Just something interesting that the youtuber tehsnakerer noted about this fight. Kiryu serves as the final obstacle to aizawa’s dream. As the fight progresses, we see kiryu pushing Aizawa further and further away from the Tojo clan HQ until they’re literally outside, symbolizing Kiryu slowly crushing Aizawa’s dream to be chairman.
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>Comes into the game with literally almost 0 plot relevance >Is the final boss >"I'm gonna be the most fun and well designed final boss in the series" >Doesn't explain >Disappears from the series again afterwards
Kurosawa: "I reached the top of the criminal underworld, but I've lost interest. I will take on a more worthy challenge: DANCING" Haruka: "the world of idols is SO MUCH MORE than you can handle"
My headcanon is that throughout the entire plot after the first part with Kiryu, Aizawa was farming EXP in the Coliseum and getting training through the IF-8 cities while putting in all of his skill orbs. A shame he didn't get a breakthrough with Komaki though
I'm guessing that Aizawa was supposed to mirror Kiryu's relationship with their fathers setting up legacies for them. Kazama always wanted what was best for Kiryu (as we saw in Zero) and essentially gave him the top seat as chairman in Sera's will to make him the peak of what it was to be Yakuza. Kiryu cared for Kazama, and likewise. Aizawa on the other hand had no relationship with his father, until his father concocted the plan to make Aizawa the leader of both the Tojo and Omi; not because he cared for his son, but out of a selfish desire to use his son to continue his own legacy. Aizawa despised this, but only took it so he could prove to himself that he could reach the peak of being a Yakuza by defeating Kiryu. Not because it was the wish of his father, but for his own legacy. And then, of course, is the opposition between Aizawa and his dad, to Haruka with Kiryu. Too bad the game didn't communicate Aizawa's motives all that well or how he's the appropriate final boss!
I disagree with this reading of Tsubasa. Yes he wanted to leave something behind and prove his stance on yakuza to be better than that of main cast, but he chose Aizawa specifically and more importantly, he didn't want Aizawa to go through the same process he did to get to the top. Aizawa's too naive to notice this unfortunately.
Good take. Also fits with the dream theme of Y5. Is Aizawa fighting for his own dream or is he fighting on behalf of his father's dream? It mirrors Haruka's struggle in this game, in which she was still figuring out if the idol world was really Haruka's dream or was it Park's dream?
@@DrearyMiri I wouldn't say that. Kazuma never wanted Kiryu (or Nishiki) to join the Yakuza, they basically begged & guilt tripped him. Hell, it's outright stated that part of Kazama's plan in 0 was that Kiryu could try to make a legit life in real estate. So Kazama would have at least approved of Kiryu leaving to be a father and leaving the Tojo in (what was thought to be) capable hands with Teru, who was Kazuma's ally. He at least got to meet his future surrogate granddaughter before he sacrificed himself.
I know quite alot of people doesnt like the sudden reveal of Aizawa and the story in general, but you gotta admit, this fight is badass, especially with the qte's and dat music.
@@authorbhattacharjee4957 Well, at least Shibusawa tatto was hidden until very end and you didn't know about his abilities. Also you knew that he is enemy to you and after teasing with Awano you probably started to think that all three lieutenants are capable fighters(or at least that was my case). Aizawa, on other hand, loses two times before final fight and he was looking like a good guy- impulsive and emotional but still positive character. And yes- I love both fights
And here it is, one of the most epic final boss fights in the whole series. Ironic that after all Kurosawa did to leave behind for his son, aizawa ultimately just wanted a chance to fight Kiryu to prove himself (hardly the first time that's happened). And that he can soak up at least 12 health bars (or thereabouts) of a beating from a half-dead Kiryu and just keep going. He must have been seriously holding back earlier in the story. Also, is he supposedly to be mirroring Nishki in this fight? As he has a white suit on, and he also has a carp tattoo on his back. Though that also shows that he's on the verge of becoming a legend of his own, and all he needs to do is slay a dragon to do it.
I think he is supposed to. Remember with Ryuji, he said that he reminded Kiryu of Nishiki, and because of that, he deserved everything that Kiryu had in him, hence him throwing off his suit. He only does that to worthy foes(cept Shibusawa, he was still young so he probably thought this was just a battle against dragons).
@@arsenal4739 he does that to every final boss and iwami wasn't a worthy foe, aizawa is just a epic fight but shitplot even kiddo from Y4 has a better plot
@@Killingblow976 I'm not fully finished with 5 or know much of 6. I accidentally spoiled myself when I saw this funny modded video of Y5 that had the 1st Aizawa QTE against Haruka. He does feel somewhat bland to me but the fight is cool. Sucks that Iwami wasn't much good though, I thought he'd be more of a good final boss since Y6 is Kiryu's last game, and it was the first new game after Y0(Ik about Kiwami 1, but that was a remake, 6 would be a new one).
@@arsenal4739 oh my bad, sorry i didn't knew, but iwami is weak for a reason the devs can't bring themselves to make kiryu lose, so they did this last game pretty easy and do new things like Y7
I said it before certainly but I think it deserves saying again. I always liked that touch of... mixed excitement and hesitance that Aizawa has when Kiryu reveals his own wound. The realization of him finally having a chance at standing up against a living legend coupled with the realization that what Kiryu throws at him won't even be his best due to the Dragon being gutshot. I'd almost wager that he considered, for a moment, standing down because if he won, it'd be a hollow victory. Honestly, he has protagonist vibes for me. I wouldn't mind seeing a Judgment-esque spinoff with him, giving him a lot more much needed screentime to develop his character.
I think there's a lot of room of potential for Aizawa, he seems like Ichiban, a shounen protagonist rising to the legend status. I wish they'd revisit him but that chance seems slim. If there was more screentime for Aizawa, I think he'd probably be one of my favorite antagonists. He still makes for one of the best boss fights in the series (if not the best), so kudos to him.
Thanh Hảo Lê pretty impressive most of this is actually humanly possible. You look at things like these and then look at other things and realize how ridiculous this game series gets
@@LThanhHao232 you forgot about Aizawa throwing Kiryu so hard he went through a door and landed into a wall, and how Aizawa kept fighting despite landing face first into the ground from 20 ft. Mad lad devs...
I don't know if this tops the plan that Kiryu's gang in Yakuza 4 had. You know. Bringing a bunch of money to the Millennium Tower so that their enemies would show up.
@@SolidN8 he was one of the 2 bodyguards who went to Kiryu in the first chapter for help trying to find Daigo, the one Morinaga claimed to have killed and buried on top of a mountain
14:54 - 16:16 Probably my favourite ending to a Boss fight, from Haruka’s song to Kiryu beating Aizawa to the final punch. It’s like something out of an old action movie.
I like how Kiryu tells Aizawa to get to the top however long it takes and then he can come and try again, and Aizawa is just like 'No dude, I'm good' *passes out*
@@SIGNOR-G Yeah, there's been heavy crackdowns on yakuza for a while where before they were kinda viewed as just something that's there. It's probably what inspired the Bleach Japan stuff in 7, the writers like to incorporate current events into the games.
In terms of the music, setting and qtes, this fight is probably my favourite final boss in the series. If Aizawa had just been built up a liiiittle bit more before the finale, it'd probably also be my favourite character-wise too. Hot diggity, 5 is so damn good. I wanna play it again after watching this.
