#y0 spoiler but

[dottyistired]

no. listen. fucking Listen. majima is the cinderella in 24-hour cinderella and makoto is the prince this is not some queer subtextual extrapolation this is just text.

majima, a dirt-poor indentured servant kept in check by an evil stepmother (shimano) and stepsister(s) (sagawa, and you could reach a little and say nishitani is the other one but he's more of a wild card).

he puts on a fake smile and embraces the toiling work in the hopes that one day he will make it out.

but then he gets a chance. a ticket out of his situation. he meets a fairy godmother...wen hai lee (STAY WITH ME OKAY)

the fairy godmother leads him to...the prince!! makoto!!!

other people, like the stepsisters/sagawa, just want to use the prince/makoto for wealth. cinderella/majima is the only one who truly cares for the prince/makoto. but they must part ways too soon, and the prince doesn't even know cinderella's name or what she normally looks like.

but what did cinderella leave behind?

#yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #yakuza 0 #makoto makimura #goro majima #majimako #y0 spoilers #dottypost

[designernishiki]

ever think about the fact that nishiki largely spiraled the way he did because of being considered incompetent and unfavorable in comparison to kiryu by everyone important in his life, and thus was constantly neglected and forgotten about. and then think about how the bomb would never have had to go off if kiryu and/or yumi just paid literally any attention to him after the showdown. talked to him. helped him to his feet. kept an eye on him. anything. instead of more or less forgetting he was there and allowing him the opportunity to do what he did. do you ever think about that. i sure do

#there is. no conversation between kiryu and nishiki after they fight. at all. #which is. well #I don’t blame nishiki too much for going jokermode there because uh. yeah. ouch #all of this was supposed to be about him. the showdown was supposed to be about him and kiryu #and kiryu just ignored him and talked to yumi instead like he wasn’t even there- let alone the focal point for All Of This #anyway yeah having them not fucking talk to each other there and focusing on the pointless and Bad attempt at a love story was just #flat out bad writing #because it’s not in character at fucking All for kiryu both due to who he is as a person and- more importantly- the relationship they built #beteeen him and nishiki in y0. like. how fucking close they were. like yumi had literally nothing to do with anything here #they were literally basically codependent and hadn’t lived their lives apart ever for the most part up until the sentencing #and they just sorta. gloss over that. in favor of yumi. who we know nothing about and have no development with and no dynamic in place with #her and either of them or anything #it’s #anyway #I need to stop bsnchdjmfd #nishiki #yakuza kiwami #yakuza kiwami spoilers #akira nishikiyama #rgg #yakuza #rambling

[ask-tachibana]

TACHIBANA REAL ESTATE: Important Announcement Incoming

After reviewing some trends, we've made the executive decision to open a... social center, of sorts, to allow the masses to chat with our president, Tetsu Tachibana. Without further ado, a word from the man himself.

Ah, thank you Oda-san. Yes, well, hello! I'm not quite used to how all of this works, but I am looking forward to answering your questions and putting myself out there more. I think that's all I'd like to say, at this point. Excited to get started.

~Tetsu Tachibana

Now then, due to his condition, our President will not be able to speak every day, so we must be appreciative of and respect his time. Furthermore, I will be overseeing the... inbox as to ensure our President is not harassed. Without further ado, let's begin. -Jun Oda

#yakuza #rgg #tetsu tachibana #yakuza 0 #ask blog #notanask #[tada!] #[yeah this is mainly Oda speaking here but I needed someone to introduce the blog] #[the main man will be taking things here on out!] #[anyway... I know it's not as fancy/artsy as the other ask blogs floating around] #[but have at it everyone!!!] #[frame of reference: blog will not be spoiler free. I will tag posts as spoilers that contain spoilers outside of Y0]

[bother-blame]

kiryu 'kazama's favorite ' kazuma: kazama loved all his kids.

