History NightmareFuel / Judgment

* Hamura forcing Higashi to kill Red Nose in order to prove his loyalty to him. Not only is Higashi scared shitless, but Hamura rubs it in by saying that he screams like a woman [[Squick and that it gets him going.]]

* The entire premise of the game. [[PlayerCharacter Yagami]] is trying to find a serial killer who has three confirmed kills under his belt by the start of the game, and all the corpses have had their ''eyes gouged out of their skulls.'' Thankfully, every victim has sunglasses over their eye sockets, so you're never exposed to what they look like gouged out, but it doesn't do much to mask the horror.
** As it turns out, however, all the murders were due to human experimentation with AD-9, a drug that's incredibly lethal for humans. One can only imagine the horrors that Waku-san and the Kyorei Clan victims went through when they were experimented on; criminal or not, no one deserves that kind of horrible fate.
*** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, AD-9 causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by their eyes developing a dark blue pigmentation, hence why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die horribly, screaming all the way. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.
*** For that matter, Shono himself is pure nightmare fuel. While he may come across as a harmless scientist, that is just a facade to hide a more unhinged side that is ''obsessed'' with perfecting AD-9, regardless of the cost. Not only that, he's willing to commit murder for the sake of his drug, whether it's experimenting with yakuza or murdering an innocent woman, and he doesn't even feel any remorse for his crimes.
* Yagami and Sugiura's trip down Shono's hidden lab is right out of a horror movie. It's a dilapidated underground sector staffed by very sadistic thugs. At one point, Sugiura is kidnapped and put in a ''noose'' while two thugs shock him with stun batons. If you don't take out the thugs quickly, Sugiura will actually ''suffocate to death''. Then there's the inexplicable return of the [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Hangman]] from ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'' and all of the movie monster tropes attached to him.
** For even more horror, a trophy involves ''waiting until there's 10 seconds left on the clock'' to save Sugiura.

* Kuroiwa, after he reveals his true colors, is so casual and efficient in his murder, that it feels almost robotic. And then it's revealed that even that's just a facade when Yagami actually manages to go toe-to-toe with him, revealing an almost predatory psychopath underneath.
** To make things worse, he has the highest on screen kill count of the ''Yakuza'' series to date at a brutal ''26'' kills, and that includes the rampage he committed to find Shono.

* Hamura forcing Higashi to kill Red Nose in order to prove his loyalty to him. Not only is Higashi scared shitless, but Hamura rubs it in by saying that he screams like a woman and that it gets him going.

* Murase's death in Chapter 11 is downright horrifying, as the Matsugane thugs force a bomber vest onto him, which blows him up as he runs back into Club Honmaruen.

*** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, AD-9 causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by their eyes developing a dark blue pigmentation (as pictured above); hence, why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die horribly, screaming all the way. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.

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* The earliest instance of Hamura trying to have Yagami killed is quite chilling; having beaten Hamura's crew, Yagami sees Hamura emerge guiding Kengo's aim with a pistol, telling the young Yakuza to shoot Yagami in the heart, only to amend that to one bullet in each of Yagami's eyes when called out for his cowardice. The intent is clear, though; compared to the fatherly approach Matsugane puts across, and the decency that certain Tojo members seem to display to their families and the public, Hamura is a nasty piece of work who would not hesitate to throw one of his men under the bus to take the rap for him.

*** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, AD-9 causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by their eyes developing a dark blue pigmentation (as pictured above); hence, why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die a horrible, painful death. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.

* Kuroiwa after he reveals his true colors, he is so casual and efficient in his murder it feels almost robotic. And then it's revealed that even that's just a facade when Yagami actually manages to go toe-to-toe with him, revealing an almost predatory psychopath underneath.
** To make things worse, he has the highest on screen kill count of the ''Yakuza'' series to date at a brutal '''26''' kills, capping it off with a bloodstained face as his final victim before Yagami took him down, and that includes the rampage he committed to find Shono.

* Murase's death in Chapter 11 is downright horrifying, as the Matsugane thugs force a bomber vest onto him, and he's literally terrified as he runs back in the club, blowing up only moments later.

* The entire premise of the game. [[PlayerCharacter Yagami]] decides to hunt down a serial killer who has three confirmed kills under his belt by the time you start investigating the incidents, and all the corpses have had their ''eyes gouged out of their skulls.'' Thankfully, every victim has sunglasses over their eye sockets, so you're never exposed to what they look like gouged out, but it doesn't do much to mask the horror.
** As it turns out, however, all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that could never be improved or made safe. One can only imagine the horrors that Waku-san and the Kyorei Clan victims went through when they were experimented on; criminal or not, no one deserves that kind of horrible fate.
*** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, the AD-9 drug causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by the victims' eyes developing a dark blue pigmentation (as pictured above); hence, why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die a horrible, painful death. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.
* Yagami and Sugiura's "trip" down Shono's hidden lab is right out of a horror movie. It's a dilapidated underground sector staffed by very sadistic thugs. At one point, Sugiura is kidnapped and put in a ''noose'' while two thugs shock him with stun batons. If you don't take out the thugs quickly, Sugiura will actually ''suffocate to death''. Then there's the inexplicable return of the [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Hangman]] from ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'' and all of the movie monster tropes attached to him.

