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Online Manual

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In 2019, ex-Tojo Clan Arakawa Family member Ichiban Kasuga and his gang exposed a massive conspiracy involving the Governor of Tokyo after a grueling battle.
Following this revelation, they each returned to their respective lives.

By the time 2022 rolls around, Kasuga’s yakuza days are long behind him.
He now spends his time helping former gang members reintegrate into society.
His comrades have also found their own places in life and are chasing new dreams.
However, after a certain video emerges online, their lives plummet into free fall.
Meanwhile, Kasuga learns that his mother, who was believed to be dead, is actually alive.

Kasuga sets foot in the land of Hawaii with the intention of meeting his long-lost mother.
There, on that small slice of paradise, he encounters the Dragon of Dojima—Kazuma Kiryu…

Kiryu and Kasuga. A pair of souls who bear the mark of the dragon.
Their fateful encounter sets in motion a grand conspiracy that will envelop two distant worlds…

In this installment, in addition to Yokohama’s Isezaki Ijincho, you're also able to visit the series’ first overseas location, Hawaii.
Set in a vast city that is approximately three times the size of Ijincho, players are free to roam as they please. Some adventures may lead you to minigames or side quests where you can unravel substories.

Ichiban Kasuga
Portrayed by Kazuhiro Nakaya

The hero of this story.
Kasuga carries on Masumi Arakawa’s legacy of rehabilitating former yakuza back into society, intent on not letting anyone fall through the cracks.
Shocked to learn that his mother is alive in Hawaii, he goes in search of her.
There, on that small slice of paradise, he once again crosses paths with the legendary yakuza—Kazuma Kiryu.

Kazuma Kiryu
Portrayed by Takaya Kuroda

The other hero of this story.
Once a legend in the yakuza world, Kiryu now lives in secrecy as an agent for the influential Daidoji that operates in both the political and financial circles.
On a mission for the faction, he pays a visit to Hawaii where his fate once again intersects with Ichiban Kasuga.

Yu Nanba
Portrayed by Ken Yasuda

Former homeless in Yokohama and a comrade of Kasuga.
Nanba enjoys a peaceful albeit mundane existence working in an office at a medical equipment manufacturer.
However, like Kasuga, he is oblivious to the sinister hand about to dismantle his idyllic life.

Koichi Adachi
Portrayed by Akio Otsuka

Former detective and a comrade of Kasuga.
Having started his own security firm, Adachi is making strides towards achieving his dream.
He also assists Kasuga in helping former yakuza members reintegrate into society.

Saeko Mukoda
Portrayed by Sumire Uesaka

Cabaret club hostess and a comrade of Kasuga.
Current manager of the cabaret club left behind by her benefactor. She is determined to keep the business afloat despite the economic downturn.
Saeko is unexpectedly approached by Kasuga, with whom she once escaped the jaws of death…

Seonhee
Portrayed by Hana Takeda

The resilient leader of Yokohama’s most powerful gangs, the Liumang and Geomijul.
She was once enemies with Kasuga and his comrades, but they eventually became allies.
Believing that they must distance themselves from the underworld to live proper and respectable lives, Seonhee ends up breaking contact with them.

Joongi Han
Portrayed by Yuichi Nakamura

Member of the Geomjul, the Korean mafia in Yokohama.
As Seonhee’s right-hand man, he secretly works towards rebuilding the underworld of Yokohama.
While instructed by Seonhee to refuse negotiations with Kasuga and the others, he can’t go a day without worrying about them.

Tianyou Zhao
Portrayed by Nobuhiko Okamoto

A man who once led the Yokohama Chinese mafia, Yokohama Liumang.
He has now passed on the reins to Seonhee and displays his exceptional culinary skills in the city.
However, the sharp gleam in his eyes has not dimmed in the slightest.

Eric Tomizawa
Portrayed by Satoru Iguchi

A Hawaiian local who drives taxis for a living.
When Kasuga visits Hawaii, he ends up riding in his taxi.
Eric’s fluency in Japanese and his charming, friendly nature instantly strikes up a rapport with Kasuga.

Chitose Fujinomiya
Portrayed by Anju Inami

A woman who devotes herself to cleaning and housework.
By chance, she meets Kasuga who happens to be in Hawaii.
Beneath her composed and dignified demeanor, Fujinomiya harbors a deep secret…

Jo Sawashiro
Portrayed by Shinichi Tsutsumi

He was once a powerful brawler under the command of Masumi Arakawa.
Right now, he’s supposed to be serving time for a murder conviction, but due to certain circumstances, he finds himself reuniting with Ichiban Kasuga, his fated rival.

Eiji Mitamura
Portrayed by Ryo Narita

A young man who forms a bond with Kasuga after they ride the same plane to Hawaii.
His proficiency in programming comes in handy when Kasuga faces a computer dilemma.
Despite his gentle and refined demeanor, he remains composed in critical situations.

Masataka Ebina
Portrayed by Hiroki Hasegawa

A man who works as the captain of the Seiryu Clan.
Due to the chairman currently being incarcerated, he has become the de-facto leader.
When Kasuga visits the organization's office, Ebina introduces him to a certain someone.

PlayStation®5

In the menu screen, you can move between items with the directional buttons and left stick. Press the button to confirm your selection and press the button to cancel it.

wireless controller

Button	Adventure	Battle
directional buttons	: Use Camera : Mount/Dismount Street Surfer	Select Command / (When controlling Kiryu) Switch Fighting Style / (When selecting a target) Switch Target
left stick	Move Character / Hold button: Walk Hold button: Sprint	Select Command / Move Character
right stick	Move Camera
button	Party Chat	Up
button	Action / Confirm Command	Down
button	Emotes	Left
button	Cancel	Right
button	Switch Party Display	(Hold) Escape
button	Reset Camera	Toggle Auto-Battle On/Off (Hold) Change Tactics
button	———	(When Leader) Poundmates
button	———	Tag Team / (Hold when controlling Kiryu) Dragon’s Resurgence
button	First-Person View	———
button	Enlarge / Minimize Minimap	Toggle Enemy List
options button	Open Pause Menu	Pause
touch pad button	View Map	———

PlayStation®4

In the menu screen, you can move between items with the directional buttons and left stick. Press the button to confirm your selection and press the button to cancel it.

