Sun Jun


 * WARNING: Contains blood. Read at your own risk

Julia Kouen is an alternate version of Sun Jun. Hailing from the Re-Do timeline. she is known for her spear skills, comforting personality, and her rather overprotecting dedication of protecting her mother, the extent of it is unclear.

She is a major character in the story, making her one of the main protagonists in Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines.

Like her Re-Do mother, she makes an appearance in Warriors Orochi 5 as one of the people seen during the Convergence.

Biography

 * "An officer of Wu, and one of the major regents during the Sun succession wars. Known for her headstrong approach, and her Scarlet Spear, she vows to dedicate her entire life to protect her gentle mother, who had been stricken with loads of issues. However, because of this, she's prone to making rash decisions based on how she feels about what people think of her mother, as she loved her greatly. In fact, when Zhang Yue stole her position in favor of Zhuge Ke, and when the latter insulted her mother one too many times, she invited Zhuge Ke and Zhang Yue during a banquet, and killed them both, which resulted into losing her right hand."

Appearance
Because of her being from a different reality like Deng, she also has a brand new appearance. While she has short brown hair, like her mother, which is the same as her other counterpart, she has similar facial features as her mother.

Personality
Unlike her original self, Jun's personality is different. Instead of being a woman who has a love for her mother, she is entirely concerned about her mother's wellbeing, having found out about her entire issues, and her mental instability, to the point that she deliberately sacrificed her entire life dedicating to protect her from death and tragedy, indicating she knows what really happened to her mother. Sometimes, it 's that very trait that can get her into a lot of trouble.

Caring her own Mother's Wellbeing
Jun knows of her mother's worries as she tries to find a way to fix it. However, the extend as to how she would try is unknown, since she rarely gets noticed for her work

Sometimes, she would get a bit too overprotective, as such when Liu Shan wanted to see, she would. This was pretty much her goal to kill both Zhuge Ke and Zhang Yue, the former for being

Issues with her mother
That being said, she didn't take it well upon seeing her mother's decaying corpse on

Interactions
In Warriors Orochi 5, she has interactions with Sima Zhao, Huang Zhong, Lu Xun, Li Dian, Kaguya, Keiji Maeda, Ginchiyo Tachibana and Aya.

Sima Zhao
It's implied that she has a slight crush

However, Zhao considers

Huang Zhong
She's surprised of a man that old being agile as a feather,. While Zhong himself complimented her on her skills,

In the second interaction, Jun wonders what she would do

Lu Xun
Considering that she almost

Li Dian
Jun's amazed at Li Dian's halberd. When she shows him her spear, Li Dian wonders how exactly Jun was able to lift a weapon like that despite her size.

Kaguya
Having been well informed in the art of time travel, she asks Kaguya on how to save her mother from her impeding doom. To her shock, however, Kaguya sadly tells her that she's unable to figure out the cause of her mother's instability, as she has no knowledge of where exactly both of them had hailed from.

Her second conversation with Kaguya reveals that Jun was almost on the verge of being desperate to save her mother

Keiji Maeda
Considering

Ginchiyo Tachibana
Despite

Aya
Well. Jun is rather disturbed at how strict Aya is, as shown in her first conversation, where the latter insists on giving her food to eat. The reason why Jun ate it was because Kenshin Uesugi convinced her to eat a random Meat Bun for her sake.

Her second conversation implies that Jun almost got in trouble by Aya when she tried to steal one of her

Bloodlines
She doesn't really have a major role in the story, aside from her appearing in the opening of Re-Do and her escaping from Zhuge Ke's remnants. However

In her own story, she knows of the problems

Warriors Orochi
Due to the Convergence, Jun, along with the rest of the Bloodlines newcomers, were separated through various locations.

Voice Actors

 * Eri Inagawa - Dynasty Warriors series, Warriors Orochi 5 (Japanese)
 * Jessica DiCicco - Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines vanilla
 * Alexis Tipton - Bloodlines Update 1.2, Warriors Orochi 5 (English)

Moveset
While her move-set has some unique charge attacks, some of her attacks are similar to both Ma Chao and Jiang Wei's spear move-sets prior. Like Deng, Jun's style plays similar to the State system in Dynasty Warriors 9 though the differences is that she has different charge attacks that come along with it.

