Hajime’s willingness to become one of their captains only increases the tension between himself and his brother. While their job was officially to protect members of the ruling government, historians generally agree that they were bloody assassins who murdered and tortured political dissidents. He accomplishes this by taking on the name “Saito Hajime” and joining the Shinsengumi, a real-world police force that currently harbors his father’s killer. Sakamoto Ryoma (who is both an actual historical figure and, here, is “played by” series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu) has to decide if he’s one of them, or if he’s prepared to carve his own legacy. Even if it means standing up to powerful institutions-or people you love. Like its modern predecessors which feature characters surviving the crushing pressures of capitalism, the power fantasy in Ishin is about being courageous enough to live by your personal values. Like A Dragon games-formerly known as the Yakuza series-are not simple power fantasies about being the strongest or most influential man in the city. “But I can’t see the bigger picture like you do.” His words are self-deprecating, but his tone is defiant. “Sorry,” Sakamoto Ryoma tells his brother, who also happens to be the leader of the royalist faction, Takechi Hanpeita. Instead of bickering like this, we could be changing history. You and I both know it’s what our father would have wanted. All he has to do is turn a blind eye to the powerful lords who could have orchestrated their father’s murder. A year later, his brother offers him safety and power in exchange for his loyalty. In the opening chapters of Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a samurai becomes an exiled criminal after his father is assassinated in front of him.
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