@@HeavySandvichGuy1I'm guessing you did lots of side content, because I did a ridiculous amount of side content at one point and I think I have less than 30 hours of playtime by the end
Literally ALMOST every game in the series, and even Including the Spinoffs like Kurohyou and Judgement, Gaiden is one of the few games where the final boss fight is not during nighttime
@@MatsuSenpaii Yeah, it actually felt kind of weird in all honesty. I'm so used to having Kiryu stand in front of his opponent while they both have a staring contest for 6 minutes before fighting on top of a building.
@@rabbss830 isn't it evening during the fight against Kuwana? I know the fight against RK started at afternoon (a bit dark skies), but after the fight against Kuwana seems like it was already evening
>"Yeah that's just a game to recontextualize Yakuza Like a Dragon and the upcoming Infinite Wealth" >Begins to write the most emotions Kiryu has shown ever since Yakuza 3
@@averybruhman5060 No, I think shishido has EVERYTHING to lose in this fight, the omi alliance-everything he ever had, he bet it all on this fight, while Kiryu, the man who erased his name has nothing to lose since he is already dead in everyone's eyes.
@@averybruhman5060 Yeahh he's pretty much one of the Strongest foes tho in Yakuzaverse so far tho only below Kiryu, Serious Majima and Saejima, and also Mine tho
"No Kiryu! I will not let you and the others dissolve the Omi alliance, this is my Deadly Struggle to the top!" "I'm not Kiryu but my strength are just Like a Dragon and i have no name because i am the man who erased his name!"
@@breadburner7276yeah but Kiryu could barely keep up at the end Shishido proved being stronger managing to leave Kiryu with no breath and that's kinda a huge achievements since even Mine and Saejima managed to reach Kiryu's in his limit.
This isn't just Shishido's boss theme. It's the boss theme of ending the chains of the Yakuza once and for all after trying to escape them since Kiwami's finale.
@@Future_Doggo a quote from another game: “He was born in the wrong age”. Shishido encapsulated that feeling you get from Kuze. "The Man Who Gets Beat Down Isn't The Loser. The Guy Who Can't Tough It Out To The End, He's The One Who Loses...”
I will not tolerate Aizawa slander but on a more serious note Shishindo is just Aizawa 2.0, Like: - both fight Kiryu when they first meet him - they're both revealed to be bad guys in the finale - they fight in the HQ of their respective Yakuza clans - both have banger boss fights - both have dreams they wanna fufill by becoming the top dogs
I was thinking the same thing but I think despite how short the game is Shishido got a good amount of screen time to develop him and his character naturally all the way through. Aizawa was great but wasn’t as compelling to me as shishido and we might get even more of him in IW
To be fair, him being stuck as a side character for a majority of the game didn't really help. It's like the worst Mine situation where they dump his motivation near the tail-end of the game.
The most shocking part of gaiden is the fact that all face rigs survived the game. (hope we get to see tsuruno and hanawa again.) (wouldn't surprise me if the daidoji mention shishido and nishitani eventually due to them getting forcefully intergrated.)
It would be cool if they continue the Daidoji faction story without Kiryu maybe turn Shishido as a playable character dude proved has potential and after his backstory they can use it pull out few a trilogy with him trying to rank the highest among the Daidoji
@@JinKolmak_TaKoi am honestly expecting the daidoji to become prominent antagonists, personally. they’re a yakuza-like group with massive political influence that are the means that enabled ryo aoki’s rise to power. i feel like they’ve had an overwhelming negative influence on the world as a whole and want more power; they seem like our future villains to me.
@@VioletOrbWeaver yeah that's all about Daidoji wich could make them interesting seeing in the eyes of Shishido would be amazing especially since with Kiryu it could be boring because since Y3 the orphanage was brought back too much and kinda repetitive as plot. With Shishido they can refresh the plot and bring new stuff in the table and Kiryu can mostly be mentioned or meet him in future as a enemy (if Cancer doesn't finish him first) like a final boss fight between these two but the roles are changed this time.
