#since yakuza 0 came after 5 games have already released and by then they've learned from previous entries

[zhengzi]

best part of kiwami 2 was majima saga honestly

i really love his moveset

but damn the blood lineage stuff in kiwami 2 was just weird, might be the japanese having a racist moment or not but it's just not a story element i vibe with , especially considering that kiryu's saga has him being an orphan as a major part of his character and him having found family is a major thematic point with his arc. but the blood ties stuff really clashes with all of that in a way that undermined it

honestly the weakness of the stories in kiwami and kiwami 2 should be attributed to the fact that they're remakes of the first two games and i had a feeling that rgg studios were still working out the characters at the time

also you can tell that the stories and tone are pretty dated to the 2000s

and i actually really like ryuji. his reaction to finding out he has a sister probably is the saving grace of that whole last bit. i don't know why they made him die, it just feels so unnecessary