Sorry, I was playing RuneScape

When "So much more!" is playing for the first time >FUCK YEAH, WE BALLIN' When "So much more!" is playing for the hundredth time >FUCK YEAH, WE BALLIN'

When in Like a Dragon 5: Fulfiller of Dreams, in the chapter Dreams Fulfilled, Haruka during the DREAM LINE event, before the song DREAM said "We're gonna make our dreams come true on this stage" I really felt it.

i still to this day cannot even begin to comprehend why the designers for this game thought that it would be a good idea to have saejima literally hallucinate himself in the city doing stuff in order to "pass the time" while he was in prison rather than just cutting to the next scene

My favorite moment of the game was when shinada told akiyama "we the yakuza 5 and I'm also HOMELESS" truly inspiring

I feel like I'm the only guy who actually likes Haruka in Yakuza 5. I find her whole chapter to be a refreshing change of pace and being able to run around town without having to deal with encounters is a godsend.

The Yakuza Remaster including a physical english case for the ps3 version of Yakuza 5, to me, always represented just how much the people involved in this series care and are in touch with their fanbase

Shinada was the poorest Yakuza protagonist until Ichiban got out of prison

Nah bro Haruka’s section is my favorite part of the entire game. It’s perfect. An incredible way to break up the pace halfway through the story and refresh you with some of the best banger songs in the entire franchise. We love Haruka’s Y5 section.

Man, I love shinada's story. I see a little bit of him in new characters like higashi, but I do wish to see my boy again one day. Oh well, i guess we can only dre

The thing with Haruka is that making her a fighter would go against everything Kiryu has ever done and will do after 5 to protect her from the underworld of the yakuza. Even if you replace the idol contest with a karate competition, you have to remember that Haruka got dragged into 5's story because the people after her are actually yakuza trying to use her as blackmail for Kiryu. In this scenario, making Haruka a fighter would motivate her to insert herself not only in this conflict, but any future conflicts Kiryu would have, because she can hold her own in a way, but again this is going against everything her story and relationship with Kiryu establishes, and would make the ending of 6 borderline impossible. With Haruka specifically, it's not because she's a female protagonist but because of who she is, or at least that's what I think RGG saw in her story. Maybe she could take some classes for self defense and defending the other kids, but she shouldn't go as deep as being able to fight like the other playable characters because of the inserting herself into every conflict thing. Either way, 5 is pretty good, it's one of my favorites from the Yakuza series. It's has a lot to say, it has a lot to play, and while it's a big mess overall, it's a very enjoyable mess with one of the best combat systems in the series. Shinada is indeed borderline broken btw, you can cheese his Amon fight by grabbing a metal pole and just RUNNING lmao.

The noodle minigame song went so hard for no reason in Y5

I unironically want to play Yakuza 5 because of the Haruka sections just because my favorite part of all the games I played was the Karaoke. I want a whole campaign based on the Karaoke and I'm not kidding.

Shinada singlehandedly carried 5 and it's a shame that RGG forgot his existence.

two things: 1. I'm kinda glad that Shinada didn't get any more story. His arc feels very complete and i feel like touching it in any way would make that worse. I would absolutely love for him to get more screen time, but maybe via means of substory of him being happy in life and something unexpected happening to him. 2. haruka being the damsel in distress to me is fine, but the rest of orphanage kids not having almost anyone left there to watch over them rubs me the wrong way. Mikio (i think that was the name of Rikiya's sidekick?) hasn't appeared in any game since 3. What I would love to see is someone like Taichi, who already has wrestling aspirations, join Ichi's team, or maybe even Kiryu's (though that would undo y6).

i loved every single part in Y5 but shinada’s part is genuinely on such a different level

This is one of the best games in the entire franchise for one singular reason. Shinada. My beloved. I hate Saejima's section. Why did I run through the snow for hours? I just wanted to play as Shinada.