#kiryu your experiences are not universal #i have a lot of thoughts about this substory especially the parallels between y0 kiryu & takumi but i doubt i'd be able to articulate them #spoilers #lad gaiden spoilers #like a dragon gaiden spoilers #b plays rgg

[atanx]

Hey Atanx! I happened upon an old reblog of yours (That one "If you unironically like Nishiki, why?" pool) and I really liked your reply. You said you weren't sure if Nishiki ordered Reina and Shinji to be killed- and for what's worth, RGGO has a story where he explicitly tells his family members NOT to kill Reina or Shinji and his orders get ignored just like what happened with Mizuki. So basically- no, he didn't want them to get killed but it was done against his wishes. It's the RGGO Reina story if you want to look it up, it's pretty good.

Ooh, thanks! :3 Yeah I thought I'd read that he at least didn't order Reina to be killed somewhere, wasn't 100% sure about it though.

I read through the post again and I still stand behind what I said, and, to me, whether he killed Reina and Shinji or not doesn't influence me liking him, it influences how easy it is to "redeem" him. (As in, in an AU where he lives)

I guess him ordering for them to not be killed is indicative of his character, too: most of his kills happen when he's very emotional (such as when Dojima assaulted Yumi and when he thought that his men had killed Yumi's "sister") and he apparently did not perceive Reina attempting to kill him and Shinji defending her as enough reason to get very emotional and have them killed. In fact, he expressly does NOT want them killed, implying that he still cares for them in some way.

I think it's pretty obvious that Nishiki didn't think that Reina was capable of killing him, he's been in Reina's situation before and he hadn't been able to kill then, either. However, when someone points a gun at you, no matter who they are or what their intentions are, there's always a chance of dying. It is so incredibly easy to pull a trigger that one can do it without even realising the full implications of it. Or Reina could have had a finger twitch and accidentally fired. So even with Nishiki being confident in Reina not being able to shoot him, there was still part of him that accepted that possibility and didn't feel incensed at all at his potential death.

My point is Nishiki (despite YK1's ending's botched writing) is a complex character that is, on some level, relateable and likeable.

#Theres like a serious problem in the yakuza world (at least in 1988-2005) of goons not listening to their bosses #Like yoneda in y0 who killd tachibana even though kuze ordered him not to and was even freeing him #And then nishikis underlings like hot damn at least with kuze it was only one #It actually probably has to do with what kind of people they recruit #anyway thanks for the ask and im glad u enjoyed my take :))) #yakuza #nishikiyama akira #rgg #yakuza kiwami spoilers

[majimemegoro]

Not sure if you got the screenshots already but anyway here you go!

OOOH thank you so much comrade !!!!

#the last few days have been. hm. #a lot #sorry for missing where/when you first sent #much appreciation !! #wait until you see how i use these :) #majima #once you step into the shadows you're stained black for life #majima goro #memecomradeoriginal #y0 spoilers

[gothixm00nz]

I want my husband back. Bring him back to life, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. BRING HIM BACK

#ue ue ue #the sound of crying #please bring him back #i don't care if it's in ishin or what #just bring him BACK #he deserved so much better #even if he did go out as the bad bitch he is #HE STILL DESERVED MORE #GIVE HIM BACK #tetsu tachibana #tachibana tetsu #yakuza #yakuza 0 #yakuza spoilers #y0 #ryu ga gotoku #rgg #video games #games #gaming #fandom

[woundedheartwithin]

Pardon the cell phone pic of my tv, but this is everything I could have ever asked for with their reunion. Except I kinda wish she’d slapped him when she told him she thought he’d died. Like I get he was hurting real bad, but he straight up abandoned Sunshine. And then he has the nerve to come back after 18 years and tease her like nothing’s changed? Good for her for snapping back at him like this!

Also, “walking crisis” is Majima’s general life state at this point, so that’s my new tag for him. Lol thanks Yuki 😂

Also also

Look at how he doesn’t look away from her… Good thing I’m a multishipper 😂😂😂

#yakuza #yakuza kiwami 2 #yakuza kiwami 2 spoilers #spoiler #majima goro #yuki #yakuza yuki #four shine #walking crisis #she speaks #also also also how fucking good does he look in that suit #I wanna see him in that but without the jacket #that color looks fantastic on him fr #fun fact Yuki’s one of my faves from y0 #i LOVE her

[kicksgoeson]

On Nishitani's character

I get that Nishitani wasn't as explored as other characters were in Yakuza 0, but it does make me a bit sad that a lot of people overlook the glimpses of a deeper character beyond ''guy who likes to fight a lot and will foreshadow some of the traits majima will embody in his mad dog persona'' - because there is a ton that goes implied, just not outright said.