The image of Kiryu and Shishido clashing fists during the final QTE and throwing out a visible shockwave effect is like something straight up out of a superhero movie. In real life, that's a good way to shatter every bone in your hand. In Yakuza/LAD world, it's just a tiny detail of a tectonic-shifting final battle. This entire fight is just madness, a rehashed version of the final battle with Aizawa at the end of Yakuza 5, but with much higher emotional stakes. The music is one of the most violent and aggressive tracks in the entire series, but also has its melancholic tones, and it fits with Shishido's mental state. The whole world he knows is in danger of being taken out from under him, and he's raging against that right to the bitter end. But even if he is victorious, the Omi won't survive for long against the government crackdowns. So he's a wild animal, backed into a corner, hurling himself against the immovable object of Kiryu, time and again. And Kiryu is finally putting to rest the spectre of the Yakuza world that's haunted him most of his life. Sure, he was Chairman of Japan's largest Yakuza organisation, but only for a day. But he still knows full well the only way to finally dismantle the Yakuza is to do so with his fists. He's already given up his life and erased his name, so this is the last thing he had to do to finally move on from his old life. A man with nothing left to lose versus a man with everything to lose.
The man who lost everything vs. The man who wanted it all How did they make a contender for best final boss in the series in a game that took 6 months to make
I failed two times against him due to the Katana Mortal Attacks, i then knew he meant business. Even though he was the final obstacle and had to be stopped, he didn't deserve to be dragged with Nishitani to whatever hell the Daidoji has in mind for him.
this mf fought kiryu, watase and tsuruno then fell in a pit of metal then came back hella injured then got ganked by saejima and majima then fights kiryu AND THEN STILL WHEN HES DOWN HE WANTS TO FIGHT 💀
Jingu, Iwami, Munakata, Kurosawa: - " Pfft, typical, you've taken the bait, time to spring the trap and end this once and for all. " Aizawa, Shibusawa, Ryuji, Tendo, Mine: - " Make your way to me so that we may finally settle our differences face to face. May the strongest win. " Shishido ( _seeing multiple yakuza legends on the same spot_ ): - 😠😡🔪🤬🔥🔥🔪🔪
Says a lot when two Yakuza legends struggle to hold Shishido back. Shishido should have had a dragon tattoo on his back. When fighting with his back to the wall, man was an absolute monster. Never mind that substory with all the fake Ryuji's: the real second coming of Ryuji Goda is right here.
Kazuma Kiryu, the Dojima no Ryu, the dragon that represents Tojo against the man that alone represents what a yakuza is and can fight alone with anyone if is to protect what he believes. Easily top 5 fights in the franchise
We've had plenty of great boss themes, some are emotional and others are manly (all tend to be funky fresh tho) but I don't think we've ever had one of such pure testosterone. Great theme for a great final boss, you gotta respect the sheer determination and grit of this dude to see some of the biggest names of the Yakuza series and say "Square the fuck up, I'll bury you" and not just be hot air about it
Just finished Gaiden a few hours ago after finally getting into it. I'm kind of shocked that this fairly short little side game actually created a final boss to rival Kuroiwa and Soma (technically not final, but close enough) in my mind. Hell, Shishido might be up there for my favourite Kiryu antagonist with Mine and Goda.
Ahh yes The Better Aizawa tho, He's the man that would reach on top no matter what happen to him or no... He's basically the embodient of Nothing To lose until he reach his destiny and Power He's basically the kinda Opposite of Kiryu tho, so yeahh no wonder he's searching for a Worthy Fight and he get it, even though he fail
I liked the part where Son Joryu let Shishido power up to full strength so his defeat would be extra demoralizing to the people opposing the dissolution of the clans.
I love how kiryus was the one to defeat the last line of defence of the Omi ending the tojo omi war. And it was not a scheming politician, not some patriach but a tough as nails yakuza fighting for the dream he had when 0 started.
I've noticed that people seem to like the antagonists that are more like rivals than actual villains in this series. Examples of this being Shishido, Ryuji, Kuze, etc.
