Why Yakuza Don't Need to Hide

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2017
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    "The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State" by Peter B. E. Hill
    "Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld" by David E. Kaplan & Alec Dubro
    www.economist.com/blogs/econom...
    www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ2...
    www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012...
    www.worldpolicy.org/blog/last-...
    Background Song: "Talkies" by Huma-Huma
    Outro Song: "Nighttime Stroll" by E's Jammy Jams
    #Yakuza #Mafia #Japan #Crime #Gangster

Комментарии • 12 тыс.

  • @Aynshtaynn
    @Aynshtaynn 3 года назад +2498

    "Yakuza didn't actually make Japan safer, they just made it seem safer."
    Every VPN provider in a nutshell

    • @shaunakkulkarni4679
      @shaunakkulkarni4679 3 года назад +286

      Don’t let evil corporations steal your data. Let us sell it to them.

    • @NathanTAK
      @NathanTAK 2 года назад +15

      @@AA-ok5jz Whereas in Japan they torture people until they confess.

    • @NathanTAK
      @NathanTAK 2 года назад +62

      @@AA-ok5jz Are you familiar with the term whataboutism?
      It's where any criticism of the thing you like (for example, "Japan is cozy with the Yakuza") is met by a non sequitur attack on the 'other side' (Did you know that in the west..."), despite the person who made the initial criticism NEVER having made the point you're trying to refute.
      Person A: "I think that X is bad"
      Person B: "Yeah, well, Y is bad!!!"
      You're person B.

    • @Illuminat-ve5ue
      @Illuminat-ve5ue 2 года назад +13

      @@NathanTAK You are person B aswell.

    • @pepeberlusconi1736
      @pepeberlusconi1736 2 года назад +5

      @@AA-ok5jz you got the west and america mixed up

  • @JulianneStingray
    @JulianneStingray 2 года назад +3082

    Yakuza are also very talented singers, dancers, toy car racers, bowlers, arcade game players, etc

    • @bighotman805
      @bighotman805 2 года назад +346

      Yeah, they sometimes have karaoke nights and sing their hearts out

    • @024kn9
      @024kn9 2 года назад +103

      especially kiryu

    • @jeffzzzz1955
      @jeffzzzz1955 2 года назад +91

      Baka Mitai 🎶🎶

    • @AziizNamantino
      @AziizNamantino 2 года назад +54

      WOO BRRAKING THE LAAAAAW

    • @mcswim565
      @mcswim565 2 года назад +39

      @@AziizNamantino BREAKING THE WOOOOORLD

  • @Sheesh7328
    @Sheesh7328 2 месяца назад +349

    I thought yakuza was just the silly game with the karaoke

    • @SquareFoil31362
      @SquareFoil31362 Месяц назад +9

      Dame dane

    • @oskarito0415
      @oskarito0415 Месяц назад +11

      Turns out japanese liked that game series way too much

  • @mikebliss3153
    @mikebliss3153 2 года назад +381

    The real reason the Yakuza are being shooed out of society is because Kazuma Kiryu is now cleaning up the streets.

  • @TacticalProjectGaming
    @TacticalProjectGaming 2 года назад +4683

    This guy is cooperating with Yakuza

    • @CristianSalles1
      @CristianSalles1 2 года назад +52

      I think he is, Yakuza is not out

    • @GreyGhoul420
      @GreyGhoul420 2 года назад +3

      Ong

    • @xis4194
      @xis4194 2 года назад +7

      you know to much...

    • @811chelseafc
      @811chelseafc 2 года назад +14

      @@CristianSalles1 he didn’t say they were out he say they were on their way out. Maybe a bit hyperbolic but they’re under massive pressure considering what they used to get away with.
      But yeah they’re still super powerful. I don’t imagine they’re gonna go anywhere in our lifetime.

    • @EE-vl4mf
      @EE-vl4mf 2 года назад

      Yes

  • @cherrypuddles
    @cherrypuddles 3 года назад +764

    I'm just imagining a giant building with Yakuza Evil Incorporated on it.

  • @Sheriff_Bruce_Lee
    @Sheriff_Bruce_Lee Год назад +130

    It was hard to prosecute the Yakuza because they needed to explain the entire plots of Y0 through Y7 to a jury.

  • @nanofate8662
    @nanofate8662 2 года назад +290

    That Kiryu chap is a jam up guy though. Cleans the streets, play with the children, even helps the police regularly. Truly a model citizen.

    • @TwistedLullabies
      @TwistedLullabies 2 года назад +5

      Weeb

    • @owllaw6238
      @owllaw6238 2 года назад +31

      @@TwistedLullabies I mean Yakuza games are more gamer culture than weeb material

    • @niconicokms1424
      @niconicokms1424 2 года назад +15

      My man even made an orphanage

    • @crabman1398
      @crabman1398 2 года назад +5

      @@TwistedLullabies aren't u one urself?

  • @Wter-oy1dh
    @Wter-oy1dh 4 года назад +1921

    The irony is that the police also hire yakuza to go after criminals who hide from the police, which means that the Yakuza basically acts as literal Batman

    • @kijura-8457
      @kijura-8457 4 года назад +30

      I thought Gothams PD hunts Batman for hunting their criminals

    • @Wter-oy1dh
      @Wter-oy1dh 4 года назад +56

      Kijura - there are some cases where they actually did fight because of it but mostly it ran rather smoothly

    • @Wter-oy1dh
      @Wter-oy1dh 4 года назад +4

      Brownskikuca Garlic Bread to avoid public backlash yes

    • @joshuaminton7583
      @joshuaminton7583 3 года назад +9

      That’s the reason why the kkk isn’t as public as in the 60’s because the mafia hated them

    • @Jupiter_Rsabbit
      @Jupiter_Rsabbit 3 года назад +1

      You don't know anything about batman

  • @souna5755
    @souna5755 2 года назад +634

    Yakuza players: true true but where's the karaoke and disco dancing

    • @goromajima1442
      @goromajima1442 2 года назад +23

      Don't forget me either

    • @undertaker2766
      @undertaker2766 2 года назад +9

      They just don't know about Friday night and all the real estate work that we did to Enhance japan

    • @renchikun
      @renchikun 2 года назад +1

      Never heard of disco

  • @AngelMcDove
    @AngelMcDove Месяц назад +111

    Why does this appear in everyone's recommended?

