What I Expected: "No holds barred! There can only be one Dragon!" What I Got: "Please guys for the love of God stop fighting..."

He went from stealing pants in the 80s as a kid to stealing our hearts in the 2000s as a man.

The "sad and remorseful final boss theme" has got to be one of my favorite video game archetypes

@gallantsteel8542

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing will still beat the final boss of MGRR though.

@maude7420

3 жыл бұрын

Music wise, Kiwami 2 is better but Nishiki just hits harder story wise

@theunchosendude5446

3 жыл бұрын

@@maude7420 I agree, but it's not fair comparing Ryuji to someone who gets the benefit of being built up over two games, as well as having new added "downfall" scenes to give more character. If we're going on OG Yakuza 1 Nishiki, he wasn't all that good of a villain due to how little he was present during the story. Yakuza 0 gave him and Kiryu a history, and Yakuza Kiwami made his change from Kiryu's friend to Kiryu's betrayer extremely tragic with the new cutscenes.

@maude7420

3 жыл бұрын

Ok seeing it this way I can see Ryuji going higher

@archol6596

3 жыл бұрын

@@gallantsteel8542 Amen bro, Armstrong was the GOAT

im always reminded that ryuji used to steal pants and now hes a patriarch

@amberdowden2182

2 жыл бұрын

1988: *steals pants* 2006: *Steals lives, Patriarch, got himself a dragon on his back and earned the nickname Dragon Of Kansai, Finds out the truth about his childhood, reunited with his sister, Fights to the death with the dragon of dojima before a "bomb" goes off, then dies* dang... wow

@DerEthereal

7 ай бұрын

1988: *steals pants* 2006: *steals his own dad*

A reminder that these absolute mad lads fought all out with two gunshot wounds

@liamhart1202

2 жыл бұрын

Three gunshot wounds* lmao

@joelortiz3084

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamhart1202 Kiryu was 2, Goda was 3

@raf_cdn

2 жыл бұрын

@@joelortiz3084 and yet Goda dies while Kiryu is strong enough to survive a billion stab wounds and gunshots in the other games

@kio7320

2 жыл бұрын

@@raf_cdn Goda was shot near his heart, so yeah rip him ig

@MrManueldx

2 жыл бұрын

@@kio7320 wasn't ichiban shot DIRECTLY ABOVE his heart? I think it's wasn't the gunshots that killed him, it was kiryu's insane strength

Settle the score with Goda "This is how it has to be."

@Jaegered

3 жыл бұрын

honestly i like the little prompt that they give you after you receive like a quest in kiwami 2 and 6 its either humorous or really serious

@gidoenn9625

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jaegered i think of it like kiryus internal thoughts that are jotted down so you can feel more immersed in kiryus thoughts, i find it awesome ngl

@captaundinner5661

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jaegered "i will fight an entire jungle if i have to"

@KlassikTP

2 жыл бұрын

@@captaundinner5661 " He's nothing to me"

@shugafoo2847

2 жыл бұрын

@@KlassikTP "Here's the problem child."

I love this fight so much. Unlike so many other final bosses it's not about getting revenge. It's not about stopping some master plan. It's not about crushing a misguided ambition. This fight is simply two men who, with the very last of their strength, have chosen to bare their souls in one final clash.

@dkld6575

2 жыл бұрын

You could say the same about Nishiki and Mine despite their ideals all is laid bare in their fights.

@mmmohyeah281

2 жыл бұрын

For one scattered, eternal moment, there will truly be only one dragon 😔

@morkgin2459

Жыл бұрын

​​@@dkld6575 mine is definitely revengeful since he destroyed orphanage and sorta lead to Rikkiya's death.

*'No holds barred,* *'the clock is ticking,'* *'bleeding and wounded,'* *'a dragon's resolve shines through.'* *'Territorial by nature, they clash...'* *'As there can only be* *one true dragon* *among them.'*

@tsar389

Жыл бұрын

He was not the dragon but he was a great one, one who was originally blinded by his emotions but eventually redeems himself

@Ryanologistonym

4 ай бұрын

and then during the last minute of the bomb detonation time the deceased dragon's sister starts tongueing with the other barely surviving dragon

@SUNGJINWOOTHESHADOWMONARCH0

4 ай бұрын

​@@Ryanologistonym man...... That hits

Ryuji had a point. A real man oughta be a little stupid.

I don’t know why but this reminds me of plin plin plon

@asayai

2 жыл бұрын

I searched for this comment

@majoravideos4393

2 жыл бұрын

this is pretty much it's equivalent in the yakuza series, although For Whose Sake is much more iconic

At the end of the fight, there is one last QTE for you to hit. You MUST hit it, because if you don't, Kiryu will be instantly killed, no matter how much health he has left.

