>>58481830I mean to be completely fair if we’re bringing up Yakuza, they do the same fucking thing. Look at Yakuza 0: “Yeah Kuze threatened a blind woman, killed a lot of people and beat you over the head with a metal bar but… he’s a heckin good guy ok?? He just needed you to earn his respect!!”
Or
“Tachibana’s partner was a serial rapist who enslaved his sister, but you’re supposed to feel bad he died, because, uh, you just are ok??”
Anyway I now remember this is the pokemon board, honestly leaning more into the yakuza vibes with wackier side missions and more character to Lumiose would’ve been nice. But this dude was a cunt and (like yakuza) you should’ve at least been able to kick his teeth in before you reconcile with him.