  • @curtisreimer4592
    @curtisreimer4592 Месяц назад +52

    The yakuza were only defeated by laws that made their tattoos and logos criminal offenses. They were more skilled at hiding dirt than any other organized crime groups in history

  • @joshuanaumowicz5115
    @joshuanaumowicz5115 3 года назад +376

    One failed heart surgery on a Yakuza boss and the whole thing falls apart.

    • @lebronjames5717
      @lebronjames5717 3 года назад +1

      Can you please reply I see this joke everywhere, but I don’t get it at all?

    • @joshuanaumowicz5115
      @joshuanaumowicz5115 3 года назад +22

      Kevin Pan it’s an intellectual humor

    • @joshuanaumowicz5115
      @joshuanaumowicz5115 3 года назад +12

      It’s also from the office

    • @nupups4039
      @nupups4039 3 года назад +37

      In Japan, heart surgeron number 1...

    • @estebancasillas9529
      @estebancasillas9529 3 года назад +2

      @@nupups4039 you just brought back so many memories

  • @noblepolygon8694
    @noblepolygon8694 2 года назад +273

    True story time: I was working on a project for the Navy back in 07. One night I went out to this club with a coworker of mine who had been in Japan a while. It was the type of club where you sing karaoke and hang out with some girls who work there.
    Anyway, we’d been singing all night and ready to call it quits when the bar tender gave us a couple free drinks. He said to my friend that “the guy at the table wanted to hear us sing September by Earth Wind and Fire” since it was one of his favourite songs. Being tired I said no but my friend realised that this guy was Yakuza and said “We’d better sing our asses off.”
    We did a good job because he bought us drinks for the next couple hours and even had a driver bring us back to the hotel we were staying at when the club closed.

    • @oqo3310
      @oqo3310 2 года назад +39

      That's scary af

    • @justarandomgamer6058
      @justarandomgamer6058 2 года назад +53

      That's both wholesome and scary at the same time.

    • @maxwellquipey1
      @maxwellquipey1 7 месяцев назад +1

      Blud legit said "Hahaha, now sing or else 🔫🔫🔫"

  • @akiyama-gaming
    @akiyama-gaming 2 месяца назад +109

    Yakuza are basically smart businessmen criminals

    • @Thirzy
      @Thirzy Месяц назад +3

      not sure about the "smart" but otherwise that's what mafia are

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid Месяц назад

      So smart businessmen?

    • @Thirzy
      @Thirzy Месяц назад +5

      @@youraveragerobloxkid the average businessman does not actively ruin peoples lives with violent crimes

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid Месяц назад

      @@Thirzy that's the joke

    • @akiyama-gaming
      @akiyama-gaming Месяц назад

      @@Thirzy I mean, not violent, but still ruins your life (sometimes)

  • @thedemotivationalspeaker3090
    @thedemotivationalspeaker3090 Год назад +75

    It's cool thinking of Japanese people understanding their biggest gang as "the 893"

    • @OptimusPhillip
      @OptimusPhillip Год назад +20

      If American crime syndicates worked like this, we'd have a group called the Snake Eyes.

    • @Liliana_the_ghost_cat
      @Liliana_the_ghost_cat 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@OptimusPhillipthat'd be so cool

    • @rnaodmsomething
      @rnaodmsomething 2 месяца назад +2

      @@OptimusPhillip That would actually be sick

  • @frayzard
    @frayzard 4 года назад +934

    I got "jacuzzi" and "yakuza" mixed up.
    Now I'm in hot water with the japanese mafia...

  • @BrognusBelgen
    @BrognusBelgen 4 года назад +635

    If video games have taught me anything, Yakuza basically help people out with wierd side-adventures, particpating in the local nightlife, with activity such as singing Karaoke and playing darts. Yakuza also take on normal jobs such as Taxi driving, running an Orphanage, working in construction, managing realestate and clubs, fishing, and running a baseball team. Yakuza constantly get attacked on the street by people looking for a fight, and have dramatic confrontations where they somehow can rip off their jacket, shirt and tie, all in one motion, before punching each other.

    • @AlucardTheFuckMotheringVampire
      @AlucardTheFuckMotheringVampire 4 года назад +12

      I love the games to 😂

    • @jinhunterslay1638
      @jinhunterslay1638 4 года назад +121

      You forgot beating up zombies while Michael Jackson moonwalks down the street...

    • @BrognusBelgen
      @BrognusBelgen 4 года назад +85

      @@jinhunterslay1638 * Miracle Johnson

    • @Lesbian.Monster.Hunter
      @Lesbian.Monster.Hunter 4 года назад +26

      pretty much remove the last bit about being attacked randomly and add in extortion, racketeering, and distillery management and you got everything real yakuza have done

    • @jeppeastrup5915
      @jeppeastrup5915 4 года назад +43

      Don't forget the smooth, deep voice that could make any man gay

  • @12kenbutsuri
    @12kenbutsuri Год назад +110

    As a japanese, they were romanticised in the 90s when I was a child, but now it sounds like a serious bad thing.

    • @12kenbutsuri
      @12kenbutsuri Год назад +15

      @@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket could be, territorial gun fights are much more common among them now.

