From: Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Genre: Video Games
Who said it?: Ichiban Kasuga
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote is another submission from Sabari Girish Srinivasan. He’s written previously about a quote from the Assassin’s Creed games. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you once againthe great submission as he did a wonderful job of writing up all of the details. The quote comes from the Sega action-adventure game, Yakuza: Like A Dragon.
The quote comes from the very end of the game. In fact, it comes after the ending credits. Ichiban Kasuga ponders over the death of a friend he had been close to for most of his life. The latter had taken an incorrect and dangerous path to shroud his insecurities, without considering the consequences the affected might face, and paid the heaviest price.
Ichiban speaks from experience as his life threw curveballs at every stage of his life, but the man was never swept away by hatred and still maintained his innocence and joy. No matter what happened to him, no matter who betrayed him, Ichiban never lost his smile and always gave the other person another chance as he firmly believed that he was the man who he was because of the various second chances he had received over the years.
Geek wisdom: The subtle message in this quote is to never lose hope. Ichiban asks the listener to keep looking and moving forward, as the world will always find ways to push a stubborn and passionate heart forward.
My Geek Wisdom 