The potent sadness elicited from you saying you’d love to see Kiryu and Nishiki go to an idol concert is something that has multiple games’ worth of layers to it. I hope you get to see this series through.
I love how you caught the Kabukicho parallels. Kamurocho is basically a fictionalized version of Kabukicho, and since all but this game take place in the year they were first released, you can basically watch as Kabukicho gets gentrified over the decades as you play the series. It's... kinda sad.
Honestly, your knowledge of Japanese culture/language is adding so much to this playthrough already, and I'm only 7 minutes in! Even if you don't play more episodes of this game specifically, it would be so cool to watch you play more games with Japanese dialogue, as someone who doesn't speak the language at all.
I love that you have a good amount of compression of the japanese language. Its teaching me things that I have never known about this game. Thanks for that.
Hey, first time watcher here! Since you asked, the code on the pager at 12:00 "724106" does have a meaning - it's composed by numbers read in different ways (some on-yomi, some kun-yomi, some English). Here's a breakdown: 7 -> nana -> na (な) 2 -> ni (に) 4 -> shi (し) 10 -> ten -> te (て) 6 -> roku -> ro -> ru (る) so, 724106 means "nani shiteru?" (何してる？) or as written in game, "Whatcha up to?". I hope you enjoy the Yakuza series and will continue playing it on the channel ^^
OMG subbed. Your knowledge of Japanese culture makes this fantastic along with a different perspective than I am use to seeing on YT. Thank you for sharing.
I learned japanese culture because i love the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series but seeing someone with a good understanding of japanese culture playing a Yakuza game makes me happy that this franchise is loved
The noise I made when I saw this! This game was my first experience of the series, and man does it pack a punch. You're right about not immediately understanding certain motivations though, haha. It took me a while to get some parts. It's an interesting glimpse into another world, in more ways than one.
There definitely is a Yakuza community. I describe it as The One Piece of video games. People become obsessed and do what I call anti gate keeping. They spend so much time begging others to play it. My only advice is make sure to do as many side stories as you can. These are where some of the funniest or most charming content lies. The main story is usually a serious crime drama, but the side stories are where most of the memes come from. Perfect day for you to start this, a new side game was just announced this morning at the RGG summit at Tokyo Games Show.
I guess your the whole One Piece thing came true after all. Literally. The next Yakuza game is a pirate themed one 💀 and boy does that sound like the most Yakuza thing ever.
YOOOOOO! Best series スタート Yes, Kuroda-San has such a great voice, especially his singing voice. Yes, it's 100% a fictionalized version of Kabukicho called Kamurocho.
Just a few minutes in and can tell this is gonna be a really fun let’s play series. Watching someone who understands the language and culture always gives an added edge. Awesome.
Omg !! Jahara trying one of my favorite serie of all time is a dream come true 😭❤ Yes, Zero is very narrative focused and there's a lot to see ! I don't have many advices because i know you will figure a lot of things as you'll advance. My only recommandation is to try some of the substories and mini-games because they're soooo fun to play (yep the karaoke too, even if it's kinda hard at first) ! Good luck on this journey ! If you're planning to continue, i'm here for the ride 😎
I see a first timer play Yakuza, I click play. You should totally play this game to completion. Experience the absolute ecstasy, horrific tragedy, and everything in between that is this game, where EVERYTHING HAS IMPACT. You will not regret it.
"He has a good voice, though. The voice actor's nice. Could read me a bedtime story." Oh, trust, you can find drama CDs of that, plus WAY spicier. The rabbit hole of Japanese drama/situation CDs is a deep and vast one.
