Street Fighter 6: Who Is Juri and Why She Is the Dark Counterpart of Chun-Li?

Published 03/19/2023, 11:50 AM EDT

In the world of Street Fighter, one of the most iconic and popular fighters is Chun-Li. She has been the face of the series for a long time. However, many may not know that there is a dark mirror to the “strongest woman in the world”. Introduced in Street Fighter V, the Korean Tae Kwon Do queen, Juri is the rogue parallel of Chun-Li.

The big bad of the series, M. Bison, is indirectly/directly the cause of most of the backstories in the series’ roster. His nefarious methods are the reason behind most of the street fighter characters took the path of combat. Whether it is to take revenge or to join his evil corporation, M. Bison is the evil catalyst of Street Fighter.

Just like others, Juri’s path was set by the dark hands of M. Bison. Juri Han was only 15 years old when the evil corporation of M. Bison, Shadaloo, kidnapped her family because Juri’s father was trying to prosecute Bison. During this ordeal, Juri lost her parents as well as her left eye. After this, she was set on her path to take revenge and become the street fighter that she is today.

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But why is Juri the Dark Counterpart of Chun-Li in Street Fighter?

Chun- Li also started her journey when her father mysteriously disappeared and all clues led to M. Bison. In her journey, she trained herself to become one of the most powerful fighters in the world, even earning the title, “Strongest woman in the world”. However, in her story, she always stuck with the light. She only used force when it was utmost necessary.

In the end, Chun was successful at defeating Bison and avenging her father. After her mission was complete, Li joins the authorities and utilized her physical prowess in order to catch superhuman criminals such as M. Bison to bring peace to the world. Juri’s story mirrors Chun’s journey. However, Juri’s methods were nowhere alike compared to Chun’s.

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In the hunt for Bison, she hurt a lot of people, including Chun-Li and other street fighter characters. She even temporarily joined the evil Shadaloo under Seth’s leadership and did their evil bidding, just to gain their trust and strike when they least expected. Juri was able to get Shadaloo to implant the Feng Shui Engine in her left eye, which gave her superhuman strength and powers.

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In the end, Juri used Feng Shui to take revenge on Seth and M. Bison. But after her completing her mission, Juri didn’t take the path of light like Chun, instead, she is currently spending her life doing nothing but eating junk food, obsessing over social media, and fighting in the streets for excitement, this defines her appearance in the upcoming Street Fighter 6.

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Rituraj Halder is an eSports writer at Essentially sports. Writing creative narratives since his childhood, Rituraj claims to be a modern-day storyteller. He loves JRPGs, single-player titles, and games with good narratives in general.

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Jito Tenson

Street Fighter 6: Who Is Juri and Why She Is the Dark Counterpart of Chun-Li?

But why is Juri the Dark Counterpart of Chun-Li in Street Fighter?

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