Shishido kinda reminds me of Jin from Samurai Champloo. Here me out, Jin and that samurai he fought (name escapes me) are both extremely skilled swordsman basically born too late in the world for their skills to be used at their peak, they’re a dying, almost complete dead breed of man that the world no longer needs. Shishido is exactly that. If he had been born earlier and had been a Yakuza around when the legends were; Kiryu, Majima, Saejima, etc. he probably would’ve easily become a legend alongside them by his strength and tenacity alone. But he wasn’t, he was born later and became prominent in the death throws of the Yakuza.
He kinda has become a legend. The guy who rallied the Omi remnants into a last stand against the four pillars of the Tojo and went down fighting until he could only crawl.
This is easily my favorite yakuza fight in a LONG time. Its been a long time since Kiryus duked it out with someone strong but at the same time Kiryu has never been stronger so it just is so satisfying until the final punch
@@MasatakaEbina He literally had the best writing for any of the Yakuza antagonists except for Nishiki. Mine, Daigo, Aizawa, and Iwami all sucked story-wise.
Shishido literally use a Katana to try take down Joryu/Kiryu down and still can't do it, And canonically Kiryu didn't even get that Bruised against him, most of that Bruised is because he's in that condition after Fighting The Whole Omi and Tojo
Gaiden is probably Top 2 of all the Yakuza games in my opinion. the peak ideals and the peak final fight in the OMI HQ. Yakuza 0 is the only thing beats Gaiden by a 0.1 in my list. but to be fair, all Yakuza games from 0 to Infinite Wealth including Judgment and Lost Judgment are 10/10. Yakuza 0 and Gaiden are 11/10 tho
When I compare all of the final bosses in this series, this one ranks surprisingly high for a "side game" (what a load of shit lmao.) If I'm trying not to weigh gameplay too much over story or vice versa, I'd probably say this is the third best final boss in the franchise. Number 1 will always go to the final boss of Judgment, that fight is fucking PEAK in story and is a great and challenging fight in gameplay, only losing out to one other boss in that regard. That boss, being Aizawa, gets second place because while I would say from a purely gameplay perspective it's a slightly better fight than The Mole, Aizawa falls a bit flat story wise. In third is where I'd put Shishido now, who steals the spot just barely from Shibusawa.
W ranking.. here mine 1- nishiki: I just love how you spend yakuza 0 with him, and the flashbacks during the fight in kiwami 2- Shishido 3- Aizawa: like you said is amazing gameplaywise but I feel like he disappeared during the 90% of the game, I wished he was more active during the main story
Kiryu ended up beating him by himself, so Shishido would get absolutely clobbered by Majima and Saejima in an actual fight ( Saejima is equal with Kiryu, and Majima is only weaker than Kiryu by an extremely small margin)
couldn't hear this theme over the fact i had to heal after every hit, since i had bloody binding, talisman, ring and gruesome chainmail, i was also on hard mode
Aisawa is better because he set higher standard. He was the new level for series' spectacle and later it was topped by Judgment games. So Shishido might look cool but there's barely anything new in him or his boss fight.
![Like a Dragon: Gaiden OST Mix - A [Deadly Struggle] for a [Fleeting Dream] - (Final Boss Theme)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cjv1AN6XldI/mqdefault.jpg)
Ichiban: “great job guys! Let’s go get dinner. Arakawa, you coming?”
Meanwhile, Kiryu on the other side of the building:
"So yea, this was just a little side game, nothin too crazy"
"I bet the final boss is a pussy."
Side game my ass this game was dope
It took me more time to finish Gaiden than Kiwami or 3
Gaiden was soooo good peak Game
Shishido became my fav boss because of how fucking cool his fight and qtes are and how good they go together
@@HeavySandvichGuy1I'm guessing you did lots of side content, because I did a ridiculous amount of side content at one point and I think I have less than 30 hours of playtime by the end
@@newusernamessuckyeah he's my favourite boss as well, the ways kiryu defends against some of the attacks in the QTEs and cutscene parts is so cool
fun fact: this is the only final boss in the mainline games that takes place during the day
That explains why it's a sidegame (so I've heard about gaiden)
Literally ALMOST every game in the series, and even Including the Spinoffs like Kurohyou and Judgement, Gaiden is one of the few games where the final boss fight is not during nighttime
@@MatsuSenpaii Yeah, it actually felt kind of weird in all honesty. I'm so used to having Kiryu stand in front of his opponent while they both have a staring contest for 6 minutes before fighting on top of a building.
