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Battle Dungeons

As part of a secret mission given to the Shinsengumi by the Bakufu, you must expose anti-Bakufu factions while exterminating bandit strongholds in the caves surrounding Kyo.
Battle Dungeons are where this mission is carried out.
In addition to defeating formidable foes in the deepest parts of the lair, some missions require you to recover 1000-ryo boxes or rescue kidnapped villagers.
You will receive money for completing these missions. You can also keep anything you find in pots or crates within the dungeons, as well as any weapons or materials dropped by enemies.
Materials can be easily found in Battle Dungeons, so they are a great resource for crafting and enhancing weapons.

Battle Dungeon Bosses

On certain missions, bosses with gargantuan physiques will be waiting for your arrival.
These foes have powerful close-range attacks, and if you stray too far away from them, they will heave arrows at you with brute force. It's crucial to approach them with caution.
Enhance Ryoma's abilities, weapons, and troopers, and then challenge them.

The bosses in "Like a Dragon: Ishin!" will sometimes use powerful special abilities.
Among them, Okada Izo and Tokugawa Yoshinobu have some rather distinctive techniques.

Okada Izo can generate tornados by swinging his sword.
If you are struck by these, you will be poisoned and take additional damage over time.
Being poisoned will also prevent you from running, making you more vulnerable to Izo's attacks.
He makes a stance before unleashing the tornados, so use this to your advantage.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu has a piercing flame ability that attacks in a straight line. Even if you are at a distance from him, take care not to get hit by it.
If you are struck by this ability, you will take heavy damage and be inflicted with a burn effect.
This attack cannot be guarded, so make sure to dodge instead.

After Ryoma joins the Shinsengumi and makes some allies among its members, they can aid him in battle in the form of cards and provide support with their Trooper Abilities.

Engage in glorious and magnificent battles with Trooper Abilities!

Ryoma can assemble a squad of up to four troopers, with one being assigned the role of Corporal. A squad and their Trooper Abilities can be linked to one of your combat styles.
Your Corporal and the composition of your squad can have a great influence on the outcome of battles. Form squads that complement your playstyle to gain the upper hand.
Utilize your troops' strengths and enjoy strategic battles with a high degree of freedom.
With Trooper Abilities, engage in strategic battles with the highest level of freedom in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series.
You can gather troops by engaging in battles throughout the town, completing missions from the barracks, or recruiting them with money.
There is a huge, diverse cast of troopers in the game, including familiar faces from the series, beloved characters from the more recent Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and even animals like bears. Mix and match to make the perfect squad!
There is a huge, diverse cast of troopers in the game, including familiar faces from the series, beloved characters from the more recent Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and even animals like bears. Make allies through battles and recruitment, and then mix and match them to create the perfect squad!

Varied and powerful Trooper Abilities

There is a great variety of Trooper Abilities in the game. You can gain access to explosive techniques by allying with powerful troopers. Some troopers also have abilities that create supportive, buff-like effects or restore your health.

Compresses heat into a blade and then unleashes it in a spinning area-of-effect attack that damages nearby enemies.

A fierce technique that gathers Heat and explodes it, burning nearby foes and knocking them down. It's a good way to create space when surrounded by many enemies.

A ferocious tiger pounces on the enemy, bites them with its sharp fangs, and then flings them far away.

Combining Trooper Abilities effectively

By combining Trooper Abilities in an effective way, you can string up combo attacks, make up for weak spots, or use abilities to enhance another.

By combining the characteristics of abilities in an effective way, you can create a strong, synergistic effect.

For example, you can use Yonashiro Shozo's "Essence of the Void" to gather surrounding foes in one place, and then strike them all with a piercing attack through Tendo Yojiro's "Essence of the Unyielding Wave". This combination makes it easy to deal heavy damage to large numbers of enemies.

By combining and weaving your Trooper Abilities effectively, you can compensate for the weak spots of strong abilities, increase activation speeds, and more, improving the overall efficiency of your abilities.

Kasuga Ichinojo's "When Words Fail" is a powerful ability that causes all attacks to deal critical damage. However, the effect's short duration makes it difficult to use efficiently.
On the other hand, Shinada Tatsunosuke's "Time is Fleeting" slows down time. So, you can activate Shinada's "Time is Fleeting" when enemies are in attack range, and then follow that up with Kasuga's "When Words Fail". This will let you use Kasuga's ability effectively and deal heavy amounts of damage to your foes.

With your swords, firearms, and fists, you can utilize four different styles during battles. Each style has a variety of Heat Actions and Special Moves. There are even familiar abilities from previous games in the series.
Some Heat Actions can be learned through trainers in the town or acquired through Revelations.

Heat Actions

Special Moves

Special Moves can be learned from trainers. Like Heat Actions, they consume Heat from your Heat Gauge when activated.
Special Moves have different properties depending on the style.
Each style has its own moves and effects, like the Swordsman style "Dragonfang Flash", which allows you to dash to an enemy and unleash a powerful slashing attack, and the Gunman style "Dragonfire Blaze", which allows you to lock on to a crowd of enemies and blast them all at once.
Every Special Move is a powerful technique that deals heavy damage to foes.

Learning abilities through Revelations

By fulfilling certain conditions, you can trigger a Revelation and learn a new ability.
Each style has its own Revelations. To activate a Revelation, you must have a Book of Revelations in your possession. These can be obtained from trainers after finishing their teachings. They can also be obtained as rewards from completing Wanted Men orders.
After acquiring a Book of Revelations, if you perform certain actions a specific number of times during battle, inspiration will strike and Ryoma will suddenly have a Revelation.
These Revelations will grant you extremely powerful abilities.
For example, "Dance of Mourning" allows you to evade an enemy's attack, slip behind their back, slash them, and then jump in the air while firing rapidly with your gun.

This title features a large number of Substories that depict the life of people in the Bakumatsu era.
Many familiar faces from the Yakuza series appear in the Substories!
Packed to the brim with Bakumatsu-era jokes and hilarious yet tear-jerking real-life tales.

The Spitfire Town Protector

Yae is a woman who wears a flashy haori with a dragon on the back.
Known as Miss Tatsu the debt collector, there is nothing more in the world that she hates than "scumbags who prey on people's desperation". The villainous folks plaguing the city detest her.
One day, Yae's friends start to get kidnapped one after another. Ryoma decides to help Yae solve the case, but...

The Captain and the Curious

Ernest Satow, a foreigner that Ryoma met at a drinking party, has a strong interest in Japanese culture and history. He is collecting "Memoirs" that describe various Bakumatsu era events.
However, there are many people who are hostile to foreigners in Kyo, and the two of them end up attracting trouble wherever they go...
Will Ryoma be able to complete Satow's Memoir collection?

Collecting Memoirs

Memoirs, secret accounts of people and events in the Bakumatsu era, can be found all over the place in Kyo. Many of them were dropped by their owners or lost during transit to the intended recipient.
Whenever you hand a Memoir over to Satow, the two of you can discuss its contents.
Reading the Memoirs will grant you knowledge about Bakumatsu era Japan, and it will help you better immerse yourself in the period's atmosphere.

Photo Mode

Photo Mode can be accessed from the start of the game.
In Photo Mode, players can freely position the camera and spice up the photo with an endless amount of customization, including over 200 types of stamps, more than 40 different color filters, and a variety of expressions and poses. Create the perfect shot with the beautifully renewed townscape and characters in the background!