''Yakuza'' games have always been dark, but ''Judgment'' takes it UpToEleven with the dark criminal story it crafts.

* As it turns out, however, all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that could never be improved or made safe. One can only imagine the horrors that Waku-san and the Kyorei Clan victims went through when they were experimented on; criminal or not, no one deserves that kind of horrible fate.
** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, the AD-9 drug causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by the victims' eyes developing a dark blue pigmentation (as pictured above); hence, why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die a horrible, painful death. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.

* As it turns out, however, all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that could never be improved or made safe. One can only imagine the horrors that Waku-san and yakuza victims went through when they were experimented on; criminal or not, no one deserves that kind of horrible fate.

* As it turns out, however, all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that could never be improved or made safe. One can only imagine the horrors that the yakuza victims went through during the forced experiments before their gruesome deaths; criminal or not, no one deserves that kind of horrible fate.
** It gets even worse when you learn about the side effects of the drug. As Kido states, the AD-9 drug causes the victim to develop a powerful headache, followed by the victims' eyes turning an unnatural shade of dark blue (as pictured above); hence, why the eyes were removed from the bodies. We get to see these side effects in action towards the end of the last chapter, when Shono injects himself with AD-9 in a desperate attempt to prove himself right, only to die a horrible, painful death. The last we see of him is his body on the ground, his eyes filled with the blue pigment, and his face contorted in an expression of pure agony.

** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out. As pictured above, the drug turns the irises of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face.

* The entire premise of the game. [[PlayerCharacter Yagami]] decides to hunt down a serial killer who has three confirmed kills under his belt by the time you start investigating the incidents, and all the corpses have had their ''eyes gouged out of their skulls.'' Thankfully, every victim has sunglasses over their eye sockets, so you're never exposed to what they look like gouged out, but it doesn't do much to mask the horror. It's made even worse when it's revealed that all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that cannot be improved.
** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: As pictured above, the experimental drug turns the irises of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face.

** To make things worse, he has the highest on screen killcount of the ''Yakuza'' series to date at a brutal '''26''' kills, capping it off with a bloodstained face as his final victim before Yagami took him down, and that includes the rampage he committed to find Shono.

** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: As pictured above, the experimental drug turns the irises of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pobrane_2_3.png See for yourself here.]]

Yakuza games have always been dark, but Judgment takes it UpToEleven with the dark criminal story it crafts.

* The entire premise of the game. You are tasked with hunting down a serial killer who has three confirmed kills under his belt by the time you start investigating the incidents, and all the corpses have had their ''eyes gouged out of their skulls.'' Thankfully, every victim wears sunglasses, so you're never exposed to their empty eye sockets, but it doesn't do much to mask the horror. It's made even worse when it's revealed that all the murders were due to human experimentation with a drug that's incredibly lethal, all for the sake of "perfecting" a medicine that cannot be improved.

* Yagami and Sugiura's trip down Shono's hidden lab is right out of a horror movie. It's a dilapidated underground sector staffed by very sadistic thugs. At one point, Sugiura is kidnapped and put in a ''noose'' while two thugs shock him with stun batons. If you don't take out the thugs quickly, Sugiura will actually ''suffocate to death''. Then there's the inexplicable return of the [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Hangman]] from VideoGame/Yakuza6 and all of the movie monster tropes attached to him.
** For even more horror, a trophy involves waiting until there's 10 seconds left on the clock to save Sugiura.

** To make things worse, he has the highest on screen killcount of the Yakuza series to date at a brutal 26 kills, capping it off with a bloodstained face as his final victim before Yagami took him down, and that included the rampage he committed to find Shono.
* The earliest instance of Hamura trying to have Yagami killed is quite chilling; having beaten Hamura's crew, he then emerges guiding Kengo's aim with a pistol, telling the young Yakuza to shoot Yagami in the heart, only to amend that to one bullet in each of Yagami's eyes when called out for his cowardice. The intent is clear, though; compared to the fatherly approach Matsugane puts across, and the decency that certain Tojo members seem to display to their families and the public, Hamura is a nasty piece of work who would not hesitate to throw one of his men under the bus to take the rap for him.

--> '''Hamura:''' Oh wow. You scream like a fucking whore. Kind of a turn on to be honest.

** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: As pictured above, the experimental drug turns the pupils of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pobrane_2_3.png See for yourself here.]]

** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: As pictured above, the experimental drug turns the whites of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pobrane_2_3.png See for yourself here.]]

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** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: The experimental drug turns the whites of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pobrane_2_3.png See for yourself here.]]

** Blink and you would miss it, but as the photo of Emi and Okubo fall, you realized that Shono also tested the drug on Emi before stabbing her to death to make it look like Okubo killed her.

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** It gets even worse when you learn why the eyes are gouged out: The experimental drug turns the whites of the victims' eyes blue, so they need to be removed to cover up the human experimentation. We see one case of this at the very end of the story, where Shono injects himself with the drug and dies horribly and painfully, screaming the whole time, leaving an unnatural blue-eyed corpse with a look of terror on its face.