![]() ![]() ![]() After disobeying the family, Majima is tortured for a year… losing his left eye in the process. Before he was ever the “Mad Dog” he was a prisoner of sorts to the Shimano family. Meanwhile to the west, our second protagonist is Goro Majima. This leads the young yakuza down the path of truly becoming the legendary yakuza we first see in his debut back in 2005. Expelled from the family and now hunting for clues in Kamurocho, finding the real killer and the one who framed him means more than just clearing his name… but also clearing the name of his mentor and father figure, Dojima captain Shintaro Kazama. To make matters worse, the empty lot where the body was found is a crucial piece of land for the Dojima family’s revitalization project. ![]() Kiryu adamantly denies killing this man, realizing that there is someone out there setting him up. Before either of these men were the “Dragon of Dojima” or “the Mad Dog of the Shimano family,” they were young and brash former yakuza expelled from their respective families.įor Kiryu, a simple collection for a loan shark turns bloody when the man Kiryu shook down for cash turns up dead in an empty lot. Split between two protagonists in two different locations, Yakuza 0 tells the tale of the rise of franchise hero Kazuma Kiryu and fan favorite Goro Majima. Set in 1988 Japan, Yakuza 0 follows two former Yakuza as they face an ever growing tale of intrigue that is meant to set the tone for the series to come. With that we have Yakuza 0 from SEGA, meant to tell the story of the franchise’s two biggest personalities before they became legends. Written by Justin Prince ( good prequel story can be hit or miss… for some franchises it can reinvigorate a series with a narrative that further adds to the legends… in others it can create pages of retcons and inconsistencies that do the originals zero favors. ![]()
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