@fattyfaterson8006

3 жыл бұрын

learnt that one the hard way lmao

@Mavelm

3 жыл бұрын

You aren't a real Yakuza speedrunner until you've botched that QTE at the end of a run.

@gallantsteel8542

3 жыл бұрын

@@fattyfaterson8006 Must've ruined the feel of the fight a little bit

@wsirsp

3 жыл бұрын

In yakuza 5, I had run the entire game without continues, and was downed by the QTE towards the end with Shinada hitting the baseball.

@gallantsteel8542

3 жыл бұрын

@@wsirsp maybe you should cut down on those staminans and toughnesses

I like this version a lot more than the original. Not to say the og is bad, it's still a banger. But this one is much slower pace, which reflects on their fight. They're not fighting to survive, because as far as they know, they will not make it out alive. This is a fight about respect. They talk in metaphors about there only being one dragon and both communicate for through fists, since thats what they know. The only reason Kiryu wins, it's because unlike Ryuji, Kiryu uses his strength to protect those dear to him till his last breath, which Ryuji only cared about personal power. And i believe Ryuji realized this in his final moments with his sister crying over him. When you have someone worth fighting for, you will do everything you can to protect them with every fiber in your body. That's where true strengths lies.

How i am supposed to fight with tears in my eyes?

Each boss in yakuza so far I made sure to never use cheap tricks, only hands, no heat actions. (Except in Kiwami when regen phase)

@gidoenn9625

2 жыл бұрын

no tiger drop or weapons for me, i sometimes use heat actions but in a fight like this i find it more canonical that theyre both just giving it their all without any cheap tricks because theyre both honourable, so i dont want to sully that moment yk

@dogeofdojima3813

2 жыл бұрын

I only use fists and heat actions. No carried weapons or picking up stuff from the ground. More hoborable

@akiranakajima257

2 жыл бұрын

So uhh what about Mr. Shakedown?

@gidoenn9625

2 жыл бұрын

@@akiranakajima257.... good point

@theunchosendude5446

2 жыл бұрын

@@akiranakajima257 I think he's talking about story bosses. Any other bosses you can perform dirty tricks on. Personally for Mr. Shakedown, I like getting close to him and then using the Legend style twist counter whenever he swings at me.

If you didn't let Goda get Kiryu's health down to the tiny bit possible, you're not doing it right.

@shadowalleydenizen4834

Жыл бұрын

My first time fighting him, I managed to go through with no healing But we had both hit each other down to the tiniest sliver of health left, then that final QTE popped up If I had missed it, or if I had to heal at all, I would've been so upset, that was the most beautiful final boss for me of any game

@Gabycretin

Жыл бұрын

I decided to do it without healing once. Took me almost 25 tries to beat the Golden Dragon.

@Mechagator

Жыл бұрын

I make a point of fighting final bosses in Yakuza games with no items, no healing. Man to man, soul to soul, idea to idea. It made the Shibusawa and Nishiki fights just…breathtaking. I hope to replicate the feeling with Ryuji.

@Tr0llTh3W0rld

6 ай бұрын

I constantly fought in the red towards the end of the game because of the payback ring

@yeetlordentertainment3937

6 ай бұрын

NO - you fight him with your WHOLE STRENGTH. No healing items, of course, but if you beat him with half your health remaining, GOOD. To pity him and ALLOW hits is disrespectful. Homeboy is a true warrior - so beat his ass with every ounce of skill you have. Anything less is an insult to the Ryujer himself.

A real man ought to be a little stupid

Man I really wish this was on spotify

@askallywag

2 жыл бұрын

I can put it on spotify

@mat12112

2 жыл бұрын

@@askallywag you can? How? Please do so!

@askallywag

2 жыл бұрын

@@mat12112 Ok, I'll notify you when I'm done

@mat12112

2 жыл бұрын

@@askallywag thanks so much!

@askallywag

2 жыл бұрын

I'll do the whole track just for your sake and mine. I've wanted this for a while lol

It's probably just copium, but a part of me likes to believe that Ryuji survived. If Kiryu survived his injuries, then I have no doubt in my mind that Ryuji survived too. Would be cool as hell if he came back as a mentor for Ichiban.

@spuds_are_dope

8 ай бұрын

I mean, he came back in Dead Souls, so.....

@chonlasitcheodchan7381

7 ай бұрын

Well, Dead Souls isn't canon so we don't really know yet.

