Yakuza Kiwami 2: Goro Majima - Shiawase nara ii ya (English translation)

[@nolanmadrazo725]

The Sad Dog of Shimano

[@ShrapnelTwo]

This is just as apt for him, isn't it :(

[@billcipher147]

As stupid as it might sound, that probably describes him better than his actual nickname.

[@mati-sy8st]

*Sad Majima-Kun noises*

[@topdog2007]

@@mati-sy8st *hugs majima kun* there there majima kun well eat raman and drink the night away my treat

[@truelovewontwait]

Amazing name for an album

[@billjoe2080]

The funniest character in the series Is also the saddest character in the series

[@TakuCityPop]

Sometimes the most seemingly happiest and funniest people tend to be the most sad people we know. It's just they are good at hiding it with a facade of sorts.

[@MeesaiD]

That's what makes Majima even more of an amazing character

[@simj202]

You know what they say about Pagliacci the clown.

[@generalr1700]

@@simj202 I remember that joke from Watchmen.

[@mackybell14]

_"Same things that make us laugh, make us cry."_ - Big Number 9 with extra dip

[@Boliever]

Majima: *Singing candidly from the heart about the one love he can never have* Kiryu in the background: WOO! WOO! WOO! WOO-HOO!

[@boingo3275]

OI! OI! OI! *clap* *clap*

[@mineshaft12]

Tfw Kiryu also have that problem.. because taking the fall for a friend. Also he met the girl he loved too in the 2nd game but well.. shit happens for Kiryu and decides it's better to leave her for good. Not to mention Kaoru and Kiryu might get down on it maybe in the times in between Yakuza 2 and Yakuza 3

[@mineshaft12]

@@primusomega8369 Oof Kiryu is basically Eternally Virgin

[@ZaniteKnuckles]

YE-YE-YE-YEEEY! TAKE IT DOWN! CHI-KEE CHI-KAY!

[@theazureknight9399]

@@primusomega8369 Life just fucking hates Kiryu. Wouldn't surprise me if Haruka gets killed in Yakuza 8.

[@kei.s7077]

Its hard to get 100% when the game is so blurry

[@SirCheeseburgur]

underrated comment holy shit

[@grandforge6300]

@@SirCheeseburgur Very. Very underrated.

[@poketcircuitfighter8288]

The same happens in some boss fights like ruyji or nishiki

[@forastero54321]

For me it's all the gambling games -- I'm not very fond of gambling because most of it revolves around luck and to me that's a time waster (in videogames for me).

[@LiviaReaper]

All about luck? it just means you don’t have the spirit my boy LUL

[@billcipher147]

When the realization hits that he never stopped loving her, even after almost 20 years but still chose to completely disappear out of her life because he'd rather sacrifice his own happiness than seeing her get hurt.

[@AlchemillaRed]

18 years.

[@GoldRustt]

Hm, yes.

[@zehhy3826]

Same thing happend to me but the only diffence is Im not yakuza

[@meetprakasit1447]

@@zehhy3826 Fighting, Kyodai, I got ya back.

[@comradedima9791]

@@zehhy3826 you always have us internet nobody to help you because you are a fellow internet nobody

[@fluffsnake]

I just... his voice actor is incredible...

[@rbermea]

flufflynn Hidenari Ugaki. This guy's a trip, man. But hilarious. He's the humor guy of the Yakuza series. Whenever he spots Kiryu, he's like "Kiryu-chan!" He's done other work in voice acting, like Ganryu, the sumo wrestling peeping tom in Tekken.

[@Don_Akane89]

@@rbermea wtf? he is fucking GANRYU????!!!!

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

@@Don_Akane89 yes

[@johnathonsteeel6922]

That’s just it though. The same guy who can ambush Kiryu-chan at a burger joint can lay this shit down. Ugaki, you’re a fucking legend, man.

[@angelusvastator1297]

His VA is like a fun middle aged uncle

[@Evictiorama]

My headcanon is that Majima just pick a song with no lyric and sings what he couldn’t say to Makoto

[@mikeychan741]

You dont have to hurt me more, bro

[@botmexicanpatriot]

Please no more!

[@user-wb6po6xu5e]

I will not be participating in happiness until further notice

[@sinceredelva1146]

Thinking that made it start raining more in my room, I wonder why

[@RicketyG]

bruh

[@angelferrer3636]

baka mitai got nothing on this absolute tearjerker of a song

[@corpsegrinder5064]

No shit bakamitai isn’t really a sad song to begin with.