I actually think Saejima's section was one of the best parts of the game. It feels cozy and nostalgic

in my opinion, Y5 is the best one, the amount of things that u do is insane,the taxi thing and the haruka story is so sweet yet sad, truly a perfect game. BTW I wish that my ps4 didn't inexplicably broke about 2 months ago, and GOD I miss the random times that I said "u know what, I will play Y5" and just start playing

As a rhythm game fan, I honestly enjoyed Haruka's section of this game but if I had to choose between that and Haruka taking after Kiryu and beating up fools on the street, I'd choose the latter in a heartbeat. Or at least have her take self defense lessons so she has a similar combat style to Tanimura that revolves around parries and counters.

the shinada grapple bit was so funny to me💀💀💀

I had no idea about the whole "hold down the camera reset button to not accidentally do a heat action" thing! That would have saved me so much agony!!!

i just started up 5 and this masterpiece releases. Amazing

This game is a YUME to watch because the story is legit my favourite Yakuza story. (please steal my dog)

yay finaly came out

>The game is called Yakuza 0 >features 2 playable protagonists instead of 0 as was advertised I FEEL CHEATED AND LIED TO.

Jesus I wish I knew about that camera-reset not using any heat thingy a couple years ago

Holy crap your idea for fixing Haruka's segment is GENIUS

We are yakuza 5

Dude..... A Karate Kid version of Haruka eould have been absolutely insane and id be all for it

My first playthrough of Yakuza 5 was about 60 hours. Half of it was me dozing off during Saejima's chapter, the other half was me struggling to get from anywhere to a save point (there were a shit ton of street encounters)

I really liked the part of Yakuza 5 when one of the Yakuza 5s said "I"m homeless :(" , then beat up a dude and get a plate thats worth like 5trillion yen or something.

Love the shoutouts for the good good boys in each part. One of my favorite things about 5 is the purely good and supportive side characters in each part. The real MVPs.

Despite its cheesiness, Baka Mitai is truly a beautifully written song and it blows my mind that it was written for a video game. At first I assumed it was an existing Japanese pop song from the 80’s or something. I used to do a lot of songwriting and would have been extremely proud to have come up with that melody.

ngl i outta nowhere LOVE this idea of direction of what if the game was centered around haruka doing karate, the akiyama part wwould also fit in well as you mentioned, i just donnt know how kiryus part would fit in

The amount of Shinada stan-ing in this video makes me happy. That is all

I Didnt know rgg make binary domain that game was pretty decent but have nothing ground breaking tho, i do agree with the spawn kuza meme even with a mod that reduce the spawn by 30 % it still way to much

Lol Haruka's part is my second favorite section of the game, but to each their own. Love your retrospectives with these.

The thumbnail was literally me last night. I (admittedly) haven’t even played Yakuza 5 yet--there’s something about Shinada man

Haruka telling who Kiryu is was the biggest blunder of the game: "Hello do you know Kiryu Kazuma? - Yeah he is my dad so if you want to fuck with him go capture me or something, here's also our home address, PO Box, bank details, medical information and shoe size" also yume, story sucks besides shinada

I love this game. Probably my favorite in the series, and took about 120 hours to complete.

I’m a girl around Haruka’s age currentlu, Haruka’s section was the fucking BOMB !!! She just like me fr AAAAAAA it was cool as hell. Also I just love Akiyama :3

This was a dream-like retrospective 😂 Gotta love these Yakuza videos so far and I agree about Shinada, too bad he was gone after this one D:

The taiko minigame is literally the reason I got into yakuza, I wanted to know who John yakuza was and why he was a taxi driver lmao

Yakuza 5 will always be one of my favorites, definitely in the top 5.

That Haruka karate plot sounds like a Cobra Kai spinoff and I love it.

I loved this game as a whole and enjoyed all the side activities, it was really nice to see some experimenting.

