I don't think there has been a piece of media in modern history where the heroes tangibly fuck fate. This is phenomenal, outrageous, utterly brilliant.
Unit 731...
It's fucked up that after the war they were pardoned for all their atrocities in exchange for their research data, and the said research data was ultimately useless anyhow.
Wait I'm confused. Is Ryu portraying the beard guy or a clean shaven guy? Is it both roles at once? Is the shot at the end him rehearsing without a beard?
edit: it was the latter
Ryu feels to have matured even further after becoming Long. Even though he doesn't remember, he addresses his possible past infidelity calmly and with full responsibilty.