Jin Chonshu
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| Jin Chonshu | |
|---|---|
| Game series | Fatal Fury series |
| First game | Fatal Fury 3 |
| Voice actor(s) | Kappei Yamaguchi |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Birthplace | China |
| Blood type | Unknown |
| Fighting style | Chinese Martial Arts |
| Likes | travelling, anything spicy |
| Dislikes | Deep-sea fish (thinks their faces are scary) |
Jin Chonshu (秦崇秀, Japanese: Jin Chonshū, Pinyin: Qín Chóngxiù) is a video game character who was introduced by SNK (currently SNK Playmore) from their Fatal Fury fighting game series and also makes an appearance in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
Chonshu was apparently born on June 6, 1980, in China, which seems to contrast with his claim that he has been around for twenty two hundred centuries (because that was the words of the spirits of his ancestor within his body). His only sport he like is anything that doesn't use a ball. His brother Chonrei is what is most important to him. His favorite music consists of anime theme songs. He is also very sarcastic, but not malignant about it.
[edit] History
Chonshu first appeared in as one of three bosses in Fatal Fury 3, supposedly appearing to be the last boss following Ryuji Yamazaki. In actuality, he was not the real last boss. If the player performed well, Chonshu's brother Chonrei would be fought as the true last boss afterwards.
Chonshu is one of the two Jin twins who search for an item stolen from them, the Jin Scrolls or Scrolls of Immortality. They know it is in Southtown, and in send Ryuji Yamazaki to search the city. As the game begins the Scrolls are a mystery to the player. However, after defeating Yamazaki, who seems like the last boss, Chonshu makes a sarcastic remark that varies on the player's character. The player is then summoned forcibly by Chonshu to the domain of the Jin Brothers in Southtown, Delta Park.
Here, Chonshu greets the player's character. He tells them that it he has been twenty-two hundred centuries and it is discovered what the Jin Scrolls are: a way to fully power the Jins into becoming rulers of the world, something that Chonshu intends to become. Then Chonshu proceeds to the fight, and is accompanied by an orchestral piece (especially notable in the Neo Geo CD version and remade in the Garou Symphonic Sound Trax, composed by the Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan and arranged by Fumio Yasuda and Macky) as well as three stages: a stage with a dragon statue at the center and surrounding green forestry; a stage with two dragon statues at each sides and blue falls in the background; and a stage with bone dragons, covered in fire.
If the player did not do well throughout the course of the game, then the player's character would fight Chonshu in one of the first two stages. Otherwise, Chonshu would fight in the third stage. After defeating Chonshu, his older brother Jin Chonrei appears, and becomes extremely angry, promising that the player will not leave here alive. Regardless of whether or not Chonrei was reached, the player's character's ending would play afterwards.
After the events of Fatal Fury 3, Geese Howard escapes with the Jin Scrolls and tries to attain immortality with them. The fighters of Southtown seek to stop him, and Terry Bogard manages to reach him at his infamous tower. The eternal enemies fight. As they do so, Chonshu and Chonrei sneak towards the Jin Scrolls. After Terry defeats Geese, he is too late to stop the Jin Brothers from reaching the Scrolls.
However, in a surprising turn of events, Chonrei tears up the scrolls despite Chonshu's protestation and tears. Chonrei explains to Chonshu that it is better for them to live normal lives as kids rather than continue their cursed existence as immortals. Chonshu eventually agrees, and both of them leave.
In the events of Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 it would appear that in Chonshu's ending, Chonshu becomes a student under Kim Kaphwan. In Chonrei's ending, Chonrei becomes a pupil of Tung Fu Rue (as in Tung's own ending). Although it is in question whether or not certain events of Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 are canon to the story of Fatal Fury, these endings are usually accepted as what eventually happened to the Jin twins (even though, in Kim's ending, both Chonshu and Chonrei are taken in by Kim, so the fact that Chonshu only went on to study under Kim might be accepted as true), and appear to be backed up by the fact that in the previous game, Real Bout Special, Chonshu shared Kim's stage and Chonrei shared Tung's.
[edit] Trivia
- Contrary to popular belief, Chonshu is not a female.
- His theme in Fatal Fury 3 is called Pandora's Box 1, while his remade theme on the Garou Symphonic Sound Trax is called First Out of Pandora's Box "An Encounter.
- He makes a cameo in King of Fighters 2002 with his brother in the China stage.
- Both Chonshu and Chonrei appear in the daytime Dragon's Lair stage of KOF: Maximum Impact 2.
- SNK Playmore recently decided to make Chonshu along with his brother Chonrei playable characters in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
