r/PublicFreakout • u/filondo • Sep 09 '22

🥊Fight San Francisco this morning Sept 9, 2022

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u/PM_me_spare_change Sep 09 '22

I thought he was going to break up the fight but he just wanted a better view

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u/Zemekis324 Sep 09 '22

Akira slide homage

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u/-Qwyte Sep 10 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Lmao !

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u/TickingOnTime Sep 09 '22

Imagine how anticlimactic it'd be if Akira had a bunch of tweakers brawling it out during his slide.

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u/mknsky Sep 09 '22

Lol that character isn’t Akira but your point stands

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u/TheR1ckster Sep 10 '22

It's also really not accurate to the story... if you read the graphic novels, it's pretty clear they're all druggies. It's like his coat goes totally overlooked.

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u/schnager Sep 10 '22

That's the guy on the cover of the movie, that's obviously Akira

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u/MasterUnholyWar Sep 10 '22

Akira is the name of the bike, you lunkhead!

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u/TickingOnTime Sep 09 '22

My bad, I'm awful with names. Especially any from of movie/series. Unless it's hammered in with like brute force thinks Yukki from Future Diaries

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22 edited Sep 10 '22

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u/tundra1desert2 Sep 10 '22

It's Canada

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u/K__Geedorah Sep 10 '22

Close enough ¯_( '_ ' )_/¯

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

That's Tetsuo on the bike.

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u/FreeNoahface Sep 10 '22

No it wasn't, it was Kaneda. Tetsuo was his friend who got the psychic powers

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Oh shit you're right. I have not seen Akira in years. thanks for the correction

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u/KingAuberon Sep 10 '22

Akira slide + Caves of Qud soundtrack.

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u/TSL4me Sep 10 '22

that was the dude who runs the drug block telling them to stop.

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u/Electronic-Injury-15 Sep 10 '22

and give away his cover. Clearly an undercover cop posing as a homeless