Amazon’s Like a Dragon works better as a mob drama than a Yakuza adaptation

Like a Dragon proves that a quality adaptation doesn’t always have to be a faithful one.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and writing about the intersection of video games and sex.

It was late when I watched the first episode of Amazon Prime Video’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza. I bargained with myself to watch one episode before sleep; three episodes later, I finally went to bed. Let’s get this out of the way: if you’re looking for Like a Dragon to be a faithful representation of the Yakuza video game series, you’re going

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