#wahghh

[kaeladrawsstuff]

the cage forced open

[majimaisms]

@goromibestgirl YOU GET IT......... i think its also like. worth noting that majima is not only sacrificing his freedom for kiryu over and over again but also going out of his way to make sure kiryu doesnt feel indebted to him for it. by making it into a fight (which he is losing on purpose), by keeping up the cold and indifferent facade. he can plausibly deny his actual motivations, he can say "i didn't do it for you." and the reason kiryu asks majima to look after the tojo is because he assumes majima has just as vested an interest in its future as he does.

but what kiryu doesn't understand is that majima doesn't need persuading. majima is literally just humoring kiryu because he understands that logically, he should be putting up a fight. it's literally just because kiryu would feel bad if he just accepted to go back to the clan. (and he gets to fight kiryu as a treat.) but he would. he would do it in a heartbeat.

so the mad dog mask also helps his loved ones underestimate how much he cares about them. this gives majima the "freedom" to sacrifice himself for their sake, betray himself for their sake, because it prevents feelings of excessive gratitude that would cross over into feeling indebted to him. which. wow i wonder where he learned that lesson

this was the biggest lesson majima learned in yakuza 0 -- that people you respect and love for being "good" people are not in fact selfish, and they don't want you to sacrifice yourself for them. they'll feel bad about it. you can't do them any favors that way. now imagine the series if someone had made kiryu understand this. lol

not that understanding it has done majima any favors btw. he's just learned how to do it without them knowing, and that's how he continues to have meaning in his life

[martyrbat]

prom night — solo #1

(ID in alt!)

[nataliewritez]

GUYS GUYS GUY-

Legit characters with stubble make me smile so much

[sunnybluezs]

i need to workout....I haven't since last Tuesday......I need to get strong and lose chest fat......but I'm so tired......and the bus always makes me feel so awful.....why.......... this never ending cycle

[samuel-sausage]

I CANT FALL INTO ART BLOCK AGAIN BUT IM TOO BUSY BEDROTTING FOR THE SUMMERR AND DOING OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF UGHHHH

[sol-el]

HE'S SO LITTLE

[tottymatsuno]

Imagine him pregnant and this wouldve been me line for line aboit Todomatsu