Saejima Exclusive — Kaori

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Producer: "Timing and tone. Yakuza 4 was already a Rubik's cube of four protagonists. Adding a fifth narrative thread—a dead girl’s flashback—made the game too depressing. Sega marketing wanted the uplifting idea of 'conviction.' A sister’s suicide note doesn’t sell posters." kaori saejima exclusive

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For the uninitiated, Kaori Saejima does not appear as a playable character, nor does she have a speaking role in the final cut of any mainline Yakuza game. She exists in the quantum state of canon: referenced, implied, and mourned, but never shown. She is the eponymous "Saejima's sister" alluded to in Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5 —the emotional catalyst that explains why Taiga Saejima, the "18-count hitman," has a heart of frozen steel wrapped in a layer of volcanic rage. She exists in the quantum state of canon: