Boy is the TV Show bad

[Tenchuu Khan]

Seriously... I'd consider myself a bit of a fan of the games, even though I only played 0, the 2 Judgements, Kiwami, and now Kiwami 2.

I think the show is an absolute insult to the games. Haven't seen something that bad since Uwe Boll made movies based on games. But at least he's good at running restaurants these days which is really something, especially since Jamie Oliver sucks at it :D

It feels like they wanted to make the show bad on purpose or something.
The casting, the time jumps, it's just a confusing mess. wtf. ?

[⋰ H a n n y a M a n ⋱]

Most live action movies or shows are sadly bad :((

[Lar Dass]

Its just a cashgrab crime drama slapping the yakuza branding over it

[Tenchuu Khan]

I can't agree with either arguments

On one hand of course we have ♥♥♥♥ adaptations, on the other hand we have cash-grabs, and neither of it would fit the bill.

Bottom line,. it's a crappy show - at least in my book

[Coffee Addict]

not all live action adaptations are bad, this one however the word bad doesnt even begin to describe it, its on par with netflixs cowboy bebop or the rings of power or star wars acolyte

[Tenchuu Khan]

True that, it's quite an insult to the the games.

PS:
WTF's with the Millennium Tower?
It's like they deliberately wanted to make a parody of everything

[Devsman]

Whoa whoa whoa, a live action adaptation of a video game turned out poorly?! No way!!!

Next you'll tell me they changed a bunch of stuff for no obvious reas--

Originally posted by Lar Dass:

Its just a cashgrab crime drama slapping the yakuza branding over it

WHAAAAAAAT?

[Knud den Store 🧙‍♂]

For Context: I am a fan of fallout and the tv series are bad for reasons I can heavily elaborate on and even if you can separate both from each other, the tv show is bad.

For Yakuza, am I missing something? The show seems good by its own merits.
For example I can tell you why Rings of Power is bad without even mentioning Tolkien or the production values.

For Yakuza, it seems alright. I am going to need a primer chief.

[mpcgannon]

The show should have been-
First episode: Something intense happens. There's all the backstory and context to understand. Kiryu has to see someone.
Every episode before the last: Kiryu runs into ANOTHER person (npc) who needs help with a RIDICULOUS situation on his way to speak to guy #1.
Last episode: Serious AF; Kiryu gets kicked out of the Yakuza. Sets up seasons 2-27.

Every episode has a crazy fight seen with teeth flying, bones piercing skin, and blood everywhere. The fight concludes with everyone sitting on the ground, winded, no worse for wear, and apologizing for poor life decisions.

[S-Gamer]

As soon as news dropped : "This show won't be focused on game's story, and actors were not allowed to play it" You knew the ♥♥♥♥ was about to happen.

[Tenchuu Khan]

Originally posted by S-Gamer:

As soon as news dropped : "This show won't be focused on game's story, and actors were not allowed to play it" You knew the ♥♥♥♥ was about to happen.

Yea it's like they deliberately wanted to make it bad.

I can only assume it's some political thing like: Show bad, Yakuza bad

I mean, it's not like the games show Yakuza in a good light so.... I just don't get it

[Brma]

I only got 2 episodes in. I didn't like Kiryu's character. He was a guy video game Kiryu would beat up just to prove a point to him.

[Hotel Security]

Video game Kiryu would probably be a pretty boring character in a real-life TV adaptation. They had to do something to his character or it'd be a dud from the start. Just because a character works in a video game setting doesn't mean it will in other media.

[Tenchuu Khan]

Originally posted by Hotel Security:

Video game Kiryu would probably be a pretty boring character in a real-life TV adaptation. They had to do something to his character or it'd be a dud from the start. Just because a character works in a video game setting doesn't mean it will in other media.

Well I disagree, but I respect your opinion

However, look at Vi, Jinx, Cait - totally works without nuking the characters
Arcane is a total blast while Like a Dragon is a complete bust to both, fans and people that have no clue about the show - just look at the ratings

[Hotel Security]

>However, look at Vi, Jinx, Cait - totally works without nuking the characters. Arcane is a total blast

I'm talking about live-action remakes of games. Adapting a video game to an anime is easy since most of them already are animes. There's no transition at all. I was referring to live action where certain character archetypes are cliched and boring.

>while Like a Dragon is a complete bust to both,

A much much much bigger hill to climb than putting out an anime to nerd culture.

[Knud den Store 🧙‍♂]

Arcane...
Surprisingly, I do not have a puke emoji to accurately portray my feelings toward that show and League in general.

I am not mad game adaptations are 1:1 if the end result is okay. Yakuza the show is okay (I mean okay, not great) and it did the job, it sold me on the game and as someone who renounced to TV a long time ago, it was the first show in a long time that held my attention. I mean, the last show I watched until the end was literally Monk.
The absolute state of TV and Movies.

Fallout, Last of Us and Halo suck even if you remove the branding.

Originally posted by Brma:

I only got 2 episodes in. I didn't like Kiryu's character. He was a guy video game Kiryu would beat up just to prove a point to him.

I get what you are saying, the guy looked way too thin and that was my first impression but IRL that guy is HUGE. Some of the actors are very tall and way past 6 feet tall but they look too thin, in contrast, we have WWE wrestlers in movies where they look imposing but are shorter than 6 feet.