All Substories Route (11/2020)

Any% New Game (Easy) Route (5/2021)

# General Stuff
* This route does not use the convenience store item packs
* Text can be skipped fast by holding R1+X
* Keep the camera pointed at the ground to lessen crowd density (this does not work as well as it does in 3/4, but it still works some)
* If a random encounter spots you, pump R1 instead of hold it to walk past it slightly faster
* Avoid bumping into random pedestrians, they could fight you
* Defeating a leader/miniboss first will make the subordinates get scared so you can 1HKO them

# Kiryu's Part
* Light+Light+Light+Strong+Strong is Kiryu's best combo (hammer hook)
* Essence of Head Press (triangle while enemy is standing up) is a good heat action you'll be using a lot
* Use the combo in [[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LSzfvPnYD0)] to stunlock all bosses starting with Yahata in chapter 3

## Chapter 1
* Taxi south (top option) and buy 10-15 Tauriner+ from Inori Pharmacy
* Give Tauriner+ to Tenjin Transportation President
* put 10k yen in the ATM
* After the tutorial fight, take the sidewalk by the water to where the boss is waiting
  * Always use the sidewalk on this street
* **LEVELS**: Tech lv1 (double combo finisher), Heat lv2 (Heat bar extension) on the street punks fight after eating
* Ishibashi and Mihara: use chair actions on one of them (don't mash), ignore the second. Once the first is dead, feel the heat will 1HKO the second.
* Walk home. Fight Sosuke (punch him once in dragon spirit then cancel it), head straight home (top option)

## Chapter 2
* Go to work
* Devil killers: dragon spirit should clean them all up
* Driving minigame: ignore the law and intended path, drive straight to the end (don't hit anything)
* Racing minigame: drift a lot, ignore the heat zone at the end of the lap, just boost normally
* Top option to office lady to meet Tatsuya
* Morinaga & Aizawa: drink a tauriner, dragon spirit should take care of morinaga completely. Bench/Trash can heat actions on aizawa
* Taxi north (3rd option) and walk home

## Chapter 3
* Go to work
* Top option to office lady, Top > Bottom > Bottom to Yakuza in the car
* Walk home, go to bed (top option), PRETEND NOT TO BE HOME (bottom option) to avoid a substory
* Driving minigame: immediately run into your target to fail it
* Go to work, then to the alley, then to Olivier
* Olivier fight: Defeat the leader first (has 2hp bars) with dragon spirit to scare the minions
* Top option to Aizawa to go to the setpiece
* fight everything with dragon spirit to open the 3rd floor door, then ignore the enemies up to the boss
* **LEVELS**: Buy up to Tech lv9 (get Bounding Throw) before the boss
* Yahata: Bounding throw infinite combo
* Fight to get to the stairs, ignore the Daruma, push down samurai display
* Pocket a golf club during the last fight, bounding throw combo Honda (the guy with the boss HP bar) then leave

## Chapter 4
* Walk through town, fight the three Yahata's Underlings groups
* Chase sequence: Grab a bottle, do melee attacks with it
* Taxi to Yahata's office (Hug the wall tight to avoid Spangled Meteor substory)
* Ignore the first group of enemies, inf combo Okada (sledgehammer), ignore enemies until the next door
* after putting out the fire do setpiece skip to keep the infinite use extinguisher for Ogasawara [[Video of skip](https://clips.twitch.tv/BillowingDifficultStingrayTwitchRaid)]
* Yahata 2: QTE
* Taxi to work, top option to Nakajima to leave
* Big fight: Use the golf club you pocketed, then the three metal planks by the wall on the left, then the golf club dropped by one of the enemies. Ignore the big guys aside from the one in red who spawns in last, he needs to die

# Saejima's Part
* Saejima has Essence of Finishing (triangle when enemy is on ground) unlocked by default, and it's much better than head press
* Light+Strong+Strong is typically the best combo for single enemies w/ normal HP amount
* L+L+S+S is good for large groups w/ low HP (batting cage, prison escape)
* Grab+Throw then Light+Strong while they're airborne is great for bosses

