The biggest disappointment of episode four is its fights, which is a surprise, to be sure. As always, they're beautifully animated and well choreographed, but something is very clearly missing from both of Jin's fights... Tension. Personally, I wasn't a fan of the Devil Gene reveal out of the gate, finding the idea of a family curse far less interesting than the Mishima's just being evil for people reasons, but the true failing of the reveal is that it removes all tension from Jin's fights. With the powers granted to him by the Devil Gene, nothing feels like a challenge. He can just breeze through everything like that just because he was born that way. Now, the Devil Gene is not only uninteresting, but it's actively hurting the show. Comparing Jin's two fights Xiaoyu Vs. Williams, the latter comes out on top, despite the final fight's superior choreography. Why? Because for a moment there, I thought Xiaoyu was going to lose. I felt nothing when I watched Jin's fights, because he's just better than everyone else, because that's what they wrote in the script. I just don't like it.
Overall, though, the fights are fantastic from a visual standpoint, the story, despite repeating itself ad nauseam, is still quite good, and it's still a fun show. I just wish that I was worried for Jin at all. But, as-is, it's almost impossible to be.
Overall, though, the fights are fantastic from a visual standpoint, the story, despite repeating itself ad nauseam, is still quite good, and it's still a fun show. I just wish that I was worried for Jin at all. But, as-is, it's almost impossible to be.