@@_____2219 honestly i liked how the way aizawa thinks. He's not completely wrong, but he's somewhat hypocritical by letting his father (kurosawa) doing the whole plot just to descent both clans to him. If only he stopped kurosawa doing all this before, everything in Y5 wouldnt be happened. Im interested to meet Y5 people from ichiban's perspective. Judging that Watase still serves as Omi's captain in Yakuza 7 looks like its Katsuya who stepped up as the chairman. Hoping to meet Aizawa and Katsuya as Ichiban, maybe also Kuze and Shibusawa from 0. Also trivia and spoiler, Aizawa and Ryo Aoki (other name Masato Arakawa, main antagonist in Y7) shares the same first name (masato), and they both sons of some yakuza top boss (kurosawa and masumi Arakawa both served as chairman of Omi for some time).
@@nahrafe It's not necessarily the same name, they only share phonetics. Arakawa has his given name written as 真斗, since it is taken from Masumi's own name and his father's (*To*shio). Aizawa's name is written as 聖人 instead.
This is my opinion, but if Aizawa was going to be the final villain of the game, they should've had him be the one to kill Aoyoma at the end of the early Kiryu portion instead of his oath brother Morinaga. Had they done this, the build up for this character and him being part of some sort of Yakuza conspiracy to the final villain would've felt more natural. Having Morinaga act like the one of the main players of the conspiracy, lie about killing his oath brother and then die off screen before all the playable characters unite leaves me to question, what the heck was the point of this character?.
The biggest torture with Aizawa is that he wasn't a sinister guy, he wasn't evil, and he wasn't altogether that bad; he just had ambition and a longing desire to see it through, training and working tirelessly for it. He hated his estranged father's plot to make him the head of Tojo and Omi without any work; he knew it would have no meaning if he couldn't prove he was the best, and THAT is why he had to fight Kiryu. And Kiryu understood this and gave him his fight, even saying that he doesn't think Aizawa's line of thinking is wrong. And then, even after all of that, Kiryu says to keep trying, keep struggling, and he'll be ready to fight Aizawa again when he picks himself back up... but then they never let that chance happen; they just dropped him entirely. It sucks so bad.
I just finished Yakuza 5 and this might be my favorite boss fight of all I've played (0-5) so far! "But you may find it so high, you never want to try again. The taste will be enough" This Kiryu is the badass he was in 0. Absolute madlad.
Fun fact: Kiryu shares a quote from shibusawa to aizawa in this scene (“Talent alone can’t get you to the top”). I don’t know if it’s in the remastered version though.
>appears on the Tojo HQ chair >doesn’t know why he’s there but tells Kiryu his yume anyway >has the greatest fight and disappears from the series What a chad
The whole schtick leading up to the fight was S tier in itself, the part right before the fight in itself bumps him up several ranks to me, he woulda been better if he was given more scenes obviously but this entire confrontation did not miss.
A nice detail in the QTEs is that Aizawa never aims for Kiryu's wound. Kiryu wants to prove the high is too high to climb by winning in spite of his weakened state and Aizawa wants to prove he can win without taking advantage of the handicap.
He's an honorable opponent, more so than Mine (who tried to shoot Kiryu first) and Ryuji (who used a sword at first). The only thing that drops him a point is that he didn't refuse to fight upon seeing Kiryu's wound, but then again Kiryu had already dropped the gauntlet and the stakes were already way too high to step back.
I think towards the end of the fight he had a few shots in, like the shot of his wound bleeding a lot more, maybe to signify that he was not truly ready to go 1 on 1
Things to make this boss fight better 1. Remove the battle against him as Saejima, keep his power ambiguous before the final battle. 2. Make him more plot relevant and built up, foreshadow him at least once or twice more with hints linking him to Kurosawa or his ambitions. 3. Hard/Legend Difficulty - Give him his own climax heat he'll use if Kiryu is reduced to such health that he'll be near defeated once executed. That said, he is still easily one of my favourites.
Fun fact: like the ryuji goda fight in 2, you cannot miss the final qte or you immediately die. . Doesn't matter if you have double health and a sacrifice stone, although the health bar displays otherwise. The button prompt appears to be random. I wanted to see which qte's i could fail and regret this so much.
at least its not Like A Dragon's last punch qte against Masato Arakawa, where it will literally loop over and over infinitely until you hit it which isn't a complaint, I just find it really funny when it happens
Aizawa is my favorite Yakuza character. Aizawa is essentially what happens when Nishiki decided to grow two more balls, overcome his hardships and worked his way up until Kiryu encounter to see if he can take him on. It's really sad to see how he is looked down or being memed despite his character is pretty deep. His role as an a antagonist and final boss is different. He wasn't even the main villain. His father was.
He’s not my favorite character, but I totally agree with you. I don’t understand why people shit on him so much, he makes sense to the story and it’s messages and themes. 5 is my favorite game and a part of that was this fight and how I felt it was a fantastic culmination of the entire game’s narrative goals.
I mean you can draw all the parallels and potentially interesting things you want, the fact remains is that story-wise it wasnt well executed. A good concept that got wasted.
I can't count how many times I watch this battle (and the similar videos Leon uploaded) on this channel. The fight is just soooo good, pure badassery, epic, added with a guitar that makes the whole fight enjoyable in player's eyes.
This is the best fight in the whole yakuza series, the visuals and the cinematic feeling is amazing.... the only fight who is toe-toe with this one is Shibusawa
Dude, this fight was LIT. The part where Aizawa throws Kiryu off the balcony and he jumps to punch him and Kiryu grabs his arm and slams him on the floor is awesome.
Logic Aside (sorry Leon I couldn't resist), this was honestly a Brilliant Final Boss. :^) Maybe not exactly story wise, given how he's just a last minute twist villain with little time to develop properly, but Gameplay wise it was honestly amazing! Probably one of my favourite Final Bosses, other than Shibusawa and Nishika, all things considered. (Edit: Also, the Music Syncs you achieved in this Video are absolutely Top Notch! I'm guessing we'll need a new Music Sync compilation Video in the near future... ;) )
Kiryu is 88kg (195 lbs), yet Aizawa is so strong that he’s sending him flying through doors and over balconies. Although Kiryu was even crazier when he sent Aizawa flying through the massive Tojo clan HQ front doors and past the staircase with his knee. Aizawa is likely heavier than Kiryu as well.
"Chairman daigo had a lot of help is what I'm saying" says the man who father is the chairman of the omi, is here because his dad tried to fracture both tojo and omi, was given a chance to fight against kiryu and saejima.
He meant that Daigo reach the top without being the strongest. He may have it all but to be at the top he needs to beat kiryu which is what he’s willing to do unlike other yakuzas
@@NaveenJeyaBalan except Daigo already fought Kiryu and while in Yakuza 2 he was almost same as Kiryu in Yakuza 4 he still had a long way to go (even though he kicked asses of many people playing the game back in the day)
It was because he didn't care about his father lagecy this was about him and kiryu couldn't fight kurosawa because he was sick and old either way kurosawa was a loser he didn't care about anyone but himself and he was delusional to believe that hard work gets you to the top any body can do hard work also the people he hired to fight for him were incompetent weak or had a change of heart also everything he did was for nothing and all he did was made everyone he hated strong and exposed his weakness
I remember getting to Aizawa and thinking, "Really? He has not plot relevance outside the 2 hours of the game he was in." And then the fight started and it was so worth it.
Except he's bad, lol You can easily counter all of his attacks, QTEs are good, but that's all this fight has to offer, Battle for the Dream is too obnoxious and the entire point of the fight makes no sense
@@REDEEMERWOLF nope It's just bad, lol Literally Nishiki/Ryuji/Mine, but with a slight model swap I can understand Shibusawa, cause hur hur canonically before other games hur hur. Even then, Nishiki and Mine never wanted a fair fight and Ryuji fought Kiryu while both were wounded
I think what they were going for here was Aizawa is equal to Kiryu physically, and he thought that's all he needed to rule, but there's more to Kiryu than just physical strength
I always thought it was more like he’s nowhere near his level yet but he has the potential to be a yakuza legend so kiryu proves that by beating the shit out of him with an open wound literally bleeding out during the fight to show him how much he still has to go.
