Yakuza Kiwami 3 runs a good soap opera into the ground

I have a rule with TV shows: I won’t start watching a series until I know the end is in sight. I just don’t have the heart to get invested in a show for years, only for it to funnel to a disappointing conclusion. It’s why I never started Game of Thrones during its heyday, and why I haven’t touched Stranger Things since checking out the pilot. Call it a self-defense mechanism from watching Lost week-to-week during its original run, but if I’m going to commit my time to a long-term story, I want to be sure that the writers have a destination in mind.