one of the storylines going into cobra
kai season 5 is the continuation of the
rivalry between kenny payne and anthony
larusso so far the community has been
buzzing with some of these questions
related to this feud how will sean come
into the picture how will robbie be
involved considering he was close to
both kenny and anthony at two different
points and of course one of the more
frequent questions who will be the one
to train anthony miyagido what if
there's another way where it involves
two students who were once at odds with
each other and now are on the same side
this is my opinion and theory of how
hawking dimitri will help kenny and
anthony in season five
first i'm going to recap some of the
details that occurred in season 4. if
you haven't already i highly recommend
checking out my how kinney became
corrupted video as this kenny and
anthony theory will serve as a
supplemental analysis normally i'd say
skip to the next chapter but i'd highly
recommend not skipping at this time as
i'll be doing a lot of comparisons to
the binary brothers in regards to kenny
and anthony's rivalry in first learn
stand we are introduced to both kenny
and anthony kenny is happy-go-lucky and
doesn't mind indulging in his own
interests especially when it comes to
dungeon lord although we don't know what
he was like at his prior school we could
easily compare him to being similar to
dimitri in this aspect as they both
share the same hobbies and keep to
themselves when he first meets anthony
he and his friends are easily comparable
to johnny and the cobras back in the
1980s as they both bully the new kid out
of jealousy when their crush takes
notice of the new kid or if we were to
use a more current analogy hulk and his
friends in season 3 as he was jealous of
dimitri having the attention of both
yasmin and moon the johnny comparison is
definitely applicable when it comes to
the confrontation at balboa park as we
have kenny trying to run away like
daniel did during the halloween party
and kenny initially being held up like
daniel was against johnny and his gang
as i mentioned before in my kinney video
leah is definitely the ally in this
situation glaringly obvious as her name
is an anagram of ally leah could be
compared to moon in this situation as
well depending on how you want to look
at it as eli more than likely had a
crush on her before he became hawk and
vied for her attention in season 3 which
we can definitely see anthony being
similar to eli and hawk in this
situation especially in the gym one of
the reasons why kenny may have flocked
to crease alongside his brother shawn's
recommendation to seek out robbie is
what his father tells him on the phone
if you do things the right way you'll
see results from the subtle details of
this conversation it's implied that
james uses what he knows in the military
and how he raises his children i have no
doubt that off-screen crease more than
likely used some sort of military
analogy or euphemism in his teachings
that struck a chord with kenny and is
why he knows to respect his elders in
this manner kenny like demetri and hawk
both sought out cobra kai initially to
deal with the bullies they faced on a
day-to-day basis something notable and
then learned fly is when kinney steps
footing cobra kai for the first time he
notices the quota fear does not exist in
this dojo this has a few subtle meanings
behind it with the first that hawks
trained with this mentality of crease's
teachings for a long time and became
both fearless and feared within the
ranks the same thing can be said about
kenny in a sense he had fear when
running away from anthony and his gang
but by the end of the season he no
longer fears anthony and is notably more
aggressive in how he speaks and deals
with him fear does not exist it is also
ironic in both that hawk and kinney were
initially flinchers and or had never
been in a real fight before training in
death in the ways of cobra kai both hawk
and kenny flipped the script in their
own way hawk became more confident with
the help of a tattoo and the mohawk
while kinney took the rage from being
bullied and used it with the speed to
strike kyler earning a spot within the
dojo it's also worth pointing out that
both of these students were picked on by
kyler and were also eventually able to
put him in his place demetri and eli
both looked up to miguel when he was
able to use cobra kai to putting in the
kyler's bullying which is what leads
them to trying out for the dojo kinney
similarly looks up to robbie for this
reason as he sees him as a brotherly
type of figure and is taken under
robbie's wing during the driving
showdown in bicephaly robbie coming to
kenny's aid when he perceives hawk
pucking on kenny is almost a repeat of
what happened in all in in season 2
where robbie comes to both dmitri's and
sam's aid when hawk and kobrakai attempt
to beat up dimitri in kicks get chicks
there is a reversal of roles that is
displayed when dimitri asks eli for help
in the beginning of the season kenny
keeps to himself and plays dungeon lord
but then eventually focuses on karate
now eli is quitting karate and is
focusing on dungeon lord going back to
his ways before he took karate anthony
tries to get leah's attention by being a
bully because of his jealousy towards
kenny again comparable to both johnny
and hawk in the respect of arcs however
there is one key difference to note
between anthony and hawke anthony is
notably picked on at times by zack
marcus and slade leading him to take out
his frustration on kenny this difference
is what makes him similar to johnny who
confided in daniel indifferent but same
that he was bullied every day by a
stepdad similar to hawk's actions in the
right path in season 3 anthony initially
lies to daniel about being bullied by a
student of a rival dojo anthony also has
trouble seeing the importance of
miyagido and thus has someone complete
the chores for him just like dimitri had
trouble learning the aspects of miyagido
though due to his initial lack of
athleticism and his reluctance to learn
however later on anthony begins to
admire the items in the personal dojo
that daniel has mirroring how hawk
admired the picture of the okinawan
sparring deck and let's begin during
this scene daniel has a one-on-one with
