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** Yagami himself during the girlfriend events, especially in Nanami's storyline. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still unable to move on from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness to forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
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** Yagami himself during the girlfriend events, especially in Nanami's storyline. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still unable to move on from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is It doesn't help that the way Yagami pursues her beforehand is uncharacteristically obsessive, if not outright stalker-ish. Lastly, there is the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness to forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
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* DesignatedHero: Despite Shintani being incredibly antagonistic towards Yagami in all his appearances and being fairly ambivalent towards Hamura's blatantly unsavory nature, he's still presented in a positive light in the story. [[spoiler:It becomes worse when it's revealed that the only reason he got killed was because he was tired of being in Yagami's shadow and made the boneheaded decision to make a call to the ADDC.]]
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** Despite Shintani being incredibly antagonistic towards Yagami in all his appearances and being fairly ambivalent towards Hamura's blatantly unsavory nature, he's still presented in a positive light in the story. [[spoiler:It becomes worse when it's revealed that the only reason he got killed was because he was tired of being in Yagami's shadow and made the boneheaded decision to make a call to the ADDC.]] ]]
** Yagami himself during the girlfriend events, especially in Nanami's storyline. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still unable to move on from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness to forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
** Speaking of Nanami's storyline, her BestFriend Yukko falls under this category as well. Not only was she the one who came up with the plan to trick Nanami into going out with Yagami, but she also pressures Yagami to be more physically intimate with Nanami under the pretence of being UndercoverAsLovers. And yet the game portrays her actions as necessary in helping Nanami overcome her past experiences, despite it being not so different from what her ex-boyfriend did.
** Despite Shintani being incredibly antagonistic towards Yagami in all his appearances and being fairly ambivalent towards Hamura's blatantly unsavory nature, he's still presented in a positive light in the story. [[spoiler:It becomes worse when it's revealed that the only reason he got killed was because he was tired of being in Yagami's shadow and made the boneheaded decision to make a call to the ADDC.
** Yagami himself during the girlfriend events, especially in Nanami's storyline. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still unable to move on from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness to forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
** Speaking of Nanami's storyline, her BestFriend Yukko falls under this category as well. Not only was she the one who came up with the plan to trick Nanami into going out with Yagami, but she also pressures Yagami to be more physically intimate with Nanami under the pretence of being UndercoverAsLovers. And yet the game portrays her actions as necessary in helping Nanami overcome her past experiences, despite it being not so different from what her ex-boyfriend did.
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* RonTheDeathEater: In a rare of example of ''the game'' doing this, there's Yagami in the girlfriend events. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still traumatised from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness for forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: To some, Mafuyu can be seen as suffering from this. Throughout the game, we see the ShipTease between her and Yagami and are told that they had ''something'' going before Yagami lost his badge, but aside from that, she doesn't appear all that often aside from a few Side Cases and as an occasional DamselInDistress, and we never really learn the exact details of their relationship prior to the game's events. This is compounded further by the fact that Yagami has the option to go out with up to four different girls, with her not even being one of them despite the aforementioned ShipTease. Doesn't help that she ends up being OutOfFocus in ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' and the implications that [[ShipSinking Yagami dated one of the aforementioned girlfriends despite things evidently being unresolved between them]].
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** To some, Mafuyu can be seen as suffering from this. Throughout the game, we see the ShipTease between her and Yagami and are told that they had ''something'' going before Yagami lost his badge, but aside from that, she doesn't appear all that often aside from a few Side Cases and as an occasional DamselInDistress, and we never really learn the exact details of their relationship prior to the game's events. This is compounded further by the fact that Yagami has the option to go out with up to four different girls, with her not even being one of them despite the aforementioned ShipTease. Doesn't help that she ends up being OutOfFocus in ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' and the implications that [[ShipSinking Yagami dated one of the aforementioned girlfriends despite things evidently being unresolved betweenthem]].them]].
