clearly a daddy's girl. So nice she has a legit biological brother in Kuma

[@jumpfold]

If they say that's heihachi inside if a small girl I'm gonna be more salty than I am already and my sodium lvls are off the charts.

[@RippahRooJizah]

I don't know if I would put it past Heihachi to pull an M.Bison and have a clone that's female.

[@solracstormhunter3023]

​@@jumpfoldBro is about to turn into a Drakengard/Nier: Replicant© final boss 🧂🧂🧂

[@lonewolffang]

Heihachi: I have a what!? I really should've thought about putting on protection back then. His kids: A little too late for that. Heihachi: You had a part in this too.

[@ShadeThaArtist]

Technically Kazuya is the good guy for the first two games simply because didn't asking for any of this. Its all a reaction to his corrupt father's ambition and poor decision making. Yhe fact that Heihachi jas tormented not only his own fathwr, but son, adopted son and grandson makes him actually worse then all of them especially considering all of the non Mishima's he effected. His company is directly related to wgy Leroy s family was killed Léo's family trouble Nina & Anna's cloned and Steves superhuman abilities. Kazuya is just extremely self destructive and unintentionally turned into a version of his father Jin just became Sasuke with Itachi's mission of ending himself along with his family. Had Jun not died then we'd actually have an even better character in Jin who'd think more clearly and would ne more open with people. Lars is technically the only undamaged person in all of this due to having actualove around.

[@Burneracon]

Also I think people forget that devil has a HUGE influence on a lot of his decisions. Like his Tekken 5 ending for example. He was obviously worried about jinpachi, but devil had taken him over completely and killed him. It’s still one of my favorite endings til this day because of it. Also I think it’s why I loved the fight between him and Heihachi. Kazuya and devil finally have a common hatred for the same person so they are able to coordinate and fight as one extremely well. He’s become one of the most interesting characters of the Mishimas to me.

[@ShadeThaArtist]

@@Burneracon Exactly! Folks don't realize the struggle Kazuya and Jim both have to deal with. Kazuya genuinely loved jinpachi for sure and because the devil Gene feeds on his own emotions and can take control when his is at his weakest (with the exception of him working with it in hatred)

[@fightingmedialounge519]

​@@Burneracon no, by tekken 5 he had complete control of the devil.

[@cinnabhyun8585]

Bless you for this comment!! You’re the only person in the comments section with sense. I really dont understand how ppl are hailing Heihachi as the least problematic/lesser of three evils Mishima. Every horrible thing that has happened to main AND side characters were kickstarted by him. Not to mention the T7 story retelling is nothing but Heihachi propaganda. People are forgetting he was literally at war with Kazuya/G-Corp trying to gain public favor and by doing that he set himself up to be interviewed by the narrator telling his side of the story to “expose” Kazuya. Crazy how it was meant to fool in game characters but ppl playing the game fell for it too 🤡

[@ShadeThaArtist]

@@cinnabhyun8585 thank you!!! How are we gonna praise a man who usurped his father. He also chained him in a basement to die! Then adopted a foster child just to make him Kazuya's rival, Heihachi is just a deplorable human being who has no interest in none but himself & Kuma.

[@battlericky17]

Waiting for Mecha Heihachi with his literal brain inside krang style

[@grittytenacious6004]

Thank you for covering this! I've always wanted to learn the Heihachi family story, and I'm glad you Rooflemonger was my outlet!

[@BingBangPoe]

I legit want the story of Tekken 8 to end with Kuma being the victor and becoming the new leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu, with Lars by his side, to undo all the wrongs done by Mishimas.

[@Joshyboy225]

You know a family is so toxic to the point that a dream about them actually getting along is considered a _nightmare_ (Lars’ TTT2 ending)

[@xboxpenguin8705]

Honestly one of my favorite videos from you, please make more fg lore videos!

[@MakaAlbarn1337]

Jin ain't having weird dreams about killing all of mankind, he had premonitions in the future if Azazel we're to fully awaken... So he had some sacrifices to be made just so he could kill Azazel himself and possibly killing himself along with it.. Because he wants to put a stop of Devil Gene spreading and that's why he had to leave Xiaoyu.

