Key Takeaways
- Like A Dragon's upcoming TV show is already angering fans after Prime Video released a clip of Kiryu saying he “wants to be the Dragon of Dojima”.
- Fans took issue with the quote and were annoyed that it was out of character for the title, especially for wanting it.
- Ryugagotoku director Masayoshi Yokoyama responded to the backlash by calling it a “hot topic,” but personally, I'm glad Amazon is going in a different direction.
The upcoming TV show adaptation of Like A Dragon has a bit of an uphill climb ahead of it. As with any adaptation of a video game, there will be a fan base that wants to keep the game's original story intact and see their favorite characters seamlessly adapted into another medium. This isn't an unreasonable request, especially for an iconic character like Kiryu, but we've seen Amazon plan to go in a different direction with Like A Dragon's TV show.
Ryugagotoku director Masayoshi Yokoyama recently explained that protagonists Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishikiyama will be “completely different” in the TV show, and we recently learned that the game's sillier aspects, such as karaoke and antics, have been left out. Found it. Substory. These revelations were enough to upset some Yakuza fans, and now they're even more outraged by a very brief clip from the series in which Kiryu says something out of character.
Yakuza fans were upset that Kiryu wanted to become the Dragon of Dojima.
The teaser was posted on Prime Video Japan's official account.This is a very short edited clip from the show. In one of these clips, Kiryu says “I want to be the dragon of Dojima,” which is the quote: I think it upset a lot of people. Kiryu doesn't care about the title and there's a debate going on about the title 'Dragon of Dojima', a character he's never been around and has been trying to escape for the best part of the entire series.
There are quite a few people who are annoyed by that fact, right? Kiryu will want the title first.Considering that it is not something that is specifically pursued, but rather something that is communicated through action. Even the Japanese fan base Mocking the quote in a reply to Prime Video's tweet, the company shares a fake photo of Kiryu from Yakuza 2 and claims the title 'Dragon of Dojima' is shrinking.
relevant
The Yakuza games are better TV shows than the Amazon series.
Six episodes are not enough to capture the essence of the series, let alone its richness.
In fact, the outrage over this quote was so great that Yokoyama himself issued a statement via his Twitter account. Translated by Twitter user Carrie1138Yokoyama describes this outrage over the title as a “hot topic” at the moment, and admits that the way the phrase is used in the show is “completely different” from what was intended in the game. But Yokoyama thinks this is a good thing, and is happy that the show will be “a whole new Ryugagotoku.”
From a creative standpoint, I can see why Yokoyama would be happy to see alternative interpretations of his work, but it's not good news for anyone still holding out hope for a faithful recreation. With no new obsession between Haruka and Kiryu with the title 'The Dragon of Dojima', it's safe to say that ship has sailed and we'd be better off expecting a very different Kiryu when the show airs later this week.
yakuza
Yakuza, also known as Like a Dragon, is an action-adventure game series developed by Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Taking place primarily in the fictional Tokyo region of Kamurochō, the game is a crime drama featuring characters such as Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga, and is known for fun minigames such as karaoke.
