

When the fight's over, stop somewhere to grab a full load of energy drinks, then run to the taxi stops along the southern edge of the map. It's a very small space and there are four of them, so get proactive. Head outside to the Midori Salon and speak to Yasuko, but you'll have to deal with a few Shibata yakuza first.

Meet Akaishi to learn about some side jobs you can pull for extra cash, then head to Homeland to meet Zhao. When you leave the parking lot, Tanimura automatically heads to Theater Square, where you'll need to defeat a single street punk. Defeat him as part of a tutorial on Tanimura's parry. However you do it, once you get the information, you can head over to the Shichifuku Parking Lot to meet Iida. You can either gamble to win the two Silver Plates they want in exchange for their information, buy enough points to trade 26,000 of them for two real Silver Plates, or go to Ebisu Pawn around the corner and buy two Fake Silver Plates for a total of 200 yen. Talk to the desk clerk, then the guys at the table. Your first stop as Tanimura is the Orchid Palace. Taking it makes it much easier for Tanimura to rapidly KO enemies, but you have to be careful. The biggest problem it has is that, once you have it, it becomes very easy to burn meter without intending to do so. You should also go and get all of Tanimura's Revelations (see Achievements) as quickly as possible, as they're all quite good.Īnother option Tanimura has is Essence of Combos, which lets you automatically burn HEAT during a normal combo string to set up a devastating finisher. It's not the best move he's got, but it is the best way for Tanimura to survive fights against multiple enemies. It does decent damage, charges Tanimura's HEAT meter rapidly, knocks down any other opponent that's hit by the guy you're maiming, and Tanimura's got invincibility frames during the armbar. This turns Tanimura's basic grab into a nearly-inescapable armbar. The easiest way to cope with that is to pick up Enhance Grabs, Enhance Throws, and finally Arm Lock. One-on-one, use the parry for an easy win against multiple opponents, Tanimura can have problems. He has the ability to parry attacks, which sets an enemy up for a quick combo, but Tanimura also has a disquieting habit of fighting very large groups. It improves rapidly as he accumulates levels, but he's always going to be the weakest of your playable characters. Tanimura begins the game with a ridiculously low amount of health.
