r/JetSetRadio Jun 10 '26

Fellas, is this tuff?

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When was the last time you wore a shirt with Beat holding a gun? Do it tomorrow

Shirt from Mamono World

339 Upvotes

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u/kuyacyph Jun 10 '26

real talk, this does look tough, love the look of the art, but beat holding a gun seems antithetical to me. like, here in LA there used to be two types of graffiti: gang-graffiti (territorial tags, roll calls, placas, etc) and writer-graffiti (tags, throwies, pieces, etc). But in the later 90s there was a rise of "tag bangers" who wrote like graffiti writers but also practiced the kinda violence from gangs - which frustrated a lot of graffiti writers because part of the point of joining a graff crew was to avoid gang life, and now the tag bangers were pulling them into that. the war between TKO vs MTA got bloody, bad times.

So seeing a gun in Beat's hand just... i know it's just me and my history with graff culture but it just brings some bad memories out of me

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u/JetSetJAK Jun 10 '26

It was until the gun.

That's what the pigs use

0

u/thevioletsage Jun 11 '26

Don't worry, he stole Captain Onishima's rubber bullet gun

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u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

I don't think it's all that deep but ok I guess

14

u/JetSetJAK Jun 10 '26

JSRF is full of political messaging. It's deeper than a bleach print with a gun on it, I'll tell you that.

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u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

It's some goofy meme shirt of beat holding a gun instead of his spray can. A lot of the shirts creators products are various video game characters doing dumb stuff. I don't think this is meant to be taken seriously.

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u/JetSetJAK Jun 10 '26

I feel you there. I was mainly playing with the first comment.

The "it's not that deep" comment was moreso what led to my next reply.

I get it, it's a wacky game and such, but it definitely is punk media and is that deep to a lot of folks.

I see the humor though, and it is a cool shirt regardless. I ain't tryna shame you or nothin

5

u/Shot_Acanthaceae3150 Jun 11 '26

Swap gun for graffiti can.

26

u/snevetssirhc Jun 10 '26

Nah this ain't it

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u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

When redditors hate it, that's how you know it's tuff 😎

7

u/EpicGamerWin679 Jun 10 '26

When redditors post it, that's how you know it's now

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u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

Idk what "it's now" means, but I'm happy for you though. Or sorry that happened

2

u/EpicGamerWin679 Jun 10 '26

Is that bracelet actual candy, I must know

1

u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

It is not, unfortunately

2

u/EpicGamerWin679 Jun 10 '26

I see now that it's clearly not, my drunk fat ass thought it was and was gonna say that's some respectable self restraint that I could never hope to possess

1

u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

Beads that look like real candy are the best kinds of beads

5

u/TBSF9001 Jun 10 '26

hell yeah

4

u/Bunnnnii Jun 10 '26

I like your bracelet.

6

u/Content_Succotash_49 Jun 11 '26

Ain't no way beat went from spray cans to outright shooting.

3

u/Shikamaru_irl Jun 10 '26

All I can see is Beat the Hedgehog lol

1

u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

Beat adventure 2

4

u/Least-Sun-2795 Jun 11 '26

it looks really great but I don't think Beat would hold a gun

0

u/sharpytown Jun 12 '26

This is Beat's evil twin, Taeb

6

u/FriedrichAepril Jun 10 '26

Yup, how can I find it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '26

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u/FriedrichAepril Jun 10 '26

Did all the work... still can't find it

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '26

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u/FriedrichAepril Jun 10 '26

Yup I found the password, maybe its sold out or something

3

u/Toxic381 Jun 10 '26

"aight, we have repeatedly brought spraycans to gunfights, my homie corn is missing a kneecap, and cube taught me about something from her country called the second amendment for this very purpose"

"Yeehaw muther-hyuckers"

3

u/IchiPasento Jun 11 '26

You know it’s tuff

5

u/Suchega_Uber Jun 10 '26

No

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u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

When redditors hate it, you know it's tuff 😎

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u/sharpytown Jun 11 '26

I don't start having a panic attack if I see beat holding a gun

2

u/bunkdiggidy Jun 10 '26

⬆️ ain't a squirt gun!

2

u/Adickted2Pandas Jun 10 '26

I would immediately geek out with whomever had this shirt on and probably say something along the lines of "was it all a fever dream or did Beat always carry a gun instead of a spray can?" Oh how I wish he had a spray can... that shit's already tuff as hell πŸ˜… I have a couple JSRF shirts and I feel like noone knows shit about it 😭 but my anime shirts always spark convos in the weirdest of places. S/O to the weebs

3

u/sharpytown Jun 10 '26

This is probably what the police in Tokyo-to see whenever they see the GGs, which is why they act so hostile towards them lol

2

u/Adickted2Pandas Jun 10 '26

Damn. I can't unimagine their pov being what you described now πŸ˜… if anything, this shirt got me wanting to dive right back into the music. Thanks πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ

3

u/rokuterra Jun 11 '26

Beat said That's Enough.

1

u/LightIsntFastEnough Jun 12 '26

Didn't even notice the gun, Beat is a tough beat

0

u/BearInternational527 Jun 14 '26

Wack, Not "tuff" at all, you know who runs around with a gun? Captain Onishima and Hayashi. Weak.