@wat1530

4 ай бұрын

@@chonlasitcheodchan7381 Knowing Kashiwagi, Lau Ka Long and Andre "Ruff" Richardson, it wouldn’t be surprising if Ryuji survived in some way.

@exxiduss6859

4 ай бұрын

@@wat1530 when playing Gaiden it's pretty clear that he didn't

Kiryu going balls out before Yakuza 4

It's a beautiful piano tone. The song for the final battle between Kiryu and Ryuji. Kazuma Kiryu doesn't exist, so he's an eternal person to me.❤❤😊

i didnt use any drugs played in hard mode and no tiger drops just raw punches and no weapons

@nicholashawthorne2143

3 жыл бұрын

I literally traded blows with Ryuji until we were both down to specks of health and the final QTE in hard mode. It was either gonna be him or I. By far the most epic fight..

@rogueywougey7545

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholashawthorne2143 mustve felt like you were really there 😅 i fucked up the qte with a tiny bit of health left and lost so i destroyed him in round 2 :p

@egotistikz

3 жыл бұрын

Ryuji's Final Fight with no meds, weapons, tdrops, and only just punching is the most epic thing

@charlescalthrop2535

3 жыл бұрын

@@egotistikz eh. I much prefer it when it’s an absolute slugfest, where each blow is repaid.

@gidoenn9625

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogueywougey7545 it doesnt actually matter if you have a speck of healyh or a full bar, if you miss the qte kiryu dies. i love the high stakes of this fight

Thanks to Infinite Wealth, we learn Kiryu considered Ryuji the strongest adversary he ever faced. Take a smile and a bow Ryuji; you deserve it. And maybe a Whiskey or six.

Dragon vs Dragon. Settle the score with Goda. "This is how it has to be."

Fuck, i was love this guy.

Such an unexpected game. Blew every expectation out of the world

Oh ryuji how i wish you could be alive somehow 😭 there are too many frauds

Listening to this makes me want to cry.

Pepega mod Ken block theme Rip king

Normal final fight themes: IT HAS TO BE THIS WAAAAY (insert heavy metal here) Yakuza 2's final boss theme: *It has to be this way...*

0:13

I love the song

A romantically tragic fight. My favorite fight in the entire series. They could have done anything together, and they didn’t have to fight. But pride overpowered logic. I didn’t want to but I understood why they did it. My goal from that point on was to make this fight everything they wanted it to be

I wish they added this to itunes

👏👏👏👏👏👏

I don't like 2's story or Kiwami 2's gameplay I ain't gonna lie, but the substories were good and this final fight and song were excellent. Ryuji is a lovable guy

@plosonen

11 ай бұрын

I wasn't feeling it that much either until this chapter, it made playing the game worth it. I just really didn't vibe with the whole mafia part of it

*Why couldn't we save him?*

best time to use extreme heat mode and mashing attack button

Tbh i got no clue what's the difference between this & the kiwami I guess the upbeat? I mean yeah i prefer that but still i got no clue what's the difference

@hhhhhh-zz2fw

9 күн бұрын

This is the kiwami PS2 version is less loud and dramatic, it's easier to notice once you listen to them both in full

Spoiler so if you haven’t beaten the game dont read . . . They said kiryu never kill but yet he caused but yet when they fight ryuji dies?

@KJ7QLV

2 жыл бұрын

Ryuji just wasn't chad enough to survive two bullet wounds

@mr.purple250

2 жыл бұрын

the final punch decided everything

@MurcielagoSV

2 жыл бұрын

He’s alive.

@jeremytewari3346

Жыл бұрын

Basically both of them were bleeding out, but Ryuji’s gunshot wounds were naturally fatal. Ryuji always dies, however if he wins the fight it’s implied that the damage he inflicted plus Kiryu’s gunshot wounds would be enough together to kill Kiryu. They thought the bomb would kill them both in the end regardless, so it’s not like Ryuji was going out of his way to kill Kiryu, or Kiryu was trying to speed up Ryuji’s death, just two doomed men settling the score.

@kingd8232

Жыл бұрын

​@@jeremytewari3346unless it's dead souls

Took the og one down for what😒

@LikeaExtender

Жыл бұрын

I didnt?? kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWtrqNihoJndktY.html

@TheRealFredbearPlush

Жыл бұрын

Oh nah I meant there was a kiwami 2 scattered moment video with a lot of views that was deleted I think for copyright or something. It wasn’t u my bad

@mohammadbu50

Жыл бұрын

wow i find out about this right after finishing the game

Orignal is better tbh