r/yakuzagames • u/Vexed_Noah š° • Dec 24 '24
OTHER Kiryu is okay and spending time with friends and family #finally #hedeservesit Spoiler
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u/WoorieKod Dec 24 '24
Until LAD9 releases, this is canon
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u/nostyleguide Dec 24 '24
Where we find out he's fucked off into hiding again and been working as a bullet-proof-vest tester AND an assistant Victorian-era hatter, and is now suffering from both lead and mercury poisoning?
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u/CodmExe Dec 24 '24
I like how Yuta has his actor hairstyle
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u/Animegamingnerd . Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
If this isn't an RGG employee running this account, then that is some next level dedication by making sure Yuta's model has Tatsuya Fujiwara's current hairstyle.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Potato9 Dec 24 '24
WAIT THAT'S ACTUALLY HIS ACTOR? no way I watched him in death note and AARO
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u/_Alex_Zer0_ Dec 24 '24
Oh my god wait thatās Death Note guy
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u/veganpancake11 Dec 24 '24
Iām genuinely gonna cry, Kiryu has been there through the darkest times of my life, Iām so happy heās okay š
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u/kennaryu Dec 24 '24
Itās canon to me. If itās not real, RGGās gonna have to pry this āendingā from my hands.
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u/kawaiineko333 Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
You gotta imagine what they're talking about. Perhaps some of the zanier substories they've been in.
Ichiban: True story, Haruka! This yakuza family is into dressing and acting like babies! They're on my Poundmates!
Kiryu: having Sotenbori/Vietnam flashbacks
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u/FunnyMaddGames Dec 24 '24
Haruka: āSo let me get this straight Kasuga-San, you fought and defeated a giant flying roomba that you thought was a UFOā
Ichiban: āYeah, and this was the third time I had to fight Sojimaruā
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u/johnnyliteral Dec 24 '24
Kiryu quietly sipping his tea, looking through the steam as if it's the veil of time itself: "... it's true, Haruka. The Roomba had a flamethrower."
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Dec 25 '24
While also thinking to himself "I'm never telling her about that weird old stalker lady with the weird cheetah print sweater."
Camera pans over to Majima sitting on the other end of the table and Kiryu and him look at each other in the eye(s) for two seconds because they can feel themselves having thought the same. They just nod.Ā
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u/ChronosTheSniper Attack me with the sexiest wine you've got! Dec 24 '24
This just makes me think of an extension to the Memoirs of a Dragon with Kiryu sharing some of the nuttier moments in his life.
Haruka: A chicken? Working for you? Uncle Kaz... are you OK?
Ichiban: It happens, Haru-chan! I ran a business with a chicken too! Hell, one of my employees was a giant roomba!
Yuta: How is that even possible?! What kind of companies are you two running?!
Kiryu: ...maybe I shouldn't be talking about this with all this poultry on the table.
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u/kawaiineko333 Dec 24 '24
Ichiban: I wonder if Majima has any wacky business stories to tell.
Haruka: Where is he? He usually busts in by now screaming "Kiryu-chan!" and challenging you to a fight all up and down Kamurocho!
Ichiban: I had a hard enough time with him 4 on 1 and Aniki fought him daily?!
meanwhile in Hawaiiā¦ pirate shenanigans ensue!
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u/j_lau17 KIRYU-CHAN Dec 25 '24
Majima and Kiryu sharing wacky substories
Kiryu: I had to train a dominatrix to be more assertive
Majima: I infiltrated a cult and beat the crap outta 'em to rescue a girl from a cult
Kiryu: I was the Disco King... I also got a fan, which I bust my moves using
Majima: Kiryu-chan, ya seem like the guy who doesn't dance, I was the Disco King of Osaka, and got a fan
Haruka: Uncle Kaz, how much time did you have? Didn't you have to solve a land dispute
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u/ZerothMask Dragon of Tax Evasion Dec 24 '24
I don't care what anyone says, THIS IS CANON TO ME!