@@MatsuSenpaii lost judgment was during afternoon.
@@rabbss830 isn't it evening during the fight against Kuwana?
I know the fight against RK started at afternoon (a bit dark skies), but after the fight against Kuwana seems like it was already evening
Rgg really was like "yeah, this is a side game, nothing too crazy." And casually made one of the best endings and characters in the series
Yea, that ending went hard. And was really fucking soul crushing too.
Yeah, the game ending crushed me cried like a river during the ending a masterpiece of a game
>"Yeah that's just a game to recontextualize Yakuza Like a Dragon and the upcoming Infinite Wealth"
>Begins to write the most emotions Kiryu has shown ever since Yakuza 3
Love it when the final boss actually gives the main cast trouble. Shishido was a champ
A hero is only as good as the villain.
A person is at its strongest when they have nothing to lose, which is exactly why we see Shishido is so powerful in this fight.
@@averybruhman5060 No, I think shishido has EVERYTHING to lose in this fight, the omi alliance-everything he ever had, he bet it all on this fight, while Kiryu, the man who erased his name has nothing to lose since he is already dead in everyone's eyes.
@@averybruhman5060 Yeahh he's pretty much one of the Strongest foes tho in Yakuzaverse so far tho only below Kiryu, Serious Majima and Saejima, and also Mine tho
@@KingGesuraMine is probably the strongest final boss as much as I love shishido
"No Kiryu! I will not let you and the others dissolve the Omi alliance, this is my Deadly Struggle to the top!"
"I'm not Kiryu but my strength are just Like a Dragon and i have no name because i am the man who erased his name!"
Yeah i remember when the man who erased his name said that
Truly one of the yakuza games ever made
"You're not Gaiden past me, Shishido!"
"Shishido, I will make you into the fiercest warrior while you go through the deadly struggle!"
i started sobbing the moment, The man who erased his name started saying those lines.
Truly one of the yakuza moments ever made!
this mfer would have taken on kiryu, majima, saejima and daigo all at the same time if he had to.
Dude didn't give a single fuck
Oh
He wouldve gone out. BUT OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY. CAN YOU IMAGINE SHISHIDO VS 4 LEGENDS
@@gianncmedina7805i mean if kiryu alone beat his ass it wont be much of a fight
@@breadburner7276 true but he'll have an epic tale right. Imagine telling some one you went up against 4 legends
@@breadburner7276yeah but Kiryu could barely keep up at the end Shishido proved being stronger managing to leave Kiryu with no breath and that's kinda a huge achievements since even Mine and Saejima managed to reach Kiryu's in his limit.
This isn't just Shishido's boss theme. It's the boss theme of ending the chains of the Yakuza once and for all after trying to escape them since Kiwami's finale.
Such a good way to put it man!
Infinite wealth:
Infinite wealth was made for the citizens to FORGIVE the yakuzas actions while gaiden was to break the chains of the yakuza @werevin649
If Shishido was around during the Kazama or Early-Dragon of Dojima era, I have no doubt in my mind that he would've reached the top.
@@Future_Doggo a quote from another game: “He was born in the wrong age”. Shishido encapsulated that feeling you get from Kuze.
"The Man Who Gets Beat Down Isn't The Loser. The Guy Who Can't Tough It Out To The End, He's The One Who Loses...”
Aizawa if he was a actually good antagonist
I will not tolerate Aizawa slander
but on a more serious note Shishindo is just Aizawa 2.0, Like:
- both fight Kiryu when they first meet him
- they're both revealed to be bad guys in the finale
- they fight in the HQ of their respective Yakuza clans
- both have banger boss fights
- both have dreams they wanna fufill by becoming the top dogs
I was thinking the same thing but I think despite how short the game is Shishido got a good amount of screen time to develop him and his character naturally all the way through. Aizawa was great but wasn’t as compelling to me as shishido and we might get even more of him in IW
To be fair, him being stuck as a side character for a majority of the game didn't really help. It's like the worst Mine situation where they dump his motivation near the tail-end of the game.
