ROCK BOTTOM DRAGON

Indie RP blog for Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza: Like a Dragon.Read the rules before interacting.Written by Somari.

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" Let’s go do some hero shit! ”

Hey all! Do you like playing video games? Do you like characters who like playing video games? Do you think a former yakuza grunt who treats the world around him as one big RPG cause he loves Dragon Quest so much would tickle your fancy? He’s not super weird about it I promise

Well, are you in the right place! Meet Ichiban Kasuga, the main character of Yakuza: Like a Dragon with a heart of gold and a brain of pixels. He may not be the main character of a Dragon Quest game and his setting is far from fantasy... but between his magnetic personality, good heart, and unending want to do the right thing, he’s undoubtedly a hero in his own right! If you want to talk to a man happy to lend a hand to those in need, a little too nice to ignore someone who needs his attention, and all too hooked on gaming since his youngest days to treat his battles as proper battles and rather plays things out in his head as an RPG, all mixed with a shockingly charismatic and all-loving individual eager to find his way forward with his party, (AND with the added bonus of a follower not needing to have the full Yakuza series experience under their belt to get by), Ichiban’s got you covered!

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ooc;; feelin like shit, just want Him back

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anyways Discord RP stays winning because Ichiban’s adopted a son now

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ooc;; Ichiban didn’t always believe in being a hero the way he does now. Back when he was a young, irritable, antisocial brat in his teen years, the heroism he admired in Dragon Quest was nothing more to him than an escape - an unattainable ideal that Ichiban could admire, but surrounded by the cruelty and grit of the red light district since his youngest age - as far as he could tell, he’d get much further letting out his bitterness and violent urges out on the world rather than channeling them into anything extreme. He was... really never too far from being like the equally disillusioned and irritated small-time yakuza and thugs he’d run into and beat up on the streets, and if things hadn’t come to a drastic change, that’s just where he’d be now.

Because in his mind, heroes didn’t exist... at least not until he met a real-life hero for himself.

ooc;; Now, there are certainly arguments that can be made for whether or not Arakawa is in any way anything close to the kind of hero one would find in a Dragon Quest game - but it sure awoke a belief in heroism Ichiban had long abandoned before the fateful encounter with the family patriarch that saved this snot-nosed brat’s case, even at its cost, and even despite the fact the man had never met him before and said brat had dragged him into trouble that never needed to be his to begin with.

For Ichiban Kasuga, there was no denying what a heroic act such a thing truly was. It was heroism that kept him alive - and showed that being someone cool, strong, and ready to do whatever it takes to do the right thing was an entirely achievable ideal.

ooc;; It’s hard to call a man who held prominence in the yakuza a hero (even if he was one of the nicer ones), but to Ichiban - Arakawa was living proof that heroism was real, and that he was never an idiot for dreaming of being a hero himself. Even if he wouldn’t be casting spells and slaying dragons anytime soon in the main verse, he could be heroic in his own, non-magical way.

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“ Whoa, hold up, I ain’t just gonna leave you out here like this! At least lemme getcha somewhere to rest...! ”

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ooc;; I have every intention of going to the threads I currently owe replies to, dw but for now also please like this post for an Ichiban starter because boy did Like a Dragon fever strike back bad

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ooc;; I have every intention of going to the threads I currently owe replies to, dw but for now also please like this post for an Ichiban starter because boy did Like a Dragon fever strike back bad

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ooc;; Man what I wouldn’t give to get me a datemate who’ll love me like Ichiban loves his party

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon | ▶

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LIKE A DRAGON IS ON GAME PASS

I AM NO LONGER ASKING

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Saeko: This is my boyfriend, Ichiban.

Ichiban: Hello!

Saeko: ... and these are HIS boyfriends, Nan-Chan and Zhao-san.

Nanba: ... Hey.

Zhao: *finger guns*

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“ LET’S FUCKIN’ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ”

Needless to say, it seems he quite enjoyed today’s Dragon Quest™ anniversary stream.

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon | ▶

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> Lost Judgment announced, confirmed for a simultaneous worldwide release > All RGG games from hereon confirmed to have simultaneous worldwide releases going forward > Judgment will be the new action game focus, Yakuza is still staying an RPG starring Ichiban, both will be ongoing franchises > You can skateboard and walk dogs in Lost Judgment > More RGG content

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Yeah they on a date keep scrollin

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Not-doing-too-good sentence starters

“Whoa, are you okay?”

“You took that hit pretty hard…”

“Don’t stand up yet.”

“That definitely looks broken…”

“Walk it off.”

“How are you feeling?”

“When was the last time you slept?”

“You look like shit.”

“Have you been eating enough?”

“Here, let me help you.”

“Why are you limping?”

“You’re really pale…”

“Did you just go throw up?”

“Why aren’t you eating?”

“______? You’re bleeding…really bad.”

“That looks infected.”

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?!”

“I told you you’d get sick.”

“How many fingers am I holding up?”

“Wake up–you were hyperventilating, are you okay?”

“It was just a dream, you’re alright.”

“Look at me–you’re safe.”

“Take a deep breath.”

“Are you bleeding?!”

“How’d you get a bruise like that?”

“What happened?”

“Let me help you!”

“Can you hear me?”

“You hit your head pretty hard.”

“Don’t move.”

“I know it hurts, I’m sorry.”

“Breathe.”