#yakuza spoilers

subarubratmoved-deactivated2021:

all of kiryus dead friends and family standing around in heaven wondering what theyre gonna do about nishiki screamcrying in the next room over because they all just saw kiryu make daigo dojima, the least qualified dude ever, chairman and it has fully undone him. be he rly killed all those mfs for NOTHING. theyll make anyone chairman these days

nishiki’s ghost remembering how he had to pretend daigo’s 12-year-old fashion choices were cool so daigo wouldn’t feel bad

majimemegoro:

since weve been on the subject of facial animations and voice acting, let me just say this: im still GUTTED that the short scene in the Hole in y0 was not a proper cutscene. because the voice acting there - that’s the most broken and vulnerable we’ve ever heard majima, when hes asking what happened to his bro. how its high-pitched and almost strangled sounding and just ugh. that was virtuoso work from hidenari ugaki, its one of the top 3 voice acting moments in the series that i can think of off the top of my head. and it deserved the facial animations to match. why they didnt give that scene proper animation I CANNOT fathom.

fair, though they did have quite graphic onscreen torture scene in y1/kiwami and something comparable in y5.

lordonisyr:

majimemegoro:

kinda tired of how yakuza characters all have like the same boring body just with slight tweaks in proportions so here are some body & eating/exercise headcanons for a few characters.

• kiryu is probably the closest in my head to how he looks in canon, with the caveat that when he gets ‘out of shape’ in between games, he does actually lose some muscle tone. when hes in his most muscled form during the stressful main events of each game, he really does look LikeThatTM, but he doesn’t really do it on purpose. he just… drinks too many energy drinks and not enough water. kiryu youre dehydrated please take care of yourself kiryu please. also he eats stupid nonsense but somehow still has a hollywood-style body. his arms are SO good. has forgotten to eat vegetables for a whole month before. he has several gunshot-wound scars and also scars from the torture and the abdominal stabbings. [if anyone wants to go through the history and make a ‘map’ of the places on kiryu’s body where he would have scars, that would be amazing. i plan to do it myself but probaly wont have time for a few years.]
  
• nishiki is a bit vain about his body. so hes the Health Conscious One [canon, y0 intro scene]. he doesnt diet exactly and hes always happy to eat a huge delicious meal while out on the town, but on his own he tries to make really balanced meals and stuff. his exercise regimen is second only to his haircare routine. he follows it strictly, but it’s nothing too intense. like kiryu, he’s pretty naturally good at being muscly and toned. hes never as bulky as kiryu though.
• nishida is a small guy. stronger than he looks, but not shredded at all, hes just a normal pretty strong guy. loses weight in times of higher stress than usual (i.e. 100000 instead of 10000 stress, which is nishida’s daily level). tattoo is a Buddha and lotus flowers.
  
• majima really freaking cares what he looks like. hes starved-shredded and hed do it on purpose if he had to, he wants to look ripped. he eats like garbage [canon, kiwami smile burger majima everywhere event] or just forgets to eat even though hes hungry. really disorganized and a mess but he looks good??? I guess????? hes passed out before possibly from eating only staminams for two weeks straight malnutrition, but it’s hard to say for sure what the cause was because he also… doesnt.. sleep. his joints are in surprisingly good shape, but his knees always crack when he stands up from his lil crouches. long legs. most impressive body part is probably his thighs and shredded abs. his butt is “the great plains”
  
• its been said before but akiyama has. dad bod.
• saejima eats a lot [canon, y5 gourmet substory with the girl] and exercises a lot, and gains weight really easily, muscle and fat. so hes super super bulky and well muscled, but not that shredded. like he often has visible abs but theyre meaty abs, not shrink-wrapped abs. he doesnt care what he looks like, but he wants to be  s t r o n g e. he doesn’t really like western food, and he refuses to even try smile burger. will pretty much eat anything else. despite his iconic eyebrow scar he doesnt really scar easily, most of his wounds heal without leaving too much of a mark. his boobies are one of the seven wonders of the world. also one of the few characters with a bodacious butt.
  