Hidden for spoilers, in case you haven't finished playing Yakuza 0:

A lot of it has to do with his backstory - Nishitani was a teenager, likely around 16 or 17 when he killed the murderer of his cousin. He was already considered a young delinquent beforehand, but pickpocketing, shoplifting, etc, are MILES away from killing a person. Why is this important to the depth of his character? Well, the Yakuza franchise is one that time and time again, often stresses that the taking of someone's life is nothing to sneeze at, and that it will change you as a person.

With that said... you have Nishitani, who is a character that is introduced as being very much at ease with killing people, giving what he did to Makoto's body double. But, very rarely does anyone in this franchise, cross that line easily - unless they're straight up villains and shown to be unsympathetic and cruel.

And while Nishitani is not a beacon of virtue at all, and a minor antagonist if you will, he is also an ally in Majima's story in Yakuza 0 for all intents and purposes and his death scene makes that even more so abundantly clear - even people who don't care much for his character find his death scene impactful. It definitely impacted Majima, for certain.

But besides that, again, there is something more than meets the eye with Nishitani. On a surface level, he's a hedonist: he lives for the moment, he chases any pleasure (or pain) he can find, and finds it all thrilling. He's materialistic, has no care for social etiquette, basically, he goes all out. However, he's also quite perceptive and implied to be cunning and knowledgeable enough to get where he's at in terms of the yakuza hierarchy - I noticed this the most during the prison conversation with Majima.

I think what is most indicative of something beyond this loose cannon persona of Nishitani's, was how he reacted to Majima saying he wanted to give Makoto a proper life, and how that ended up convincing him to help Majima to get her back. How he said ''he was mad he was only meeting a guy like Majima now'' and then sighed about not ''getting sentimental''.

I think Nishitani could relate to Majima beyond just seeing Majima's desire to be free of his leash - specially at that moment, he could relate to doing whatever he could to keep somebody he cared for safe, sound and most of all, happy. The sad thing is, in my eyes... I think Nishitani feels he couldn't do that for his cousin. He could only avenge her, and bring justice in the eyes of his uncle.

But I'm sorry, doing so at 16 or 17, I can't see how that wouldn't mess you up beyond repair. The loss of his cousin, taking her killer's life with his own hands... it fundamentally changed Nishitani.

I think the reason Nishitani is this hedonist loose cannon in the first place is because it was easier for him to focus solely on his base desires. To fight, to flirt, to spend and gain money, to have his fun and fill while he can - because the moment he goes deeper, the majority of what he feels, emotionally, is this sense of numbness.

Like, he was an orphan, driven to crime at an early age and no doubt had trouble connecting and adapting to school and society - yet I'm sure his cousin was one of the few people he was closest to while growing up (and his uncle of course), but with her death and with the killing... I think his tether to stability was broken indefinitely.

Whether or not he's truly conscious of said numbness is up to what you personally think, but I think Nishitani is self-aware. And he realized as an adult one thing about himself: his life changed the moment he killed someone, and with that, he knew he didn't have much choice on what to be in the eyes of society... except be seen as a criminal.

So that's what he did, and while he did so, he went all out, because why shouldn't he, at that point? All the pomp and circumstance inherent in the hierarchy of the yakuza was meaningless to him, as social norms were likely already a bore to him as a teen. And, while in the yakuza, he found he could get where he got because his set of skills (violence and intimidation) were seen as valuable - all for the money and power, that's what his peers likely flaunted while he climbed the ranks. If it's fun and feels good, why not chase it? And while he's at it, why not go all out, if he can?

And that's what he leaves Majima with too, in his dying words. To blaze his own path, just like he did. It's bittersweet to me, because in truth, Nishitani did do that - but he was still numb for the longest time. At least, he died protecting Majima, knowing it would help him escape and do what he felt responsible to do: giving Makoto a proper life.

So while Majima's persona was inspired and influenced by more people besides Nishitani, hopefully you can see why I really do get tired of people seeing Nishitani in such a surface level way, because as his own character, there's so much there to dig deep and theorize about.