    • @shortbreadhead
      @shortbreadhead Год назад +6

      @@12kenbutsuri Weirdly I had heard maybe the opposite, that they were clamping down on yakuza, like they can't open bank accounts and stuff so they can't pay for their kids school unless in cash which then gets the kid labelled and ostricised? I could be wrong on a lot of this that's why I'm asking

    • @12kenbutsuri
      @12kenbutsuri Год назад +2

      @@shortbreadhead I think it depended on the town. In the deep country side, this sounds like something that could have happened.

  • @elio7610
    @elio7610 Год назад +67

    Organized Crime Gang ❎️
    Organized Business Company ✅️

  • @amare7430
    @amare7430 2 года назад +217

    always found it odd how people liked to defend organized crime by saying "but they keep petty crime down!" like, how do you think they make their money? gardening?

    • @Misanthropolis
      @Misanthropolis 2 года назад +26

      Yeah, murderers and pickpockets are bad, but is having them taken care of by a bunch of sociopaths who will gut your child and cook him in a soup to force feed you with for owing them money somehow better?

    • @trol3262
      @trol3262 2 года назад +27

      >gardening?
      yes, ofc. Pablo Escobar was a famous gardener.

    • @Misanthropolis
      @Misanthropolis 2 года назад +5

      @@trol3262 Tbh, he never ''gardened'' himself.

    • @realglutenfree
      @realglutenfree 2 года назад +3

      Exactly. You have to keep in mind that mafias are involved in human and child trafficing, p3d0phile rings, making people addicted to hard drgs etc.

    • @Misanthropolis
      @Misanthropolis 2 года назад +6

      @@realglutenfree Yup, yup and yup again. And their ways of dealing with people who owe them or people who they extort is just....worse than any petty criminal's ways.

  • @barrymckenna7123
    @barrymckenna7123 2 года назад +71

    So everybody got recommended this at the exact same time

  • @pupilmusic3197
    @pupilmusic3197 2 года назад +39

    The name has numbers in it? First gamer tag.

  • @Exilum
    @Exilum Месяц назад +61

    I didn't expect to be recommended an old video like that, but it's missing some stuff:
    -Yakuza are on their way out, but mainly due to a staffing issue more than anything else. Young people are way less likely to become Yakuza than people who went through the lost decades or post-war Japan.
    -There are still Yakuza in plenty of places. There are entire businesses managed by Yakuza, including a lot you really don't want to enter (the bill is going to be salty and you won't have much of a warning about the 'complimentary services' piling up).
    -Honor isn't just a front. There are rules, and rule breakers get their fingers cut (and potentially more in extreme cases). All in all, it's pretty reflective of Japanese society, in a way. Apparently though, there are more rulebreakers who don't really get punished nowadays.

    • @SheoGotSomeCheese
      @SheoGotSomeCheese Месяц назад +1

      I guess cutting too many fingers would get them bad PR, not so fun when you're short on staff.

    • @Exilum
      @Exilum Месяц назад +1

      @@SheoGotSomeCheese In a way, yes, though it's not the only thing. There are a lot of newer Yakuza organizations or entire branches of existing organizations that are looser on rules. Profitable things like selling drugs (which is supposed to be taboo) are tempting to younger members, and with the democratization of pen-shaped pistols, it's become harder to stay in control. It's become easier for newcomers to gain and hold influence.

  • @YceyNarrates
    @YceyNarrates 2 года назад +80

    YakTubza:
    _”We’ve been trying to reach you all today about your algorithm’s expired warranty…”_

  • @kimConrad4643
    @kimConrad4643 2 года назад +115

    “That’s why gangsters don’t just hand out business cards”
    Surprisingly in London that’s EXACTLY what plugs do. And it isn’t just a number on a scrap of paper, some of those guys got some real nice ones

    • @cgecko3
      @cgecko3 2 года назад +18

      Hey man! Graphic designers need their coin too! Drug dealers, murderers, gangsters...etc.. as long as they have their money in order, creating a logo, business card, brand, hats, mugs etc... is no problem.
      (This was sarcasm, had to put it in parenthesis in case anyone is autistic and struggles with understanding sarcasm most of the time as I do.)

    • @henriquesoares7893
      @henriquesoares7893 2 года назад +8

      Oh God, it even has a watermark

    • @duckypiee
      @duckypiee 2 года назад +1

      @@henriquesoares7893 let's see paul allen's yakuza business card

  • @Miller_Time
    @Miller_Time 2 года назад +49

    The algorithm brings us together once again. Cherish the moment

  • @ladybugbee
    @ladybugbee 2 года назад +24

    How did this get recommended to all of us at the same time?

  • @keksidy
    @keksidy 4 года назад +3455

    I like how the Yakuza is just basically the mafia's nicer cousin

    • @andersonrobotics5608
      @andersonrobotics5608 3 года назад +291

      Nicer?

    • @plank8152
      @plank8152 3 года назад +123

      It is a mafia

    • @TheM0n5t3rr
      @TheM0n5t3rr 3 года назад +305

      Noo, they *seem* like nicer cousin

    • @tigerdebos
      @tigerdebos 3 года назад +175

      Dont be fooled they, still have have gunfights that get innocents killed.

    • @CosmicFishFaced
      @CosmicFishFaced 3 года назад +15

      And they can make Anime!

  • @unsatisfiedcereal
    @unsatisfiedcereal 2 года назад +471

    and now there's a popular game series about the yakuza, starring everyone's favorite hero kiryu kazuma

    • @endergamer.mp4
      @endergamer.mp4 2 года назад +20

      And Goro Majima

    • @arcsoned1112
      @arcsoned1112 2 года назад +6

      Am I missing something?

