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Kiryu has gone political

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[-] axont@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

Kiryu says trans rights too.

In fact Kiryu is consistently cool except that one time he tried stealing a baby in 6

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

this, among other reason, is why I disregard anything outside of Y0-Y5 as not canon. Excluding everything outside of 1988-2012 keeps the canon good

[-] axont@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

spoiler about Majima

I really try to ignore Majima beating his ex-wife in Y5 and I wish it weren't canon. Especially because it's over how she had an abortion. That seemed really out of character, even though Majima was presented as being more sinister prior to Y0. Although he does kidnap Haruka in Y1? I think the writers would flip-flop on how morally ambiguous the characters are supposed to be if they're supposedly these hardened gangsters who commit crimes, but they're also these wacky lovable doofs who sing karaoke and race toy cars.

I still hold Y5 as the best game, despite all of that. I love that the climax involves four characters trying to coax the evil mastermind out of hiding by having a fist fight on top of the tower. "If we take off our shirts and have a cool karate fight on the helipad the bad guy will simply appear like always."

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

ugh. i completely forgot about that part of Majima in y5. I guess it was so bad my brain deliberately forgot about it

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Most people tend to ignore Akiyama and his ”poor people just don't work hard enough” garbage when talking about the worst characters in the series.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

god there really is a lot of rose tinted glasses wearing i do for this series, huh?

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

I know, but to me there's more good than bad. Even Akiyama's character is toned down after 4.

The worst character is still obviously Tanimura acab-3

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

yeah fuck tanimura. at least they replaced him for Shinada in the next game though

god i miss that guy. How come he's never come back?

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't think most people liked his gameplay that much. tbh, it's kind of a slog at the beginning since his damage output is so bad without weapons. Once you've played his baseball minigame and unlocked some unbreakable weapons, it becomes much more fun and pretty unique in the series, since the only other primarily weapon user I can think of is Majima's Mad Dog style in 0.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Fair. His combat was pretty meh and difficult but I liked playing as someone who didn't really feel like a legendary martial artist like Kiryu. He's just some guy and that part about him felt fun

Now only if they let Haruka take after her old man and fight people too then Y5 would be the greatest game ever made

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Haruka can just bowl people over on the streets, Kiryu obviously taught her something.

I would've settled for more than three songs for her rhythm fights.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Is this about that bit they cut from Yakuza 3?

[-] axont@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, Kiryu has a long conversation with a masseuse who turns out to be a trans woman. He's really sweet with her. The original release had a line or two that got removed later in the remaster. Also the entire scene with her wasn't in the original English release for some reason.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Hmm... I wonder what that reason could be? Western countries are above censorship...

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago

lt-dbyf-dubois I know your pain! I've been let down by women too.

[-] dkr567@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The side stories from Yakuza series really are fun to play, which I usually skip in other games.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

From my experience (0 and 8), the side-stories are better than the main stories.

[-] Poogona@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

Yakuza is peak

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

anprim-pat Let's protect the lesbians.

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

@EstraDoll@hexbear.net this is the most you post I have ever seen on the Bear and you didn’t post it.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

my posting game has been week recently, unfortunately :(

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

Hehehe nah, you are powerful.

arm-L @EstraDoll@hexbear.net arm-R

[-] Yukiko@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago
[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

I love Kiryu so much kiryu-dame-da-ne

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

This was one of the hostess club side quests in 0, right? I remember it being super wholesome

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago

No, i'm like 95% sure this is a screenshot from Yakuza Kiwami. Same engine but Kiryu is 37 in this pic, not 20

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

You're right, Majima had the hostess club stuff in 0, not Kiryu! The 0 engine was throwing me off

[-] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

He's right you know

[-] macabrett@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

"So keep falling in love" is such a cornball Kiryu line, I love it.

this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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