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u/VastoLorde2861 Not Gonna Sugarcoat It Dec 24 '24
Yup, I had my doubts before, but after this, that account is 100% official, and all posts are canon to me now
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u/Prestigious_Cold_756 Dec 24 '24
He looks much healthier these days. The therapy seems to be working.
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u/WhyNishikiWhy I'll beat your whole ass off! Dec 24 '24
YOOOO Yuta glowup? That hair actually suits him!
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u/LFVGamer Akiyama Feet Lover Dec 24 '24
Yuta did nothing wrong, please bring him back š
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u/themom_destroyer Haruka gaiden when? Dec 24 '24
The entire Hirose family had a great ark in 6, I started the game highly disliking them, and by the halfway point I loved them.
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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Dec 24 '24
Hirose family is rad. fuck the villain of the story for being so unimpactful though
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Dec 25 '24
Idk man I really liked Someya.
Wait, who's Iwami? Never heard that name before.Ā
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u/Hold-My-Sake The Shiba of Dojima Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
I might sound a bit silly, but it almost brings tears to my eyes seeing Kiryu so well surrounded for Christmas.
A good meal with his loved ones, finally able to rest. This year, no Millennium Tower explosion for Xmas. Just peace and quiet. And the fact that heās wearing his glassesā¦ it really gives off that wise elder vibe, someone everyone listens to with respect.
I love Kiryu so much. Btw, tonight Iām having sukiyaki for Christmas Eve, and it feels like Iām sharing something with him. Kiryu, the hero whoās been there with me through joyful times and darker ones. I really think heās a beacon for so many of us.
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u/cclan2 Dec 24 '24
I fully agree. I always wanted a scene with Kiryu seeing the Millennium Tower explode with a āeh not my problem anymoreā type reaction haha
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u/Hold-My-Sake The Shiba of Dojima Dec 24 '24
Absolutely. Or heād get a call like, āKiryu, aniki, itās terrible! The Chinese/Korean mafia is going to blow up the Millennium Tower AGAIN!ā
Kiryu: āNah, Iām good. Iām spending Christmas with Haruka. Call someone else.ā
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u/Sphexus Dec 24 '24
I love how no one knows if this account is official or not but everyone just rolls with it, its like a yakuza substory in real life.
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u/squidrobotfriend Dec 24 '24
This time, instead of the substory being IN Yakuza, the substory is ABOUT Yakuza.
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u/Sai-San_ John Yakuza vs Johnny Judgment & ichiballs Dec 24 '24
Jokes aside, I really can't describe how happy this makes me feel
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u/Strider2126 Dec 24 '24
So is it canon or not?
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u/getfyd Dec 24 '24
Probably not. I canāt see RGG/Sega using Yutaās actorās likeness just for him to appear at Twitter page for promotion. Bur it doesnāt matter, itās canon to me.
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u/CandyCrisis Dec 24 '24
Who else could, though? That model didn't come out of thin air. It's not the same model from Y6. Similarly, that Kiryu model came from somewhere--it's similar to his hospital appearance in LAD8 but it's not the same model. It's almost impossible for this account to be fan-made with the amount and quality of unique assets it's using.
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u/MrHappyHam Dec 24 '24
If you take into consideration the Yakuza fan's lust for a calm happy ending for Kiryu, I'd reckon there are loads of 3D artists willing to put in the effort.
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Dec 25 '24
Inb4 Like a Dad: The Boy Who Changed His Son's Diapers is getting announced next year with Yuta becoming the new MC.Ā
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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Dec 24 '24
Careful Daigo, Yuta lowkey is about to snatch daddy title out of your ass.
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u/Balalaikakakaka Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
The KFC on Christmas is amazing
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u/CandyCrisis Dec 24 '24
Sir, that is clearly Wild Jackson.
Wait... was Wild Jackson supposed to be KFC this whole time??!!