** [[spoiler:While Kuroiwa has been acclaimed by players for being a genuinely terrifying and effective antagonist, he's been criticised for being a relatively one-dimensional villain. One major grievance that some have is that he doesn't show up all that much prior to TheReveal that he is the Mole, not to mention the fact that we don't know much of his backstory other than that he was a BastardUnderstudy to a DirtyCop.]]
** To some, Mafuyu can be seen as suffering from this. Throughout the game, we see the ShipTease between her and Yagami and are told that they had ''something'' going before Yagami lost his badge, but aside from that, she doesn't appear all that often aside from a few Side Cases and as an occasional DamselInDistress, and we never really learn the exact details of their relationship prior to the game's events. This is compounded further by the fact that Yagami has the option to go out with up to four different girls, with her not even being one of them despite the aforementioned ShipTease. Doesn't help that she ends up being OutOfFocus in ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' and the implications that [[ShipSinking Yagami dated one of the aforementioned girlfriends despite things evidently being unresolved between
** [[spoiler:While Kuroiwa has been acclaimed by players for being a genuinely terrifying and effective antagonist, he's been criticised for being a relatively one-dimensional villain. One major grievance that some have is that he doesn't show up all that much prior to TheReveal that he is the Mole, not to mention the fact that we don't know much of his backstory other than that he was a BastardUnderstudy to a DirtyCop.]]
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*** And finally Judge Creep 'n Peep. Essentially a voyeur that clings to the sides of buildings to watch couples go at it. Pull out a drone and shoot at him and he'll start skittering around like a spider the more you do so. Enough said.
** EX Traffic Safety involving an unlucky mook being kidnapped and taken away by a couple of yakuza wouldn't be nearly as hilarious if it weren't for both said [[OhCrap mook's]] and [[HandBehindHead Yagami's]] reactions. ''Especially'' if it just so happens to be a Keihin Gang boss.
** EX Traffic Safety involving an unlucky mook being kidnapped and taken away by a couple of yakuza wouldn't be nearly as hilarious if it weren't for both said [[OhCrap mook's]] and [[HandBehindHead Yagami's]] reactions. ''Especially'' if it just so happens to be a Keihin Gang boss.
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*** And finally Judge Creep 'n Peep. Essentially a voyeur voyeuristic ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' that clings to the sides of buildings buildings to watch couples people go at it. Pull it, pull out a drone and shoot at him and then he'll start skittering around like a spider the more you do so. Enough said.
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** EX Traffic Safety involving an unlucky mook being kidnapped and taken away by a couple of yakuza wouldn't be nearly as hilarious if it weren't for both said [[OhCrap mook's]] and [[HandBehindHead Yagami's]] reactions. ''Especially'' if it just so happens to be a Keihin Gang boss. It can get even funnier because the Yakuza are randomized, so you can essentially get a mook being kidnapped ''by himself''.
** EX Traffic Safety involving an unlucky mook being kidnapped and taken away by a couple of yakuza wouldn't be nearly as hilarious if it weren't for both said [[OhCrap mook's]] and [[HandBehindHead Yagami's]] reactions. ''Especially'' if it just so happens to be a Keihin Gang boss. It can get even funnier because the Yakuza are randomized, so you can essentially get a mook being kidnapped ''by himself''.
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* FanNickname: ''Kimutaku ga Gotoku'' [[labelnote:Translation]]''Like Kimutaku''[[/labelnote]] by Japanese gamers as a play on the title ''[[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Ryu ga Gotoku]]''.
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!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuIshin'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza6'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaLikeADragon'' | ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuKenzan'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuIshin'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza6'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaLikeADragon'' | ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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** Putting ''Judgment'' in a nutshell, the entire game revolves around a [[spoiler:theoretical]] cure for Alzheimer's that, as it turns out, [[spoiler:didn't exactly [[AllForNothing come to fruition]]]]. Just two years after the game's events and [[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2050101/ wouldn't you know...]]