    • @babatunde8903
      @babatunde8903 2 года назад +3

      Men name agreed I want to know this game might be good

    • @Reiro-lh3it
      @Reiro-lh3it 2 года назад +2

      and favorite yakuza vtuber, kiryu coco

    • @callumprice1710
      @callumprice1710 2 года назад +9

      @@babatunde8903 they are amazing. Its like playing a fever dream with a compelling narrative.

  • @guyduincognito6416
    @guyduincognito6416 23 дня назад +83

    So the short answer is - they work with the government.

    • @goazer2
      @goazer2 11 дней назад

      From what I've heard they actually worked with the emperor/royal family who basically used criminal gangs to gain power and influence because most of the royal power has been democratized away but was able to use his status and the special priveleges they still had to insulate the gangs from the law and become a shadow king.

  • @arvindwee4634
    @arvindwee4634 2 года назад +74

    I completed the all the Yakuza games this year, and kinda felt sad that the yakuza culture was coming to an end. Then I remembered how dangerous thy actually are. Well, not everyone is Kiryu or Ichiban or "insert good natured yakuza character from any fiction".

    • @DKSanX
      @DKSanX 2 года назад +11

      Yeah there were probably more kuzes, awanos, and nishikis (kiwami nishki) than kiryus, ichibans, or majimas

    • @marsupialmole3926
      @marsupialmole3926 2 года назад +9

      @@DKSanX Kuze is probably the most yakuza yakuza in the Yakuza games

    • @ExtraThiccc
      @ExtraThiccc Месяц назад

      Considering 99% of yakuza Kiryu and Kasuga encounter want them dead, yeah even in the games they're not portrayed very positively

  • @crazyd4ve875
    @crazyd4ve875 2 года назад +276

    Japanese history is the only history I know that consistantly sounds like fiction

    • @paxshmitz2665
      @paxshmitz2665 2 года назад +17

      Let's be honest all the orient has some wacky moments.

    • @Heron11177
      @Heron11177 2 года назад +16

      Wait until you hear about Brazilian history (even today we sometimes doubt some news because they sound too fictional)

    • @carlweeper7436
      @carlweeper7436 2 года назад +6

      Actually a lot of history can be downright insane with what happens

    • @no1u521
      @no1u521 2 года назад +1

      Wait till u hear Southeast Asia history

    • @justsomeguythatwantssometh9986
      @justsomeguythatwantssometh9986 2 года назад +2

      Let's be real, Modern weaponry made war even less interesting.
      Imagine if WW2 was fought with Knights and Samurais or any traditional warriors.

  • @Ren_Foloki
    @Ren_Foloki 2 года назад +71

    *Yakuza:* We do crime, respectfully
    *Police:* Understandable, have a nice day

    • @drwana698
      @drwana698 2 года назад

      RUclips: algorithmic minds have chosen this

  • @jessethetall1700
    @jessethetall1700 2 года назад +31

    My boy Kiryu put in work to dismantle the Yakuza so he could have a break for once

  • @outerspacepizza5772
    @outerspacepizza5772 2 года назад +32

    This was made 4 yrs ago and I'm seeing a lot of comments made minutes ago

  • @kainekhagan
    @kainekhagan 2 года назад +241

    well actually i played the games and they do funny stuff like karaoke and driving taxis they cant be that bad

  • @cruzh7171
    @cruzh7171 2 года назад +52

    Sooooo since we all got recommended this at the same time, I guess Yakuza are trying to recruit through RUclips now?

    • @lemonlattez
      @lemonlattez 2 года назад +1

      ahahaahahahaha

    • @instantramen4588
      @instantramen4588 2 года назад

      everyone's been saying they clicked and idk what they mean also how could they tell

  • @lolastoll4788
    @lolastoll4788 2 года назад +22

    Everyone got this video recommended at the same time huh?

  • @borisslavk01nolastname91
    @borisslavk01nolastname91 Месяц назад +61

    dont forget, they also sing good karaoke

  • @assbak1
    @assbak1 3 года назад +253

    I will only trust a yakuza if he can sing baka mitai

  • @MikeDaddy
    @MikeDaddy 5 лет назад +2994

    That’s just how the Yakuza works
    TIME FOR MY ULTIMATE ABILITY: SHILLING REQUIEM!!! twitch.tv/mikedaddymcs

  • @j-relax.
    @j-relax. 2 года назад +19

    Fun fact: Bob the Builder has five fingers instead of four in Japan. Local authorities decided to give him the extra digit so Japanese children would not think he was a member of the Yakuza. (I believe the footage was unaltered though, just main marketing image)

  • @MrPicklesAndTea
    @MrPicklesAndTea Месяц назад +73

    You forgot one more important aspect: The Yakuza keep out chinese gangs, who care about Japan a lot less.

    • @nonamepasserbya6658
      @nonamepasserbya6658 26 дней назад

      That rhetoric is nonsense and plenty of modern Japanese anime mock that openly i.e My Hero Acedemia

    • @CandleWisp
      @CandleWisp 25 дней назад

      ​@@nonamepasserbya6658
      Oh, what episode?

    • @watergames8449
      @watergames8449 25 дней назад

      @@nonamepasserbya6658 I s m e l l w e e b s

    • @nonamepasserbya6658
      @nonamepasserbya6658 24 дня назад

      @@CandleWisp The entire 1st half of season 4, Shie Hassaikai arc

  • @alex_zetsu
    @alex_zetsu 3 года назад +174

    "Yakuza didn't actually make Japan safer, they just made seem safer" well, that's a good business model actually. I can think of a lot of services sold that do just that. One of the famous examples is the gated communities in USA.

    • @ramendampfen
      @ramendampfen 3 года назад +21

      A famous example is also the whole Usa

    • @umno9830
      @umno9830 3 года назад +4

      Well in that case seeming safer to anyone looking for a place to rob makes yourself safer because they’d rather not go through the trouble of hijacking the gate when they could find a place where they could just walk in, right?

