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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- The other day I described this fight as reminding me of Yakuza 2 more than it did the Hideyoshi rooftop fight, that changed almost immediately. This is such a poetic send off to the entire Hideyoshi storyline, this fight is like a direct parallel to that one. It is a brutal and tragic venting of two people in which the facade is chiseled punch by punch until it comes off. It goes even deeper than that though. Immediately hearing Tatsuhiko voice the line: “Selling drugs, bribing the police, and even killing people…! What's the difference in being in the Yakuza and doing all that stuff?! Even if as a result you had to die. It'd just be a case of reaping what you sowed! Reminded me of Tatsuhiko’s line to Hideyoshi:You’re scum. You climbed the ranks of executive with your dirty hands… While you were selling drugs behind our backs. Do you still not know when to give up? [...]If you’re caught you’ll probably be killed too… This is only natural considering the evil you've done. In both cases Tatsuhiko is listing off their evils and suggesting that their death would be their natural consequence. With both cases he is especially enraged due to a third party being hurt by his opponent. And in both cases as he hits them, not putting up a fight, we flash into their mind and see how they got to this point. As with all Shinjuku Swan arcs I don't know exactly how I feel as its ending. Typically it is only after I have sat on the events that have occurred and perhaps read it again that I feel as though I can address my opinions appropriately. I learned this the hard way as I tossed and turned throughout the Shibuya arc until finally deciding it's one of my favourite things ever. But how this is being done, and the slow realization of what is occurring are things I am definitely a huge fan of. Beyond this, this chapter is starting to answer questions I have wanted to see the answer to. The first was to fully understand who this Taki person was. Mako gave quite the beautiful monologue about the rumours of a violent despot, and the actions of a man who takes pride in showing no weakness, composed and cunning, and maybe a bit of a coward. Perhaps under the mask of his actions, he was that violent despot, somebody not cut out for this. However, knowing how much he was suffering and how hard it was to hold everything together, the fact that he could still give such a chilling line and such a strong presence in scenes such as his “good luck” to Kameyama directly after being beaten to near death give him props in my book. He is freaking resilient. Further, the second question is deeply intertwined with this. Ever since we heard of Seki’s promise with Taki, the question began to fester. A question of, if Seki is truly such a loyal person and is true with his gestures of watching his allies back, then how is he acting so cold towards an old friend who he made a pledge to do something with? Seki's final lines about Taki lacking the disposition for that type of thing and to live true to himself; it made me think we’re about getting to that. This may be for his sake as much as it is for Seki’s for all we know. Pages like Taki putting his fists down and allowing himself to get pummeled were powerful, and I am fascinated by his relationship to Yousuke now. Perhaps he did feel sympathy for him. |
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