Miguel Diaz is one of the three deuteragonists (alongside Robby Keene and Samantha LaRusso) of Cobra Kai.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Season 1[]
- He introduced himself to Johnny Lawrence after the latter moved into his apartment block.
- He apologized to the bully Kyler for blowing his cover, but only because he wasn't aware of their true intentions of illegally buying beer.
- He chose to sit next to Demetri and Eli when no one else would.
- He reassured Eli that Yasmin wasn't making fun of him.
- He helped Johnny display his website to others.
- He expressed gratitutde for his mother making him a Deadpool costume.
- He stood up for Demetri and Eli when they were found in the bathroom and defended Eli when Kyler made fun of and taunted him for his lip at the library.
- He stood up to Kyler when he started spreading rumours about Sam trying to hit on him when he was actually the one hitting on her.
- He willingly accepted Sam as his lab partner when her lab partner was absent.
- He understood that Sam didn't want to date and instead invites her to hang out with him platonically.
- He apologized to Sam for hitting her, even though she didn't forgive him.
Season 2[]
- He became humble about his victory rather than arrogant as Hawk tried to tell him he can have any chick in the valley because he is a winner, but Miguel refused.
- Despite being initially confused about Johnny's modifications of his teaching methods, he still accepted that Johnny wanted to make his students grow up to be better than he was.
- At first, he was angry when he found out that Robby is Johnny’s son, but he later accepts that Johnny didn’t want to screw up him as he did with Robby.
- Accepted and appreciated Tory’s help in trying to move on from Sam.
- He was the only student who expressed concern about Kreese’s actions, as shown when he heard what he did to Demetri and questioned about his no-mercy teachings.
- Confronting Hawk for vandalising the Miyagi Do dojo and taking the medal of honor for himself and taking the medal back showing he is willing to do the right thing, even when it comes to the opposition.
- While he briefly went through being corrupted by Kreese after the latter told him to finish off Hawk when he had defeated him, Miguel apologized the following day once Johnny reminded him.
- He returned the medal of honour to the Larusso house and gave it to Robby, despite the conflict that had happened between the two.
- He tries to be civil around Robby and Sam, knowing how awkward it was at the roller rink.
- He attempted to stop the fight between Sam and Tory at the school.
- Despite attacking and trapping Robby in a armlock upon believing he was attacking Tory, he chose not to break his arm, and later apologized to the latter for kissing Sam at the party.
Season 3[]
- While he was originally bitter towards Johnny for his teachings of showing mercy, he forgave him later on after Johnny tried to help him stand up, after being severely injured.
- He showed happiness when Sam visited him in the hospital and apologised to Sam for what Tory did to her.
- He thanked Johnny for helping him by taking Miguel to a Dee Snyder concert, which helped him gain the ability to move his foot again.
- He helped Johnny talk to his high school ex-girlfriend, Ali Mills, on Facebook by taking photos for his profile.
- He got mad at Tory for attacking Miyagi-Do.
- He felt remorse after his breakup with Tory after the latter started losing more and more of her sanity.
- He reminded Johnny that after he gave up on his students, Kreese took over the dojo, as well as reminding him that he was a sensei and had to be there for his students.
- He thanked Johnny for helping him stand up again.
- He confronted Hawk for breaking Demetri’s arm, showing that despite the fact that the two were formally on opposing dojos, Miguel still cares for Demetri.
- He tried to convince Hawk to become part of Johnny’s new dojo and not become a bully instead.
- He saved the All-Valley tournament from being banned, alongside Sam.
- Despite only recently having been able to get back on his feet, he defended Sam against Robby, who accused her of not caring about him in spite of Miguel's limited strength.
- He sympathized with Daniel’s story about his rivalry with Johnny and putted together the truth.
- He tried to persuade Miyagi Do and Eagle Fang to join forces to stand up to Cobra Kai together.
- He defended the Larusso house by battling Kyler, despite not fully recovering from his own injury sustained earlier.
- He putted an end to Sam and Tory's fight.
Season 4[]
- He helped Hawk and the Miyagi Fangs build a sparring deck to train on.
- He apologized for spilling a drink on Daniel while having a lunch with him and the rest of the Larussos.
- He helped to formulate a plan with the Eagle Fang students to catch a fish by circling around the board.
- He defended Hawk when Cobra Kai students were swarming him.
- He listened to Daniel’s teachings of restraint and utilized them to trick the Cobra Kai students into the sprinklers, rather than resorting to fighting them.
- He tries to help Johnny and Daniel resolve their differences, even though it didn’t work.
- He comforted Hawk after the latter’s mohawk got shaved off by Cobra Kai.
- He helped Johnny convince girls to join the Eagle Fang dojo.
- He reminded Johnny that he wasn’t a champion when the latter started to make him feel like and think he was one.
- He happily accepted his mother dating Johnny.
- He tried to keep Sam from attacking Tory during prom.
- He helped Johnny go to bed when the latter was drunk.
- He had a friendly conversation with Daniel, despite the latter being on an opposing team at the All-Valley Tournament.
- He expressed clear disgust at Johnny’s new behaviour, such as when Johnny told him to “take Hawk’s ass out” and when he told him to “show everyone and Larusso who was really the best”, as he was one of the first people to realize that Johnny was becoming way too over-competitive and prioritizing getting revenge on Daniel over all else.
- While he did leave the tournament because of Johnny’s talk making him feel uncomfortable with competing, considering Eagle Fang was nowhere near winning the tournament and the bigger priority was to not let Cobra Kai win, he winded up giving Miyagi Do a better chance of emerging victorious if two of their fighters reached to the finals. Especially considering that if he did win the whole tournament, then Cobra Kai would have already won the tournament.
