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Is it an anime reference or a game reference?

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Tekken reference. The person in the pic is made to look like Heihachi, who threw his son Kazuya off a cliff.

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In Tekken, Heihachi threw Kazuya off a cliff.

Thanks guys. Sounds like I need to play some tekken

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In the tekken series, Heihachi Kazama Mishima, the oldest generation of the Kazama family, throws his son, Kazuya Kazama Mishima, off of a cliff at several instances throughout the story, as summarized here. The reasons vary, but it most instances, it is supposedly to “eliminate” the corruption introduced into the Kazama bloodline from the “devil gene” which grants Heihachi’s descendents Devil-like powers and appearances.

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Wasn’t it Heihachi Mishima? I believe the first Kazama was Jin (Heihachi’s grandson). Jin would still be a Mishima but he takes his mother’s surname (Kazama) after her death.

Sorry, my brain was thinking of something else. Will edit.

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u/Nizarthewanderer avatar

Hilariously enough, the original reason before the retcon was that he threw him off said cliff when he was 5 or something, to see if he was powerful to succeed him, but a pact with the devil insured he would survive this traditional rite of passage that the mishimas have endured for generations, instead of passing it by his own "strength".

Heihachi would continue abusing him, so that he'd grow to be a worthy successor

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Game. Tekken. HEIHACHI MISHIMA

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