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* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: In the second game, Kazuma can gain improved Strong Attacks and later improved Heat Actions with the baseball bat, golf club and bowling ball by playing enough times at the batting cage, driving range and bowling alley respectively then completing the related [[Sidequest]] for each location.
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: In the second game, Kazuma can gain improved Strong Attacks and later improved Heat Actions with the baseball bat, golf club and bowling ball by playing enough times at the batting cage, driving range and bowling alley respectively then completing the related [[Sidequest]] for each location.
* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]:
* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]:
** Akiyama is ostensibly a former investment banker who was made homeless after failing to fight off false charges, only to receive a windfall from the sky that he leveraged into becoming an entrepreneur. None of this adequately explains how he became half as strong as Kiryu.
** Most of the playable characters have some reason for how they can kick so much ass, and then there's Akiyama. He's ostensibly a former investment banker who was made homeless after failing to fight off false charges, only to receive a windfall from the sky that he leveraged into becoming a successful entrepreneur. None of this adequately explains how he became strong enough as to become a commendable opponent for Kiryu, first as a [[Dual Boss]] with Tanimura in ''4'' and then by himself in ''6''.
** While the series can get wacky at times, most of it remains within the conventions of [[Heroic Bloodshed]] and modern criminal action. Then there's the [[Bonus Boss]] Amon Clan, who have [[Kill Sat]]s, [[Laser Blade]]s and all other sorts of genre-defying weirdness.
** While the series can get wacky at times, most of it remains within the conventions of [[Heroic Bloodshed]] and modern criminal action. Then there's the [[Bonus Boss]] Amon Clan, who have [[Kill Sat]]s, [[Laser Blade]]s and all other sorts of genre-defying weirdness, and no explanation whatsoever offered for all of it.
* [[Kingpin in His Gym]]: in the third game Mine appears kickboxing with a sandbag in a cutscene because the game wants you to know that he's no pushover. {{spoiler|Which you end up learning by yourself since he is the [[Final Boss]]}}.
* [[Kingpin in His Gym]]: in the third game Mine appears kickboxing with a sandbag in a cutscene because the game wants you to know that he's no pushover. {{spoiler|Which you end up learning by yourself since he is the [[Final Boss]]}}.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Goro Majima.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Goro Majima.