Kamurocho Confidential is a Yakuza/Like a Dragon/Ryu ga Gotoku replay podcast from Bobby and Festy, two millennials with enthusiasm for all things Kamurocho and beyond. Taking an analytical lens, every two weeks Bobby and Festy examine the main narrative, absurd substories, endless minigames, and cultural backdrop of Ryu ga Gotoku in detail.
We return after an accidental hiatus as Majima learns that Makoto is being held at the Benten Inn in the red light district of Camellia Grove. With Nishitani out of the picture, we’re forced to eschew pleasure for a strictly business trip with everyone’s least favourite leash-holder.
Also this week: Tobita Shinchi, the ”real” Camellia Grove; black ops Noh masks; eight guys in one fountain; Festy plans her trip to Okinawa; Bobby forgets how to look at an eclipse; nobody runs for office.
Character Profile: Masaru Sera (Ookawa Tooru)
Substory: #63 Errands on the Run
Shop of the Week: Dragon & Tiger
31 Jul 2026
Jailhouse Rock(-hard) (Y0 Ch 11)
Following Makoto’s kidnapping by the mysterious Man in White, Majima finds himself back in Sagawa’s pocket and behind the eight ball. Seeking answers, we pick a fight with the Kijin Clan, join the troll cop Billiken on his empty pleasure barge, and fight a series of cartoon characters in an underwater coliseum, before learning the origins of one Homare Nishitani.
Also this week: Bobby’s criminal origins, the Curse of the Colonel, Festy loves Jigsaw, and Bobby leaves for Osaka.
Content warning for a description of animal violence.
19 Jun 2026
Marlin Diplomacy (Y0 Ch 10)
A Man’s Worth? A smooth billy, apparently.
After a ramshackle getaway, the Tachibana Trio hide out in Little Asia, where Kiryu meets Elder Chen of the Chinese Mafia and learns the sins of his father. After a night under the stars and an encounter with homeless hunters, Oda surprises Kiryu with a trip to Tojo Headquarters, where Tachibana makes a deal...in cash!
Also this week: plot-relevant tattoos, made-up film terminology, improv games in first aid training, and we watch the Stranger than Heaven trailer.
Sorry about the audio issues during the intro!
5 Jun 2026
Dojima Goon-Fest `88 (Y0 Ch 9)
This week, we're Ensnared! Kiryu returns to Kamurocho in the midst of the Dojima Goons' biggest goon-fest yet. A freak case of arson sees our former yakuza-cum-real estate agent without a property to call his own. Reina takes mercy on Kiryu and hides him in Bar Serena, but it's not long before the gang comes calling. We square off with Kuze for one more throwdown before being rescued by a very bad getaway driver.
Substories: #15 Help Wanted!; #19 Heir to the Family
Shop of the Week: Kinryu Ramen
Bluesky: @festy.bsky.social @nurvuss.bsky.social
Youtube: @nurvuss
22 May 2026
Gone Hands (Y0 Ch 8)
This week in Yakuza 0 Chapter 8 - Tug of War, Majima finds himself swept up into the chaotic whirlwind of Homare Nishitani, Kijin Family patriarch, murderer, and all-around pervert, who forced his way into Lee’s murder plot uninvited. Sagawa makes himself known as things come to an explosive climax.
Also this week: blood chubs, ham cucumbers, things happen on Festy’s Tomodachi Island, and Bobby mixes up The Crucible with the English Patient.
Character Profile: Homare Nishitani (the late Keiji Fujiwara)
Substory: #56 A Taxing Issue
Side Activities: Gandhara
Shop of the Week: Kani Douraku
Socials: festy.bsky.social / nurvuss.bsky.social / youtube.com/@nurvuss
Fate/Stay Night Streams with Festy and Sinan: twitch.tv/SKTheCrusader
8 May 2026
He's in Your Bins (Y0 Ch 7)
We’re back in Sōtenbori and we’re full of Takoyaki. In Chapter 7 of Yakuza 0, Majima decides not to kill Makoto Makimura, instead opting to stash her in a dusty warehouse while he plays Cabaret Club Czar. After tangling with the Sotenbori Five, a group of unscrupulous rival club proprietors, we learn Makoto’s tragic backstory and the source of her blindness. But it’s not long before Majima finds himself drawn into a second murder plot.
