Free Step Dodge

DOA5 Akira joins DOA5 Gen fu and Kokoro in the "characters who are so strong that the only bad thing you can say about them is that they're linear" club

shame he wasn't more popular despite his strength, but him being hard to play and not a waifu made him a complete dud with the larger casual crowd and mostly a character for enthusiasts, so yeah, strong af but woefully underrepresented

As an Akira main back in DOA5, I always did think he was a slept on character. Guy's got some awesome moves. That said, imo Hayate was the best character in DOA5. Now that character I felt, had everything he needed to win. I believe Japan also felt he was the best character too.

The best character... is the one you are best with. (￣ヘ￣)╮mmph.