ALT A collage of the five eras of Makoto Daito in Stranger Than Heaven, accompanied by an excerpt from a Masayoshi Yokoyama interview conducted in an RGGTV special on 2026-05-07: "Actually, [at the start] Daito mainly speaks English and there’s a system through which he gets better at Japanese [over time]. As he improves, his body language becomes more Japanese, [which, along with his gait changing with age, is why we switch mocap actors midway]. […] And as he improves, more approaches to communication become available to him, which means more options [for the choice system]. […] For example, say you go debt collecting for the boss. Can you only say, ‘Gimme my money!’ or can you also say you’ll wait a few days if need be? […] Of course, there’s no way his Japanese wouldn’t improve over time, so think of it like both the [character] and the way you play change between eras.”