@@XxDarkxMoth17xX-both of them kick kiryu so hard he flies down to the first floor
@@XxDarkxMoth17xXShishido = Aizawa done good.
The most shocking part of gaiden is the fact that all face rigs survived the game. (hope we get to see tsuruno and hanawa again.) (wouldn't surprise me if the daidoji mention shishido and nishitani eventually due to them getting forcefully intergrated.)
hanawa is in infinite wealth, watch infinite wealth's trailer and you'll see him in it
@@paybackmadYou mean Morinaga?
It would be cool if they continue the Daidoji faction story without Kiryu maybe turn Shishido as a playable character dude proved has potential and after his backstory they can use it pull out few a trilogy with him trying to rank the highest among the Daidoji
@@JinKolmak_TaKoi am honestly expecting the daidoji to become prominent antagonists, personally. they’re a yakuza-like group with massive political influence that are the means that enabled ryo aoki’s rise to power. i feel like they’ve had an overwhelming negative influence on the world as a whole and want more power; they seem like our future villains to me.
@@VioletOrbWeaver yeah that's all about Daidoji wich could make them interesting seeing in the eyes of Shishido would be amazing especially since with Kiryu it could be boring because since Y3 the orphanage was brought back too much and kinda repetitive as plot. With Shishido they can refresh the plot and bring new stuff in the table and Kiryu can mostly be mentioned or meet him in future as a enemy (if Cancer doesn't finish him first) like a final boss fight between these two but the roles are changed this time.
lowkey one of the best final bosses alongside shibusawa and kuroiwa
@Garland846took the words out of my mouth
tops all of the yakuza final bosses
Kuwana ?
@@amarson2322He is above
@@amarson2322kuwana is above them
His resolve so strong he survived a tiger drop and a literal drop
The image of Kiryu and Shishido clashing fists during the final QTE and throwing out a visible shockwave effect is like something straight up out of a superhero movie. In real life, that's a good way to shatter every bone in your hand. In Yakuza/LAD world, it's just a tiny detail of a tectonic-shifting final battle.
This entire fight is just madness, a rehashed version of the final battle with Aizawa at the end of Yakuza 5, but with much higher emotional stakes. The music is one of the most violent and aggressive tracks in the entire series, but also has its melancholic tones, and it fits with Shishido's mental state. The whole world he knows is in danger of being taken out from under him, and he's raging against that right to the bitter end. But even if he is victorious, the Omi won't survive for long against the government crackdowns. So he's a wild animal, backed into a corner, hurling himself against the immovable object of Kiryu, time and again.
And Kiryu is finally putting to rest the spectre of the Yakuza world that's haunted him most of his life. Sure, he was Chairman of Japan's largest Yakuza organisation, but only for a day. But he still knows full well the only way to finally dismantle the Yakuza is to do so with his fists. He's already given up his life and erased his name, so this is the last thing he had to do to finally move on from his old life.
A man with nothing left to lose versus a man with everything to lose.
Holy shit, that was very well put together
Woah. That's one hell of a way to put it, makes me love this fight even more. This is def Top 3 Final Boss fights in the series.
Based final boss, this game is fun as hell
this game had a shit ton of likeness characters holy
Hope Akame will appear in Hawaii. She's truly a waifu material
@@romanus7258 ayy same here, hopefully she appears again, she's so good and beautiful af
Can't wait for her to meet Kiryu/Joryu again
@romanus7258 you uhhh half got your wish
Also i think 0 has the most likeness characters if we count side content
10x better than Iwami as Kiryu’s “final” villain
Baby iwami
Iwami is Kiryus final emotional villain
Shishido is Kiryus final Yakuza villain
@@axelnewmagicwand9626 nah
You don't think infinite wealth is going to have another final boss for Kiryu??