    • @ZeCoolGuy-lk5mg
      @ZeCoolGuy-lk5mg 3 года назад +1

      another good example is the nsa

    • @alex_zetsu
      @alex_zetsu 3 года назад +1

      @@umno9830 The fact is that gated communities in USA is that the burglary rate is exactly the same as the surrounding areas. And the aggregate crime rate is also the same. You can guess the reason, but in the end the service they are selling is the perception of safety and many other services also sell that perception.

    • @theamazingdenis2907
      @theamazingdenis2907 3 года назад

      Lmao

  • @avenge2168
    @avenge2168 6 лет назад +689

    Yakuza is a video game series about being a sharp suited man with a brick for a face in an 80’s disco suit suplexing another man in an 80’s disco suit into a mailbox.

    • @dr.dylansgame5583
      @dr.dylansgame5583 6 лет назад +20

      lmao this description belongs on that subreddit about reviews so bad there good this is like comedy gold i love you

    • @HazmanFTW
      @HazmanFTW 5 лет назад +4

      Hahaha, so true!

    • @-Ski1-
      @-Ski1- 5 лет назад +7

      Search up “zero punctuation” that’s where he got the quote from, still funny though

    • @Neo2266.
      @Neo2266. 5 лет назад +3

      Funny, i read that in Yahtzee’s voice before I actually knew it’s his quote XD

    • @siler7
      @siler7 5 лет назад +1

      '80s

  • @Josh-ts3ln
    @Josh-ts3ln 2 года назад +23

    so everyone’s got this recommended to them?

  • @aO-pk6eb
    @aO-pk6eb 2 года назад +37

    so every one got this is there recommended out of no where

  • @hiimme3895
    @hiimme3895 2 года назад +87

    holy crap why is the algorithm shitty? Everyone clicked on this at THIS MOMENT

  • @leafyon
    @leafyon 6 лет назад +2944

    Rose are red
    Violets are blue
    CGP Grey isn't posting
    So this guy will have to do

    • @mellowsign
      @mellowsign 6 лет назад +52

      I don't know, this guys style is just way too close to grey for me.
      He obviously won't be as good as the original creator at it, I feel like he should really try to find his own thing. This honestly feels like it's crossed the border to theft.

    • @robbiedozier2840
      @robbiedozier2840 6 лет назад +122

      CGP Grey has said himself that starting out by just imitating a creator you like and finding your own style from there is a perfectly fine way to do things.

    • @abiku2923
      @abiku2923 6 лет назад +7

      Abdul jamal shariq lequif rahman the beeg deek the 3rd
      This comment is autistic

    • @vladimirputin8135
      @vladimirputin8135 6 лет назад

      Leafeon who tfs cgp grey

    • @n0tjus
      @n0tjus 6 лет назад

      Leafeon j

  • @Ragness10
    @Ragness10 2 года назад +17

    Alright, I guess we're all just...here now. For some reason

  • @YatharthRai
    @YatharthRai Год назад +47

    yakuza fans when yakuza is not anything like kiryu or majima

    • @Spidey0009
      @Spidey0009 2 месяца назад

      lol

    • @the2401
      @the2401 Месяц назад +2

      Yakuza fans when they don't actually sing bakamitai and race toy cars against children

  • @PeptoAbismol
    @PeptoAbismol 2 года назад +107

    why be yakuza when you can run an orphanage or be a taxi driver?

    • @GamingGame-pq3xy
      @GamingGame-pq3xy 2 года назад +21

      Be a professional dancer/singer

    • @Anti-Memmes
      @Anti-Memmes 2 года назад +13

      perhaps a real estate agent maybe? idk just a suggestion

    • @Sph_611
      @Sph_611 2 года назад +8

      Maybe even an professional toy car racer?

    • @yimkumerjamz1225
      @yimkumerjamz1225 2 года назад +5

      Or Run into an orphanage with a taxi

    • @ardacoskun8608
      @ardacoskun8608 2 года назад

      or become a profesional bodyguard for hire?

  • @dantederi5062
    @dantederi5062 3 года назад +124

    Ah japan, where looking safe is more important than actually being safe

    • @kevinwalsh2922
      @kevinwalsh2922 3 года назад +15

      I mean that's just most of the modern world, not really Japan. Japan is just an accelerated view of what most modern countries will become with time, really. That's my opinion anyway.

    • @dantederi5062
      @dantederi5062 3 года назад +16

      @@kevinwalsh2922 maybe so, but Japan is so concern with the idea of saving face that they bury anything that they won't solve. Homeless people for example, Japan doesn't even count their homeless people. They don't provide anything like shelter or food. Another example is how the justice system works. It's full of people who don't want to lose face. If you're brought to court, the chance of you winning is next to zero, whether or not you're guilty. I don't know man, stuff like that is the reason i think Japan is so fake

    • @jamamanoffortune6910
      @jamamanoffortune6910 3 года назад +9

      Like literally every country ever????????????? The only thing is that Japan is actually safe compared to 95% of the rest of the world

    • @ninjafruitchilled
      @ninjafruitchilled 3 года назад

      @@kevinwalsh2922 I don't think so. Japan be a pretty unique place, I don't think the rest of the world will ever be quite like it.

    • @kevinwalsh2922
      @kevinwalsh2922 3 года назад

      @@dantederi5062 we don't provide shelter either, and our legislators often take away homeless people's existing shelter because "it looks bad". That's saving face much more than the Japanese are

  • @MsScarymoe
    @MsScarymoe 2 года назад +27

    Wondering why you're at a random video from 4 years ago? So are all of us.