Also this week: Special Training with Yuki, what’s inside Kyoko’s Fantasy Zone, Festy makes assumptions about Dexter Morgan’s ethics, and Bobby spectacularly messes up a pot of jambalaya.
Please excuse the regular mic arm vibration noises, Borscht the Cat was really causing a ruckus this week.
Substories: #78 The Doll Girl; #82 Kyoko at Sega Hi-Tech Land
Shop of the Week: Daikoku Drug Store
Dream Machines: Cleaving Pole, Firecrackers, Slime Spray
Acute Loss of Vision in a Young Woman (Ethiopian Journal of Health Science, S Mulugeta, K Tesfay, R Frank, C Gruber-Frank)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4337078
24 Apr 2026
Big Rat in a Suit (Y0 Ch 6)
This week, the full weight of the Tojo Clan is about to come down on Kiryu, who finds himself running through the streets, squaring off with Kuze in a disgusting sewer, and battling Awano in the discotheque of facts and logic.
Also this week: Festy sees Akira (1988) for the first time, we hate when GIRLS die, and Nishiki tells Kiryu about the rabbits. Happy 61st birthday to Kuroda Takaya!
27 Mar 2026
This is Not a Fun Place Anymore (Y0 Ch 5)
We rejoin Kiryu in Kamurocho as he enlists the help of his kyodai to get suited up for his new job as a big boy real estate agent. But things take a dark turn when Awano catches a whiff of our boy’s career change.
Also this week: Squatters rights, peeing in sake bottles, apocryphal console gaming, becoming a rival real estate baron to your new employer, batting around, and Grey’s Anatomy for Wii.
13 Mar 2026
God Hand 2: God Hands (Y0 Ch 4)
This week, Festy and Bobby tackle Chapter 4 of Yakuza 0: Proof of Resolve. Majima finds himself in hot water as Sagawa tasks him with assassinating violent pimp and sex trafficker Makoto Makimura under a strict time limit, less he become the gang’s next target. But once Majima locates Makimura, he finds a reality far different to the scenario he was sold.
Also this week: Selling your soul in the Yakuza Hole; Tel-Tel Boys Club, and walking erections.
15 Feb 2026
Putting a Crown on a Crown (Y0 Ch 3)
Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello Majima! This week, Festy and Bobby take a trip to Sotenbori to meet Yakuza 0’s deuteragonist, Cabaret Grand impresario and fan favourite Goro Majima, the Lord of the Night, and spend a whole dang hour talking about his introductory cutscene. We also talk hostess and host clubs and the perfect Takoyaki experience. Have you had fugu? Let us know!
1 Feb 2026
Pseudamn Son, Where'd You Find This (Y0 Ch 2)
This week on Kamurocho Confidential, Bobby and Festy take a deep look at Yakuza 0 Chapter 2: The Real Estate Broker in the Shadows. With Kiryu at a low point in the pouring rain, we meet the titular broker himself, Tachibana. We discuss Flower Arrangement, Pocket Tissues, Mister Shakedown, Not Going to the Batting Cages, Opening our hearts to Miss Tatsu, Soapland, Bowling form fetishists, meet Jun Oda, buying expensive champagne for bums, and watching rich guy parlour tricks.
17 Jan 2026
Do You Think You Could Chop Off a Pinkie? (Y0 Ch1 [Part 2 of 2])
In the second half of Chapter 1, we check in with Nishiki and meet Captain Kashiwagi and witness his bizarre ramen choices, discuss cold noodles, lament the death of print media, and punch Kuze in his big damn face before leaving a life of crime for not-so-greener pastures.
2 Jan 2026
The Bloodied Businessman's Blood (Y0 Ch1 [Part 1 of 2])
In this week’s Kamurocho Confidential, Bobby and Festy begin their Yakuza 0 replay, where we meet Old Baby Kiryu Kazuma, take tips on how to do something for our health, and invest financially in our muscles with the help of a mysterious hobo. We also discuss our own experiences in Kabukicho and our favourite karaoke songs.
19 Dec 2025
Like a Podcast (Series Introduction)
Bobby and Festy introduce Like a Dragon/Yakuza on the eve of its 20th anniversary, providing an overview of the series, a glimpse into RGG Studios’ personnel, and what makes Sega’s gritty & goofy interactive crime drama just so enticing.
(note: the casting of Kagawa Teruyuki in Yakuza Kiwami 3 was not announced at the time of recording. To be discussed in a future episode.)
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