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* [[Bonus Boss]]: Jo Amon, an assassin who makes an appearance in almost every game, shows up when certain requirements are fulfilled. In the fourth game, he makes an appearance with his three brothers to take on Kazuma, Akiyama, Saejima and Tanimura. By ''Dead Souls'', he's been {{spoiler|zombiefied, but can still be fought in Kamurucho's underground (you know, [[Bonus Dungeon|the one full of zombies and mutants waiting to kick your ass]]).}} Players are usually rewarded for defeating him with a [[Game Breaker]], since he's just [[That One Boss|that hard to kill.]]
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* [[Broken Aesop]]: The moralising the games have about how killing changes you for the worse - like in ''0'' between Sagawa and Majima or in ''4'' with Saejima's [[Shaming the Mob]] speech in Purgatory - fall flat considering that they allow and even reward the use of brutal Heat Actions that would put someone in the emergency room or morgue in real life, yet have no narrative consequences because of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]].▼
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: While most random encounters are cases of [[Mugging the Monster]], many thugs and gangs seek out fights against you knowing full well who you are and thinking they can take you anyway.
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Kazuma's call is to manage a tiny beachfront orphanage with ten kids in it, but it's the same idea: this is his peaceful retirement from a life of crime. Or so he hoped, until ''Yakuza 3'' happened.
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** Averted in Dead Souls, it's impossible to kill a zombie with melee attacks, and Kiryu has a rough time when he {{spoiler|goes into the quarantine zone without any weapons.}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: Kazuma missed his calling in life as the Patron Saint of Niceness. He helps any innocent bystander no matter how big or small the problem, rescues young girls, pets, old women crossing the street, and forgives men who try to kill him on several occasions at the slightest hint of their redemption. This makes his status as the entire underworld's [[Butt Monkey]] so far as picking fights go all the more hilarious. In 3, he goes so far as to track down the most dangerous hitmen in Japan... JUST to beat the crap out of them and drag them to a reform center so they can get out of the criminal life.
* [[No Export for You]]: The main games, ''Judgment'' spin-offs, and [[Zombie Apocalypse]] spin-off ''Of The End/Dead Souls'' have all seen Western releases. The same cannot be said about ''Kenzan!, Ishin!'' and the ''Kurohyou/Black Panther'' duology.
* [[Noble Demon]]: Ryuji Goda. See [[Even Evil Has Standards]] above.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: ''Like a Dragon'' reveals that {{spoiler|Kashiwagi survived his apparent murder in ''3'' and opened a bar in Yokohama.}}
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** {{spoiler|And in ''Of the End/Dead Souls'', Gary is your personal Drill Instructor for Zombie Killer Boot Camp.}}
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Pretty common, with Daigo refusing a land deal in 3 because it would inconvenience Kiryu, and the entire main cast (especially Akiyama) {{spoiler|throwing away 100 billion yen to figure out who was pulling the strings and bring them to justice.}}
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* [[Signature Sound Effect]]: The loud echoing crack that rings each time Kazuma delivers a finishing blow to the last opponent in a combat round... even if it's just a simple straight punch to a [[Suicidal Overconfidence|suicidally overconfident]] and [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|fragile]] twerp.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 contained references to the previous game, [[Ashita no Joe]], SEGA, the [[Play Station 3]] cat and even [[The Matrix]] (the "Man in black").
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