  • @clammaster4
    @clammaster4 2 года назад +17

    "Why did you kick his ass?"
    "He was impolite"
    And I felt that

  • @Baddino45
    @Baddino45 2 года назад +63

    So thats how Majima gets away carrying a metal bat, a knife and like 3 more weapons on the street

  • @ItsDanbo
    @ItsDanbo 2 года назад +82

    It’s true that yakuza don’t hide, but they keep their distance from strong citizens they bump into on a daily basis. Ask my friend Kazuma Kiryu, a respected citizens in kamurocho

    • @xero9ravity150
      @xero9ravity150 2 года назад +1

      oh dude i've heard of him
      have you heard of my lawyer takayuki yagami?
      he does detective work and bumps into a few yakuzas every now and again ._.)

    • @OverStrive2008
      @OverStrive2008 2 года назад +1

      He never killed anyone just shot some people and beat some people till thier heart stopped it's not killing

  • @Joakt726
    @Joakt726 2 месяца назад +83

    10 years

  • @michaeledmunds7056
    @michaeledmunds7056 Год назад +33

    "... As if they were selling insurance."
    Kiryu: "Uh... right, because that would be silly. 😅"

  • @LeagueRecap
    @LeagueRecap 2 года назад +103

    And today we are brought together by the Algorithm.

  • @thisplatformsucksalot3487
    @thisplatformsucksalot3487 2 года назад +40

    Fun fact: The bike smashing in the Yakuza game is something they actually did IRL.

  • @NeonKue
    @NeonKue 2 года назад +22

    These random RUclips recommendations are to distract us from something else 🤔

  • @gurmeharsingh730
    @gurmeharsingh730 2 года назад +46

    The comments are auto sorted by new here for some reason, you can sort them by top instead to see actual top comments.

  • @cannonballjenkins2757
    @cannonballjenkins2757 3 года назад +75

    The Yakuza is the younger brother that gets away with anything and gets you in trouble all the time

  • @toxicreaper1180
    @toxicreaper1180 2 года назад +162

    For those of you wondering:
    The algorithem is working weird, yes, but this comment section is sorted by most recent on default. That's why all the comments you're seeing are from minutes or even seconds ago. If you go on "sort by" and click on "top comments", it'll switch to the format you're used to.
    Edit: These likes are the most I think I've ever gotten, thank you.

    • @realglutenfree
      @realglutenfree 2 года назад +3

      Yes that too, but the views are pretty much exploding right now

    • @drwana698
      @drwana698 2 года назад +1

      Yip

    • @toxicreaper1180
      @toxicreaper1180 2 года назад

      @@realglutenfree True

    • @ZoofyZoof
      @ZoofyZoof 2 года назад

      I think it's sad 127 likes are the most you've ever gotten :(

    • @nootify
      @nootify 2 года назад

      @@ZoofyZoof lmao

  • @yonatangonzalez5183
    @yonatangonzalez5183 2 года назад +9

    Anyone else not doing anything this boring afternoon and this video from 4 years ago randomly gets recommended?

    • @kelixbro3456
      @kelixbro3456 2 года назад

      Yup, draggy afternoon of being flopped on me phone

    • @denym123
      @denym123 2 года назад

      yep, random but here we all are

  • @paybackmad
    @paybackmad 2 года назад +51

    Yakuza also own cabaret clubs and businesses

    • @alex.g7317
      @alex.g7317 2 года назад +7

      Nice name

    • @joelortega8211
      @joelortega8211 2 года назад +4

      And party in karaokes and discos

    • @stephenbanyar1874
      @stephenbanyar1874 Год назад +4

      I hope the managers have eyepatches, ponytails and give off a deadly dangerous aura

  • @richyjones9878
    @richyjones9878 4 года назад +88

    so the answer is corruption

  • @maousadao9572
    @maousadao9572 5 лет назад +173

    Getting rid of yakuza means getting rid of Kiryu and Majima, and that's not good.

  • @panxozombieslayer
    @panxozombieslayer 2 года назад +35

    I Guess RUclips wanted us to meet here

  • @cesarcesar9040
    @cesarcesar9040 29 дней назад +87

    "you cant strike peacefull protester"
    French police : "hold my beer"

    • @abheekkaushal
      @abheekkaushal 29 дней назад +8

      You meant hold my champagne

    • @SpoilerAlert__
      @SpoilerAlert__ 27 дней назад +2

      @cesarcesar9040 you meant hold my baguette

    • @cezito6831
      @cezito6831 27 дней назад +2

      @@SpoilerAlert__ you meant hold my croassaint

    • @watergames8449
      @watergames8449 25 дней назад +1

      I mean they are like 2 feet away from starting chop off dudes' heads

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 12 дней назад +1

      French striker : "Then hold mine too"

  • @isnitjustkit
    @isnitjustkit 4 года назад +233

    I wouldnt be surprised if, within the next few years, the Yakuza transitioned into completely legitimate businesses and charities

    • @ThisAccountIsDead333
      @ThisAccountIsDead333 4 года назад +29

      "Legitimate Charity" ... that's what they all say 😂

    • @isnitjustkit
      @isnitjustkit 4 года назад +8

      o x i said within the next few years too but okay

    • @Thehipsteremo
      @Thehipsteremo 4 года назад +3

      They "are".

    • @ThisAccountIsDead333
      @ThisAccountIsDead333 4 года назад

      @@isnitjustkit No I believe you. But you must remember that the rich donate lots of money, making them exempt from taxes that they would've lost money on. Donating this illegal cash, allows them to launder their money safely while paying their taxes too, keeping the tax man off their ass from any under the table operations they have ongoing. Art works this way too, that's why you see quite simple, meaningless things being classified as "abstract" and going for millions from private art dealers and just exhanching hands to pay eachothers donations and launder money lol. Not disagreeing with you, but Yakuza know how to make bread

    • @krinkovakwarfare
      @krinkovakwarfare 4 года назад

      Yakuza can transition much to financial crimes and supporting or blackmailing corrupt politicians and businessmen
      Actually most organised mafia groups would probably have that as their new business mo and push traditional supply and demand of drugs or contrabands to local gangs and corrupt officials

  • @scramblerbricks7293
    @scramblerbricks7293 2 года назад +69

    The only good thing to come out of Yakuza was some kid getting inspired to make a game about it, and that game being one of the best damn games of all time.

