The way I like to look at it is that Kiryu is to Yakuza what Robin Hood is to highwaymen. They're both romanticized versions of people who generally tend to be incredibly shitty in real life, but who are portrayed so as to emphasize the good and deemphasize the bad.
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Yeah I was gonna say, isn’t his whole arch that he’s seeking redemption for his fucked up past?
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The way I like to look at it is that Kiryu is to Yakuza what Robin Hood is to highwaymen. They're both romanticized versions of people who generally tend to be incredibly shitty in real life, but who are portrayed so as to emphasize the good and deemphasize the bad.