DUALSHOCK®4 wireless controller

Button	Adventure	Battle
directional buttons	: Use Camera : Mount/Dismount Street Surfer	Select Command / (When controlling Kiryu) Switch Fighting Style / (When selecting a target) Switch Target
left stick	Move Character / Hold button: Walk Hold button: Sprint	Select Command / Move Character
right stick	Move Camera
button	Party Chat	Up
button	Cancel	Down
button	Emotes	Left
button	Action / Confirm Command	Right
button	Switch Party Display	(Hold) Escape
button	Reset Camera	Toggle Auto-Battle On/Off (Hold) Change Tactics
button	———	(When Leader) Poundmates
button	———	Tag Team / (Hold when controlling Kiryu) Dragon’s Resurgence
button	First-Person View	———
button	Enlarge / Minimize Minimap	Toggle Enemy List
OPTIONS button	Open Pause Menu	Pause
touch pad button	View Map	———

Xbox Series X|S

Xbox Wireless Controller

Xbox One

Xbox Wireless Controller

* Pressing of the left stick and right stick will be referred to as “left stick button” and “right stick button” respectively.

In the menu screen, you can move between items with the D-pad and left stick. Press the A button to confirm your selection and press the B button to cancel it.

Button	Adventure	Battle
D-pad	: Use Camera : Mount/Dismount Street Surfer	Select Command / (When controlling Kiryu) Switch Fighting Style / (When selecting a target) Switch Target
left stick	Move Character / Hold right bumper: Walk Hold right trigger: Sprint	Select Command / Move Character
right stick	Move Camera
Y button	Party Chat	Up
A button	Action / Confirm Command	Down
X button	Emotes	Left
B button	Cancel	Right
left bumper	Switch Party Display	(Hold) Escape
left trigger	Reset Camera	Toggle Auto-Battle On/Off (Hold) Change Tactics
right bumper	———	(When Leader) Poundmates
right trigger	———	Tag Team / (Hold when controlling Kiryu) Dragon’s Resurgence
left stick button	First-Person View	———
right stick button	Enlarge / Minimize Minimap	Toggle Enemy List
Menu button	Open Pause Menu	Pause
View button	View Map	———

Title Menu

New Game

Starts the game from the beginning.

Continue

Resumes progress by loading a save file.

Multiplayer Minigames

Allows you to play Virtua Fighter 3tb and SpikeOut Final Edition, which appear as minigames in the main story, with other players.
You will need separate controllers for each player.

Settings

Allows you to adjust the game’s settings.

Replay

Shows previously seen story events from the Main Story.

Purchase Add-Ons

Accesses the store page for downloadable content.

License Information

Displays license information.

Premium Adventure

Once you have completed the game, you can continue playing in Premium Adventure mode.
Select Continue to load your completed data and explore the world beyond the game’s final chapter.
Take this opportunity to wrap up any unfinished stories and play the game to your heart’s content.

Multiplayer Minigames

When you have enough controllers for each player, you’ll be able to face off against one another or cooperate together in two classic games.
To end a game, press the touch pad button/View button and select the option from the menu.

Virtua Fighter 3tb

This is an upgraded version of the third installment of the renowned 3D fighting game.
In line with its title, engage in thrilling 3-on-3 team battles.

	PS5™／PS4™	Xbox Series X|S／ Xbox One
P (Punch)	button	Y button
K (Kick)	button	B button
G (Guard)	button	X button
E (Escape)	button	A button
P + G	button	left bumper
P + K + G	button	left trigger
P + K	button	right bumper
K + G	button	right trigger

Use different button combinations to pull off a variety of techniques on your opponent.
The objective is to win by either knocking out your opponent, forcing them out of the ring, or having more remaining health when the time limit reaches zero.

SpikeOut Final Edition

This is a 3D fighting action game that can be played with friends. Roam freely across dynamic stages, defeat enemies, and take down the big boss that awaits you.

	PS5™／PS4™	Xbox Series X|S／ Xbox One
C (Charge)	button	Y button
J (Jump)	button	B button
B (Beat)	button	X button
S (Shift)	button	A button
B + J	button	left bumper
C + J	button	left trigger
S	button	right bumper
B + C + J	button	right trigger

You can execute combos by combining directional keys with button inputs. Work together with your allies to either isolate enemies or chain combos.

* The maximum number of players that can play simultaneously varies depending on the platform.

Gameplay

The story starts from Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama. Explore the city with your friends, deepen your bonds, and take on powerful adversaries.

Adventure

Roam around the city and look for important places and key characters as you progress through the story. Don’t forget to savor some of the entertaining detours scattered throughout the map.

Battle

You may come across hostile enemies during events or as you wander about the city. Using the all-new combat system, capitalize on the strategic positioning of both your enemies and allies to prevail against those who would seek to disturb the peace.

Facilities and Events

Ijincho and Hawaii both have plenty of shops and minigames, so be sure to take some time to unwind and enjoy yourself.
You can also start substories by interacting with people in town.

Deepening Your Bonds

Try to forge deeper bonds with the friends who adventure alongside you. You can build stronger ties by exploring the town together, helping each other in battle, and playing minigames together.
Once your bonds reach a certain level, you’ll be able to see new sides of your friends. You’ll also unlock powerful Tag Team skills and combo attacks in battle.

User Interface while Adventuring

Below is an overview of the user interface you will see while adventuring.

* The images shown in this manual are from the PlayStation®5 version of the game.

Area and Threat
The name of the current area and its threat level are displayed. A higher threat level indicates the presence of stronger enemies. If you are in an area where enemies stronger than you are roaming, it will flash red. Try avoiding these areas until you reach a higher level.

Minimap
Displays your surroundings.

Action Icon
Displays possible actions, such as Talk, Examine, Enter, etc.

Battle Party
Displays the stats of party members participating in battle.

