Cobra Kai season 5 remembers who Daniel really is.
It took five seasons, but Cobra Kai finally got Daniel LaRusso right. What started as a retelling of the original The Karate Kid story but with Johnny Lawrence acting as the mentor to a young student has evolved into a celebration of the first three Karate Kid movies. As such, much of Cobra Kai revolves around Daniel LaRusso and his past, but it was only in Cobra Kai season 5 that the show nailed who Daniel really is as a character.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Instead of simply rebooting the Karate Kid franchise with yet again another Daniel LaRusso adventure, Cobra Kai cleverly made Johnny Lawrence and the “bad guys' dojo” the center of the story. Cobra Kai asked viewers to ponder what must have happened with Johnny after he lost the All Valley Tournament to Daniel in 1984, shifting the narrative’s point of view to Johnny and thus completely flipping the dynamic of the first Karate Kid.
Daniel LaRusso Was Never Like Mr. Miyagi The biggest mistake Cobra Kai made regarding Daniel was to make him way too similar to Mr. Miyagi. Obviously, Daniel got older, and wiser, and was now putting to use everything he had learned from Miyagi. Still, an infallible Daniel was just not as fun to see as a flawed Daniel was. In fact, what made Daniel and Mr. Miyagi’s dynamic so good in the Karate Kid films is the fact that Daniel lacked the patience and the wisdom of Miyagi.
Ironically, it was Terry Silver’s arrival that allowed Daniel to be that character from the Karate Kid movies again. Silver made Daniel distrust himself and others, thus reverting LaRusso to that insecure, hot-tempered Karate Kid character. Cobra Kai season 5 saw Daniel picking up unnecessary fights, arguing with everyone, and even making fun of Kreese – all of which nostalgically recalled the iconic Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso.
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