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"World of a relief when I woke up"

🎶 "John & Nancy" by Jack Stauber (edited)

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Saw an old Kenzan post of yours. What’s that about the kanji usage in one of the tags?

I assume you're referring to this from this post? (although tirade would be more accurate to describe it lol)

That word is "shinyuu" and Musashi uses it to describe Majima ('ore no shiinyuu') in this scene from chapter 3:

As far as I know, Majima and Kiryu never use this term to describe each other in canon, and that plus the actual meaning/tone of the word makes it pretty significant I believe. It's kind of hard to properly convey the significance of it with the translation of 'close friend', but I think a very good example to kind of convey how important it is can be found in Infinite Wealth. In Kiryu's final Life Link, Date uses this same word in their final cutscene ('jinsei de ichiban no shinyuu')

as well as in the very final line of this cutscene, after Kiryu leaves ('ore no shinyuu')

In the actual scene there's a notable pause before Date drops the word 'shinyuu'/the best friend line, and I think it's safe to say that, to have Date say this in such a direct way in the final life link event, especially when you consider how close Kiryu and Date have been throughout the series, and how hard Date has been trying to help him during the Life Links, that this word is pretty damn important. It holds a weight/significance and a suggestion of history between two people, that, in my opinion, doesn't translate to English very easily. The most common translations I see are along the lines of 'best friend'/'close friend'/'buddy', though I don't think they (in my limited non-jp speaking understanding) quite do it justice.

The use of that word from Date in this way is also what makes me want to tear my hair out over Kenzan (/pos) even more. Like, here is Date using this word, and he's known Kiryu for Decades, since Yakuza 1. Meanwhile, once again for the people in the back, Musashi only knew Majima for like. A few hours to maybe a couple days at max!! And yet what they went through in Kenzan, and the significance that their bond/interactions had to Musashi was enough that he chose to use that word anyway after his 'death'. 'Shinyuu' (From what I've gathered) is more like the kind of word that you would use for a person you've been friends with for years. And yet here Musashi is anyway!!! I actually hate him (affectionately)

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Tojoctober Day 5. Sword

Need more silly stuff for kenzan :(

Also i didn't have time to draw yesterday, so be sure to check that out if you see this! I'm very proud of the little pet dragon i gave kiryu ♡

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WHERE ARE THE KENZAN KAZUMAJI LIKERS

WHERE ARE THEY

PLEASE

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Thinking about how in Mine's rggo story, Daigo tells him to stop calling him "Chairman Dojima" because it's too formal, and Mine goes on to call him "Daigo-san" for pretty much the rest of his screentime like ever

But in the final minutes of y3, after Daigo wakes up, and before Mine dies, he goes back to calling him specifically and Only "Chairman" (会長)

Like. Mine still called him "Daigo-san" in the cutscenes before this, even during the lead up to his fight with Kiryu, even when he had a gun pointed at Daigo's head, throughout his entire plan in yakuza 3 where he Knew one of his end goals was going to be Daigo's death.

But when he realizes that Daigo was going to live, that he was going to kill him even though he "isn't ready to die yet" he stops thinking that he has earned even that bit of Daigo's respect. The last time he ever speaks to Daigo he goes back to using exclusively formal terms while he goes to carry out (what he believes is) his only viable form of redemption. Man whatever I don't even care

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i feel like when it comes to kazumaji "working" as a more conventional type of relationship they entirely ruined any chance of it happening in y3. in y1/2, especially the kiwami renditions of them, there is a more open possibility of kiryu finding a way to cope with the trauma of losing his family in ways that don't involve isolation in every way, and majima finding meaning on the axis of the construction company as a new angle for taking care of the majima family as well as tending to the purgatory, which you could argue serves as an outlet for any violent tendencies he may want to have with the coliseum. the stability isn't ideal and it's never going to be normal, especially for majima who is so averted to having roots of any kind, but i can find some kind of chance in there. there could be mending here. they could exist to one another outside of organized crime and temporary moments here. they could reach out and get to know each other outside of their limited, glorifying perceptions of one another

