History Funny / Yakuza1

:::On the other hand, if Kiryu actually has enough yen to cover Majima's ludicrous prices, Majima loses any reason to fight Kiryu since he instead praises the liquor. Majima's reaction? He can't help but pity Kiryu since he just got scammed over some cheap swill.

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--->'''Kiryu:''' Event though I should just let you die, I guess I'd feel bad for a second or two.

-->'''Kiryu:''' I can't wait to hear your next bad idea.

-->'''Kiryu:''' This is going to go poorly, but okay.

** A later instance where Kano is afraid he's going to be killed for not going through with a hit job:

-->'''Kiryu:''' This is going to go poorly, but okay.

* The substory "Searching for a Present" has Kiryu and Haruka look for gifts a girl Haruka's age can give a boy she likes. One of them is a "Shrink-Wrapped Magazine"... which is ''very'' clearly a porn mag. When Kiryu contemplates getting it, Haruka gives him the cutest DeathGlare imaginable. Making it funnier is that this is one of the ''"good"'' options for completing the substory!

* Similarly, the "Iji Sakura 2000" ImagineSpot shows how easy it can be to recontextualize an Imagine Spot video via slight scene changes. The song is a remix of an enka song from ''Ishin!'' and the video still shows the singer working the farms and badass posing with two daikons like they were swords, but instead of Ryoma Sakamoto working his farm at home, its Kiryu in prison.

* At the end of the game, after getting sworn in as the fourth chairman of the Tojo Clan, Kiryu's very first action is to... immediately resign and hand the position off to someone who actually wants it. We see a scene of Kiryu running out of the Tojo Clan HQ being chased by other Yakuza, asking him to wait up. He jumps into Date's car and tells them "Stay tough, guys," before Date drives them both away. Just to tie the whole thing up, we get a glimpse of the assorted Yakuza through the rear window, fading into the distance, as one of them half-heartedly bows after the vehicle.

* One substory involves Kiryu helping a middle-aged woman who had her handbag stolen when she wasn’t looking. He tracks down the pair of thieves and beats the crap out of them, then returns the handbag to its rightful owner. The woman thanks Kiryu as her bag contained clothes to prepare herself for her date. When she comes out, Kiryu is shocked to see that the middle-aged woman is now dressed as a high school girl and goes out to meet her date, which happens to be one of the thieves Kiryu beat up earlier. He deadpans they’re made for each other.

* One of the taunts an enemy can do is slap their rear. Given how serious this game is, it comes off as {{Narm}}.

* Some of the returning substories from the original have been expanded upon, a notable example being "Under Suspicion", where a man tasks Kiryu with giving a woman a password to buy an item from them. Before, he could also call them ugly with no consequence, but if he does, they'll deliver an ArmorPiercingSlap that causes damage. One of the women is someone Kiryu doesn't consider very attractive, and hesitates to give her the password ("You're very sexy"). If he does and shows her the money for the item, she'll think he's offering her a measly 1,000 yen for sex. Although she's upset at first, considering [[{{Hunk}} the person]] it's coming from, she gladly accepts. Kiryu, probably still haunted by [[BlackComedyRape similar experiences]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 back in the 80's]], immediately hauls ass with a look of shock and horror on his face. If he tells the same woman that she's ugly instead, she'll slap him so hard it'll destroy most of his life bar. Even Amon would be impressed by that.

** When Majima follows Kiryu into the Pocket Circuit Stadium, our hero's done messing around. He refuses to let the Mad Dog sully the sacred ground of Pocket Circuit and tries to force him out so they can fight outside. Not knowing such a wonderful place even existed, Majima tells Kiryu he doesn't care about fighting him and wants to know more about Pocket Circuit. Kiryu doesn't buy it, which earns him a scolding from Pocket Circuit Fighter, shocked that the otherwise kind Kazuma-kun would act hostile towards rookies, and tells both men to behave after "Goro-kun" eggs it on. After his first race, Majima spends days there training and quickly becomes a Pocket Racing pro to everyone's amazement.

** When Majima follows Kiryu into the Pocket Circuit Stadium, our hero's done messing around. He refuses to let the Mad Dog sully the sacred ground of Pocket Racing and tries to force him out so they can their fight outside. Not knowing such a wonderful place even existed, Majima tells Kiryu he doesn't care about fighting him and wants to know more about Pocket Racing. Kiryu doesn't buy it, which earns him a scolding from Pocket Circuit Fighter, shocked that the otherwise kind Kazuma-kun would act hostile towards rookies, and tells both men to behave after "Goro-kun" eggs it on. After his first race, Majima spends days there training and quickly becomes a Pocket Racing pro to everyone's amazement.

* Just as Kiryu, Date and the Florist discuss the soapland Shangri-La and how to get inside, Haruka pipes up, asking Kiryu what a soapland is. Cue Kiryu floundering, trying to figure out how to explain the very-much adult topic of soaplands to the nine year old kid, and Date wants nothing to do with that. Its all capped off with Haruka revealing she already knows what a soapland was (having been in town long enough to find out,) and was just pulling Kiryu's leg! Even Florist finds the whole thing hilarious!

** FoeYay (or FanDisservice) has found a new home in ''Yakuza Kiwami''. At some point Majima invites Kiryu to a bikini bar to "celebrate" his release from prison. Not only is Kiryu treated to the sight of Majima ''pole-dancing'' for him, but it still ends in a fight considering our hero didn't enjoy the show.

*** Even FUNNIER...someone looked at this...and discovered that the person who was not laughing in the original is still seen in the line-up...laughing. He learend!

* One of the taunts an enemy can do is slap their rear. Given how serious this game is, it comes off as [[Narm]].

** The original English dub of this moment is just as funny thanks to the acting chops of good ol' Creator/MarkHamill as Majima who throws in an [[ClusterFBomb f shot]] at the poor bastard.

** Finally, Majima will randomly join other fights. You can't even get away from him when you're fighting someone else!

** The Bowling Challenge starts with Kiryu walking in and the clerk saying "I spy with my one eye...a Kiryu-chan." Kiryu has a ThisIsGonnaSuck look as the camera turns to show Majima dancing behind him, challenging him to a bowling match.