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** The Mortal Wound mechanic makes firearms a legitimate threat, as they limit how much maximum health Yagami has if they connect, and to make matters worse, bosses, [[TurnsRed once they gain a HEAT aura]], become capable of performing Deadly Attacks that are also capable of inflicting Mortal Wounds. Their damage output also raises ''substantially'' in general, with street bosses being capable of [[OneHitKill destroying your health in practically one fell swoop]] with certain attacks and counters, and even story bosses have similarly absurd damage outputs. This is amplified by the lack of equipable weapons in the game which prevents Yagami from taking cheap shots using something like a gun.[[note]] Though with [[BribingYourWayToVictory DLC]] (all of which is free in the remaster) and/or some sleuthing, you can find equally cheesy stuff like the Instant Kill or Lightning Extracts to turn the tides in your favor. [[/note]]
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** The Mortal Wound mechanic makes firearms a legitimate threat, as they limit how much maximum health Yagami has if they connect, and to make matters worse, bosses, [[TurnsRed once they gain a HEAT aura]], become capable of performing Deadly Attacks that are also capable of inflicting Mortal Wounds. Their damage output also raises ''substantially'' in general, with street bosses being capable of [[OneHitKill destroying your health in practically one fell swoop]] with certain attacks and counters, and even story bosses have similarly absurd damage outputs. This is amplified by the lack of equipable weapons in the game which prevents Yagami from taking cheap shots using something like a gun.[[note]] Though with [[BribingYourWayToVictory DLC]] (all of which is free in the remaster) and/or some sleuthing, you can find equally cheesy stuff like the Instant Kill or Lightning Extracts to turn the tides in your favor. [[/note]][[/note]]. The [[VideoGame/LostJudgment sequel]] removes the Mortal Wound mechanic mechanic altogether. Deadly Attacks will still deal a crap ton of damage, but they can now be countered by dodging at the last second and then hitting the grab command.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Zig-zagged a little bit. Unlike most games being re-released in the ninth generation of consoles, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 remaster of the game doesn't come for free if you've already bought the [=PS4=] version. Fortunately, however, it also didn't launch at the full price of [=$70=] USD, being available on the [=PlayStation=] Store for only $40 USD. Even further still is that all of the purchasable DLC of the original [=PS4=] version is completely free and included in the remaster.
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!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuIshin'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza6'' | ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'' | ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuIshin'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza6'' | ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'' ''YMMV/YakuzaLikeADragon'' | ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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!! YMMV: ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/RyuGaGotokuIshin'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza6'' | ''Yakuza: Like a Dragon'' | ''Judgment'' | ''YMMV/LostJudgment''
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Fans of Takuya Kimura's TV show ''Hero'' can more or less pretend this game is an adaptation of it with ease.
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%% * SerialNumbersFiledOff: Fans of Takuya Kimura's TV show ''Hero'' can more or less pretend this game is an adaptation of it with ease.
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** The final two fights against the Cane Man. For the semi-final one, he'll be wielding a shot gun for the entire fight. Because guns in this game are ''far'' more dangerous here than they ever were previously thanks to [[ScrappyMechanic Mortal Wounds]], every attack of his will result in a mortal wound. This results in an exercise in patience as you try to whittle down his health little by little without him taking a massive chunk of your own. His final phase (just before reaching Hamura), while he no longer has the gun, can still be infuriating since it starts out in the dark (Yagami can't run in the dark and he's slowed to a crawl, ergo he can't use his Wall Strikes or Leapfrog techniques) and he'll go for a Deadly Attack immediately after the fight begins. The game also doesn't bother telling you to hit the light switch on the floor before starting the fight, which makes the task of avoiding his strikes much easier. Good luck trying not to pull your hair out against this guy, in case you didn't already with the [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Man in Black.]]
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** The final two fights against the Cane Man. For the semi-final one, he'll be wielding a shot gun for the entire fight. Because guns in this game are ''far'' more dangerous here than they ever were previously thanks to [[ScrappyMechanic Mortal Wounds]], every attack of his will result in a mortal wound.chunk of Yagami's health bar being permanently removed (unless you're carrying medical kits). This results in an exercise in patience as you try to whittle down his health little by little without him taking a massive chunk of your own. His final phase (just before reaching Hamura), while he no longer has the gun, can still be infuriating since it starts out in the dark (Yagami can't run in the dark and he's slowed to a crawl, ergo he can't use his Wall Strikes or Leapfrog techniques) and he'll go for a Deadly Attack immediately after the fight begins. The game also doesn't bother telling you to hit the light switch on the floor before starting the fight, which makes the task of avoiding his strikes much easier. Good luck trying not to pull your hair out against this guy, in case you didn't already with the [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Man in Black.]]