but in comes y3 with a steel chair and it is. beautiful in its own way. kiryu leaves and has majima go back to tojo for him. they don't see each other until two years later. they get to keep those glorified perceptions alive and think they know what the other thinks and feels, and they feed more into those ideas as they go. kiryu begins that process of isolation that will eat away at him for the next decade and majima tries to be of use within a clan that's dying a slow and painful death in front of his eyes. kiryu avoids kamurocho like a plague and majima remains in its confines so kiryu can live out a dream he's not allowing himself to chase. we acquire more trauma and live through more loss, one convincing himself he should disappear so others no longer suffer because of him and the other leashing himself again and again to people in absence of a greater purpose to serve. the way their actions and inactions at the very goddamn beginning of y3 play out as a starting point to the downward spiral of a hypothetical relationship that never happened but had a ground it could've flourished on under different circumstances. and how over the course of the game we get to see kiryu and majima have these moments with one another, ones that we don't see again in 4 and 5, as a kind of encore for that what if scenario they killed together

honestly this makes me adore y3 even more im kind of obsessed here

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Looking up pose references to use for art is so fucking funny because I scroll for not even 10 minutes and I Immediately recognize like 4 different pose photos that have been used for rgg ship fanart

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Yokoyama and the Office Fujoshis

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so uhhhhhh I think ishin is pretty cool

Close-up because I kinda like it better bleh

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In terms of cutscenes, what would you like to see, realistically or otherwise? Unlikely but I’d love something pre-1985, even if it’s just the scenes from 4 but updated and expanded. Realistically, it sounds like the static Shimano cutscene in the Hole might get redone, which…………. Might finish me off

OUGH I TOTALLY FORGOT THAT THE ANAGURA SCENE WAS A STATIC CUTSCENE ohhhh it's Over it's actually So Over 💥💥💥

Hmmm ohh that's a tough question but I agree pre-1985 scenes would be super cool. My first thought when hearing the news + seeing the trailer (the Nishiki and Kiryu crash out clip LOL) was that it would be neat if there were more scenes of the Sunflower Orphanage kids (Nishiki, Kiryu, Yumi), especially because it would help the setup for Yakuza 1/Kiwami better, but if they were to do that I think an expansion of cutscenes of Majima, Saejima, and Yasuko would also be really cool and also kinda natural, considering the parallels! (Putting my hands together for Yumi and Yasuko... while I'm sure more Nishiki and Kiryu scenes are a given and Majima and Saejima scenes are at the very least on the table, idk if rgg will include them... though considering the fact that Yumi/Yasuko were absent (minus like 1 line mentioning Yumi) in og-0 this could be rgg's chance to redeem that...)

Now here's where I go into all my (baseless) speculations/hopes. It's clear from the little content we have of the new cutscenes so far that really anything seems to go (Minor (ie Loan shark president) AND Major (Lee? BILIKEN??) characters making new appearances in the story, post-game cutscenes, new plot. Things. happening (like for example the Kiryu and Kuze screencap)) so I Genuinely have no clue what to really expect (I mean this in a completely /pos way for the record). Honestly when it comes to trying to predict stuff I try to play it as straight as I can, but I can already tell rgg's going to be throwing in stuff none of us are gonna expect and I am excited for that hehe

I think cutscenes of story characters (Tachibana and Oda, Makoto and Lee, Nishitani and Biliken would've been cool but unlikely, considering Nishitani's VA has unfortunately passed) would be cool though I don't know if they're likely, because I'm not sure how it would affect pacing. In my personal (and probably nostalgia-blind opinion, since I haven't played 0 since 100%ing it months ago) opinion, the game as is already gets the major side characters' backstories across quite finely, and I'm not sure if they would put in all those resources to elaborate on them further when it's not really needed. (Maybe Tachibana and Oda would get something like that, considering they did have one of those static cutscenes for their backstory iirc, the rest though is still very much up to question). Still though, I think it's certainly possible, and it would be cool to see some of these backstories come to life in a new way. So much of the 0 cast is well-beloved and rgg certainly knows that, so it'll be interesting for sure if they decide to expand on them further

Or perhaps there could be new stuff for the Dojima lieutenants specifically? I already think that screencap of Kiryu and Kuze is very promising, and I wonder if they'll put more emphasis on just him or Awano and Shibusawa as well. Afaik one of the few criticisms of 0's writing is how Shibusawa wasn't fleshed out as much as a character before his appearance as the final boss, so maybe they'll do something about that? While I'm personally not sure how they'd approach that, I just think anything of the Dojima lieutenants in general would be cool, I think they're fun as hell and love them a lot LOL

