Mr. Miyagi
VERSUS
Master Splinter
Thats right. 'Master' Splinter. dont call him just Splinter. You address him with respect. Just as you wouldnt call Mr Miyagi, 'Miyagi' the same rule applies to Master Splinter. Back to business.
Its tough to really want either of these two heroes to lose in any battle. But they have one thing in common, you always wanted to see them throw down. lets do a little background to instill in us just how much honor is at stake here. If you dont want to read these bios, then you dont appreciate the essence of DC Versus. I would never do this long of a bio on characters, except for these two historical warriors, they deserve it so shut the fuck up.
Mr Miyagi:
An Okinawan Japanese immigrant to the United States, Mr. Miyagi was most likely born on April 11, 1923 (inferred from his immigration to the U.S. and war service). He learned karate originally from his father, who had been a fisherman. He came to the United States after leaving Okinawa to avoid a fight to the death with his former best friend Sato. Miyagi initially had a job working for Sato's father, where he met and fell in love with a young woman named Yukie from his village. Yukie however was arranged to marry Sato. Miyagi rebuked the marriage in front of the whole village, claiming that he and Yukie were in love, and Miyagi was set to go against tradition and marry Yukie anyway. This greatly dishonored Sato, who challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death. To avoid the fight - by the conduct of karate - Miyagi left Okinawa and Yukie behind when he was 18 years old. It was not until 1985 when Miyagi's father (also Sato's sensei) was dying that Miyagi returned to his village. Upon his return, Miyagi was reunited with Yukie. After Miyagi's father passed away, Yukie revealed to Miyagi that his father was proud that his son didn't take up Sato's challenge and that Miyagi indeed did the right thing. However, also on this return, Miyagi was eventually forced to face his history with Sato. Sato relentlessly tried to have Miyagi accept his challenge to fight, but after Miyagi saved Sato from death during a hurricane attack, Sato relented and he and Miyagi became friends again.
Honor my friends.....Honor.
Master Splinter:
Splinter was originally a man named Yoshi, and was framed by his rival, Oroku Saki (who would eventually turn into his future arch-enemy, the Shredder), for trying to murder their common dojo master in Japan. Being unable to prove his innocence, he moved away to New York City, where he lived as a hermit in its sewers and befriended the rats. One day, he came across four baby turtles which were accidentally dropped by a boy through a grate of the sewers. He kept them as pets and treated them like his children. But later, he found the turtles venturing near broken barrels that were oozing glowing pink chemical liquid. As he tried to recover them from danger and attempted to clean them with his bare hands, they were all affected by the chemical which was a mutagen. This mutagen transformed any living being into a mutant whose body became mixed with the DNA of any other living being it was last in contact with. The turtles, being touched by Yoshi, turned into young anthropomorphic humanoid turtles. Hamato himself, having more recently been in contact with sewer rats than his own pet turtles, became a humanoid rat. Since then, Yoshi raised the turtles by himself, and gave them the names of his favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, who were to be distinguished by personality and headband color. He also taught them the art of ninjutsu in order to protect themselves better, since people above ground would not accept them.
Hamato was given the nickname "Splinter" by his adoptive sons, due to his proficiency at breaking wooden boards.
OK. thats out of the way. Lets put them up face to face.
Master Splinter usually has an advantage because no one would suspect he is so well trained in the martial arts, because lets face it....hes a rat. However, as we all know Mr Miyagi is not one to doubt the abilities of a foe, and therefore this advantage is quickly taken away.
Discipline always plays a roll in battles like this and again, its really tough to say who would have the advantage in this category as well. One has to assume that these would have to be two of the most disciplined warriors of all time.
Speed, you gotta go with Mr Miyagi. They are close in age, but Master Splinter does rely on assistance from a cane/bow staff most of the time so one must draw the conclusion that he may be a bit older than Mr Miyagi.
So then how do we rate these contestants? What factors come into play when pinning them face to face. I'll tell you, the facts that make them who they are...the intangibles.
Mr Miyagi:
Honor in its finest. Left home because he didnt want to kill his best friend. He left the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with just to retain his honor. Furthermore, he took under his wing a scrawny white Italian kid who was having his own struggles. he taught him the balance and harmony that martial arts can provide to ones life and in turn received a special reward of a meaningful friendship. essentially he gained the son he was never able to have himself.
Master Splinter:
He has accomplished quite a bit...and thats since he became a rat. I know that if any of us were to turn into a rat, we wouldnt accomplish as much as Master Splinter has. Ok so Master Splinter comes to America and finds 4 turtles, he figures why not keep them for pets. but then the turtles become humanoid mutants and Master Splinter decides to keep them anyway. not only does he keep them but he raises them as his sons. i gotta be honest, thats much more impressive than what Mr Miyagi undertook with Daniel. Master Splinter raised 4 mutants and did so by instilling in them the same honor that he himself lived his life by. They also became some pretty bas ass fighters.
They would grow up to have love and respect for Master Splinter and lead a life fighting crime and ridding the city of awful villains. All Daniel son ever did was fight back against some bullies.
So when the dust clears, and all is said and done who take the cake in this one? My heart tells me that Master Splinter wins. But my head tells me its Mr Miyagi. I gotta give the advantage and the therefore the victory to Mr Miyagi. He has fought many humans in his lifetime and theres just something about him that seems invincible. I dont see anyway that Master Splinter could get the best of him. This is without a doubt the hardest choice i have had to make in any VERSUS so far. While it would be a well fought battle, one with honor all over the place, i declare Mr Miyagi the victor in this the latest edition of DC Versus.
deep exhale
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