[@superspy9831]

Tonight is also a tearjerker

[@frootloop3568]

@@Magic_Witchh Nope because kiryu never has any love interest other then kaoru the bakamitai meme made it funny instead so its not as sad since this one is deep as hell also TONIGHT from kiwami

[@tabien888]

@@corpsegrinder5064 baka mitai is better tho

[@catxray1603]

@@frootloop3568 what does TONIGHT being from kiwami have to do with anything? Was there a deleted comment? Imo, TONIGHT and this song are about just as sad. Tonight is about the loss of someone you considered as family. The other is the loss of the love of your life. But since majima doesn't hold back his emotions, I do feel like this song is a bit better.

[@CMY187]

As entertaining as he is to watch, Majima really is a tragic character at heart. His whole life is just one painful event after another.

[@GuardedZer0]

rev yustelleson-bloodsouls Damn right, where is that petition dude?

[@jacoblevenson7934]

It's not like Kiryu, Saejima and Akiyama's lives are sunshine and rainbows.

[@mrsenpai9876]

jacob levenson agreed and don't spoil everything I'm waiting my next paycheck to buy the PS4 all I'm doing is watching nicob play Yakuza 0

[@Joji_dayo]

jacob levenson Kiryu became legally dead just to protect his family.

[@SteelBallRun1890]

While Majima is tragic, I think Kiryu is more tragic. Majima at his heart, really wants to be a Yakuza, he could've gotten out and be with Makoto and lived away from this, but he didn't, he loves being a Yakuza. Kiryu, on the other hand, has been trying to get out of the game since the first game and they keep pulling him back in to the point that 6 pushed him far enough to abandon everything.

[@fortuys7754]

At least in Kiwami 2 he got what he wanted, Makoto is living and happy , and doesn't worry about him , as long as he knows that that's all he needs to be happy, there's just no purer love than loving someone so much you don't even care about her loving you back for your own happiness , you just want her to be happy.

[@isaacgeronilla7792]

Also the fact that Majima Lives a life of crime, Thats practically the price of his decision, He wants the girl he loves to live a normal life not to get dragged in the struggles of a Yakuza

[@mjc0961]

"Ya worked out some knots I've had for 18 years" I'm not even going to pretend I'm not crying 😭😭😭😭😭

[@waled7rocky]

While i was playing majima's campaign for the first time, i went to the karaoke only to be greatly astonished by this !! That was only the beginning, coincidentally i went to the main mission afterwards while trying to regain my emotions, only to found out that i was going to see makoto-chan there ... Goddamn it was one of my most memorable moments on my whole gaming time !!!

[@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72]

He even told the doctor who's now her husband to love her for his sake. He's literally saying make this woman happy in my place back in Yakuza 0 ending.

[@rockpaul12]

The whole majima's campaign is huge blows to the ones who knows him since 2006

[@Envinite]

Why am I crying in Grand Cabaret

[@stupidio9092]

@Mukuro I'm crying in Odyssey warehouse

[@garysmithfan1432]

Im crying in club four shine

[@ShizukuKira25]

I'm crying in bed of Styx rn

[@sal3845]

I'm crying in mahjong...

[@magicplayer84]

I am crying in Bacchus 😢

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

I just realized that Majima is the very essence of Yakuza, the game I mean. He’s loud, obnoxious, cheerful, and likes to fight so much that he’s willing to go to absolutely ridiculous length to do so, but at his very core he is an incredibly tragic and emotional man with deep, complicated history who’s lost everything he’s ever loved to organized crime. Because no matter how ridiculous the substories are, no matter how over the top the fighting is, no matter how out of place the colorful mini games are, Yakuza is and always will be a serious crime drama at heart.

[@funkyoa]

damn

[@filmandfirearms]

That's precisely why everyone loves him so much. It's impossible not to love a guy who puts his heart into absolutely everything he does and goes absolutely wild with it, while still holding to a clear and strict moral code

[@DarkBloodurth]

Majima is one of the best videogame's characters ever

[@truelovewontwait]

Hallmark of a great series when there's one character so different from the main protagonist that fans can do nothing but admire the writing masterclass of the said character.

[@TovarishTony]

Majima's screeching looks like he was trying not to cry as after all the shenanigans with Kiryu-chan, he still loves Makoto.

[@robert23456789]

was zero before or after he was married

[@derricktsai3157]

Zero was way before, it took place almost 2 decades before his marriage.

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

0 - 2 = 18 years later

[@ReijiArisu1211]

The Official timeline said he got married in 1992. Three years before Kiryu goes to jail. 5 years after 0.

