#but yayyaay. haruka deserves to have a heart to heart with kiryu

[todayisafridaynight]

i agree that kiryu tries to be a father of eleven as best as he can and spreads himself too thin, being unable to meet his kids' need in him fully, but also a great part of his character, in my opinion, is his stubbornly prideful yakuza honour first reason second side, the way he makes decisions disregarding anyone else's take on it. including his family and friends

what made y5 stand out to me was, among other things, haruka's agency, and the way she took her own fate in her hands, making a major decision, choosing him over stardom, and it felt so unfair to her and the rest of the morning glory kids when kiryu goes to jail, once again choosing martyrdom instead of his family. his reasoning for it in y6 didn't sound convincing enough to me, but it might be a me problem, though, bc it's still kinda on brand for him. but i wish someone, apart from mine, would confront kiryu on this. i wish haruka did it because he can and did ran away from daigo, but he can't run away from her

essentially being a caring parent, the way he wanted kazama to be, but choosing to do what he thinks is right and honourable and not what his kids need, becoming distant but still staying basically worshipped is what made me think of kazama

Yeah! Kiryu’s sense of honor is a great and compelling part of his character I enjoy too, and evidently it’s also his downfall time and time again.

Haruka really had a promising future after demonstratig her independence and strength in Y5- it’s what ultimately makes it so upsetting to Essentially see her character killed off (because let’s be real, we soon as a female character becomes a mom they kight as well be dead, unfortunarely). And I agree: more people should have been prepared to call Kiryu out and not just bend to him. That’s not to wholly put them blame on Kiryu’s allies, Kiryu’s always put up a strong face so it’s easy to assume they didn’t think they needed to intervene in any way (plus let’s be honest, with The Florist and Date being his only allies that are parents- incompetant ones at that- he wasn’t going to get valid criticism).

And with that lens in the Kiryu/Kazama comparison, that’s a fair comparison to make! Thank you for clarifying