@@REDEEMERWOLF the cancer that Kiryu only has
The man who lost everything vs. The man who wanted it all
How did they make a contender for best final boss in the series in a game that took 6 months to make
the young wild yakuza who clings in the past . and the legendary dragon who roars for one last time to open the path for the future generation
Well said
RGG NEVER MISS WITH THEIR BOSS THEMES!!! 🔥🔥🔥
this entire boss fight js a fantastic case study for symbolism and visual storytelling
Man this theme really gets your blood pumping but is also so melancholic. Really makes you think how everything shishido is doing is for nothing.
Shishido low-key in top 10 Like a dragon characters ever. Now I want a Gaiden game with him as protagonist
Just as i finished the game too, perfect...
i can't forgive daidoji for what they did for shishido 💀
@@s0ulstormright? I was like “aw damn he deserved better than that”
The moment Kiryu's """secret""" gets revealed, the Daidoji will send him and Nishitani to silence him. That'll be fuckin cool
I failed two times against him due to the Katana Mortal Attacks, i then knew he meant business.
Even though he was the final obstacle and had to be stopped, he didn't deserve to be dragged with Nishitani to whatever hell the Daidoji has in mind for him.
My favorite fight in franchise tbh
this mf fought kiryu, watase and tsuruno then fell in a pit of metal then came back hella injured then got ganked by saejima and majima then fights kiryu AND THEN STILL WHEN HES DOWN HE WANTS TO FIGHT 💀
Jingu, Iwami, Munakata, Kurosawa:
- " Pfft, typical, you've taken the bait, time to spring the trap and end this once and for all. "
Aizawa, Shibusawa, Ryuji, Tendo, Mine:
- " Make your way to me so that we may finally settle our differences face to face. May the strongest win. "
Shishido ( _seeing multiple yakuza legends on the same spot_ ):
- 😠😡🔪🤬🔥🔥🔪🔪
More like "dight me like a true man you pssie"
shishido is a chad ong
@@poptartninjamans took majimas knife through his hand like a g and saejimas strength didnt faze shishido
Says a lot when two Yakuza legends struggle to hold Shishido back.
Shishido should have had a dragon tattoo on his back. When fighting with his back to the wall, man was an absolute monster. Never mind that substory with all the fake Ryuji's: the real second coming of Ryuji Goda is right here.
@@jamesnorman9160 Pretty sad when you think that he was just born too late
"Yeah so this is just a side game with 5 chapters don't go too crazy"
2:24 this small entire part syncing with the music gives me goosebumps
Kazuma Kiryu, the Dojima no Ryu, the dragon that represents Tojo against the man that alone represents what a yakuza is and can fight alone with anyone if is to protect what he believes.
Easily top 5 fights in the franchise
Side game but having one of the best final boss in the series
3:54 holy shit this music sync gets my rocks off
That’s a great shot too, Shishido underneath the Omi symbol. He’s the last man standing still clinging to the old ways.
3:19 mikiri counter🤯
possible dark souls 6 reference??
Strongest Samurai vs weakest Shinobi
its crazy to think about how shishido could absolutely body Infinite wealth kiryu and it wouldn't even be close.
Well Kiryu has severe cancer in infinite wealth so it’s pretty logical
1:09 Shishido takes a full tiger drop from Kiryu and is barely phased, he was seriously on another level
We've had plenty of great boss themes, some are emotional and others are manly (all tend to be funky fresh tho) but I don't think we've ever had one of such pure testosterone.
Great theme for a great final boss, you gotta respect the sheer determination and grit of this dude to see some of the biggest names of the Yakuza series and say "Square the fuck up, I'll bury you" and not just be hot air about it
bro was so op that majima and saejima were having trouble holding him back even tho he got an ass whooping from kiryu before the final battle
Just finished Gaiden a few hours ago after finally getting into it. I'm kind of shocked that this fairly short little side game actually created a final boss to rival Kuroiwa and Soma (technically not final, but close enough) in my mind. Hell, Shishido might be up there for my favourite Kiryu antagonist with Mine and Goda.
No. 1 BOSS
Kuze would like a word with you.
