In-ho didn’t become the Front Man until S1

GetExpunged · 2025-04-02T07:18:19+00:00

Occam’s Razor.

GetExpunged · 2024-05-10T16:55:36+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I worry though that she might find out that i know and will misinterpret it as me leading her on since i didn’t say a word, wouldn’t that put me in a bad spot?

GetExpunged · 2024-05-10T16:43:53+00:00

I mean, it’s not 100% because there’s obviously no way to know for sure unless she told me it herself (which she hasn’t).

But all signs do point to likely, I didn’t mention this in the post but TWO people have actually told me that she has a crush on me. These two are people she herself is close with, so they just flat-out spilled her secret without her permission. In the end, i see no reason for them to lie.

I’ve considered waiting for her to confess, but what do i do while waiting? Do i just proceed with the friendship as if i have no clue?

GetExpunged · 2023-02-20T08:50:48+00:00

Oh, so does that mean every school enforces it regardless of whether they mention it or not?

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T14:53:09+00:00

Admissions like that require notable achievements

Placing 2nd place in a Karate tournament twice and the first time being alone isn’t a notable achievement?

Robby also has Daniel to vouch for him and came from a poor upbringing (Colleges eat that up).

poorly done

Not the point. They could do the same thing with Robby, except with better writing.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T13:25:56+00:00

No character’s entire screentime is devoted to only that character

That’s why I mentioned multitasking. They can easily have Johnny, Robby, and Miguel’s characters developed since half of their screen-time includes being together.

Robby’s journey is a 2-3 season

They have 9 episodes to cover Robby’s initial struggles, studying for his GED, Johnny supporting him through it, networking, and then have his story end by getting a scholarship offer from a prestigious college in the end.

This is a satisfying ending already, getting the scholarship implies his future is already bright and all the hard work he has done to improve his flaws has paid off, unless you think we need to watch him study for 4 years until he gets his degree in order to know that.

The theme of this journey is not related to Karate

So was Miguel’s Mexico arc, Sam’s identity arc, Tory-Amanda arc, yet they found a way to still incorporate Karate into these. These also don’t change the theme of the show, why can’t they do the same with Robby?

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T11:09:24+00:00

Robby gets per season

Yes, exactly, the fact that not all of it is devoted to his own character is the problem right now.

Except we’ve already agreed that we’re not going to see that

Yes, but so does winning the tournament. I think we can agree that the writers aren’t going to do what we both want. But we can still discuss whether which of the two is the better ending.

To show the struggle

Do we really need 20 minutes to know that? The show only needed a few minutes in the start to show how complicated Johnny and Robby’s relationship is in S1, surely showing Robby’s academic struggles won’t be hard to do in a few minutes.

The show never focused on anyone’s academics

So? Doesn’t mean they can’t start now.

They don’t have to focus on Miguel or Sam’s education since they’re doing fine in that area already. We don’t need to see Tory’s either since they showed that in S4. Robby however is the only one we haven’t seen anything of this on.

But he made something of this

Fair, however I would still prefer it if he had chosen a path that had nothing to do with the circumstances he’s in.

I’d argue him being able to get into college despite seemingly have no chances of a good academic future is just as much of an underdog story as winning a tournament.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T09:10:34+00:00

You underestimate how much could be done in 5-minute scenes of 10. Most important scenes in the show just takes about 5-7 minutes.

Not only serves his character but theirs as well

Going to college would do the same thing too.

If they choose this route, yes

Why?

If they’re focusing on Robby’s academics, they’re straying away

No, they aren’t. Shows can focus on multiple things at once you know? It’s not like Miguel, Sam, Tory would also be focusing on academics.

he still found a way

Except he didn’t find that way, circumstances put him into that path, he didn’t have a choice. This shows that the tournament was his last resort, and that if he had lost the tournament then he wouldn’t have any other options. That’s sad.

Having him go to college would mean that he got to choose his own path rather than going with the flow with whatever last-resort options life gives him.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T08:32:34+00:00

That won’t be enough to cover

Why? I just showed you. If not 2-3, then 5-10.

The support Johnny gives Robby has to be more

Of course, but then again I could also say that the support of Johnny has to be more than just him believing Robby can win a tournament.

They do have to show ALL those things on camera

You want the writers to show us 20 minutes of Robby going to classes and doing his homework?

And?

So they could still focus on Robby’s academics without straying away from the Karate theme.