@@bipstymcbipste5641 I know for certain that he voices the male lead in Vol. 2 of an R18 drama CD series called Futari no Himitsu ("Our Secret"); each volume is about you, the listener, and a male character who's your boyfriend, getting into steamy situations. Each has some sort of feature to them, such as "masochist boyfriend," "boyfriend who likes doing it outside," "yandere boyfriend," and so on. Kuroda's character is "boyfriend who's good at teasing you." It's his birthday and he comes home late from work to find you made dinner and a cake for him. He's happy, but he elects to celebrate in other ways...😏 He's done some G/PG/PG-13 romance drama CDs too, such as Kindan Kyuuketsuki: Shibara no Kenja ("Forbidden Vampire: Sage of the Purple Rose"), and Ojisama Senka Vol. 8: Save My Girl ~ Watashi no Bodyguard ~ ("Older Men Specialty Vol. 8: Save My Girl ~ My Bodyguard ~"). There are fan translations available, and audio too, if you just Google search. I'm hoping there's other R18 stuff he's done, but seiyuu tend to do those under pseudonyms, so it'll take some searching.
Welcome to the franchise, I hope it grips you as much as it has its existing community! Since you're mostly just here for the story, I think it's prudent to at least advise you to get familiar with the different stores around the map and make sure your inventory is well-stocked with healing items so you don't walk into what we call Long Battles without enough heals to push through, especially as a first-time player.
Awesome video! I also started playing Yakuza 0 a few months ago. It's been a BLAST! I had the same reaction as you with the combat system of this game. Legend has it, the hospital staff got 10x more patients coming to the hospital in the 80's due to some terminator Yakuza man beating the absolute he|| out of everyone 😂. But yeah, this is so fun and awesome to play. The side stories are the best aspect of this game. And there are 60 of them! You'll love them very much no doubt! Nice video again.
i just found ur channel bc of this video and i also started playing yakuza 0 myself. im begging you please PLEEEEEEASE play this game to it's full fruition 😭😭😫🙏🏽 and then after finishing i hope ur so invested in the series that you get into the entire franchise and play the rest of them 😭 i barely even realized i got thru the entire hour long video entire the end bc it was so fun hearing ur insight and ur reactions n watching u play lmao yakuza is so fun i cant
Nice to meet you, my name is K-2. I'm a Japanese person who loves the Yakuza series. I think you'll enjoy this game more if you play the sub-stories and the many mini-games rather than just clearing the story. I think you'll get hooked on this unique world that you won't find in other games, so please play until the end and enjoy it!
Agreed. The substories offer so much to the experience. I think she will give up her plan once she encounters Pocket Circuit or the cabaret club management minigame.
First time watcher here and a huge fan of the yakuza series ! Its really fun watching you play and experience this masterpiece for the first time! The game is pretty long but i do hope you keep playing it (and maybe even the rest of the series) :D
Reminder that Yakuza 0 is a prequel in a different time period. It can and will set a lot of wrong expectations if you play it first, so keep that in mind going forward. (doubly so when it comes to the eyepatch guy in box art)
This is so cool, I’m a huge Yakuza fan and I’ve played all the games, this one is my favorite and I’ve done a few dozen runs of the story. This playthrough is so cool! You know so much about the culture and you spend time giving the characters personalities. I can’t wait to watch you experience this story! It’s exciting, funny, heartfelt, and sad all at once.
you gotta keep going with the series, and check the side content too. the fact that you know the culture will only make it all the better and the story arcs troughout these games are some of gamings best
Glad to see you're enjoying Y0. You're not going to be disappointed one bit. This game has so much to offers with the vast amount of content it provides. It's one of the (if not the best) RGG game ever made in terms of story telling, side quests, mini games, and other gameplay features. Also, you're personality and knowledge of Japanese culture goes well with the lets play. Yakuza/RGG (Ryu Ga Gotoku) is one of my fav. series. Hope you continue to enjoy Y0. 🙏
I remember hearing things about the franchise and have seen the yakuza games all over gamepass but never tried it until a few years ago starting with Y0. It was SOOO damn fun. It’s so easy to get immersed in the game because there’s a lot of things that you can do. I decided to 100% the game. The worst trophy was the catfight one because it’s purely RNG. But I completed it and want to play the rest of the games. The problem is there’s so damn many of them that it’ll take a long time to get through them all.
A little fun fact on the games mechanics: The style switching came from the studios previous entry, which was a Japanese history piece. The upgrading is meant to be reflective of the time period you're in, that being Japans Bubble Era.
