Why didn't Karate Kid ever carry key characters over?

Wax on, wax off

Ali wasn't carried over because she made the best decision of her life and ditched that bitch arse Danielsah for a much, much better guy (UCLA football player).

Let's face it, Kumiko was never gonna move to the States and go through immigration paperwork to end up with some fig like Danielsah. She found her a good, honorable Okinawan and settled down for a comfortable life. Hell, maybe Chozen even came back and apologized, and he and Kumiko lived happily ever after. After all, he knows she riked him with his shirt off.

John and all of his classmates clearly went on to lead successful lives. Hell, while Daniel was disrespecting first class Japenese citizens and I bet they all were studying hard (and partying hard) in college like normal kids, and eventually went to law school and started a law firm together and ball out on the weekends on their yachts. While Danielsah tinkers with old cars, catches flies with chopsticks, and makes a menial living as a makeshift handyman doing odd jobs for Mr. Miyagi.

Also, I always post this awesome thread when things like this come up.

It was how movies and sequels were done in the 80’s.

If they could get actors back, great. If not. Who cares? Write a new story without them.

Unlike today, back then, sequels aimed more often to do something new and creative with each movie and then maybe sorta tried to wrap up the larger arc (if there was one) in the last film of their contract. No biggie. People weren’t near as hard core on the serial nature of story telling back then.

See the high lander movies

Chosen definitely committed seppuku after he was disgraced in front of the whole town. It was his only option.

I remember that. I still stand by my belief that he had to kill himself.

And I stand by my take that he isn't exactly what one would call a quitter.

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And I stand by my take that he isn't exactly what one would call a quitter.

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You are thinking like an American, viewed much differently in Japan. I back comrade bro boss.

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Johnny is off in college banging hoes and kicking arse on his way to a future stint as Governor..

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He switched from karate to diving while in college.

After johnnys apparent change of heart at the end of the first one, I always thought it would have been a great angle to add him in 3 as a protagonist helping Daniel, maybe beginning with Johnny washed up carrying baggage from Crease's influence and then them helping each other.

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Why in this great series did so many characters never have and ending?

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You seem to have missed that Daniel is a complete a-hole and is actually the villain of the series. Of course he drops people once they are done being useful to him. He's a shitbag like that.