anthony in a similar vein to having a
similar talk to dimitri after feeling
powerless that he couldn't defend
himself at the mall both of these talks
once again occur after the students fail
to see or learn the importance of
anthony goes on to try to amend things
with kenny echoing back to dimitri
trying to do the same with hawk and
pulpo in season 2. though the difference
here is that while dimitri eventually
had the upper hand at the end of the
episode due to hawk's actions of pouring
beer on him kenny has the upper hand at
the end of the library scuffle just like
hawke breaking dimitri's arm in the
episode miyagido the aftermath of the
situation echoes back to the episode in
no mercy where miyagido in a way is
ultimately to blame as anthony had been
the aggressor during the entirety of
this rivalry last but not least a
similar comparison can be made where
kenny makes it to the quarterfinals and
loses while hawking season 1 makes it to
the semifinals but is disqualified
here are some reasons why dimitri and
eli would be able to help squash the
beef between both kenny and anthony both
hawk and dimitri can talk about the
corruption of kobrakai in several
aspects more so hawk as at one point he
was one of the dojo's top students under
two different instructors and allowed it
to corrupt him to the point he was
hurting those he once held closest
friends it's very likely that daniel
would elaborate on why terry silver
running cobra kai means bad news for the
valley to his students including dimitri
and eli as he can recount this
experience of training under silver and
how it changed him similar to how he did
and take a right in season 2. this would
also allow both demetri and hawk to
provide some context to why nate and
bert were standoffish to kenny when they
realized he was associated with cobra
kai as they were also once part of the
dojo dimitri would be able to help
establish the common ground that both
keny and anthony have dungeon lord we
know for a fact that anthony is also
familiar with the game as in first
learned stan he makes fun of kenny's
favorite character dr scribble bottoms
and goes into detail of why he thinks
it's a lame character prompting zack to
ask him why he knows so much about the
game also in season 1 anthony was often
shown playing video games so the reason
he would know why he thinks the doctor
is such a lame character is because he
also plays dungeon lord i imagine if
this were to happen this would play out
similar to the episode different but
same where johnny and daniel find out
that they have more in common than they
realize i believe anthony would identify
more so with eli as he acted the same
way out of jealousy he became a bully
like those who picked on him pushed moon
away and it wasn't until he realized who
he truly was that he was able to
reconcile with moon eli could offer this
advice with anthony that he doesn't have
to try hard to win the approval of
others but rather just be himself if
these two arcs are complete parallels of
each other then it's very likely that
leah would also distance herself from
anthony as moon did especially if she
found out that he had constantly picked
on kenny dimitri would be able to offer
input on this as well not only to
anthony but to kenny as he did the hawk
i think you need a healthy dose of inner
peace and it did help dimitri over the
courses of seasons two through four got
stronger gained more confidence and
gained the goal of his dreams by finding
his balance instead of relying on others
to defend him he eventually was able to
defend others i think it's possible that
the binary brothers could help both kids
or they could focus on solely training
anthony in defending himself this would
parallel to robbie training kenny as
robbie initially had good intentions but
wasn't clear on guiding kenny of when to
use his aggression and when to show
restraint while both demetri and eli
more specifically his arcus hawk would
be able to point out the mistakes
anthony would and could make when
learning miyagido if they're able to
distinguish if when too much is too much
this could end with anthony being more
confident more laid back and being able
to defend himself when needed i imagine
that with dimitri's help hulk would be
an amazing mentor to anthony given the
fact that he has now officially been in
all three dojos johnny's cobra kai or
eagle fang creases kobrakai and daniels
miyagido because he was able to find the
balance of aggression and defense in the
tournament and became a champion as a
result anthony would surely hold him in
the same regard as his father and
perhaps could relate to him more as
they're not that far apart in age in my
opinion these two helping out would make
the most sense currently as we know
thanks to daniel incorporating johnny's
own philosophy and raising his son made
anthony more willing to listen i imagine
that athlete would hear out to his
father's top two students i think kenny
would also be willing to listen though
more than likely a fight would happen
before this could occur this would
either be a fight between kenny and
anthony directly as kenny promised
anthony he would be in a world of pain
in high school or perhaps eli also gets
pulled into the mix where he saves
anthony from being attacked by kenny and
sean throws him off to make the fight a
2-1-2 match i would personally love to
see a match between these two as we know
sean gave robby a run for his money and
this would also tie back into the cobra
kai video game where hawk and shawn
faced off in a fight or in the event
they go dimitri versus sean this would
be cannon to the miyagido side of the
story as i discussed before regarding
sean while we know he respects robbie i
can't see him not being loyal to kenny
and taking his side as he was willing to
take a fall for kenny by protecting him
from his friends i think this would
either result in sean joining kobrikai
alongside kenny or just doing his best
to look out for his brother while
avoiding being caught in a public place
similar to how tory and robbie took
revenge at the tattoo parlor against
hawke overall i think kitty and
anthony's rivalry will be interesting to
watch no matter who steps in and assists
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