Still in the top 3 Yakuza games, this and 0 where the series peaked (the Judgement games were pretty good too). I liked the Haruka part, after getting thorugh the Kiryu and Saejima part it's a nice change of pace to just relax and not fight everyone for an hour or two. Also we don't need more Shinada stuff, his story was great but he did his part and got his happy ending (same with Tanimura from 4 though he is probably dead).

Finally a new part, I've been waiting for this for the past 3 weeks and i can't wait to watch it

It was a DREAM to have this video posted

I think the enemy leader mechanic was also in 3,4 ,there were these enemies who double health bars but once you kill them, other enemies would sometimes (as in a less common chance) fear you. Maybe its just me but i feel like it did exist in the other two games

Me playing Shinada's story: "Wow! This might be the greatest game in the series!" Me playing Saejima's story: "Wow! This might be the worst game in the series!" Kiryu's stuff is alright ig

"Mostly unchanged from the original translation, which was very accurate to the source material." "Only children believe in dragons."

I remember the first time I got to Haruka's section in this game. I was so excited thinking that maybe she would learn a dancing fighting style like Majima's in 0, just for hopes to be crushed

Damn bro that Karate idea for Haruka was genuinely great. It also would of removed that horrid plot point of Majima having an ex wife he was abusive to. Great video yet again 👏👏🎊

Yume, Dream. Jokes on you I don' t have a dog.

Not to mention the Forbidden Word, but I’m pretty sure (excluding songs) they say Yume like 480 times total in the game. There’s a compilation somewhere out there

DUDE THE SOSUKE KOMAKI/HARUKA THING WOULD'VE BEEN SO SICK

Shinada is my yume man and I dream about him every single night

game should have just been called Shinada 5

Yakuza 5 is one of my favorites cause yeah it can be slow and boring but for me i like nearly all of it. It showed me i can enjoy playing yakuza in pretty much anyway whether its fighting, dancing, and everything else cause the whole game just feels so heartfelt

bro remembered to upload

Haruka fighting is nothing more than a DREAM or a modder's reality

6:34 doesn't it work the same way in 0 and kiwami? I'm pretty sure they're marked with a different color on the minimap

Shinada my beloved. The creature and the one true god.

I've been conditioned to see the word "retrospective" and expect an hour long minimum video. A 13 minute one threw me off guard ngl.

5 was one of my favorites in the series. Just really fun.

Pretty much wholly agree with this. I played every game in order after playing 0 and the plotting of this and 4 suffer so much by splitting the stories the way they do and, yes, also things like Saejima's areas being boring and small. Still. I look forward to playing it again someday :) and I miss and love Shinada

Haruka being a martial artist feels way more in line with her character, especially how she was in 3 and 4

This was the Yakzua game I actually had trouble with, and that was because of the final boss, it kicked my ass. I think its probably because I'm not great at these games in general, but this one was rough.

0:50 Oh hey the random anecdote I gave under one of the other videos about the circus that was the PS3 translation got in. Nice.

My favorite game out of the franchise, thanks for the highlight !

Enemy leader mechanic is kind of a necessity in Y5. The amount of goons on the street is ridiculous. When I started Y5 I got into a chain battle of literally 3 enemy groups engaging me one after another in a span of seconds. It was a big what the actual f moment. After I figured out the leader bit the battles became A LOT faster.

I think it could have been interesting if Haruka told Kiryu she wanted to be an idol as a cover for a martial arts tournament, since he'd probably never be cool with it otherwise. Hell, she could learn alot from Akiyama just by watching him fight since she wouldn't have the raw power of Kiryu.

For me, Yakuza 5 is the best game in the franchise, and one of my favorite games ever, I love it so much.

Akiyama is based as shit and I will not stand by this slander, dude's combat style slaps

I will also openly admit that I didn't have the best opinion of Shinada's moveset, and that the game really is easy enough to get through it without taking advantage of it. But after seeing his heat actions and a few videos on how to actually get the most out of his moveset, let alone discovering that he's supposed to be a weapon master? Now I actually want to play this game again and see how far I can take that. See how much easier I would've had it if I just played more into the emphasis on weapons.

