Prelude: Sakura Kasugano vs Videl

Martial Arts. A fighting style that requires discipline and control. It has been taught by many masters worldwide, and these two schoolgirls have received training from some of the best.

Sakura Kasugano, the Exuberant Youth.

And Videl Satan, daughter of the World Champion.

I’m Br3ndan5, and I’ll be analyzing their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a DEATH BATTLE!

Credit to goldsilverbronzekid for the Videl bio.

Sakura Kasugano
Title: The Exuberant Youth
Age: 16 (SFA3), in her 20’s (SFIV and SFV)
Height: 5’2
Weight: 115 lbs
Occupation: Martial Artist, Arcade Worker (part-time) (SFV), P.E. Teacher (Sakura Ganbaru)
First Appearance: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (February 27, 1996)
Themes:
Height: 5’2
Weight: 115 lbs
Occupation: Martial Artist, Part-Time Arcade Worker
First Appearance: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (February 27, 1996)
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Feats:
General/Games
-Learned how to perform martial arts by watching Ryu on TV
-Created a better fighting style out of what she learned from Dan Hibiki
-Ended Karin Kanzuki’s impressive winning streak, causing them to develop a rivalry
    -Aside from a victory that she admits to obtaining through luck, Karin has lost every subsequent fight they’ve had
-Alongside Ken Masters, fought against M. Bison
-With help from Ken and Sagat, freed Ryu from being corrupted by the Dark Hado
-Started working part-time at an arcade after graduating high school
-Convinced her manager to put Blanka’s hideous “Blanka-chan” dolls in the arcade machines
-Sparred with Ryu to ease her mind
-Starred in her own comic and manga

Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
-Sparred with Ryu, but lost

Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind
-Broke into Ken’s mansion to see if he knew Ryu’s whereabouts
-Managed to free Ryu from the Dark Hado’s corruption
-Alongside Chun-Li, infiltrated an S.I.N. ship and defeated a group of agents

Sakura Ganbaru
-In her first street fight, defeated a high-schooler street thug who stole her brother Tsukushi’s video game, ultimately defeating him with a Hadoken she threw out by accident
-Entered Karin’s fighting tournament
-In her first match, fought against Bahn, the pissed-off brother of one of the fallen contenders, and won in the span of a few seconds
-Defeated the tonfa-wielding ninja Maki, ultimately winning through sheer determination
-Made her way to the final match of the tournament, where she fought against Ken
    -While she ultimately lost, she managed to put up a good fight, breaking several of his ribs during the match
-Befriended and named an amnesiac Cammy White
-Prevented an assassination attempt on Cammy’s life by challenging her attacker, Gen
-Impressed Gen due to how she utilized the Ansatsuken (a martial art used for assassination) without any negativity in her mind
    -Though she lost to him, Gen let her live due to being impressed by the “light” in her fists
    –This is impressive, given that Gen had previously been shown to have no hesitation when killing others
    —In fact, the discovery of this “light” was enough that it removed Gen’s desire to kill
-Alongside Cammy, participated in a cage match against Zangief, ultimately ending in a stalemate
-Eventually located Ryu and challenged him to a fight, ultimately pushing him into going all-out in a match that lasted for several hours and ended in a stalemate
-Years later, became a P.E. teacher at her high school
-Sparred with Ryu once again

UDON
-Hospitalized Dan as a result of their sparring match to see if she was worthy to train under him
-Saved Ryu from being shot by one of Shadaloo’s agents by throwing out her first Hadoken
-Tag teamed with Rainbow Mika during the wrestler’s rematch against Zangief, being the one to deliver the final blow
-Defeated Dan during the preliminaries of Shadaloo’s Street Fighter Tournament
-Fought against C. Viper, who had been assigned to capture her due to the latent Dark Hado in her body
-Attempted to free Dan from being subjected to S.I.N’s BLECE project, but was quickly defeated by Seth
-Escaped S.I.N with help from C. Viper
-Convinced Rainbow Mika to visit El Fuerte’s restaurant
-Helped Dan train for his televised fight against a mysterious opponent (which turned out to be a luxury sedan)
–Began training under Ryu after graduating high school
-Gained the attention of Akuma and briefly fought him while debating whether or not to tap into the Dark Hado
-While being corrupted by the Dark Hado, surprised Guile with her strength and defeated the robot Twelve, who had copied M. Bison to the point where not even Ryu could tell he was a fake
-Forced Ryu to get serious while they fought, with him ultimately winning after she lost focus due to the Dark Hado overwhelming her

