Expelled From The Family | Yakuza 0 [Part 2]

[@Chamomileable]

The series takes itself pretty seriously on the tattoos since they're so integral to Yakuza culture. They even got a real traditional tebori artist to help with the designs. Kuze's tattoo is of Enma, the king of Hell. On his left and right arms he has Gozu and Mezu, Horse-face and Ox-face, two guardians of the underworld.

[@Scyth0r]

I'm deeply impressed to this day how all these games manage to blend genuine realism with some of the craziest stuff. The amount of dedication from the studio is amazing.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I never knew that. About them getting a traditional tattoo artist

[@zeroskaterz92]

Ehh just the design. The franchise hardly touch upon the tattoos in depth.

[@Citrusgrass]

​@@zeroskaterz92it's pretty indepth to me considering the tatoos hint at the characters personality and role in the story

[@zeroskaterz92]

@@Citrusgrass That's not in depth. Also the fact that not a single one of the games ever show how and why they got the tattoos in the first place. They never show the process or initiation of getting one either.

[@Kaleimaya]

I'll say Mapo, don't worry about making 1hour video of only Majhong, Karaoke or others minigames because this is the true essence of the Yakuza games, and more than half the fun, plus you mayyy be rewarded on the long run

[@cleverman383]

I've seen people rush through the story a million times! I want to see Karaoke, UFO Catcher and Pocket Circuit!

[@emanon597]

yes yes yes yes yes

[@Detheroc8]

I will never get tired of Kiryu drop kicking that guy out of the window and almost falling out with him Actual peak cinema

[@paulunga]

You can really tell Kiryu's tired of his shit.

[@Trehek]

Yoneda doesn't get the credit he deserves for coming back like a badass!

[@__TK___]

Remember, Kiryu doesn’t kill in this franchise canonically. Ever.

[@homeslicebread8443]

@@__TK___Kiryu does kill, just only in self defence. He never kills in cold blood.

[@Noizzed]

Yakuza fans when there's gameplay interrupting their cinematic marathon

[@Beahlengalenga]

Not this again😭

[@Berasu]

Yeah, maybe in this series you get 2 hours of cinematics, but you also get that same amount x2 times in gameplay. In other games you get 2 hours of cinematicd, but nearly 10 min. of gameplay lmao

[@Foxtrox7616]

​@@Berasu idk about other games having this much cutscenes, but it sure is true for metal gear, lol

[@cleverman383]

Real fans collect as much CP as possible, which takes much more time than watching cutscenes

[@weewooo3743]

This is such a stupid take smh…

[@apprentice_jedi]

Man, it’s going to be agonizing waiting for these episodes every few days. I just want to watch them all!

[@fajnu20]

That's so true! It's painful

[@09spidy]

"In time, grimacing became tiresome, so I stopped" Damn, anyone with chronic pain knows this feeling all too well.

[@Cerebromanic]

Kuze got my respect. He methods to gain power are despicable, but he does give a good fight when it comes to it. And goes with the punishment when it's demanded. Looking forward to see more of him. Also his boss music goes absolutely hard. Love how intense those drums sound, and then give space to some nice guitar solo.

[@djbeema]

I just love his VA

[@sapphire3084]

@@djbeema His VA and face model has years of experience playing the role of a yakuza in movies, so he's a perfect fit.

[@cleverman383]

There's a clip of the actor getting punched by a monkey while the boss music plays, I highly recommend it

[@kman8326]

Im so excited for this to be the first ever yakuza playthrough with mahjong gameplay

[@JShepLord]

Dude, you have no idea. I didn't know how much I needed you to play this game until I saw you upload the first episode. I've literally been looking for a decent playthrough of this game when you began uploading these.

[@thetntraider]

Just remember one thing. As brutal as these fights can be... Kiryu has never killed a man in his life.

[@cleverman383]

That's why seeing the gun in the intro felt wrong to me

[@thembill8246]

He hasn't murdered. It's a mistranslation that's become a meme. He only kills when given no other choice, i.e. truly self defense, kill or be killed.

