However, as the series progressed, her mysteriousness was played up, and she became more aloof, to the point that in the Dream Match Game that is Tag 2, she accepts the fact that she is Unknown. Characterisation Marches On: Initially, Jun was portrayed as the purest of pure.Oh, and merged with a Venom-esque zombie goo that turns her into a friendlier, yet crazier version of herself. Came Back Wrong: Her alleged death and resurrection is handled Buffy Summers style: compared to her earlier portrayals, she's more standoffish, confrontational, grumpier and has a distinct lack of warmth.The Bus Came Back: After being missing from the story since 2, with her most recent playable appearance being in the non-canon Tag Tournament 2, Jun finally makes her return to the mainline series in 8.And she is the final boss of the game beat her in the first round and she turns into Unknown. She reacts to Lili spying on her by telekinetically shattering her binoculars. Beware the Nice Ones: Apart from the fact she is an absolute beast of a fighter and her Mama Bear qualities, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has her shaping up to be this.Beach Episode: The Tekken 2 game manual depicts this.Though this mostly applies to Tekken 2, as while she looks just as young and beautiful in Tag 2, her redesign makes her look a lot more aloof. Badass Adorable: Just because she's a beautiful and cute young woman doesn't mean she's helpless.Tekken Tag Tournament 2 treats her as some form of mystical energy being. Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence: How the games treat her disappearance.She still retains the raven and crow motifs as part of her enhanced spiritual powers, summoning shadowy images of them from out of the ground. Tekken 8 instead gives her a prominent dove theme, with one appearing in her intro and her new outfit being modeled after the apeparance of one. Both are usually birds of death, serving as foreshadowing for the reveal that Unknown is her alter ego, or connected to her somehow. Animal Motif: She has ravens and crows on her Tag 2 outfit.Both women also have spiritual powers and a serene, elegant personality. Alternate Company Equivalent: Jun's costume for Tekken 8 is very similar to Chizuru Kagura’s from the KOF series, consisting of a white shirt-dress, black leggings, and long black hair held in place with a white Alice band.The Scenario Campaign prologue series recap in 6 also implies that Jun's aura of mystery is partly what drew Kazuya to her. Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Mostly in her Tag appearances.The only times they're ever brought up are in Devil's Tag ending, where he carries an unconscious Jun in his arms as he flies away, and in 6's Scenario Campaign, where Kazuya describes her as "mysterious". While the two were apparently close enough to have a child together, Kazuya's feelings for Jun are rarely touched upon. Even after she returns and Kazuya has done a shit ton of atrocities willingly, she's still adamant in helping him and trying to be his solace. All Girls Want Bad Boys: She is attracted to Kazuya but for the most part, it's because she has a knack to try and save someone whom she thinks to be enveloped in darkness.To the point where it actually gives another potential glimpse into the ambiguity behind her death. Adaptational Badass: Big time in Bloodline.Her spiritual powers have also exponentially grown, being able to summon spirits of light to assist her. However, Jun remains firm that she can still save Kazuya from the darkness he has plunged himself into. When she returns, the world has erupted to an even greater conflict and her son and lover are engaging in a fight to the death, with the latter getting even worse due to her absence and being beaten by Heihachi in the second tournament. Jun instead merely went missing for years, missing out a majority of bloody events that transpired. However, to the surprise of many, the presumption of her death turned out to be a mistake.
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