[@topdog2007]

wait wait wait MAJIMA NII SAN IS MARRIED WTF!!!!

[@compedycakemine6960]

Me hearing this song for the first time without context: Hahaha Crazy Man sing song bad Me listening with the translation after beating Yakuza 0: God dammit, Majima, please just be happy....

[@spectralknight7142]

Play the rest of the games, it only gets worse

[@johnfish5573]

@@spectralknight7142 Fucking Watch strap and 18 year old knots killed me

[@compedycakemine6960]

@@johnfish5573 "You worked out some knots I've had for the past 18 years." God damn that line was a punch to the gut

[@billcipher147]

@@compedycakemine6960 Yakuza Kiwami 2 takes the knife that 0 stabbed you with, twists it, pulls it out and then sprinkles some salt all over the wound.

[@angelusvastator1297]

This song is just plain traumatic. Now I understand what yall fuckers were crying about lol.

[@ima4248]

The karaoke clerk is just breaking down in tears behind the counter

[@brandonspinner7027]

my headcannon is that Kiryu understands what Majima is going through which is why he goes along with all of his crazy stunts....

[@Ares00000]

I think so too...

[@kevinmulia6503]

Right at the end of Y0 where Kiryu gets to meet Majima for the first time, I've had the feeling that through the gap of Y0 to Yakuza 1 (or Kiwami), Kiryu had already been filled in about Majima's whole role and predicament throughout the whole Empty Lot business

[@johnathonsteeel6922]

Fuck this almost makes me cry as hard as the song

[@bcgazero6472]

Especially after yumi went missing

[@handsomemadmario]

@@kevinmulia6503 sadly i doubt that bc he didnt even know majima ran the grand, or his nickname when he did, both of which surely mustve come up if they actually stayed active together.

[@wukongprime179]

Imagine loving somebody so much and so genuinely, that you put their happiness ahead of your own. Even if that means choosing to lose them forever and being miserable for the rest of your life just so they can be happy

[@artemis1993]

Not many people are strong enough for that. Majima is one heck of a person, fictional or not.

[@sunnyquan9540]

Cries in single

[@spongeyspikes09]

I have a friend, and while I don't have romantic feelings for her, I wanted us to hang out And be best friends forever But alas we grew apart and now she's living with her boyfriend I really want to find the strength to accept we will never be together like the old days as she found more friends and I'm basically still stuck in the past hoping to rekindle the glory days we had, but I don't want to hurt her even more She lost her beloved mother in law and now she's currently taking care of her sick Father, I really want her to live happily but I know she's strong enough by herself to pull through this I only wish I have the strength to let her go and move on with my life, but I'll always know that while I make new friends along the way, I will NEVER have another friend as one of a kind as her 😢

[@박상현-u3d]

My god, when he screaming with 'please do not forget me'... It's just...heartbreaking. Majima-niisan, Makoto-san must be happy because of you.

[@artemis1993]

I wish i was half the man that is Majima

[@akamanto7456]

@@artemis1993 who doesn't

[@rogueninjagaming248]

@@artemis1993 Same. He's a really inspiring character.

[@skullfacegaro2716]

@@rogueninjagaming248 he is the from rags to riches story

[@shaneh87]

The ending to Yakuza 0 is one of the most heartbreaking things i've ever experienced. After i'd finished it i was walking about for a week after like i'd actually just lost the love of my life or something. Then they go and reopen the wound in the Majima Saga...bastards.

[@shaneh87]

I doubt i'll ever fully get over it. It's a strange situation because it's my favourite game of all time but i just can't bring myself to replay it.

[@infamousking1048]

shaneh87 I feel each and every word too, brother

[@Kev971king]

you should play the others yakuza then

[@majimajirou6821]

Everyone who watch this videos, agree about only, only one simple thing: LET MAJIMA HAVE A HAPPY ENDING THAT HE DESERVE IT FOR HIS MISERABLE LIFE.

[@mjc0961]

I never thought I'd cry so much over a goddamn watch band. 😭

[@z-v-x8324]

What i love about this song, something that sets it apart from Majima's other songs where he purposely sounds off key and screetchy, given the lyrics and how downplayed his screetching and off tuneness can be at times, everything seems much more soulful, less comedic, it seems like Majima's facade of wacky Zanyness is really starting to break and we can see the sorrow and heartfulness behind it, and his voice cracks seem so genuine and emotional, it's hard not to get invested in it, and to top it all off, there are genuine parts of the song where, even if briefly, Majima will actually sing on tune, it just shows, Majima really really loved Makoto, with all of his heart, so much so, that even if it brought him nothing but pain to be without her, he does it, because he just wants to see her happy. FUCK, man! Majima, i love you so fucking much, WHY CAN'T THEY LET YOU BE HAPPY!?

