Akiyama and rubber bullets - why? (SPOILER HEAVY THREAD)

[DebonaireNerd]

Just finished up with Part III of the game (loving it BTW, more than Y3).

They've just had the big reveal with what transpired during the 1985 massacre. I know the idea was to spare the Senior Ueno boss, but why did Akiyama use rubber bullets when virtually everyone in there ended up with a bullet in their heads anyway?

Is it so he didn't shoot the Ueno boss with a bullet by accident?

[Lar Dass]

Akiyama? Dont you mean saejima?
the idea wasnt to spare the ueno boss either although they obviously didnt want their boss dead, but it was all a ploy

[Ivy in my Heart]

Glad you're enjoying the game. As Yakuza plots go, most of the secrets and conspiracies are revealed towards the end, so you still have a bit to go. Yakuza 4 is particularly heavy on the twists, so it's not super easy to keep up.

Saejima didn't know he was given rubber bullets. Shibata (Tojo) and Katsuragi (Ueno Seiwa) conspired to gain power in their clans. They wanted a hit on the Ueno Seiwa performed by a Tojo member, but needed to make sure Katsuragi and the Ueno Seiwa boss survive. So they had Saejima do the hit and go to prison for it. When Katsuragi woke up, he killed the surviving Ueno Seiwa members with actual bullets to make it look real.

I'll stop with the spoilers at this point because you're not done with the game yet and some of your questions might answer themselves.

[DebonaireNerd]

Thanks, guys!

Yes, it is true that Yakuza does have a habit of answering questions later on (as has been the case with this game, especially). Been playing them in order of story chronology (Zero through to four, at the moment) and might dig into Y5 toward the end of the year and then finish up with Y6 next year.

Seminal series. Love it.

[Lar Dass]

Originally posted by DebonaireNerd:

Thanks, guys!

Yes, it is true that Yakuza does have a habit of answering questions later on (as has been the case with this game, especially). Been playing them in order of story chronology (Zero through to four, at the moment) and might dig into Y5 toward the end of the year and then finish up with Y6 next year.

Seminal series. Love it.

yeah thats the way the series has always gone, lots of events with mystery which gets revealed, 5 isnt as bad as 4 in that regard

[13LACK ORDER]

The rubber bullets plot twist is overused in this game. and i'll tell you this won't be the first time they use it

basically every time they need someone who supposed to be dead to come back alive they just "RUBBER BULLET LOL"