Something I just realized about Kuze that no one's pointing out: the first three fights were all more or less initiated by him (even the first one I'd argue), and Kiryu had to defend himself. It isn't until the fourth fight, when Kiryu tracks down Tachibana, that Kiryu throws the first punch. Up until then, in Kuze's mind, Kiryu was just some overly persistent two-bit gangster who wanted a slice of the money from the empty lot, which is why he was so pissed about losing a finger to some naive scrub and why he couldn't stand a "half-ass" like him. Everything changed in the fourth fight, where Kiryu threw the first punch. It wasn't Kiryu defending himself, it was him defending Tachibana, and that was the hardest Kiryu had fought ever before. That was the fight where Kuze realized Kiryu wasn't after the money, he was protecting his friends, and BOY had he just been screwed over hard. Thus explains Kuze's line after the fourth fight about Kiryu having "turned into a real yakuza": he realized he was fighting for something greater than money or power, which is what Kuze was all about unlike many of his peers. Hence why Kuze had to test Kiryu in one final fight, to see if his ideals were the real thing. Now THAT'S how you write a damn good antagonist.
His tattoo is of Enma, a demon king who judges the souls of the dead. Kuze's role in the story is judging Kiryu as he makes his descent into the Yakuza underworld.
Goddamn yeah that’s right. Awano represents the yakuza lust for money, and Shibusawa the lust for power. Meanwhile Kuze represents the Yakuza who stick to their ideals and fight for their pride and honour.
ruclips.net/p/PL-PNrkhJ88jgpHJTaNrykCxLAu_bPXgP8 They don't have any subtitles so if you don't know japanese you're kinda fucked but they're still a fun watch
All joking aside that minigame is gloriously unbalanced. You can turn Kiryu into an indestructible terminator by like a quarter of the way through the game. It's fantastic.
As much as you want to hate Kuze, you just can't. He's such a cool, well-written villain. He's got baggage, he's got beef, he's got a plan, and you're not in it.
Kuze's such a well written antagonist for Kiryu. He represents what a yakuza is in its purest form. He doesn't care about money or women, the most important thing to Kuze is his ideals. That's why he never gives up, why despite knowing he'll lose, he still fights you again and again. And as Kiryu goes fron the boy who joined the criminal organization just because he thought they were cool, to a full-fledged, genuine yakuza, Kuze begins to respect him.
@Correct Opinion He's not wise nor idealistic nor cunning; and he is not supposed to be either. His whole character is being this tough guy that you can beat one or two times but he'll get back again. He is seen as the weakest of the three lieutenants but that's not true. He has the balls to stand up and fight, and lose, and stand up again, unlike awano who completely forgets what actually being a yakuza meant and shibusawa who would rather avoid having to fight himself. He's a sore loser because that's how you have to be. You lost? Keep trying.
No hates towards Max0r but i am really the one who doesn't really watch him nor do i have some interests in doing so? Idk, his style is very typical "Memer reviews" and on top of that he reviews games that were memed to death. I prefer Seth since he reviews obscure videos and his humor.... While not really a big difference. Is much funnier.
Christian Monsegue Like seriously, Kuze had nothing, but fight in him. He may be a jobber as far as rank went amongst the other Tojo Clan leaders at the time, but he was truly badass.
Rodrick Williams Shows how brilliant the game is. In other series, such characters would be laughed at and ridiculed. Kuze loses over and over but they managed to still make him a genuine badass cause he has this extreme ferocity and will to push on. Honestly, I think this is how I think a fighter should be at heart. Never wavering, ignoring the losses and keep coming. What Kuze makes up for his lack of skill is having a fuckton of heart, willpower and guts to move past the losses and continue to fight. This is what makes him special and so goddamn amazing.
maybe if they make a yakuza 3 remake they could put kaze and the other one who lived though it ........in it for a little scene where they comes to see kirya at the kids home to see how there old pupil is doing ......... would be a nice to see them catching up maybe another fight between the new and old dragon of dojima ............ they have no reason to hate each other now there out of the game ........... and have it end with them going kirya do us this one favor ok make sure those kids have a better life then we all did growing up ok and don't let them get in to this game as it only ever ends badly for most people
@@Drakulas77 Thematically I agree with you, he's the only old school Yakuza that holds the traditions in his heart, but much like Kiryu this ends up holding him back in comparison to his contemporaries. Both Kiryu and Kuze can be considered true Yakuza, people who live and die by their code. While this fuels Kiryu throughout his life and drives him towards success, Kuze serves as a foil to show that Kiryu truly is a special person because sometimes being so headstrong gets you shit, much like Kuze
I honestly loved Kuze's character development. at first he was like "fuck them kids." and then towards the end he was like, "Aight, i'm too old for this shit, Kiryu, take care of it."
tbh, it isn't like that. Kuze always thought Kiryu was a selfish and money hungry yakuza who only fought for profit from the Empty Lot, but at the fourth fight, he realized that Kiryu wasn't fighting for money, but for something greater, that is his friends.
I just completed Yakuza 0 and Xenoblade 2 and I’m definitely feeling that right now. More so for Xenoblade 2 because there’s simply no way to experience all the incredible moments with those characters, and especially that ending, for the first time again. Xenoblade 2 is literally the only game I’ve played that’s forcing me to replay it just to spend more time with the characters.
But on the bright side this was my first in the series so I still have like 10+ games to play now especially with they localized some of the Japan only games lol.
Just wanna say that Kuze's opinion of Kiryu is demonstrated through his glasses Fight 1: Glasses on, full pride as he tries to show up this dumbass kid Fight 2: Begins with glasses on to establish dominance, takes them off to get serious since he has seen that Kiryu does actually have some fire in him Fight 3: Glasses back on, surrounded by his thugs, Awano and Shibusawa. Has his pride in overwhelming force even though Kiryu has now beat him twice, but he still gets destroyed even with all his henchmen Fight 4: Glasses start on, as he is still in denial about Kiryu's strength, but they are immediately blown off as Kiryu comes in swinging Final Fight: Glasses are nowhere to be seen, he confronts Kiryu with eyes open and perception clear. He's finally ready to acknowledge Kiryu, and fights with everything he's got This is literally just from his FUCKING GLASSES what a king
Kuze is without a doubt the best antagonist in all of the Yakuza games. As much as I love Daigo, Riyuji, Mine, Awano, Lao Gui, and fuck even Majima at times, Kuze hits different. I WISH we got a game where we play as him, I'd have a field day
Yup, Yakuza is Shounen Jump material. Too bad the Fist of The North Star generation is over, stuff like this belonged in Jump. Now it's too much Naruto-alike underground shounens
How about a prequel in the 50’s / 60’s featuring Kuze, Awano, Shibusawa, & Kazuma’s origins. I‘d pay top dollar to experience Kuze’s early days... What a badass
@@Svidrigailov1 I needa finish school and get a part time job so I can buy a ps4 sooooo bad all I can do now I wait for kiwami 2 for PC to play it in ultra low
I'd love to see a prequel centered around Kazama. We could see him rising to the top, but through different means than Kiryu. Most Yakuza main characters dislike killing, so playing as someone who doesn't mind it would make for an interesting clash of ideologies, that's for sure. A guy who kills for a living vs a guy who never killed anyone and how differently they might view the world. Speaking of which, we could see Kiryu and Nishiki as kids. That, or the game is set before he adopts them and it ends with him... let's just say "having a faithful encounter" with their parents. Either way, I see lots of potential here.
I saw someone stream Yakuza 0 a while back, and I watched them get to this very scene. As soon as Kuze's name flashed on screen and the battle started, I knew I had to buy this game as fast as I possibly could.