Ahh not really, There's still Mine, Ryuji, Shibusawa, Kuze and Kuwana tho
But he's one of the best tho at least
Ahh yes The Better Aizawa tho, He's the man that would reach on top no matter what happen to him or no... He's basically the embodient of Nothing To lose until he reach his destiny and Power
He's basically the kinda Opposite of Kiryu tho, so yeahh no wonder he's searching for a Worthy Fight and he get it, even though he fail
Shishido's position in the dynamic intro reminds me of Kuze in the tunnel fight...
Peak Yakuza, this franchise never cease to amaze !
I liked the part where Son Joryu let Shishido power up to full strength so his defeat would be extra demoralizing to the people opposing the dissolution of the clans.
The part where son joryu used mastered ultra instinct was badass aswell
This theme kicked soooo much ass and Shishido I wish appeared earlier in the series, FANTASTIC character who looks like a complete bad ass
I like Kiryu last punch. It shows he still a monster
I love how kiryus was the one to defeat the last line of defence of the Omi ending the tojo omi war. And it was not a scheming politician, not some patriach but a tough as nails yakuza fighting for the dream he had when 0 started.
I gotta be real, I liked Shishido as a final boss way more than Infinite Wealth’s final bosses
I've noticed that people seem to like the antagonists that are more like rivals than actual villains in this series. Examples of this being Shishido, Ryuji, Kuze, etc.
@@shrpha7112 yeah, ngl that really tracks for me at least personally
Funny how a small game from RGG puts almost all new Ubisoft games to shame.
Shishido kinda reminds me of Jin from Samurai Champloo. Here me out, Jin and that samurai he fought (name escapes me) are both extremely skilled swordsman basically born too late in the world for their skills to be used at their peak, they’re a dying, almost complete dead breed of man that the world no longer needs.
Shishido is exactly that. If he had been born earlier and had been a Yakuza around when the legends were; Kiryu, Majima, Saejima, etc. he probably would’ve easily become a legend alongside them by his strength and tenacity alone. But he wasn’t, he was born later and became prominent in the death throws of the Yakuza.
He kinda has become a legend.
The guy who rallied the Omi remnants into a last stand against the four pillars of the Tojo and went down fighting until he could only crawl.
This is easily my favorite yakuza fight in a LONG time. Its been a long time since Kiryus duked it out with someone strong but at the same time Kiryu has never been stronger so it just is so satisfying until the final punch
1:20 to 1:36 is my fav part
1:14 its badass pulling an action like that a normal person would have broken their bones
GOD DAMN THAT PART WHERE THEY PUNCH EACHOTHER'S FIST CREATING A SHOCKWAVE
RGG Keep cooking bro 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
"Nothing too crazy."
*ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?*
This isn't Shishido's theme.
Is the Old Yakuza's theme, refusing to be murdered. And by the hand of the same man who protect it for so long.
Shishido would have been a great patriarch
this is my deadly struggle for faith
Aizawa if he had Ryuji's writing
Ryuji writing was barely even good.
@@MasatakaEbina He literally had the best writing for any of the Yakuza antagonists except for Nishiki. Mine, Daigo, Aizawa, and Iwami all sucked story-wise.
@@anotherunreliablenarrator "Ryuji why do you do this?!"
"I'm mad that you have another dragon tattoo besides me"
That's literally Ryuji
@@MasatakaEbina"Wahhhh! Wahhhh! Why does everyone think Kiryu is better than me?!" -Akira Nishikiyama
@@willr.1495 "Mine. Why are you doing all of this?!"
"You lived a happy life and i didn't so fuck everyone else 😠😠😠"
Welcome back Yakuza 5
boss theme made me open up this pit in my room
Shisido are too strong even Joryu had to use gadget to take him down and still can't take him down easily
Shishido literally use a Katana to try take down Joryu/Kiryu down and still can't do it, And canonically Kiryu didn't even get that Bruised against him, most of that Bruised is because he's in that condition after Fighting The Whole Omi and Tojo
I was too busy with the fight that i didn't even notice this OST🔥🔥🔥
Gaiden is probably Top 2 of all the Yakuza games in my opinion. the peak ideals and the peak final fight in the OMI HQ.
