There's a new trailer for the Yakuza TV show, but I already know how it ends

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There's a new trailer out for that there Like A Dragon: Yakuza TV show that Amazon's spinning up. And being one of RPS' foremost Yakuza sickos, I can say that I remain cautious about it, with perhaps a hint of optimism. It doesn't look like it's going for goofy, but instead opting for largely gritty and serious and almost entirely unrelated to the Yakuza games. Still, though, I do know how the show ends. It's really obvious, actually, when you think about it.

Here's the new trailer, which starts with a flashback, as kid Kiryu watches a dragon-tattooed Yakuza uppercut some guy in an arena:

I almost wanted to put "the Colosseum??", after "in an arena" just now. But going off the trailer, it really doesn't look like it'll hone in on Yakuza's legendary daftness. I doubt there's going to be an informant called The Florist Of Tsai, who then leads Kiryu into an underground pleasure city called Purgatory. He's not going to meet a young man who's really into racing little cars around a little track. And no, there is no point in the trailer where he picks up a bike and cracks a man around the head with its spokes.

And I suppose that's to be expected. If the show zeroed in on all of Kiryu's extracurricular activities, it would probably come off as a bit naff. Sure, it works through the video game medium, but through TV, eh, probably not.

Amazon's official blurb gives us some deets on the show's plotline:

It will be interesting to see how and if the show will capture Yakuza's true spirit, or whether it's even capable of doing so given its focus. And that's whether it'll touch on human stories: of helping folks in need, whatever their problem, and it spiralling into some moral learning. Like when you help Mr. Masochist finally understand why he can't feel pain, having been whipped by a dominatrix countless times.

Anyway yeah, I know how the Yakuza TV show ends. It will involve Kiryu going to a Poppo, buying 20 Staminan Xs, climbing several stories of the Millenium Tower, and