I don't think so. Aizawa is definitely strong, but I personally doubt that he could compare to Kiryu at full strength. I think it was only such a difficult battle for Kiryu because of his wound. If Kiryu was at full strength, I imagine Aizawa would only have like 2 health bars for him to beat.
Say what you will about the character, or even the fight, but the QTE cinematics are easily the best they've ever been in the series, nothing really comes close
Y5 : The guardian of Tojo Clan vs The usurper of the Tojo Throne Y Gaiden : The man who leave everything vs The man who struggle for nothing Tojo really messed up huh, but unlike Shishido, Aizawa wanted a fight to get the throne while Shishido just wanted to get the discarded throne that unobtainable no matter what.
I absolutely love how they mocked Ryuji Goda by having Aizawa throw away the sword he brought to have a fair fight with Kiryu, like a real man should do
At first, I thought Morinaga was going to be the final boss of this game, then Aizawa shows up. It’s so hilarious that Kiryu, me, even Aizawa, questions on why Aizawa is the final boss.
Some things i had the double check about the fight. Kiryu constantly checks his wound but Aizawa never aims at it. Aizawas moves always aim at his uoper body or grapple at the hip. Kind of cool that Aizawa wants to prove himself that he can win without a handicap. Kiryu also bleeds more intensely through the fight, which is a weird way to show someone overcoming weakness, considering he almost dies from bloodloss. . This ending is going to be in my head for a while.
This is probably the best boss fight of Yakuza, even beating the boss fight against Nishiki. Shame the plot was just thrown at the end with no relevance.
This is peak final boss fight imo, Yeah story wise and character wise its weird and out of place but the actual fight is the best boss fight in the series imo, ( I didnt count Judgment's final boss )
My favourite part of yakuza 5 was when Aizawa said "it's dreaming time" and dreamed himself to unconsciousness. I know Kiryu beat his face in too, but that was a secondary cause.
In the time it took Kiryu to get a cab to Tojo HQ, then beat up Aizawa, freakin nobody has left the roof yet to go check on whether the bleeding guy is okay.
I'll tell you more: Watase Family, Yamagata Family and that other family pulled up to Kamurocho just to say "Akiyama, you're fucking great. Thank you for your greatness" Akiyama ks fucking god tier, but atleast someone could pull up to Tojo HQ, since Kiryu is fuckin' wounded and tired
I just beat this game and I don't know why people often rate it so low, I loved it, from start to finish. Not only it adds a lot of new, refreshing mechanics but the story also wasn't that bad, sure, Aizawa being a twist villain is so dumb, but aside from that I feel like this game is tied with Zero as in how good it is.
I actually like Aizawa. Not my favourite final boss character (favourite boss battle tho), but he has interesting thoughts. Every yakuza final boss adds some new meaning to the Gokudô. They all have gone to extreme path, but in unique ways. Aizawa resembles Nishiki a lot btw.
beat this dude by the skin of my teeth, with flashing HP and no healing items remaining. (also, I didn't level anyone to cap. kiryu was, like, level 18 with no fancy komaki nonsense) like, I'm disappointed that the longest main campaign in the franchise couldn't find time to give its final boss much more than half an hour of screentime (this boss fight included, honestly)... but hot damn, they went hard on a guy i was smacking the daylights out of 40 hours earlierm
I swear comments like these are getting repetitive. The whole Aizawa thing just started as a joke but then its getting serious. He wasn't even the main bad guy. He is just a final obstacle.
I honestly think this was the thought process of the writers: "Alright its time for the big final boss at the end of the game which we can't make Kurosawa since he's a sick old man... And there isn't really anyone else we can make final boss... Fuck it, let's make a new character and insert him in random parts of the story and make him the final boss that's a good idea."
Man I love how it goes from Haruka singing to the fight. I can see what they were going with that. I definitely think that it could have been made better but it's still cool.
I think It would be extremely interesting If Aizawa came back in Like a Dragon Gaiden, after training for years so he could defeat Kiryu he finally comes back, I think he would work well as Kiryu's last challenge (well, at least in brawler gameplay)
Gotta admit, Aizawa being the final boss was a surprise (I initially expected the likes of Watase or Katsuya at least before the other protagonists' finales), but I loved the fight with all those hype QTEs and just the right final boss difficulty (strong AF healthwise and really challenges you to be careful with your choice of combos/hits).
Btw devilleon I love your vids. You're just fun to listen to and your fighting skills in these yakuza games are astounding. I envy you man. Keep up the good work💪
enzo gomez they could have had Aizawa murder/overpower Morinaga onscreen to give Kiryu a reason to fight him for example if they decide to kill Morinaga anyway. Such a dumb move imo. With more development Aizawa would have been one of my favorite villains.
The writers could have still made Aizawa as a final boss more legit despite the lack of screentime and despite the twist, if they made Kiryu have a legit reason to fight Aizawa. Like for example, it the writers decide to kill Morinaga offscreen, why not make Aizawa kill/beat up and severely injure Morinaga onscreen as Morinaga is his blood brother (betraying a blood brother is a grievous offense, one of the things that anger Kiryu the most) just so Kiryu has a reason to fight this guy? Got nothing to complain on the fight itself though.
7:37 Is this not good enough reason? Not every final boss Kiryu has to hate. This game is about achieving dream. Hence, the soundtrack's name. Even the Japanese title has the word yume (dream) in it.
FaBuRos I didn’t say hate and there were a couple of bosses Kiryu despised. I just wanted Kiryu to have a reason to fight Aizawa, maybe learning him the error of his ways, instead of this: Aizawa just wanting to beat Kiryu and Kiryu being an immovable and practically impossible obstacle for Aizawa to overcome and what especially bothered me was Kiryu basically ignoring the fact that Aizawa invaded and massacred the Tojo Clan and killed his aniki Morinaga. Kiryu was ridiculously lenient here. Kanai or Katsuya or Morinaga would have all made more sense as the final boss if they didn’t do anything more with Aizawa which was the case (I know he’s that one to Akiyama), imo at least. But it’s entirely your opinion and I agree with this game being about achieving dreams and in this sense, this final boss was perfect.
@@faburos9012 That feels like a super dumb reason though, especially considering he killed Morinaga off screen. If they gave Aizawa a little more exposition, he would've have been a great narrative final boss, and it's not like you really need to do much, just give him any other reason to fight Kiryu other than essentially you're my final obstacle in my way of becoming chairman. Kiryu didn't exactly hate Ryuji at the end of Yakuza 2, but they needed to decide who was the dragon who would come out on top, so they stupidly fought and damn near killed each other, it's better than this.
@@faburos9012 Kiryu is literally tired and injured, lol. I'm not even going to mention Aizawa being much younger than Kiryu (of course there's Komaki, who will assfuck you even though he's like 100 years old) Basically, this whole fight is bullshit and "I want a fair fight, Kiryu-San" makes it even worse
Always happy to see this boss fight. Not often do we meet folks who can last long against the Dragon of Dojima himself. As an underdog myself, I can understand Aizawa's ambitions and his desire to beat those high up on the social totem pole. I'd wish to be his size, too, despite that my genetics wouldn't allow that, but that's another story. Fingers crossed that Aizawa returns somehow in a future Yakuza game.
@@faburos9012 You're a fellow underdog, too? I'm in my 30's, but I still believe that whatever Aizawa's been eating is what I need, too. Even working out isn't always enough. Hope that you're training your Legend styles in real life, too.