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* PolishedPort: While one can debate whether the altered lighting in the UsefulNotes/Playstation5 and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesX port affects the game's general mood, the fact of the matter is that it runs at 60 frames per second, scales up to 4K resolution, has loading times that last a couple seconds at most, and has all of the downloadable content packaged in for a budget price compared to the original release. This makes it far more playable and overall better value for the price point over the previous generation's version while tackling some of the worst framerate issues altogether, especially with no PC port announced yet.
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** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
** There's a lot of discourse online about whether or not the [=PlayStation=] 5 Remaster actually looks good. Half of the opposition says, the remaster is unnecessary and that it ruined and that it spits on the game's stylistic and unique noir look, with its washed out and dull color pallet, while the other half prefers the new color palette.
** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
** There's a lot of discourse online about whether or not the [=PlayStation=] 5 Remaster actually looks good. Half of the opposition says, the remaster is unnecessary and that it ruined and that it spits on the game's stylistic and unique noir look, with its washed out and dull color pallet, while the other half prefers the new color palette.
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** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
**BrokenBase: There's a lot of discourse online about whether or not the [=PlayStation=] 5 Remaster actually looks good. Half of the opposition says, the remaster is unnecessary and that it ruined and that it spits on the game's stylistic and unique noir look, with its washed out and dull color pallet, while the other half prefers the new color palette.
** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
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* BrokenBase: Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
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** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
** Whether the game needed an English dub and whether or not it's a good one. For ''Judgment'', some people think that it's a good English dub with a solid cast, with Creator/GregChun as Yagami, Aimée Castle as Saori (who ended up being [[TheOtherDarrin succeeded]] by Creator/StephanieSheh in ''Lost Judgment''), and Creator/MarkWhitten as Sugiura being the standouts. While detractors will say it's jarring having Japanese characters speaking English especially for Yagami, [[InkSuitActor whose likeness is based on a real person]] (though it's stated in-game that he has SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as he learned it in his time as an active attorney), and that the Japanese dub has more charm. However, you ''can'' choose whether to play with the sub or the dub, so this is ultimately down to personal preference.
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** Of the four girlfriends that Yagami can date in this game, Tsukino proved to be the most popular. To the point, she returns in the sequel (as DLC, but still) and is all but confirmed to be the [[OfficialCouple canon choice]] based on their interactions and dialogue. Being voiced by Creator/JulieNathanson (in the English dub) of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' fame certainly helps.
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** Of the four girlfriends that Yagami can date in this game, Tsukino proved to be the most popular. To the point, she returns in the sequel (as DLC, but still) and is all but confirmed to be the [[OfficialCouple canon choice]] based on their interactions and dialogue. Being voiced by Creator/JulieNathanson (in the English dub) of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' fame and having the voice of Prishe from VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI certainly helps.
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* EscapistCharacter: Yagami. Let's see now -- [[PrettyBoy good looks?]] Check. [[BareFistedMonk Can kick plenty of ass?]] Check. [[HardBoiledDetective Damn good at his job as a detective?]] Check. (He's also [[CrusadingLawyer formidable as an attorney, too]].) Manages to become TheDreaded amongst the yakuza underworld [[BadassNormal despite only being a civilian?]] Check. Can date multiple women at once without ever facing any consequences for it (unlike [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]] or [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Ichiban]])? ''Check.'' Seems like [[Characters/{{Yakuza}} Akiyama's]] got some competition.
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* GoddamnedBats: The Keihin Gang in general. More often than not, they'll ambush you at every turn, sometimes have EliteMooks that are a chore to deal with unless you've got plenty of extract and items to fill up the EX gauge in a bind, and - rather appropriately since [[HatedByAll nobody else in Kamurocho]] likes them, either - are just a pain in the ass whenever you're simply minding your own business.