[@thetntraider]

@ what are you talking about? He has never taken a life. Not once.

[@cleverman383]

@@thetntraider Why are you spoiling this? Let Mapo play the games himself and find out whether Kiryu kills anyone or not...

[@thetntraider]

@ explain to me how this is a spoiler.

[@PotatoKun01]

Don't forget to block to interrupt the enemies' combos, and grab to interrupt their block! Also, the heat action indicator is in the top right, keep an eye on it!

[@Lophii28]

ahh can't wait for the next episode, such a treat to see you play this

[@mastery7901]

Yakuza is no doubt one of the epitomes of superb plotlines and dialogues in gaming history. The quality in which it is delivered insantly captivates you.

[@yanribeiro7108]

It us extremely underrated in those regards, I agree

[@zeroskaterz92]

something something r bullets proved otherwise lmao

[@chrisdiokno5600]

You can eat whenever Mapo, just not past a certain amount of HP

[@apprentice_jedi]

Glad you are enjoying it so far! It is very cutscene heavy but you should be no stranger to that having played Kojima’s games. 😅

[@insideoutghost]

Just finished the first episode and refreshed KZbin to see this and actually yelled "Yes! YES!"

[@KGhaleon]

1:30:00 That's a batting place, baseball, not combat.

[@ChickenCleric]

I love the soundtrack of this series, I actually started playing RGG games because I was listening to the FZero GX OST on KZbin and saw a comment saying Yakuza 0 was its musical spiritual successor. Glad you're enjoying the game!

[@Entrepid83]

Based entirely on how handily you handled Kuze, you may enjoy playing it on Hard mode--biggest differences is enemies hit slightly harder, and the game doesn't just give you healing items laying around. You'll have to manually stock up on healing items. It's a *good* Hard mode, and it makes the boss fights even more satisfying. If you want to test it out before deciding, try loading up just before you go to Dojima Family HQ to get expelled and run that whole gauntlet again, on Hard mode.

[@ronroidz2925]

Love it! When he stepped into the Arcade I was like, "welcome to yakuza"^^ This Game/Franchise has so much to offer and you can just enjoy walking around and get sidetracked, and that's not a bad thing, almost every sidequest and minigames are fun and you can see the work people put in it, they are not just put there to make the game bigger or fuller. And it's also enjoyable to watch all of it, so don't worry if you go on a personal quest to play every arcade game you come across, or want to become Kamurochos greatest dance queen, karaoke master or pocket circuit champion.

[@viniciusribeiro7279]

53:50 its Metal Gear Solid all over again lol

[@cleverman383]

This is good, isn't it?

[@KusabiTetsugoro]

Pretty good first try win against Kuze. So satisfying seeing you getting the grasp of the combat mechanics. Yeah, heat actions are great and there are literally dozens of them, all context dependent and with different conditions of execution, from the basic ones to absolutely insane attacks Damn, you’re WAY too good at UFO catcher 😁

[@wz9573]

More confirmation that 100% of Yakuza 0 players go "Woo Papa!" out loud

[@paulunga]

Are your observations based on LPs? Feels a little biased, personally, I talk very little while playing games by myself and not recording it for an audience. xD

[@cleverman383]

I say "Hey, boy!"

[@Trehek]

I'm glad Mapo got his first taste of the ufo catcher visual comedy when they reset the prizes!

[@JO-hs1ue]

Kiryu says "AuhH" Me: "Aah"

[@Ozone946]

@@cleverman383I say “yES!”

[@operatic4794]

The iconic Yakuza split begins

[@GaldirEonai]

"Excuse me, hold still a moment while I level up in mid-battle" - Kazuma Kiryu

[@familyunfriendly1732]

Kiryu never kills anybody, he also never loses, that includes his virginity.

[@cleverman383]

He just lost to Mr. Shakedown

[@familyunfriendly1732]

@cleverman383 Kiryu was holding back on purpose. He wanted to go easy on such a weak enemy.

