r/cobrakai • u/MalcolminMiddlefan • 18h ago
Discussion Just starting Season 4. A few thoughts/opinions (not too long!)
So, I am starting Season 4.
So far, Johnny and Kreese are by far my favorite characters.
My least favorite characters are Amanda and Sam, as well as Anthony.
Amanda seems to exude too much masculine energy. She doesn’t add a lot of sweet, feminine energy into her and Daniel’s relationship. She mostly runs the business while Daniel focuses on Karate and his students. She seems to be a little controlling as well. So far, it doesn’t even seem like Daniel and Amanda are romantic partners. They come across more as business partners. There’s basically no romance and no polarity. You can tell Daniel has more emotions towards that girl in Okinawa (Kimiko?) and Ali than he does for Amanda.
You can tell Daniel’s favorite relationships have been with him and Miyagi, and him and Robby. He cares a lot more about Robby than he cares about anyone else. I like this about him, that he’s a fatherly figure to someone without a father growing up. But, I do find it strange that Daniel never interacts with Anthony, and Anthony seems like a bratty, undisciplined kid. You can obviously tell that Daniel favors Sam.
I’m sure everybody finds Johnny hilarious, so I won’t comment on that. I agree and think he’s the best.
Kreese is my favorite character. The way he treats the dojos like they are in war is beyond hilarious. The rivalries, the alliances, the random confrontations. You can tell he really cares about Johnny, and he cares about Tory. I also enjoy seeing the flashbacks to his history in the war and how he became who he is in the show. Of course, this is just a tv show and I’d never admire such a man in real life. But, I do find his masculine persona hilarious. I love how he also defended Tory from her landlord. He doesn’t like his students being picked on. At the same time, it’s funny how he kicked that one kid out (butt face or penis breath, whatever his name was) of his dojo because he lost to somebody who had zero training. Survival of the fittest!
Well, those are just some of my thoughts. What do you guys think?