I do understand that adapting a game to a show 1:1 isnt possible But so many changes baffle me Shintaro Kazama being hated by his kids & the Yakuza is such a big difference, that it has (or will if they do get a season 2) enormous consequences for the entire plot & character relationships a certain character existing who shouldnt exist is also a big deviation that affects the entire structure Seemingly killing of a character who to this days appears in the games is also shocking & dare I say, plain stupid I'm trying to figure out what the plan was, because without the names it would be a story completly unrelated to LaD Haruka gets 10 min screentime & she barely interacts with Kiryu we got 3 eps left but I doubt she will return so what is the point of removing Kiryu's "daughter"? The changes arent interesting, nothing warrants them And the new plot is paced badly, with the constant timejumps not helping It's honestly a fascinating watch, with how different yet boring it is So many side plots, Kiryu becomes a cameo in his own show Character motivations are unclear It doesnt even work for people who dont know LaD, because the plot doesnt explain enough for newcomers So they expect you to already know LaD & its cast, yet twist it to something completly different
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Re: TV Show Review: Like a Dragon: Yakuza - Generic Japanese Crime Caper Doesn't Do SEGA Franchise Justice
I do understand that adapting a game to a show 1:1 isnt possible
But so many changes baffle me
Shintaro Kazama being hated by his kids & the Yakuza is such a big difference, that it has (or will if they do get a season 2) enormous consequences for the entire plot & character relationships
a certain character existing who shouldnt exist is also a big deviation that affects the entire structure
Seemingly killing of a character who to this days appears in the games is also shocking & dare I say, plain stupid
I'm trying to figure out what the plan was, because without the names it would be a story completly unrelated to LaD
Haruka gets 10 min screentime & she barely interacts with Kiryu
we got 3 eps left but I doubt she will return so what is the point of removing Kiryu's "daughter"?
The changes arent interesting, nothing warrants them
And the new plot is paced badly, with the constant timejumps not helping
It's honestly a fascinating watch, with how different yet boring it is
So many side plots, Kiryu becomes a cameo in his own show
Character motivations are unclear
It doesnt even work for people who dont know LaD, because the plot doesnt explain enough for newcomers
So they expect you to already know LaD & its cast, yet twist it to something completly different