Feel free to tell me your thoughts!

#yakuza #nishitani homare #yakuza 0 #y0 #rgg #ryu ga gotoku #rgg0 #majima goro #makimura makoto #homare nishitani #goro majima #makoto makimura #character analysis #my thoughts #yakuza 0 spoilers

[refinedstorage]

LEGEND 🥊

#kiryu is getting SCHOOLED #sorry moots I put the ost on here earlier #but i needed the full cutscene in the tag #bc ozawa rocks the part as kuze #yakuza 0 so good #yakuza #spoilers #yakuza spoilers #y0

[datastate]

i am going to kill jun oda with my bare hands

#I HATE HIM. I HATE HIM. my sister is playing through y0 right now and i'm just ^_^ every time he's on screen because i can't describe just #yet how much i wish makoto had been able to drag his sorry ass back to tachibana and have his world destroyed like he did for them #god. he is infuriating. a good antagonist. but god. [strangles him] #jestersvaguely #ykza tag #<- solely to catch the spoilers #choking mention

[designernishiki]

for real tho? especially if you consider tachibana kiryu’s equivalent to makoto in majima’s side of the story, i really believe something in kiryu snapped when tachibana died just as much as something did in majima later on when makoto got shot– if not more. the mad dog persona was a conscious choice that didn’t come about the second majima snapped and fought everyone tojo hq, but kiryu was straight up ready to kill a man by the time he was fighting shibusawa, no persona or anything to blame it on. arguably he went off the rails way sooner and held it together for way less time than majima managed to.

#and I mean. say what you will about majima’s spontaneity and all that but kiryu’s just as violent as him and THEN some #and it’s not subtle. from square one he solves all his problems with violence cause that’s sorta what he’s been conditioned to do #but I think when tachibana dies it goes from just doing what he’s programmed to do to genuinely channeling anger and resent and emotions in #general into beating the living shit out of people and not thinki by twice about the consequences #which is a trait he maintains throughout his entire life- with better and worse periods of course but #overall. yeah. look at his heat actions in y5. he’s miserable and it shows through how fucking unnecessarily Violent his moves are #smashing someone’s face into the pavement and rubbing it back and forth on asphalt? yeah I think even majima would be like #woah. take it back like. fifteen steps. breathe for a second #kiryu #majima #rambling #y0 #yakuza 0 spoilers #majima’s self control is actually sort of fucking incredible if you think about it #cause look at what kiryu went through in 0 and before 0 compared to majima- yet majima still didn’t go apeshit after all the #literal torture and god knows what else in his background

[falltumn]

i found out about the gaiden dress up mechanic and Lost my mind but i also have to meet my evil quota

#geks #i feel insane and sick in the head and crasy i LOVE DRESS UP MECHANICS #i didnt even want gaiden like i was being a hater and i still am do not mistake me. however. this one feature hs me considering buying it 🙏 #everyone knows dress up cabaret time is the best part of y0 and yk2..... and now i get to dress KIRYU up? and he can have EARRINGS????????? #ITS A BIRTHDAY MIRACLE ... ! #like a dragon gaiden spoilers #technically! #ykz

[developmentbuild]

posting this here to uphold my promise

#personal #y0 spoilers #I'll try picking it up again today I just fhfbebfhdbfjrj (is crying and sobbing his eyes out seeing tachibana raise the death flags)

[narafugos]

I just finished chap. 14 of Yakuza 0 and I genuinely latched onto Tachibana EXTREMELY fucking hard. I’m so heartbroken I’m gonna cry again I burst out sobbing when he died I HATE IT HERE WHY HIM WHY NOT IDK WHY NOT KUZE CAN HE PLZ LIVE

#tachibana tetsu #i wanna die #joker i. front #i hate it here #yakuza 0 spoilers #y0 spoilers #yakuza spoilers

[bother-blame]

went and played that substory music on top of part of that scene

#it's kinda quiet sorry!! #& tumblr will absolutely kill the video quality even though i recorded it in high quality lol #spoilers #lad spoilers #maybe it's because i played y0 first but its sad substory music is always what i hear when i think sad substory music #idk if this actually fits or not i just thought it would be funny #yakuza like a dragon