Battle Party Stats

Current HP
Current MP
Level

Map Display

Pressing the touch pad button/View button will bring up the map, allowing you to examine it in detail.
Unexplored areas will be darkened out and only shops and other limited information will be visible.

Map Icons

Taxi Stands	Shops	Restaurants	Weapon Shops	Minigames

	Alo-Happy Tours Change jobs and discover new ones by participating in activities here.
	Oka Chargers Shows where you can charge and customize your Street Surfer.
	Dondoko Island Shows where you can hitch a ride on the most gracious dolphin, Dolphine, who will take you to and from Dondoko Island or Honolulu.
	Hangouts Isezaki Ijincho’s Survive and Honolulu’s Revolve are spots where you can hang out with your friends. You can converse, recover, and recollect past memories there.
	Trolley Stops Shows where you can catch a bus or trolley that’ll take you around Hawaii.
	Julie’s Gearworks This is a shop where you can craft weapons. Money and materials are required for crafting.
	Substories Shows where you need to go to initiate substories.
	Drink Links/Walk & Talk Finales Shows where you need to go for special events to occur with your friends.
	Walk & Talk Shows where you can initiate Walk & Talks with your friends.
	Item Synthesis Shows where you can synthesize items.
	Clothing Shops Shows where you can buy gear.
	Take-Out Shops Shows where you can find shops that primarily sell food.
	Dungeons Shows where the dungeons you can challenge in Honolulu and Isezaki Ijincho are.
	Sujimon Gyms/Sujigami PC Shops Shows where you can train and engage in Sujimon battles.
	Raids Shows places where you can easily attain Sujimon by winning battles. (The Sujimon’s type will be displayed.)
	Sujimon Trainers If you speak to them, you can initiate a Sujimon battle.

Explore the City!

Moving Around

The town can be freely explored.
You'll run into key events that’ll help progress the main story, as well as substories and an abundance of other content located across the map.

Performing Actions

When an action icon appears, pressing the corresponding button will allow you to talk to a character or examine an area. You can also enter establishments when you’re within range.

Party Chat

As you’re exploring the city, you might start chatting with your friends. You can continue the conversation by pressing the /Y button. If you listen until the very end, your bond with that friend will deepen.

If the conversation is cut short by another event, just go back to the place where the conversation began to restart it. Conversations that were interrupted midway will be displayed on the minimap as an icon.

Items in Town

Sometimes you can find items scattered around town. If you see any briefcases, sparkling items, or other items of interest on the ground, try picking them up. You can also find items by shaking palm trees, rummaging through garbage, or digging through the sand on the beach.

There are also various items hidden away in safes (Yokohama) and containers (Hawaii). You need a safe key to open them.

Playlists

If you create a playlist using the app on your phone from the Pause Menu or the cassette player in your apartment, you can listen to a radio episode or music while on your adventures (Press the button while holding the button/left bumper to start playback).
The radio show changes topics every chapter, so give it a listen from time to time. You can also increase your selection of songs by buying CDs. Moreover, you can also play songs through a shop’s jukebox.

Camera

You can take pictures by opening your smartphone’s camera using the button. The camera comes with selfie, portrait, and zoom functions, and you can apply filters to your photos.

Using Emotes to Interact with People

You’re able to greet people around town with emotes by pressing the /X button. Sometimes they may even return your greeting. If the person you’re greeting has the Aloha Links app, they can also become your friend.

Swimming in the Ocean

You can go swimming in Honolulu, Hawaii. If you see light spilling out from the water, that means there’s an item hidden there. Dive under to grab ahold of it!

Beware of Cars and Boats!

If you get hit by a car or a boat, you’ll take damage, so make sure to pay attention to your surroundings.

Navigating Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii is roughly three times the size of Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama. Here are some great ways of traveling around the city.

Taxis

Taxis are a common sight even in Isezaki Ijincho. Pay the fare to have the cab transport you to your destination.
You can enter a cab parked on the street, use the taxi app on your smartphone from the Pause Menu, or travel directly to a destination from your map.

In Honolulu, when you pass by a parked taxi or a specific point on a main road, a new taxi stand will be registered to your map.
There are many taxi stands located around the city of Honolulu. Discover new ones to better navigate the island!

Street Surfer

If you complete a specific substory, you’ll unlock the Street Surfer. You can ride the electric scooter by pressing while roaming around town.
Not only is it faster than running, but it also allows you auto-travel to a point set on your map.

Using the Street Surfer will drain its battery. You can pay money at an Oka Charger to recharge it.
If you have accessory items, you can also use them to customize the look of your Street Surfer.

Trolleys

A trolley that takes you around famous tourist spots. It operates on a fixed route, so catch it at any of the trolley stops along its path. It’s free to ride and allows you travel without getting entangled with any pesky enemies.

Appreciate the beautiful scenery while en route to the next bus stop. You can also chat with your friends sitting beside you.
Head to the exit door while stopped to disembark. You can also talk to the driver to get to the next stop quickly.

Sicko Snap

At some of the trolley stops, you can play the Sicko Snap minigame.
Snap pictures of sickos along the route to assist the police in their investigations.

Taking better photos will earn you a higher score, which will affect how many Snap Points you are awarded. Snap Points can be exchanged for items at certain trolley stops or when boarding parked trolleys.

City Facilities

Restaurants

Dining at a restaurant will restore your HP and MP based on what you eat. You can also deepen your bond with your friends by eating together.
Ordering specific menu items together will form a combo meal, which can temporarily grant beneficial effects in battles, so mix and match to your heart’s content. Additionally, ordering a combo at certain restaurants may even spur a good Table Talk, further deepening your bonds.

Stores and Vending Machines

You can buy commodities like recovery items and various other useful products from stores and vending machines.
There are also general shops like drug stores as well as equipment dealers. The weapons and gear you can equip will vary based on your job.

Pawn Shop

At pawn shops, you can sell items in your possession for money.
You can also find exceptional items that can’t be bought from other shops here.