Impressed that you clocked the location as being Kamurocho (this franchise's analog for Kabukicho) just from the excess, even in the 80s haha. Yakuza games use actual city names but will generally come up with a store brand version of a district or ward's name. Just discovered your channel and am looking forward to seeing more! Thanks for the entertainment.
with your knowledge about the japanese culture and language, i would really like to see you play more of this series! there are alot of moments that go over people's heads because of the lack of context about the japanese and all. yakuza is rich in its worldbuilding and narrative, and so i really recommend playing it all. especially for yakuza 7! :DD much love
This game takes quite a while to pick up. You’re rather restricted in the first few chapters. Once you get to around the end of chapter 3 is when things really start to pick up
Tip for Karaoke! if you tap on your keyboard you can just use the directional buttons on it to play. It really helped my friend with dyslexia. I promise doing good in karaoke is worth it so keep trying queen
Oh, yes, he has. He killed Nishikiyama. It's because Nishikiyama sold him out and he was jealous of Kiryu. Because Kiryu would always one up him. And Nishikiyama was a snake. Because "nishiki" is Japanese for snake. That's why Nishikiyama is translated to Snake Mountain. I never liked Nishikiyama.
The potent sadness elicited from you saying you’d love to see Kiryu and Nishiki go to an idol concert is something that has multiple games’ worth of layers to it. I hope you get to see this series through.
I love how you caught the Kabukicho parallels. Kamurocho is basically a fictionalized version of Kabukicho, and since all but this game take place in the year they were first released, you can basically watch as Kabukicho gets gentrified over the decades as you play the series.
It's... kinda sad.
Wait, kamurocho is a fictional place? Damn didn't know that
@@wonder777warrior6well, semi-fictional. because like op said, it's still a fictional version of a real place.
Honestly, your knowledge of Japanese culture/language is adding so much to this playthrough already, and I'm only 7 minutes in! Even if you don't play more episodes of this game specifically, it would be so cool to watch you play more games with Japanese dialogue, as someone who doesn't speak the language at all.
This type of content makes me want to learn even more about Japanese culture so I can understand the inside jokes or the references better. Alas.
I love that you have a good amount of compression of the japanese language. Its teaching me things that I have never known about this game. Thanks for that.
Hey, first time watcher here! Since you asked, the code on the pager at 12:00 "724106" does have a meaning - it's composed by numbers read in different ways (some on-yomi, some kun-yomi, some English). Here's a breakdown:
7 -> nana -> na (な)
2 -> ni (に)
4 -> shi (し)
10 -> ten -> te (て)
6 -> roku -> ro -> ru (る)
so, 724106 means "nani shiteru?" (何してる？) or as written in game, "Whatcha up to?".
I hope you enjoy the Yakuza series and will continue playing it on the channel ^^
This is excellent thank you!!
@@JaharaJaydeGamesHappy to help!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:25 Starting the Game
11:07 Chapter 1 Begins
24:25 Dealing with Drunkards
42:02 Karaoke Time
55:41 Jahara's First Impressions
I'm gonna kiss you bro
OMG subbed. Your knowledge of Japanese culture makes this fantastic along with a different perspective than I am use to seeing on YT. Thank you for sharing.
I learned japanese culture because i love the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series but seeing someone with a good understanding of japanese culture playing a Yakuza game makes me happy that this franchise is loved
The noise I made when I saw this! This game was my first experience of the series, and man does it pack a punch. You're right about not immediately understanding certain motivations though, haha. It took me a while to get some parts. It's an interesting glimpse into another world, in more ways than one.
There definitely is a Yakuza community. I describe it as The One Piece of video games. People become obsessed and do what I call anti gate keeping. They spend so much time begging others to play it. My only advice is make sure to do as many side stories as you can. These are where some of the funniest or most charming content lies. The main story is usually a serious crime drama, but the side stories are where most of the memes come from.