[@walderoni9865]

He ain't a virgin, he has sex with the women he lets at the telephone club

[@CarlosAlola]

Yakuza 0 came after Yakuza 5

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Yakuza do take their tattoos seriously. In fact in Japan, in bathouses, every tattoo mist be covered

[@thewretch4081]

I love it when they take off their shirts

[@cleverman383]

The male gaze is real

[@AusSP]

You know, how these Yakuza groups function is really confusing (and the translation can be unclear at times, especially in Y1 and Y2). So let's spell it out: The Tojo clan is the biggest Yakuza group in Eastern Japan. It's essentially an alliance of dozens of other Yakuza clans. The Dojima Family is one of it's biggest, and is also an alliance of several clans. Sohei Dojima is the Patriarch, and the actual leader. Kazama is the Captain, the patriarchs "eldest son", who will inherit control of the family. There may be advisors (or "Lieutenant Advisors"), who are also highly placed, but not in line to be the Patriarch. Then the head of the HQ, who is a Lieutenant who runs the home base. Then there are the Lieutenants - Kuze, etc - who answer to the Captain. And then the bottom level guys. Each of the Captain and Lieutenants, at least in this case, have their own little family, and their own lieutenants. And because the current Captain is in prison, all the lieutenants are trying to get promoted as the Patriarch's new favorite.

[@aamacan]

Gotta say you're fight against Kuze was actually quite impressive. I got beaten hard on this and resorted to using cheap weapons to stun him a bunch. Kuze is a tough skill check but he's provides a damn good fight for the first chapter.

[@Ozone946]

1:07:39 “I understand it now”

[@smol_seli]

Second episode is so much fun too! Kiryu's Arcade-Adventures are amazing :D soo many different minigames

[@wowskii]

Welcome, Kiryu. This is Tachibana house of hope, eat up

[@luminemo]

Such an amazing game; I don't understand Japanese so I have to truly watch this instead of having it play on the side (my attention span isn't great....) but this is definitely worth the attention! I appreciate you enjoying the story, those cutscenes have us all enthralled!

[@tutel45]

Yipeeee new yakuza video so happy right now

[@corican]

Another great episode! Looking forward to this story play out!

[@KGhaleon]

Gotta use your heat gauge when it's full or you just gonna lose it.

[@mikaelkarlsson8969]

Great to hear that you like the game so far and still you've barely scratched the surface of the game 😂 . Game just get better and more crazy the further in to the story it gets.

[@gimpscam9976]

I was first introduced to yakuza with this game and then jumped to 6 because those in between games weren’t in America yet/ remastered. Once they were I was able to fully enjoy the series. It was still great playing 6 after 0.

[@oriongold395]

Why is it when they reach the huge guy holding the chair, they don't see the Heat Action prompt?

[@DemonKnight94]

Don't forget that you can block attacks aswell.

[@L4ftyOne]

Ayyy, binged EP1 and now directly 2. Noice!

[@contreras1893]

LOL I love seeing people's reactions to Mr. Shakedown because he's so scary at first. You'll get strong enough to beat him easily but for now, just make sure to save every now and then in case you run into him at a bad moment.

[@ezenatiello2017]

Its gonna be amazing if u play at least the kiryu games. It could be hard playing the older games but they are all fun and once u get to dragon engine era u will be blown away hahah its one of my fav franchise. Oh and i cant wait to see ur reaction to the maps of the other games 😅 i dont know if there is any other franchise that those this

[@rubenel7993]

Kuze's theme 🤘🤟

[@serene-illusion]

Great episode🔥

[@weeaboowrangler6321]

Rush style has a special block where kiryu does a little head bob/weave animation with I frames on it. It's super fun when you get the hang of the timing

[@Wonker_]

hope you also play the future games!

[@dsilvermane0]

This game is so anime! I love it lmao

[@GaldirEonai]

Can't wait for Mapo's intro cartoon to change outfits :D.

[@brandonmunson9781]

The cutscenes are indeed amazing. Just wait til you get to Chapter 3. It's gonna be really cool.

