Plástica Futurista

I'm sure we all understand the ending of Yakuza 3 by now. I mean, it's pretty straightforward. Not being able to establish any genuine relationship was creating a void within Mine that was getting bigger and bigger.

In his childhood he was unable to make any friend because for other people he had no value. This must be very hard for a child's development, but during adulthood it didin't get any better. He earned a lot of money so more people started approaching him, obviously in a interested way. That must have really hurt him and so his "beliefs" solidyfied and he didn't even try any more to connect with people. We know that, he literally says so.

So, in the "Family Heir" substory (Yakuza 0), Daigo talks about how he's experiencing something similar. It's more like what Mine experienced when he was an adult; everyone approaches him out of interest, for his money or his status, but the conclusion is the same; two children incapable of forming genuine relationships/friendships with the people around them.

The difference? Kiryu Kazuma threatening to beat him up (will work with me to, not gonna lie). I choose to believe it's on purpose. RGG really like their connected by fate gays, don't they?

The speech he gives to Mine is similar, a little faster but I mean, Mine was pointing a gun at him lol

And he proceeds to beat him up! That's Kiryu's love language I guess

The sad thing is that in the end he got it, the seed to change was there. It really seemed like he wanted to change but the feeling of "not deserving something real" won, especially after betraying one of the few persons he ever loved. I went into this fight hating this man and ended up crying.

Mine was right, I wish he had met them a little earlier in his life (difficult with both Kiryu and Daigo in prison lol).

And to be honest, I think it worked better with Mine than Daigo because if you look at Kiwami 2, it didn't look like he had any friend (does he have any now? Majima and Kiryu don't count, they're his parents)

We also made a carrd which contain several contents related to the week

GUIDELINES

Everyone can participate in the week. Just make sure that you use the hashtag #ShishitsuWeek2024 and mention us on twitter / tumblr (shishitsuweek / shishitsu-week) so we can retweet your entry. We also have an Ao3 Collection to collect the shishitsu works submitted for the week.

We accept any language and any type of media: it can be fanart, fanfiction, photos, edits…

However, we do not accept AI or plagiarized submissions.

Regarding the "Actor AU" prompt: Although this prompt is a direct reference to the actors that give voice and face to Shishido and Tsuruno, we do not promote shipping between real people. You can use this prompt to make reference to their movies in which they appear, the most known being Nihon Touitsu.

Either way prompts are open to interpretation and there isn’t a specific way to work with them, so please just have fun with the prompts!

Different interpretations of the ship are allowed: it can be romantic or platonic, but as long as the works focus on their relationship you can submit your entry to the week.

NSFW submissions are allowed as long as they're properly tagged, blurred using twitter and tumblr options or hidden in specific websites (eg: privatter).

We will be answering questions on both Twitter and Tumblr (ask box)!

CREDITS

There are several people who have helped the week. Without them, the shishitsu week wouldn't have been possible:

PlasticMajima ; credits for the prompt lists graphics!

Irisiña ; thanks for translating the english prompts to chinese and japanese!