Hah, true. But he was actually the toughest fights for me, after that it got kinda easy. One thing that I hated though was the sign that asked me if I wanted to switch over to easy mode. Like no, cmon, Im gonna beat his ass, regardless of how many tries.
@@lordolinguine7235 My first game too, also started on hard. His first fight was tough because I didn't know there was a block button by that point, so any time I missed a dodge I'd get punished hard
That was the best boss Fight in 0 I literally beat him to the ground and at his 25% bar he nearly killed me but I got up for more since I was still alive
@Kasumi Yoshizawa same thing, I came to play in august only because of meme and shit i have never expirienced this type of masterpiece(Aside from maybe Sekiro and Dishonored). I just completed it a week ago with 91 hrs of game time and this was epic as hell. I played everyday for 7-10 hours(never in any game aside from terraria with calamity mod) and I just love everything about this game. I'm planning to do it on legend difficulty and also playing on keyboard is not that comfortable.
Everything about Kuze is fucking badass, him music is badass, his boss fight is badass, his QTE is badass, his voice is badass, his fucking design looks and it is badass af. Kuze is the character you hate with passion in the beggining sections of the game but at the climax of the game, you end up loving him for standing up to his ideals and motivations. Grade A character, that I wish to return in some form.
Just saying in case you didn't know, his appearance is 1-to-1 scan of his voice actor Ozawa Hitoshi who's a famous actor in yakuza films, and he looks just as badass irl as he does in game
Meanwhile there are other characters that you hate with disgust and a burning passion. Take Tamashiro from Y3, for example, I hated him with every fiber of my being. It's not just bc he did something bad, it was also because he was just written to be a hollow piece-o-shit two-bit old gangster. You hate him during your 1st encounter, you forget about him, and then you remember he exists. "Oh not this mf"
He's right though. If you keep lying on the ground and don't get back you'll be left behind, forgotten. Only the ones who get back up after every blow, no matter how terrible it may be, are the ones who have a chance of making it to the top. Ironically it was this exact mindset that eventually got Kiryu to the top aswell and made him the man he is today.
@@symbiotegod2069 But Kiryu already had that personality. He didn't need Kuze to learn that, he was always a guy who never quits as long as the battle is still going. Even when he was told to be a civvie and let the big wigs handle the mess in the Empty Lot he didn't give up. When his foster dad told him that being a Yakuza is not a life for them, he and Nishiki didn't back down.
"The man who gets beat down isn't the loser. The guy who can't tough it out to end, he's the one who loses." That line makes me feel a lot better about dying like three times on the first fight against him because I got cocky and didn't bring any healing items.
@@YourCrazyDolphin yeap, that's me too. This was my first yakuza game, and I picked hard right off the bat. Went down a bunch of times before I could beat him.
First fight with kuze is imo the hardest fight in the game . Kiryu is weak, knows only 1 fighting style, I was also new, didnt have healing . This was the most challenging fight I guess I tried it for 2 hours and did not want to switch game difficulty to easy either. Anyway KUZEEEEEE!!!
“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” This philosophy has kept me strong in some of my worst times
The best part about kuze is that you never beat him as an ACTUAL yakuza,but as a warrior.A natural yakuza would have killed kuze by the end as a show of power and growth,but kiryu being a warrior spares him like a man. It really does drive home the point that kiryu values morales and honor far more than tradition and power.
Yo I watched a movie called Brother recently. You should totally watch it, I feel like you would appreciate it. Actually I watched 2 movies named Brother, the Russian one from 1997 (must watch) and the Japanese one from 00' directed by Takeshi Kitano (this one gave me a solid Yakuza boner) Both are about absolute warriors getting involved with the underworld. Shit, my girlfriend even cried with the Russian one.
@@takafumiarisawa70 the best part is that the actor of Kuze is famous for being in Yakuza films. I say actor because they literally modeled him after the voice actor
It's emblematic that Kuze never approached him with a firearm either. He always wanted to teach Kiryu a leasson as a man, as a warrior. Kuze owned every scene he was in.
Really? I felt very annoyed you didn’t have the option to kill him after your first victory against him. You don’t go around sparing people who want to kill you and will not stop .
Kuze was such a good way to show the player how much stronger they were getting as the game went on as he served as a constant, first fight against him was quite brutal (as someone who had never played yakuza before especially) and by the end there was a mix of respect and sympathy during the fight as i think he even knew he was completely outclassed by Kiryu by that point but still gave it everything he had
Neoburst not so brutal.Fight with Shimano in Kiwami this is brutal.And i mean on hard difficulty.Kuze is easy.I restarted only one time because i wanted to perform one heat but failed.And i almost a rookie in Yakuza boss fighting
@@sandansaiyan5675 Not for me, I was new to Yakuza in whole and Kuze beat the shit out of me like 2-3 times, i pretty much ezed the shit out of Shimano in Yakuza Kiwami.
for the japanese, the timeframe in which the american babyboom was going on, they were recovering from the complete governmental and infrastructural collapse they suffered post-world war 2. he is the polar opposite of a boomer. that's why he is cool.
@@_Mars In the timeline of Yakuza 0 which is in the 80s that basically was the Japanese babyboomer time since it was the time of the economy bubble. People were making more money than they knew what to do with. Kiwami 1 and 2 take place during the Japanese recession and recovery.
In a sense, this is Kiryu's first legitimate boss fight in the whole series. Granted, a bit happened before this point, but it's his first Iconic fight in his long career as a Yakuza. Kuze was the first enemy he really had. I think this fight is symbolic, as such of the old guard, Kuze, being replaced by fresh blood, Kiryu.
When your parents are scolding you over nothing and your grandpa gets up from his wheelchair to stop them: *GRANDPA DAVE* *STAFF SERGENT OF MARINE CORPS 1961*
@@yokiryuchan7655 That's because of plot armor Kiryu have, but Kuze is the embodiment of getting beaten down and coming back up for more, such an amazing character.
This still gives me the chills. Yakuza 0 does so much to improve character development for Yakuza Kiwami. Sad that Kuze doesn't show up in later games, but he's definitely one of the (if not THE) most memorable characters to me.
Yeah, I felt that they could have used him more or give him a redemption arc. I think what really made him special in my eyes was the voice actor doing the work on him, there is no character in Yakuza 0 that comes close to the badassery that Kuze exudes.
The actor Hitoshi Ozawa is an icon of Japanese Yakuza films. He and Riki Takeuchi made Yakuza 0 already special for Japanese fans. Casting them for Yakuza 0 contributed a lot to make this the best game of the series.
Kuze has a continued story after this game. It’s a spin off game called Yakuza Online. It’s a mobile game. Kuze was released from prison and was given an opportunity to rejoin the Tojo. After a complicated series of events Kuze had played a key role in saving the Tojo Clan. But Kuze didn’t join the Tojo. He retired and is confirmed to still be alive by the Yakuza LaD. He is currently 84 years old
1:33 is the hypest moment in the entire game (one of the hypest in the entire series, honestly). Had me out of my chair barking "yeah!!" at the monitor. THAT'S how you introduce a boss fight.
Kuze isn't a tragic villain that makes you feel sorry for him, or a sympathetic villain trying to do the right thing. He's a villain that you hate with all your heart, and you love every second of it. Because the more you hate him, the more you learn.
Very well said sir. Most of the story telling nowadays is like "the villain have his reasons too", "he's at his edge also" bla bla bla, But Yakuza tells me that once you're standing on a battle field, every battle, every fight, is your own choice, your own will, you have to go All-in, no excuse, full dedication.