ATMs

While ATMs can be found within Poppo stores in Isezaki Ijincho, in Honolulu, you can find them conveniently located throughout the city.
You can deposit and withdraw money from ATMs. When you lose a battle, you forfeit money, so try storing it in ATMs for safekeeping.

Minigames

You can play minigames at various places around the city.
Some even allow you to play with your friends and deepen your bonds with them.

Hangouts

As you progress through the story, you will be able to hang out at Isezaki Ijincho’s Survive or Honolulu’s Revolve with your friends as Kasuga or Kiryu.

You can sing karaoke, strengthen your bonds with your friends by having deeper conversations with them, as well as reflect on past memories.

On the second floor, you’ll be able to recover your HP and MP, store items in your Item Box, and flip through an album filled with your Party Chats and Table Talks.
In the later stages of the game, you'll even be able to pass time, allowing you to quickly change the time of day between noon, evening, and night.

Discovering New Jobs through Activities

You can participate in a variety of activities at Alo-Happy Tours Waikīkī, a travel agency based in Honolulu.
Each activity will cost money and require Kasuga’s personality to be at a certain level.

Engaging in activities can uncover hidden insights, thereby unlocking new jobs.

Changing Jobs

Alo-Happy Rooms at the Alo-Happy Tours headquarters and its branches (including Isezaki Ijincho) allow you to change jobs. Experiment with different jobs and see what combinations best fit your party.
You can also have a job inherit skills from other jobs at an Alo-Happy Room.

Alo-Happy Rooms can be found at any Alo-Happy Tours location throughout the city.

Combat Overview

Rushing into battles

A battle will begin when you encounter an enemy. Utilize different commands and coordinate with your allies during combat.

Take action after strategically positioning yourself

You can choose each party member's action when it’s their turn. Assess the locations of both your enemies and allies, as well as any objects that can be used as weapons in the vicinity, and strategically move your characters into position before issuing a command.

The turn order is determined by the Agility of each enemy and ally, as well as what happens prior to their turn.
“NOW” will appear above a character's portrait when it's their turn, while “NEXT” indicates the character whose turn will come after.

Concluding battles

Once you’ve defeated all enemies, the battle will end, and you’ll receive money, EXP, Job EXP, bond points and items. When your characters’ EXP reaches a certain point, their levels and job ranks will increase. When they level up, their HP and MP are fully recovered.

User Interface during Battle

Below is an overview of the user interface you will see during combat.

Commands
The commands you can use during battle. Choose a command by pressing the corresponding button.

Auto-Battle
You can toggle auto-battle on and off by pressing the button/left trigger. If you switch it on, your party members will act according to the tactics you’ve set.
Hold the button/left trigger to open up the auto-battle menu.

* Perfect Guards can occur even during auto-battle.

Enemy List
Displays enemy information like levels and HP.

Movement Range
When it’s your party member’s turn to move, a ring will appear beneath them, indicating their movement range. You can move them anywhere within this area.

Battle Party
Displays your party members’ HP, MP and current status ailments.

Commands

Attack

Select a target and use your equipped weapon to attack.
You’ll regain some MP each time you attack, so be sure to attack when you’re running low.
Your attacks can change based on your surroundings—Weapon Attacks, Back Attacks and Down Attacks.

Guard (hold down the corresponding button)

By taking a defensive stance until your following turn, you can reduce the damage received from enemies by half. Additionally, you become immune to being knocked away by knockbacks and gain more resistance to status ailments.

Escape (hold down the corresponding button)

Allows you to flee from battle. Depending on the enemy or location, your getaway can fail. You also won’t be able to escape from important battles (the command to escape will become unavailable).

Skills

You can use skills by spending MP. Skills will vary based on the job, and more can be learned as you grow stronger.
There are various types of skills, including powerful attacks, healing, and special effects that assist in battle.

Etc.

There are also other kind of commands. Choose them by pressing the corresponding button.

Items

You can use items to recover HP or MP, cure status ailments, revive KO’d allies, or even deal damage to an enemy. Choose an item and select the target to use it on.

Tag Out

As the story progresses, you’ll gain more party members, allowing you to swap them out during battle. When you swap in a member, you’ll be able to give them commands during the next turn.

Back

Takes you back to the regular commands.

Poundmates (Leader-Exclusive Command)

You can call on characters you’ve met in substories and other events to assist you in battle. Each character will help you out with a different effect.

It costs money to summon them. Additionally, the cost increases each time you summon them in the same battle.

Using Poundmates will increase your member rank according to the total amount of money you’ve spent.
As your member rank increases, you will be able to pay a fee to add benefits to your Poundmates, which will boost their effects.

Kiryu’s Fighting Styles

Kiryu’s unique job, Dragon of Dojima, allows him to switch between three different styles during battles. When it's Kiryu’s turn, press the corresponding directional buttons or D-pad to change his fighting style.

Brawler Style

A well-balanced fighting style that allows Kiryu to perform Heat Actions when executing basic attacks near walls, pillars, or objects that can be used as weapons.

Rush Style

A fighting style that sacrifices Attack and Defense for quicker turns. Additionally, it gives Kiryu a wider movement range and allows him to execute two consecutive basic attacks. Capitalize on openings and overwhelm your enemies with a flurry of attacks!
However, Kiryu will be unable to perform combo attacks and weapon attacks.

Beast Style

A fighting style that compensates for its lower agility with higher Attack and Defense. Kiryu’s basic attacks become grapples, allowing him to deal significant damage to enemies who are guarding.
Although this style offers a smaller movement range, it excels at attacking multiple enemies.

The Dragon of Dojima job’s basic attacks also become stronger when used near enemies.

Status Ailments

Enemy attacks can cause party members to suffer from status ailments. Most status ailments will wear off at the end of a battle, but they can also be cured using skills or items during battle.
You are also able to inflict status ailments on enemies using skills and other means.

Damaging Status Ailments

	Bleed	Take damage for a certain number of turns.
	Burn	Take damage for a certain number of turns. The damage decreases with each passing turn.
	Cold	Take damage for a certain number of turns. The ailment may spread to others nearby.
	Poison	Take damage for a certain number of turns. The damage increases with each passing turn.