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* GoddamnedBats: The Keihin Gang in general. More often than not, they'll ambush you at every turn, sometimes have EliteMooks that are a chore to deal with unless you've got plenty of extract and items to fill up the EX gauge in a bind, bind (or have upgraded Flux Fissure to both deal with them quickly and build meter in the process), and - rather appropriately since [[HatedByAll nobody else in Kamurocho]] likes them, either - are just a pain in the ass whenever you're simply minding your own business.
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** Of the four girlfriends that Yagami can date in this game, Tsukino proved to be the most popular. To the point, she returns in the sequel (as DLC, but still) and is all but confirmed to be the [[OfficialCouple canon choice]] based on their interactions and dialogue. Being voiced by Creator/JulieNathanson (in the English dub) of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' fame certainly helps.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Fans of Takuya Kimura's tv show ''Hero'' can more or less pretend this game is an adaptation of it with ease.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Fans of Takuya Kimura's tv TV show ''Hero'' can more or less pretend this game is an adaptation of it with ease.
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** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole Mitsuru Kuroiwa]] is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves his victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially a [[DirtyCop police informant]] for the {{Yakuza}}, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by Kaoru Ichinose to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail him as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.
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** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole Mitsuru Kuroiwa]] is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves his victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially a [[DirtyCop police informant]] for the {{Yakuza}}, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by Kaoru Ichinose to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail him as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.]]
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** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole The Mole]], [[DirtyCop Mitsuru Kuroiwa]], is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves their victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially an informant for the Yakuza, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail them as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.]]
** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole The Mole]], [[DirtyCop Mitsuru Kuroiwa]], Kuroiwa]] is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves their his victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially an informant a [[DirtyCop police informant]] for the Yakuza, {{Yakuza}}, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] Ichinose to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail them him as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.]]
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**[[CorruptPolitician [[spoiler:[[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister Vice-Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer [[CruelAndUnusualDeath agonizing deaths. deaths]]. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] Kuroiwa to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] Kuroiwa kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] Kuroiwa to be killed killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.]]
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] killed to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** ** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him, later having [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole to murder him before later having The Mole kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** ** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to murder him before him, later having The Mole [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole [[spoiler: Kuroiwa]] to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole to murder him before later having The Mole kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of health, Health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole to murder him before later having The Mole kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole The Mole]], [[DirtyCop Mitsuru Kuroiwa]], is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves their victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially an informant for the Yakuza, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail them as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.]]
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** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole The Mole]], [[DirtyCop Mitsuru Kuroiwa]], is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves their victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially an informant for the Yakuza, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail them as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.]]]]
** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole to murder him before later having The Mole kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
** [[spoiler:[[DetectiveMole The Mole]], [[DirtyCop Mitsuru Kuroiwa]], is an assassin masquerading as a SerialKiller who leaves their victims with their eyes gouged out. Initially an informant for the Yakuza, Kuroiwa was eventually hired by [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] to serve as the chief enforcer for AD-9, a drug development project intended to cure Alzheimer's disease. Alongside his Yakuza partner Kyohei Hamura, Kuroiwa would procure unwilling test subjects to be lethally experimented on before gouging out their eyes to hide any possible evidence of experimentation, performing a similar process on an attorney before planting his body in [[PlayerCharacter Takayuki Yagami]]'s office to frame him and his allies when they got closer to the truth. Kuroiwa later tries to assassinate Hamura in the likelihood that he would snitch, beats Yagami's allies within an inch of their lives, and tries to kill Yagami himself by attempting to gouge out his eyes. Once exposed, Kuroiwa abducts AD-9's lead researcher in hopes of continuing the project, vowing to procure as many subjects as it takes under the delusion that the world would hail them as a hero for holding the cure to Alzheimer's.
