Think they'd let Ryu change clothes?

[RodT]

Why can't they just let Ryu wear some regular clothes just once. In the first issue he is eating with Ken and Eliza at a restaurant and he still has his Karate gi on. Ken could have given him some clothes or something.

[nortlee]

Originally posted by RodT
Why can't they just let Ryu wear some regular clothes just once. In the first issue he is eating with Ken and Eliza at a restaurant and he still has his Karate gi on. Ken could have given him some clothes or something.
Well in the game he has always been seen wearing only his gi, also in the animes except for SF2V, did he wear anything other than a gi? Nope, Ryu always wears his gi, actually he must have a load otherwise how does he cope when he's washing em? Or worse does he wash them? LOL Nah seriously it's not worth looking into it that much, he wears his gi all the time, end of story:D

[King9999]

Yeah, I thought that was a bit silly too. Wearing a gi in a restaurant, heh. :) I wonder if he at least has several pairs of boxers or something. Wearing the same one over and over can't be healthy.

[Gojira]

Originally posted by nortlee

Well in the game he has always been seen wearing only his gi, also in the animes except for SF2V, did he wear anything other than a gi? Nope, Ryu always wears his gi, actually he must have a load otherwise how does he cope when he's washing em? Or worse does he wash them? LOL Nah seriously it's not worth looking into it that much, he wears his gi all the time, end of story:D

And don't forget his special colors in the DC version of 3rd Strike were just his normal white gi in various phases of filth. The dirtiest one was a nice, nasty greenish-brown. :lol: So I think it's safe to say he never takes it off, since even Capcom has gone so far as to make that joke about it.

[Maj]

There's an official pic somewhere of Ryu in underwear waiting in a laundramat while a bunch of nervous people look at him from the side. I guess you could assume that he has one Gi but several pairs of underwear in the bag thing and he regularly stops somewhere to wash everything and create awkward moments.

[nortlee]

Originally posted by Majestros
There's an official pic somewhere of Ryu in underwear waiting in a laundramat while a bunch of nervous people look at him from the side. I guess you could assume that he has one Gi but several pairs of underwear in the bag thing and he regularly stops somewhere to wash everything and create awkward moments.
LOL! I was going to mention the picture but couldn't find the pic on the net so I didn't bother, don't wanna upload it as the scanner may not be so good on the books spine in such a tight space...

[SFMC]

I don't think Ryu gives a crap about anything except fighting. accessorizing doesn't mean a thing to him, but i think majestors is right though.

[osamado]

So that's why Ryu doesn't try anything different... Fighting is what matters most to him... Kinda makes sense...

[Evil Ryu]

Other fighters probably give him an automatic win because they don't want to get chocked by the stink.

[Time_Stop]

Originally posted by Majestros
There's an official pic somewhere of Ryu in underwear waiting in a laundramat while a bunch of nervous people look at him from the side. I guess you could assume that he has one Gi but several pairs of underwear in the bag thing and he regularly stops somewhere to wash everything and create awkward moments.

Capcom Design Works.

[lcr.youngblud]

I honestly dont think I would be able to recognize him in a different get up....I assume he has about 2 or 3 gi's, some underwear, food, and some money in that bag.

[Time_Stop]

Originally posted by lcr.youngblud
I honestly dont think I would be able to recognize him in a different get up....I assume he has about 2 or 3 gi's, some underwear, food, and some money in that bag.

Money?

I don´t know. How? From the fights? He wouldn´t fight for money. I see him more as a "i cut your wood, you give me lunch" kind of guy.

[Maj]

I have Capcom Design Works, but my scanner sucks. I was trying to find it on the internet but had no luck till now.

http://lowfierce.com/sfcmedia/random/ryu-laundry.jpg

Ryu had money in the SF Anime to pay that little girl for the milk he spilled. I think anyone who spends his life walking around probably has a little bit of money saved up in case he can't find anyone who needs trees cut.

[Zamuel]

That was a mighty big wad of money though...

[Eunos]

How the hell does he end up in all those different countries all of a sudden?. He must have some money somewhere. Should atleast purchase a little scooter or something.

[Siegfried]

I'm sure Ryu gets some money by putting ownage to random fighting tournaments, even though he doesn't necessarily want it. In the movie (which is a very good depiction of Ryu's life, even if it isn't canon) Honda gives him some cash as thanks for helping him win (by distracting Dhalsim) and I'm pretty sure he receives some of the betting cash after defeating Fei-Long. In the very least, Fei-Long would have insisted on him taking it.

And then there's Ken who has loads of it. He probably gave Ryu a Mastercard (heh) for whenever he needs to stock up on food cash.

But if we really started analyzing how some people get around to tournaments, we'd have to find out how Blanka gets on planes. I don't think fruit trucks are available near every fighting arena in the world...

[Twitch77]

actualy maybe ryu was supposed to be the rich one seeing how he travels all over the world($$$$) and his stages are set in a castle like environment anywayz..... just a theory

[Cho]

I don't think its something to really worrying about, though I am pretty sure Ken Masters was the guy with all the money as all the different backgrounds, comics and animes have said he is.

Then again they've never really one hundred percent touched on how Ryu does wonder around all the time - unless you take on the second and third street fighters where he is shown either just walking around (saves money on travel bills - and i'm sure he can swim most oceans in his way) or getting lifts off of friendly passerby's. Both which just scream "I don't have much money".

Maybe to eat he hunts wild animals, savage Ryu, though I seriously doubt it of course.

Anyway, its not a worrying issue as to how he does it without money as he just does it somehow - though it might make a good laugh in the comic somehow. If he does it like Oro then maybe he hitch hikes on top of airplanes... *laughs* ... something he may one day get to learn to do as Oro seems to want to train the guy.

