2005. There are two guys: a young Kyokushinkai-ryu Grandmaster Brad Hunter who's been looking for his mother for 5 years and still hasn't given up hope and a professional Kickboxer from NYC D-Day who will take on the streets to look for answers that...
(KYOKUSHINKAI NO DAISHIHAN NO SUTORITOBURORA GA SUTORITO NO CHIKA O TATAKAI, KARERA NO SAIDAI NO KYOFU NI TACHIMUKAU NO O MOKUGEKI SHITE KUDASAI.)
LIFE OF CRIME: URBAN MAYHEM.
BRAD HUNTER.
A KYOKUSHINKAI BLACK BELT MASTER. HE WAS TRAINED AND RAISED BY HIS JAPANESE-AMERICAN SINGLE MOTHER, JANE SHOTARO. SHE'S BEEN TRAINING HIM EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD. HE LOVES HIS MOTHER VERY MUCH. HER AND HER TRAININGS. THEY WERE ALWAYS TRAINING IN THE WOODS. THEN ONE DAY, HE SEES HIS MOTHER'S DOJO IN FLAMES. HE GETS INSIDE AND SEES NO SIGNS OF HIS MOTHER. ONLY DEAD GUYS. HE MANAGES TO DRAG THEIR BODIES OUTSIDE. THEN HE GETS INSIDE AGAIN TO LOOK FOR HIS MOTHER. THEN HE FINDS A SEVERED HEAD WITH THE RIPPED-OFF FACE. IT WASN'T CLEAR. THEN HE GETS OUT, AND THE DOJO GETS RUINED. AFTER A FUNERAL, HE GOES HOME. HE TAKES OUT HER WOODEN CHEST, OPENS IT, SEES HER BELONGINGS: A KYOKUSHINKAI BLACK BELT WITH YELLOW KANJI, A PHOTO OF THEM TOGETHER, AND HER BANDAGES. HE TAKES HER BELT, TIES AROUND HIS HEAD, GRABS TWO OTHER KYOKUSHINKAI BELTS, TIES AROUND HIS ELBOWS, PACKS HIS THINGS AND LEAVES HOME WITH HIS JEAN BAG FOR ANSWERS, THUS GETTING READY FOR THE PATH HIS MOTHER WAS PREPARING HIM FOR.
ACT I: THE BEGINNING.
CHAPTER 1: THE GRANDMASTER.
TOKYO, JAPAN, 2005.
IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE HIS QUEST STARTED. HE APPEARS IN A WHITE SHORT-SLEEVE KARATE GI WITH A LOT OF PATCHES: 2 SEIDOKAN PATCHES ON SLEEVES, A "SENSEI" EMBRODIDERED PATCH OVER A "GRANDMASTER" EMBROIDERED PATCH, BOTH ON HIS LEFT CHEST, "KYOKUSHINKAI" WRITTEN ON HIS RIGHT CHEST, "SHIN" AND "KAI" KANJI DEPICTED ON HIS BACK, A YIN YANG PATCH OVER THE "GRANDMASTER" PATCH, BLACK KYOKUSHINKAI BELT WITH "JANE" KANJI WRIITEN IN RED, TIED AROUND HIS WAIST, FULL-FINGER PFG-VINTAGE MMA GLOVES WITH A TAEGEUK SEWN ON THE LEFT ONE, A YIN YANG SEWN ON THE RIGHT ONE, A CASIO G-SHOCK ON HIS LEFT WRIST, BLUE STONE-WASH JEANS AND LIGHT BROWN TIMBERLANDS. HE WALKS IN THE STREETS. THEN HE SEES HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS IN AN ALLEYWAY.
-(HIGH SCHOOL GUY #1): THERE'S STILL SOME MONEY WE NEED TO COLLECT, AND WE'LL GO TO HANG OUT. DON'T YOU WORRY, GIRLS. THE PARTY'S GONNA BE LIT.
-(HIGH SCHOOL GIRL #1): OH, YOU. YOU'RE SO COOL.
-(HIGH SCHOOL GUY #2): HELL YEAH. GUYS WITH BIG MONEY ALWAYS GET RESPECTED.
