History TearJerker / Yakuza2

* After the reveal that Kiryu was at the Jingewon massacre and Kaoru storms off, Kiryu stays by the river and tries to light a cigarette in the rain. A bottle rolls over and hits Kiryu's foot, which he picks up to give to the man who dropped it, and he [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished ends up with a knife in the ribs for his trouble]]. [[VideoGame/Yakuza3 The worst part is that something similar would end up happening to him in the next chronological game...]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"This is how it has to be."]]

* It's blink and you miss it, but one of the restaurants has a menu called the "Nishiki" set. Order it, and Kiryu will mention how just the name brings back memories.

* After the reveal that Kiryu was at the Jingewon massacre and Kaoru storms off, Kiryu stays by the river and tries to light a cigarette in the rain. A bottle rolls over and hits Kiryu's foot, which he picks up to give to the man who dropped it, and he [[CallBack ends up with a knife in the ribs for his trouble]]. [[VideoGame/Yakuza3 Oh, boy...]]

* It's blink and you miss it, but one of the restaurants has a menu called the "Nishiki" set. Order it, and Kiryu will mention how just the name brings back memories.
* After the reveal that Kiryu was at the Jingewon massacre and Kaoru storms off, Kiryu stays by the river and tries to light a cigarette in the rain. A bottle rolls over and hits Kiryu's foot, which he picks up to give to the man who dropped it, and he [[CallBack ends up with a knife in the ribs for his trouble]]. [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Oh, boy...]]

* It's blink and you miss it, but one of the restaurants has a menu called the "Nishiki" set. Order it, and Kiryu will mention how just the name brings back memories.

* Kawara's death in the second game, especially when the gang finds out he is Kaoru's [[DisappearedDad father,]] taking a bullet for her that would eventually kill him. Poor Kaoru. And then after losing her dad, Kaoru gets a second dose of sadness when she finds out Ryuji Goda is in fact her [[LongLostRelative half-brother]]- and then has to watch him take on Kazuma in a FinalBoss final showdown. Discovering family members only to lose them, she probably needs therapy. And more beer.

'''''[[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption This is how it has to be.]]'''''

** It gets even more tragic when one detail comes out. Throughout the majority of the song Majima sings much like he does any other time in the series where he sings Karaoke, intentionally screechy and discordant, but at the very end of the song his voice shifts back to the clearer and calmer singing voice he had back during ''0'' with the implication that his memories of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Makoto]] caused the Mad Dog side of his personality to soften just a little bit as he becomes nostalgic for the calmer side of himself. If only for a few brief moments, we get to see that the ''real'' Goro Majima as seen in ''0'' is still there deep down.

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk "Shiawase nara ii ya (As Long As You're Happy)"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you until it's too late.

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song "Shiawase nara ii ya (As Long As You're Happy)"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you until it's too late.

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk "Shiawase nara ii ya (As Long As You're Happy)"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you until it's too late.

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk "Shiawase nara ii ya"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you until it's too late.
** It gets even more tragic when one detail comes out. Throughout the majority of the song Majima sings much like he does any other time in the series where he sings Karaoke, intentionally screechy and discordant, but at the very end of the song his voice shifts back to the clearer and calmer singing voice he had back during ''0'' with the implication that his memories of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Makoto]] caused the Mad Dog side of his personality to soften just a little bit as he becomes nostalgic for the calmer side of himself.

* [[spoiler: Kawara's]] death in the second game, especially when the gang finds out he is [[spoiler: Kaoru's [[DisappearedDad father,]] taking a bullet for her that would eventually kill him. Poor Kaoru. And then after losing her dad, Kaoru]] gets a second dose of sadness when she finds out [[spoiler: Ryuji Goda is in fact her [[LongLostRelative half-brother]]- and then has to watch him take on Kazuma in a FinalBoss final showdown]]. Discovering family members only to lose them, she probably needs therapy. And more beer.
* [[spoiler: Ryuji's death. The guy finds out he's been lied to his entire life about his mother and his half-sister. He puts an end to the ambitions of the GreaterScopeVillain, but is shot repeatedly in the shootout. Instead of seeking medical help at Kaoru's insistence, he decides to go out in a final battle against Kiryu, who's also been shot, to see who the real dragon is. When the fight ends, he tells his half-sister that he wouldn't have been able to start over with a life of peace because there was too much Jingweon blood in him. He also tells her that she reminds him of his mother and recalls how she was since Kaoru couldn't remember her. His final request is for her to smile for him, which reminds him of his mother, and he goes out with a smile]].