Original Game (Spear)

 * Triangle: Stabs forward
 * Square, Triangle: Uses the wooden handle to lift up the target, sending the enemy flying.
 * Square, Square, Triangle: Stabs quickly three times before she charges forward with a spinning diving kick, serving as a crowd clearer. Pressing Triangle again will cause the user to add more stabs to the attack, with the same ending response. This is a variation of Ma Chao's EX attack.
 * Square, Square, Square, Triangle: Does a spinning spear strike
 * Square, Square, Square, Square, Triangle: With spear in hand, she creates a rose infused red whirlwind, sending the enemy, as well as Jun, in the air
 * Square, Square, Square, Square, Square, Triangle: Spins the spear around, creating a rose infused red typhoon. Works as a crowd clearer
 * Flow Attack - Square (X6): Strikes to the left while simultaneously crossing the right foot between the left. The user crosses their legs back to normal while striking to the right, then swings directly from left to right before launching a frontal hit.
 * Trigger Stun - R1 + Square: Flicks the spear around, like a staff, which blinds the enemy. Follow up is the same as before, like Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Wen Yang
 * Trigger Launch - R1 + Triangle: Follow Up is the same, only the end has her descend downward, like a javelin.
 * Trigger Knockdown - R1 + X: Does a kick sweep, which follows up into the same. However, the end of the Follow Up is different as she instead pole-vaults ahead, knocking enemies down
 * Special Technique - R1 + Circle: Slams her spear down into the ground, continuing with her Knockdown.
 * Musou Sequence - Does a set of swipes. it continues until she engages on her musou attack
 * Musou Attack - The One with the Bravado:
 * Aerial Musou Attack - Javelin Toss: Similar to Zhao Yun's aerial musou
 * Dashing - Run, Square: Dashes forward and strikes to the right.
 * Aerial Attack - X, Square: Jumps and sweeps from right to left in the air, just like Ma Chao and Wen Yang

Warriors Orochi
Move-set remains the same, along with additional features.


 * EX1 -

Dynasty Warriors Bloodlines

 * 1) Iron Spear
 * 2) Battle Spear
 * 3) Prodigy Void
 * 4) Burgundy Dragon
 * 5) Codebreaker (RARE)
 * 6) Sports Javelin (Joke)
 * 7) Crimson Tears (DLC)

Warriors Orochi

 * 1) Iron Spear
 * 2) Steel Stallion
 * 3) Defensive Tempest
 * 4) Prodigy Void
 * 5) Prodigy Void X
 * 6) Dreamcatcher
 * 1) Prodigy Void
 * 2) Prodigy Void X
 * 3) Dreamcatcher