Born to the Kasugano family on March 15, 1981, Sakura Kasugano first learned about the world of Martial Arts by watching the soon-to-be tournament champion Ryu participate in the widely televised World Warrior tournament. Intrigued by his fighting style, Sakura began training herself in the ways of Martial Arts and made it her goal to track Ryu down and convince him to train her. During her travels, she met the biggest joke in Martial Arts history, Dan Hibiki. Dan was currently searching for students that he could teach his worthless Saikyo-Ryu style, and he decided to challenge Sakura to see if she was worthy of training under him. Four blows and one hospitalization later, Dan agreed to train her, and soon realized was a prodigy in fighting.

Death Battle: Sakura Kasugano vs Videl

Prelude here: https://brendansversus.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/prelude-sakura-kasugano-vs-videl/

Alright, the combatants are set. Let’s end this debate once and for all! It’s time for a Death Battle!

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It was that time of year again. The World Martial Arts Tournament had been announced, and that meant one thing: people from all over the globe were traveling to the stadium in the hopes of either joining the massive roster of participants or watching the event up-close. Though there was something significantly different about this one, namely the decision by the tournament’s organizers to combine it with the less popular but equally entertaining World Warrior tournament. This had been done mainly in the hopes of making a better profit and expanding the roster’s diversity, and needless to say, it had succeeded in both.

Fighters from countries that had never been represented in prior World Tournaments had flocked to the registrations, with many notable warriors having successfully entered. There was particular buzz among the masses when it was confirmed that Sagat, the Emperor of Muay Thai himself, was among the participants. Many reporters and tabloids speculated where he would rank in the tournament, why he had chosen to enter, and hyping up a potential match between him and the World Champion Mr. Satan.

Of lesser note to these reporters were the other unique fighters, such as the wandering warrior only known as Ryu, his student Sakura Kasugano, the Saikyo-Ryu master Dan Hibiki, the American millionaire/martial artist Ken Masters, and the Interpol agent Chun-Li. Each of them had entered this tournament to test their skills against the strongest fighters in the world, and aside from Dan, they didn’t particularly care about being in the limelight.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the temple’s Contestants’ Room, there stood several others whose choice to participate had been overshadowed by the supposedly hype-worthy match. They consisted of the Saiyan warriors Goku and Vegeta, the half-Saiyan Gohan, his wife and the daughter of Mr. Satan Videl, the bald monk Krillin, the blonde cyborg 18, the three-eyed martial artist Tien, and Yamcha, the semi-retired Master of the Wolf Fang Fist.

“Wow! Who woulda thought that there’d be this many fighters from around the world? I’m getting excited just thinking about it!” Goku said giddily.

“Why do you even bother, Kakarot? We could beat all of the Earthlings in this room without breaking a sweat!” Vegeta responded.

“Is that so?” Everyone turned to see Ryu heading toward them. “Well, I hope you can back that up.”

“I mean, we won’t know until the tournament starts!” Goku responded as he extended his hand. “Son Goku.” Ryu took the hand and gripped it firmly.

“Ryu. And this is my student, Sakura.” Upon being introduced, the schoolgirl bowed.

“Pleased to meet you.”

“Same here.” Goku responded as he did the same.

“CONTESTANTS NUMBERS 7 AND 18 TO THE TOURNAMENT GROUNDS!” One staff member shouted. Upon hearing this, both teams began making their way to the stadium to see what fights would unfold.