Rise of the Dragon

Rise of the Dragon (, Ryū to Yobaresō na Otoko, Lit. "A Man Who Might Be Called a Dragon") is a substory in Yakuza 0. It is substory number 51 for Goro Majima.
==Plot==
Northeast to Bunzaemon Outdoor Mall, Majima finds a hiding, pantless young man. He asks to borrow Majima's pants, but he refuses. They fight, and after Majima wins, the boy, who is a high schooler named Toru, explains to him that his bontan pants were stolen by a large man who dresses like an elementary schooler, the "bontan hunter". Toru also said he was attacked near Magutako. 
Interested in the story, Majima goes to Magutako and is attacked by the bontan hunter. After a fight, two kids appear and beg for Majima to let "Ryuji-kun" go, and that he was doing it for them. 
Ryuji then falls asleep, and Majima learns that despite his size, he is still an elementary schooler, and was stealing the high-schooler's pants because they were bullying his classmates. The kids don't think they deserve his protection, though, as they keep avoiding him since his father is some big shot in the Omi Alliance. 
Ryuji then wakes up and says he's not doing this for his classmates, he just hates the high-school kids for walking around like they own the place. Despite that, he praises Majima for fighting back. He even questions him if he's really still in high school, which Majima denies. Ryuji swears he will be a bigger man than his father, and the next time he sees Majima, he will take his pants. Before he leaves, the kids ask Majima to give Toru back his pants. 
Majima goes back to Toru and gives his pants back, who swears he will take the hunter down with all the other punks who had their pants stolen by him. Fearing for Ryuji's well being, Majima goes back to Magutako and thinks it might be too late to help him. When he arrives, however, he finds out Ryuji beat them all quite easily. Before Ryuji leaves to do his math homework, Toru asks what is his name, and he simply replies: "Ryuji Goda". Majima says there's a dragon in the making and thinks that if the kid keeps walking this path, they might meet again in the future.
==Trivia==
* In Yakuza Kiwami 2, this substory is referenced by Majima after his fight with Kiryu in the Coliseum. According to him, Ryuji "will kill ya then steal your pants". This last detail wasn't present in the original game.
* The place where Ryuji fights Majima is next to a takoyaki stand, which may be a reference to Ryuji working at a takoyaki stand in Yakuza: Dead Souls.
==See also==
*Yakuza 0/Substories
Category:Yakuza 0 Substories