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk "Shiawase nara ii ya"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]]]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since [[spoiler: you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you until it's too late.]]
** It gets even more tragic when one detail comes out. Throughout the majority of the song Majima sings much like he does any other time in the series where he sings Karaoke, intentionally screechy and discordant, but at the very end of the song [[spoiler: his voice shifts back to the clearer and calmer singing voice he had back during ''0'' with the implication that his memories of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Makoto]] caused the Mad Dog side of his personality to soften just a little bit as he becomes nostalgic for the calmer side of himself.]]

[[AC:Yakuza Kiwami]]

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk "Shiawase nara ii ya"]] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]]]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since [[spoiler: you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you.]]

* Despite Majima's [[MotorMouth hilariously fast delivery of some of the vocals]], his karaoke song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrbRMr3Bzk ''"Shiawase nara ii ya"'']] is very sad when you listen to the lyrics. It's about a man who is willing to do anything and sacrifice his own happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy for the girl he loves, even though she's forgotten him.]] The background image of Majima holding [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Makoto Makimura]]]] in his arms really is the icing on the cake, especially since [[spoiler: you can visit her massage parlor in The Majima Saga GaidenGame where she won't recognize you.]]

* [[spoiler: Ryuji's death. The guy finds out he's been lied to his entire life about his mother and his half-sister. He puts an end to the ambitions of the GreaterScopeVillain, but is shot repeatedly in the shootout. Instead of seeking medical help at Kaoru's insistence, he decides to go out in a final battle against Kiryu, who's also been shot, to see who the real dragon is. When the fight ends, he tells his half-sister that he wouldn't have been able to start over with a life of peace because there was too much Jingweon blood in him. He also tells her that she reminds him of his mother and recalls how she was since Kaoru couldn't remember her. His final request is for her to smile for him, which reminds him of his mother, and he goes out with a smile]].

* [[spoiler: Ryuji's death. The guy finds out he's been lied to his entire life about his mother and his half-sister. He puts an end to the ambitions of the GreaterScopeVillain, but is shot repeatedly in the shootout. Instead of seeking medical help at Kaoru's insistence, he decides to go out in a final battle against Kiryu, who's also been shot, to see who the real dragon is. When the fight ends, he tells his half-sister that he wouldn't have been able to start over with a life of peace because there was too much Jingweon blood in him. He also tells her that she reminds him of his mother and recalls how she was since Kaoru couldn't remember her. His final request is for her to smile for him, which reminds him of his mother, and he goes out with a smile]].

[[AC:Yakuza Kiwami 2]]
* Majima's campaign in ''Kiwami 2'' gives closure to a hanging thread from an age long past. Majima investing a murder on a Tojo Clan patriarch, after tracking the suspect, a young member of his own family, to Sotenbori. He meets the former manager of the Odyssey and learns that the suspect has been seen last time at Hogushi Kaikan, Lee's old massage parlor. He learns that the clinic has been recently restored after burned 18 years ago. Once in place, Majima asks if the man in question was seen to which the clerk answers he was seen last year. After some chit-chat, Majima accepts to have a short 15mn massage course so he can quickly be on his way. In a shocking twist of fate, however, [[spoiler: it turns out that the person checking up on him is none other than Makoto Makimura, the woman he went through hell and back to save all those years ago in ''Yakuza 0''. He averts his gaze in shock as he sees her wristband and purposefully does not talk so that she cannot recognize him. Makoto then reminisces that, after all this time, she never forgot about him and to this day still wishes she could thank him properly for being there for her, despite not knowing his identity. She then explains that she's working at the same place to see him again and that thanks to him, she was cured of her blindness and can now see the world and is now HappilyMarried to the very same doctor that Majima told to cherish her, and they are both leaving the country to travel abroad.]]
** The ending. [[spoiler: As Makoto is preparing to leave Japan, she receives a gift from a mysterious benefactor (Majima). She opens it and sees a brand-new wristband for her watch, identical to the one she had before. She finally realizes that not only is the gift from her mysterious savior all those years ago, but that the man she had massaged only days before is the very same person, and despite choosing to live in a separate world, he still loved her and wanted nothing more than for her to be happy. She tearfully expresses to her husband that she has no regrets moving forward. At long last, her story in Kamurocho has come to a close.]]
** Majima’s new Karaoke takes it UpToEleven, as it’s clearly about [[spoiler: [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy how much he’s willing to sacrifice just for her to be happy.]]]] Throughout the beginning of the song he's in his usual Mad Dog persona, but once it gets close to the end he starts singing like he means it. For a few fleeting moments, the '''real''' Goro Majima we saw in ''Yakuza 0'' resurfaces. No matter how much he's changed on the outside, he's still the same good-hearted man who's ready to fight for what he believes is right on the inside.

