![]() ![]() In Yakuza 5’s final scene, Kiryu is lying bloody in the streets in the arms of his adopted daughter, Haruka, after a hard-fought battle. Throughout the mainline Yakuza series, Kiryu has received three send-offs. Now, onto why it’s a bit frustrating to see Like a Dragon’s hero Ichiban having to share the spotlight with Kiryu in his next adventure. Seeing as how Kiryu is friends with the guys who run the cabaret, it wouldn’t be out of the question for him, a man notorious for terrible disguises, to think this incognito look is fooling anyone. Let’s hope, however, that he’s just taking fashion inspiration from him, perhaps to disguise himself while doing some undercover work at Stardust, Kamuroucho’s host club. Joon-gi Han, it turns out, is an identity that’s been passed down to people throughout the series, and Kiryu rocking the hair in Like a Dragon 8 could mean that he’s now taken on the moniker for himself. You see, in Yakuza 6, Kiryu fights this dude named Joon-gi Han, a Korean dude sporting a similar hairstyle to the one that Kiryu is rocking in Yakuza 8’s announcement trailer. Aside from sporting his best Vergil from Devil May Cry cosplay, I assume there’s a very easy answer to why he’s sporting this new, mid-life crisis look. His barber let all of Japan down giving a 51-year-old man frosty-grey hair. ![]() While I’m excited to see Kiryu’s moveset reimagined in Like a Dragon’s Dragon Quest-like turn-based combat, narratively, Kiryu’s return ignores the multiple narrative send-offs he’s already received throughout the series and highlights how dog-shit Yakuza 6, a game advertised as his final adventure, was.īefore I get into spoilers, this needs to get aired out: Kiryu’s hair in Like a Dragon 8 is bad. Yakuza 0, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 all have you playing from the perspective of characters not named Kiryu. Having dual, or even several playable protagonists isn’t new to the Yakuza series. Although we already knew that LaD8 game was coming, the announcement trailer confirmed that the game would have dual protagonists in Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu. During the Yakuza studio’s RGG Summit 2022, Sega announced three brand-spanking-new Yakuza games: Like a Dragon 8 Like a Dragon: Ishin, a historical samurai spin-off of the series set in a fictionalized version of Kyoto in the 1860s and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, which will depict the events in Kiryu’s life between Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and Like a Dragon 8. ![]()
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