One of the more heartfelt (yet still bizarre) substories in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth involves correctly identifying a buried high schooler and handing them a love letter. Here’s how to find Tanabe in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Where to Find Tanabe in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
To initiate this substory, you’ll need to have at least completed Chapter 2 since it’s only available once Ichiban Kasuga has made his way to Hawaii. After completing the first few missions of Chapter 3, players will finally be let loose on a brand-new map. Head to Aloha Beach, running to the West until you spot the substory icon on your map. There’ll be a schoolgirl hiding behind some surfboards, so go ahead and chat with her, initiating “Neck-Deep in Love.”
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Long story short, she tells you about a legend surrounding Aloha Beach. Effectively, if you confess your love to someone who’s buried in the sand, they’ll reciprocate your feelings. Turns out, young Hitomi has a crush on one of her classmates, Tanabe, and she tasks you with delivering the news to him. She gives you a picture of the boy: He has a shaved head, wears glasses, and looks more than a little staunch. That kid plays water polo, you can see it.
Ichiban arrives at the beach where Tanabe is supposedly relaxing only to find that he’s surrounded by a grid of similarly buried boys as well as a collection of watermelons. To find him, players will need to talk with some of the heads poking out of the dirt and solve the riddle they present. The clues are:
- Tanabe is NOT in the left-hand row, facing the ocean.
- Tanabe IS between the yellow and red parasols.
- Tanabe is NOT next to a watermelon.
- Tanabe IS facing another student. It’s his friend Sato, but that’s not important.
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With all of that information, we can carefully rule out where Tanabe can be found. If you’re looking at the ocean, walk towards the second-to-last column of boys on the right. Your target can be found in the second row, looking directly at his friend, who’s on his right. If you took a glance at his picture, you can clearly make out Hitomi’s crush wearing his glasses and sporting a neatly shaved head.
Once you’ve correctly identified him, speak with Tanabe and he’ll emerge from his sandy stronghold, following Ichiban to meet Hitomi. I won’t be getting into spoilers here though, so if you want to find out whether the legend of Aloha Beach is true, you’ll just have to complete “Neck-Deep in Love” to find out!
