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Its kinda laughable we're expected to take Samantha serious in the Sekai Taikai


I mean everyone there looks to be in tremendous shape and athletic, Robbie for example has like 15 abs and is chiseled out of stone, and she shows up looking fat and slow. It just looks ridiculous we're still expected to buy her as this skilled karate fighter in the most intense serious karate tournament there is.

Her winning even one contest in the shape shes in would be unbelievable.

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Samantha is very believable because that extra layer of fat protect her from opponents kicks and punches to the body

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That doesn’t matter much in a point fighting tournament.

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Did you know the actress playing Raya is the youngest black belt person in the world? Rayna Vallandingham is her name and she has her own youtube page of her workouts. WOW! I'm surprised shes already not in the UFC

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Yeah, i noticed that too. Im not hating on weight, but this is martial arts and at the highest level. As you mentioned, no way Sam is believable.

Another thing that really irked me is martial arts is a very disciplined sport. This portrays it as the complete opposite.

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Ever hear of Sammo Hung? Guys like him use their body fat to protect them from blows to the body and face. Sam does the same

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I heard he's hung like a mouse

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That's where you draw the line? Where's the drug use? The gender confusion? The hatred for the patriarchy? This show depicts a parallel universe in which the 1950s never went out of style and conformity is still king. Man you should have seen them kicking Steven Spielberg.

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