The finale of “Cobra Kai” didn’t give the best ending to the series when it dropped on Nov. 15. Part two of season six is a great continuation of part one, and it shows everything that Mr. Miyagi went through and focuses on the world tournament. There will not be another season, and that sucks because of how season six ended.
“Cobra Kai,” which originally came out in 2018, is an amazing show, and it features many problems facing teenagers. It shows bullying and relationships with teammates or boyfriends and girlfriends. The series also shows family issues and how to handle situations that are thrown at young people. This show is only a good show for those who have watched all of the “Karate Kid” movies. Viewers who didn’t watch this movie series wouldn’t be able to understand how good the show is and wouldn’t comprehend all the characters and everything that they represent inside of this series.
“Cobra Kai” is based on the movie series “The Karate Kid” about a teenager named Daniel LaRusso getting bullied and jumped by a group of boys, one of them being Johnny Lawrence. This group of boys was taught to fight hard and show no mercy. Sensei Kreese taught them this. When Daniel’s landlord Mr. Miyagi found out he was being bullied, he couldn’t help but teach Daniel how to defend himself. Daniel was not taught to strike first and strike hard and show no mercy. He was taught the opposite, self-defense. Toward the end of the movie, Daniel defeats Johnny with a kick to the head counting as the final point. Later, Daniel is known for beating Johnny and owning a car dealership.
That was all in the first “Karate Kid” movie. The second one was about how Mr. Miyagi took Daniel on a trip to Japan to find Mr. Miyagi’s true love. On the trip, Daniel ran into some trouble and had to fight another man named Chozen Toguchi. Chozen becomes an important person in “Cobra Kai” seasons two and three because he also teaches the kids martial arts from what he learned in Japan.
Now in the third “Karate Kid,” Daniel joined the Cobra Kai karate dojo and was pushed to his limit by Sensei Kreese and Sensei Silver. All of this is important because it comes into play in the series “Cobra Kai.” When Daniel joined Cobra Kai, it was because he felt like he wasn’t done learning and wanted to keep growing and learning more. This became a problem because Kreese and Silver always over-pushed him to his limit and used him like he was an object and not a person. It was no longer about karate to them but was teaching Daniel military tactics to destroy and injure his opponents. However, this isn’t how Daniel is as a person, and he ends up leaving Cobra Kai.
Originally “Cobra Kai” was filmed and released on YouTube until it became so big that Netflix acquired it in June 2020. “Cobra Kai” is a show about the main character, Miguel Diaz, getting bullied and Johnny Lawrence becoming his sensei and opening the Cobra Kai karate dojo back up to defeat the bullies. When Daniel found out Cobra Kai was back, all of his childhood trauma came back too. Daniel couldn’t stand by and do nothing so he also took a kid in and trained him as he was.
This kid’s name was Robby Keene, and he just so happens to be Johnny Lawrence’s son. Cobra Kai and Miyagi Do, the two groups, compete against each other for the first few seasons since Johnny and Daniel could never see eye to eye. However, in the third season, they teamed up to defeat the old sensei of Cobra Kai, Sensei Kreese. However, this didn’t go their way and multiple problems went wrong in the season. Season six part one was left on a cliffhanger with Tory’s mom dying and her joining Cobra Kai once again. Tory was one of the main characters who was the best female fighter out of the other girls. During part two, which just came out on Nov. 15, Johnny and Daniel are once again going against Kreese and Silver. While they are doing that, Daniel finds out about Miyagi’s past and doesn’t like the information that he learned and chooses not to understand that everyone has mistakes they have to live with in life. This causes a few problems during the worldwide tournament, but Johnny and Chozen don’t let that get in the way of the kids preparing to fight.
I recommend this show to anyone who has seen the movies. The newer generation and the older generation enjoy how much this show relates to teenagers and how they represent adult problems as well. Adults who enjoyed watching when they were teenagers also like the nostalgia of the show.