i also just finished tsc and i am not okay at all, cannot believe nora just dropped that on us 💀💀 your live posts are great tho, i was thinking the exact same things lmfao
See when I read aftg originally I was in school and had irl friends that I could rant to about it but now like 8 years later I don’t have anyone I know who’s read it so like
Now what am I supposed to do??? Just go about my day?? Live my life as if Jean Moreau isn’t decomposing in my brain?? I might explode if I can’t talk about it so my blog is about to become a MESS
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oh yeah and I think I should post this for all the earthbound gamers that follow me for my earthbound art. dawg I need a break from that game and the mother franchise as a whole for a bit😭😭... While I was doing the last drawing I've posted of it I WENT THROUGH AN ABRUPT EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC EVENT?!?!? and finished it while I was processing it so now everytime I think of Earthbound I feel awful :( so for now I'm trying to avoid thinking about it at all or looking at things about it Dx
It really hurts as it has been one of my greatest comfort media but IT'S BEEN SOME MONTHS AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER IT SO. IT'S GONNA TAKE A BIT I AM SORRY GAMERS WHOSE EARTHBOUND WORK I CONSTANTLY INTERACTED WITH... I really am not in a place where I can afford my mental stability being disturbed so I hope you can understand . ( ≧Д≦) for now I'll just be posting about my newest interest in Re:Kinder because it has really cheered me up.
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So I was going to comment I don’t know your favorite Yakuza character then I remembered it was Jo and I have to ask what specifically about him makes him number one?
if you're referring to my baddie baddies tier list, then that wasn't a tier list of my favorite yakuza characters it was a tier list specifically of how hot i found each antagonist to be unless you're coming from my DB blog where i said he was one of my faves but this/that amirite
regardless tho i will talk about why i love jo cause he genuinely is one of my fave charas in general and the reason for that uhhhhh he's neat :) and hot.
But In All Seriousness i unno, it's hard for me to explain why i like characters sometimes. i'll try under the cut tho cause It Gets Long
for jo, a big part of it is how he is as a father- or trying to be a father anyway. he didn't think twice about giving aoki up as a baby- he didn't even really care if he died or not. it was only thanks to masumi that aoki got that chance at life, and if it weren't for the fact he accidentally walked by masumi and aoki that one day jo probably would've gone the rest of his life without having a second thought about it
but thats the thing: they did cross paths that day, and jo's forced to confront the fact his actions did have consequences. he was forced to grow up out of that mentality he had as a kid- that if you don't look at the problem, it'll go away. evidently, they didn't: his actions had consequences, consequences that affected not only his or ikumi's life, but aoki was ultimately going to be the one to shoulder the burden the most because they couldn't be bothered to just give him to someone and tried to leave him in a locker of all places. it's what heightens jo's quote to ichi about taking responsibility as a yakuza all the more impactful in retrospect as well, and it's details like that that make revisiting the game all the more fun
but back to jo, he fully realizes what he did was fucked up, and that there's no conceivable way he can ever make amends or right his wrongs. joining the yakuza would be the next best thing for his goals, not like he saw much of an honest future for himself anyway. at the very least, he can try to support his son anyway he can no matter the cost- or at least, anyway he can for the most part.
jo's inability to kill masumi despite it being a direct order from aoki himself is also such a telling part of his character that makes me weep a little. he entered the yakuza with sole intentions of looking after aoki and taking care of him, nothing more or nothing less. ergo, it would be up to masumi to decide how much jo gets to be involved in his son's life
but that's the thing right: masumi would be the one primarily taking care of aoki. we know masumi tries to keep in touch with aoki via the beginning of the game where he laments his calls don't get returned, and masumi seemed to spend whatever time he could with aoki growing up based off of ichi's brief flashback.
being a yakuza boss be damned, jo got to see first hand how much masumi loved his son despite his circumstances that would've made a lesser parent quit or despise him- that despite his status as a yakuza boss, he would be there and be an active presence in aoki's life enough to annoy him and think of him as nothing more than a helicopter parent. i'm willing to bet that despite jo trying to brush off the sentiment that masumi was anything more than a patriarch to him, he probably did harbor genuine respect dare i say adoration for him. how could he not? even if masumi didn't know aoki wasn't really his son, he took care of him as though he were, complications and all.
if we wanna stretch it, then based off the RGGO iteration of sawashiro, he got his tattoo in direct honor of arakawa: if we're to believe that bits of RGGO sawashiro made it to Y7 sawashiro, then it's fair to say sawashiro's dedication and respect to masumi were immense (though we can make the argument that Y7 sawashiro might not have the same tattoo, or that his tattoo now could be dedicated to taking care of aoki instead- BUT this is speculation at this point, its just something i think of and i figured i'd add it).
which what makes One Of My Favorite Yakuza Scenes all the more meaningful: the day masumi is found dead, that's when we get to see jo really lose it and gives us one of the bloodier moments in the franchise. us getting to see jo actually puncture someone's eye in really heightens his anger with the circumstances at hand- i concede that jo was genuinely frustrated with how the yakuza were being toyed with, but i also dont doubt for a second he was sincere when he told ishioda he wanted to maim whoever took out masumi ishioda was probably thanking the stars tendo was the one to do him in amirite LMAOO. whether it's because of yakuza honor or having lost someone he cared about, jo's dedication is palpable and frightening when it's allowed to flourish
its weird to say tho someone said it a long time ago on one of my tags, but jo's sentimental for a yakuza, even if he wants to be a hard ass about it. he's made his life's purpose trying to right a wrong that can never be fixed (hell, his manner of fighting can be translated as "shame style" reaffirming that despite the years gone by and aoki's actions and disregard for him, he can't quell his guilt. never mind he was ready to take off ichi's finger based on the assumption he took aoki's money from him with his permission), and along the way i'm Hopeful in saying he found SOMEWHAT of a confidant in masumi to make his burden a bit lighter.
jo's by no means a good guy- not even by a long shot. he IS however an incredibly compelling character, and i'm glad that we get to see him somewhat again in LaD8 for however long they'll keep him around in that.
also his theme fucks 11/10 brutality's a fucking banger
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Winners of a Fatal Fury cosplay contest selected by SNK and Gamest staff, from 1997's Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Fan Book.
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Console Fighting Games of 1998 - Real Bout Densetsu Special Dominated Mind
Real Bout Densetsu Special Dominated Mind is a port/conversion of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special with the game using the same game engine and mechanics and released exclusively on the PlayStation in Japan in 1998.
The game adds Alfred from Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 which also released in 1998 on the Neo Geo. The game was developed by Yumekobo and a joint development studio set up by Takara and SNK.
While initially exclusive to Japan the game would eventually get a release outside of Japan with a Hong Kong release on the PSP and PS3 on the PlayStation Network in 2007 and a PS Vita release in 2012.
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