Perfect day for you to start this, a new side game was just announced this morning at the RGG summit at Tokyo Games Show.
like the side quest where you train a lady on how to be a dommy mommy
Funny how you described Yakuza community as the One Piece of video games, considering the latest announcement.
I guess your the whole One Piece thing came true after all. Literally. The next Yakuza game is a pirate themed one 💀 and boy does that sound like the most Yakuza thing ever.
@Zrs3820 Nah, it happened the second they introduced Kasuga Ichiban. Bro is jusylt Yakuza Luffy
YOOOOOO! Best series スタート
Yes, Kuroda-San has such a great voice, especially his singing voice.
Yes, it's 100% a fictionalized version of Kabukicho called Kamurocho.
Oh hell yeah. I'd LOVE to see this become a full series. Especially considering you already seem to know quite a bit about Japan.
Just a few minutes in and can tell this is gonna be a really fun let’s play series. Watching someone who understands the language and culture always gives an added edge. Awesome.
your insight on the culture and language makes your playthrough so much more interesting than skimming thru other peoples reaction to hype moments
Yakuza is such a great series to get into but you will never be prepared for the emotional whiplash of comedy and dead seriousness
I'm a simple man, I see someone try out yakuza 0 for the first time, I like and sub
Omg !! Jahara trying one of my favorite serie of all time is a dream come true 😭❤ Yes, Zero is very narrative focused and there's a lot to see ! I don't have many advices because i know you will figure a lot of things as you'll advance. My only recommandation is to try some of the substories and mini-games because they're soooo fun to play (yep the karaoke too, even if it's kinda hard at first) ! Good luck on this journey ! If you're planning to continue, i'm here for the ride 😎
I see a first timer play Yakuza, I click play.
You should totally play this game to completion. Experience the absolute ecstasy, horrific tragedy, and everything in between that is this game, where EVERYTHING HAS IMPACT. You will not regret it.
"He has a good voice, though. The voice actor's nice. Could read me a bedtime story." Oh, trust, you can find drama CDs of that, plus WAY spicier. The rabbit hole of Japanese drama/situation CDs is a deep and vast one.
You saying I can get takaya kuroda talk dirty to me?
@@bipstymcbipste5641 I know for certain that he voices the male lead in Vol. 2 of an R18 drama CD series called Futari no Himitsu ("Our Secret"); each volume is about you, the listener, and a male character who's your boyfriend, getting into steamy situations. Each has some sort of feature to them, such as "masochist boyfriend," "boyfriend who likes doing it outside," "yandere boyfriend," and so on.
Kuroda's character is "boyfriend who's good at teasing you." It's his birthday and he comes home late from work to find you made dinner and a cake for him. He's happy, but he elects to celebrate in other ways...😏
He's done some G/PG/PG-13 romance drama CDs too, such as Kindan Kyuuketsuki: Shibara no Kenja ("Forbidden Vampire: Sage of the Purple Rose"), and Ojisama Senka Vol. 8: Save My Girl ~ Watashi no Bodyguard ~ ("Older Men Specialty Vol. 8: Save My Girl ~ My Bodyguard ~"). There are fan translations available, and audio too, if you just Google search. I'm hoping there's other R18 stuff he's done, but seiyuu tend to do those under pseudonyms, so it'll take some searching.
@@bipstymcbipste5641 Yeah. And more.
@@bipstymcbipste5641 Absolutely. Google Futari no Himitsu Vol. 2.
@@bipstymcbipste5641 Casually ignoring that side story where IT DOES HAPPEN LUL
Welcome to the franchise, I hope it grips you as much as it has its existing community! Since you're mostly just here for the story, I think it's prudent to at least advise you to get familiar with the different stores around the map and make sure your inventory is well-stocked with healing items so you don't walk into what we call Long Battles without enough heals to push through, especially as a first-time player.
Let's fucking go!!!! Love new people getting into the best series of all time
I’m having a blast so far lol next episode is out Sunday if you’re interested!