Restrictive Status Ailments

	Stun	Unable to act for a few turns. The number of turns is random.
	Paralysis	Has a random chance of being unable to act for a certain number of turns.
	Fear	Unable to act next turn.
	Sleep	Unable to act for a certain number of turns. More susceptible to critical hits when attacked, but will then wake up after being attacked.
	Charm	Unable to act for a certain number of turns. Additionally, there is a chance that they will attack fallen allies. If the enemy who charmed them is knocked out or escapes from battle, charm will be lifted.
	Drunk	For a certain number of turns, has a random chance of acting independently while in a drunken stupor. After the battle, their level of drunkenness will decrease by one.
	Rage	For a certain number of turns, they are unable to perform any other actions besides attacking the opponent who incited their rage. If the enemy who provoked them is knocked out or escapes from battle, rage will wear off.
	Blind	Has a lower chance of landing a hit for a certain number of turns.
	Silence	Unable to use skills for a certain number of turns. Other actions are still possible.

Other Ailments

	Curse	The victim is hexed with a death counter atop their head, which will count down every turn. When the counter reaches 0, the victim will suffer an instant KO. To lift the curse, you need an item or a skill that cures all status ailments.

A character can be afflicted with up to three status ailments at once, but only one from each category.
If more than one status ailment from the same category is afflicted, only the most recent one will stay in effect.
Afflicted status ailments are displayed as icons under each character's stats.

Gaining the Upper Hand in Battle

Proximity Bonus and Back Attacks

During your turn, look at your surroundings and move to an advantageous position before choosing your command. If you decide to use the Attack command while in close proximity to the enemy, you will receive a proximity bonus and inflict more damage than usual.
The target indicator will change when you move into range of the proximity bonus.

In addition, if you approach an enemy from behind who is targeting one of your allies and use the Attack command, you can trigger a back attack and inflict significant damage. Not only do back attacks deal more damage, they also ignore guard.

Use Nearby Objects as Weapons

You can attack enemies with surrounding objects. Objects that can be picked up are indicated by a triangular icon. When you approach the object and the icon appears, select the Attack command to use it. Some objects deal heavy damage, while others can explode, engulfing several enemies.

Knockbacks

When a basic attack or a skill with the knockback effect successfully lands, you can send the enemy flying backward. Any enemies behind the knocked-back foe will be damaged as well. Furthermore, if you send enemies flying in the direction of your party members, they can follow up with attacks of their own.

Be on the lookout for enemies in compromising locations and move into position before issuing your commands.
Bear in mind, you have to use skills with a knockback effect to knock back heavier enemies, as they can't be knocked back with basic attacks.

Attack Downed Enemies

When an enemy is knocked down, they won’t be able to get back up right away. Attacking them in this state will deal tremendous damage and restore a large amount of your MP. During your turn, choose your commands quickly to fully capitalize on this opportunity.

Perfect Guards

Press the Cancel button the moment you’re attacked to perform a Perfect Guard and reduce the damage you receive. This prevents you from being knocked away and makes you more resistant to status ailments. Perfect Guard is a great way of mitigating damage without having to use the Guard command. A Perfect Guard performed while using the Guard command will reduce even more damage. They can also be executed during auto-battle.

Perfect Attacks

The basic attacks of certain jobs as well as some skills have button prompts when executed.
You'll either be prompted to press the /Y button at the right moment, or have to rapidly tap the /X button within a specific time frame. If successfully executed, you’ll trigger a Perfect Attack which will inflict greater damage than usual.

Demolish an Enemy’s Guard with Grapples

Enemies who are guarding are resistant to most damage.
Choosing a skill with a grapple effect can break an enemy’s guard, allowing you to deal substantial damage. Additionally, Kiryu’s unique job, Dragon of Dojima, enables him to grapple enemies with his basic attack while in Beast Style.

Use Magic Attacks on Quickstepping Enemies

Some enemies are adept at evading physical attacks—namely blunt, blade, and gun attacks. To deal with them, try using magic attacks like Tomizawa’s Battery Shock. Unlike physical attacks, magic attacks will always hit, ensuring reliable damage.

Kasuga grows stronger by improving his personality. Also, as he deepens his bonds with his friends, he learns more about them, making them more formidable allies in battle.

Kasuga’s Personality

Kasuga’s behavior can sometimes increase various aspects of his personality—Passion, Confidence, Charisma, Kindness, Intellect, and Style.

Improving his personality provides perks such as strengthening the skills of Kasuga’s unique job Hero during battles and enhancing his resistance to status ailments.
Moreover, some services in the city may not be available until you've raised his personality stats to a certain level.

Improving Personality

During your adventures, you may come across a Personality Chance in the midst of a conversation, which will give you the option to improve Kasuga’s character. Different stats will be raised depending on your selections.

Personality Challenges

These are tasks that will boost your traits upon completion. These can range from dining out 5 times to defeating 100 enemies. You can view your Personality Challenges at any time via the Pause Menu.

Ounabara Vocational School

A school located on Harbor St. where you can improve your personality. You can pass different exams to raise your traits.

Bonds

Gain bond points by interacting with your friends. Once you’ve accumulated enough bond points, their bond level will increase.

Companions with a higher bond level can learn powerful Tag Team skills and gain the ability to execute combo attacks.

Acquire New Abilities through Drink Links

Aside from Kiryu, Drink Links will trigger when a friend’s bond level has reached a certain point.
To advance a Drink Link, talk to the respective friend at Revolve in Honolulu or Survive in Isezaki Ijincho.
Advancing Drink Links enables your party members to learn Tag Team skills and perform combo attacks.

Raising Bond Levels

Members other than Kasuga can gain bond points by cooperating in battle. They will be awarded them once the battle ends.
Additionally, bond points can be earned through the following means:

Party Chats

As you venture through the city, you can trigger conversations with your party members. If you listen to them until the very end, your bond with each member involved in the Party Chat will grow stronger.