@@Jetstreamsamdidnothingwrong No. He's not 'honorable' or 'respectable'. None of the Lieutenants are. They aren't even respectable from a Yakuza's perspective. ALL of them are shitstains. Shibusawa was going turn an innocent girl into a hostage for blackmailing and to settle a 'grudge' with another lieutenant simply out of envy. Awano threw away his strength to live in empty hedonism. And Kuze is a hypocrite that threw everything at the kitchen sink to try to get Kiryu killed for being better and braver than he could ever be. Kuze waited patiently while Kiryu rampaged through the office getting himself exhausted in the process, only then deciding to fight him when there was no one else. He attacked Kiryu using steel knuckles, surrounding him with his goons, and tried to run him over with A FUCKING BIKE AND A LEAD PIPE. Only when EVERYTHING was breaking down, when Kiryu was on the offensive and Kuze had no other tricks to use, only THEN did he shape up his act and try to fight Kiryu like a man; no weapons, no armies, no excuses. The excuse of "he was trying to KILL Kiryu and not fight him" goes out of the window when you realize that EVERYTHING KUZE DID was because HE wanted to be the one to kill Kiryu, no one else. That's his sense of "honor"; he wants to do the dirty deed by himself, but that's about it. He decayed, just like Awano did. The memory of the man that once joined the Yakuza so he could fight people who are stronger than he is has fallen off completely by the time Kiryu first fought him. The man once wanted to face hardships head on because he knew learning from them was the only way to get stronger, now became someone whose only line he would not cross was letting someone else do the dirty work and kill for him, because he thinks getting down and dirty is what makes you a real Yakuza. Fighting Kiryu made the man he once was briefly resurface for a moment, but at that point, he had no chance. Unlike him, Kiryu acknowledged being a Yakuza means going down a tough path, but it was his desire to go down that path without losing sense of his own morality and humanity was what turned him into the legendary Dragon. Kuze fell into the trap of thinking doing horrible things is what makes him a real Yakuza and that's why he could never surpass Kiryu, despite the gap in experience between them. Kuze isn't cool, he's not 'honorable', he's not 'manly'. He's a cautionary tale about what could have happened to Kiryu if he gave up his humanity and decided that anything goes when you're Yakuza. He's a negative example that Kiryu needed to learn from in order to understand how even great men can get fucked over and lose what made them great in the first place by continuing down a dark path. Admiring Kuze means not learning the entire lesson his story was meant to tell.
@@WeebPodel It is, Yakuza games did learn to match the beat once the series started to use Dynamic Intros (not all of the games had it like this, so I can't say the series always did this)
He sees Kiryu as half-assed, weak and naive... but that's where he really messed up. Kiryu has principles too and he won't ever back down on them. Showing mercy to his enemies doesn't make Kiryu weak, because he can back it up. Disrespecting people far above him because they do immoral things doesn't make him a naive civilian. As the entire franchise's title goes "Like a dragon". Kiryu goes his own path and the ways of the Yakuza have to bend to him, not the other way around.
@@LordTyph He doesnt. In a moment of weakness he almost kills Shibusawa, but that was were Nishiki stopped and reminded him of what the true Kiryu is like. Kiryu is still young here... he still can waver.
Well, That's why I usually dislike with newcomers and westerner. A lot of misconception. Kiryu never wanted "The ways of the Yakuza To bend To him". Never once. He told it himself, he never should have been one and never tried To change their ways - he only have his own moral which does not fit it. That is why he also respect a lot Kuze, who is the perfect incarnation of the Gotoku world as it should be.
I like his motivations as a villain. Rather than fighting for any sense of personal honour or revenge, he’s fighting against Kiryu because he represents everything that goes against his personal philosophy. He’s not angry that Kiryu for anything petty, he’s angry that he’s the antithesis to his own personal philosophy. Kiryu is willing to discard his yakuza identity in order to do what he considers right, this is basically spitting in the face of Kuze who would do anything to remain a Yakuza.
Both got into the Yakuza for entirely opposing reasons. Kiryu wanted the status and respect that came with being Yakuza because he wanted to be something more than an orphan punk kid. Kiryu's story shows him developing his own philosophy on what is means to be Yakuza while refusing to sell out his morals in a highly dog eat dog world. Kuze meanwhile has based his entire identity around being Yakuza. Sure, he did boxing before and was presumably successful at it, but Kuze always glosses over that period of his life as if it was an embarrassing phase he went through because he truly found himself when he joined with Dojima and the Tojo clan. So the idea of throwing that identity away so casually for the sake of personal morals is completely alien to Kuze and infuriates him when Kiryu persistently refuses to back down. It's only in his final fight that he's able to fully see Kiryu's view that the title doesn't make the man, but the man makes the title worth having. Kiryu has made his own statement on what Yakuza is and is going to carry it with him challenging conventional wisdom with every step he takes without fear. If Kuze could've foreseen how drastically Kiryu would change the entire Yakuza world with his philosophy I bet he'd be impressed by what that 'half-ass' punk kid was able to accomplish.
This video is an accurate visual of grandpa's immune system vs covid. One is weaker but a much better fighter (Immune system) and the other one is just strong as fuck. This is just the internal view
@@Unknown-mi4ih Ill continue Grandpa: Having aging disease and joint pain beat me to the retirement home spot? Couldnt give a fuck... As long as I'm alive, I'll keep getting back up for more. Which is why you.... A half-ass elder-disrespecting guy like you's the one thing I can't stand. *NOW APOLOGIZE, YOU LITTLE SHIT*
As someone who’s played the Yakuza games since the PS2 era, it feels so weird seeing a Yakuza video in the millions, of a instrumental song no less. Makes me happy to see this series finally getting the recognition it deserves though.
@@scaratlas3347 I remember renting out two PS2 games at Blockbuster when I was kid, GTA: Vice City Stories and Yakuza (my parents never knew what an ESRB rating was haha). Played Vice City Stories for like an hour and thought it was okay. Played through the first hour of Yakuza and I forgot I even had a second rental. I thought it was the coolest thing I ever played (even though most of the English dub was cheesy looking back at it now).
@@garrytalaroc full of charm, content, good story, drama, goofy moments, actually great secondary missions, what the hell you can play Space Harrier and Outrun with your own money, naughty content, the series is amazing
It's been such a long time since I found a video game or franchise that'd keep me captivated for multiple days' worth of hours within the few months of playing the Yakuza series. Tons of different content and all are worth doing
Not even a Villain in my opinion he was almost Kiryu mentor and I think alot of the things kuze told him stuck with him even the intro to this he says there's no ko so kiryu doesn't give and he puts his arms back up even if it hurts
I love how Kiryu's version of not being a half-ass involves going against the entire Dojima clan. Kuze was his initiation. Kiryu had to choose between his loyalty to his own ideals, and his loyalty to his "superiors". He chose his own ideals, and that's when they came for him. At this point, the seeds of what he was to become were sown. By the end of the game, he's been through trial after trial, and realized that no matter the challenge, he will not back down from his beliefs. So when he faces the final boss, the Dragon has already been born, and that's the moment when he's unleashed.
@@gametrollerprime1594honestly, i'd disagree with that. Too many times in one game and they lose their impact, diminishing returns and all that. So i'm honestly fine with them as they are now lol
Kuze: "You asshole... You're makin' this fun." Kiryu: "K-Kuze..." Kiryu: "So, that woman was one of yours." Kuze: "I'll let you in on a little something." Kuze: "The yakuza game, it's not like boxing." Kuze: "The man who gets beat down isn't the loser." Kuze: "The guy who can't tough it out to the end, he's the one who loses." Kuze: "Eh? Don't ya think?" Kuze: "In the yakuza life, there are no KO's." Kuze: "I'll tell you what, Kiryu." Kuze: "To me, a finger or two don't mean shit." Kuze: "Having Awano or Shibusawa beat me to the captain's spot? Couldn't give a fuck..." Kuze: "As long as i'm alive, i'll keep getting back up for more." Kuze: "Which is why you..." Kuze: "A half-ass like you's the one thing i can't stand." Kuze: "Now DIE, you little shit!" *DOJIMA FAMILY LIEUTENANT, TOJO CLAN* *DAISAKU KUZE*
I’m a fair bit into Yakuza 0 and holy shit, I’m addicted. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so into a game. I knew this game was special when I realized I’m at chapter 13 and I’m nowhere NEAR bored beating the brakes off of every person on the street.