Tropes

 * Action Girl - Even more so than her mother. When she was young, she immediately knew of her mother's mental instability and her gentle approach, which makes her stand out a lot more than the other Late Wu additions.
 * Adaptational Heroism - Significantly downplayed, because in history, the actual Sun Jun was a lot worse than her in that regard, as because he was loved by Sun Quan, who had been suffering from Sanity Slippage, he was given power over everything and did a horrible job at his role as the Regent, even being with Sun Luban at the time. Here? She is a bit more heroic than her real life counterpart for a lot of reasons. One of which is that she was not responsible for Sun Luyu's execution. However, the incident between Zhuge Ke and herself actually did happen in the game though it was likely because she overreacted after Ke joked around. In addition, Jun doesn't actually collaborate with Sun Luban in this game rather than what happened historically.
 * Artificial Limbs - Because her right hand was cut off by Zhuge Ke, she wrapped her hand around with a mysterious bandage that shapes her missing hand to it's original model.
 * An Arm and a Leg - She loses her right hand when she tried to kill Zhuge Ke during the latter's planned assassination. Luckily, she succeeds in killing him when he trips on her
 * Berserk Button - Whatever you do, don't insult her mother in a malicious way. Just ask Zhuge Ke that. You would probably be left in a body bag or even left in pieces because of how overprotective she is of her.
 * Bifauxnen - In addition to her hair.
 * Boyish Short Hair - Since she's almost an Expy of Lin from Fist of the North Star, she has short hair, modeled in her likeness.
 * Break the Cutie - If you think that she was perfectly fine, then her experiencing first hand of Marie's passing did the trick. The incident alone managed to break her mentally, to the point she absolutely refused to believe she had died, which explains why Marie's severed head was shown in front of her and Sima Zhao.
 * Cleavage Window - Has one in her first outfit. Averted in her older appearance.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl - To an extent though it's because
 * Cooldown Hug - She gives her mother one after she underwent a severe panic attack during her aunt's funeral
 * Cynical Cataclyst - The
 * Dull Eyes of Unhappiness - After her mother had passed away, she starts to show this because her life came crashing down.
 * Expy - In an odd turn of events, she's considered as the closest we would ever get for Sun Shangxiang in her original incarnation. She is also similar to Rin from Fist of the North Star, appearance wise, that is (Though the only difference is her clothing and hair)
 * Fatal Flaw - Love (Depending on her context). Her overprotectiveness of her mother is pretty much the entire reason why she ended up causing a lot more harm than what Marie had thought, additionally making Luban succeed in her goals, and why the Wu faction ended up suffering from years of bloodshed with the succession crisis, which didn't end until Sun Xiu took the throne (And even Xiu was not that good as a Ruler). It was likely the entire reason why she was cursed of seeing her mother's severed head on display during her story, because she was refusing to accept the harsh reality of her mother being gone.
 * Gender Flip - The second character in Bloodlines to have received a gender switch, as the actual Sun Jun is a guy, where as Re-Do Jun is a girl.
 * Genki Girl - Downplayed. While she does get excited, she's a lot more calmer than the usual trope.
 * Hero of Another Story - "She is the main protagonist of her own story."
 * Hidden Buxom - If what her hot-springs model reveals, then yeah. She is fully developed, which is hilarious on all accounts.
 * Historical Villain Downgrade - Downplayed. Because unlike the actual person, she is a lot more heroic but she still has some of his historical traits so it's not really played straight to the full.
 * I Want My Beloved To Be Happy - Upon discovering that Wang Yuanji is Sima Zhao's future wife, she accepts the possibility of Zhao declining her love confession. While it somewhat hurts that she had to accept this possibility, she is happy that he is happy. In addition, her entire motivation for helping her mother was to see her smile, something that she did everything to make it happen.
 * Identical Stranger - In Warriors Orochi 5, Kenshiro mentions she almost looks identical to Lin in his own world.
 * In the Hood - her older appearance has her wear a hoodie that covers her entire head.
 * Karma Houdini - Since she was technically responsible for the Succession wars, due to her obsession with her mother, she manages to avoid any consequences . However, when Zhao caught wind of this, the first thing he did was to force her into admitting she
 * Karma Houdini Warranty - Mostly explained above, but her luck ran out with Sima Zhao forcing her to tell the truth about the Succession wars.
 * Leitmotif - Her theme: Tidings of a Daughter's Support, was made by Brandon Yates
 * Living Emotional Crutch - She is this to her mother. Having known about her mental instability, she decides to be to be there for her in an effort to heal her emotional wounds. However, the extent of her attempts were a catalyst for the entire political decline of Wu, because in doing so, she ignored the more important matters while being a Regent. Therefore. she deliberately ignored her job for her mother's sake.