** [[CorruptPolitician Kaoru Ichinose]] is the Vice Minister of health, and the founder of the Advanced Drug Development Center. In an attempt to keep the ADDC funded so that he can maintain political power, Ichinose covers up the crimes of the lead researcher behind AD-9, [[UnwittingTestSubject and helps him kidnap and experiment on countless test subjects]], leading them to suffer agonizing deaths. When the Vice-Director attempts to sabotage development behind AD-9, Ichinose hires The Mole to murder him before later having The Mole kidnap and deliver Yakuza to test the drug and make it look like they died in a turf war. Ichinose later orders the death of an attorney [[HeKnowsTooMuch for digging too deep into AD-9]] and has a detective framed for it. When it looks like his crimes will be exposed in court, Ichinose [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders The Mole to be killed]] to prevent himself from being connected to the killings.
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** The Cane Man. Because guns in this game are ''far'' more dangerous here than they ever were previously thanks to [[ScrappyMechanic Mortal Wounds]], this guy will be an exercise in patience as you try to whittle down his health little by little without him taking a massive chunk of your own. His final phase (just before reaching Hamura) is ''especially'' infuriating since it starts out in the dark (Yagami can't run in the dark and he's slowed to a crawl, ergo he can't use his Wall Strikes) and he'll go for a Deadly Attack immediately after the fight begins. The game also doesn't bother telling you to hit the light switch on the floor before starting the fight, which makes the task of avoiding his strikes much easier. Good luck trying not to pull your hair out against this guy, in case you didn't already with the [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Man in Black.]]
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** The final two fights against the Cane Man. For the semi-final one, he'll be wielding a shot gun for the entire fight. Because guns in this game are ''far'' more dangerous here than they ever were previously thanks to [[ScrappyMechanic Mortal Wounds]], this guy every attack of his will be result in a mortal wound. This results in an exercise in patience as you try to whittle down his health little by little without him taking a massive chunk of your own. His final phase (just before reaching Hamura) is ''especially'' Hamura), while he no longer has the gun, can still be infuriating since it starts out in the dark (Yagami can't run in the dark and he's slowed to a crawl, ergo he can't use his Wall Strikes) Strikes or Leapfrog techniques) and he'll go for a Deadly Attack immediately after the fight begins. The game also doesn't bother telling you to hit the light switch on the floor before starting the fight, which makes the task of avoiding his strikes much easier. Good luck trying not to pull your hair out against this guy, in case you didn't already with the [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Man in Black.]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: In a rare of example of ''the game'' doing this, there's Yagami in the girlfriend events. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still traumatised from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness for forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment the sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
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* RonTheDeathEater: In a rare of example of ''the game'' doing this, there's Yagami in the girlfriend events. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still traumatised from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness for forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment the The sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
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* RonTheDeathEater: In a rare of example of ''the game'' doing this, there's Yagami in the girlfriend events. While [[DeadpanSnarker a bit of a smartass]] and [[AntiHero not above some legally grey means in his investigations]], Yagami is generally portrayed as NiceGuy who is arguably just as noble as Kiryu and other protagonists from the main series. The girlfriend events however have the potential to portray him as rather scummy. Along with the obvious option of juggling up to four chicks, one of the girls is just barely out of being a minor at 19 years old[[note]] for reference, Yagami is 35 during the events of the game[[/note]], and when he does reject a girl, the both of them break things off ''completely'', with there not even being an avenue for them to remain friends. This is however especially prominent in Nanami's storyline, where he teams up with her BestFriend Yukko to [[ManipulativeBastard emotionally manipulate her into going out with him despite the fact that]] [[NeverBeHurtAgain she's still traumatised from when her previous boyfriend cheated on her]]. Not helping matters is that the way her confession scene is set up, with her expressing a willingness for forgive Yagami for tricking her and give him a second chance, can make Yagami look like a massive {{Jerkass}} in the event that he turns her down. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you are fully capable of having him say yes even if he's dating another girl, potentially putting her through getting cheated on again]]. [[VideoGame/LostJudgment the sequel]] doesn't help matters by removing the option to reject confessions entirely, pretty much forcing you to play Yagami as an adulterer.