@Pro Token420 you rush the principal story? Because the royala state and the cabaret quest take more than 2 days, and the game have a lot of secondaries and mini games
That honor should go to MGRR's final boss. Yakuza's bosses are definitely badass but I'm having a hard time imagining a game that can beat MGRR's final boss
Samuel's boss fight felt like an ordinary boss fight honestly. His OST felt ordinary. During the last Armstrong boss fight, I was at the edge of my seat and battle crying at the screen. Major factor that contributed to that was probably the OST. It's the one of the most fitting final boss fight I've ever heard that gives a feeling of an equal fight. (I know their fight was more uneven towards Raiden's side but if someone were to make me listen to this song without context, I'd think it was an equal fight between two powerful characters) I also just wanna share something that seems like a really good final boss battle music too. Zepto Earnest from the Nine Visual novel series is really good too. Got goosebumps all over during that fight. I've yet to encounter any boss fight that tops MGRR's final boss fight though. (Recommendations are appreciated. Preferably something with Japanese audio and subtitles since I'm learning the language) ruclips.net/video/TzZ1BYFked4/видео.html
" The student who doesn't get A+ on his homework isn't the one who loses, the student who can't tough it out to the end of the homework, he's the one who loses. Eh? Dont'ya think? In the student life, there are no excuses. I'll tell you what, anon. To me one or two wrong answers don't mean shit. Having your video games or movies beat me to getting finished? Couldn't give a fuck. As long as I'm unfinished I'll keep getting filled with more work. Which is why you... A half-ass procrastinating student like you's the one thing I can't stand. Now REPEAT THE GRADE, you little shit! " *Gets hit by the final exams*
@@markjoseph6243 "The underground sewer path is a reference to yomi (yellow spring) - the Japanese realm of the dead. There, Kiryu comes across a wrathful Enma (symbolised by Kuze since that's what he has tattoo'd on his back), the king of the underworld. Kiryu had to overcome his trial to walk on towards the proverbial light (the motorcycle lol). In the aftermath his white suit was stained grey - Kiryu's metaphorical trip to hell and back thus set him on the spiritual journey of eventually donning his iconic grey suit. Thereafter he was to become the Dragon that forever walks the path between black and white."
I'm sure this has already been pointed out but I'm gonna say it anyway: I fucking love the symbolism of Kuze's tattoo. In many (not all, but I think most) forms of Buddhism, Enma is the king of Hell and the judge of souls in the afterlife, so it's appropriate that he keeps coming up against Kiryu again and again, to test if this youngster really has what it takes to hang in the underworld or not. The first time they fight, he's not impressed: not only is Kiryu naive in thinking that he can just leave, he's even more naive in thinking that leaving or even dying will accomplish what he's trying to do, since his supposed crime was only ever a pretext- they'd just find another excuse to cut Kazama out. By their last fight, he's already accepted Kiryu as a yakuza; he's more testing to see if Kiryu really has it in him to go beyond what Kuze himself was able to accomplish and change the course of the Dojima family.
That moment when you entirely ruined this encounter because you are an obsessive completionist who ground out real estate royale and maxed your skills before coming here.
I feel ya. I geared up and skilled up like for World War 3, to the point I knew I couldn't lose/die no matter what. And this way I lost like half of the thrill in final chapters.
I really like how well the 3 themes suit the 3 lieutenants: Kuze: Unyielding, seen as the initial rhythm keeps smashing on no matter what, no melody even, just violently hammering a single note Awano: Stylish, but vicious, as exemplified by the classical instrumentation beginning with the intense violin part Shibusawa: Legendary, but obsessed, the triangle beats signifying a fight for the ages, and the melody suddenly stepping up in the last bit. Btw the comment is not mine, just think it would suit here.
This scene completely changed my opinion of Kuze as a person. While he's not a good person, I definitely respected him a lot more after that speech. He managed to turn the old protagonist spiel of never giving up into a great villain monologue.
"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." Daisaku Kuze This is true in most aspects of life.
this theme is just immaculate. possibly the greatest track in this game, it just fits Kuze's character so much with how aggressively persistent he is, how he never gives up despite getting his ass beat every time. it really inspires me to do better in life
1000%. You fought Kuze the first time and you're like yeah, thats p cool. You fight Kuze this time, I'm like leaned in my seat, listing to every word he's saying, Agreeing with it, Leaned all the way back when the pipe was about to hit and just go so excited I got goosebumps. I love this fucking game.
@@4i4kov I mean in one of the games he just straight up takes a bottle on the head without flinching, I think his head can take a pipe with little damage
dude was pretty much oldschool, unlike the rest of the asshole council he's pretty much the one who decided to do things the traditional way and take kiryu head on like a badass
Honestly, throughout this entire game. It's impressive how powerful Kiryu actually is in 0. Despite being a complete rookie, he manages to fight off someone like Kuze several times...and comes out as the WINNER. He was a freakin' monster even before he was seen as a legend.
Yeah it's why I kinda chuckled at the parts where Nishiki was like "wait they'll kill you." Like dude, did you see what I did to the last... hundred guys who started trouble?
Kuze is the embodiment of "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young." "Old warriors did not get old by accident; they got old by being wise, having the right knowledge, and being tough. Never underestimate an old man who has grown up in a rough profession or a rough environment. These men have been around. They have done things, and experienced things, that you probably have never even thought about. They are tough, their minds are tough, and they have the knowledge, the skill, and the will to finish you off if you force them to do so. A boy will fight you, but an older man will hurt you."
I've been playing since the PS2 original of Yakuza 1 in 2006 and let me tell y'all...it was a long road and definitely one full of highs and lows. I remember when each Yakuza after 1 had sold less than the last, up to Dead Souls. Then us Westerners that couldn't read Japanese were without any new entries for years until we finally got Yakuza 5 and 0 localized. Then, the tide changed dramatically and now the worldwide love and success that this series gets truly makes me happy. As a longtime fan of this world and it's developer, I feel very fortunate to have witnessed it's rebirth and I humbly thank you all for loving these games. 🙏🙇♂️🐉
The thing about Kuze is at first you think he’s pathetic cause he keeps losing to Kiryu, but as the game goes on both the player and Kiryu respect his tenacity and his honest approach to defeating his enemies. It’s just something about the way he doesn’t give up that makes this guy so special
Gotta love the attention to detail that Kiryu blocks the pipe primarily with his non-injured left arm since he's probably already dealing with a fracture at a bare minimum with his right.
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The vocals added a lot of weight to it but it's still cool as hell.
@@jussimattsen4583 Vocals? These OST's don't have vocals lol
@@touchingisjustthefirststep smart little guy aren't you
When you try to get off work early but your boss knew you'd use the sewers
Under rated comment! xD
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Lmao he screaming "NOW DIE!" as the CEO clobbers you with a steel pipe.
@@cRoxy86 "Now die" is a pay cut, the pipe is a write up.
The boss, for no good reason, rips off his shirt and reveals a demon tattoo on his back.
Best comment ever
In 10 years we'll get Yakuza Kiwami 0 with a Kuze everywhere system
Cant wait to hear a trash can screaming "KIRYUUUUUU" and run after you with a pipe when you turn the street
@@bcgazero6472 LOL
or Yamada (his right hand man) everywhere
@@torcaace Wasn't his name Yoneda?
