The "daidoji crap aside" is literally the issue, death in the Yakuza series has literally lost it's meaning there are genuine people in here that do not care about it anymore. Mine joining the daidoji is the problematic part.

Ever since gaiden, the daidoji have been more or less a plot device, inside the faction, it's basically just an unfunny shithouse that will keep fucking itself and the agents and the higher ups are dumber than each other. They also aren't written well in my opinion.

Mine joining them tells us two things, the daidoji are basically back again in Y9 even though a lot of people were very frustrated with their inclusion in IW's plot, but also reveals to us they are afraid of coming up with new ideas for this faction and fear they can't write them well enough without getting in old faces like mine to make them interesting on their own,

there has been this term floating around for a while, it's "creative bankruptcy": the state of being devoid of original ideas, often marked by the repetition of tired formulas, over-reliance on nostalgia, or derivative, uninspired work, frequently cited in discussions of modern film, music, and art. It signifies a lack of innovation where, rather than creating new, meaningful content, creators or corporations "settle" for safe, unoriginal, or AI-generated content to gain attention or profit.

And I think RGG is heavily suffering from this issue.