@@tonyc.0451 I've been training seriously ever since I was 15 or 16. I'm 26 now. Couldn't easily train in the gym because of the pandemic so I just did calisthenic at home mostly.
@@faburos9012 Then you should be mastering your Legend styles by now. I only started working out seriously in my late 20's. Since I'm an ectomorph and a hardgainer, I'm still way behind many others. I do watch martial arts tutorials, though. Only a matter of time before I perform Tiger Drops for real.
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Kiryu: wait why are you here
Aizawa: my dad paid RGG studios so i can be the final boss
He's the chairman of the Omi you know
LOL
This... weirdly makes sense, hm.
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Kiryu: Is that why Morinaga's suddenly dead?
Aizawa: Yes.
Kiryu: Bruh.
Rikiya's spirit: That's dumb, at this point, I might as well be Haruka's husband.
Just something interesting that the youtuber tehsnakerer noted about this fight.
Kiryu serves as the final obstacle to aizawa’s dream. As the fight progresses, we see kiryu pushing Aizawa further and further away from the Tojo clan HQ until they’re literally outside, symbolizing Kiryu slowly crushing Aizawa’s dream to be chairman.
Amazing perspective glad you shared it
I love it, it's both literal and metaphorical.
@@REDEEMERWOLF the sacred and the propane
On a meta level it's also the signalling the beginning of the end for the tojo since their lord and saviour kiryu himself almost died in snow
kiryu’s dream is just to meat haruka again, he got that at the end
The greatest boss fight with the most inconsequential person ever.
Yakuza is a rough game to explain.
literally top 5 boss fight and top 5 worst final boss at the same time
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@@LEBESTOF03m what do i not get? please enlighten me
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@@SammOBracketBracketBracket u good?
just finished the game 2 days ago and I was so hyped up after the fight I cleaned my house
Congrats on determination
"Essence of Cleanliness."
@@MrRAGE-md5rj *Hell yeah*
Keke
Haha same
>Comes into the game with literally almost 0 plot relevance
>Is the final boss
>"I'm gonna be the most fun and well designed final boss in the series"
>Doesn't explain
>Disappears from the series again afterwards
chad
The Mole is imo but Aizawa is close
The fucking spin off they could do with this man keeps me up at night
@@i-papiseacucumberi-3278 The Mole is one hell of a boss, shame he doesn't have a single QTE in his final fight
@@i-papiseacucumberi-3278
I’m probably in the minority here but Kuwana is better.
I was honestly hoping for a Haruka vs Kurosawa fight. Seems like a fair matchup.
Retired Idol beats up an ill old man who is the chairman of the Omi
More Kamurocho news at 11
Kurosawa: "I reached the top of the criminal underworld, but I've lost interest. I will take on a more worthy challenge: DANCING"
Haruka: "the world of idols is SO MUCH MORE than you can handle"
Based
DANCE BATTLE - OPPONENT: KUROSAWA
SONG: Comin' at ya, girl
@@RZ_2K Technically correct
My headcanon is that throughout the entire plot after the first part with Kiryu, Aizawa was farming EXP in the Coliseum and getting training through the IF-8 cities while putting in all of his skill orbs. A shame he didn't get a breakthrough with Komaki though
He didnt spend enough time pocket circuit racing
@@orangesoda4535 Well neither did Kiryu!
Bro spent all his soul orbs on health bars
That's literally the case. There's a cuts cent where's he seen fighting a coliseum dude
@@angelusvastator1297in that scene, he was trying to get info from the Florist.
I'm guessing that Aizawa was supposed to mirror Kiryu's relationship with their fathers setting up legacies for them.
Kazama always wanted what was best for Kiryu (as we saw in Zero) and essentially gave him the top seat as chairman in Sera's will to make him the peak of what it was to be Yakuza. Kiryu cared for Kazama, and likewise.
Aizawa on the other hand had no relationship with his father, until his father concocted the plan to make Aizawa the leader of both the Tojo and Omi; not because he cared for his son, but out of a selfish desire to use his son to continue his own legacy. Aizawa despised this, but only took it so he could prove to himself that he could reach the peak of being a Yakuza by defeating Kiryu. Not because it was the wish of his father, but for his own legacy.
And then, of course, is the opposition between Aizawa and his dad, to Haruka with Kiryu.
Too bad the game didn't communicate Aizawa's motives all that well or how he's the appropriate final boss!
as said in the other comment, like mirror nishiki as well, both having a carp tattoo, wearing white and ofcourse being the final boss
I disagree with this reading of Tsubasa. Yes he wanted to leave something behind and prove his stance on yakuza to be better than that of main cast, but he chose Aizawa specifically and more importantly, he didn't want Aizawa to go through the same process he did to get to the top. Aizawa's too naive to notice this unfortunately.
Good take. Also fits with the dream theme of Y5.
Is Aizawa fighting for his own dream or is he fighting on behalf of his father's dream? It mirrors Haruka's struggle in this game, in which she was still figuring out if the idol world was really Haruka's dream or was it Park's dream?
With this is mind, his instant retirement is a massive middle finger to kazama
@@DrearyMiri I wouldn't say that. Kazuma never wanted Kiryu (or Nishiki) to join the Yakuza, they basically begged & guilt tripped him.
Hell, it's outright stated that part of Kazama's plan in 0 was that Kiryu could try to make a legit life in real estate. So Kazama would have at least approved of Kiryu leaving to be a father and leaving the Tojo in (what was thought to be) capable hands with Teru, who was Kazuma's ally.
He at least got to meet his future surrogate granddaughter before he sacrificed himself.
I know quite alot of people doesnt like the sudden reveal of Aizawa and the story in general, but you gotta admit, this fight is badass, especially with the qte's and dat music.
Aizawa's reveal reminds me of shibusawa
The most unexpected character became the final antagonist
@@authorbhattacharjee4957 Well, at least Shibusawa tatto was hidden until very end and you didn't know about his abilities. Also you knew that he is enemy to you and after teasing with Awano you probably started to think that all three lieutenants are capable fighters(or at least that was my case).
Aizawa, on other hand, loses two times before final fight and he was looking like a good guy- impulsive and emotional but still positive character.
And yes- I love both fights
@@lothar4085 Amazing explanation.
@@authorbhattacharjee4957 i expected shibusawa to be the final boss honestly
@@authorbhattacharjee4957 I don’t get what you mean because shibusawa was actively being built up to be a final boss in the later chapters.
And here it is, one of the most epic final boss fights in the whole series. Ironic that after all Kurosawa did to leave behind for his son, aizawa ultimately just wanted a chance to fight Kiryu to prove himself (hardly the first time that's happened). And that he can soak up at least 12 health bars (or thereabouts) of a beating from a half-dead Kiryu and just keep going. He must have been seriously holding back earlier in the story.
Also, is he supposedly to be mirroring Nishki in this fight? As he has a white suit on, and he also has a carp tattoo on his back. Though that also shows that he's on the verge of becoming a legend of his own, and all he needs to do is slay a dragon to do it.
After the first fight he started "Training in the shadows", he wasn't holding back in the first fight.
I think he is supposed to. Remember with Ryuji, he said that he reminded Kiryu of Nishiki, and because of that, he deserved everything that Kiryu had in him, hence him throwing off his suit. He only does that to worthy foes(cept Shibusawa, he was still young so he probably thought this was just a battle against dragons).
@@arsenal4739 he does that to every final boss and iwami wasn't a worthy foe, aizawa is just a epic fight but shitplot even kiddo from Y4 has a better plot
@@Killingblow976 I'm not fully finished with 5 or know much of 6. I accidentally spoiled myself when I saw this funny modded video of Y5 that had the 1st Aizawa QTE against Haruka. He does feel somewhat bland to me but the fight is cool.