@@bcgazero6472 you got me dying that would be great
Something I just realized about Kuze that no one's pointing out: the first three fights were all more or less initiated by him (even the first one I'd argue), and Kiryu had to defend himself. It isn't until the fourth fight, when Kiryu tracks down Tachibana, that Kiryu throws the first punch. Up until then, in Kuze's mind, Kiryu was just some overly persistent two-bit gangster who wanted a slice of the money from the empty lot, which is why he was so pissed about losing a finger to some naive scrub and why he couldn't stand a "half-ass" like him.
Everything changed in the fourth fight, where Kiryu threw the first punch. It wasn't Kiryu defending himself, it was him defending Tachibana, and that was the hardest Kiryu had fought ever before. That was the fight where Kuze realized Kiryu wasn't after the money, he was protecting his friends, and BOY had he just been screwed over hard. Thus explains Kuze's line after the fourth fight about Kiryu having "turned into a real yakuza": he realized he was fighting for something greater than money or power, which is what Kuze was all about unlike many of his peers. Hence why Kuze had to test Kiryu in one final fight, to see if his ideals were the real thing.
Now THAT'S how you write a damn good antagonist.
True
fuck man couldn't agree more with ya
His tattoo is of Enma, a demon king who judges the souls of the dead. Kuze's role in the story is judging Kiryu as he makes his descent into the Yakuza underworld.
Goddamn yeah that’s right. Awano represents the yakuza lust for money, and Shibusawa the lust for power. Meanwhile Kuze represents the Yakuza who stick to their ideals and fight for their pride and honour.
@@MaxUltimata Sega are geniuses
"Fear the old man in a profession where people tend to die young."
hot damn! Words! ^^
Holy shit that’s deep
And im serious
@@mrredacted85 k
Fits Kuze to a T...
I wouldn't precisely call him old.
That body is definitely not old.
Fun fact: Hitoshi Ozawa Kuze’s voice actor loves to play Yakuza 0. He streams it every other video talking about his character.
Having to kick your own ass in a video game 5 times has to be pretty daunting
@@charliemcmillan4561 LOL he did mentioned that during RGG presentation streaming.
Link?
ruclips.net/p/PL-PNrkhJ88jgpHJTaNrykCxLAu_bPXgP8
They don't have any subtitles so if you don't know japanese you're kinda fucked but they're still a fun watch
That’s rad.
you know why kuze is such a likable villain? he's a shounen protagonist from the other side.
Wow I never thought of it like that, thats why everyone wants a kuze game
Shounen protagonist but not cringey
Idk... most shonen protagonist are retards with idealistic views.
@@chadhardt6136 let's not use slurs
Holy shit you're totally right.
Hey Kuze guess what?
Real Estate is one hell of a drug.
Just wait for cabaret
"WHY WON'T YOU DIE!?"
"REAL ESTATE MISSIONS, SON"
“WHY WONT YOUR HEALTH DECREASE?”
“I shoved 1 trillion yen up my ass, son”
@@himerpaint ¥29 trillion to be exact.
All joking aside that minigame is gloriously unbalanced. You can turn Kiryu into an indestructible terminator by like a quarter of the way through the game. It's fantastic.
Majima everywhere
Kuze Everytime
LOL
Yoshida everywhere. Reference to yakuza 0
Awano nowhere
@@Jackal_XXX i literal saw awano face actor everywere, it's = to the game
@@Jackal_XXX AwaNowhere
THE SYNC WITH THE PIPE.
THE SYNC WITH THE TITLE.
IT'S JUST TOO GOOD.
Sir that's just how it is in the game if you remove the dialogue
@@cygnus190actually in game the drop is after the title card, rather than at the same time
Still we love dynamic intros
Doing god's work by having the buildup with context but without the vocal track.
Indeed. Build's more hype for an already hype track.
Amen.
I'd love to have the vocal track at a lesser volume as Kuze's VA does wonders with the dialogues here. He just adds to the epicness of the track
I didn't even know this had vocals.
@@touchingisjustthefirststep He's talking about the conversation between Kuze and Kiryu lol
As much as you want to hate Kuze, you just can't. He's such a cool, well-written villain.
He's got baggage, he's got beef, he's got a plan, and you're not in it.
Kuze's such a well written antagonist for Kiryu. He represents what a yakuza is in its purest form. He doesn't care about money or women, the most important thing to Kuze is his ideals. That's why he never gives up, why despite knowing he'll lose, he still fights you again and again.
And as Kiryu goes fron the boy who joined the criminal organization just because he thought they were cool, to a full-fledged, genuine yakuza, Kuze begins to respect him.
KUUUUUUUUZEEE
@Correct Opinion He's not wise nor idealistic nor cunning; and he is not supposed to be either. His whole character is being this tough guy that you can beat one or two times but he'll get back again. He is seen as the weakest of the three lieutenants but that's not true. He has the balls to stand up and fight, and lose, and stand up again, unlike awano who completely forgets what actually being a yakuza meant and shibusawa who would rather avoid having to fight himself. He's a sore loser because that's how you have to be. You lost? Keep trying.
@Correct Opinion did you even play the final fight with kuze ?
OH NO HE IS HOT
"Enemies become friends, friends become enemies and Kuze will not leave me alone."
-Max0r.
Max0r just finds a way EVERYWHERE
@@beastboyashu4841 Mostly games with "am chad" fanbases
@@captaintaggart6523 true, he proved that with MGRR
@@beastboyashu4841 Introducing the new system, 'Max0r Everywhere!'
No hates towards Max0r but i am really the one who doesn't really watch him nor do i have some interests in doing so? Idk, his style is very typical "Memer reviews" and on top of that he reviews games that were memed to death. I prefer Seth since he reviews obscure videos and his humor.... While not really a big difference. Is much funnier.
*when you talk back to your dad and your grandpa gets up from his wheelchair*
Matriones SINGH FAMILY HEAD, VEGETABLE GRANDDAD
Matriones get in beast style and grab the wheelchair.
Grandpa: You asshole, you don't talk back to your father like that
Grandson: So you can WALK...
Grandpa: To me a leg or two doesn't mean shit
GRANDPA DAVE
SSGT OF THE 1942 US MARINES
@Matriones he would use both breaker style while he's unarmed and slugger style when he use his cane
The embodiment of "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?"
Christian Monsegue Like seriously, Kuze had nothing, but fight in him. He may be a jobber as far as rank went amongst the other Tojo Clan leaders at the time, but he was truly badass.
Rodrick Williams Shows how brilliant the game is.
In other series, such characters would be laughed at and ridiculed.
Kuze loses over and over but they managed to still make him a genuine badass cause he has this extreme ferocity and will to push on.
Honestly, I think this is how I think a fighter should be at heart. Never wavering, ignoring the losses and keep coming.
What Kuze makes up for his lack of skill is having a fuckton of heart, willpower and guts to move past the losses and continue to fight.
This is what makes him special and so goddamn amazing.
maybe if they make a yakuza 3 remake they could put kaze and the other one who lived though it ........in it for a little scene where they comes to see kirya at the kids home to see how there old pupil is doing ......... would be a nice to see them catching up maybe another fight between the new and old dragon of dojima ............ they have no reason to hate each other now there out of the game ........... and have it end with them going kirya do us this one favor ok make sure those kids have a better life then we all did growing up ok and don't let them get in to this game as it only ever ends badly for most people
@@RevulsiveLooper Can't agree with him being a jobber. Really he is the only character in the entire game who can be considered a true yakuza.