[@Nelkami]

that's one heartful, deep, and long ass sentence

[@Hojox329]

He finds joy with Kiryu from time to time

[@MrJoyShow]

Hit the nail on the head with this.

[@ahamburgerwithextrafries2283]

At least in Yakuza 7 he seems to finally be happy with himself.

[@jackietf2]

Meanwhile kiryu in the background: WOO- WOO- WOO

[@johntompkins]

Breaks my heart every time. SEGA, you cowards, let him be happy, if only for a little while.

[@Crazyalchemist23]

@AntChodeny Majima being a family man sounds frightening.

[@raijinryu47]

he will be happy if they will remaster dead souls - majima loves killing zombies after all

[@OmarM626]

@@Crazyalchemist23 The Doll Girl substory in 0 shows that he can potentially be a family man.

[@Crazyalchemist23]

@@OmarM626 Touche

[@FreedomHero4]

At least he finally reunited with Saejima

[@expealidocious]

“you’ve worked out some knots i’ve had for eighteen years” there’s so much about this scene that weighs so heavy, but seeing him genuinely smile, even with pain in his eyes, then saying this broke my soul into pieces.

[@holly9096]

What's even worse is knowing that Makoto spent how many god damn years in Sotenbori for the sole purpose of meeting Majima again. She stayed in the same town Lee died, where her big brother died, where she was kidnapped and sold into slavery... Sotenbori is a place that holds many painful (understatement) memories, but for Makoto, Majima's short presence in her life made that town worth living in. Even for the slim chance of meeting him again. She was right there, waiting for him.

[@cleversmart0303]

Her brother died in Kamurocho.

[@Arkenstone435]

Tachibana died in the Empty Lot

[@Pomlithe]

I think that's when Majima realizes what he did saddled her with regrets, kind of like how Sera said at the end of 0. He did what he thought would protect her, but ended up this unfulfilled desire of hers. Thus, after seeing her again, he decides to send her the gift of the original watch band, to let her know that she met him again and release her from the last bit of sadness in her life.

[@mythbusters5156]

majima is like a class clown but whenever he's home, he's like this.

[@Blazingmadman98]

Osamu Dazai eat your heart out.

[@adoptedmoth]

Baka Mitai is a song sung by multiple characters, plus it gained viral meme status. But this is Majima’s song, and his song alone

[@johnySF]

Baka Mitai isn't in Kiwami 2 because if they put it alongside this and Tonight half the playerbase would be completely depressed.

[@spencerdurette2859]

Pretty sure most of us are already by the time we hit Yakuza 6

[@matejrybus3923]

Isn't sorrow version of baka mitai in kiwami 2?

[@popcornistorturedcorn]

"let Majima be happy, Sega. you cowards." You earned my respect with that dude

[@Baker1202]

6:07 The real majima comes through, not the mad dog act he puts on. Makoto was on that small list of those who got the real Goro Majima

[@fortuys7754]

His adventure trying to save Makoto is what shaped the Majima we know in Yakuza 1 and onward, so there's hardly any reason for him to act any crazier than he likes to, really hits the feels T-T

[@garysmithfan1432]

Kiryu did get to see the old majima again i mean from yakuza 4 to 6 he stars calming down and ends up being calmed down and taking shit real serious

[@Shizuzuzu]

I think ehh ''real Majima'' isnt as real as you think, remember at the end of 0 he said he was going to live however he wanted to, meaning all that attitude he had through 0 was an act, not Mad dog.

[@garysmithfan1432]

@@Shizuzuzu and if you see the yakuza 4 flashbacks when majima was in the yakuza still young before being set up he was calm like in 0 the mad dog is an act not the calm one

[@Shizuzuzu]

@@garysmithfan1432 LOL what's your point? he could've been acting the whole time

[@stambayheere1283]

I love that the ending lyrics: "For you to be happy forever and ever." were sung so seriously and came off as a genuine wish for Makoto to just be happy. I broke down.

