More Yakuza Kiwami 2 thoughts:
\u201cDrinks beer out of aluminum cans\u201d is such efficient shorthand for a specific type of 25-35 year old noir tomboy tsunderes
There\u2019s definitely a stereotypical Japanese beat cop face
This and Yakuza Zero\u2019s takes on \u201cDontonburi\u201d are making me appreciate the nuances of Kansai identity, and how its common translation as Dixie southernness isn\u2019t quite right
The Cabaret Club Fever music sounds almost happy hardcore, which makes sense for 2006 Japan
Cops having moral dilemmas about shooting people attacking them, or legal dilemmas about a group including two cops and one retired cop shooting a guy who had already shot two of them during a terrorism investigation, is WILD
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