@@Drakulas77 Thematically I agree with you, he's the only old school Yakuza that holds the traditions in his heart, but much like Kiryu this ends up holding him back in comparison to his contemporaries. Both Kiryu and Kuze can be considered true Yakuza, people who live and die by their code. While this fuels Kiryu throughout his life and drives him towards success, Kuze serves as a foil to show that Kiryu truly is a special person because sometimes being so headstrong gets you shit, much like Kuze
I honestly loved Kuze's character development. at first he was like "fuck them kids." and then towards the end he was like, "Aight, i'm too old for this shit, Kiryu, take care of it."
underrated comment
He ended up like 'Yanno, maybe them kids ain't so bad anymore.'
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tbh, it isn't like that. Kuze always thought Kiryu was a selfish and money hungry yakuza who only fought for profit from the Empty Lot, but at the fourth fight, he realized that Kiryu wasn't fighting for money, but for something greater, that is his friends.
well... give ideas to RGG... one day we get a before jakuza game with the Rise of Kuze
When I played this game, my PS4 started sweating and spitting out Testoserone.
And that it ends
Too true, same with anime. I wish I could play Yakuza 0 and watch Jojo for the first time again.
I just completed Yakuza 0 and Xenoblade 2 and I’m definitely feeling that right now. More so for Xenoblade 2 because there’s simply no way to experience all the incredible moments with those characters, and especially that ending, for the first time again. Xenoblade 2 is literally the only game I’ve played that’s forcing me to replay it just to spend more time with the characters.
@@Firestorm500 i Iove xenoblade 2 it's a 10/10 game for me
But on the bright side this was my first in the series so I still have like 10+ games to play now especially with they localized some of the Japan only games lol.
When your parents are scolding you and grandpa says "that's enough."
*Grand-Dad*
*Father of Father*
*A your family Patriach*
*"I've beaten commies bigger and stronger than you back in nam'"*
: Pa-san
Mom and dad: Oh fuck
Replace that pipe with a walking cane and you’re spot on
Wish i can experience that. Both my grandad died when i was too young or when i wasn't born.
Just wanna say that Kuze's opinion of Kiryu is demonstrated through his glasses
Fight 1: Glasses on, full pride as he tries to show up this dumbass kid
Fight 2: Begins with glasses on to establish dominance, takes them off to get serious since he has seen that Kiryu does actually have some fire in him
Fight 3: Glasses back on, surrounded by his thugs, Awano and Shibusawa. Has his pride in overwhelming force even though Kiryu has now beat him twice, but he still gets destroyed even with all his henchmen
Fight 4: Glasses start on, as he is still in denial about Kiryu's strength, but they are immediately blown off as Kiryu comes in swinging
Final Fight: Glasses are nowhere to be seen, he confronts Kiryu with eyes open and perception clear. He's finally ready to acknowledge Kiryu, and fights with everything he's got
This is literally just from his FUCKING GLASSES what a king
Damn. I haven't seen that this way but i really like it, i'll take it and make it headcanon lol 😁
@@aaoreugif glad someone saw this lmao xD
Just like senator Armstrong
Glasses on: not even trying
Glasses off: "You little fuck!"
@@lBorosDavidl Glasses on: "You can't hurt me, Jack!"
Kuze is without a doubt the best antagonist in all of the Yakuza games. As much as I love Daigo, Riyuji, Mine, Awano, Lao Gui, and fuck even Majima at times, Kuze hits different. I WISH we got a game where we play as him, I'd have a field day
Yakuza 0
or
Forcing Grandpa to take his medecine: Shonen edition
Beautiful comment.
Yakuza would be seinen not shonen
@@akiraj02 yakuza would be a shojo i f anything. The loving story of the reunion of the fist and the face after two seconds apart.
@@lanni5 sounds beautiful
Yup, Yakuza is Shounen Jump material. Too bad the Fist of The North Star generation is over, stuff like this belonged in Jump. Now it's too much Naruto-alike underground shounens
How about a prequel in the 50’s / 60’s featuring Kuze, Awano, Shibusawa, & Kazuma’s origins. I‘d pay top dollar to experience Kuze’s early days... What a badass
And make them do it on the yakuza 6 engine.
TMShaY Definitely. I’m playing Kiwami 2 and it is glorious
@@Svidrigailov1 I needa finish school and get a part time job so I can buy a ps4 sooooo bad all I can do now I wait for kiwami 2 for PC to play it in ultra low
no! make in the ps2 graphics but the yakuzi 0 styling swtching madness.
Kuze would be brawler , pipe , boxer.
I'd love to see a prequel centered around Kazama. We could see him rising to the top, but through different means than Kiryu. Most Yakuza main characters dislike killing, so playing as someone who doesn't mind it would make for an interesting clash of ideologies, that's for sure. A guy who kills for a living vs a guy who never killed anyone and how differently they might view the world. Speaking of which, we could see Kiryu and Nishiki as kids. That, or the game is set before he adopts them and it ends with him... let's just say "having a faithful encounter" with their parents. Either way, I see lots of potential here.
I saw someone stream Yakuza 0 a while back, and I watched them get to this very scene. As soon as Kuze's name flashed on screen and the battle started, I knew I had to buy this game as fast as I possibly could.
Good choice
It's definitely one of the series best dynamic intros ever
To all the people who gave up after their first Kuze boss fight “The guy who can’t tough it out to end is the one that loses”
Hah, true. But he was actually the toughest fights for me, after that it got kinda easy. One thing that I hated though was the sign that asked me if I wanted to switch over to easy mode. Like no, cmon, Im gonna beat his ass, regardless of how many tries.
People gave up at Kuze? Yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game and I played on hard and it still was pretty easy
@@lordolinguine7235 My first game too, also started on hard. His first fight was tough because I didn't know there was a block button by that point, so any time I missed a dodge I'd get punished hard
That was the best boss Fight in 0 I literally beat him to the ground and at his 25% bar he nearly killed me but I got up for more since I was still alive
@@AGuyWithFace Bro same, the tutorials don't tell you there's a block button, also I didn't know I was able to go buy healing items beforehand
Finally, Yakuza gets the recognition it deserves in the west. The viewer count makes me happy.
This is such an amazing series. I can't wait for 3, 4, 5 and 6 on PC.
@Kasumi Yoshizawa It's a bad way to get recognition honestly
Finally
@@archol6596 True. But at least it worked.
@Kasumi Yoshizawa same thing, I came to play in august only because of meme and shit i have never expirienced this type of masterpiece(Aside from maybe Sekiro and Dishonored). I just completed it a week ago with 91 hrs of game time and this was epic as hell. I played everyday for 7-10 hours(never in any game aside from terraria with calamity mod) and I just love everything about this game. I'm planning to do it on legend difficulty and also playing on keyboard is not that comfortable.
Everything about Kuze is fucking badass, him music is badass, his boss fight is badass, his QTE is badass, his voice is badass, his fucking design looks and it is badass af. Kuze is the character you hate with passion in the beggining sections of the game but at the climax of the game, you end up loving him for standing up to his ideals and motivations. Grade A character, that I wish to return in some form.
Just saying in case you didn't know, his appearance is 1-to-1 scan of his voice actor Ozawa Hitoshi who's a famous actor in yakuza films, and he looks just as badass irl as he does in game
I love the voice in particular
his theme is a banger
I don't hate Kuze. In fact I get pumped when fighting him and show him who he's really messing with
Meanwhile there are other characters that you hate with disgust and a burning passion. Take Tamashiro from Y3, for example, I hated him with every fiber of my being. It's not just bc he did something bad, it was also because he was just written to be a hollow piece-o-shit two-bit old gangster. You hate him during your 1st encounter, you forget about him, and then you remember he exists. "Oh not this mf"
“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” - Daisaku Kuze
Words to live by, and oh boy did he.
He's right though. If you keep lying on the ground and don't get back you'll be left behind, forgotten. Only the ones who get back up after every blow, no matter how terrible it may be, are the ones who have a chance of making it to the top. Ironically it was this exact mindset that eventually got Kiryu to the top aswell and made him the man he is today.