[@xeniarz4129]

He sang it with his voice, not the mad dog

[@xeniarz4129]

And that is really sad

[@jurgenklopp6885]

Turned into Yakuza 0 Majima

[@snowbringercult]

whoever sung this is an absolute beast, you can just hear him breaking down while he talks about having to distance himself for her sake

[@angelusvastator1297]

@@xeniarz4129 Damn wtf. Now I'm traumatised

[@mitelske2574]

like kiryu once said "i cried. doesnt make me less of a man"

[@MariusBoss11458]

Damn right

[@irvancrocs1753]

Yeah i like how everytime Kiryu lost a person he dear, he is never afraid to cry for them..

[@keit99]

But he still doesn't disarm his enemies (well tbf in 6 he hasn't enough time)

[@emmanicholson3061]

Oh! My poor heart. I just want Majima to be happy ;-;

[@darkmanure]

He'll always have Kiryu chan.

[@marianhernandez6655]

@@darkmanure because kiryu used to protect makoto

[@bigtimecool9635]

Majima is one of the best written characters of all time, hilarious and tragic. He feels too real ;-;

[@artemis1993]

TBH you could say that for every Yakuza character. They all feel like real people you have come to know for a lifetime, and that's why i love this franchise so much. Few games manage to evoke that feeling well enough.

[@emanuel6332]

@@artemis1993 except yakuza 7, damn the story is so weak

[@aa-hsnick6379]

@Goro Majima Meh i like it. To each of our opinion.

[@topdog2007]

@@artemis1993 kiryu best dad but majima best husband

[@renhardhalim]

@@emanuel6332nah it ain’t weak for a new protagonist.It’s just because you don’t who all this people and it’s not so focus into something like 0 anymore.

[@BrolyChan]

5:35 onward is what really hits me hard, that fact that he still loves Makoto so much and wishes that she doesn't forget him, but won't say it out loud in order for her to live happily and peacefully. For him, Makoto forgetting about him probably hurts like hell, but he'll be more than happy to accept it in order for her to be happy.

[@fortuys7754]

There's no purer love than not caring about being loved back , being ready to do anything for the other to be happy , no matter how bad it hurts T_T

[@mayorashah8538]

Broly-Chan she didnt forget about him he wants her to be happy and safe so thats why he asked the doctor if he loves her like a man or not and in kiwami 2 it has been ten years until they meet again and while she was talking he glanced at her watch and she said that someone has fixed for her ( she still loves him and didnt forget about him ) even she cried when she finally know him

[@9f81rsd00]

She never forgot though. And he finds out by Kiwami 2. Even if she moved on and now has a family, she's still trying to find the person who helped her all those years ago.

[@mjc0961]

@@9f81rsd00 "Ya worked out some knots I've had for 18 years." 😭😭😭

[@RZ_2K]

Same it get to me too because hes not singing it like usual, it seems like hes meaning it as its his screaming instead of singing it in a jolly way

[@Kalgert]

Can we all just take a moment, appreciate and agree that Majima's voice actor really does an amazing job, and also sings really great?

[@정창훈-c4w]

When my girlfriend first heard this song, she laughed, 'He's really bad at singing.' Later, when I said the lyrics, she cried.

[@marianhernandez6655]

i cant blame her

[@risingatlas2722]

Who would

[@timothycypriot8182]

Even Kiryu would cry, if he only knew how big Majima no onii san's heart is.

[@Kiraritaah]

Tu novia eres tú y eres hombre (e.e) No hace falta mentir para "excusarse"

[@정창훈-c4w]

@@Kiraritaah Lo siento, he estado saliendo por 2132 días, amigo ;)

[@jwinterspring]

I actually imagine Majima just singing this song casually, then little by little, all the pent up memories of Makoto that he had since the beginning of Yakuza 0 up to their last scene in Yakuza 2, just piles up one by one, relieving each memories as the song goes and suddenly just...burst! This isn't just a song, this is Majima's tribute, anthem and feelings for Makoto put together all in one emotional song. All these are Majima's feelings etched forever in everyone's heart as a form of a song for his biggest "what if" and for the best love story that he never had.

[@jwinterspring]

And for some reason, I have a feeling that someday, somewhere, Makoto will actually listen to this song and she will still remember the hero that once saved her. All the lyrics will resonate with her buried feelings for Majima and she'll feel that somehow, the song was made for her. Tears will fall down her cheeks and she'll reminisce on how Majima too, is her biggest "what if" and the best love story that she never had.

[@jommeem3834]

You too... Take my very sad like

[@ShiroSay]

Dude, him singing with his Hyena Spirit feels more genuine than is anyone sang it normally

[@murilofernandes7870]

Local yakuza breaks down in tears at karaoke

[@GoodOlFiddle]

Without subtitles: seems like a fun song With subtitles: *You learned Waterfall*

[@MariusBoss11458]

Well, the pictures you see does let you know what's it about. And the I LOVE YOU

[@keit99]

Majima used subtitles it was very effective 😂

[@curtis701]

I love how the lyrics perfectly represent how majima feels about makoto. He'd do anything for her happiness even if it cost him his own. He's easily the best character in the yakuza series for me.