[@Samura5555]

Jin was not a moron for that, he did it to capture Azazel, a thing that could destroy everything forever… it was a hard price to pay but longterm thinking it was the right choice

[@itwasntme6833]

He killed 10,000 people how can you justify that 😭

[@thatnerdyouseeeverywhere7536]

@@itwasntme6833it’s explicitly stated that like if Azazel awakens in a future with no Devil Gene, all of humanity is bye bye. It’s 10s of millions of people now vs. billions in the future. And obviously knowing Jin’s trauma and hang ups he’s not about to okay letting people with the Devil Gene run around for that Azazel hypothetical. He’s still not a good guy for this but it’s more complicated than “mass murderer lol”

[@itwasntme6833]

@@thatnerdyouseeeverywhere7536 Call it what u want it’s still mass murder

[@thatnerdyouseeeverywhere7536]

@@itwasntme6833I’m not calling it “not mass murder”. I’m just saying there’s a trolley problem attached. Take a philosophy class ffs

[@fightingmedialounge519]

He wasn't trying to capture azazel.

[@JoyKazuhira]

heihachi also tanked and survived akumas raging demon which means hes not actually a "bad guy". if jin or kazuya received that attack, theyd be dead for good 100%.

[@c7anders]

I think Jin would’ve survived, Kazuya might have died but notice he’s still alive after fighting shin Akuma at the end of T7

[@card8417]

This was a really entertaining summary of the family history. Thanks for the laughs!

[@reddragoner1932]

I consider Jin in T6 turning from neutral good to lawful evil. After causing the death of millions he should've kill Zafina to kill that loose end and finish the initial idea. Maybe then Kazuya will lose his supernatural powers and becomes an easy target for the "good ones". But we all want Jin and Kazuya to clash...

[@Roxannellphillips]

Jinpachi is a lovely old dude who likes hanging out with his bestie Wang. He’s the nicest person with the name Mishima.

[@jorgebersabe293]

And spending time with his grandson Kazuya.

[@pingouuiin]

Amazing videos, I never really dived into lore but the Reina trailer got me so interested in it suddenly

[@MrMooMoo088]

I've known the lore but kinda stopped thinking about it. Reina actually makes things interesting again especially if she as proud a Mishima as it seems. Or if she'll be hanging out with Kuma lmao

[@ksoss1]

This was awesome! Very informative. Thanks for taking the time to make it

[@darthuchiha1418]

I can't imagine the amount of family therapy the Mishimas would have to go through

[@Delta97976]

Steve Harvey need to host a Family Feud with the Msihima family..

[@Ntwinzz]

So here’s hoping that Reina throws Lars or Kazuya into a volcano next. But I wouldn’t mind her throwing Jin into a volcano

[@krprdganda4751]

Why Lars though?

[@wonderman7166]

I think it would just be Kazuya. Maybe she's cool with Jin & Lars

[@murillomesmo8189]

... what if she got tossed off a cliff or volcano first? if she's being introduced onto the family tradition now, it is only right that she gets the short end of the stick first (specially with her arrogant attitude)

[@Ntwinzz]

@@krprdganda4751for letting heihachi dying by kazuya hands, since she might be little angry that he’s dead now. Just a speculation 😂

[@RippahRooJizah]

@@wonderman7166 I don't believe she's cool with Jin, not based on her quote with him.

[@jcultist4715]

Thanks for the lore dump. It all makes sense now

[@gavinv-q3o]

Tekken's story is def up there on the most toxic families and probably the most confusing story mode I can think of in a fighting game, period.

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Heihachi met Lilith and it was a sweet but very sad ending.

[@Zimmer8000Gaming]

Great video! Honestly I am a big fan of these lore videos by you, very comprehensible and entertaining!

[@pit2992]

17:05 Bad news.

[@SaradinGein]

Amazing video, absolutely love Lars and Jin man.

