#extinct-ending

oh i don’t think there’s any car chase sequences quite like there are in 0 and kiwami, but don’t quote me on that it’s been about a year since i played through 3 and 4 the last time! 

i’ll try to not be too biased to 3 given i played it last but i really do think mine is my favorite written villain so far and i’ll try my best to explain why

1: Mine - he’s such an easy foil character to kiryu, he highlights what it is about kiryu that people love so much, his heart, the love he has for others, and his belief in others. as they both grew up orphans, it really makes me want to dig into where their differences came from. mine, having no one, relied on no one and only trusted himself to succeed and through that he made his fortune. kiryu on the other hand, grew up with others who loved him and cared about it. if kiryu didn’t have nishiki or yumi growing up, who knows if he would have turned out the same way. mine only met someone he truly cared about  (daigo) after he had already decided it was too late to change.

also their entire dialogue after the fight really resonated with me as a whole, but the line that shook me to my core was “Maybe in my next life.... I’ll have what it takes to deserve your respect”

2: nishiki - i have a hard time labeling him a villain. I know he fucks up time and time again and I know he is inevitably a bad person for the things he did, but I really do feel for him. he feels the most 3 dimensional of all the villains to me. every single one of his actions, even if i don’t condone them, i could understand them. he cares so deeply about kiryu to the point he’s kind of an idiot about it. he doesn’t know how to help kiryu but he tries anyways. and when kiryu is gone, and it’s his fault, he... changes so drastically. it really makes me sad, he shouldn’t have had to go through any of it. Fuck dojima, man

3: ryuji - ryuji’s an interesting guy.... he’s very head-strong and believed really strongly in his own moral code. he was a straight forward guy and i think he had a really good heart but man he was a little dumb. that’s okay though, a real man should be a little dumb