Walk & Talks, Bond Bingo, Walk & Talk Finales

While strolling through the city, you can sometimes initiate a Walk & Talk with a friend. The knowledge you gain from the Walk & Talk will be noted in Bond Bingo, allowing you to deepen your bond with them.
Once you’ve completed a row, column, or diagonal line in Bond Bingo, you’ll score a bingo, earning you additional bond points.
When you fill in the entire Bond Bingo card, you unlock a special event called Walk & Talk Finale with that friend.

Giving Gifts to Friends

Shops throughout the city will stock items that can be given as immediate presents to your friends to deepen your bond with them. These gifts can also be given to your companions at hangouts. If the gift matches the recipient's preferences, you'll gain a significant boost to the amount of bond points you earn.

Restaurants and Minigames

Dining at restaurants with your party members deepens your bond with them. In certain eateries, ordering a combo meal will initiate a table talk that will increase your bond with all participants.
Additionally, there are minigames that can be played together with your friends. Gain bond points while relishing in the nightlife—enjoy a game of darts or poker, or even some karaoke!

Pressing the options/OPTIONS/Menu button during the game will open up the Pause Menu.
While on this menu, pressing the /X button will activate auto-recover, which will restore HP by automatically using your team’s healing skills.

You will gain access to more features as you play through the story.

Tasks

Allows you to check your next objective in the main story as well as your ongoing substories.

Skills

Displays a list of acquired skills. You can also use healing skills from here as well.
The types of skills vary for each job, and you will learn more skills as you gain experience.

Items

Lists your inventory by category. You can also use recovery and booster items from here as well.
Recovery items are usable both during and outside of battle.

Gear

Allows you to equip weapons, armor, and accessories.
Select a party member and adjust their equipment for each body part. The selection of weapons and armor that they can equip will depend on their job.
Pressing the /X button automatically equips the strongest available gear.
Pressing the /Y button allows you to see all the equipment you currently have available.

Party

Allows you to view information about the party members accompanying you. The following sub-menus are available:

Edit
Lets you choose which 4 members will participate in battle. If there are more than 5 members in the party, the extras will be placed in reserve. The leader (either Kasuga or Kiryu) will always participate in battle.

Stats
Allows you to check the abilities and bonds of all your party members. You can also view Kasuga’s personality here.

Jobs
Allows you to view the jobs of all your party members. You can also check their current job progression, a list of learnable skills for each job, and the stat changes that will occur if they switch jobs.

Smartphone

You can use the apps installed on your smartphone. More apps will become available as you progress through the story.

Messages

Allows you to check messages sent to you during the story.

Taxi

Call a taxi to take you to your destination. The app offers a convenient mode of transportation, although the fare is relatively higher compared to using a taxi stand.

Playlists

You can create playlists from radio episodes or songs from CDs.
Press while holding the /left bumper to start playing the playlist.

Photo Rally

Make use of hints to help you find Photo Rally spots hidden throughout the city. If you can snap a photo of all the spots in an area, you’ll receive a luxurious prize from Alo-Happy Tours.

ALOHA LiNKs

An app for connecting with people in Hawaii. You can check the information of people you’ve become friends with.
You can befriend people in the city by using smiley emotes on them.

Increasing your friends will improve Kasuga’s personality. Moreover, interacting with them and sending them emotes will increase your friendship. Becoming buddies with them may lead to some delightful surprises.

Album

View pictures you’ve taken with the camera.

Weapon Crafting

An app containing information on weapons that can be crafted or enhanced at Julie’s Gearworks. Enables you to access details on the necessary materials and costs. Materials can be obtained from various places in the city.

Sujidex

The enemies you defeat will be registered here. You can check various information such as their name, resistances, and more.

Poundmates

An app that provides information on the Poundmates that can be summoned during battle. You can check their summoning cost and the services they provide (effects in battle).

Confirm Add-Ons

Allows you to view downloadable content you’ve installed.

Add-on Pickup

Just like the Purchase Add-Ons option on the title screen, this allows you to access the store page to see what downloadable content is available.

Bonds

Allows you to check your current bonds with your party members.

Personality

In the Personality menu, you can see what you need to do to raise Kasuga’s personality, along with a record of the challenges you’ve already accomplished.
The Personality Details menu offers you a detailed overview of Kasuga’s current personality stats.

Dondoko Island

Allows you to monitor how Dondoko Island is doing.
For a more detailed overview of Dondoko Island, please refer to the next page.

Sujimon League

Allows you to access settings and information related to the Sujimon League.
Capture and form a party of Sujimon, then compete with trainers in various locations. Detailed explanations are provided later.

Save/Settings

Allows you to save, load, and adjust various game settings.
Additionally, you can see descriptions of the different characters and access the help section.

You can create up to 30 save data files.
There are also 3 autosave slots which will automatically save at certain moments during the game. Autosaves will be saved in order (starting from the first slot). When the file limit is reached, they will be overwritten from the oldest save.

Dondoko Island, now buried in trash, used to be a soothing resort island filled with beautiful nature and lively entertainment. Will Kasuga and his friends be able to restore it?

* You’ll become able to travel from Honolulu, Hawaii to Dondoko Island after progressing through the story.

The Path to a True Resort Paradise

By clearing out areas polluted with trash and reaching certain standards of Satisfaction and Popularity, you can increase your Resort Rank. Satisfaction rises when furnishings are placed, while Popularity increases when you collect local specialties. As your Resort Rank rises, more items will be available in shops and additional content will be unlocked.

A Day on Dondoko Island

A day on Dondoko Island follows this routine:

Morning Assembly

During the morning assembly, you can welcome guests and check island information, your map, the status of Dondoko Farm, and your Dondoko dailies.

Dondoko Island Menu

The Dondoko Island menu allows you to check various information and access the Suggestion Box, DIY info, Dokopedia, and the Save/Settings screen. As you continue developing Dondoko Island, you’ll become able to check the status of guests and Dondoko Farm as well.

Moving Around

When moving around Dondoko Island, you can not only walk/dash but also select a location on the signboard map to move to it. Additionally, for travel back to Hawaii, you can go to Dondoko Beach and use Dolphine.