- In his note he left for his mother before travelling to Mexico, he told her to apologise to Johnny for bailing out the tournament, demonstrating his reluctance to leave her.
Season 5[]
- He avoided starting a fight with a group of scammers who stole his backpack, and were only willing to give it back if he paid them more in exchange for the map he and the others needed.
- He saved Hector's stepson from being hit by a car.
- He apologized to his mother after lashing out at her for leaving Hector once he learned the truth about his long-lost father.
- He apologized to Sam after getting angry with her for not thinking about what he was currently going through, as well as for not being there for her during the tournament.
- He allowed Sam to take a break because she needed space to come to terms with and figure out who she is.
- While he initially got mad at Robby for mistakenly believing he was still allied with Cobra Kai, he made amends with him after the two's aforementioned fight.
- He stopped himself from kicking Robby off a balcony when he realized that doing so would make him no better than Robby himself.
- He expressed joy for Johnny after realizing the latter and the former’s mother were having a baby.
- When he saw Robby and Sam chatting, he knew they were just friends and was not jealous of them.
- He told Johnny (along with Robby) that Hawk should represent their dojo at the Sekai Takai trials, showing how much he's matured since his first appearance and no longer wishes to fight for the position to represent their dojo.
- He expressed concern when Hawk was unable to get up, due to being injured by Kenny’s Silver Bullet attack.
- He broke up the fight between Sam and Tory when the former attacked the latter for keeping the secret about what happened during the All Valley tournament.
- In spite of him and Tory's relationship being a negative one at the time, he was still able to sympathize with her, since he knew how hard it was for her trying to speak out. After telling Sam this, he allowed the two girls to forgive one another.
- He protected Robby twice at the fight that broke out among the members of the Cobra Kai dojo.
- When Kenny got mad at Robby for lying to him about his allegiance, he defended Robby by warning Kenny that the latter doesn’t want to head down the path Silver ended up going down.
- He took up the role as the leader of his dojo and told them to use the “protect the egg” method to protect Anthony, who was uploading the evidence on the tablet, with the purpose of exposing Silver.
- He told Sam the truth about him not being okay with the two of them breaking up, and he still knew he had to give Sam some time for their relationship to be able to be fully mended.
Season 6[]
- He tried to help Sam and Tory to get along.
- He helped Robby attempt to reach out to Kenny and defended Robby against Shawn.
- He made amends with Kyler even after everything Kyler did to him.
- He stood up to Zenker who was bullying Kyler and not allowing the latter to be apart of the Fraternity House.
- When Hawk revealed that he never applied to MIT along with Demetri and considered checking out different colleges, he encouraged him to tell Demetri when he has a chance.
- He held no grudge against Robby when Robby defeated him for the Sekai Taikai captain position.
- He kept Miyagi-Do from being eliminated in many of the Sekai Taikai matches when his teammates have been struggling.
- He forgives Johnny for his lack of support of him during the tournament.
- He knocked out a rude passenger, Stew, when he’s been mistreating people on the plane including him, Johnny, and the flight stewardess; and tried to pick a fight.
- After Miyagi-Do lost their match against the local dojo, Furia De Pantera, due to the binary brothers finding Kenny untrustworthy to them, he calls out Hawk for not tagging Kenny as he would’ve helped them win if it weren’t for Hawk switching with an unprepared Robby.
- He encouraged Robby to be a better leader.
- He and Robby prove the binary brothers wrong about Kenny when he helps them win their match against the Brazilian dojo, Redentores.
- When Hawk and Demetri reconcile from their MIT feud, he assures to them that they’ll always be his best friends. He also assures to his Miyagi-Do teammates that they’ll always be family.
- When seeing Tory walking away with Cobra Kai after their loss to Miyagi-Do, he assures Sam and Robby that she’ll come around.
- After stopping Johnny and Daniel from nearly fighting again, he convinced them to get over their issues with each other after reminding them of their past success and everything they’ve done together.
- He helped his sensei’s train Sam and Robby for their semifinal matches while exploring different areas of Barcelona.
- He defended his friends when every competitor at the Sekai Taikai started going on a violent brawl.
- His face was filled with horror when Cobra Kai's top student Kwon accidentally killed himself with a blade while he tried to murder Iron Dragon’s top student Axel.
- When Robby is rattled about fighting Axel, he peps talk him about how he didn't give up in their previous fights and how the latter was determined to win no matter the odds.
- After Miyagi-Do forfeits due Robby's injury and a redeemed Kreese gives Cobra Kai back to Johnny, he takes Kwon's place as Cobra Kai's male captain to fight Axel in the finals.
- He accepted Sam's decision to go to the Okinawa Study Abroad for a year while praising her for this.
- His victory against Axel leads him to becoming the Sekai Taikai World Champion.
- His performance in the finals and hard work got him accepted to Stanford University.
- He goes to Okinawa with Sam for the summer to help her settle in before he heads to Stanford.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He can be quite unfaithful in relationships, as shown when he soft-cheated on Tory with Sam. While he felt remorse for it, this trait still seems apparent in season 5, as he kissed a girl at a party, and immediately got back with Sam in the same night. Although, in his defense, Sam did broke up with him first before he kissed the girl so that's a minor prevention.
- He can still react with some violence, as he had no problem starting a fight with Robby after the latter kicked him off the balcony (even if he avoided hurting him in the same way). He also acts impulsively in his attitude towards Axel Kovačević, which is indirectly responsible for the general brawl in the Sekai Taikai.
- Although Axel started the fight, Miguel chose to respond to the provocation out of anger, due to the Iron Dragons male captain's aggressive attitude towards him.
External Links[]
- Miguel Diaz on the Heroes Wiki
- Miguel Diaz on the The Karate Kid Wiki
- Miguel Diaz on the Villains Wiki
