I’m a firm believer that the plot of the first game, including the remake and added Nishiki context, could very easily be a great story if properly rewritten. The potential is all there, but it’s held back mostly by such old writing. Yokoyama has said he’s not fond of his old stuff, and that he feels his writing found strength when doing Y3.
We need some Shimano and Majima interaction. Majima introspection after his boss is killed. The Nishiki flashbacks can stay, but the ending needs to be totally reworked to include them instead of just leaving it as it was in the original with a Yumi focus. Since so much stuff happened to him far beyond her. More Yumi in general. There’s some heavy things we didn’t get to see with her, and she goes through such a drastic change offscreen. She had the idea herself to blow up the bar and the money. Kazama even says something along the lines of Yumi wanting to get her own revenge against Jingu. More Yumi and Kiryu even if that’s also in flashbacks.
I’m so sorry Majima I have no idea how to merge MES with the main plot without drastic changes
Justifying Yuko’s absence in Yumi and Kiryu’s lives (even in times of crisis) by writing her as someone who self isolates when she’s in pain, just like her brother, is fun because it basically means having her be like