7/12/2023 0 Comments Yakuza like a dragon roombaIf this case went the way it was going, the Arakawa Family would have to be disbanded. Not only that, the murderer was Arakawa's own son, Masato, who was a civilian with no ties to the Arakawa Family but Jo decided to take the fall hoping Ichiban would make the sacrifice to protect Arakawa's son. However, on December 31, 2000, the Arakawa Family became implicated in a murder of a member of the Tojo Clan. Despite that, Ichiban failed to be a successful Yakuza due to his goodhearted nature, only spared from the worst due to his claim as a member of the Arakawa, and Masumi's constant leniency towards him. Moved by Arakawa's sacrifice and strength, he insisted on pledging himself to the Arakawa Family, and approached Arakawa for a hundred days until the old man finally accepted him into the family. Humbled by this display of fearlessness, the Yakuza immediately released Ichiban with no further questions asked. Instead of calling Ichiban out on his bluff, the seasoned gangster instead decided to help the young man out of his deadly predicament, and played along with the charade, even taking responsibility for Ichiban's actions by cutting off a part of his little finger without any hesitation. but then none other than the head of the Arakawa Family, Masumi Arakawa himself, showed up for the exchange. Ichiban was sure that this was the end of him. This worked all too well, and now believing they had a valuable hostage in their hands, the Yakuza contacted the Arakawa Family in an attempt to extort money from them. At the hands of their torture, he attempted to threaten them with a bluff by using the name of the Arakawa Family. He eventually ended up biting more than he could chew after beating up the thug of a Yakuza, who then came for revenge. As a teenager, Ichiban ignored school and any semblance of a career, and instead opted to pick fights with punks and lift money off of them to help the locals. Jiro raised the young boy with various prostitutes and gave him a loving home in the red light districts of Kamurocho, up until his death. Born and abandoned within the soapland by a prostitute, he was adopted by the Shangri-la soapland manager Jiro Kasuga, who named him "Ichiban". Ichiban was born on New Year's Day, 1977. The protagonist of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, taking place after the end of Kazuma Kiryu's saga. "I've been waiting for a shot like this!"
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