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Tekken Bloodlines has one of the most generic stories I've seen in a while. That wouldn't be a bad thing if it were particularly well executed, but it really isn't. Here's the story:

Protagonist is told to learn to not fight unless he needs to. I wonder if this will be his arc for the series? Protagonist's mom dies because he fights when he shouldn't. I wonder if this will be his arc for the series? Protagonist seeks out mentor. Mentor teaches protagonist how to get his revenge.

There are no twists, there are no subversions. There is nothing beyond this. This is the story. It cannot hold up the episode on its own.

And it doesn't.

What holds up the episode are the absolutely fantastic fight scenes the feel at the same time like they're right out of the game and that they're much, much more exciting than the game. Without them, this episode would barely be worth anything. But with them, a bland, unoriginal show destined to be lost in a sea of mediocrity becomes that but with good fight scenes. Good episode.

Tekken is my favorite fighting game series. I started with tekken 3 (until today I never played tekken 1 and tekken 2) and I just fell in love. My favorite tekken games are tekken 3 and tekken 5. I thought it was great that the anime's story started with tekken 3 since it is the best tekken story. In this first episode I thought the fight between Jun Kazama vs Ogre was very good. Without a doubt Ogre (True Ogre) is the best villain in Tekken along with Jinpachi but I still prefer Ogre for having managed to kill a lot of previous fighters (some came back). Conclusion: I thought this first episode was very good, the history of the Tekken games is really cool and has everything to be a great anime.