


The dialogue he shares with the other fighters in XIII seems to suggest everyone is aware of his status as a heroic and well-intentioned character but he never has a kind word to say back to anyone.Although he's the main hero of his story, he's one cold-hearted SOB.Glasses Pull: His revamped Chain Drive in XIII has him seemingly stopping time mid-combo just to put them back on.He even throws them at his foe to initiate his Chain Drive DM. The Glasses Come Off: K' takes off his shades before battle and tucks them away.Don't You Dare Pity Me!: In regards to his origin as a 'Kyo clone.'.Sadly, the results are akin to trying to melt an iceberg with a match. Defrosting Ice King: After the conclusion of the NESTS Chronicles.Dark Is Not Evil: Dresses in all black and has moves with names like 'Crow Bite' but is still a pretty straightforward hero.Darker and Edgier: Not just as a protagonist, but his inclusion into the story marks a stark departure from the Orochi Saga.If he does have a particular religious belief, it doesn't show. Concept art for '99 also shows a cross emblem on the back of his jacket, although this design wasn't implemented. Creepy Cool Crosses: He wears a cross pendant around his neck.Cool Shades: Is almost never seen without his sunglasses, unless he's in the middle of battle.He believes that he'll perpetually be stuck in Kyo's shadow, a feeling that is only reinforced when he fights Mukai in 2003. He tries to affirm his existence as something more than a mere 'clone' of Kyo. Cloning Blues: Not a clone in the traditional sense Kyo's DNA was used on him to see if the pyrokinetic abilities could be transferred.Averted in The King of Fighters 2 pachinko game, though. His early sprites give him the same complexion as Heavy D! but later depictions play the trope dead straight. Art depictions usually show him with very dark skin. But Not Too Black: Zigzagged all the time.Bishōnen: Although he is manlier than average.Big Guy, Little Guy: The little guy to Maxima.Big Damn Heroes: Pulls one of these in 2001 when he saves Kula and a wounded Foxy from K9999 and Angel.Big Brother Instinct: Towards Kula and Whip.Eight times out of ten, he can back up this claim. 'Doitsumo koitsumo', his post battle quote note in a nutshell, is K' saying that he can take on everyone by himself.Ascended Fanon: In some of his XIII pre-fight talks, people call him emo to his face, referencing the tendency for fans to mistake him for emo.Anti-Hero Substitute: A rare instance of Darker and Edgier done well.A few of his attacks are bird-themed and the back of his jacket reads 'A Beast Of Prey' (the words are more legible in character art and in the Maximum Impact series).
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It's possible K's skin and hair colors are linked to the experiments he went through under NESTS custody, and so he wouldn't have been born looking how he does now. It also should be noted that not only does he share Original Zero and Krizalid's skin to hair colors, but that Kyo's other clones are also darker skinned than the boy they were cloned from. This gets even more confusing when you recall that Whip is a clone of K's sister Seirah, and yet she's been largely shown as being much lighter skinned than her brother.

After his defeat of his own clone Krizalid in the '99 tournament, he was branded a traitor by NESTS and he and Maxima went on the run. He was abducted from his home when he was young for use as a test subject, and was used as an agent for NESTS after his success. The protagonist of the NESTS Saga, and NESTS first success in using the Kusanagi DNA in another human.
