[Hari_Seldon]

I think you're right that this guy was being shielded from the violence but I don't understand your objection to the Yakuza being referred to as honorable. Is it not possible to be both violent AND honorable? No one is suggesting that they are nice people, just that there seems to be an agreed upon ethos to which (it seems) everyone adheres.

[mhurron]

That agreed upon ethos usually says when your family is targeted for your actions, those targeting them are not honourable.

They are violent and target innocents, the Yakuza should never be mistaken for honourable.

[Hari_Seldon]

You are right of course, thinking this through - it is obvious that if innocents are targeted there is little honour in all of this.

[vacri]

Honour means different things to different people. It's cultural, contextual, and even individual.

[wisty]

Most criminal gangs are honorable, by their own standards. Many of them work like this - if you break the rules, you die. So obviously, they have a big incentive to follow the rules.