[@morgana3yearsbind937]

Keeping up with the Mishimas would be a hit show

[@icyjules]

I will watch every Roofle vid but the Tekken vids are always an especially awesome surprise! And yes, I totally agree with your opinion about Jin, it's kinda crazy how he is being portrayed as the good guy again in Tekken 8 after all the horrible shit he's done.

[@limazulu6192]

He was never portrayed as anything but the hero. Tekken 6 included. At best he's been "led astray for a while".

[@EijiShinjo48]

No Jinpachi in the thumbnail 😢 My favorite is the grandpa Mishima 😁

[@Tyln93]

Y'know, it's kinda funny to think that Heihachi treated a pet bear better than he ever did his own son!!!

[@UncleSmurf509]

Enjoy these lore focused videos you do in addition to your other content. Thanks for it all

[@rooflemonger]

Not gonna lie while making this video its been a long while since I played any Tekken 6 and I was like "Is Jin really as stupid and bad as I remember him to be?" and, yep lol. Who knows where the Tekken 8 plot will go but I hope it has a heartwarming moment with Kuma looking for papa heihachi, and Paul retaking the throne as strongest human CAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO BEAT OGRE, JIN ONLY BEAT THE SOFTENED UP VERSION

[@xXSonTJXx]

LMAO of course you a Jin hater, all the characters I like you some how don't like

[@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946]

Imagine you have Christmas with the Mishima's.

[@thomasthecoolkid7228]

Yeah... the softened up version that's still stronger

[@forestskilbred9461]

Jin in Tekken 6 is often criticized as being completely different from his usual self, like they dropped the ball on the writing and it's hurt Jins reputation forever as a result

[@icyjules]

@@xXSonTJXx Jin literally killed more people than Hitler ever did and for an incredibly stupid reason, It's ok to like the character but it seems pretty fair to dislike him as well lmao

[@Mr.wickanderson]

You got it wrong he never chose to raise kazuya. He trained him beforehand. Not after he through him from a cliff. The point was to see if the devil was passed on. Nowhere does it says he was impressed by him surviving it.

[@thmistrapillay1811]

I'm personally offended that you didn't include Lee _Chaobla_ in the thumbnail 😖

[@milagrosgutierrezmartin9506]

He has a happy life now that he's gotten out of Mishima shenaningans, leave him be. Sometimes the winning move really is running away.

[@rooflemonger]

2 reasons 1) I had the least to say about him in the video 2) with 7 people the thumbnail got too crowded

[@ArkhamKnightChannel]

Would be interested in seeing the vile eyes analysis on Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima. Not sure if you’re familiar with the creator himself but that’s fair

[@DShawnPaytonOffiicial]

That would be great! Love that channel.

[@ArkhamKnightChannel]

@@DShawnPaytonOffiicialsame

[@ahkilleuskosmos6836]

I feel so bad for Jun, all she wants is a normal family but her son/husband/father-in-law just can’t stop throwing each other off of the nearest geological feature.

[@lenin17301560]

This may be one of your best videos yet, so freaking funny.

[@AAPGoku]

But they are unanswered questions like is the Hachjio Clan is active or did Heihachi around the 20 year span before The King of The Iron Fist Tournament 1 went on a massacre and eradicate the whole entire Hachijo Clan or some of ancestors are alive? Also how did Akuma from (the Tekken Verse) and Kazumi met before she hire him to kill Heihachi and Kazuya? And also is there a connection to Soul Calibur and Edge as terms of Devil Gene and if the Hachijo Clan existed during the Soul Calibur Timeline or before then and many other unanswered questions throughout the Tekken series.

[@HolyHadou]

Hearing you explain the Mishimas makes me think they're just a bunch of Thor like Super Saiyan Will E Cyotes.

[@dotintegral]

I bet Heihachi will come back as a DLC. Perhaps a non-canon appearance, but he will be back in the game.

[@jumpfold]

I hope so man idk how tho they gave this imposter all his moves. I'm so bummed I put years into playing Heihachi. This really killed my hype for 8.