I know close to nothing about the Yakuza series so it’s gonna be nice discovering it with your videos 😁
Awesome video! I also started playing Yakuza 0 a few months ago. It's been a BLAST! I had the same reaction as you with the combat system of this game. Legend has it, the hospital staff got 10x more patients coming to the hospital in the 80's due to some terminator Yakuza man beating the absolute he|| out of everyone 😂. But yeah, this is so fun and awesome to play. The side stories are the best aspect of this game. And there are 60 of them! You'll love them very much no doubt! Nice video again.
Thank you!! I had so much fun, and the feedback was so positive that I decided to keep playing! Next episode goes live Sunday!
This game has so… SO many mini games. Take your times, explore, and have fun ❤
i just found ur channel bc of this video and i also started playing yakuza 0 myself. im begging you please PLEEEEEEASE play this game to it's full fruition 😭😭😫🙏🏽 and then after finishing i hope ur so invested in the series that you get into the entire franchise and play the rest of them 😭 i barely even realized i got thru the entire hour long video entire the end bc it was so fun hearing ur insight and ur reactions n watching u play lmao yakuza is so fun i cant
Nice to meet you, my name is K-2. I'm a Japanese person who loves the Yakuza series. I think you'll enjoy this game more if you play the sub-stories and the many mini-games rather than just clearing the story.
I think you'll get hooked on this unique world that you won't find in other games, so please play until the end and enjoy it!
Agreed. The substories offer so much to the experience. I think she will give up her plan once she encounters Pocket Circuit or the cabaret club management minigame.
ohhhhhhh this gonna b GOATED
First time watcher here and a huge fan of the yakuza series ! Its really fun watching you play and experience this masterpiece for the first time! The game is pretty long but i do hope you keep playing it (and maybe even the rest of the series) :D
Highly recommend you continue this series. They just announced their 9th game yesterday
Reminder that Yakuza 0 is a prequel in a different time period. It can and will set a lot of wrong expectations if you play it first, so keep that in mind going forward. (doubly so when it comes to the eyepatch guy in box art)
This is so cool, I’m a huge Yakuza fan and I’ve played all the games, this one is my favorite and I’ve done a few dozen runs of the story. This playthrough is so cool! You know so much about the culture and you spend time giving the characters personalities. I can’t wait to watch you experience this story! It’s exciting, funny, heartfelt, and sad all at once.
you gotta keep going with the series, and check the side content too. the fact that you know the culture will only make it all the better and the story arcs troughout these games are some of gamings best
Glad to see you're enjoying Y0. You're not going to be disappointed one bit. This game has so much to offers with the vast amount of content it provides. It's one of the (if not the best) RGG game ever made in terms of story telling, side quests, mini games, and other gameplay features. Also, you're personality and knowledge of Japanese culture goes well with the lets play. Yakuza/RGG (Ryu Ga Gotoku) is one of my fav. series. Hope you continue to enjoy Y0. 🙏
It's best to start off with Yakuza 0 because that's how the story all started.
I remember hearing things about the franchise and have seen the yakuza games all over gamepass but never tried it until a few years ago starting with Y0.
It was SOOO damn fun. It’s so easy to get immersed in the game because there’s a lot of things that you can do. I decided to 100% the game. The worst trophy was the catfight one because it’s purely RNG. But I completed it and want to play the rest of the games. The problem is there’s so damn many of them that it’ll take a long time to get through them all.
If you continue to play this I guarantee the story WILL break you,as it goes on I genuinely can’t explain how much the characters impact you😭
This game has one of the best stories ever told in gaming, highly recommend you keep playing. 👍
This was awesome! I can't wait to see more!
Next episode is live Sunday!
I love Maharaja! The big flashy building u saw while u were walking with Nishiki haha.U get to dance to disco songs as a mini game :D
Oh, I have never clicked on a video thumbnail so fast. Here’s hoping that you’ll enjoy this series!
Your gameplay and commentary are so entertaining!!
Aw thank you so much!! Sunday is the next one!