Sucks that Iwami wasn't much good though, I thought he'd be more of a good final boss since Y6 is Kiryu's last game, and it was the first new game after Y0(Ik about Kiwami 1, but that was a remake, 6 would be a new one).
@@arsenal4739 oh my bad, sorry i didn't knew, but iwami is weak for a reason the devs can't bring themselves to make kiryu lose, so they did this last game pretty easy and do new things like Y7
I said it before certainly but I think it deserves saying again. I always liked that touch of... mixed excitement and hesitance that Aizawa has when Kiryu reveals his own wound. The realization of him finally having a chance at standing up against a living legend coupled with the realization that what Kiryu throws at him won't even be his best due to the Dragon being gutshot. I'd almost wager that he considered, for a moment, standing down because if he won, it'd be a hollow victory.
Honestly, he has protagonist vibes for me. I wouldn't mind seeing a Judgment-esque spinoff with him, giving him a lot more much needed screentime to develop his character.
Yeah because the entire driving force here was “lol I am strong dumbass bodyguard” to “lol my dad is the omi chairman let’s fight”
In the end, Aizawa chose to fight for a hollow victory and lost.
I think there's a lot of room of potential for Aizawa, he seems like Ichiban, a shounen protagonist rising to the legend status. I wish they'd revisit him but that chance seems slim. If there was more screentime for Aizawa, I think he'd probably be one of my favorite antagonists. He still makes for one of the best boss fights in the series (if not the best), so kudos to him.
What hesitance?🤡
He literally betrayed and killed his aniki, but yeah, protagonist vibes, for sure...
As an amatuer fight choreographer, the QTE in this fight is just top notch.
Facts. Its just beautiful
Could someone actually pull this off in real life ??
@@Lnblackberry48 most of them, yes, but the "reverse someone when both of you are falling" and "swing a wooden sculpture with one hand" is impossible
Thanh Hảo Lê pretty impressive most of this is actually humanly possible. You look at things like these and then look at other things and realize how ridiculous this game series gets
@@LThanhHao232 you forgot about Aizawa throwing Kiryu so hard he went through a door and landed into a wall, and how Aizawa kept fighting despite landing face first into the ground from 20 ft.
Mad lad devs...
0:24 Kiryu and Aizawa are JUST as confused as to why Aizawa's the final boss lmao
Aizawa: To be honest, you’re gonna have to ask the writers about that one. Could have went several better ways if you ask me
I don't know if this tops the plan that Kiryu's gang in Yakuza 4 had. You know. Bringing a bunch of money to the Millennium Tower so that their enemies would show up.
Honestly i just beat Yakuza 5 two days back and who was he again? Like I honestly forgot about him, seriously when did he show up-
@@SolidN8 he was one of the 2 bodyguards who went to Kiryu in the first chapter for help trying to find Daigo, the one Morinaga claimed to have killed and buried on top of a mountain
@@elianwilliams What happened to Morinaga? Does he just end up getting killed off screen?
14:54 - 16:16 Probably my favourite ending to a Boss fight, from Haruka’s song to Kiryu beating Aizawa to the final punch.
It’s like something out of an old action movie.
I never saw that part at the end for the older videos of this fight. Must’ve been restored content
That’s the one good part of it really
I like how Kiryu tells Aizawa to get to the top however long it takes and then he can come and try again, and Aizawa is just like 'No dude, I'm good' *passes out*
I loved heck out of it and Yakuza 5 is pretty underrated
@@alexstidham4612 Nah Leon just cut it on old video
(YAKUZA 6 SPOILER)
kiryu: I will be there whenever you are ready
* fakes his death and runs away a few years later*
* and then unfakes his death because Daigo sucks at his job once again, surprising no one*
@@gaminggoddess85 How can you say something so controversial yet so brave?... (and true)
@@gaminggoddess85 then disbanding of the yakuza isn't Daigo's fault, it's simply a different era where organized crime family can't hide anymore.
@@gaminggoddess85 they are policed? Crazy times
@@SIGNOR-G Yeah, there's been heavy crackdowns on yakuza for a while where before they were kinda viewed as just something that's there. It's probably what inspired the Bleach Japan stuff in 7, the writers like to incorporate current events into the games.
In terms of the music, setting and qtes, this fight is probably my favourite final boss in the series. If Aizawa had just been built up a liiiittle bit more before the finale, it'd probably also be my favourite character-wise too. Hot diggity, 5 is so damn good. I wanna play it again after watching this.
Aizawa is the Hamazaki of Yakuza 5.
And Kanai is the Saito
@@gaminggoddess85 Ha yeah. Except I guess Aizawa's problem is a little bigger considering he's the final boss.
A little bit more? He needed like a few hours more atleast.
He have the opposite problem that iwami has
Kiryu: "What are you doing here?"
Aizawa: "To be honest."
Aizawa: "I am not sure myself."
Kiryu: 😑
even Aizawa and Kiryu are confused why Aizawa's the final boss.
@@_____2219 honestly i liked how the way aizawa thinks. He's not completely wrong, but he's somewhat hypocritical by letting his father (kurosawa) doing the whole plot just to descent both clans to him. If only he stopped kurosawa doing all this before, everything in Y5 wouldnt be happened.
Im interested to meet Y5 people from ichiban's perspective. Judging that Watase still serves as Omi's captain in Yakuza 7 looks like its Katsuya who stepped up as the chairman. Hoping to meet Aizawa and Katsuya as Ichiban, maybe also Kuze and Shibusawa from 0.
Also trivia and spoiler, Aizawa and Ryo Aoki (other name Masato Arakawa, main antagonist in Y7) shares the same first name (masato), and they both sons of some yakuza top boss (kurosawa and masumi Arakawa both served as chairman of Omi for some time).
@@nahrafe It's not necessarily the same name, they only share phonetics. Arakawa has his given name written as 真斗, since it is taken from Masumi's own name and his father's (*To*shio). Aizawa's name is written as 聖人 instead.
@@gold3263301 thank you for the correction
Still, it's kinda nice coincidence
This is my opinion, but if Aizawa was going to be the final villain of the game, they should've had him be the one to kill Aoyoma at the end of the early Kiryu portion instead of his oath brother Morinaga. Had they done this, the build up for this character and him being part of some sort of Yakuza conspiracy to the final villain would've felt more natural. Having Morinaga act like the one of the main players of the conspiracy, lie about killing his oath brother and then die off screen before all the playable characters unite leaves me to question, what the heck was the point of this character?.
The biggest torture with Aizawa is that he wasn't a sinister guy, he wasn't evil, and he wasn't altogether that bad; he just had ambition and a longing desire to see it through, training and working tirelessly for it. He hated his estranged father's plot to make him the head of Tojo and Omi without any work; he knew it would have no meaning if he couldn't prove he was the best, and THAT is why he had to fight Kiryu. And Kiryu understood this and gave him his fight, even saying that he doesn't think Aizawa's line of thinking is wrong.
And then, even after all of that, Kiryu says to keep trying, keep struggling, and he'll be ready to fight Aizawa again when he picks himself back up... but then they never let that chance happen; they just dropped him entirely. It sucks so bad.
You understand what RGG was trying to convey. People give Aizawa a lot of shit. But I think he's a good character.
did you know hanawa is morinaga
@@ldking5132Definitely a good character. He was a good pick. I just wish we had a few more scenes after the coliseum.
@@Hizelly76Just a theory. Not canon.
@@yellowgetbright nuh uh. Yokoyama confirmed.
I just finished Yakuza 5 and this might be my favorite boss fight of all I've played (0-5) so far!