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 2 года назад

      Name of game?

    • @np4324
      @np4324 2 года назад +9

      @@darkcomet1607 dark souls

    • @ertrider
      @ertrider 2 года назад +3

      @@darkcomet1607 I think you're probably joking but just in case the game is literally called Yakuza.

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 2 года назад +1

      @@ertrider ok thanks

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 2 года назад +1

      @@ertrider wasn't joking btw, just wanted to confirm as there might be alot of games out there with Yakuzas in it

  • @sardonic5826
    @sardonic5826 2 года назад +15

    Once again, the RUclips algorithm has brought us all together

  • @Smona
    @Smona Год назад +31

    Heavily reminds me of the system in Terry Pratchett's discworld novels where in the city Ankh-Morpork there were (among "normal" ones) a thieves' guild and an assassins' guild. To legally steal or murder you had to have a license from one of those guilds, otherwise they'd murder you, skin you and tie you to a tree, and only in that order if you're very lucky. Along with that there were rules and subscription models for the murderer and thief trades (for example you could pay a certain sum a week to the thieves' guild to never be robbed, and for every single person there was a specific price that needed to be paid to have them killed, no assassin would just murder someone without getting paid for it). Add to that a democratic leader (he's the citizen, he has the vote) and you have a functional, although weird, city-state.

    • @leirumf5476
      @leirumf5476 Год назад +10

      Love the bit where thieves had to give receipts back to the thieved.
      Terry Pratchett was amazing

  • @legitsam8637
    @legitsam8637 2 года назад +36

    POV: RUclips started recommending everybody a 4 year old incredibly interesting video

  • @resolutionblaze363
    @resolutionblaze363 4 года назад +495

    I've actually had American weebs try to convince me that Japan was such a utopia that even Yakuza was honorable and respectful. Where do these people get off?

    • @24YOA
      @24YOA 4 года назад +145

      Wait until they learn about the Japanese justice system

    • @hamizannaruto
      @hamizannaruto 4 года назад

      @@24YOA XD

    • @user-ez3ub5vi8o
      @user-ez3ub5vi8o 4 года назад +53

      @@24YOA 99% *Conviction intensifes*

    • @07_danishwistara29
      @07_danishwistara29 3 года назад

      @@user-ez3ub5vi8o you can't even bring medicine

    • @07_danishwistara29
      @07_danishwistara29 3 года назад +21

      A utopia with a declining birth rate

  • @Jks20156
    @Jks20156 2 года назад +11

    Did we all get this recommended to us at the same time

  • @OriginalGriff
    @OriginalGriff 6 дней назад +15

    Japan does make it very difficult for them though: Yakuza members cannot have bank accounts or credit cards (until they have been out of the gang for 5 years) which makes jobs and renting a home very hard - the same applies to mobile phones; the phone companies will not make contracts with them. They can't buy insurance, stay in hotels or enter mots public baths, gyms, or swimming pools - and since they are generally heavily tattooed and have missing finger joints (you lose one for every infringement of gang rules) it's pretty obvious that you are yakuza when you try to go there!

  • @oooeee5556
    @oooeee5556 3 года назад +57

    Virgin Mafia vs Chad Yakuza

  • @LelouchViBritania0904
    @LelouchViBritania0904 3 года назад +132

    What foreingers thought of Yakuza before: wow is that something like the Mafia?!?
    What they think now: Dame da ne, Dame yo, Dame na no yo

    • @sinedddmk8996
      @sinedddmk8996 3 года назад

      I still dont get the joke properly.
      Edit: thanks I understand now.

    • @nicolasreveck7701
      @nicolasreveck7701 3 года назад +5

      @@sinedddmk8996 baka mitai meme

    • @shizuwolf
      @shizuwolf 3 года назад +4

      Sined the Gamer Yakuza series, or Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan

    • @htw1230
      @htw1230 3 года назад +1

      @@sinedddmk8996 play the yakuza series

  • @bitterfuck12
    @bitterfuck12 2 года назад +13

    Man everyone got this recommended at the same time

    • @mfgl1154
      @mfgl1154 2 года назад

      The same fucking minute

  • @xmvdh
    @xmvdh 2 года назад +33

    They're like the japanese Peaky Blinders

    • @thotting
      @thotting 2 года назад +4

      someone tried to steal ur comment like a clown les ratio him

    • @zzky666
      @zzky666 2 года назад

      @@thotting L + Ratio + hes stealing comments

  • @HachannEinzbern
    @HachannEinzbern 2 года назад +52

    But Yakuza does epic shirtless fights while showing off their cool tattoos, can you say the same about regular criminals?

  • @MrRiskRunner
    @MrRiskRunner 2 года назад +46

    I think the Yakuza paid for this to be on everyones recommendations

  • @prodwysp
    @prodwysp 2 года назад +17

    Okay youtube, I’ll watch it

  • @nestfourthreetwoone
    @nestfourthreetwoone 2 года назад +31

    Team Rocket makes more sense now

  • @FriedTurkey
    @FriedTurkey 2 года назад +50

    The reason they don't have to hide is because the cops are too scared of pissing off Kiryu.

  • @borby4584
    @borby4584 5 лет назад +216

    Real reason: they’re level 35 bosses.

