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One of HawaiianShirtMan's immaculate Zeku clips gets the Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition Just Frame Breakdown from HiFight

Posted by Steven 'Dreamking23' Chavez • August 31, 2020 at 8:21 a.m. PDT • Comments: 17

When it comes to hype Zeku highlights in Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition, it generally doesn't get more hype than HawaiianShirtMan (HSM). Not only is his level of play impressive, but the excitement and sheer joy he exudes with every move that is performed is second to none.

Now, we get to see what one of HSM's clips is actually comprised of. HiFight shared a quick Just Frame Breakdown for one of the Zeku player's highlights to detail exactly what's going on during the match.

Right at the start of the round against a Kage player, HawaiianShirtMan immediately switches over to Young Zeku and goes for a Hozanto (shoulder tackle). Even though the move is unsafe on block, the big confidence paid off here as Kage gets tagged, combo-ed, and knocked down.

A quick call of his V-Skill and a swap back to Old Zeku give HSM the opportunity to anti-air his opponent's jump with EX up kicks. The bomb bird is summoned and HSM switches back again to Young, going for another Hozanto and this time punishing a fireball throw from Kage.

At this point here is what makes these breakdowns from HiFight so great. We see HawaiianShirtMan whiff his palm strike while the opponent is still downed, then launch right into another which trades with crouching medium punch and sees Kage get hit by the bomb.

While this might just look like a luck of the draw sort of situation, seeing it slowed down and detailed shows that this was actually a set up that covered this precise situation.

To close it out, HSM gets a hard-hitting stun combo into Critical Art for the KO. Of course, he ends it off with one of his trademark green-screen dances, which I kind of wish HiFight would have broken down as well.


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