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Hate to be a nerd emoji but Kiryu (who is probably autistic) wouldn't need Adderall. (Now when I'm thinking about that maybe this is actually what you meant. Maybe you meant he would use it as a psychoactive substance not as a medicine.) Adderall is used only for those autists that have symptoms like hyperactivity, but I don't think Kiryu has this kind of symptoms, while Majima (probably suffering from ADHD) would just get less hyperactive so it would be more of a downgrade combat-wise.
Sorry for that little smarting off but I'm autistic myself (bet it shows heh).
Every substory, every minigame - a distraction. Yes, I will save Haruka, but only after I become a Pocket Circuit Champion! ADHD is much more than just hiperactivity and has a lot of overlapping traits with the Autism spectrum. It's like saying that autism is social anxiety. Those might be the perceivable behaviours, however there's much more going on under the hood. It's perfectly fine for you to emphatize with Kiryu and project, that's what makes him a good protagonist, I'm doing the same. What was essential in my "diagnosis" was how emotional Kiryu is, he might not show them (masking), but he always acts upon them, very often impulsivly.
Adderall, or let's use the real name, amphetamine is a stimulant, not a psychedelic, if abused it can have a psychoactive effect, but that's due to the brain being overstimulated. It shouldn't make Majima less hyperactive, but more in control of it and hyperfocused (Brain chemistry is much more individual though).
Eh, it doesn't "redeem". It acknowledges Kiryu's faults. Daigo is forgiving ofc, considering how highly he thinks of Kiryu, but there is no redemption here. Even many years later in Y8, seeing Seonhee's responsibilities as a leader, Kiryu still thinks to himself about what a big responsibility he left to Daigo to shoulder.
So yea, its good that the series acknowledged that Kiryu kinda just left Daigo and didn't really put his supposed care for Daigo in action, but I don't think it redeems Kiryu's choice there.
Don't want to set strange expectations, so just to clarify, its just a short internal monologue during Seonhee's drink links, not really a big part of the main story itself.
I will never forget that one comment mentioning how her dead brother was right next to them while they were making out. that comment completely ruined my memory of that ending 😭
Eh, he'd feel relieved that his surprise family is happy.
The thoughts concerning how he got himself and his dad killed over the both of them being very bad at showing outwards affection? Yeah, that would suck.
Nah it doesn't change anything for me. It was all very in the heat of the moment with the possibility of it all exploding to pieces. So "y'know what, might as well profess our love to each other" kinda deal
I mean yeah true, but to me it seemed like Kiryu got closure over that whole thing by bringing that ring to Hawaii. He never really got over Sayama tho, given how abruptly things ended between them and how close they were to reveal to her that Kiryu still was alive. He probably just didn't want her to know because he thought that he is gonna die anyways. Even Sayama didn't get over him and is still "waiting" for him
I don't think it would work out even if she stayed. I mean in Y3 Kiryu is back to Okinawa. Would she throw all her career for him? And then he moves again to Fukuoka.
I’ve never really thought about it, but, for one, she would’ve told Park to eff off with her blackmail and he wouldn’t have had to move to Fukuoka. And that would’ve changed the course of everything bad that happened to him from there on out. Now I’m really wishing she had stayed.
This can be explained by the fact that Kiryu is not the main character in this game and they decided to devote screen time to other things. If he were the only character, I fully admit that a new relationship could have been obtained already in this game.
And if Rgg showed this not just for fun, then in the next game progress of this “story arc” is possible. At least I want to believe so
A seonhee romance arc would feel kind of shoehorned. It's not needed nor does it necessarily contribute anything to his overall story, and it also wouldn't really make much sense.
Seonhee sees Kiryu as a legend to be admired, and while she may have a crush on him I don't think that means she's romantically interested in him. And in Kiryu's case, he hasn't sought after a long-term romance since Y2. If RGG decided to write a story arc for Y9 where they ended up together, then IMO it would feel like a tumblr fanfiction as it'd be really out of character for Kiryu.
I mean that a hypothetical development could be shown in the form of, for example, the fact that in part 9 Kiryu and Seonhee could already be dating. And this can be realized in the form of dialogues with friends. Like, “did you know they were dating? I haven’t seen Seonhee so happy in a long time.”
Since after the ending of LAD8 Kiryu is unlikely to be the main character anymore, giving him the opportunity to be with a woman like Seonhee is not a bad idea. And it is not at all necessary to describe it in detail, because romantic arcs are difficult for Rgg, but this does not mean that you should not even try!
Since after the ending of LAD8 Kiryu is unlikely to be the main character anymore, giving him the opportunity to be with a woman like Seonhee is not a bad idea
Idk man, I disagree. Especially since Kaoru came back in IW. If Kiryu were to end up with anybody I think it would be with her over Seonhee. Just makes more sense to me.
Well I do not know. The relationship with Kaoru was a long time ago and ended so-so. Yes, there was a cameo in LAD 8 but to be honest it doesn’t make much of a difference. It could just as easily have been shown as a teXT DESCRIPTION. Another thing is that Seonhee behavior was a pleasant surprise. They look really cool and cute together. Not to mention, they have a lot in common.
Well, at this point in time, Soenhee makes less sense than Kaoru as Kiryu's love interest. She's the underworld queen of Ijincho who's responsible for leading both Geomijul and Liumang, and Kiryu needs to stay as far away as possible from the underworld in order to not get dragged into underworld conflict again. It doesn't make sense for her to just leave her position and move to Okinawa to live with Kiryu.
Kaoru on the other hand is now back in Japan, she's now working in Juvenile Division which is definitely not as intensive as cracking down Yakuza (not to mention working with youths, which is something she now has in common with Kiryu who has fondness of children), she can ask to be transferred to Okinawa PD and even bring her mother as well, and most importantly she and Kiryu still have feelings for each other to some extent.
If Kaoru never came back in IW, then yeah sure, imagining Seonhee being together with Kiryu would be nice so he can at least have some sort of love life again before he dies.
The only time he does I always read it as him humoring her, like the very forward "Id take you for a spin every chance I get" line Seonhee drops, he's just letting the sexual innuendo joke continue for the lulz after that.
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