A little fun fact on the games mechanics: The style switching came from the studios previous entry, which was a Japanese history piece. The upgrading is meant to be reflective of the time period you're in, that being Japans Bubble Era.
ishin?
@@Ultrazucced Yep. The OG version.
I love this game and having someone to translate and explain some of the cultural stuff is so cool! Subscribing in hopes for more
Impressed that you clocked the location as being Kamurocho (this franchise's analog for Kabukicho) just from the excess, even in the 80s haha. Yakuza games use actual city names but will generally come up with a store brand version of a district or ward's name. Just discovered your channel and am looking forward to seeing more! Thanks for the entertainment.
with your knowledge about the japanese culture and language, i would really like to see you play more of this series! there are alot of moments that go over people's heads because of the lack of context about the japanese and all. yakuza is rich in its worldbuilding and narrative, and so i really recommend playing it all. especially for yakuza 7! :DD much love
Now we witness Jahara's spiraling downfall into the yakuza universe. lol, can't wait to see this till the end if she ever eventually hits yakuza 8
I hope you complete this game. It's truly a masterpiece and your commentary is great.
YESS 💯
27:09 priceless reaction, thank you for this lol
Definitely would be interested in seeing more
This game takes quite a while to pick up. You’re rather restricted in the first few chapters. Once you get to around the end of chapter 3 is when things really start to pick up
id like to see jahara play this on stream after she finishes kingdom hearts
This vid caused me to subscribe
One of my favorite series ❤❤❤
I am a simple man. I see someone trying Yakuza 0 for the first time, I follow.
Tip for Karaoke! if you tap on your keyboard you can just use the directional buttons on it to play. It really helped my friend with dyslexia. I promise doing good in karaoke is worth it so keep trying queen
Oh I’m playing on my Xbox! I wonder if I try plugging in a keyboard if that’ll work too…
How many Yakuza 0 playthroughs are you going to watch? Me: YES
In the karaoke minigame, if you do good you get special cutscenes
Hopefully you will continue it 🥺🥺🥺 yakuza/like a dragon is special game series for me
where did she learn japanese? she’s so fluent!
Waiting for part 2 😢
ay nice video
I swear there's a new game from this franchise every year
OMG you know japanese, you''ll be able to play kenzan without a guide 😭
First time I did karaoke, I got a score of 51 and Nishki called Kiryu tone deaf so you're solid with the 71
Lol that helps thank you
could you make the webcam a little bit smaller, specially in cutscenes theres alot of assets on the corners
Kiryu "Judgement Kazzy" Kazuma has never killed a man
NO SHE DIDN’T GET THE MUSIC VIDEO IN THE KARAOKE 😭😭😭
hahah the drunk dudes
hi my friend 🫶 you play this game good ❤❤death stranding director's cut
Remember, Kiryu has never murdered anyone.
Oh, yes, he has. He killed Nishikiyama. It's because Nishikiyama sold him out and he was jealous of Kiryu. Because Kiryu would always one up him. And Nishikiyama was a snake. Because "nishiki" is Japanese for snake. That's why Nishikiyama is translated to Snake Mountain. I never liked Nishikiyama.
@@rbermeaspoilling on the first play through is insane
@@rbermeabesides it wasn’t kiryu, it was jingu…
@@Ultrazucced exactly. Plus, he killed himself.
@@rbermeaNishiki doesn’t mean snake lmao, why do you keep saying this
Spoiler alert! Question for fans, first fight kiryu got in and after fight the guy saying thanks… isn’t that makotos husband?? Im not sure
You are dead right. Kamurocho is based on Kabukicho.
"Why am I still fighting these guys?"
Why is it so hard for streamers to read on-screen tutorials?
people make mistakes, i rectified it quickly, its just a game :)
im a lover not a fighter, I do not condone blood pixels and consistent violence which is why I don't play GTA or this..
Lol that’s ok! I’m not a fan of GTA myself, so I get it! Not everything is for everyone! Luckily the kingdom hearts playthrough is still going
@@JaharaJaydeGames yeeeeeees i'm watching your reaction to Riku's story right now
booooo