Sharon

Sharon (シャロン) is a video game character from the Street Fighter EX series, first appearing in Street Fighter EX2. She is an agent for a secret intelligence group, currently living a double life as a nun for the orphanage she was raised in.

Appearance
Sharon has red (orange in her Shadaloo Combat Research Institute artwork, said to have the color of a rose in her profile ) hair that is short length (shoulder length in the back) in a full fringe, and brown eyes. She wears earrings on her ear and a rose tattoo on her neck.

Her primary appearance, is a short sleeved black (brown in her Shadaloo C.R.I. profile) leather mini collared jacket with a black bra underneath, matching pants with two triangular designs at the right side to show off her skin with three belt buckles to keep the right sleeve of her pants attached and black heels. She also wears long grey gloves and wields firearms such as a handgun or a sniper rifle.

Her alternate appearance is still her primary outfit; her mini collared jacket, bra and heels are red and her pants are dark red.

In Street Fighter EX3, she retains her original outfit only her black bra is recolored to blue.

In Fighting EX Layer, she wears a different outfit but retains her black leather mini jacket from her Street Fighter EX2 outfit. She has white folded sleeves and the collar of her jacket. Her black bra and her matching pants are replaced with a long red revealing sleeveless collared dress that resembles a qipao, the collar is dark red and the front of the dress shows a full amount of her cleavage. The edge of her dress skirt has a single gold rose design, a large dark brown belt with a matching side belt with a gun holster on her right where she keeps her main handgun and a gold buckle with the sign "SIA" at the front. She has a brown mesh pantyhose and different pair of black heeled boots (her right boot is after the right knee and her left one is thigh-high). She wears dark red gloves and has two black belts on her right thigh below the knee and has a single belt on her left one. Her eye color is red instead of brown and she wears a necklace with an oblong-shaped turquoise pendant.

Background
Sharon was entrusted to a monastery when she was still an infant. As she grew up, Sharon began leading a double life, working as an A-Class agent for a secret intelligence organization, as well as a nun raising orphans at the monastery she was raised at. Having never known her true parents, Sharon spent everyday wondering who they were and whatever happened to them.

One day, Sharon's superiors gave her orders to assassinate a certain individual from a neighboring country. While investigating the crime syndicate her target belonged to, she learned that one of the group's key member has the same rose tattoo she has on her chest. Sharon decided to disregard her duty and infiltrated the syndicate to ascertain the identity of this individual and whether or not the person was related to her. While chasing the person with the rose tattoo, she approached the mastermind of the organization. However, she was unable to capture either. The person with the rose tattoo had the same abilities and fighting style Sharon had, managing to overpower her.

For insubordination against her organization, as well as defying her monastery's commandment on pursuing personal vendettas, Sharon was placed on house arrest for a month. After serving her sentence, Sharon went on to continue her search for the person with the rose tattoo.

Street Fighter EX2
''Sharon defied her vow as a nun to avoid personal struggles, as well as her orders from the intelligence agency, just so she could pursue the person with the rose tattoo that she's been single-handlely searching for. However, the ringleader has already escaped to another place. "The tatoo is proof of a traditional ability. If that person has the same fighting method then means..." She is placed on house arrest, completing her sentence more than a month later. "It won't be easy to break away the brainwashing. But I know I can do it. Until the day my mother returns."''

Street Fighter EX2 Plus
''The battle has ended for now. Sharon stood still, as a man of unmeasurable value lied at the far end of the stretched scene. "There's no turning back now. I..."''

Street Fighter EX3
''Sharon commands, "I need more information. I need to know the truth!" Suddenly Sharon hears a voice behind her, "You look alike your mother..." As Sharon turns to face the strange voice, she feels an acute pain on the back of her head. As he faints she whispers "You are..."''

Fighting EX Layer
Sharon, alongside Vulcano Rosso, Area and Pullum Purna, appears as one of the DLC characters. Sharon was first seen in the last part of the EVO 2018 trailer.

Fighting Style
Sharon's fighting style is possibly military combat techniques due to her role as an A-Class agent and also using firearms.

Moveset
Sharon's moves are damaging when she utilizes both her punches and kicks. She can knock her opponent by lunging them on the ground serving as one of her throws. Her kicks are also shown to be damaging when she uses her Half Moon Kick or her basic attacks.

Sharon is the only known playable character in the EX series, and the Street Fighter series in general, to actually wield firearms (i.e., handgun and sniper rifle). She uses them as part of a special attack (specifically one of her Super Combos and her Meteor Combo). When executing one of her Super Combos or her Meteor Combo, it has a limiter in which she can only damage her opponent with just one shot. Sharon does not use her gun in the original Street Fighter EX2 (it only appears in one of her win poses), she started using it in Street Fighter EX2 Plus.

Super Combos
Throughout the EX series as explained below, Sharon's Super Combos involves her to use firearms and she has the most Super Combos aside from her Meteor Combo with a total of four.

Her first Super Combo is Load where Sharon loads her handgun and a bullet symbol will show at the bottom of the screen. She is still able to attack normally and she is seen holding the pistol the entire time while utilizing both punches and kicks. Her second Super Combo is Hellfire where she fires a single shot of her handgun after using Load. Her third Super Combo is the Shuttle Combination where Sharon thrusts her opponent in the air, and follows up with a series of blows before grabbing them mid-air and driving them to the ground face first. Her fourth Super Combo is the Sharon Special as Sharon performs a launching knee attack, and then juggles the opponent with a series of kicks and ends with a Half Moon Kick. Her Meteor Combo is the Assault Rifle and like both Load and Hellfire Super Combos, Sharon will hit a single shot with her sniper rifle dealing massive damage on her opponent.

Trivia

 * Sharon's design, and to an extent gameplay, resemblances and may even have influenced C. Viper (who debuted ten years later after her), as there are some similarities between them.


 * In Fighting EX Layer, Sharon's main outfit resembles Miyama Soshigaya's disguised outfit as Death Crow in the manga and anime series Cyberteam of Akihabara and Jenny Burtory from the Bloody Roar series.


 * Sharon is one of the two playable characters to have the word 'Special' in a special attack (in her case, one of her Super Combos, Sharon Special). The other being Abigail (with his Critical Art, Abigail Special).


 * In her game portrait in Fighting EX Layer is one of her win poses in Street Fighter EX2 while wielding her handgun.
 * Due to having similar moves and early story mistranslation, fans speculate that Sharon is related to Blair Dame. However, this is yet to be confirmed.

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