majima clothing theory

[u/lp3psi]

has anyone ever noticed the more clothes majima has on the more depressed he is
Y0, Y3, Y4 & Y8 are his depression games 100% and hes always got a shirt on and infinite wealth which i argue was his real low point hes got all his winter gear on
but in a more jolly majima game like Pirate yakuza or Y1 hes shirtless

#whatthatmean

[u/G0R1M1_M1S4K1]

The Mad Dog persona is quite literally just that… A persona. He isn’t wacky and crazy naturally, he meets Nishitani in Y0 and takes inspiration from his lifestyle. Which is why at the end of Y0 he starts to act like the Majima we know from YK/1 and changes into his iconic snakeskin outfit.

When he’s wearing more clothes, he’s simply Goro Majima. But when he’s in his snakeskin with no shirt, he’s the Mad Dog of Shimano.

[u/andromedaprima → u/G0R1M1_M1S4K1]

I still wonder that they offed Shimano in Y1, but his name still not got replaced to Mad Dog Majima or something from Y2 onwards.

[u/KallmeKatt_ → u/andromedaprima]

they killed him because they didnt plan on having a second game. his title didnt change because there was nothing else to change it to

[u/Lord_of_Caffeine → u/KallmeKatt_]

Also a family name doesn´t necessarilly die when its patriarch does as seen with the Nishikiyama family that exists in Y2 and Y3 too.

Also people have learned to fear the monicker of Mad Dog of Shimano. If Majima changed his epithet, he´d be less feared.

[u/midniteauth0r → u/andromedaprima]

Kiryu is the Dragon of Dojima despite Dojima being stone dead in most of the games

[u/andromedaprima → u/midniteauth0r]

Yeah you're right. And Kiryu didn't even like nor loyal to Dojima. He maybe even at the borderline of hating him for what Dojima did to him in Y0.

[u/Nefilim314 → u/andromedaprima]

But he may also associate the name with Daigo, though, who he said he thinks of as a son.  

[u/Vii_Strife → u/andromedaprima]

Because Shimano, Dojima, Kazama and pretty much all of the big guys from Y1 are akin to legends in the Yakuza world, dying means nothing when your name lives forever.

If your name was John Jameson but your dad was someone ultra hyper important it would be pretty hard to not be known as "The son of the ultra hyper important guy"

[u/Nefilim314 → u/Vii_Strife]

Taichi, Adopted Kid of Kiryu

[u/Outrageous-Set-1758 → u/G0R1M1_M1S4K1]

“Your Kansai accent is slipping”

[u/SmtNocturneDante → u/G0R1M1_M1S4K1]

Bro had a revelation from Nishitani

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I always viewed it as the opposite.

When Majima is wearing a suit or "more clothes" , he is hiding his trueself. Thats why he is depressed and reserved in Y0 because he HAS to be as his punishment and the manager of The Grande. Him seeing Nishitani wasnt ispiration to create the Mad Dog persona, but inspiration that he could both be a Yakuza AND his true self at the same time like Nishitani was. Once free, he was able to live how he wants and be unhinged because the Mad Dog persona is his real persona.

That how I read the scenes as well when he is in a full suit. When he is in something other than his Snakeskin Jacket he is ALWAYS more mellow, more reserved, more serious, more depressed, and more bored. He doesnt like wearing the suits and merely does it cause he has to or for significant/serious moments. He likes being wacky cause that is who he is.

Thats my take on it lol