The casting of Kagawa (who sexually assaulted 2 women) as Hamazaki for Kiwami 3 was the final nail in the coffin for me with RGG and they just kept digging deeper and deeper. I was mildly intetested after that deep dive and maybe they wouldn't make the same mistake again after the backlash with Kagawa, but then they bring …
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The casting of Kagawa (who sexually assaulted 2 women) as Hamazaki for Kiwami 3 was the final nail in the coffin for me with RGG and they just kept digging deeper and deeper. I was mildly intetested after that deep dive and maybe they wouldn't make the same mistake again after the backlash with Kagawa, but then they bring in Tupac thanks to negotiation with his estate (which isn't his family, mind you. They are still battling with the estate) every bit of interest I had in Stranger than Heaven and RGG redeeming themselves has disappeared. Another dead celebrity's likeness was also used in this, Bunta Sugawara, but I didn't know them when this was announced. Still doesn't make it good either and using Tupac's likeness isn't good either. I may make a joke about how Yokoyama keeps retconning character deaths like Lee, Mine, and Anderson, but is now bringing back real people from the dead, but that's moreso at Yokoyama's expense.
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