"But you may find it so high, you never want to try again. The taste will be enough"
This Kiryu is the badass he was in 0. Absolute madlad.
Really?! Out of the whole series
@@shakursteadman8169 The boss fights in 0 were all amazing too. This fight would have to contend with every fight with Kuze.
Fun fact: Kiryu shares a quote from shibusawa to aizawa in this scene (“Talent alone can’t get you to the top”). I don’t know if it’s in the remastered version though.
@@emergence109 Oh wow, that's sick.
@@editsofawesomeness kuze is amazing but this fight on another level from how epic it is
>appears on the Tojo HQ chair
>doesn’t know why he’s there but tells Kiryu his yume anyway
>has the greatest fight and disappears from the series
What a chad
>Gets approved by Kiryu to keep improving, to one day battle him again.
S tier fight
C tier character
Can't argue
Pretty accurate
Couldn't have said it better
The whole schtick leading up to the fight was S tier in itself, the part right before the fight in itself bumps him up several ranks to me, he woulda been better if he was given more scenes obviously but this entire confrontation did not miss.
S+ tier soundtrack
That feel when Aizawa's little speech on how Daigo got everything handed to him is exactly on point...
Funny thing is daigo didn't even want to be chairman, it was kiryu that forced him
@@ginomontella9429 "Sometimes, The Need outweighs The Want"
@@ginomontella9429 Man. This just makes Kiryu's note in 6 even sadder in my opinion.
@@ginomontella9429 I mean was he? He said he wanted to take control of those 3000 men
@@MariusBoss11458 Absolutely
A nice detail in the QTEs is that Aizawa never aims for Kiryu's wound.
Kiryu wants to prove the high is too high to climb by winning in spite of his weakened state and Aizawa wants to prove he can win without taking advantage of the handicap.
He's an honorable opponent, more so than Mine (who tried to shoot Kiryu first) and Ryuji (who used a sword at first). The only thing that drops him a point is that he didn't refuse to fight upon seeing Kiryu's wound, but then again Kiryu had already dropped the gauntlet and the stakes were already way too high to step back.
@@daedelous7094 wdym mine tried to shoot kiryu first??? He was missing on purpose bruh
@@revolt_4588 he wanted to try and rage kill him just like how nishiki tried to rage kill the people that killed fake yumi
I think towards the end of the fight he had a few shots in, like the shot of his wound bleeding a lot more, maybe to signify that he was not truly ready to go 1 on 1
He literally headbutts kiryu in the wound lmao
Kazuma Kiryu VS Chris Redfield! Battle For The -Dream- Redfield Lineage
A man desperately trying to find someone to take his sister's virginity vs A man desperately trying to keep his
Let’s gooo!
Man, it’s been a ride seeing all the boss battles of Yakuza 5 Remastered again. Hope you had fun doing this video, Leon!
Leon? Like from resident evil??????????
Things to make this boss fight better
1. Remove the battle against him as Saejima, keep his power ambiguous before the final battle.
2. Make him more plot relevant and built up, foreshadow him at least once or twice more with hints linking him to Kurosawa or his ambitions.
3. Hard/Legend Difficulty - Give him his own climax heat he'll use if Kiryu is reduced to such health that he'll be near defeated once executed.
That said, he is still easily one of my favourites.
Yeah and some different movesets after each qte
One of the best things about The Man Who Erased His Name is the way that final boss fight mirrors this one.
Unintentional sync moments:
9:03
9:08 - 9:21
9:54 - 10:05
10:14 - 10:26
10:45 - 11:05
13:15 - 13:46
14:15 - 14:27
In conclusion: Yume wins
On a serious note this fight was pretty damn good aside from the story direction.
Fun fact: like the ryuji goda fight in 2, you cannot miss the final qte or you immediately die.
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Doesn't matter if you have double health and a sacrifice stone, although the health bar displays otherwise. The button prompt appears to be random. I wanted to see which qte's i could fail and regret this so much.
at least its not Like A Dragon's last punch qte against Masato Arakawa, where it will literally loop over and over infinitely until you hit it
which isn't a complaint, I just find it really funny when it happens
10:43 so badass to kick a man off a balcony then commit to free fall punching him right after
Aizawa is my favorite Yakuza character. Aizawa is essentially what happens when Nishiki decided to grow two more balls, overcome his hardships and worked his way up until Kiryu encounter to see if he can take him on. It's really sad to see how he is looked down or being memed despite his character is pretty deep. His role as an a antagonist and final boss is different. He wasn't even the main villain. His father was.
He’s not my favorite character, but I totally agree with you. I don’t understand why people shit on him so much, he makes sense to the story and it’s messages and themes. 5 is my favorite game and a part of that was this fight and how I felt it was a fantastic culmination of the entire game’s narrative goals.
I mean you can draw all the parallels and potentially interesting things you want, the fact remains is that story-wise it wasnt well executed.
A good concept that got wasted.
Yume Yume yume YumeYumeYumeYumeYumeYumeYumeYume
@@BazoinkerzPeople hate him because he have 0 development , plus too less screen time.
@@Akira_Nishikiyama_reactioni dont hate him but i loved him tho
I can't count how many times I watch this battle (and the similar videos Leon uploaded) on this channel. The fight is just soooo good, pure badassery, epic, added with a guitar that makes the whole fight enjoyable in player's eyes.
This boss fight is one of the best of the series no 🧢
Holy shit, I just realized!
The face punching barrage at 12:00 was reused in Nishiki's boss fight in Kiwami!
Fr 😹
Yeah they reused kuze's last qte in nishiki's fight as well
RGG reuses a lot of things...
Not _that_ big of a deal but then again...
@@ShadowMark3_ don't fix what not broken
Kiwami being lazy? Surely not!
This fight has the best qtes imo
I was so hyped, I almost started crying
This is the best fight in the whole yakuza series, the visuals and the cinematic feeling is amazing.... the only fight who is toe-toe with this one is Shibusawa
And Ryuji
Goda and Kiryu rolling around on the ground and beating the shit out of each other as they both bleed to death just tops it for me.
Tough decision between this and Ryuji tbf. Ryuji has infinitely more weight thrown behind which gives it the edge.
I’m sorry, the one from Gaiden is better than this one…. Lol
@@andresashura5550nah this is still on top
Dude, this fight was LIT. The part where Aizawa throws Kiryu off the balcony and he jumps to punch him and Kiryu grabs his arm and slams him on the floor is awesome.
Logic Aside (sorry Leon I couldn't resist), this was honestly a Brilliant Final Boss. :^)
Maybe not exactly story wise, given how he's just a last minute twist villain with little time to develop properly, but Gameplay wise it was honestly amazing! Probably one of my favourite Final Bosses, other than Shibusawa and Nishika, all things considered.
(Edit: Also, the Music Syncs you achieved in this Video are absolutely Top Notch! I'm guessing we'll need a new Music Sync compilation Video in the near future... ;) )
To this day, it’s never explained on what happened to Aizawa.
He probably continued to train in the shadows to be able to rematch Kiryu one day, but then Yakuza 6 happened so Aizawa probably will never come back.
Probably will never return as
Spoiler alert ahead
Kiryu faked his death and in yakuza 7 the Tojo and Omi are disbanded.
@@theanonymousone2149 Probably will never return as
No spoilers
RGG doesn't care about bosses once they've served their purpose as an emotional climax
Froze to death, probably.
Either that or he was killed by Tojo/omi clan members when they eventually went back to hq
He got severe hypothermia since unlike kiryu there was nobody who’d help him
Kiryu is 88kg (195 lbs), yet Aizawa is so strong that he’s sending him flying through doors and over balconies. Although Kiryu was even crazier when he sent Aizawa flying through the massive Tojo clan HQ front doors and past the staircase with his knee. Aizawa is likely heavier than Kiryu as well.