[@incompetentprick]

that's the point, he just basically get a song without lyrics and sing all the things he can't say to makoto,

[@keerthiannadorai4412]

If Kiryu was in the Karaoke booth with him, I wonder how he would feel about the performance. It would be cool to see Kiryu trying to bring it up after the song only for Majima to brush it off with a challenge.

[@satoshimaebara7190]

But if it did happen, Kiryu would probably have to bear with Majima's screeching until he'd raise an eyebrow at the gradual change. Kiryu: "M-Majima-no-niisan, a-are you okay?"

[@garysmithfan1432]

Thats probably a reason why majima like kiryu alot he knows he took care of makoto when he couldn't

[@SteelBallRun1890]

@@garysmithfan1432 Nah, he likes Kiryu because he respects his honorable and good natured personality. He knows this kind of personality doesn't mesh well with being Yakuza so while he does test Kiryu from time to time, the fact that Kiryu prevails is something he respects and probably reminds him of himself or Saejima.

[@garysmithfan1432]

@@SteelBallRun1890 and him saving and taking care of makoto was another reason

[@mjc0961]

Man, I was so happy when I went to the karaoke booth and found out I could sing with Majima. Did that immediately expecting something zany and fun, only to be smashed in the face with sadness. And then I went and picked a sad song for Kiryu, too. Oops! 😭

[@mango6419]

The worst part is that none of my friends are into this series so I HAVE NOBODY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND CRY TOGETHER

[@Gabycretin]

SAME BRO I WANT TO CRY WITH SOMEONE WHILE TALKING ABOUT THIS SONG

[@Palinghufter]

Same here...

[@vekuvegetto1661]

@mango Now you do. SAME HERE BRO

[@absolutelypitiful3837]

I've met someone in my DnD group who played the game and enjoyed it tremendously.

[@dolo4872]

Why does this dumb gangster game make me cry...

[@punishedwhispers1218]

Couldn't have put it better myself

[@rbermea]

You know every thug isn't always all hardcore, they gotta have a vulnerable side.

[@8bitengie]

@@TheGreenHeagOne R-Right?

[@Lanoman123]

Dumb?

[@angelusvastator1297]

@@Lanoman123 It's a joke.

[@shabu9ine]

When majima faded into the crowd. *i felt that*

[@josukehigashikata2990]

Majima's 5 stages of grief: Denial: 0:24 Anger: 1:05 Bargaining: 2:46 Depression: 4:52 Acceptance: 6:17

[@انا-ق4ز]

OUCH

[@GlitchDoctor]

this is fine i'm okay with the events that are unfolding currently things are going to be okay

[@Wigi_]

It hurts even more after you play the Majima saga where he bumps into Makoto again and she talks about him and her watch. Poor Majima-san.

[@462n]

Especially with the scene where she's giving him a massage and he's doing everything he can to not make a single sound so she doesn't figure out who he is.

[@tejaskapil6803]

@@462n It's like his voice got knocked back to 1988.

[@Pomlithe]

Goddamn, the part where he falls apart is just depressing. I cried, no lies here.

[@PubescentAdult]

I tried to hold it in but I couldn't

[@thebachiever234]

Having to move away from her. Made sure that she will be fine and happy, even without me. As long as you're happy...As long as you're happy.

[@brewstin]

There's a woman I truly love, more than anything, but in the end I wasn't able to be with her. Seems I'll have to just let her go. So naturally I did what any sane person would do, come cry to this song immediately

[@mrbungnuggets1417]

I dont see why you can't bro, if you want her make yourself the best and go get her, when she wants you as much as you want her, that's happiness. Good luck my friend

[@szczesliwekomunikacjeladow383]

*The funny yakuza when he gets back home from the headquarters:*

[@一色いろは-g1i]

強がってふざけて歌ってるけど、思いが抑えきれてない感がめっちゃウルッてくる

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

What a great character. I greatly preferred him to Kiryu in Yakuza 0. There was so much more depth to his character

[@artemis1993]

Kiryu has monumental amounts of depth too - it's just that he is developed slowly as the series goes on, unlike Majima were he went through a lot just in Yakuza 0 alone.