Kuze was mostly just some abrasive jerk before this fight but his little speech here really shows what you can do with a somewhat minor character.
@@billcipher147 You could say Kuze became a role model for what Kiryu had to do. To be the true undefeated man he is today.
@@symbiotegod2069 But Kiryu already had that personality. He didn't need Kuze to learn that, he was always a guy who never quits as long as the battle is still going. Even when he was told to be a civvie and let the big wigs handle the mess in the Empty Lot he didn't give up. When his foster dad told him that being a Yakuza is not a life for them, he and Nishiki didn't back down.
"The man who gets beat down isn't the loser. The guy who can't tough it out to end, he's the one who loses."
That line makes me feel a lot better about dying like three times on the first fight against him because I got cocky and didn't bring any healing items.
I didn't bring any because I didn't know I could.
@@YourCrazyDolphin heh, yep.
@@YourCrazyDolphin yeap, that's me too. This was my first yakuza game, and I picked hard right off the bat. Went down a bunch of times before I could beat him.
lol same I did not bring any healing items either and died 2 times but still I did not go on easy mode and beat his crap on my last 2% helth
First fight with kuze is imo the hardest fight in the game . Kiryu is weak, knows only 1 fighting style, I was also new, didnt have healing . This was the most challenging fight I guess I tried it for 2 hours and did not want to switch game difficulty to easy either. Anyway KUZEEEEEE!!!
“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”
This philosophy has kept me strong in some of my worst times
Keep fighting till the end of your life
This line motivated me to do better in school
Same
We must tough it out to the end
So this is where gamers stupidity came from
The best part about kuze is that you never beat him as an ACTUAL yakuza,but as a warrior.A natural yakuza would have killed kuze by the end as a show of power and growth,but kiryu being a warrior spares him like a man.
It really does drive home the point that kiryu values morales and honor far more than tradition and power.
Yo I watched a movie called Brother recently. You should totally watch it, I feel like you would appreciate it. Actually I watched 2 movies named Brother, the Russian one from 1997 (must watch) and the Japanese one from 00' directed by Takeshi Kitano (this one gave me a solid Yakuza boner)
Both are about absolute warriors getting involved with the underworld. Shit, my girlfriend even cried with the Russian one.
@@takafumiarisawa70 the best part is that the actor of Kuze is famous for being in Yakuza films. I say actor because they literally modeled him after the voice actor
It's emblematic that Kuze never approached him with a firearm either. He always wanted to teach Kiryu a leasson as a man, as a warrior.
Kuze owned every scene he was in.
Really? I felt very annoyed you didn’t have the option to kill him after your first victory against him. You don’t go around sparing people who want to kill you and will not stop .
@@anderfu8273 This is the part you remember this isn't a RPG and the established Kiryu would never dare to kill.
Kuze was such a good way to show the player how much stronger they were getting as the game went on as he served as a constant, first fight against him was quite brutal (as someone who had never played yakuza before especially) and by the end there was a mix of respect and sympathy during the fight as i think he even knew he was completely outclassed by Kiryu by that point but still gave it everything he had
Neoburst not so brutal.Fight with Shimano in Kiwami this is brutal.And i mean on hard difficulty.Kuze is easy.I restarted only one time because i wanted to perform one heat but failed.And i almost a rookie in Yakuza boss fighting
@@sandansaiyan5675 Not for me, I was new to Yakuza in whole and Kuze beat the shit out of me like 2-3 times, i pretty much ezed the shit out of Shimano in Yakuza Kiwami.
Regera fight with Kuze was first boss fight in Yakuza for me(even if i had Y4 before this game)
@@sandansaiyan5675 Shimano is easy though he just takes a while
@@sandansaiyan5675 what are you saying? I destroyed shimano on hard the first time i played against him
No one mentions the fact how much Kuze inspired Kiryu. All the way down to his hairstyle and style of clothing.
The snake skin shoes and belt stood out the most to me, don't remember seeing kiryu with the belt
اولین ایرانی یاکوزا فن که تاحلا دیدم
nice profile pic
@@RealStalin hala chera stalin
when you say ''ok, Boomer'' to the wrong Boomer.
lmao this is the coolest boomer ever
for the japanese, the timeframe in which the american babyboom was going on, they were recovering from the complete governmental and infrastructural collapse they suffered post-world war 2. he is the polar opposite of a boomer. that's why he is cool.
cringe
@@_Mars In the timeline of Yakuza 0 which is in the 80s that basically was the Japanese babyboomer time since it was the time of the economy bubble. People were making more money than they knew what to do with. Kiwami 1 and 2 take place during the Japanese recession and recovery.
get ouf of here with that american political nonsense. Yakuza is free of that garbage
In a sense, this is Kiryu's first legitimate boss fight in the whole series. Granted, a bit happened before this point, but it's his first Iconic fight in his long career as a Yakuza. Kuze was the first enemy he really had. I think this fight is symbolic, as such of the old guard, Kuze, being replaced by fresh blood, Kiryu.
Kuze was to Kiryu what Nishitani was to Majima.
Every fight with Kuze is a step for Kiryu to become a true man.
@@yusukeelric Welcome....to the True Man's World Kiryu...
@@etiennecaron812 [Jojo Reference}
@@etiennecaron812 Pizza mozarella
When your parents are scolding you over nothing and your grandpa gets up from his wheelchair to stop them:
*GRANDPA DAVE*
*STAFF SERGENT OF MARINE CORPS 1961*
*corps
more like Major General
imagine if he was the one who dropped the Tsar Bomb
@@dieface12 oh ok.
Christopher Fensom no that's the trinity bomb test that you're thinking of.
If Kuze fought in WW 2 we'd all be speaking Japanese
You Know Kuze lost every fight right?
@@yokiryuchan7655 his theme could deflect atomic bombs alone wdym
@@yokiryuchan7655 That's because he was fighting Kiryu
@@yokiryuchan7655 That's because of plot armor Kiryu have, but Kuze is the embodiment of getting beaten down and coming back up for more, such an amazing character.
@@frenchdream330 It's because you are controlling Kiryu. So you beat him. I liked Ryuji Goda much better. Near the end I was tired of Kuze.
This still gives me the chills. Yakuza 0 does so much to improve character development for Yakuza Kiwami. Sad that Kuze doesn't show up in later games, but he's definitely one of the (if not THE) most memorable characters to me.
Yeah, I felt that they could have used him more or give him a redemption arc. I think what really made him special in my eyes was the voice actor doing the work on him, there is no character in Yakuza 0 that comes close to the badassery that Kuze exudes.
I wish kuze would come bacc
The actor Hitoshi Ozawa is an icon of Japanese Yakuza films. He and Riki Takeuchi made Yakuza 0 already special for Japanese fans. Casting them for Yakuza 0 contributed a lot to make this the best game of the series.
Forgets Kiryu and Majima
Kuze has a continued story after this game. It’s a spin off game called Yakuza Online. It’s a mobile game. Kuze was released from prison and was given an opportunity to rejoin the Tojo. After a complicated series of events Kuze had played a key role in saving the Tojo Clan. But Kuze didn’t join the Tojo. He retired and is confirmed to still be alive by the Yakuza LaD. He is currently 84 years old
The Only Thing I Regret Is I Can't Play Yakuza 0 For The First Time Again
I'm just waiting for the day a game impresses me as much as 0 did.
I played it for the first time recently and damn it was such a good experience.
@@JJoa74 Nishiki, Ryuji and Mine: Are we a Joke to you?
Indeed.
Finished it today, fantastic game.
I just wanted some music to work out to, not a minute and a half of "why you should play Yakuza 0"
Again*
I find La Di Da and Receive you also very good to keep yourself motivated during workouts ^^
what, started pumping iron and found yousrelf a few days later with massive guns to smash some reckless punk into the ground?