[@masterluckyluke]

After this crane game session I would be personally insulted if you don't do ALL side quests. :D

[@lewisconner9532]

kiryu's dead kiryu's dead... nah hes just busy playing space harrier

[@barcster2003]

The heat actions are contextual so you can do all kinds of crazy stuff.

[@John_Souls]

Ahh yes, Pledge of Demon, biggest banger in entire Yakuza series.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I personally prefer Twin Dragons a bit more, in this game at least

[@walderoni9865]

Actually that's for faith

[@edijs4d]

YEEEEEES! KZbin recommended you to me when you started cyberpunk (and that game is THE videogame for me) and i've been going through your playthroughs ever since. it's pretty interesting going through soulsborne games for the first time and having a different pov of that right in front of me (we've gotten to sekiro now. so glad i left that game to be the last from older fromsoft games). ahh fuck me, sorry, this is too long already tl:dr my high ass just wanted to comment that for freakin yakuza i drop everything :D keep em coming mapo

[@domisepic7]

I hope you enjoy the silly and serious antics this game has

[@emanon597]

I can't wait for side quests 🙏🙏

[@kentmichaelgalang686]

this man is actually unfazed at claw?? how

[@hades_7727]

A little tip: You use the rush style to build up heat and brawler to perform heat actions, so you use both styles interchangeably

[@stealthymakoto]

We are eating good on this channel lately 🔥

[@Kochen51]

Don't be afraid to do side content! :)

[@pedrobernardes98]

Loving this

[@NaviJ98]

Just venturing a guess, but you probably couldn't eat the beef bowl because you were at full health

[@stupidcow11]

Kept us waiting huh?

[@indianwarlord6935]

What would the mapocolops tattoo be

[@KGhaleon]

Probably some kind of ape like Haramabe

[@GaldirEonai]

Korobokuru. "Imported" into japanese folklore from the Ainu of Hokkaido, they're basically very hairy and stocky gnomes that live in leaf-thatched huts in the forest and are very in touch with nature. In DnD terms think dwarf druid.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

Huh, never heard of it but it looks interesting.

[@protoaltus]

Oh dame yo..

[@DAN_pfperenyebawls]

Yknow, i once thought that Mapo played yakuza at some point.

[@Villain_in_Glasses]

As my first Yakuza, Kuze was my Genichiro. After beating him the combat clicked and actually made sense, though I'm a masochist who can't not play on the hardest difficulty so that probably didn't help.

[@walterb.3592]

you cant eat when your health is full

[@GaldirEonai]

You can if you take the appetite booster pills.

[@kosman_11]

Waited for that!🗿

[@James-Salty-Sunderland]

IT'S HERE THE KUZE FIGHT LET'S GO

[@Ozone946]

1:02:31 Invisible Invisible Invisible Invisible (Shy one) walking by the wall (Shy one) the shadows will not fall (Shy one) is silently ignored (Quiet one) discouraged by the noise (Quiet one) living without choice (Quiet one) is a life without a voice When you can't even say my name Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb? Go on, call my name I can't play this game, so I ask again Will you say my name? Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb? Or have I become invisible? (Skylight) the dreamers wish away (Hindsight) it's falling on my face (Highlights) the shape of my disgrace When you don't hear a word I say As the talking goes, it's a one-way show No fault, no blame Has the memory gone? Are you feelin' numb? And have I become invisible? Invisible Invisible Invisible, invisible Invisible, invisible Invisible, invisible Invisible No one hears a word they say Has the memory gone? Are you feelin' numb? Not a word they say But a voiceless crowd isn't backin' down When the air turns red With a loaded hesitation Can you say my name? Has the memory gone? Are you feelin' numb? Have we all become invisible?

[@millbridge1016]

KUUUUUUUUZEEEEEEE!!!

[@J.A.Y.200X]

Of all the topics to centre a plot around, Real Estate Speculation is certainly a bold choice.

[@Trehek]

And yet they manage to squeeze out all this juicy drama!

