You’ll recognize several of the faces here, especially if you’ve played more modern Yakuza games, and it’s a joy to see these actors return to the series in these new roles. Okita SÅji wears the eyepatch – and face – of Goro Majima, and Shinsengumi Military Advisor Ito Kashitaro bears a striking resemblance to Dojima Lieutenant Daisaku Kuze. Sakamoto Ryoma looks suspiciously like Kazama Kiryu, right down to the stern visage and unwavering sense of justice. The characters in Ishin! are based on real figures, but they’re played by familiar faces. I don’t want to say anything else to avoid spoilers, but Like a Dragon: Ishin!’s story is worth experiencing. What starts as a simple revenge story quickly becomes anything but, and Ryoma is soon balancing his quest for revenge with changing Japan’s entire political system. Taking the name SaitÅ Hajime, Sakamoto infiltrates the Shinsengumi, a police force loyal to the Shogunate that runs Kyo, searching for the killer based on the only thing he knows – his style of swordsmanship. At the center of this conflict is Sakamoto Ryoma, a skilled ronin out to avenge the brutal murder of his adopted father, a prominent Loyalist. ![]() Japan has been rocked by the arrival of Western ships bearing vastly superior technology, throwing the country into a conflict between Loyalist forces fighting to restore the emperor and those on the side of the Bukafu, or the Shogunate. The story takes place in late-1860s Kyo (modern-day Kyoto) at the end of the Edo period. ![]() And while Ishin! perhaps isn’t up to par with something like the breakout Yakuza 0, it does manage to transport the Yakuza/ Like a Dragon/ Judgment series back in time with aplomb.
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