History VideoGame / LikeADragonIshin

* HateSink: [[spoiler:[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamauchi_Toyoshige Yamauchi Yōdō]] appears at the last minute of the story, taking all the blames, allowing for a HeelFaceTurn of Takechi, and just dies without even a boss battle.]]

** One sidequest involves helping a seasick foreigner, who's based on Commodore Matthew Perry. In the remake, the very first thing he says is "[[WebVideo/HistoryOfJapan Knock knock! Time to open the countryyy!]]"

* ExcitedShowTitle: ''Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!'', similarly to ''Kenzan'' before it.

** Prominent VirtualYouTuber from WebVideo/VShojo Nyatasha Nyanners is also a Trooper card, where she provides the "Essence of [[LifeDrain Conquering]]" skill.

* AdaptationExpansion: As shown by the Ambush Trailer, the remake will feature [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute counterparts]] of characters introduced after the original release, such as [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Kuze]], [[VideoGame/Yakuza6 Joon-Gi Han]], and [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon Zhao]]. There is also the usual new content seen in previous ''Kiwami'' remakes, such as new karaoke songs and sub-stories.

* BathhouseBlitz: A fight against Saigo Kichinosuke (who's [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Ryuji Goda]]'s counterpart in the game) takes place in a bathhouse.

* KickTheDog: As a way to show how brutal the Bakumatsu era was, anyone on-screen belonging to the "joshi" (high-ranking samurai) class is willing to commit acts of violence and even murder at the most trivial perceived slight. Cases in point:

** Later in the story, Ryoma and Katsura come across some punks throwing rocks at a stray, in a repeat of a similar scene in ''Yakuza 1''. This time, it's Saigo (Ryuji) who steps in to teach the punks a lesson, and he ends up adopting the dog afterwards.

** One sidequest involves helping a seasick foreigner, implied to be Commodore Matthew Perry himself. In the remake, the very first thing he says is "[[WebVideo/HistoryOfJapan Knock knock! Time to open the countryyy!]]"

** Downplayed. The motifs of the soundtrack are very much faithful to the game's Bakamatsu setting, but there is still a fair bit of classic ''Like a Dragon'' motifs in the soundtrack, most prominently the theme for the FinalBoss incorporating motifs from "Fly", as well as there being the usual "Receive You" remix.

* KickTheDog: Anyone on-screen belonging to the “joshi” (high-ranking samurai) class is willing to commit acts of violence and even murder at the most trivial perceived slight. Cases in point:
** At the beginning of Chapter 1, just as a young girl is suffering from appendicitis, a pair of joshi walk by. Per the customs, everyone else on the street must make way to either side of the street, kneel and stay silent until the joshi are out of their sight. However, the child can't keep silent due to extreme pain, forcing her mother to carry her away so that she can receive medical attention. However, the two joshi stops the mother, saying if the kid dies, it's because fate says so. When the mother protests, they knock her to the ground. When the mother refuses to yield, they draw their swords on her, dead set of cutting her down for defying them. This prompts Ryoma to intervene, giving the mother a chance to get way and kickstarting the story.

* KickTheDog: Anyone on-screen belonging to the “joshi” (high-ranking samurai) class is willing to commit acts of violence and even murder at the most trivial perceived slight. A literal example happens when one joshi tries to cut down a mute elderly lady for splashing water on him as she was watering her plants, and proceeds to kill her dog who kept barking at him.

* {{Jidaigeki}}: The game is set in 19th-century Japan, during the Bakumatsu period.

** One of the historical Ryoma's accomplishments was arranging a meeting between representatives of Choshu and Satsuma, and getting them to set aside their rivalries to join forces against the Bakufu. In the game, it's because Ryoma got rip-roaring drunk [[spoiler:after receiving a letter that his sworn brother had been executed]] and dragged Saigo and Niibori along on a pub crawl.

* FightingFingerprint: A major plot point that drives the first half of the game. Ryoma[=/=]Saito's ParentalSubstitute, Yoshida Toyo, is murdered by a masked individual, with a unique sword style that proves capable of holding back both Ryoma and Takechi, each skilled swordsmen that are formidable in combat. Accidentally blamed for Toya's murder, Ryoma only has the assailant's unique swordplay as an identifying mark whilst he tries to ClearMyName. He eventually discovers it's the ''Tennen Rishin'' style, drawing from various assets such as jujutsu, staff combat, and old martial arts, with a focus on function over form, the only practitioners of which relocated to Kyo and were eventually turned into the leaders of the Shinsengumi because of their [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership fearsome swordplay]]. Having crossed blades with the assassin once, he infiltrates the Shinsengumi as Saito Hajime, looking for opportunities to observe their members in a fight to identify which one is the killer he's looking for.