History YMMV / LostJudgment

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[[BullyHunter Jin Kuwana]], formerly Yu Kitakata, was a classroom teacher fired after one of his students committed suicide for bullying. As a local handyman, Kuwana contacted his former students and blackmailed them into kidnapping other bullies involved in suicides [[KnightTemplar so that the loved ones of the victims could exact their revenge]]. [[TheChessmaster Creating an alibi for Ehara as a sex offender]] so that he could spite the justice system, Kuwana keeps the corpse of one of the bullies hidden as a leverage to blackmail his former students. Kuwana teams up with Takayuki Yagami on several occassions when fighting the criminal organization RK while managing to evade both RK and the police, only feeling remorse over [[SheKnowsTooMuch Yoko Sawa's]] death as collateral damage. [[AffablyEvil Charming and ruthless]], Yagami and the others were unsure whether bringing Kuwana into justice was the right thing to do, and eventually let him go due to insufficient evidence in exchange for the rest of the victims' locations.]]

* CryForTheDevil: On the surface, Shusuke Kenmochi seems nothing more than a drunken brute who also happens to lead a criminal gang, but when you find out why he turned out the way he did, you can't help but pity him. [[spoiler:He gets manipulated into burning down a house with an innocent family trapped which turned him into an alcoholic wreck who drinks and fights to cope with the trauma. And the person who manipulated him? A sociopath who Kenmochi thought was his friend and then proceeded fatally poison him.]]

** The story having parallels to the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first game]], combined with Creator/YongYea playing [[spoiler: a much stronger and muscular character than he appears]] can be this in light of him getting the role of Kiryu starting with ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName''.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel very good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick plenty of ass]], [[ActionMom hell, she even taught her son Jun martial arts]], has a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring]] [[BigSisterInstinct personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold, [[spoiler: and the reunion and rekindle of their romantic relationship all the more sweeter.]] All of the above reasons certainly make her popular in and out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), and with how previously beloved characters were promoted to higher roles in LJ's main story (for instance; Sugiura and Tsukumo with their Yokohama 99 agency) is pretty much guaranteed to happen.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel very good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick plenty of ass]], [[ActionMom hell, she even taught her son Jun martial arts]], has a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring]] [[BigSisterInstinct personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold, [[spoiler: and the reunion and rekindle of their romantic relationship all the more sweeter.]] All of the above reasons certainly make her popular in and out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), is pretty much guaranteed to happen.

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[BullyHunter Jin Kuwana]] was once an ordinary school teacher. After one of his students was bullied by his classmates into suicide, Kuwana blackmailed the bullies into [[KnightTemplar helping him kill seven other bullies]]. Kuwana kept the authorities oblivious to his crimes for eight years and when they finally figured it out, he had no problems evading them. Kuwana is ruthless but charming, to the point where some of the heroes were unsure whether bringing him in was the right thing to do.]]

** The story having parallels to the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1]], combined with Creator/YongYea playing [[spoiler: a much stronger and muscular character than he appears]] can be this in light of him getting the role of Kiryu starting with ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName''.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/StephenFu's character [[spoiler: turns out to be a murderous money-hungry CorruptCorporateExecutive]]. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'', where he now plays [[spoiler: Shun Akiyama, who is practically the exact opposite.]]

* NarmCharm: The FinalBoss. To be specific, you're not fighting some ambitious hotshot (e.g., [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Shibusawa]], [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Goda]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Yakuza5 Aizawa]]]]), a tragic character ([[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Nishiki]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Masato]]]]), or even a CompleteMonster ([[VideoGame/Yakuza4 Munakata]], [[VideoGame/Yakuza6 Iwami]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Judgment}} Kuroiwa]]]]) but rather [[spoiler:just a regular - [[BadassBookworm albeit]] ''[[ClarkKentOutfit very]]'' [[StrongerThanTheyLook jacked]] - doctor that also has feelings for the protagonist's love interest]]. Under most circumstances, especially since this fight is given the mainline ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' [[BattleStrip treatment]], it'd be pretty ridiculous, but given that this is the franchise's first unambiguously HappyEnding with the [[https://youtu.be/8Yy6WY_c510 soundtrack]] reflecting that, it's safe to say that this fight has [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments won the hearts]] of many a player after finishing the DLC.

* HilariousInHindsight: {{Creator/StephenFu}}'s character [[spoiler: turns out to be a murderous money-hungry CorruptCorporateExecutive]]. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'', where he plays [[spoiler: Shun Akiyama, who is practically the exact opposite.]]

* CharacterRerailment: A minor case in regards to Hoshino. While in the base game, he pretty much loses a lot of confidence he got through CharacterDevelopment in the last game and becomes the DesignatedMonkey who everyone treats as a joke, here he gets a minor moment to shine in the DLC's prologue; along with Saori, he helps Kaito dupe a "Detective Agency" consisting of former {{Yakuza}} by posing as an adulterer and putting on a convincing act of desperately begging the thug to not release footage of him exiting a love hotal with another woman to stage an incriminating recording that can be used against them to help Kaito get back the money (and a little extra) that they conned out of the client. The only real screw-up he does make is when the guy grabs the recording from Hoshino's hand and legs it, but even Kaito seemed caught off-guard by that and doesn't hold it against him.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel very good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick]] [[ActionMom plenty of ass]], a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring]] [[BigSisterInstinct personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold, [[spoiler: and the reunion and rekindle of their romantic relationship all the more sweeter.]] All of the above reasons certainly make her popular in and out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), is pretty much guaranteed to happen.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel very good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick]] [[ActionMom plenty of ass]], a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring]] [[BigSisterInstinct personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold, [[spoiler: and the reunion and rekindle of their romantic relationship all the more sweeter.]] All of the above reasons certainly make her popular out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), is pretty much guaranteed to happen.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick]] [[ActionMom plenty of ass]], a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring]] [[BigSisterInstinct personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold, [[spoiler: and the reunion and rekindle of their romantic relationship all the more sweeter.]] All of the above same reasons also make her popular out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), is pretty much guaranteed to happen.

** There's a very good reason why Kaito fell for Mikiko - [[SilkHidingSteel good looks]], [[ActionGirl can kick]] [[ActionMom plenty of ass]], a spunky and sassy but [[MamaBear very caring personality]], and to top it all off, [[TheWoobie a very tragic backstory]] that makes her breakup with Kaito all the more HarsherInHindsight by the time the DLC's events unfold. And those same reasons also make her popular out-of-universe on top of being a very good match for someone like Kaito, and because of all that pretty much all of the fanbase have unanimously agreed that they want to see her kick some more ass alongside Kaito and play a bigger role alongside Jun in the third Judgment game, which going by the studio's recent track record with female characters (mainly Chitose in ''Infinite Wealth''), is pretty much guaranteed to happen.