## Chapter 1
* After the intro fight, taxi to Serena (2nd option) then walk up to the batting center
* **THE PRISON TRADING SEQUENCE**
* Himura (ahead of you)
* bleachers man
* Baba (bench, waypoint)
* Dream Sequence #1 - Buy the hostess Orange Juice (2nd to last drink), let her have some or don't. (Sq+Sq+Tri) - Invite her on a date - (O+O+O+O) - Do something > Leave. Skip the karaoke and eat at Gindaco Highball
* The Baba Bench
* Bleachers man, right front corner man, two dudes talking by the sign
* center guy of the 3 (next to cold boy), front left corner, guy outside shed
* guy by boxes in the bench corner
* guy by the front fence, left side
* old guy on bleachers
* walk to dude, walk to cop
* bleachers man
* cop chase (run in circles around the yard, don't try to be cool)
* back to bleachers man
* Kugihara: **LEVELS** Buy to Soul lv3 (get Stability) and Tech lv8 (get Super Triple Combo), throw Kugihara and heat action him for most of his HP

## Chapter 2
* Dream Sequence #2 - skip darts, do the fight
* Prison escape fight: L+L+S+S
* Big fight - try to pocket 2 iron pipes and equip them
* Kugihara 2: Same as last time, also iron pipe heat action
* Snowmobile minigame: Dodge stuff
* Bear: do fully charged combos, get heat for stability, he can be hit from the front or back but not the side

## Chapter 3
* sakurai (orange coat), guy upstairs, sakurai
* mountain #1 - Roll to the destination, it's faser than walking
* sakurai, guy upstairs, sakurai
* mountain #2 - Pack meat before leaving, roll everywhere, follow the tutorials. On the return trip shoot the 2nd deer and take his stuff (you should shoot 2 deer on this trip)
* green coat lady, okudera
* mountain #3 - Walking is faster than rolling now. After the tutorial, let the bear damage Okudera
* sell everything to the trader, YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 20K YEN NOW. check road guy, okudera, go to Tsukimino

## Chapter 4
* Be very careful of random encounters in this chapter. They are everywhere
* Follow Baba until he vanishes, then walk to the hideout. Walk in the road whenever possible
* Taxi south (top option) to Bar Ambitious. Talk to the bartender then pay the guy 50k (2nd option)
* Walk north to the covered market on the left, talk to the homeless guy sitting down. Answer is "71"
* Go to northeast telephone booth, taxi south again (2nd option), walk to lottery booth
* Answer is "Seven scattered losing tickets" (2nd/3rd/1st options)
* Return to Ambitious bartender, go to the back room for the fight, taxi north back to the hideout
* Walk to the stage, then go north and cross the street to go back to the hideout (skips cutscenes). Top option to start the setpiece
* Fight any boss/leader that shows up first to take advantage of scare mechanic. The last group of enemies before you cross the road can be ignored. Scooters are very useful on everyone here
* Chase: hit Baba with a bottle until he starts running fast, then follow him
* Baba: Throw him and use the grounded heat action, do light attacks with the motor scooters (spam iron pipe heat action might also be fast?)

# Haruka/Akiyama's Part
* Every Haruka minigame is skippable except Sotenbori Love Check Quiz and Princess League training round 3
* Run faster as Haruka by constantly resetting her run animation, [Video of trick](https://youtu.be/qlpyN4xkBmg)

## Chapter 1
* The unskippable walk-and-talk cutscene at the start of this chapter is a good bathroom break
* Follow all waypoints on the minimap, skip all minigames (except the unskippable quiz show)
* During the quiz show, mash Circle to answer enough questions wrong to avoid the prize
* I don't recognize Christina (bottom option), ask for the flashy tanned man at Stijl (2nd option)

## Chapter 2
* Start avoiding the bottom left corner of the city (there's a substory here now), take the north route to dyna-chair instead

## Chapter 3
* Hakamada: Use the cart to your left, strong attack then heat action the boss
* Taxi from Akiayama's office to Dyna-Chair (top option)
* Buy 5 blackjacks from the weapon van ("Craft weapon" menu)
* Buy 15 Tauriner+ from Don Quijote on the way to Dyna-Chair
* Follow waypoints
* Taxi to Dyna-Chair again
* Saigo's training: Launch him once he stops talking, kick him once in the air
* **LEVELS**: Tech to lv3 (get Double Combo Finisher) at some point before Ogita
* Ogita: Use the blackjack heat action, keep him on the ground with it between combos
* Kanai: Start with two normal combos, then swap to blackjack heat action after the QTE