Ohh and then of course what the last asker mentioned about old plans to have Kiryu and Majima learn more about each other's existence... While I do personally like current 0's writing, with how they just Barely brush against the knowledge of the other's existence in the game, I definitely would not be opposed to seeing more of that... I think the biggest question for me is if RGG will give them an official first meeting scene... or like more post-game scenes that involve their meeting (other than just that very last scene from og-0). Like I said, I have no objections to how it is currently, and I personally like the ambiguity/room for interpretation with how they first met post-0... but you know me whatever rgg ends up doing with that (Assuming that they will) I'm gonna be eating that shit up LOL

Hmmmm that's all the first things that come to mind for now. I know these are all pretty simple and predictable answers but honestly RGG's already caught me with surprises. Like!! What's the loan shark guy doing there!! I don't remember him doing that in the main story!! They're bringing these guys back?? Huh??? What are Nishiki and Kiryu crashing out over????? etc etc etc LMAO

I love Yakuza 0 so much. Some backstory to how I got into this fandom I guess but I bought it (and like the entire rest of the series) on a whim because I, like many others, just learned of the series from out of context clips from 0 specifically and thought "I NEED to spend my money impulsively Right Now". I waited Ages for a series sale, then eventually caved and just bought one of the bundles at full price, expecting a game of pure silly bullshit, then got hit with one of the most insane emotional/writing experiences of all time. And 3 playthroughs of Yakuza 0 and one 100% later, I had to wait for a PC upgrade before I could run anything past Kiwami am now here. To say I am fond of this game would be a Maasive understatement; Yakuza 0 and the rgg series as a whole has been carrying me through an utterly shit year lol.

So whatever rgg does for these cutscenes or this new cut in general, I'm Down. Honestly I can hardly think of real predictions right now because I'm already occupied anticipating whatever rgg will be throwing at us that we Won't be expecting (again!! Those fucking screencaps??). Either way, fucking hype!! And thank you for sending an ask 🔥

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so ye I'm watching Kenzan i love them sm, They are in love in every universe.

the way shishi says "kiryu-chan" in this scene Awwww😭

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In one of RGG Studio’s livestreams while playing through the Kiryu saga I believe, Yokoyama brings up some stuff that had been cut for the sake of time/money from Zero. It had to do with Majima and Kiryu finding out about the other’s existence through Makoto and Kashiwagi iirc.

Oh?? 👀👀 It would be So hype if those ended up being part of the new cutscenes for the Director's Cut????

From what I've gathered in terms of the new cutscenes so far there seems to be new ones to replace those "dated-looking" cutscenes in 0 (the story ones that had the character's idling during dialogue exchanges without much movement or even facial animation, such as when Kiryu was talking with the loan shark at the beginning of the game) a new addition to the final cutscenes/post-credits(? it's after Kiryu dons his iconic red suit), and some new story ones entirely

No clue just how many new cutscenes will be added, or how much will be added/changed/replaced, but I am super excited to see what they end up doing hehe

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YAKUZA 0 DIRECTOR'S CUT??

new cutscenes, english dub, new online multiplayer, also I thought some of the lighting looks different in some scenes but I think that might just be me

Link to site:

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like he didn't have to say that. You can't just say that.

I've been enjoying ishin a lot and i finished chapter 8 recently. ryoma and okita. dear lord

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I've been enjoying ishin a lot and i finished chapter 8 recently. ryoma and okita. dear lord

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Did they cook?

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Hi!! I just wanted to say that I’m the anon user who requested you to draw Nishiki in his evil era :) Just wanted to say I’m honored and overjoyed that you replied to my ask!! :DD The way my jaw dropped at your Nishiki piece was crazy :00 <33 I really appreciate it. YOU WENT SO HARD WITH THE ARTWORK LIKE WHAT?!!?!? It’s soo cool!! <333 I love your PYiH analysises (idk the plural spelling of analysis 😭) and just how deep you go with them. You show a love for RRG that’s so potent, y’know? :D <3

You don’t have to reply to this, I just wanted to let you know how much I love your work :DD <33

THANK YOU!! I love Nishiki a lot so I wanted to do him justice, also I've been wanting to do a Nishiki piece since I played Kiwami ages ago so this was a good opportunity hehe

Also thank you again!! I haven't even been into rgg for a year yet but I love this series and its characters so much, so I'm glad people enjoy the stuff I write/draw for it. It's a huge honor!