  • @ManuFortis
    @ManuFortis Месяц назад +85

    One thing to note. While the Yakuza did end up overdoing it, and showing their true face; the idea of a 'middle' between the criminal element and the police is not entirely a bad one; but not for the reason you might think I am about to say.
    When the police get out of hand, who stands against them? You? Me? Your neighbour or random person you don't know?
    That is what the Yakuza could have been, if they had kept their more violent members under control better.
    Of course, in a nice lawful society where everyone is being commonly decent to each other, and not going out of their way to necessitate the police to act; then this sort of thing doesn't wash.
    But, reality, doesn't work like that. Luckily, many of our legal systems have checks and balances to ensure the police do not get out of control. But. If we didn't have those, the middle, would be necessary as a watch dog.
    And to be clear, none of this is to put them on a pedestal of any sort. They were, and ultimately ended up proving to be, criminals. But the idea behind their organization, isn't entirely a bad one. They just went too far the wrong way with it. In a way, their idea reminds me of Syndicalism.

    • @smartwhip.
      @smartwhip. Месяц назад +3

      Ohh maybe like some sort of Brownshirt/SA? I’m sure that wouldn’t go wrong at all! A secret police force that hands out punishment without a fair trial… that sounds really fair

    • @trollwaffenunit1garrison784
      @trollwaffenunit1garrison784 Месяц назад +6

      @@smartwhip. there are a lot of gangs, especially ethnocentric ones (which can be any ethnicity mind you), that like to imagine themselves as being some sort of community protection, something that wants to give back or shield their local community in some sort of way. ignoring the ocassional times where this is obviously just protection racketeering, you can see this mentality in italian gangs from 100 years ago (italian mobsters still romanticized this concept even if they dont apply it as much) and black gangs that are still around to this day, and what they usually want to "shield" their community from is either from societal prosecution or government discrimination. now try to apply your "muh brownshirts" arguement, like that's some sort of rational comeback to his point, to the context of italian or black gangs deciding to take what they believe is justice in their own hands because they dont trust their local PD out of some sort of discrimination or racism

    • @smartwhip.
      @smartwhip. Месяц назад +2

      @@trollwaffenunit1garrison784 I understand your point but you have to consider the fact that power corrupts. I understand these ethnocentric gangs like the black p stones for example actually started off as vigilantes to try and protect Chicago residents from the systemic racism of the police in the 60s but obviously look what that has translated into today… the infamous black disciple vs gangster disciple gang war which has even further infighting in the gangs especially when the leader falls like David barksdale, Larry Hoover, and Jeff Fort and creates fractured groups with multiple murders being carried out each year (you can look up “insane gds” as well as “chiraq renegade”). In the BDs, for example, popular rapper King Von is from a gang called WIIIC city. They have beef with other gangs in the area such as bricksquad, Stl/ebt/tookaville, jaro city, 051 young money, and probably more. The guy I just mentioned said in an interview that before he left school 30 of his close friends died and he ended up dying in 2019. He killed 7 people. And all of that starts because people think they can carry out their own jungle justice in kangaroo court when they feel wronged. But it doesn’t stop there, this is hardly a comprehensive breakdown but just one example is that STL and Jaro City also have beef, these 3 gangs live 3 roads away from each other. As well as this, even within sets problems can arise which causes these armed criminals to turn on each other. In the WIIIC city gang I mentioned earlier, which is more commonly known as Oblock. One of the members, chief keef, got rich and decided to turn his back on his friends who were from the gang. They decided to rob his house and he currently never goes back to Chicago. The legal system provides a fair trial for everyone where you are innocent until proven guilty. And if you are found guilty, once you have served your punishment, it’s over. It doesn’t claim to be perfect, it claims to be fair. That’s a way harder system to abuse than having gangs run the streets. It’s still abused of course, but also certainly fairer.

    • @AKonTheBeat444
      @AKonTheBeat444 Месяц назад +1

      Syndicalism 😂

    • @skeletonjanitor
      @skeletonjanitor Месяц назад +2

      This was good until the last line lol

  • @themadman6310
    @themadman6310 2 года назад +15

    Then boom we were all here suddenly

  • @reddragonminecraftmodsandm4366
    @reddragonminecraftmodsandm4366 2 года назад +32

    And it was at this moment that this 4 year video blew up faster than the Yakuza’s enemies.

  • @hitechpoint7276
    @hitechpoint7276 2 года назад +33

    Did everyone suddenly get this in their recommendations?

  • @willwork4superpowazz
    @willwork4superpowazz 2 года назад +27

    Am I the only one that got blown away by the origin of Yakuza being 893 ?!?!!

    • @4pA1qWh3
      @4pA1qWh3 2 года назад

      😂😂🤣

    • @spiralhalo
      @spiralhalo 2 года назад +1

      Yes, you're the only one. Congratulations! You are finally an only one at something.

  • @brambleleaves47
    @brambleleaves47 2 года назад +27

    What's illegal about disco and karaoke?

  • @swaphero6656
    @swaphero6656 3 года назад +40

    "You seem to be confusing peace with quiet."

  • @pigerchou
    @pigerchou 2 года назад +58

    If they don't need to hide... why is there a yakuza with a bizarre snake skin jacket and eyepatch hiding until he sees me whenever I'm in public.

    • @ilhamwafi8801
      @ilhamwafi8801 2 года назад +5

      "KIRYUUU-CHAAN"

    • @goromajima1442
      @goromajima1442 2 года назад +4

      Because it's fun to watch people sometimes

    • @pjp7316
      @pjp7316 2 года назад

      @annie's big day wot

  • @ramondcr1648
    @ramondcr1648 2 года назад +17

    imagine waking up one day to the youtube algortithm randomely deciding to recommend a 4 year year old video of yours to 4 million people

  • @josephvalinski849
    @josephvalinski849 2 года назад +24

    The piano goin hard in the background.