#on the majima picture they be like “note the ear piercings” THAT YALL DIDN'T KEEP we coulda had it all...

[majimasleftasscheek]

Hello there!

I know this is a bit of an odd question but a while back you posted about some of your japan only rgg merch, which included an art book with concept art for yakuza 1. You showed a page with Kiryu, Majima, Haruka and Jo Amon, but is there concept art of any of the other characters? (Like Nishiki perhaps?) and if so, would you be willing to show some of them? Im just really curious because I cant seem to find anything about it anywhere else.

Thank you!

unfort there's not many concept pics in the book other than those few character drawings, a storyboard of the bar scene where Kiryu first finds Haruka + a shot of an untextured building (the rest of the pics are screenshots from the games) tho fun fact, the char I assume you think is Amon is actually Kiryu kdfjllkdflk. in the description for it, it says it's early art of him, noting "he looks more like he's from a foreign mafia than yakuza." the pic to the left notes they went for a softer look for him

the only visual mention of Nishiki is his tattoo (same art we always see) alongside Majima and Kiryu's but the descriptions are just summaries of what they are - so like Nishiki's mentions the koi turning into a dragon story. there could be more about other characters but I haven't read the book thoroughly enough atm. the text on some things is really tiny so parsing the kanji is pain lmao. but if I go thru it again, I'll totally update on anything interesting

here's the storyboard. apologies for the poopy shots lol