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Spotlight#51:Why Mori Hui Is My Fave Character

Overall I think Hui's creation and development in the story worked on many different levels. For one, Arc Mori Jin was already 100 times more powerful than any Six member by the World Tournaments. So it was a nice call to pull Jin back from the spotlight to develop the main cast further and avoid definitive power creep. 

Other than that, though, I think that what draws me to Hui's character is his resourcefulness, resolve, and willingness to go 100% in everything he goes into. On his quest for independence, Hui valued the time he's had with his friends more than almost any character. He knew he wasn't as strong as the original, so he learned every experience he's made to become stronger while being far more vulnerable. 

And most of all, he is completely and utterly willing to fight till his last fucking breath against the toughest of odds, even it means certain death, even it means sacrificing his own life to people that he owes almost nothing. It was through all of these aspects that made Hui a character that could make anyone respect and acknowledge him. 

Effectively Hui learned the value of life and used it to cherish so many others by putting everything on the line, which granted him his own independence. He was a fully-realized mc from beginning to end, and I wish we got more, but with this part out of the way, I might as well get into his best fights to review them.

Hui vs Dante

To finally cap off the emotional roller coaster of the Consolation G.O.H. tournament, Team South Korea is forced to fight Sang Man-Jin, the Japanese team, and the sadistic Dante all at once to save the rest of the rest the contestants from certain death. 

While Mori Hui holds the advantage in the first part of the exchange, his power quickly runs out, with the only timely arrival of Alex saving him. As Alex and Violeta buy him the time he needs with his friends already preoccupied, it's up to Mori Hui to use his new wealth of Re-tawkendo info to not only rise and separate himself from the legend of Mori Jin.

With the two clones putting their lives and legacies on the line, Mori Hui finally stops doing everything Dante had done until that point; he stops using his status as a clone to hold himself back. He then delivers one of the most utterly savage beatdowns of the entire series, overwhelming Dante with techniques all his while still using Jin as his inspiration. And just like that, our Imoogi rises. Overall easily one of the most badass exchanges of the series and a great way to close off the arc.

Hui vs Samuel Rosiante

As an avid mythology buff, when I saw the setup for this fight, my hype for this series reached an all-time high. On the left, we have the infamous Mori Hui clone of the all-powerful, mighty Monkey King of the monsters who time and time again turned the heavens into his playground and whose actions redefined Asian culture forever. 

And on the right, we have Samuel Roisante, the descendant of Hercules, the legendary hero whose strength was unrivaled in both heaven and earth, who later became the definition of heroism to many. Mubong pretty much becomes the audience as every chapter in the battle to come is just used to bring about even more hype.

The fight gives us a great indicator of what both fighters are capable of as Samuel starts by literally destroying Hui's staff (which was believed to be his Yeoui at the time) and ragdolling Hui through six pillars, a statue, and a truck! But Hui quickly gains the upper hands once again as he instantly comes back and wrecks Samuel with a volley of staff attacks with the real (copy) of Yeoui.