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for dearest @theashenphoenix!

ESSENCE OF PRIDE is LIVE!

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Map of the street-level businesses in Sotenbori circa 1988, one of the primary settings of Yakuza 0. NOTE: this is a big image, meant to be downloaded, zoomed into, and scrolled around.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/662uoiiwxostrxjh2uc88/sotenbori_1988_v1-0.png?rlkey=a72nmajjw5fvwblfh0c0c9miv&dl=0

yakuza kiwami 2 (2017)

GAIDEN SPOILERS

I finished Gaiden recently and I am lost for words. What a beautiful game. What a triumph. Kiryu crying had me SOBBING. It was so unfair for Kiryu but works so well because he can never be truly happy as he’s trying to protect everyone. It has to be my favourite game so far. They even introduced new characters and didn’t kill any of them off! Shishido was so awesome and I didn’t expect the plot twist. Majima practically begging Kiryu to stick around for a little bit was heart breaking. And seeing Kiryu take his shirt off with everyone shows how much he loves them and can be himself with them. They way they did substories was amazing. POCKET CIRCUIT. I am in love. Even the coliseum was fun for the first ever. Thank you RGG.

But he is definitely dying in the next game.

Yakuza0 Majima shoot in Dotonbori, Osaka 💖🌆

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New stock!!! Yakuza 0 Friday Night lanyards with cute disco ball charms, metallic family and clan pin sticker sheets, and city Kamurocho/Sotenbori landmark/activity sticker sheets!!

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Okay but has anyone ever wondered why some of the popular locations that are present on the maps of both Kamurocho and Sotenbori like "Maharaja" disco and "Gandhara" video shop have Indian origin names??

Like Maharaja means "King" or "Emperor" in many Indian languages while Gandhara is an important kingdom in the main plotline of the ancient mythological epic Mahabharata, located near the northwest part of the Indian subcontinent.

So, I wonder what prompted the creators to name these places these very random things? And why these two in particular? Is there a real life connection here as well, as with everything else in Yakuza? Was there an active (and presumably wealthy) Indian community in Japan's nightlife scene in the 80s and 90s? Or is it just to seem worldly and exotic?

I need answers, SEGA. Belonging to perhaps one of the rarest nationalities to play Yakuza, I NEED ANSWERS.

DO NOT WASTE THE WORK OF BEES

Nishitani: "Ayo, where did my balls go????"

Me, leaving Sotenbori:

quiet moments from the Sotenbori pic

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I really like making these Postcards

And I really like Yakuza, you guys.

Map of all the street-level businesses in Sotenbori circa 2006, one of the primary settings of Yakuza Kiwami 2. Yes, vending machines too!

EDIT: Updated the Graceful Spyce store name. What I thought was a TL miss turned out to be a stupid transcription error on my part. (Yay me!) Thanks to @nyxqueenofshadows for catching that.

NOTE: this is a big image, meant to be downloaded, zoomed into, and scrolled around.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6wctip3unn74efj8w5ev7/sotenbori_2006_v1-0.png?rlkey=pvxt01gh0qe96yu2gqu163s2y&dl=0

yakuza kiwami 2 (2017)