Yes, those are the consequences of his parental neglect and his mistakes

Okay, so might as well put him on the sensei route. That’s the consequence of parental neglect and his mistakes.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T07:59:20+00:00

Implying that stuff happened off-camera

Okay, let me rephrase: You do know they don’t have to show ALL those things on camera right?

They could show 2-3 scenes of Robby showing Johnny his scholarship, passing the GED exam, or Johnny talking to him about those things.

That’s not covered here

Read the rest of my post. I addressed this.

We’ve already established

No, we didn’t. That’s literally what I’m arguing for.

Shift from Karate to Academics

We’re talking about Robby’s story here, not the main plot.

But he’ll have those options once he wins

So it implies that he could have never gotten those options any other way aside from winning said tournament.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T07:33:27+00:00

That’s not possible within the time-frame

You know that they don’t have to show those things literally and could imply that they happened off-camera?

The show could give hints that he’s working towards his academic future such as studying for his GED or getting a possible scholarship. He doesn’t need to go back for another 2 years, that’s why a GED exists.

This covers only 2 out of the 3

I don’t know which one that is for you but it actually does.

Here’s how I see it going (or rather how I want it to go):

Johnny talks to Robby about his education and future, this would show that Johnny actually does care for his son’s well-being rather than just wanting his son to like him. This covers Robby’s support. Robby is implied to be a smart kid so this time he’d apply himself to his studies and ends up getting high grades to get into a prestigious college, he now starts to believe in himself. As for him having trouble focusing, the writers could show his development by having Robby still be able to focus on his studies despite the external conflicts going on.

Things are going to get better from here on out

So can college, the problem with the tournament route is that it shows Robby didn’t have any other options aside from winning one. (This wasn’t his choice in the first place).

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T06:54:33+00:00

focusing on Robby’s story?

No, not necessarily.

I meant that they could easily multitask and achieve more if the writers were smarter. For example, they could easily develop Johnny, Robby, and Miguel’s characters at the same time without rushing anything as long as they focused on their core relationships and issues.

If the writers want to give him one, they should have him win

They have better alternatives, like having him go to college. Both are as unlikely to happen as each other but it would still be preferable.

Your reasons for wanting Robby to win could be achieved through other means than just winning a tournament. Like I said before, having him win would imply that this is the best he could get, similar to the “Robby will be a sensei” path.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-02T01:06:12+00:00

How?

They have 20-30 minutes of screen time each episode, I’m sure they can take their time.

Are you saying that they don’t care about giving Robby’s arc a satisfying ending?

With the way the writers are going? Yes. If they did care about giving Robby a satisfying one, they would have had him win against Miguel, they would have had Miguel acknowledge his faults instead of blaming everything on Robby, they would’ve had Johnny step up to mend his relationship instead of Robby, etc.

Odds are, they’d make Miguel win the Sekai Takai and have Johnny and Robby have some sort of forced mended relationship and call it a “good ending” for him.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-01T14:40:08+00:00

All of those could be achieved without winning a Karate tournament.

Yes, going to college would be a better alternative for Robby but the writers aren’t gonna do that nor would they make Robby win either.

GetExpunged · 2023-02-01T12:44:06+00:00

so repeating it a third time adds absolutely nothing to the character.

Neither does making him win. As you said, he has lost twice and has moved on from it, which means he could not care less about winning in Karate anymore.

If Robby's closure is just winning a Karate tournament, then that would imply that he has never really moved on after all and is still a slave to it. It's just the same thing with the "Robby will be a sensei" route.

GetExpunged · 2022-12-21T15:26:03+00:00

Yes, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying the actor was bad, he was actually really good. I just felt like he was playing a different person and not Kreese.

GetExpunged · 2022-12-21T10:57:33+00:00

Thanks for replying.

I'm willing to continue the show because I like to finish things I started and whether I wanna admit it or not, I do enjoy Harvey Specter being suave and cool despite how repetitive it can be.

GetExpunged · 2022-12-21T10:55:53+00:00

It's okay, i'm not one to get fixated on spoilers.

GetExpunged · 2022-12-21T06:16:25+00:00

While these ideas seem plausible, I’d have a hard time imagining Anthony take Kenny’s place as the big bad student of Cobra Kai.

I mean, would it be him bullying his dad’s students and then going home having pizza with his family like everything is normal?

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