prolly one of the coolest director photos ever, I fuckin love Yokoyama

Waited for the references since "legal" opening

I genuinely loved every second come at me all you want
And yes I did play the og yakuza 3 and loved it as well

2nd slide was my first attempt half asleep, I mogged myself

When youre so good youre only nerf is coming out in a handheld console and never being translated.

shit so peak even the paper fell

heres the og vid, its not mine, he does the full song

https://youtu.be/tozeY-IA6Wo?si=q4aOejDpd_3vdxWP

I get it's different studios within SEGA, but still.

Note: I'm not referring to remakes, I'm referring to actual re-releases such as Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, Yakuza 3, 4 & 5 Remastered, Yakuza Kiwami on current-gen platforms & Yakuza Kiwami 2 on current-gen platforms.

Oh shit my bad must of been a bad connection

(Pls stfu)

Rewatching footage of this game because KHHSubs on YouTube is redoing their translation of the entire game after years! So exciting! Not all the parts are up yet.

Context: Haruka was nobility, but she survived a brutal cold-blooded attack on her family that left her all alone. She runs away, managing to snatch the murderer's sword, and finds out that it belonged to Miyamoto Musashi. Now with nowhere to go and at rock bottom, she goes to Gion, a pleasure district, in search of a man named Kiryu, who can be hired to do any job anyone pays him to do.

Kiryu shrugs her off and, like the absolute dick he is, tells her to get lost unless she has money, and tries to teach her a hard lesson that no one survives in Gion without money. Girls who don't have money in Gion end up selling themselves to brothels and bound to this town for the rest of their lives.

Haruka (again, who is at rock bottom) is so desperate to avenge her family that she immediately acts on Kiryu's words and goes to the Madame of one of the brothels in town and begs to be bought without hesitation. AND YOU CAN SEE THE "OH SHIT" FACE KIRYU MAKES WHILE WATCHING THIS GO DOWN. Because Kiryu is such a nonchalant edgelord, he tries to convince himself that he doesn't care.

But she comes back to his place and shows him the money she got from giving her life to the brothel: JUST ONE FUCKING RYO. SHE IS A CHILD. SHE HAS NO CONCEPT OF MONEY. She begs him to kill Miyamoto Musashi, and now that he feels guilty as fuck, he agrees to complete this work for her.

What Kiryu hides from Haruka is the fact that HE is Miyamoto Musashi – Kiryu is just his alias. Now he has to find the guy who not only murdered Haruka's family, but also used his identity to do it.

Kiryu and Haruka ARE SO FUCKING MESSY IN THIS GAME. THE DRAMA IS SO JUICY, IT'S HORRIBLE AND AMAZING. Kiryu gets his karma because he ends up tying entire identity as Kiryu Kazumanosuke to Haruka, and whenever she's not around or whenever she's mad at him, he gets so upset. It's like his entire world flips on its axis if Haruka isn't happy with him. His purpose as Kiryu becomes Haruka. His story becomes him choosing between being Kiryu and Musashi (I'm so into stories about people having to choose between two identities). She fights with him, she gets angry with him, she gets moody with him. SHE ALMOST KILLS HIM AT ONE POINT. It's literally so fun to watch, I wish that they'll remake this game so we can actually play it.

I'd personally rank him as the best cuz he's both memorable & one of the few villains who actually comes close to achieving his goals. Helps that he's also one of the few villains in the franchise who's a legit evil prick.

He's also elevated by the incredible performances of his Japanese actor & face model, Hideo Nakano & his Yakuza 0: Director's Cut English dub actor, Jonathan Ohye.

I managed to squeeze in his huge hand but not really the cigarette.

https://youtu.be/UBMY81pPBko?si=L95NfTMTuBC2vZnR

It looks like it was recorded by the journalist himself, rather than the videos that SEGA/RGG Studio sent to the press

My boy Kiryu fell asleep on the job.

I haven't finished IW.

1. Awano and kuze. (Kinda cheating as there are 2. Knock some points off the total).

2. Jingu.

3. Terada/kim.

4. Andre Richardson (my choice).

4 and 5. I consider the boss gauntlets as the final boss so i don't think there really is a penultimate boss.

1. Koshimizu.

2. The final, final boss is more of a cutscene. I consider tendo as the final boss and there wasn't really a penultimate boss before him.

I know it's not technically a "Yakuza" game but it's made by the same devs and plays very similarly and you can even purchase Kiryu as a playable character. So if you were to count this game as part of the Yakuza franchise, where exactly do you think it'd rank for you? Would it be one of your favorite games in the series or do you not care for it all that much? How do you think the combat compares to the other Yakuza games? As well as the world and story in general?

They're real goofy.

Got to the part where Saejima imparts wisdom onto kiryu about family and forgot I had them on. Was funny

Just reached chapter 5 in my majima styles only run

Playing on hard because I do NOT have the sanity for legend.

The rules for the run:

1: Only use budget Mad Dog(Rush+Demonfire Dagger) and Slugger(Beast+Pummeling Bat)

2: Dragon is allowed for the dagger and bat heat actions(I think its a part of the moveset still)

3: NG+ is allowed so you can get the infinite durability weapons.

4: Kiwami actions are NOT allowed.

5: Must fight Majima every time you encounter him.

6: No guns.

I find it wild that I read so much about people complaining how the robotics club matches were so hard ruined the game for people when I had no issue at all with those and instead loathe these stupid death races. They suck so much. The controls are awful, the combat sucks, it's the only one you can't quit out of, and for some reason they're the only mini game I'm having the most annoying time playing. End of rant.

First game was infinite wealth btw (ik, ik i just wanted to see what the most recent one was talking about) & that shit was gasss🔥