What caught my interest, is that Haruka went through quite a bit during her chapter, then, it looked like she could really use someone. And Akiyama thankfully was there and stepped in.

Thank you for giving my man Shinada the respect he deserves 👏

Is no one going to talk about kiryu's brilliant decision of leaving 10+ defenseless kids alone unsupervised?

Shinada good.

There is this one thought about this game was how much this game would've either got screwed over or screwed on GTA V if it were released months/weeks before that game.

I LOVED this game, from the very start I knew that this was the longest game in the series so I took my time with it, and it is to this day one of my favs in the franchise, and I pray to every single god there is that rgg bring back Shinada in any way to a new yakuza game

9:44 This made me laugh harder than it should have. Lmao

My dream, also known as "yume" in Japanese, is for Shinada to return in a future game.

I love your idea for Haruka section, I was also a bit disappointed when I found out that you can't fight as her (except for that one shitty minigame).

Yume I dont have a dog, I AM the dog

honestly if I could play a version of the game that's just Shinada I'd take it in a heartbeat haha

9:52 FF5 music? Respect.

Say what you will about the rhythm mini-games, I just adore the fact that there are technically 4 separate rhythm mini-games in RGG 5 (Haruka Street, Haruka Idol, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Karaoke

I really hope that kiryu's party in 8 is going to contain shinada. I know deep down that it probably won't but by god, PLEASE rgg

Ngl Daigo theme makes me tear up every time and I dont know why

Tbh, I was getting real tired of this game by the time I had finished Akiyama’s section of the game, but Shinada’s part honestly redeemed it so much. Sure, his fighting style is kinda weird, but it’s still really fun once you get the hang of it. Plus, I was glad that his part of the story felt like it was separate from the other stuff going on, cause it was getting boring as hell. I was rushing through Haruka and Akiyama’s parts, but I spent a lot longer on Shinada alone than I did with both of them, and I even like their sections to begin with. Shinada is just a lovable dude that you can’t help but love

Yakuza 5 had a great finale but the more I look back on it, the less satisfied I become with it, with what it seemingly sacrificed to get there (namely plot holes, a very messy plot overall, and Kiryu and Haruka being complete retards). It's as if they wrote it entirely around that final act which is by every metric is horrible practice. Not to mention how they did everyone dirty in this title in some way or another, had very poorly baked "theme" like when I , and of course, it all led directly led to Yakuza 6, which is the worst case I've ever seen of a game having great ideas but being done horribly poorly and relying on plot holes to even exist. 5 was a great experience, but I unironically think its the one game I'll replay least because of just how much shit they butchered for it to occur. 1-4 is canon and then everyone lives happily ever after. 5 is just the Shinada spinoff where he comes to terms with his past, beats the shit out of Daigo, and then he runs off with Milky-chan and they can finally be happy, too. 6 is just the slice-of-life part of 3 but 50 hours. The end. P.S. Mirei Park deserves to be fed into a wood chipper.

Sorry Snow but I blacked out throughtout the video and managed to only see the part you talked about my boi Shinada until I collapsed again.

Really glad I see more people are hip to what a legend Shinada is these days, feel like I mostly just saw haters back in the day.

dream

You can't steal something that I don't have. Yume.

Ngl this is the first time where I 100% completely agree with all of your criticisms about the game. Especially with harukas section should've been about fighting as to kind of show that women are as strong as the BIG men that are shown a lot in this series but making it a tournament set in reality would've tied in pretty well (seriously why doesnt yakuza actually dabble in professional fighting for a beat em up game like the closest we got was LJs boxing and no kurohyou doesnt count because you are sitll giving people permanent injury)

Great video but I don't think it had enough Shinada in it.