Don't try to apply logic of physics to a Yakuza game lol In Y5 everybody gets anime powers
Finally you're done with Y5 Remastered. I say you're ready to play the ENG version of Y:LAD this November!
That suit powered him up to be a final boss
That's also Kiryu's suit in 0
@@aryabratsahoo7474 no. It’s a different one. The jacket doesn’t match.
"Chairman daigo had a lot of help is what I'm saying" says the man who father is the chairman of the omi, is here because his dad tried to fracture both tojo and omi, was given a chance to fight against kiryu and saejima.
He meant that Daigo reach the top without being the strongest. He may have it all but to be at the top he needs to beat kiryu which is what he’s willing to do unlike other yakuzas
@@NaveenJeyaBalan except Daigo already fought Kiryu and while in Yakuza 2 he was almost same as Kiryu in Yakuza 4 he still had a long way to go (even though he kicked asses of many people playing the game back in the day)
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola defeat Kiryu or you’re a chump. The minimum requirement is to be on par with him with the exception of majima
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola thats not the same
I feel that the boss fight isn't for Kiryu but for Aizawa himself lmao
It was because he didn't care about his father lagecy this was about him and kiryu couldn't fight
kurosawa because he was sick and old either way kurosawa was a loser he didn't care about anyone but himself and he was delusional to believe that hard work gets you to the top any body can do hard work also the people he hired to fight for him were incompetent weak or had a change of heart also everything he did was for nothing and all he did was made everyone he hated strong and exposed his weakness
I remember getting to Aizawa and thinking, "Really? He has not plot relevance outside the 2 hours of the game he was in."
And then the fight started and it was so worth it.
>Barges into franchise
>Says "I'm one of the best final bosses in the series"
>Refused to elaborate further
>Leaves franchise
Except he's bad, lol
You can easily counter all of his attacks, QTEs are good, but that's all this fight has to offer, Battle for the Dream is too obnoxious and the entire point of the fight makes no sense
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola Aizawa final boss fight is one of best Yakuza moments, you're the only one who hates it lol
@@REDEEMERWOLF nope
It's just bad, lol
Literally Nishiki/Ryuji/Mine, but with a slight model swap
I can understand Shibusawa, cause hur hur canonically before other games hur hur. Even then, Nishiki and Mine never wanted a fair fight and Ryuji fought Kiryu while both were wounded
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola you just hatin men, go away bra
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola Damn dog, sorry you didn't like it. But I can assure you, most normal people would think that fight was hype af.
I think what they were going for here was Aizawa is equal to Kiryu physically, and he thought that's all he needed to rule, but there's more to Kiryu than just physical strength
but like kiryu had an opening bullet wound didn't he? so like he can't even beat a severely injured kiryu
Kiryu was literally fighting him half dead , lol how are they equal?
@@JJsAdventure23 eh IDK I don't know the story of yakuza 5
I always thought it was more like he’s nowhere near his level yet but he has the potential to be a yakuza legend so kiryu proves that by beating the shit out of him with an open wound literally bleeding out during the fight to show him how much he still has to go.
I don't think so. Aizawa is definitely strong, but I personally doubt that he could compare to Kiryu at full strength. I think it was only such a difficult battle for Kiryu because of his wound.
If Kiryu was at full strength, I imagine Aizawa would only have like 2 health bars for him to beat.
Aizawa is a fucking beast. He lifted up a huge ass fucking statue with one arm, held it in a horizontal way and swung it with full control.
Say what you will about the character, or even the fight, but the QTE cinematics are easily the best they've ever been in the series, nothing really comes close
Final boss of Like a Dragon Gaiden comes pretty close
But Kiryu vs. Aizawa will always be the best fight
I love this fight so goddamned much
also I definitely was wasted and missed that last QTE the first time I did it again on legend lmao
Y5 : The guardian of Tojo Clan vs The usurper of the Tojo Throne
Y Gaiden : The man who leave everything vs The man who struggle for nothing
Tojo really messed up huh, but unlike Shishido, Aizawa wanted a fight to get the throne while Shishido just wanted to get the discarded throne that unobtainable no matter what.
Imagine thinking you are stronger than Kiryu but when you fight him he's half dead and still savagely beats your ass.
I absolutely love how they mocked Ryuji Goda by having Aizawa throw away the sword he brought to have a fair fight with Kiryu, like a real man should do
At first, I thought Morinaga was going to be the final boss of this game, then Aizawa shows up. It’s so hilarious that Kiryu, me, even Aizawa, questions on why Aizawa is the final boss.
Some things i had the double check about the fight.
Kiryu constantly checks his wound but Aizawa never aims at it. Aizawas moves always aim at his uoper body or grapple at the hip. Kind of cool that Aizawa wants to prove himself that he can win without a handicap. Kiryu also bleeds more intensely through the fight, which is a weird way to show someone overcoming weakness, considering he almost dies from bloodloss.
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This ending is going to be in my head for a while.
This is probably the best boss fight of Yakuza, even beating the boss fight against Nishiki. Shame the plot was just thrown at the end with no relevance.
Nah, Shishido is n.1 🐐
0:00-0:03 i need one hour version
9:37 This man did it again! Music sync!
This is peak final boss fight imo, Yeah story wise and character wise its weird and out of place but the actual fight is the best boss fight in the series imo, ( I didnt count Judgment's final boss )
I think it's pretty cool they put Reggie Fils- Aime in the game.
The cut from the final QTE to Haruka is one of the cheesiest things ever and I absolutely adore it
My favourite part of yakuza 5 was when Aizawa said "it's dreaming time" and dreamed himself to unconsciousness.
I know Kiryu beat his face in too, but that was a secondary cause.
In the time it took Kiryu to get a cab to Tojo HQ, then beat up Aizawa, freakin nobody has left the roof yet to go check on whether the bleeding guy is okay.
I'll tell you more: Watase Family, Yamagata Family and that other family pulled up to Kamurocho just to say "Akiyama, you're fucking great. Thank you for your greatness"
Akiyama ks fucking god tier, but atleast someone could pull up to Tojo HQ, since Kiryu is fuckin' wounded and tired
I just beat this game and I don't know why people often rate it so low, I loved it, from start to finish.
Not only it adds a lot of new, refreshing mechanics but the story also wasn't that bad, sure, Aizawa being a twist villain is so dumb, but aside from that I feel like this game is tied with Zero as in how good it is.
I actually like Aizawa. Not my favourite final boss character (favourite boss battle tho), but he has interesting thoughts. Every yakuza final boss adds some new meaning to the Gokudô. They all have gone to extreme path, but in unique ways. Aizawa resembles Nishiki a lot btw.
This but with Ichiban and in Millenium Tower will be Like a Dragon: Dragon's Wrath
And then this but with Kiryu and Ichiban vs Ryo Aoki and Aizawa will be Yakuza 9: Unlimited Health
beat this dude by the skin of my teeth, with flashing HP and no healing items remaining. (also, I didn't level anyone to cap. kiryu was, like, level 18 with no fancy komaki nonsense)
like, I'm disappointed that the longest main campaign in the franchise couldn't find time to give its final boss much more than half an hour of screentime (this boss fight included, honestly)... but hot damn, they went hard on a guy i was smacking the daylights out of 40 hours earlierm
Kiryu: “wait, you’re the final boss?”
Aizawa: “Wait, am the final boss?”
Aizawa might be a shitty villain, but fuck me if this wasnt the best final boss battle in the damn series.
I swear comments like these are getting repetitive. The whole Aizawa thing just started as a joke but then its getting serious. He wasn't even the main bad guy. He is just a final obstacle.
