#maybe i just missed it. but seems starnge that he would go from smoking in cutscenes and have it as a mechanic to not doing so at all from

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did anyone else notice that Kiryu never smokes during IW? in The Man Who Erased His Name you can smoke in multiple places and even have a gadget based on a cigarette. it is so in your face and then the contrast to IW where i don't remember seeing him smoke at all. not to mention all the previous games where there are plenty of cutscenes where he smokes

makes me think he stopped smoking for the sake of his health in general and/or maybe it’s supposed to be a hint that the type of cancer he has is lung cancer