Guy (Final Fight)

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Guy
Guy in Street Fighter Alpha
Game series	Final Fight series, Street Fighter series
First game	Final Fight
Voice actor(s)	Tetsuya Iwanaga
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	U.S.A.
Blood type	O
Fighting style	Bushinryu Ninpo
Likes	Salmon Ochazuke, Cold Tofu, Sneakers
Dislikes	Horizontal Writing
Special skill	Sprinting (100m: 10.3sec), Making Bonsai

Guy is a video game character from both the Final Fight and Street Fighter series. He is the 39th Bushin ninja master, and wears a reddish-orange ninja gi with red sneakers. He is taught that the way of a Bushinryu of Ninjutsu decrees that one must fight against evil.

1 Story
2 Trivia
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Story

In the original Final Fight, Guy teams up with his training partner, Cody and the Mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar, to save Jessica (Cody's girlfriend and Haggar's daughter) from Belger (the leader of the Mad Gear gang). He defeated the Japanese wannabe, Sodom in a famous match at an underground ring with many Mad Gear members watching (earning Sodom's eternal wrath in the process), and then goes on to Metro City's Industrial Area, where he defeats Rolento after being told he would make a good soldier. He re-unites with Haggar and Cody at the very end to defeat Belger and rescue Jessica. Once she is rescued, Guy merely walks away, his work done, but not before he knocks Cody down to allow Jessica to confront Cody.

In Final Fight Revenge, Guy sensed evil within Metro City once more, and goes to destroy it. Strangely enough, it was Belger, the departed Mad Gear leader, resurrected as a zombie. He defeats Belger, but is concerned that the evil of the man has corrupted him. He sets out to purify his body and mind, and begins to travel the world to achieve this, train, and discover the true power of his fighting style as well. So focused was he in attempting to discover the power of Bushin, he was not around to help save the 37th Bushin Master Genryusai and his daughter Rena (Guy's fiancé) in Final Fight 2 (although he writes Haggar, Carlos, and fellow Bushin ninja Maki a thank you letter upon hearing that Genryusai and his fiance are saved and Mad Gear is finally destroyed for good).

Guy reappeared in the Street Fighter Alpha franchise, and in Street Fighter Alpha 2 he sought out his master (the 38th Bushin master) Zeku, whom he needed to defeat in order to become the next Bushinryu master. Guy eventually does defeat his mentor, becomes the 39th Bushin Master, and is charged with bringing down Shadoloo. He also could have fought Sodom and Rolento during this time, but it is unknown.

Shortly as foretold in Street Fighter Alpha 3, Guy is finishing up his travels and returning to his home, Metro City, but is still focused on his quest of destroying Shadoloo and its head, M. Bison. He meets up with Rose, realizes her connection to Bison, and urges her not to go on a suicide mission in destroying him. She refuses and they fight, and despite losing the battle, Guy more or less resolves to follow her and help her out.

Guy in Final Fight.

He also meets up with his friend Cody during this time, and is dismayed to discover that he has escaped from jail and is basically a thug. The two battle (Guy is egged on by Cody), but they both calm down and Guy realizes that Cody is still a good person. He notes that all the people Cody has fought over the years have been criminals and dregs on society, despite his seeming addiction to fighting. The two part amicably and Guy wishes his friend the best. He eventually catches up to Rose's unconscious body, and carries her to the hospital, but feels a flash of evil (Bison is in now in control of Rose's body). He shakes it off, but is concerned. Soon after, Guy realizes that as Bushin master, being decisive in his actions is key, morality is irrelevant. To that end, he adopts an "end justifies the means" philosophy.

In Final Fight 3, Guy finally returns to Metro City and teams up with Haggar to rid Metro City of the Skull Cross gang, the latest gang to try to pick up where Mad Gear had left off. They are joined by Metro City SCU officer Lucia Morgan and street fighter, Dean (who wanted revenge when Skull Cross murdered his family, because Dean refused to join the gang). The four succeed, and are able to rid Metro City of the criminals. Metro City is left in shambles, but Guy does not seem to care, and leaves that to Haggar.

Soon after, Guy takes up residence in Metro City's Japantown district, and gets involved in the criminal underworld, as a means to keep his part of town clean. He acquires a large tattoo on his left arm. Guy teaches Bushin at his dojo, with several ninjas-in-training, or "Genin," at his command. At some point, he committed a crime, which Cody purposely took the fall for. In Final Fight: Streetwise, it is revealed that Cody and Guy have not spoken since that incident. His home attacked, Guy uses his Genin to help Kyle Travers find Cody and stop the infiltration of the designer drug Glycolauric Octanol, or Glow, into Metro City.

[edit] Trivia

Up to the production of Final Fight: Streetwise, Capcom's official statement was that Guy had gone missing sometime after his last appearance of Final Fight 3, and that fellow Bushin ninja Maki had attempted to find him so she can defeat him and become the 40th Bushin master.
The sneakers that Guy wears in the Street Fighter Alpha series appear to be Nike Dunks. Later in the Final Fight series, Guy wore Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars.
If Alpha Guy's story in Final Fight One is to be taken into any consideration, he feels he's been dreaming of rescuing Jessica again to find something important in the past. Ironically, as an in-joke, all that he can realize is that he's taken to wearing new sneakers instead of his ninja boots from the original version.
In Guy's ending in Street Fighter Alpha 2, after defeating M. Bison, Guy finds the "inner secret" and thus "brings new life into the Bushin style." He is then approached by Master Zeku, who praises him: "You have tapped the power, my pupil." This is one of the few depictions of Master Zeku in any game released by Capcom. He is portrayed wearing an olive-green Gi, bright green wrist-forearm wraps, and has long, straight brown hair.
In the original Final Fight, the kanji on Guy's dogi which reads "Bushin" ("Warrior God" in Japanese) resembles an "S", possibly due to graphical limitations.
Zeku has taught Guy the Bushin Musou Renge when the latter was absent in Final Fight 2 (also after the SF Alpha 2 tournament) when Guy beat Zeku and inherited the title of 39th Bushin Master. Maki Genryusai, Guy's childhood friend and rival, now searches for Guy to defeat him in battle to gain the 40th Bushin Master title in Capcom VS SNK 2.
Guy makes a cameo appearance in Ibuki's Pocket Fighter ending. While touring around Tokyo, she runs into him while he's carrying groceries bought for Zeku. When Ibuki realizes that he's a Bushin clan ninja, Guy uses a special "ninja technique" (distracting Ibuki with a baked potato) and walks off to finish his errands.
Guy makes an appearance as a playable character in Namco x Capcom. In the game, he teams up with Sho, aka Ginzu the Ninja, from Captain Commando. He is not the only Final Fight character in the game, as Mike Haggar also makes an appearance as a single unit character.