[@zynerza]

It's sad enough when you know the context. But when you actually go through a similar experience it hits even harder... Currently crying for two reasons, for Majima and my own story. This song is perfect, It's literally everything that i wanna say to her... Thank you for translanting this...

[@brysonmanns1720]

I know the feeling man

[@kokko996]

ただでさえ辛い人生を送ってきて、更に覚えもない理由で命を狙われて、とても生き残れるとは思えなかったマコトの涙を何度も見てきたことを思えば「生きてるなら、幸せに笑顔で生きていられるなら…」って思ってしまうよなあ…本当は忘れないでくれっていいたいんやー！

[@blownupmicrowave]

"Oh boy, I can invite Majima to karaoke? What kinda nonsense will he be singing this time?" 1 minute later: pain

[@lewiscameron5761]

Majimas story is the soul rwason i can never bring myself to replay 0 or kiwami 2

[@rebertassis1036]

"if you're happy, i really don't mind!" Say that literally crying

[@馬沢-b7h]

何回聞いても泣いちゃうこれ

[@Palinghufter]

I like how it starts crazy but than he thinks more and more about Makoto and starts singing more seriously.

[@z-0437]

照れ隠しでふざけながら歌い始めるけど、２番を歌い終わる辺りでボロが出始めてマコトのこと思い出しちゃう感じ、すごく良い。泣く‥‥

[@elysion8747]

holy fuck, i was literally sobbing halfway through until the end. it's really telling that he's hiding his sadness through his screechy voice and adlibs, and that just fucks me up more and more. thank you for translating this!! ;; w ;;

[@RX-NoName]

time to be FUCKING SAD.

[@doggu7398]

DEPRESSION, HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!

[@NasukeTheWolf]

Thanks for the translation. I'm going to go cry now.

[@DanBruhMoment]

Man, coming back to this song after being put in the same situation as Majima, aka where you just want that certain someone else to be happy, even if she's without you just hits so differently, it's soul crushing.

[@thebigzan]

Same thing is happening to me rn. I even sent this video to her and asked her to read the lyrics lol

[@DanBruhMoment]

@@thebigzan hang in there my dude, i believe in you soldier

[@グッチータヌオカ]

いつもふざけてる真島の兄さんがこの曲だけは本気で歌ってる感じがする感動

[@milanger17]

My head canon is that Majima choose this song only to sing his heart out at first but when it finally hits 4:53 he just completely abandoning the lyrics and say what he wants to say to Makoto

[@幻の初代横綱所河駑栖]

😭

[@auntgael4297]

😭😭

[@BlazerT48]

I like to imagine he is screeching in karaoke to hide his tears. Well I mean-- I don't like to imagine Majima sad, but you know....

[@dulq]

I must've said somethin mean to my laptop cos 24 hour cinderella was JUST playing before this song came on. Such a sudden drop from 'Yay! Majima! My boy!' to 'Aww Majima...You poor boy'.

[@ethereal231]

"I can do karaoke with Majima? Fuck yes! I wonder if he's gonna do 24-hour Cinderella or maybe another funny song." *song starts playing* "Wait a fucking minute I didn't want to be sad..."

[@小田嶋美羽]

0やった後だと、歌進むにつれて真面目な真島さんになっていく感じに聞こえて泣けてきますね…

[@noordeepsingh244]

This song applies to me today, as the person I really really loved told me she had a new boyfriend. I literally tried to control my thoughts like majima- if she’s happy I’m happy. I don’t want to see her with her boyfriend as it will kill me inside.

[@artemis1993]

I've been through the same, i know how it feels.

[@carkat3203]

That shows you're a mature person, so good on you, man. I hope you find happiness with another girl.

[@DhRibeiro_0327]

Same aniki…

[@punggungmonyet]

Man, me too. My crush whom I admire for 3 years now revealed about how he had a crush on a specific cute gal directly (he named her) to me a few months ago, I feel empty after he said it. I'm not sure how is he now, but I hope he's happy. Although, seeing him with another girl will probably makes my heart goes aching again on the inside. It's just gonna be full of regret and what ifs... I hope time heals yours, Aniki.

[@LoveMyMiata]

I know this is a year later, I hope you’re doing better friend. I’m going through the exact same thing, my ex and I were together since high school and were 25 now… shit hurt. 8 years down the drain… most mornings I feel like I only wake up to take care of my pets

[@red_elezen]

In memory of that one night my crush drove me home and we were singing this from the bottom of our hearts. The lyrics definitely hits differently now that I won't be able to see him again..

