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Yakuza: The issue of characters coming back to life and a consideration of future series development
Discussing the issue of character revivals in the Yakuza series, including the background, criticisms, impact on future installments, and personal opinions and thoughts. In particular, it delves deeply into the impact of reintroducing characters from past games on the story and the direction of future series.
1. Raising the Issue of "Revivals" in the Yakuza Series
- ✅ Raising the issue of characters "actually being alive" in the Yakuza series.
- ⚠️ Contains spoilers for the latest game, so those who haven't played it should be careful.
- ✅ Considering the background behind the critical opinions.
00:00 - 00:46
1. Raising the Issue of "Revivals" in the Yakuza Series
- ✅ Raising the issue of characters "actually being alive" in the Yakuza series.
- ⚠️ Contains spoilers for the latest game, so those who haven't played it should be careful.
- ✅ Considering the background behind the critical opinions.
00:47 - 01:25
2. Organizing the Main Characters Who Have Returned in the Series
- ✅ Kashiwagi (appears in 7): Introduced as the first character to be revived.
- ✅ Richardson, Lau Ka Long (appear in 8).
- ✅ Mr. Lee (Director's Cut of Zero).
- ✅ Yoshitaka Mine (survival revealed in Kiwami 3).
- ⚠️ Pointing out that there are many revived characters.
01:26 - 02:50
3. Reasons for Criticism of "Revivals" and Impact on the Series
- ✅ While Kashiwagi's survival wasn't criticized that much, the main reason for criticism is that too many characters have been revived.
- ⚠️ Concerns that the weight of characters' life and death is diminishing.
- ✅ Mr. Yokoyama's statement that "everyone has the potential to come back to life" fueled the criticism.
- ✅ Regarding Mine, some opinions suggest that it would have been more beautiful if he had died, considering his last words.
02:51 - 05:05
4. Personal Opinions Regarding Future Series Development
- ✅ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Mr. Yokoyama probably don't want to revive characters easily.
- ✅ In the early series, they were creating with the feeling of "this might be the last one," so they lost many characters.
- ✅ As the series has continued for a long time, there is a possibility that they regret "if only we had kept that character alive."
- ✅ In recent series, I feel that they are trying not to kill off characters who seem likely to become popular as much as possible.
- ✅ A personal opinion that true fans should be blind.
- ✅ A desire for the creators to stick to their creative spirit.
05:15 - 07:41
5. Considerations for Future Series: Possibility of Parallel Worlds and Importance of Scriptwriters
- ✅ From the statement that the "Kiwami" series will end with Kiwami 3, there is a possibility that future developments will be parallel worlds rather than remakes.
- ✅ Popular characters such as Akiyama, Majima, and Kiryu are likely to continue as protagonists.
- ✅ The development of parallel worlds expands the freedom of the story.
- ✅ Expectation that the existence of scriptwriter Mr. Furuta will elevate even some contradictions into something interesting.