i don't know if this is too niche or personal, but as someone also from a "doomed" city with a perpetually grim future, i really love how RGG has portrayed kamurocho. in tachibana's penthouse, we're introduced to it as a beautiful glittering cityscape. when kiryu hangs out with nishiki, it's a maze of rundown buildings but the best ramen, if you know where to look. it's got a wide network of homeless people who see all. it's got scumbag billionaires and it's overrun with gang violence. yet every substory shows us NPCs with full lives despite kamurocho always threatening to collapse.
and it always is in danger. the tojo clan is ripping it apart for both kiryu and makoto in Y0. it blows up once in YK2 and almost does it a second time at the end. kiryu always comes back because some motherfucker is like "the tojo clan and kamurocho are in danger, we need your help". that's like, what it feels like? shit will happen on the news and it'll always be personal. no matter how far away you move - for kiryu, okinawa, nagoya, etc - it always holds on. it never leaves. this city and its doom will always be wrapped tightly around your heart.
but everyone's seen a tragic city. it's all over our stories. but kamurocho, despite it all, is still so lovingly rendered. kiryu can duck into alleyways and find a burger joint. he can buy ridiculously specific things at don quiote. he can play pocket circuit, he can go to arcades, he can play pool. it's a shithole of a city overrun with gang violence and poverty but it's still so full of life. despite everything you can still race cars and buy gifts for pretty women and invite your friends to karaoke. despite everything, you can still live.
like yeah, the devs probably didn't mean to appeal to this incredibly specific heartache, but i love kamurocho so much anyway. every time i run around it, it feels like home. it's a fucking disaster but it's my, and so many other characters', disaster.
to conclude, have a quote from daigo at the end of YK2.
[Image ID: A shirtless Daigo Dojima from Yakuza Kiwami 2. He's a young man with dark hair and a toned body, and he looks determined. At the bottom of the screencap, the subtitles read "Some might say I have no right saying it, but I love this city." End ID.]
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I Need To Do Repairs on My Car and I Have No Money
(1/12/23)
Hii everyone, my cars been needing some repairs for a while now but today it finally killed itself. My insurance apparently won't cover the cost of getting it towed. We're trying to get it sorted now but in the meantime I have no way of travelling to and from work.
If anyone is able to I'd really appreciate all the help I can get. I just need money for Ubers and possibly a little extra for the parts I need to fix my car.
Thank you to anyone and everyone for helping me out. Please reblog this so others can see.
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Do you play genshin impact or honkak a
Star rail?
I don't play Honkai, but I've just started looking into Genshin Impact's story (someone described Neuvillette's character to me and I was like. hmm. HMM.) I haven't gotten far yet -- really JUST started looking at it -- but I'm looking forward to more! :D
(I know almost nothing about these characters yet, I'm probably drawing them SUPER wrong, sorry)
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hey guys um. im really fucking scared and i dont know what to do other than e beg so! im sorry! if you can please reblog this
hi im delilah im a queer autistic trans girl living in an abusive household right in the middle of a town that wants me dead! i havent been able to get a job because of that, and since my dad plans to kick me out the second i turn 18, im basically guaranteed to be homeless in less than a year! yay! i also have to deal with the fact my dad refuses to buy me anything other than foods he knows make me have meltdowns (cough cough while he is quite literally buying expensive steak dinners and shit) so i would really, REALLY appreciate financial assistance. i only have c*sh*pp ($delilahswagga) but if you can only pay via something else, as long as its something i can get without a bank account, just dm me about it and ill try my hardest. im really fucking desperate here and ive never done this before and im sorry. i dont really have a goal for now, just enough to buy my one meal of the day and be able to afford a month or two of rent whenever i get kicked out so im able to maybe find a job somewhere else
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don’t remember if i posted this but yeah was commissioned to redraw it
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