Yakuza 0 is the only thing beats Gaiden by a 0.1 in my list. but to be fair, all Yakuza games from 0 to Infinite Wealth including Judgment and Lost Judgment are 10/10. Yakuza 0 and Gaiden are 11/10 tho
When I compare all of the final bosses in this series, this one ranks surprisingly high for a "side game" (what a load of shit lmao.) If I'm trying not to weigh gameplay too much over story or vice versa, I'd probably say this is the third best final boss in the franchise. Number 1 will always go to the final boss of Judgment, that fight is fucking PEAK in story and is a great and challenging fight in gameplay, only losing out to one other boss in that regard. That boss, being Aizawa, gets second place because while I would say from a purely gameplay perspective it's a slightly better fight than The Mole, Aizawa falls a bit flat story wise. In third is where I'd put Shishido now, who steals the spot just barely from Shibusawa.
W ranking.. here mine
1- nishiki: I just love how you spend yakuza 0 with him, and the flashbacks during the fight in kiwami
2- Shishido
3- Aizawa: like you said is amazing gameplaywise but I feel like he disappeared during the 90% of the game, I wished he was more active during the main story
as much as i love kuroiwa, the final fight itself is a bit underwhelming.
imo kuwana and shishido both have better climaxes.
Shishido was Aizawa if Kuze was his dad and I'm here for it.
I really wish you hadn't put his face in the thumbnail. Best final boss in the series though, easily
i saw this thumbnail when i didnt complete the game but atleast i was high and didnt recognise shishido
I like this Battle Music Video.
Shishido was crazy, this fucking mutant of a man was out here swinging kiryu on a string like hes some kind of toy
Actual alien specimen
This is honestly the hardest final boss in the series imo
Although he's the only one I've fought in hard mose so i could be wrong
Final boss in Ishin is way harder. But, to be honest, everything in Ishin is harder.
@@lightguard1 never beat ishin so i never even attempted that one
0:22 Good thumbnail
a epic moment
This boss fight is way cooler than any final boss besides Kiwami, Kiwami 2 and Yakuza 3
I think this fight is better than Ryuji
I died three times to this dude, it was so fun.
This might be the shortest Yakuza/Like a Dragon game but it's one of the best in the franchise.
He whooped majima and saejima what a man
Nahh, more like push them back, Majima and Saejima would destroy him in All Out Battle
Kiryu ended up beating him by himself, so Shishido would get absolutely clobbered by Majima and Saejima in an actual fight ( Saejima is equal with Kiryu, and Majima is only weaker than Kiryu by an extremely small margin)
This is the Yakuza's last hurrah.
3:11 Kazuma Kiryu is Shoplifting
1:00 kino
When a side game is better than most titles released in 2023:
Testosterone booster
Even though this game is branded as "another story", SEGA managed to make it whole heartedly.
But sega didn't make it,it was rgg that made it
he looks like kuze ngl
Aizawa but actually good!
couldn't hear this theme over the fact i had to heal after every hit, since i had bloody binding, talisman, ring and gruesome chainmail, i was also on hard mode
You're insane
This is ngga looked at 4 legends and said "y'all vs me no damage NG+7 and i'm still winning"
Is that Shisa on Shishido's back? Or is this a different beast?
Lion
Shishi(Lion)
2:32-3:00 I can’t unhear the Chicago bulls theme
The boss:🗿
The Music:🗿
The actor:🗿
The gameplay:🗿
Doom Slayer approves.
No fleeting dream?
3:25
❤
The real ending to Yakuza.
Why is every yakuza song getting deleted wth
fake copyright strikes apparently
God damnit
do in 4k
Tch. A shame. Thought you'd deliver on the opening intro part before the boss battle.
who says tch on text?
@@rashid591Blud thinks he is Majima 💀💀💀
@@MasatakaEbina who thinks he is majima? im a dumbass so i dont understand
@@rashid591 The guy who said tch
why does he look like jeff the killer?
Aizawa was better
Damn dude Aizawa was shittiest boss ever
Aisawa is better because he set higher standard. He was the new level for series' spectacle and later it was topped by Judgment games. So Shishido might look cool but there's barely anything new in him or his boss fight.