## Chapter 4
* Follow waypoints
* after going to Crest Bar go directly to the southwest parking lot
* **LEVELS:** to Tech lv7 (get Triple Combo Finisher and Combo Speed Boost) on bartender fight
* DO NOT SKIP Princess League training 3 (it will make you do it again until you get the objectives)
* Princess League round 3 - DO NOT DROP OUT, skip the minigame and lose instead
* Taxi to Akiyama's office (top), do the fight there (cart again), taxi to Ousaka Enterprises (bottom)
* Ousaka Enterprises - Setpiece skip after the first large group of enemies. After meeting Ogita you can ignore the enemies and go inside. [[Video of skip](https://youtu.be/T53Im1KdtaI)]
* Kanai 2: Blackjack heat actions and combos on Kanai. Ignore his minions, make sure not to fail feel the heat

# Shinada's Part
* Shinada's grab+run thing is garbage, so is his default weapon (but its heat action is great)
* Full combo + My Explosive Finish throw is Shinada's best combo

## Chapter 1
* You can't ignore talking to the people on the way to the club
* Kubota employees: use the green tables' strong attacks
* Walk & Talk with Uno is about 2 minutes. take a break
* Answer phone questions correctly (Futo Momo/Milky, random order) to get a Staminan Royale later. VERY IMPORTANT FOR MONEY, you can get 1 wrong
* Kineicho Man: don't use a heat action, put the weapon away and do light attacks
* **LEVELS:** Soul lv1 (Boozer's Lore) and Tech Lv1 (My Explosive Finish)
* Batting minigame: Line an inner sweet spot up with the center for an easier home run
* Teppei Ono: weapon heat, paper fan, mysterious syringe strong attacks. [[Video of fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1eabfTjAtY)]

## Chapter 2
* quit the minigame with the pitcher, follow waypoint
* Avoid the sidewalk corner with the substory in front of M Store for the rest of Shinada's part
* Head east out of Futo Momo, go south to pick up Staminan Royale
* Ignore Ayanokoji, follow waypoints
* Go to north waypoint, then south waypoint (when looking for Uno)
* stick to streets from now until taking the taxi (you will get 1 car QTE but no falling object QTEs)
* after Uno's, sell the staminan royale at ebisu pawn and take taxi (bottom option)
* Chase: don't bother hitting him, just follow the route
* Sakai: punch him to bait an attack, then dodge behind and do full combos. pipe heat action when you can

## Chapter 3
* Run to the bar, then to M-Store after (ignore taxi waypoint, you get a phone call)
* buy a bunch of kinmugi beer (10 should be more than enough), go to Uno's then take north taxi to setpiece (bottom)
* Setpiece: drink 2 beers. All enemies die to one full combo (+ my explosive finish). Use pipe heat action on the guy holding the two pipes who keeps showing up
* Manabe: Grab the two staminans near where you start, do pipe heat actions. You can also full combo him when he taunts (after the first heat action probably)

## Chapter 4
* Touch the southern invisible wall at the end of the street to get the phone call to return home
* Daigo: Drink 1 beer, pipe heat action, full combo the taunt, pipe heat action
* Tell Daigo you're ready to go (top)
* Baseball fight: Let the boss aggro to your partner so you can hit him in the back more easily. Take advantage of scared minions

# Finale
## Chapter 1
* Serena, then the host outside Stardust, then the alley across from the park
* Baba: bounding throw infinite combo
* as Saejima, taxi west (fourth) and **WALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDEWALK TO AVOID SODACHI DOJO**
* Talk to Florist, go to Coliseum
* Aizawa: full combos to his face, throw + heat action when you have heat (iron pipe heat actions?)