Kiryu gets stumbled: Nghh
Aizawa gets stumbled: DORUHHWH
This wasn’t just the hardest fight, this was the *hardest* theme too
I didn't think his boss fight was hard. But I might play the game on Legend Mode
Nah THE SELFISH DEED ISNT FREEDOM AND no there’s no change in the plan is way better
@@hello_nishiki you got selfish deed wrong, its:
THE SELFISH DEED, IS NOT FREEDOM! Even if, it falls down.
@@Celticjamz JUST DEFEAT!!!!!!
This entire fight is perfect music syncs galore. It's hard to pick a favourite moment.
I honestly think this was the thought process of the writers: "Alright its time for the big final boss at the end of the game which we can't make Kurosawa since he's a sick old man... And there isn't really anyone else we can make final boss... Fuck it, let's make a new character and insert him in random parts of the story and make him the final boss that's a good idea."
RGG Studio did not have to go this hard on a boss fight but it paid off, super fun fight
Man I love how it goes from Haruka singing to the fight. I can see what they were going with that. I definitely think that it could have been made better but it's still cool.
Finger hurting qte spam
My arm almost fell off during that QTE sequence in the first room. Maybe I didn't need to mash it that fast, but still.
15:55 literally gave me goosebumps
I think It would be extremely interesting If Aizawa came back in Like a Dragon Gaiden, after training for years so he could defeat Kiryu he finally comes back, I think he would work well as Kiryu's last challenge (well, at least in brawler gameplay)
Man, there's so much more impact from the hits in Yakuza 5, 0, K1. Really wish they could get back to that in the Dragon Engine games
This has always been my biggest gripe woth the dragon engine games. Especially things like weapon attacks look really wimpy sometimes.
4:04 its a lie. Aizawa never 'whack' Morinaga because of that reason, he simply faked Morinaga's death so he can become someone named 'Hanawa'.
Masayoshi Yokoyama ova here. Its not stated yet
Gotta admit, Aizawa being the final boss was a surprise (I initially expected the likes of Watase or Katsuya at least before the other protagonists' finales), but I loved the fight with all those hype QTEs and just the right final boss difficulty (strong AF healthwise and really challenges you to be careful with your choice of combos/hits).
I expected Morinaga
Kiryu: Why are you here?
Aizawa: To be honest, … I’m not sure why.
Kiryu: … *looks at the camera*
Writers of Yakuza 5: Just keep going Kiryu.
Btw devilleon I love your vids. You're just fun to listen to and your fighting skills in these yakuza games are astounding. I envy you man. Keep up the good work💪
I can't help but sense the Virtua Fighter vibes when I hear this fight's theme.
You know how OP Kiryu is when he have to be NERFED with injury during final boss fight
Everyone else: Damn, this fight has one of the best QTEs!
Me and my mind: Misato Aizawa Yakuza 5 Remastered Speedrun
the mandela affect hit me hard, I swear for the longest time I thought Y5 final boss was Watase.
Kiryu : aizawa what are you doing here?
Aizawa : im not sure myself but lets fight
Yeah chief, that makes perfect sense
6:07
"The son of a chairman shouldn't get to be the chairman, that is why I, the son of a chairman should be the chairman"
???
The studio spent all their brain juice on the design of the fight itself but they ran out of it when they had to justify it
enzo gomez they could have had Aizawa murder/overpower Morinaga onscreen to give Kiryu a reason to fight him for example if they decide to kill Morinaga anyway. Such a dumb move imo.
With more development Aizawa would have been one of my favorite villains.
Kiryu: Ora Ora Ora ORAH!
Tbh I feel like Kiryu is the actual final boss here
Fight starts at 8:28
Most Powerful fight I've ever seen, Aizawa tries to become a Dragon, and Yet Kiryu is that Dragon he cannot win against!
Really sad he didnt return in gaiden
If Aizawa had attempted another coup in 2019, he might succeed.
Fighting through all the fights and this dude in the final boss rush was hype af
This is my favourite video game boss fight.
Everyone wants to fight Kiryu but no one asks how's Kiryu
I never upgrade properly so by the end of the fight I was running around the snow and avoiding him and trying to kick him when he was open
The writers could have still made Aizawa as a final boss more legit despite the lack of screentime and despite the twist, if they made Kiryu have a legit reason to fight Aizawa. Like for example, it the writers decide to kill Morinaga offscreen, why not make Aizawa kill/beat up and severely injure Morinaga onscreen as Morinaga is his blood brother (betraying a blood brother is a grievous offense, one of the things that anger Kiryu the most) just so Kiryu has a reason to fight this guy?
Got nothing to complain on the fight itself though.
7:37 Is this not good enough reason? Not every final boss Kiryu has to hate. This game is about achieving dream. Hence, the soundtrack's name. Even the Japanese title has the word yume (dream) in it.
FaBuRos I didn’t say hate and there were a couple of bosses Kiryu despised. I just wanted Kiryu to have a reason to fight Aizawa, maybe learning him the error of his ways, instead of this: Aizawa just wanting to beat Kiryu and Kiryu being an immovable and practically impossible obstacle for Aizawa to overcome and what especially bothered me was Kiryu basically ignoring the fact that Aizawa invaded and massacred the Tojo Clan and killed his aniki Morinaga. Kiryu was ridiculously lenient here. Kanai or Katsuya or Morinaga would have all made more sense as the final boss if they didn’t do anything more with Aizawa which was the case (I know he’s that one to Akiyama), imo at least.
But it’s entirely your opinion and I agree with this game being about achieving dreams and in this sense, this final boss was perfect.
@@faburos9012 That feels like a super dumb reason though, especially considering he killed Morinaga off screen. If they gave Aizawa a little more exposition, he would've have been a great narrative final boss, and it's not like you really need to do much, just give him any other reason to fight Kiryu other than essentially you're my final obstacle in my way of becoming chairman. Kiryu didn't exactly hate Ryuji at the end of Yakuza 2, but they needed to decide who was the dragon who would come out on top, so they stupidly fought and damn near killed each other, it's better than this.
@@faburos9012 Kiryu is literally tired and injured, lol. I'm not even going to mention Aizawa being much younger than Kiryu (of course there's Komaki, who will assfuck you even though he's like 100 years old)
Basically, this whole fight is bullshit and "I want a fair fight, Kiryu-San" makes it even worse
Always happy to see this boss fight. Not often do we meet folks who can last long against the Dragon of Dojima himself. As an underdog myself, I can understand Aizawa's ambitions and his desire to beat those high up on the social totem pole. I'd wish to be his size, too, despite that my genetics wouldn't allow that, but that's another story. Fingers crossed that Aizawa returns somehow in a future Yakuza game.
Thank you for understanding Aizawa's character.
@@faburos9012 You're a fellow underdog, too? I'm in my 30's, but I still believe that whatever Aizawa's been eating is what I need, too. Even working out isn't always enough. Hope that you're training your Legend styles in real life, too.
@TuTíoJefferson I wonder if he's heard of Daigo's and Watase's big decision in Y7 as well.
@@tonyc.0451 I've been training seriously ever since I was 15 or 16. I'm 26 now. Couldn't easily train in the gym because of the pandemic so I just did calisthenic at home mostly.
@@faburos9012 Then you should be mastering your Legend styles by now. I only started working out seriously in my late 20's. Since I'm an ectomorph and a hardgainer, I'm still way behind many others. I do watch martial arts tutorials, though. Only a matter of time before I perform Tiger Drops for real.
I like how Aizawa sits on the throne and you beat the shit out of him out of the building.
This is one of the best fights in the entire series but like alot of people said his character should of had more development