It's weird that these two are going to be in SF5, but not Sakura. Karen is basically getting a push while her rival isn't. I understand the reasoning, as they want to make each fighter feel and play uniquely, and those they want to reduce the number of Shotos, but I still feel Sakura not being here to fight her rival and one of her good friends kind of cheats the character and them.

I can't figure out whether that's an upward or downward kick by Karin. In the latter case, we could use the "axe kick" tag...

The special FX makes it look like an upward kick me to me.

Sakura will probably be dlc. The plan is to have SF5 by seasons a la Killer Instinct for XBox One

I think it's refreshing to have Karin doing something more than just stalking Sakura around and challenging her.

Also, I hope that they don't stick with the personality that she was given earlier in those comics. I know these are not supposed to be 100% serious, but she's better than that.