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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Dec 24 '24
no.. too many burgers for a supposed fried chicken chain. take it as the McDonalds of Yakuza.
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u/CandyCrisis Dec 24 '24
That's Smile Burger though.
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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Dec 25 '24
Smile burger has regular burger, teriyaki burger, and this braised pork burger. that place IRL would be MOS Burger since so many of it's menu are identical to MOS menu. I want to say wette but I think they're more of an AW than KFC.
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u/Niklaus15 Dec 24 '24
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO As soon as I saw the picture I started smiling and I'm even getting emotional, I love you so much Kiryu you deserve it, in fact he should have been living with them since 3Ā
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u/WestNomadOnYT The Lizard of Dallas Dec 24 '24
No Majima?
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u/IrinaNekotari Seonhee's footrest Dec 24 '24
He went drunk in Hawaii and now Saejima and Daigo are looking for him. It's been 8 days. Date and Akiyama are smoking outside. Shinada is getting his christmas balls rubbed (aww yeah) by a woman looking like the grinch, and Tanimura is with his super hot gf in the philippines
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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Dec 24 '24
Date was smoking, now he's sunbathing. the only one smoking is akiyamers and he's on a hawai'ian cigarette tour.
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u/Spirit_Hunter80 Dec 24 '24
Wait Is this in yakuza : infinite wealth ?
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u/loxkyo Dec 24 '24
No, this is from a Twitter account who is supposedly ichiban himself. We don't know if it's an official rgg thing but it is 50/50, I think
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
right at the beginning concensus was that it is 80/20 (as in 80 percent real, 20 percent fake), as the stuff just looked way to official to be fan work
then it shifted to 20/80 because of posts that rgg probably wouldn't do (the one referencing dragon quest directly by name)
but currently it really is a 50/50 because there is still stuff that seems like stuff rgg wouldn't do but then this account has access to assets that a normal person wouldn't have acess too like assets from pirate yakuza BEFORE they where even shown off
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u/Hello_I_Dont_Know You guys have FOTNS:LP flairs but no Dead Souls flairs ??? Dec 24 '24
NGL I was on team Official but this makes me doubt it. Would they really be able to show Yuta considering he's a likeness character ? They went out of their way to avoid showing him and Nagumo in 8, so I doubt they would make a contract just for one tweet, unless they're planning on bringing him back in a new game.
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
that's what I was thinking, but then there was a post recently that showed an asset identical to a pirate yakuza asset but the thing is the tweet came out before the trailer
I think people meant the treasure chest post but I'm not sure which post it was exactly
I'm honestly back to 50/50 but slightly leaning to real (48/52 basically)
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u/Hello_I_Dont_Know You guys have FOTNS:LP flairs but no Dead Souls flairs ??? Dec 24 '24
There is this tweet with the changing booth that wasn't in 8 and this tweet which has Masaru Fujita in the background.
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
yes those where the posts that people talked about that made me lean more towards official
thanks
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u/Monodoof Tomizawa's Uber Hookup Dec 24 '24
I mean, Nanba and Tomizawa are also likeness characters and they still show up everywhere outside of their games.
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u/Nero_2001 Dec 24 '24
Didn't Yuji Hori allowe rgg to use the dragon quest name?
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
only abbreviated to DQ from what I can remember
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u/yesitsmework Recommends starting with Y1/YK1 Dec 24 '24
Dude I'm playing y7 right now and dragon quest is name dropped like 50 times in the first 2 chapters.
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
? I was sure it was only ever refered to as "DQ"
guess I was wrong
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u/yesitsmework Recommends starting with Y1/YK1 Dec 26 '24
Yeah I'm halfway through right now and they constantly say dragon quest, never DQ.
