Yakuza 0. The first game in the yakuza series I played (for better or for worse). I won’t sit here and act like everything in this game is perfect. Some of the minigames (Cat fight club I specifically mean you why do you exist) are dreadful and it did take a bit for the story to really grab me. It took me a while to figure out why this is, and I don’t think I really grasped it until recently when talking to a friend about Infinite Wealth. I absolutely love Kiryu, he’s one of my favorite protagonists of all time and I want nothing but happiness for him. The problem is…he doesn’t really shine in 0. He’s still great, but he becomes overshadowed by his counterpart and fellow protag. His story is great, but it doesn’t grab me like the other part of the game. His main side mode is fine, but I enjoy it far less that the other. Looking back his story now, it was still good and I enjoyed it. The only real issue is the Majima. Majima is a character I would not have expected myself to become obsessed with. He’s funny, sure, but he’s only a protag in this game. What could make him so special? Majima has one of my favorite written character journeys of all time in this game. His attitude, the fact that if you played any game before this you know this is super odd for the Mad Dog. The way he fights (I like Kiryu and his styles but holy wow Majima styles my beloved) and the way he acts with every character around him. The amount of feeling his part of the ending gives me is just so much. I’m not a hard person to please, but 0 just gives me so much to love that I can ignore the bad and still give it 5 stars. Not perfect, but perfect enough for me. I really hope we one day either get to play as Majima again, or see him and Kiryu get the happy endings the deserve (Have not finished IW as of this review).