* Majima's campaign in ''Kiwami 2'' gives closure to a hanging thread from an age long past. Majima investing a murder on a Tojo Clan patriarch, after tracking the suspect to Sotenbori, a young member of his own family, he meets old faces and learns that the suspect has been seen last time at Hogushi Kaikan, Lee's massage parlor. He learns that the clinic has been recently restored after burned 18 years ago. Once in place, Majima asks if the man in question was seen to which the clerk answers he was seen last year. After some chit-chat, Majima accepts to have a short 15mn massage course so he can quickly be on his way. In a shocking twist of fate, however, [[spoiler: it turns out that the person checking up on him is none other than Makoto Makimura, the woman he went through hell and back to save all those years ago in ''Yakuza 0''. He averts his gaze in shock as he sees her wristband and purposefully does not talk so that she cannot recognize him. Makoto then reminisces that, after all this time, she never forgot about him and to this day still wishes she could thank him properly for being there for her, despite not knowing his identity. She then explains that she's working at the same place to see him again and that thanks to him, she was cured of her blindness and can now see the world and is now HappilyMarried to the very same doctor that Majima told to cherish her, and they are both leaving the country to travel abroad.]]

* Majima's campaign in ''Kiwami 2'' gives closure to a hanging thread from an age long past. Majima investing a murder on a Tojo Clan patriarch, after tracking the suspect, a young member of his own family, he meets old faces and learns that the suspect has been seen last time at Hogushi Kaikan, Lee's massage parlor. He learns that the clinic has been recently restored after burned 18 years ago. Once in place, Majima asks if the man in question was seen to which the clerk answers he was seen last year. After some chit-chat, Majima accepts to have a short 15mn massage course so he can quickly be on his way. In a shocking twist of fate, however, [[spoiler: it turns out that the person checking up on him is none other than Makoto Makimura, the woman he went through hell and back to save all those years ago in ''Yakuza 0''. He averts his gaze in shock as he sees her wristband and purposefully does not talk so that she cannot recognize him. Makoto then reminisces that, after all this time, she never forgot about him and to this day still wishes she could thank him properly for being there for her, despite not knowing his identity. She then explains that she's working at the same place to see him again and that thanks to him, she was cured of her blindness and can now see the world and is now HappilyMarried to the very same doctor that Majima told to cherish her, and they are both leaving the country to travel abroad.]]

* Majima's campaign in ''Kiwami 2'' gives closure to a hanging thread from an age long past. During the campaign, Majima goes to a clinic. In a shocking twist of fate, however, [[spoiler: it turns out that the person checking up on him is none other than Makoto Makimura, the woman he went through hell and back to save all those years ago in ''Yakuza 0''. He averts his gaze in shock as he sees her wristband and purposefully does not talk so that she cannot recognize him. Makoto then reminisces that, after all this time, she never forgot about him and to this day still wishes she could thank him properly for being there for her, despite not knowing his identity. She then explains that thanks to him, she was cured of her blindness and can now see the world and is now HappilyMarried to the very same doctor that Majima told to cherish her, and they are both leaving the country to travel abroad.]]