How Time Passes

On Dondoko Island, time passes from daytime to evening and then to night. In the evening or later, you can check the calendar in Kasuga’s house to recover health and conclude the day. Since health won’t recover if you stay outside until the end of the day, you should try to rest early.

Solve Your Problems with a Bat

Use your favorite bat to revitalize Dondoko Island.

Cleaning Up the Island with a Bat

Use the bat to break and collect resources from garbage, trees, and rocks. From garbage, you can obtain cloth, plastic, metal, glass, and semiconductors. Trees yield lumber, while rocks yield stones.

Driving Away the Washbucklers

Counter the attacks of the unscrupulous waste disposal group, the Washbucklers, with your bat. When driven away, they drop Dokobucks. Note that Kasuga will be stunned if he takes enough damage to reduce his hearts to zero.

Dondoko Island Specialties

Dondoko Island has specialties including shells, mushrooms, ores, fish, bugs, and souvenirs.

Fishing and Catching Bugs

Fishing on Dondoko Island is done with a harpoon. You can fish by holding the harpoon in front of fishing spot signs. It’s also possible to catch fish while swimming. To catch bugs, bring out your bug net and swing it towards a bug.

Making Souvenirs

Making souvenirs out of island specialties and giving them to guests significantly increases guest approval. Additionally, some souvenirs can restore Kasuga’s health.

Crafting and Placing Furnishings

You can craft DIY furnishings and place them on the island.

Crafting Furnishings

You can use the resources you’ve collected to create furnishings. Crafting furnishings earns you building experience, increasing your Building Talent level. As your Building Talent level rises, the variety of furnishings you can create increases.

Placing Furnishings

Furnishings obtained through DIY or from Matayoshiya can be placed on Dondoko Island and inside Kasuga's house. Decorating the island with furnishings increases Satisfaction, making it a more appealing place.

In Kasuga’s house, you can not only add furnishings but also change the interior. As his home improves, Kasuga’s max health increases, making it harder for enemies to defeat him.

Welcoming Guests

Set up lodgings and welcome guests to the island.

Setting up Guest Lodgings

Set up lodgings on the island after purchasing them from Kenzo. During placement, ensure entrances to lodgings face the road. The number of people who can stay at a lodging and their Lodging Ranks vary, with higher Lodging Ranks resulting in more satisfied guests.

Selecting Your Guests

As the island’s Popularity rises, the number of lodging applicants increases. Check their budgets and requests to decide whom to accommodate. Customers with a higher budget will pay more money at checkout when satisfied. However, these guests have challenging requests, so be cautious when selecting guests to invite on tours.

Satisfying Your Guests

Over the course of their 3-day stay, fulfill the guest’s four requests, emote towards them, or give them presents to satisfy them. When satisfied, they will pay a significant amount at checkout.

Dondoko Farm

You can ask the Sujimon you’ve befriended to perform tasks or undergo training.

Four Facilities

Dondoko Farm has a workshop, crop patches, a recycling center, and a training spot. You can assign up to 3 Sujimon to each facility. Check the results after their work or training is complete.

● Workshop
Have Sujimon work to earn Dokobucks. Select the task and Sujimon to start.

● Crop Patches
Have Sujimon tend to the crops to harvest various vegetables. Choose the task, crops, and Sujimon to start.

● Recycling Center
You can task your Sujimon with gathering various resources. Choose the materials you want to collect and the Sujimon to start.

● Training Spot
Pay Dokobucks for training to help your Sujimon earn experience. Select the task and Sujimon to start.

Online Mode

Talking to the parrot at the Dondoko Farm reception allows you to visit other players' islands or upload your own island.

● Visit Other Players’ Islands
When searching or using the Refine Menu, you’ll see a list of options. Choose the island you want to visit.
Time will not pass on the visited island. If you want to change the time, talk to the island owner’s avatar in the plaza to make adjustments. You can also engage in Sujimon battles with the owner or leave the island from here.

● Upload/Edit Your Island
You can showcase your proudly decorated island to people around the world. Once you’ve set various information about the island and yourself, upload the data for others to see.

● Dokomiles Shop
Visiting other islands and completing missions earns you Dokomiles. You can exchange Dokomiles for island tags and new avatars, specialties, and more. Once you accumulate Dokomiles, talk to the parrot and check out the Online Mile Shop.

Dangerous individuals known as Sujimon roam the streets. Kasuga decides to participate in the Suji League, a tournament where Sujimon battle each other, becoming a Sujimon Trainer. Aim to become the Sujimon Master! Lead your Sujimon to victory!!!

* You’ll become able to participate in Sujimon battles after progressing through the story.

The Path of a Sujimon Master

There are five grades for Sujimon Trainers, as shown in the diagram below. Winning in Sujimon battles increases your Trainer Rank, while defeating the Discreet Four raises your grade.
When you earn badges and grow as a trainer, the maximum level of your Sujimon also increases.

Snagging Sujimon

You can make a Sujimon your ally through the following methods:

Catching Sujimon

You can recruit any Sujimon that decide to hang around after you finish a battle or raid in Hawaii.
To make one your ally, you'll need to offer a Suji Gift as a gesture of friendship. Convey your sincerity effectively.

Raids

Raids are a test of strength among the most powerful of creeps!
If you’re able to come out on top, you’ll have a chance to recruit the defeated Sujimon (excluding some special varieties).

Sujimon Gacha

You can spend money or gacha tickets to befriend new Sujimon. Sujimon Gacha machines are located at the Sujigami PC Shop and Sujimon gyms, but you can find them around town, too!

Strengthen Your Sujimon

You can strengthen your Sujimon through the following methods:

Strengthening at Suji Spots

Visit Suji Spots around town to strengthen your Sujimon by feeding them Sujimunch. Your Sujimon can also awaken, evolve, and spar at these spots.

