![]() ![]() In the Dojima Family, Awano appears to be close to Kuze especially, often golfing with him when out-of-hours and sending a few mocking comments his way.Īwano originally joined the yakuza because he enjoyed hitting people and that fighting is much more fun than living the easy life. Awano is self-aware about this, and him laying down his life to save Majima from Lao Gui is a belated acceptance of that fact. Majima remarks that this is a shame, as Awano had the potential to be so much more. He tells Majima that "with guys like Kazama around, guys like me won't get a sniff at the top." This suggests that at one point, he was a strong contender for a leadership role in the Dojima Family, but gave up when the going got tough, content with worldly comforts instead of striving for the top. ![]() ![]() There is a tragic component to Awano's story, as he reveals his reason for becoming a hedonist - his inferiority complex towards Kazama. Thus, there is far more than meets the eye with Awano, as his unserious exterior reveals a man capable of extreme cruelty if it serves his purposes. Awano is also extremely sadistic, as shown by how he casually killed a random woman in front of Kiryu to intimidate him, despite joyfully dancing with that woman moments before, and how he joined the yakuza in the first place because he liked the feeling of beating a guy's face. His mood, thus, appears capable of changing rapidly, which he uses to increase his fear factor. After being refused, then he becomes hostile and threatening, pointing out that he went as far as visiting Kiryu's orphanage simply to use its manager as leverage. When Kiryu is being pursued by the Dojima Family, Awano tells him about the benefits of joining his side - all the material pleasures money can buy. In comparison to Kuze's brutishness, Awano tends to appeal to Kiryu's reason when interrogating him over the Empty Lot murder, he attempts to convince him that going to prison wouldn't be so bad. Being an extortion specialist, this is expected of him. However, beneath his laconic exterior is a cunning man, skilled in gathering information and making good on the Dojima Family's threats. That does not make him any less committed to winning the seat of Dojima Family captain, as he describes Kazama and Kuze as being "men that have been standing in my way for a long time now." He expresses boredom at formal meetings, such as Kiryu's summon to the Dojima Family HQ to discuss his alleged murder of a man in the Empty Lot. Unlike Kuze or Shibusawa, who both take the yakuza seriously, Awano views yakuza membership as a way to revel in living the high life of the 1980s (golfing, women, fine liquor, etc.). My means to enjoy the sweet life.Īwano is a man of leisure who often finds himself going with the flow rather than fighting against the rising tide. I wanna eat good food, wear nice clothes and blast down the highway in a sweet-ass car.And if I got a hot girl during that, so much the better. I couldn't give two damp shits about livin' like a proper yakuza. ![]()
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