## Chapter 2
* taxi to Sky Finance (2nd), all dialog options to Shinada
* Get the booze from Poppo, taxi to hotel district (top), homeless guy is right in front of you on the right
* Walk south and east on Shichifuku street until you get the phone call with the waypoint

##  Chapter 3
* Kiryu to taxi to kamurocho hills, Saejima to do the hills
* Kamurocho Hills: after the 2nd large group of enemies outside ignore the rest, grab the Staminan and walk inside
* fail the falling furniture QTE, ignore all enemies after this and setpiece skip from the round platform into the elevator room
* use red heat on Higashide + Fujikawa (red+white jacket bosses) together
* Watase: bounding throw infinite combo
* Katsuya: Full combos to his face + heat actions. Once he goes heat mode, let him reset his grab then throw him a lot (iron pipe heat actions?)
* pick Kiryu to fight Saejima, infinite combo

## Chapter 4
* Walk to the park, talk to Baba, walk back
* Top option to Yamaura
* Talk to Kiryu, then go back to Serena

## Chapter 5
* Rest twice, talk to Akiyama, "I'm ready" (2nd option)
* Kiryu to fight the minions + Kanai (bounding throw infinite combo)
* Saejima to fight in the sewers. Do setpiece skip in the narrow hallway (2nd group of enemies) to skip the long conversation after. THIS ONE WORKS DIFFERENTLY, the wall disappears when 1 enemy is left alive instead of 0. [[Video of skip](https://youtu.be/-FRuHmCJmOU)]
* Majima: Full combos to his face, heat action if he gets on the ground. Fail his first QTE, do the second one. When he makes clones you have to kill them first (iron pipe heat actions?)
* Baba: Pipe heat actions. Do his first QTE, fail his second. You could also do red heat if you have it.
* Kiryu to fight more minions
* Kanai: Do akiyama's red heat action, do all QTEs. Use up the rest of your blackjacks
* Aizawa: bounding throw infinite combo. Let him start doing QTEs at 2hp bars remaining, 1.75 bars left if you accidentally get the long mashing QTE. Cancel the heals outside with well-timed bounding throws. 
* Time is on final QTE (there's only one, you'll see it)

Any% NG+ Guide/Notes

These are the notes I used for my Yakuza 5 NG+ runs. They're not fully detailed but at least flush out the finer points of the run. Hope this helps!

Yakuza 5 - Any% NG+

1.1 - The Wanderer
Take cab to Nagasu Parking (1 Down)
Give Staminan Spark
	-Street Punks 1 (GP)
Taxi to West Nagasugai (2 Up)
	-Street Punks 2 (GP)
	-Cabaret Club Showdown (GP)

1.2 - Uninvited Guest
	-Wada-San’s Home
	-Street Racing
Skip scene after ride with Tatsuya (pulling in to Nagasu Taxi)
	-Morinaga & Aizawa
Taxi to West Nagasugai (2 Up)

1.3 - The Plot Unfolds
Check sides for devil killer goon
Pretend you’re not home
	-Lose The Car (Drive into the car)
Go north around corner back to Nagasu Taxi
	-Watase Family (kill leader)
Defeat enemy sets 1-3, run after
	-Yahata (Shoot to sliver of health)
Defeat enemy sets 1& 2
	-Honda

1.4 - Destinations
Near beginning of North Nagasu Blvd
	-Red Jumpsuits 1
East end of Modern Street (SE)
	-Red Jumpsuits 2 (SG/GP)
Head straight south (X in front, don’t mash)
	-Kobayashi Chase (Hit with bottle)
Cut corners across substory to not activate
Taxi to Nagasu Parking (1 Down)
Hammer QTE
Kill enemies in room after running up stairs
Only kill Ogasawara
	-Yahata
Head south to taxi, take to Nagasu Taxi North (1 Down)
Drop off sunglasses/gun in item box before heading to the pier
	-Pier Party

2.0 - Taiga Saejima
Run away from cab path to initiate fight 
Taxi to Tenkaichi Street (1 Down)
Head south to taxi to North Hotel District (1 Down)