[@ridermanyt8029]

Tekken is not Tekken without Heihachi

[@nameputhpong9041]

“Heihachi isn’t a threat to the world like his IDIOT KID AND GRANDKID ARE” That hit me in the feels really hard.

[@sigadop3492]

jinpachi is genuinely good guy, even kazuya loves him, the same person that try to destroy world and hates his son so much

[@14zrobot]

Would not be surprised to see Heihachi just recovering in lava like it is a hot spring somewhere down the line (=

[@jfbeast]

Still gonna miss those goofy Heihachi ending cutscenes throwing Jin and Kazuya in space

[@genshoryukenpou]

Tekken 6 ending 😂😂

[@tatianaoliveira2191]

That was hilarious. Lars ending in ''Tekken Tournament 2'' was funny too...

[@nathanmarshall745]

I like to think that chucking family members off high places is just the Mishima workout plan Tekken 8s story better start with Kazuya at the volcano going "any second now, he'll come out stronger, worked for me!" then a few seconds later he goes "I've made a terrible mistake..."

[@KingBongHogger]

"One weird trick Devils hate" Lmao got me with that one.

[@Chronoic]

I wouldn't be shocked if I was Heihachi's kid, and you were Heihachi's kid. Its like Super Saiyan all over again, its a Heihachi's kid Bargin Sale now a day.

[@fugutabetai]

I've never paid attention to Tekken lore. This is wild.

[@Canalbiruta]

i love how tekken 8 went out not only to be able to redeem jin (super hard to do considering dude became hitler 2 because his dumbass plan of saving the world was destroying it), but it also gave a new light to kazuya world domination stuff. He doesn't want to rule the world for the same reason eggman, dr. wily or other world domination villains. He just want to not be controlled and screwed over again, and being the ruler of the world is the logic a child at the bottom of a cliff found. But at the end of the day, he still love Jun, Jinpachi, Jin surprisingly (i might be reading too much into it, but his exitation over finishing jin many times specially at that last fight, showss he actually doesn't want to, but feels like is the only way to be free) and even shows apretiation for the ones on his side like nina. Dude literraly got the whole villain arc of being abused as a child and what i'm mubleing here might be what jun and t8 jin saw in kazuya, a "maybe if i can show him that he doesn't need to be a power hungry world ruler to be loved and cared for, he stops this nonsense"... Or maybe i have the same bug as Jun and just love the sneakers lover goofball he is at heart.

[@CEO_Sam213]

great video. I've been a Mishima stan since the 2nd grade. (Tekken 2)

[@Eskeletor_210]

That Kuma section gave me PTSD from when this dude kept flipping me when I was trying to play solo at downtown Disney

[@RnRs77795]

I’m getting the impression Rooflemonger REALLY doesn’t like Jin.

[@SoChiLLEnt]

at 10:57 i could literally hear the music in my head when Jin first unlocked the devil gene and threw that soldier against the wall!

[@necrozach]

Pretty sure Kazuya wasn't raised by Heihachi post cliff tossing. Everything from the games show that Kazuya's training was done when he was still a boy. Heihachi was initially surprised when he found out about Kaz being alive still, then holds the first Iron fist Tournament in response to him being alive. Also itsthrough Hei throwing Kaz off the cliff that even awakens the devil gene.

[@rooflemonger]

he always was, thats the whole reason Lee was adopted, was to mess with him as he was growing up.

[@necrozach]

Nothing points to him going back to heihachi after that. And yes i will concede that lee is a wierd kid to adopt at that point, even in the in game material he is shocked to see kazuya in the first t1 tournament. And while not canon, we have more outside game material that point to kazuya not going back to heihachi as well.​@rooflemonger

[@sirEthereal]

I've always wanted to know the "plot" of Tekken but most of the videos I found were like hours long ( i searched like around when Tekken 7 was released) but finally I kinda understand most of it now. This family has the biggest beef I have ever seen

[@cainhurst17]

tbf this particular video still doesn’t tell the story as a whole, like for example it doesn’t explain the background story of kasumi and her clan on how and why she had the devil gene, and why her clan sent her to assasinate heihachi as their duty of the clan’s ideology