Congrats Brian for finishing this game!
I dropped off after chapter 12, maybe? I enjoyed everything, but other games popped up. Same thing happened to me with Yakuza Zero and One.
The only Yakuza game I actually finished, I did it this year: Fist of the North Star - Games - Quarter To Three Forums. It’s much shorter than Y7 or Y0. The combat is worse than Y0, but hey, you can do the famous at-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-waaaaa-TA! It just doesn’t get old.