2.1 - Ends of the Earth
Talk to Himura straight across, by first door gate
Talk to Oshima on bench bleachers
Talk to Baba in the corner with park benches
	-Image Training
Choose Orange Juice (2 Up)
Prompts - S, S, T > C , C, C, C > S, S > Leave
Eat food to fill up health
Attack punks, no weapons
	-Lights Out
Head to park benches in the corner
Talk to bored inmate in corner opposite benches
Talk to old guy on bleachers
Talk to 2 guys standing near sign
	CUTSCENE
Talk to guy outside storeroom
Talk to guy opposite storeroom guy
Talk to guy next to cold guy
Talk to guy standing near park benches
Talk to guy in cap opposite cold guy, then old timer on bleacher benches
Run up to item guy and guard until you’re not far away, then go slow
Talk to old timer on bleacher benches again
Talk to guard, run in circles, don’t get caught
	-Kugihara

2.2 - The Way of Resolve
Choose Darts, exit minigame
Bear 

2.3 - Frozen Roar
Walk by guy in orange coat
	-Save Baba
Grab items from the door behind you after saving Baba
Go to Elder’s house at top of the stairs for gun
Bring deer meat to advance
Crouch and head towards snow hill
	-Hunter Deer
Talk to woman in green coat
Run up to giant bear, having Okudera get mauled
	-Hunting Wabbits
Talk to guy near exit of village
Talk to Okudera to go to Tsukimino

2.4 - Reckless Encounter
GRAB A DRINK!!! Free time (1:20)
Equip Items
Follow Baba
Take Taxi to North Tsukimino (1 Down)
	Proceed to hideout
Taxi to South Tsukimino (Mash X)
Talk to Bartender, Exit, pay 50,000 yen
Answer homeless guy (71 homeless)
Go to phone booth (NE)
Taxi to South Tsukimino (Mash X)
“Seven Scattered Losing Tickets” (1 Down, 1 Up, Mash)
Go back to bar
Take Taxi to North Tsukimino (1 Down)
	-Day 1
Drop off Sunglasses/Pistol at item box on way back to hideout
	-Day 2
Talk to Baba
	-Santa’s Streets
Dodge Cars (O, O)
	-Sakamoto
	-Shigeki Baba

3.1 - Backstage Dreams
Exit Mini rhythm game (x2)
BATHROOM BREAK - Streets with Horie-Chan (2:35)
	-Bed Time
Exit Dance Battle
Exit Handshake Event
Exit Princess League Battle
Go to Dyna Chair
Choose second option (doesn’t know what he looks like)
Go to Stijl bar to look for Christina
	-Stijl Bar
Exit Dance Battle
Game Show Answers - X-X-X-O-X-O-X-X-O-X 
Take cab to West Shofukucho (1 DOWN)

3.2 - Hope Lives On
Cut through south alley to office to avoid substory guy
Exit Dance
Exit Civic Event Performance
Exit drum game in arcade
	-Bed Time
Cut through south alley again

3.3 - Closing In
Taxi to East Shofukucho (1 Down)
Grab items from phone booth on the way
At the office, go to dance studio on the 4th floor
Taxi to East Shofukucho (1 Down)
	-Launch Strike
	-Kan Ogita (Kill)
	-Kanai (Shoot to Orange, QTE, Shoot, QTE)

3.4 - Beyond the Dream
As Haruka, take taxi to East Shofukucho (1 Down)
Skip Princess League event
	-Akiyama Meet-Up
Go to Crest Bar, then parking lot in SW (avoid CS)
	-Crest Bartender
Go to Crest Bar
Try to avoid Food Stand substory CS
As Haruka, take cab to West Shofukucho (Mash X)
	-Bed Time
Taxi to Osaka Talent (1 Up)
As Haruka, DO NOT skip dance lesson (required)
	-Weeb’s Dream
At Princess League, select No > Yes > Yes 
As Akiyama, take taxi to East Sotenbori Street (Mash X)
	-Takeshi Hakamada (Use Shotguns)
Kill first set of baddies 
In scrapyard after bulldozer, knock out first alley area first
After talking to Ogita, ignore guys and run straight through door
	-First Floor Guys
	-Warehouse Guys
Taxi to E Shofukucho (1 Down)
Drop off sunglasses/gun at phone booth on the way to taxi for Shin-Osaka Station
	-Kamon Kanai