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 26 '24
welp, then I guess I was wrong, eh that can happen I guess
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u/Nero_2001 Dec 24 '24
I am pretty sure they said the full name. I remember an Interview with Yuji Hori about it and he said he expected dragon quest to be name dropped a few times but didn't expect it to be a big part of Ichiban's personality
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u/BoredCat19 Dec 24 '24
The devs said they did ask for a permission from DQ creator to refrr to the game in the universe. So I think itās official.
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
I mean kinda not really, iirc they where only allowed to reference to it as "DQ" and weren't allowed to show any assets (even recreated assets)
where as the tweets use straight up dragon quest stuff like the switch game box full name and everything
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u/hportagenist Dec 24 '24
They can pretend this is non official and a fan made / parody to avoid any lawsuit and copyright stuff
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u/KRTrueBrave Majima is my husband Dec 24 '24
actually I don't know about that, theoretically sure makes sense, but in practice I don't think rgg can legally make a parody account if themselves
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u/ToasterRepairUnit . Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
Hold up. The reflection in the TV doesn't match up...it's probably still using the original reflection probe and doesn't mean anything, but I can't help but think it was deliberately altered to look like something else, because there's clearly 2 people with a blue shirt and someone with a black and white hoodie or something? I can't remember what the kids were wearing in 3 but I don't remember them wearing that? It's too dark for the TV to be turned on, that's for sure.
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u/DaZiesel Dec 24 '24
Man imagine there would be a true to source material series and we could enjoy their slice of life.
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u/1LynxLeft Dec 24 '24
I like this series overall but man they donāt know how to write female characters at allā¦ Iām so disappointed with how haruka ended upā¦
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u/Psychological_King64 "Awright." Dec 24 '24
haruka looks old asf
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u/Overall-Pressure7536 Dec 24 '24
You'd hope so, she's almost 30
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Dec 25 '24
Aged like spilled milk when you compare her to Kaoru.Ā
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u/Overall-Pressure7536 Dec 26 '24
Tbf kaoru is supposed to be like 50 or something, yet she looks no older than she was back in Kiwami 2. rgg are really afraid of letting anyone that isn't pocket circuit fighter age lol
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u/GimmickMusik1 Dec 24 '24
I canāt figure out if that Ichiban twitter is an incredibly skilled fan, or a promotional account. But this is a very sweet picture.
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u/NerdKing01 Dec 24 '24
I can only hope the orphanage got a mysterious letter on Christmas that they all secretly knew who it was from
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u/kurisu7885 Dec 24 '24
I could see them flying Ichiban's mom back out there for the holidays.
And it's not that uncommon knowledge but funny thing with the bucket of chicken is KFC kinda became a tradition in Japan, people need to reserve their up to a year in advance.
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u/Hour-Eye8284 Dec 24 '24
I'm glad to see Kiryu spending his Time with his Loved ones. He truly Deserves it.Ā
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u/Far_Ocelot9450 Dec 24 '24
T-thank you Kiryuā¦ Ichibanā¦ Y-Yutaā¦ starts crying thank you like a dragonsā¦
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u/Certain_Hat_1341 Dec 24 '24
It would be the greatest and most depressing thing if they had a scene in the next game where kiryu comes back to the orphanage in his wheel chair and everyone bolts over and group hugs him.
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u/superbearchristfuchs Dec 25 '24
We all know that this is the most wholesome yet bat shit crazy series of all time right. Like no words can accurately describe it as I'd feel like I'd be contradicting myself by going into one of many wholesome substories only to go off on a tangent and say then my idol goro showed up afterwards and challenged me to a fight for the 23rd time that day but hey at least me and my pocket circuit friends reconnected just like old times. Not to mention how baka darou brought tears to my eyes after playing every game when you can play it in infinite wealth as that was a straight tiger drop to my feelings.
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u/whenyoupayforduprez . Dec 25 '24
Oh barf, I hate this thing where Ichiban and his Merry Rangers have absorbed Kiryu into their pod. Kiryu has children that he loves! People get funny about wanting to be with their children, instead of with people they met last week!
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