• okudera is quite small, especially compared to the giant-size protagonists. maybe like 5′6″? he’s also one of those people who naturally doesnt get that hungry, and combined with his experience of starvation while dealing with trauma & guilt, the guy never eats enough. still in good shape from trekking all over the mountain day & night, skinny but really compact and sinewy. hes also mega scarred up [canon for his face]. not tattooed. his joints are in phenomenal shape for someone of his age and disregard for his personal wellbeing. gets sick pretty easily though.
• kashiwagi. hes muscular but never shrink-wrapped like kiryu sometimes gets, but he has broad shoulders and a naturally snatched waist. his torso still looks like that no matter how many cold noodles he stress-eats. doesnt care at all what he looks like but people find it hard to believe because if they see him shirtless they think he has to be a narcissist (bc theyre jealous). has a really big tattoo (im thinkin full sleeves, etc) but idk what its of. actually only has a few scars aside from the facial scar.
  
• please add your own, on new characters or where your headcanon on these characters differs from mine! i’d love to hear !!
  

I have an additional headcanon about Majima during the Y3-4 days. You’ll notice his proportions in the old engine are pretty weird, especially the size of his pecs. I have this headcanon that after becoming a Tojo Clan officer, getting more wrapped into the business stuff and kicking less ass, plus stress and the whole Kiryu-chan being across the country thing he trained less and ate a lot worse and put on some weight. He was still naturally skinny with a high metabolism and he still fought regularly, but he started collecting more fat around his stomach and pecs. When he came back, Saejima hounded Majima to actually eat something nutritious regularly and of course Majima had his fight partner back. When Saejima left again in Y5, Majima barely ate for a while and got way too thin. Nishida tried to gently coax him to eat better.

Also going to add some of the Judgment boys:

-Yagami is a bit on the skinny side with some clear muscle definition. He regularly practices martial arts and probably works out a lot, plus street fights help. However he doesn’t eat that well, probably hops from junk food to decent meals to nothing but Staminans for a few days. His landlady complains about not getting rent, but she keeps putting meals in his fridge so he will at least eat something. Plus he’s the furthest thing froma tank, as evident by how much squishier he is in battle than other protags. Maybe he gets sick easily too.

-Kaito is completely ripped but with somewhat of a dad bod. He has a big frame and is naturally tanky. He works out and trains, but the appeal of ramen and beer is pretty strong. Plus I imagine maybe he put on a few more pounds after leaving the yakuza, I see stress eating plus going from an enforcer to a detective.

-Sugiura is really wiry with a lean physique with clear muscle definition, think a gymnist or a cyclist. He is a parkour master and a quick little thing, so he’s constantly practicing. Don’t see him doing much working out aside from that, but he generally tries to eat pretty well.

-Higashi started off as a really skinny guy, but when he really took the yakuza seriously and wanted to get stronger he practically lived at the gym for a while and got buff. He now takes great care with what he eats to increase his performance, though he is naturally smaller so he’s trying to work with that.

-Tsukumo is pretty skinny, but is kind of soft in a few places. Sometimes he forgets to eat when immersed in whatever he’s doing at the time. Usually he might eat a ramen cup or a Smile Burger, but sometimes he might make an effort to eat something a little more nutritious. While he spends most of his time sitting in front of a computer, Yagami-shi and all his other friends are inspiring him to work out a little more and maybe watch some martial arts instruction videos.

-Saori eats a lot of sweets, but she has a really high metabolism. While she stays pretty thin, she has some round proportions. She always hid her body, but ever since working undercover a few times as a hostess she realized that she looks damn good in a form-fitting dress. She does try to hit the gym every now and then, but her endless work schedule (usually by her own choice) gets in the way.

-Hoshino is secretly ripped. He has a lean physique but under that suit he’s really defined. He’s canonically a black belt and I see him training several times a week with maybe some strength training.

Since Kashiwagi has yet to disrobe in canon, I’ve taken it upon myself to crudely edit his face onto naked Ishin Wagi mod screenshots.

I’m making these on my phone and it honestly takes like 10 minutes. Why didn’t I do this before???

Bless@KashiwagiSimp on Twitter for providing such an ample supply of naked Wagi shots