[@しろねこ-d3i]

海外コメ凄いけど歌詞の意味ちゃんと伝わってるといいな 俺のこと忘れないでくれ～～って本音がちょっと漏れてるのがまたいい

[@fruitlomps4360]

Damn dude, I never thought I could relate on a level with a dude that runs around with a leopard print kinda jacket waving around a sword This song hits, it really hits

[@michelleanderson5244]

New to the Yakuza series, and, ouch, I wasn't ready for this. Y0 is still too fresh. 5:40 She didn't, man. She didn't forget.

[@jacobfels2167]

The fact that he starts the song off so ridiculous only to begin thinking about makoto is so genuinely wholesome. He starts having fun and being goofy, but by the time he gets to “I love you” he sings it in tune and sings it so genuinely. Like even though he’s trying to be screechy and funny, he can’t hide that he’s about to start crying so instead of hiding it, he just gives in and puts everything into the performance. WHY CAN’T THE YAKUZA MAIN CHARACTERS JUST BE HAPPY FOR ONCE, AHHHHH

[@windows10sovietedition86]

Look at John Kaito Files.

[@peternguyen2840]

I love the fact that even underneath his mad dog persona, Majima is a good person deep inside especially to those he cares about.

[@raditzhoneyham]

I don't think he's a good person, but a really strong love can make people do some crazy things including turning their back on the only thing they dedicated their life for

[@NERGYStudios]

To say the VA nails this, is an understatement.

[@notaguy0599]

love how he removes the "crazy-ass" mask there at the end and we can hear a bit of Y0 Majima

[@lucasbittencourtnogueira5858]

I really cried at the end of Y0, now reading the lyrics of this song made me cry again. ffs im a 30 yo dude

[@hushamfusion]

Manly tears

[@skyatianlan2356]

Same here. Im close to 30

[@thebachiever234]

Like Kiryu once said "I cried. Doesn't make me less of a man"

[@percygoodbeard4827]

honestly you know you absolutely love a character when said character sings a sad song in the most foolish and funny way possible yet it is still the saddest thing you've ever heard

[@おたま-m3k]

セリフが終わったあと優しい歌い方になっていくので本当にうるっときてしまう

[@エッサル]

間奏のところで本音みたいなの言いまくる前に、もう一度あの家に帰ろうって言うのがもう涙腺崩壊する

[@nathanielbarnes1320]

Majima's princess is in another castle. :(

[@sorashirogane7039]

Yeah,and her name is probably Yuki

[@caraelizabeth7307]

I know this has been out for ages, but I just finished Y0 like a month ago and I just got to this song in Kiwami 2 like, yesterday. It’s been a long time since I’ve legitimately started crying at a video game, but this did it.

[@幻の初代横綱所河駑栖]

😭😭😭😭

[@ドラえもん-n8m]

他の歌は笑わせにきてふざけてるような感じだけどこの歌は兄さんの本心を感じる

[@Cizma77]

It doesn't matter how happy I am at that moment, hearing this instantly makes tears well up in my eyes without fail. The Yakuza series is incredibly emotionally powerful.

[@triple-oe4hw]

I like to think that Majima broke character halfway through and went on a rant as the OG Majima instead

[@ashe323d7]

I’m crying way too much right now for someone who already has seen this for the 20th time. But these feels should and will hit hard so it’s fine.

[@bolasmarkov8050]

I've never been so emotional for a video game character like majima (exception for Joel's daughter in last of us) but that's how good the writing is in Yakuza 0. You can hear him crying a bit in this song. :'(

[@imatsuji-D]

この曲が海外の人からめっちゃコメントもらってることに感動

[@effartolacobo6742]

"plz dont forget me" are what i want to say But if u do forget me, i dont mind As long as u happy 😭😭😭

[@RyuunosukeKazuma]

*waves lighter in the air and crying* it’s ok Daddy Majima she’s happy and safe no need to worry anymore

[@オルビス-q8e]

「忘れないでよなんて言わねえさ」ってところマジでかっこいい

[@野崎梅太郎-f1q]

ふざけて歌ってる感じなのに。 泣ける。

[@angelusvastator1297]

1:22 that painful scream alone makes this song 1000x sadder than baka mitai.

[@betaubtesfaultier3607]

This is unironically the greatest love song I've ever heard.

[@Nifava]

How the fuck am I so invested in Majima and Makoto's love story? How is it possible that this song moved me so much?

[@cman8995]

The fact that this is the only song which mad-dog Majima sings seriously shows that he isn't singing this song for a sake of singing karaoke like a normal person.