4.1 - Abandoned Glory
Stick to right wall at first until you get the TV cutscene
	-Uniforms (SG/R)
BATHROOM BREAK - Uno & Shinada (2:10)
	-Kineicho Man
Pick up sunglasses/pistols at phone booth by batting center
DON’T skip batting scene, just resets
	-Home Run
	-Teppei Ono
?Around 4 way intersection to avoid CS at corner

4.2 - Confronting the Past
Skip batting mini game
Try to skip substory CS on way to Futo Momo
After Futo Momo and phone call, take taxi to East Kineicho (2 Down)
	-Go to sleep
Goose Chase - Noriko north, take taxi to South Kineicho (1 Down)
Run through 2 obstacles to Acupuncture Clinic
More Obstacles
	-Yakiniku Ittoukai
Take taxi to North Kineicho (2 Down)
	-Atsushi Sakai

4.3 - The Price of Truth
After meeting in bar, start walking north towards acupuncture clinic
Go around to avoid substory CS
	-Warehouse 62
	-Kubota
After forklift, kill all enemies on the way
	-Manabe

4.4 - Fleeting Triumph
Run north until call comes in
	-Daigo Dojima
Return sunglasses/pistol in hideout before agreeing to Tokyo
	-Kuroha Family

5.1 - A Legend Returns
	-Shigeki Baba
Take Taxi to West Shichifuku Street (3 Down) - Cross street to avoid substory
	-Aizawa

5.2 - A Hidden Past
Taxi to Tenkaichi Street Entrance (1 Down)
Taxi to North Hotel District (Mash X)
Talk to homeless guy at vending machine
Head towards MEB building

5.3 - The Survivors
QUICK BATHROOM BREAK
Grab golden pistol/sunglasses from New Serena
Take taxi to East Park Blvd (1 Down)
Skip 3rd set of enemies entering Ousaka
Skip all enemies after running up escalator
	-Murata
	-Fujikawa
	-Watase (Kill)
	-Katsuya 
Choose Kiryu
	-Saejima (Shoot to 0%)

5.4 - Crossroads
Take taxi to Tenkaichi Street (2 Down)
Stay straight and right to lesson studio (don’t cut through)

Finale (Dreams Fulfilled)
“Rest” twice, then talk to Akiyama
	-Kanai 1 (Only use GP!)
Choose Shinada
Unequip weapons during conversation with Saejima
Run past enemies after conversation
	-Sewers (Shoot to Orange)
	-Majima (Shoot to yellow > low HP)
	-Baba (50% Yellow/Orange, 50% HP)
	-Kanai 2
	-Aizawa (End on QTE)
Shoot Through Heat

Yakuza 5 Any% Guide

Moved to a Google Doc in style of other guides, slightly more detailed.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ATM8O5ZvxTVp3qpgmIiEQ1cIc8_jEGygrgHKA5sUcs/edit

Yakuza 5 New Game+ (rough draft, in progress)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Niy3MQKjBAmCnKZ0Wc6NEXBonDi8KACXEroMuBvhmA/edit

Yakuza 5 Speedrun Optimisations

This guide is a collection of the fastest known ways to deal with every main bossfight, glitches and movement based speedtech. Its main purpose is to act as a reading guide for new and old runners alike, to understand the speedtech and strats performed, and provide video examples where necessary.

While it is not a full on guide for the Any% category, it can supplement as one if you so choose to use it and already know the route well:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OvpxRmYzsPMVh0coEBmJm4AbblIaMBpYlpw-dMjDu48/edit

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Duders

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Yakuza 5

Kiryu's Chapter

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JPN / NTSC

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Legend

Console

Difficulty

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Hi all, it's come to our attention that the current implementation of loadless times is flawed for Yakuza 5 PC. A lot more than just loads (seems to be all fadeouts) are being removed from the timer as well. So unfortunately, I do have to remove all of the set loadless times thus far so only the RTA

名称	作者
All Substories Route (11/2020)	tapioca 3 years ago
Any% New Game (Easy) Route (5/2021)	tapioca 2 years ago
Any% NG+ Guide/Notes	Duders 3 years ago
Yakuza 5 Any% Guide	RyuHousen 1 year ago
Yakuza 5 New Game+ (rough draft, in progress)	RyuHousen 1 year ago
Yakuza 5 Speedrun Optimisations	hannya 1 year ago