[@evlogiy]

This game is just insane. It’s interesting how, technologically, it’s pretty mediocre, but the plot and dialogues are a 10/10. It’s been a long time since any story has held me so captivated. I’m very curious to see what’s coming next.

[@Kaimax61]

Don't worry mapo, as someone who plays from the ps2 yakuza game, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW why they keep flip floping between Yakuza and Like a dragon for the english releases.

[@megagamememe]

I see you have trouble navigating minimap. Try enabling rotating minimap in settings, maybe it will be easier.

[@dudedudeguy-u9l]

tachibana the goat

[@chrisdiokno5600]

He is

[@djbeema]

When I was playing I was like "wait this game is called Yakuza and within the first couple hours of the game I'm not a yakuza anymore?" 😂 Like a Dragon makes a lot more sense I guess

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I remember one vid I saw went through an analyzed how many games has you play in the Yakuza.

[@TheBloobster]

dafuq i just finished the last episode 2 minutes ago hell yea

[@Grandy_UiD]

Kuze is such a cool character and boss. Kind of a shame you fight him so early. Would've made for an awesome boss fight later in the game.

[@TothBalesz]

Yea, what a shame you only fight him once...

[@abdulazizmari9021]

As for future games, I recommend you take a short break between each one. In my experience, it was rather easy to burn out and just hard focus the story without enjoying the side content. Which makes up about 40% of the yakuza games.

[@lukescrew1981]

It's probably going to be a while but I really want you the play the original Yakuza 1 and 2 instead of the remakes who are called Kiwami

[@Order-rb4iy]

i said phantom pain at the same time lmao

[@cleverman383]

I was surprised it took Mapo as long as it did to make that reference

[@brokkoli1615]

[@chukm7128]

Yakuza zero has the best story imo, other games are better in gameplay, but Y0 story has it figured out. (DON’T READ THE REPLIES MAPO)

[@yanribeiro7108]

For me it's lost judgment and 8 pretty much tied for 1st place.

[@cleverman383]

There's nothing more exciting than real estate

[@chukm7128]

@@yanribeiro7108 im ngl… 8 was far from first imo. It just got a little too crazy.

[@yanribeiro7108]

@chukm7128 That seems to be the popular opinion, and I vehemently disagree. I have never seen a game be so successful in serving as a complete and respectful celebration of the franchise. It's a story that's only really hard-hitting for people that played all the main games (and gaiden) and understands Kiryu's character well enough. It didn't get anywhere near "too crazy", 4, 5 and arguably even 2 and 3 and way crazier.

[@chukm7128]

@@yanribeiro7108 2 is crazy because of sengoku’s weird castle. Y8 was crazy to me because of the fact a bunch of hawaiians are fluent in japanese, and they’re fighting an evil priest who wants to kill a kid… and then the whole thing about Ebina being a half brother was just a write-on. Also The guy in the chinese mafia got so hyped, only to fumble a few hours later. If Y8 did something well, it was the plot twists, definitely that.

[@kolosmenus]

57:25 Yakuza games always deliver on the dialogue and story, but I feel like their gameplay is incredibly drawn out. It’s like the devs have some sort of competition about cramming in as much goofy side content as possible. It’s kind of amusing and fun for a bit, but it reaches a point when you’re tired of it all and would prefer to just watch a series of movies than to play through each game.

[@tinnie75]

I like that it gives you the option to spend 100 hours on the goofy stuff but also to just power through the main story. Because sometimes I'm so gripped by the main story that I don't care for anything else. Other days I just want the silly substories and singing karaoke. Especially if I don't have the time to get locked into a long fight sequence and a bunch of 20 minute cut scenes.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

TBF, some of the side content can be fairly serious

[@combatnoodlez]

just as i finish the first part, this was uploaded 😂 i just finished your uncharted 1-3 playlists and even the 1 hour episodes took me a while (the games combat's fault) but this last 2h 12m yakuza episode just breeezed through and it was over before it even started.🥲🙏

[@combatnoodlez]

nooo now this one is over too, i just wanna keep watching 😂