History VideoGame / RyuGaGotoku

* DatingSim: Every game has had an optional series of [[SideQuest side quests]] where Kazuma could visit the local hostess clubs and woo a collection of lovely ladies for HundredPercentCompletion and some neat bonuses which includes [[ExperiencePoints XP]], sometimes very valuable items, and photo portraits of the women. In the second game, Kazuma can also optionally help out the hapless employees of a host club getting screwed over by their boss... by signing on as the newest employee and working to become the Number One Host as a gambit to root out the boss from hiding. In the western release of the third game, the whole "hostess club" aspect was cut, which just allowed Kazuma to simply take the girls out for a couple dates, then reap the benefits (no relationship values, expensive hostessing minigame, multiple choice dialogue, etc). The hostess clubs return in western release of the fourth game (at least for Akiyama, Tanimura, and Kazuma).

* StatusQuoIsGod: A small example: Akiyama's overweight secretary Hana becomes a [[BeautifulAllAlong gorgeous bombshell thorough dieting]] by the events of ''4's'' end. She ends up returning to her old body type by ''Dead Souls.''

*** [[AyaHirano Hana]] is Haruhi Suzumiya and [[LuckyStar Konata.]]

*** [[HidenariUgaki Majima]] is [[{{Tekken}} Ganryu]] and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Donantello.]]
*** [[AkioOtsuka The Minister of Defense]] is [[MetalGear Solid Snake.]]

** Both Saejima and Tanimura, two of ''Yakuza 4's'' protagonists, suddenly disappear by the time ''Dead Souls'' comes along.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Akira Nishiki and Kyohei Jingu in the first one, Kim Taejin and Ryuji Goda in the second, Mine in the third, and Seishiro Munakata in the forth.]]
* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Ryo Takashima in the second game; Andre Richardson in the third; Munakata in the fourth, DD in ''Dead Souls''.]]

** In fact, nearly anyone who is an ally or associate of Kazuma is a badass in some ways
* BadassCrew: Everyone who supported and helped Kazuma has at least done something awesome to earn this.

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Ryo Takashima in the second game; Andre Richardson in the third; Munakata in the fourth.]]

** It's not just him, Kawara doubles it for being a CowboyCop and there's Hanaya/Kage who "plays fair," Sotaro Komaki, Fuma/Kazama, [[spoiler: his cop brother]] Jouji and finally Nakahara that [[spoiler:wrestled with a Bull]].

* EvilCounterpart: Ryuji Goda from the second game

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking [[spoiler:Kazuma]] taking the title of Chairman of the Tojo Clan. Later [[spoiler:Daigo Dojima]] in future games

** Averted in Dead Souls, it's impossible to kill a zombie with melee attacks, and Kiryu has a rough time when he [[spoiler: Goes into the quarantine zone without any weapons.]]

** Unless they're [[WhatMeasureIsAMook foreigners]] in which case you can gun them down without remorse.

** The lack of female opponents is somewhat averted in 4. While helping her out with her investigation, Tanimura takes up a female Korean cop who's in Japan chasing a Korean criminal as a sparring partner. She's the only female opponent in the game, though.

* XMeetsY: ''Of The End/Dead Souls'' is basically Left4Dead meets VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku. [[spoiler: It also seems like there's four playable characters.]]

->'''M''': Kiryu is the way yakuza used to be. We kept the streets clean. People liked us. We didn't bother ordinary citizens. We respected our bosses. Now, guys like that only exist in video games.\\

'''M''': You sure it wasn't just a tax shelter?\\
'''K''': Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.

* BigDamnVillains" [[spoiler: The big bad of the third gave saves Rikiya from a beheading]]

** Really, the protagonists as a whole need to learn to stop trusting the irredeemable villains and turning their backs on them after they've been defeated. This has happened far more times than is even slightly reasonable, resulting in the deaths of several characters.

* BagGuyBar: Deborah in the original is populated solely by people who exist to be beaten up by you.

** Snake Flower Triad leader Lau Ka Long is patterned after [[VirtuaFighter Lau Chan]], with a few shades of [[VideoGame/Shenmue Lan Di]].

** Snake Flower Triad leader Lau Ka Long is patterned after [[VirtuaFighter Lau Chan]].

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* [[spoiler:GatlingGood: Ryuji Goda in ''Of The End/Dead Souls'' sports a cybernetic ArmCannon from the [[FinalFantasyVII Barrett Wallace]] Collection.]]

** [[spoiler:This is Shun Akiyama's default weapon configuration in ''Of The End/Dead Souls''.]]