Awakening/Evolving Sujimon

You can enhance your Sujimon by selecting Awaken Sujimon at a Suji Spot. By feeding a Sujimon another of their same species, their stats will improve! Additionally, Sujimon that have been awakened to their maximum can evolve into a higher form—not only does this raise their stats, but they may unlock new skills as well.

Fight in Sujimon Battles

Strengthen your Sujimon by achieving victory in sparring matches at Suji Spots and battles with rival trainers throughout the city. Battles also allow you to deepen your friendships with your Sujimon.

Sujimon Battles

Sujimon battles are carried out with three Sujimon in the starting lineup and up to three more waiting as substitutes.

Once SP (Sujimon Power) accumulates to 10, you’ll be able to give your Sujimon instructions.

Opponent Sujimon
The opponent Sujimon’s types, health, and levels.

Opponent Substitute Sujimon

Your Team’s Sujimon
Your Sujimon’s types, health, levels, and the SP required for their skills.

Your Substitute Sujimon

Types
The five types and their affinities.

Frost	Blaze	Nature	Light	Shadow

MP (Morale Points)
When using SP to launch attacks, MP will accumulate. Attacking multiple opponents at once or having a type advantage will result in more MP accumulation.

Opponent Trainer’s MP
Once the opponent trainer has accumulated MP, the opponent Sujimon can unleash special attacks.

Exploit the Type Matchups!

All Sujimon have types. These types have affinities, and attacking a Sujimon’s type weakness will provide you with an advantage.
The arrows extending from the attacking Sujimon indicate the following: Red = Advantageous, White = Normal, Black = Disadvantageous.

Play the Field Right!

The positioning of your Sujimon in relation to opponents affects the power and range of their attacks. Remember the following when switching the positions of your Sujimon:
● Attacks aimed straight ahead are more powerful.
● Attacks on a diagonal line have reduced power.
● Attacks will not reach enemies that are too far away diagonally.

You can swap a Sujimon on the field with another or switch them out for one of your reserves.

Unleash Special Attacks!

Once MP has accumulated over the course of battle, you can instruct your Sujimon to use their special attacks. Special attacks have powerful effects that can turn the tide of battle, including healing allies on the field and dealing major damage to enemies.
When one of your Sujimon goes for a special attack, a roulette will appear, enabling you to enhance its attack range or healing effects. Try having the roulette land on the red marker!

Each town has shops and other areas where you can enjoy various forms of entertainment. Try to forget about fighting once in a while and make use of these places to spend time with friends or boost your personality.

Entertainment

Below is a brief overview of some of the minigames available.
For detailed controls and rules for each minigame, press the options/OPTIONS/Menu button during play.

The Nightlife

In the downtown nightclubs, cabaret clubs, and pubs, you and your friends can enjoy some drinks with the staff. This will replenish your HP and MP and significantly deepen the bonds between you and your friends.

Karaoke

You can sing karaoke at Survive in Isezaki Ijincho, Karaokekan in Kamurocho, or Revolve in Honolulu. Enjoy the thrill of singing through this rhythm game experience. If things gets lively, your bonds with your friends will also deepen.

Darts

You can enjoy various games of darts at the darts bar or arcades. Competing against friends will allow you to deepen your bonds.

Arcade Games and UFO Catchers

In arcades and certain areas of shopping centers, you can play arcade games or try your hand at UFO catchers.
The available arcade games are Virtua Fighter 3tb, SpikeOut, and SEGA Bass Fishing (varying by shop).

To view the controls and rules for the arcade games, press the touch pad button/View button during play. For further details on Virtua Fighter 3tb and SpikeOut, refer to the control table on this page.

Poker/Blackjack/Mahjong

You can enjoy poker and blackjack at the casino and mahjong at the mahjong parlor.
If you bring three or more friends along, you can compete against each other in friendly matches of mahjong or poker. Playing together will deepen your bonds.

Gambling Hall

At the gambling hall, you can play koi-koi and oicho-kabu. You can also compete against friends, deepening your bonds in the process.

Other Amusement

In addition to the aforementioned minigames, you can also enjoy a batting center, a golf range, street shogi, Can Quest, and more. Explore the city and discover new places to have fun. The spots you can visit at any given time can be found on the Facility/Taxi List menu on your map.

Crazy Delivery

After you meet Charlie, the rep of Crazy Eats, on E Aloha St. in Honolulu, you’ll be able to start part-time work as a food delivery cyclist with Crazy Delivery.

Kick off this action-packed part-time gig where you’ll perform crazy stunts as you gather food and deliver it to customers in style!

Deliver Food with Style!

The basics are to gather food items (hamburgers, pizza, sushi) floating around the streets, then stop in front of the customers looking for each type of food to earn money.

However, you won’t be able to meet your quotas by riding safely! To achieve the target amount, keep performing tricks, wheelies, drifts, and other stunts as you carry out your deliveries. Customers will be thrilled, earning you a higher rating and more cash!

After you’ve performed enough stunts to fill up the Crazy Gauge, activate Crazy Mode! It allows you to cycle faster and with more power, and your rating will skyrocket. Expect a significant increase in earnings too!

Miss Match

When you encounter Machiko-san near the pancake house on Seaside Ave. in Honolulu, you’ll gain access to the dating app that she developed, Miss Match.

Kasuga, lacking confidence in his interactions with women, decides to accumulate dating experience through the app.
By editing his profile text and icon to increase his match rating with women and successfully charming them over chat, he can progress to actual dates. Who will appear when he shows up for the date, though?

You’ll use purchased points for matchmaking. If you wish to match with even more people, consider upgrading to the more expensive Gold or Platinum membership plans.

Dungeons

While these may differ from typical spots you’d visit for fun, each city has dungeons where you can test your skills.
Dungeon layouts will be different every time you enter, and they are all inhabited by ruffians. Trapped among them are missing persons who will seek out your help.

Progress through the dungeon, search for rare items, defeat the ruffians within, and rescue the missing persons. (Losing a battle inside the dungeon results in a failed attempt, and you’ll be expelled outside.)

I Wanna Enjoy Hawaii

When You Have Money Troubles

Fulfilling Days

Places Where Sujimon Shine