my ringo was a very good student. i almost one-hundred-percent-ed all of his grades. not that he was a total nerd. he punched up some dudes when needed to, as well went out and got drunk with his friends, read some books, watched TV . . . but i really wanted to change his life. getting him out of this gang mentality. they said it was too late for him. i didn’t want to believe this. in a game with life-sim mechanics, with such emphasis on it, rewarding your boring activities with long (or lack of) animations -- studying, training, eating, sleeping --, i thought this daily activities thing was not only something for “immersion” or a cool and different gimmick. i thought my agency would change ringo’s life, like if i was a ventriloquist, playing with my puppet. i was wrong. ringo ishikawa is ringo ishikawa. ringo ishikawa is smart and ringo ishikawa can be dedicated. ringo ishikawa is sensible and ringo ishikawa is friendly. ringo ishikawa is a gangster and a monster. ringo ishikawa has a lot of friends but ringo ishikawa is still a child: the truth is, none of those characters really know what they want to do with their lives. growing up with some arduous conditions, being smashed by the system and not being able to getting out of the type of living they chose -- at least now, as teenagers and young adults --, even if they do, they just self sabotage and go back to it -- for being the best choice or for not believing which choice is better. when they start to realize what is really happening, they just go and follow their own goals. ringo hasn't realized it yet. in the end, he’s still a gangster. he is still loyal to his friends. when the title drops at the end and ringo is fighting alone, is a statement that the friends of ringo ishikawa have found their own way, and ringo must find his, too.