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[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo Kihara shared a video. 09/15 near Tisse

Watch on YouTube Got some wheels.

[ooc: 1) pretend it's not almost 20 minutes long. 5 minutes at max. 2) mute the video and listen to this instead. 3) pretend it says things like 'Tisse' and 'Chata' rather than 'Nolita' and 'Central Park']

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Re: private;

[thisloveisjustice]

you're right. that is pretty hardcore.

but doesn't that make it pretty easy to spot someone who's yakuza?

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[judgementkazzy]

Yeah, it's a problem in Japan from what I read.
Some guys get prosthetic fingers or wear special gloves, that kind of thing.
Originally it was done so you couldn't hold a sword, but nowadays it really is only for appearances.

Re: private;

[thisloveisjustice]

huh. the sword thing makes sense. it would weaken your grip. kind of a suitable punishment in a live-by-the-sword kind of world.

you say prosthetic finger, but all i can picture are those toy plastic fingers you see around halloween time.

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[judgementkazzy]

Exactly. It was carried over from the old samurai days.
Once you've messed up or betrayed the people who put their trust in you, everyone has to know that you're not trustworthy anymore, literally and figuratively, I guess.

[ It's pretty big. ]

I haven't dug into the prosthetics that much, but I imagine they're pretty close to passing for regular ones.
Yakuza would be the biggest demographic for them, and they make a lot of money.

Re: private;

[thisloveisjustice]

thus they can afford a realistic looking finger.

good to know.

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[judgementkazzy]

Yeah, I assume so.
Though passing for a normal person isn't easy when you have all those tattoos.
It must be hard...
But then you don't lose a finger if you don't mess up.

[ That's NOT the way to think of things, Kiryu. ]

Re: private;

[thisloveisjustice]

I'd assume they keep the tattoos covered for the most part, at least if they want to keep it on the low down. Which must get rough in the summer.

That kind of is incentive to not screw something up...

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[judgementkazzy]

It's pretty hard unless you're wearing a suit all the time.

[ Majima probably has a good deal of trouble wearing normal shirts, for one... Good thing it's fall and they don't have to go to the beach anymore. ]

Exactly. You wouldn't betray your own family, especially when you know the consequences are so steep.

[ Just ask Majima why he got tortured-- he doesn't remember but.... ]