 * Momma's Boy - A Rare Female example. Because of her mother's gentle approach and her own issues, Jun is largely devoted to her own mother in an effort to help her overcome her past issues. This immediately became a major problem for the Wu forces during the succession wars, when she was given a lot of power at the orders of her mother, of which she instead uses it to provide healthcare for her mother, that being against of what Marie was talking about. Because of this, it gave Luban an opportunity to bring her plan into action. One of her quotes lampshade that her mother can't really function on her own if tragedy brings her down.
 * Mommy Issues - While it doesn't show mostly, it was revealed, according to Sun Xiu, that Jun is extremely protective of her mother, even refusing to let anyone near her unless it's something important. This was a problem for not only Liu Shan, who experienced first hand of Jun's rather clingy approach, but also, for the others, as because of her, they were unable to even
 * Muscles are Meaningless - Despite looking curvy and without any signs of muscle, unlike her mother, she is capable of lifting heavy items, including her mother on some occasions.
 * My God, what have I done? - Upon realizing she had allowed her selfish desires overwhelm her common sense, which caused the succession wars in the first place, she grew guilty over her lack of attention of the bigger picture.
 * My Greatest Failure - Her failure to take care of Luban, since she's not really her successor in terms of leadership, caused her to doubt herself
 * Nice Job Breaking it, Hero! - Because of her overprotection of her mother, she ends up causing a lot more harm than good while being the regent, which explains why Wu ended up suffering from years of political decline. The notable examples include her ignoring the aid of civilians to provide shelter and food during the rainfall, making unreasonable demands (Such as forcing farmers to stock up what they had, not even realizing they had suffered from drought at that time. ), and worst of all, killing Zhuge Ke in a fit of rage, even though the latter started the entire fight because he had the bright idea to test her patience by insulting her mother one too many times.).
 * Palette Swap - Wears a Cyan blue version of her older outfit due to her joining the Jin faction after she was removed from Wu due to Xiu realizing she messed up horribly.
 * Parental Incest - Believe it or not, she actually attempted this on Marie once, but she refused, saying that it's not a good idea loving someone this early. Naturally, Jun decided not to ask her about that topic anymore.
 * Properly Paranoid - Because of her Mommy Issues, you would think that she's either insane or too much of a child to let anyone . Ironically, she immediately suspected Frankly, she was proven right when Sun Luban does in fact go along with her plan
 * The Reason You Suck Speech - She was given one by Sima Zhao after he found out she had accidentally squandered Wu's resources to help her unstable mother (Though considering that he's friends with Marie, he's just disappointed she allowed her personal affairs get the best to her).
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning - When she delivers one hell of a glare to Sun Chen when she finds out he had executed her younger brother because he was in an insurrection group.
 * Related in the Adaption - Bloodlines, however, has her act as Marie's daughter instead. The cousin part is still there for Chen though.
 * The Rival - To Wen Yang. And while Wen Yang lived to the end, Jun instead ends up dying not long after Shu had surrendered.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! - Despite Wen Yang's protests, she charges straight ahead during the Capture of Chengdu to draw out Xingcai, who was actually caught off guard at Jun being part of the Jin forces (Since Liu Shan is friends with Jun's mother, Deng)
 * Smarter than she Looks - Despite looking like a tomboy, she is actually somewhat well informed in the art of time travel, different timelines and calligraphy. This was entirely the reason why she wanted to help her mother overcome her pain.
 * Spared by the Adaption - She ends up outliving everyone else from the succession wars, dying at 264.
 * Strong Family Resemblance - She's almost a complete identical copy of her mother, with the only difference being she had shorter hair and slightly different facial features.
 * Super Strength - It seems that she might've taken quotes from Guan Yinping, since she not only was able to lift up her mother, who is a bit bigger, but can lift up her weapon with ease
 * Tender Tears - She more or less gets a bit rough from her emotions, whether or not if her mother would be alright by the time she becomes
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl - the Tomboy to her mother's Girly Girl side (Though her mother is more into the Gentle approach)
 * Tomboy - Unlike her original counterpart, she definitely takes it from Shangxiang in terms of traits.
 * Tragic Keepsake - She keeps Deng's necklace as a memory of her times of helping her cope.
 * Yandere - Sort of, since she not only is overprotective, but also loves her mother a bit too much. However, it's more akin to her trying to help her mother overcome her issues though because of this trope

Trivia

 * Jun is the second character in the AR continuity to have a previous edit voice as the official voice of the character as Eri Inagawa had previously voiced two Edit Voice types in Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires.
 * Due to Jiang Wei using the Double Bladed Trident, Jun has pretty much taken his place as the Spear wielder
 * Her English voice actor, Jessica DiCicco, is known as the voice of Lynn Loud Jr. and Lucy Loud from The Loud House.
 * According to the producer, Jun's design came from Tetsuo Hara, the creator of the Fist of the North Star series. It's probably the reason why Jun looks almost identical to Lin.