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So by pure chance and luck, Asuka would've saved the entire world.
Which aligns well with her character and design elements, since her signature swallow is a symbol of good fortune and new beginnings in Japan.

Although the classified archives from the story expansion adds that Jun, who rested inside the Sanctum for 7 years, got awakened by Jin's presence, it's fair to assume that she also could've awaken by Asuka's presence somwhere at the island, same way like it happened in Asuka's T5 ending.

Need to add, while Jin went to the main-esque entrance of the Sanctum shrine which was hidden in the Yakushima stage inside the tree, there's also another entrance on the Sanctum's lower level, which is located in the mountains.
The exact entrance which was used by Jun in the past to lure Ogre in.

In main game, she and Lili also went in Yakushima, going on reconnaissance of G-corp soldiers, while Jin went to rediscover himself to his and Jun's old training ground.
And Yakushima in a whole is a place where Kazama clan gathered their spiritual powers for centiruies.

That makes more sense, since he inherit these powers from Jun. Also, if we look back at Devil Jin's optional dialogues in T6 scenario campaign, he has similar reactions on Asuka, Xiaoyu and Hwoarang, as if Jin's normal self tries to take control over his body.

Although there's non-canon scenes where she's able to heal Jin, I start to think it would happen not because Asuka suddenly could awake her healing powers, but instead, she would be able to trigger them within Jin himself.

While Jun's purification powers are also used to clean evil from others(esp. Devils), and Claudio's Starburst doinf the same thing, it seems like Asuka's Naniwa Gusto doesn't have purification abilities and just let her punch things harder.

For some reason Naniwa Gusto looks and had the same install mechanic as Claudio's Starburst.
Claudio is also an exorcisor, which means he uses this mechanic to cleanse evil, just like the Kazama clan did in the past.
And his seals also looks similar to those that appears in Subconscious stage

That also can be connected with the fact that according to Harada's old tweet, Asuka doesn't believe in spiritual Powers, however, she can awake another kind of power.
Which probably shows in her new Naniwa Gusto install mechanic, which buffs some of her moves.

Interesting how despite having the same style and being a part of the same family, Jun and Asuka represents two different sides of the Kazama fighting style.
When Jun style for obvious reasons shows more of the spiritual side of it, Asuka's is more realistic and unrefined.
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