Ooops. Droning on.

Back to the first question - it might actually be nice to see what else he wears now and then. In the Eternal Challenge Art Book ( I recently got it so I *had* to mention it somehow ) he's wearing something other then his outfit with Ken and Guy (Page 16 for those who have it and don't believe me) - though its still white and sleaveless and almost identicle anyway. I *think*he appears on page 113 without his uniform on as well - I think its him - top left of the page and if so he wears jogging bottoms, pimsels and a vest when not kitted out. Like someone else said - If he's not in his uniform how can ya be sure it's him?

Maybe its just part of him now - he must of sweated and bled in it enough.

[KENSHIIN-HIMURA]

ive seen some official capcom pics of ryu in some jeans and what knot. but i cant remember where i seen em. and really i wouldnt even think too much about his gi. for goodness sake he just a videogame character. if you start to wonder about what videogame characters wear and why they dont wear other things then i think you need to go outside and seriously get a life.

[RodT]

Originally posted by KENSHIIN-HIMURA
ive seen some official capcom pics of ryu in some jeans and what knot. but i cant remember where i seen em. and really i wouldnt even think too much about his gi. for goodness sake he just a videogame character. if you start to wonder about what videogame characters wear and why they dont wear other things then i think you need to go outside and seriously get a life.

Whoa capn, I don't know if you were addressing me for starting this post or not but I was just stating something that I observed in the street fighter comic. It was actually pretty funny to see Ryu sitting down in a restaurant with his white gi. No it really isn't that big of a deal and I'm not losing sleep over it. So please just chill with the "get a life" stuff. Whether you were addressing me or someone else it doesn't matter. We are all here just having a light hearted conversation.

[Sycho]

Here's that pic of Ryu, Ken, and Guy... looks like Ryu's trying to make that outfit look like his gi or something.

[TAS]

Ryu in other clothes just dosnt work.

Try and draw Ryu in diffrient clothes and see if people can even recognize him, take away his headband and its almost impossible to tell its him, take away his headband and put him in diffrient clothes and its basicly no longer Ryu he becomes completely unrecognizable.

Example the Ryu in SF2V dosnt look anything remotely like Ryu (nor does he act like Ryu) because all his key features have been taken away from him (cause he dosnt wear the headband, he hardly ever wears the gi, and his hair is diffrient)

[rey]

i believe ive seen a picture of ken, ryu and guy all dressed up in like kimono things with sweet treats like they were at a carnival or something. (edit: oh shit, sycho totally posted it. silly me)

i like siegfried's analysis of ryu's financial situation. that's what i'm gonna believe.

and i really enjoy that pic of ryu in his underwear. i have the capcom design works book and that one always makes me giggle. it's so true tho... you know he probly just rolls up into any laundrymat he can find when his gi gets too fucked up and tears it right off his back and tosses it in the washer.

ONE MAN, ONE GI.

[Cho]

And if there's no laundrymat in the country he's in? I suppose a good river, a srubbing brush and a lot of effort is in order. Its like training! Only, not really!

I do hope his changes his underwear though - otherwise that'll be far more messy and smelly then his Gi.

[Crispy]

I just picture him walking around, picking fruit trees, and getting hitchhiking. If the tourney he wants to attend is across a body of water, I can picture him standing on some shitty trash barge or fucked up tugboat. I can see him doing menial tasks for food.


Then again, if some guy dressed in a Karate outfit smelling like five shades of funk showed up on my doorstep and asked for a sandwhich in exchange for yardwork, I'd be hard pressed to let him.


.. Hey, how DOES Blanka get around? Maybe he just Blanka Balls where he wants to go.

[Sano]

Here's what Gisaburo Sugii, the director of the SF2 Animated Movie and SF2V said about Ryu changing clothes in an interview that appeared in Animerica's Vol. 4, No. 5 issue back is 1996.

Animerica: "You were involved both in the Street Fighter II Movie (Animated) and the TV series. How did you become interested in them?"

Sugii: "Actually, until I got involved in the movie, I wasn't interested in the video game. But when it was decided the movie was going to be made, I got involved with Street Fighter II for the first time. There was talk of making the game into a movie at my studio, so I knew about the project. Then there's this Street Fighter II poster that's given me a lasting impression. The impressive thing about the poster, artistically speaking, was that they had all these military planes, but then they just had the characters from all the various countries standing in front of them, not even facing each other. I thought that was interesting - I can't really express it well in words. I often thought that image might be interesting to produce as an Animated Movie.

"For example, in the movie, Ryu never changes his clothes. During the staff discussion, the producer said, "He probably changes into T-Shirt and jeans after he takes a shower after a sweaty workout." But I refused that. That came from the impression I got from the poster. I wanted to make a heavy, realistic sort of movie, but this one thing had to be my breach of realism. I wanted the characters to be just standing there, unchangeable, including their clothes, just like they seemed in the poster. But they still wanted some change of dress in the movie, so we decided that Ken will get all the fancy changes of dress." [LAUGHS]

[Maj]

Wow, that's an awesome quote. Thanks for sharing that! I actually know the poster you're talking about, but i haven't seen a version of it online. The only place i've seen it aside from random OLD issues of video game magazines such as GamePro, is White Wolf's SF RPG game that was published (and died) a long time ago. It's actually the image on the fold-out Street Fighter Storyteller's Screen released in 1994. Here's a pic of the right end of it (which is the front cover image).

http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=197

sano: Please check your PM's.

[udoneko]

OT: try searching UDON in that Pen & Paper.net place......

:D