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When Kiryu Kazuma is not engaged in his usual roles as a legendary fighter, retired Yakuza,foster dad, and hero of the people, he finds himself taking on a variety of odd jobs. Over nearly 30 years, his resume has expanded to include roles like taxi driver, male model, voice actor for an adult visual novel, and many other impromptu roles. Kiryu’s readiness to assist others has often led him into peculiar situations, including encounters with a character mascot named Ono Michio.
InYakuza6, Kiryu meets a man named Hironaka whointroduces him to Ono Michio, a mascot representing the city of Onomichi. This slightly unsettling character, featuring a hassaku fruit for a head, was created to highlight the attractions of its beloved port town. With features like a “charming hassaku face, steaming Onomichi ramen hat, cute fish pouch, cool boots (essential for a fisherman), and a bold, trendy Ono shirt,” Ono Michio’s design truly embodies the spirit of Onomichi.
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Kiryu finds himself reluctantly donning the Ono Michio costume during oneYakuza 6’smany quirky substories, and it makes its return in the game’s Premium Adventure mode. The charming Ono Michio has even spread his Onomichi pride and joy to Isezaki Ijincho, where its creator Hironaka enlists the aid of Kasuga Ichiban torid the city of counterfeit Ono Michio statuesinYakuza: Like a Dragon. Ichiban, too, gets to gear up as the heroic Ono Michio in this silly substory.
InLike a Dragon Gaiden, Joryu discovers that Ono Michio’s popularity has also reached the residents of Sotenbori. Here’s how players can get their hands on the Ono Michio Figure required to complete the request “A Quest for Ono Michio” inLike a Dragon Gaiden.
How to Start “A Quest for Ono Michio” Request
While in Sotenbori, Joryu comes across a man outside Revenge Books, a bookstore located just south of Iwao Bridge and next to theCourStar Pocket Circuit bar. The man expresses his admiration for the fruit-headed mascot Ono Michio, and asks Joryu to help him find an Ono Michio figure of his very own.
Unlike inYakuza: Like a Dragon, the required Ono Michio figure inGaidenis not a statue but a small,nanoblock-style pixel figuredepicting the character’s hassaku head. To acquire this item, Joryu needs tovisit the city’s Club SEGA locationand put his UFO Catcher skills to the test. Club SEGA can be found near the eastern end of Sotenbori St. and is indicated on the map with a purple controller icon.
How to Get the Ono Michio Figure in Like a Dragon Gaiden
TheOno Michio Figureis available as a prize in the arcade’sUFO catcher machines. Specifically, the player should find and interact with the machine filled with hexagonal boxes containing various figures. If the desired figure isn’t available inside any of the machines, players should ask the SEGA arcade staff to reset the UFO catcher prizes. This can be done multiple times to change the available loot or to simply reset their positions in the machine.
The specific Ono Michio figure needed is in apurple and blue hexagonal box. Don’t be fooled by its bootleg version found inside the red box. To win the figure, players must use the UFO catcher and attempt to grab the figure with the machine’s claw. Its unique shape may make it tricky to grasp, but the machines inLike a Dragon Gaidenare relatively player-friendly, so acquiring the prize should be feasible within a few tries.
After securing the box with the pixelated Ono Michio figure, return to the man outside the bookstore to hand over the figure. This completes the request “A Quest for Ono Michio” inLike a Dragon Gaiden, rewarding the player with Akame Points and ¥15000.
