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Kiryu Kazuma is the most progressive, respectful, and wholesome video game character in history
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I let out an audible gasp at this moment when I first played it.
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In fact, you only control him as a member of the Yakuza for 3, maybe 4 hours, in the entire franchise (but he was a member for 10 years, give or take, in the lore)
Couldn't even be boss of the Yakuza :(
In fact, you only control him as a member of the Yakuza for 3, maybe 4 hours, in the entire franchise (but he was a member for 10 years, give or take, in the lore)
In fact, you only control him as a member of the Yakuza for 3, maybe 4 hours, in the entire franchise (but he was a member for 10 years, give or take, in the lore)
He was part of a criminal organization... Not the nicest guy tbh.
Time to do some crimes
Kiryu is great. He's aesthetically and cursorily "gruff" (sort of like Geralt in The Witcher), but when you actually get into the character he's really very kind and thoughtful and genuinely, consistently trying to live his life in a way that's honorable and doesn't punch down on those beneath him. He's a very good masculine character in a medium that truly does not have very many good examples.
Kiryu didn't kill him, that other guy did.
Kiryu is innocent, I won't have you slandering our precious boi.
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The best part is that we had a substory dedicated to showing he shouldn't get involved in every situation
I like that he is different from most game protagonists. Most games never humanizes their characters in this way. He is a good guy who is also stupid and naive at times. Naive to think he can be a Yakuza when he just doesn't have what he needs to be a Yakuza.
I think this on it's own is fine but I really dislike the fact the games makes every protagonist similiar to Kiryu in that they never do bad stuff or kill people. The games sometime go full stupid just to make their characters not kill people.
I think this on it's own is fine but I really dislike the fact the games makes every protagonist similiar to Kiryu in that they never do bad stuff or kill people. The games sometime go full stupid just to make their characters not kill people.
Arguably, the actual phrases he types in that minigame are remarkably respectful. Kiryu respecting sex workers is another thing you can add to his merits.
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Love is about accepting one another for who you are
The stuff that happens between story cutscenes isn't canon.
I audibly gasped when he slapped baby Haruka.
It was shocking yet kinda funny, at the same time.
What a MAN!!! lol
It was shocking yet kinda funny, at the same time.
What a MAN!!! lol
SAME. I wasn't super feeling Y0 at first but the second I got to Goro's first section, I was hooked. This game is a goddamn blast so far.
Also Kiryu's telephone club side-mission is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a video game.
He's an incredible character, really. The thing I admire the most about him is that he allows himself to experience the full range of human emotions and experiences without it ever compromising his masculinity (but rather, bolstering it).
If only Kazama could've given Nishiki some love and attention too.
there's also this one, just perfect :
Aw,
I sure hope this side quest ended well
he's fantastic in 5, how he basically sends all his earned money back to the orphanage he started
also he side-steps a rocket
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Not going to spoiler too much but if you have the chance, play the Cabaret Club Grand Prix in Yakuza Kiwami 2, the ending includes a reunion
Not to go back to being a gangster, but more to forge his own path in that lifestyle. Modeling himself after his father's ideals, but also becoming his own example of what a yakuza should be.
He can go to a hotel and get some in 0.
I think I'm gonna crythere's also this one, just perfect :
Can Kiryu butt in and help me with my problems too?
oh right lmao I guess that's true. either way it's a weird thing to say and not really fair to the character even. kiryu being a pleasant dork while also being criminal underworld muscle is a great character conceit and it's really weird to only hold up the "wholesome" half
there is no universe where "being a yakuza" no matter how fitting it is for his character makes him the "most progressive and wholesome" video game character ever. and that's fine! stories shouldn't just be about characters being correct and nice! it's really weird the way some people in this thread are framing him
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