i know i’ve been playing too many video games lately because now whenever i have some other mundane task i need to accomplish i see the yakuza font in my brain
if you had the 2006 guinness book of world records do you remember this guy with the record for the most straws stuffed in a mouth? why is he dressed like he’s in the matrix? slay.
is this the straw man you guys are always arguing with
Actually now that I think of it you know what’s got a strikingly positive, age-graduated take on youthful sexuality and the sex trade? Yakuza.
Which I guess makes sense for a series about ideal Japanese masculinity – every one I can remember involves Kiryu standing up for children, warning teenagers about getting in over their heads with sketchy guys, and paying to consume 20somethings as courtesans and fap material.
And sometimes “stand up for children” means “buy a porn mag for an 8 year old ‘cause boy solidarity” or “encourage a 7yo girl to develop through a hobby while politely overlooking her dad pushing her as a girlfriend”, and the warning bit might involve appreciating the subtle differences in high school girls’ uniforms and panties up for sale, and other adult lessons include “it’s cool to be into your weird fetish, just don’t make other people be part of it”
Been playing Yakuza Kiwami - a remake of the original Yakuza - cause it was free on PlayStation last month, and it’s pretty clearly the missing link between River City Ransom and Dead Rising, which I hadn’t realized was a link to be missing