@@ctoutcon La Di Da is so good. It sounds like something straight out of Rocky, which makes sense considering that Bacchus is a Boxing coach
@@LordTyph Nah bro I was fat as fuck back then. Busted my ass and lost like fifty pounds tho so as far as I'm concerned I'm fuckin ripped haha
1:33 is the hypest moment in the entire game (one of the hypest in the entire series, honestly). Had me out of my chair barking "yeah!!" at the monitor. THAT'S how you introduce a boss fight.
Yeah, and when Kiryu boxed the fucking sunglasses of Kuze's face in the basement... that was also dope as fuck.
Exactly
He genuinely made kiryu come out of his comfort zone and made him a true yakuza in that basement. What a badass
This was the best one for me till i fought shibusawa the music and the intro was too good
It drop so hard 😍😍😍😍
Kuze isn't a tragic villain that makes you feel sorry for him, or a sympathetic villain trying to do the right thing.
He's a villain that you hate with all your heart, and you love every second of it. Because the more you hate him, the more you learn.
Very well said sir.
Most of the story telling nowadays is like "the villain have his reasons too", "he's at his edge also" bla bla bla,
But Yakuza tells me that once you're standing on a battle field, every battle, every fight, is your own choice, your own will,
you have to go All-in, no excuse, full dedication.
Maybe at first you hate kuze but after the 4th and 5th fights you learn he's easily most honorable and respectable out of the Three lieutenants
@@Jetstreamsamdidnothingwrong No. He's not 'honorable' or 'respectable'. None of the Lieutenants are. They aren't even respectable from a Yakuza's perspective.
ALL of them are shitstains. Shibusawa was going turn an innocent girl into a hostage for blackmailing and to settle a 'grudge' with another lieutenant simply out of envy. Awano threw away his strength to live in empty hedonism. And Kuze is a hypocrite that threw everything at the kitchen sink to try to get Kiryu killed for being better and braver than he could ever be.
Kuze waited patiently while Kiryu rampaged through the office getting himself exhausted in the process, only then deciding to fight him when there was no one else. He attacked Kiryu using steel knuckles, surrounding him with his goons, and tried to run him over with A FUCKING BIKE AND A LEAD PIPE. Only when EVERYTHING was breaking down, when Kiryu was on the offensive and Kuze had no other tricks to use, only THEN did he shape up his act and try to fight Kiryu like a man; no weapons, no armies, no excuses.
The excuse of "he was trying to KILL Kiryu and not fight him" goes out of the window when you realize that EVERYTHING KUZE DID was because HE wanted to be the one to kill Kiryu, no one else. That's his sense of "honor"; he wants to do the dirty deed by himself, but that's about it. He decayed, just like Awano did. The memory of the man that once joined the Yakuza so he could fight people who are stronger than he is has fallen off completely by the time Kiryu first fought him. The man once wanted to face hardships head on because he knew learning from them was the only way to get stronger, now became someone whose only line he would not cross was letting someone else do the dirty work and kill for him, because he thinks getting down and dirty is what makes you a real Yakuza.
Fighting Kiryu made the man he once was briefly resurface for a moment, but at that point, he had no chance. Unlike him, Kiryu acknowledged being a Yakuza means going down a tough path, but it was his desire to go down that path without losing sense of his own morality and humanity was what turned him into the legendary Dragon.
Kuze fell into the trap of thinking doing horrible things is what makes him a real Yakuza and that's why he could never surpass Kiryu, despite the gap in experience between them. Kuze isn't cool, he's not 'honorable', he's not 'manly'. He's a cautionary tale about what could have happened to Kiryu if he gave up his humanity and decided that anything goes when you're Yakuza. He's a negative example that Kiryu needed to learn from in order to understand how even great men can get fucked over and lose what made them great in the first place by continuing down a dark path.
Admiring Kuze means not learning the entire lesson his story was meant to tell.
He pissed me off for real
@@JetstreamsamdidnothingwrongAwano just wanted the money, Shibusawa wanted the power, but Kuze was a true believer through and through.
Beginning of Yakuza 0: What a piece of shit....
Ending of Yakuza 0: AAGH KUZE, WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING COOL ?
Me too man.. At first it felt boring and now its one of my favorite games
@@deepflare1279 I wasn’t talking of the game, I was talking about the character
@@Bread_Bauru its kinda the same for the character too..hope they return in yakuza 8 or something else..
The first time you fight him, you hate his guts.
The last time you fight him, you hope to be half the man he is.
@@deepflare1279 kuze is probably dead by age by 8
1:35 that satisfaction when the beats and animation sync it...
Thats how it is in game in pretty sure
@@WeebPodel It is, Yakuza games did learn to match the beat once the series started to use Dynamic Intros (not all of the games had it like this, so I can't say the series always did this)
In the game the beat drop when the boss name showed up
the greatest beatdrop in the history of video games
"As long as I'm alive, I'll keep coming back for more"
4 boss battles, he wasn't fucking kidding
@@RallyOX You know what the funny part is? When I uploaded that comment, I thought I was overestimating...
...not UNDERestimating
This mother fucker only stopped when he was put in the joint
*FIVE* , FIVE BOSS BATTLES
KIRYU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KUUUUUUUUZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KRILLIN!!!
SNAKE?! SNAKE?!! SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!
ARMSTROOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!
I LIKE YELLING TOO
The build up to the actual song is legendary!
That's called an intro and it's part of the song
Be like Kuze
He never give up about trying to beat Kiryu's ass
Now that Jotaro the manliest man has said it I shall acknowledge it
I appreciate kuze as a foe
But I believe being like kiryu is better
thanks for advice
So be like Majima, fine by me
He sees Kiryu as half-assed, weak and naive... but that's where he really messed up. Kiryu has principles too and he won't ever back down on them. Showing mercy to his enemies doesn't make Kiryu weak, because he can back it up. Disrespecting people far above him because they do immoral things doesn't make him a naive civilian. As the entire franchise's title goes "Like a dragon". Kiryu goes his own path and the ways of the Yakuza have to bend to him, not the other way around.
Underrated comment here.
mercy. is only something the truly strong can give after all.
he reverses his decision by the end, you know.
@@LordTyph He doesnt. In a moment of weakness he almost kills Shibusawa, but that was were Nishiki stopped and reminded him of what the true Kiryu is like. Kiryu is still young here... he still can waver.
Well, That's why I usually dislike with newcomers and westerner. A lot of misconception. Kiryu never wanted "The ways of the Yakuza To bend To him". Never once. He told it himself, he never should have been one and never tried To change their ways - he only have his own moral which does not fit it. That is why he also respect a lot Kuze, who is the perfect incarnation of the Gotoku world as it should be.
I'm over here playing stardew valley and this song has been playing for about 6 minutes now, been going ham on the fields
You're gonna end up fighting crooks hired by Joja in the corn fields if you keep that up
Corporate Lieutenant, Joja Mart
Morris
Kiryu has never killed a man, he just turned them all into doves.
@@TurboNemesis Joja Mart Customer Service Representative, Joja Corporation
Morris Morrison
I like his motivations as a villain. Rather than fighting for any sense of personal honour or revenge, he’s fighting against Kiryu because he represents everything that goes against his personal philosophy. He’s not angry that Kiryu for anything petty, he’s angry that he’s the antithesis to his own personal philosophy. Kiryu is willing to discard his yakuza identity in order to do what he considers right, this is basically spitting in the face of Kuze who would do anything to remain a Yakuza.
Both got into the Yakuza for entirely opposing reasons. Kiryu wanted the status and respect that came with being Yakuza because he wanted to be something more than an orphan punk kid. Kiryu's story shows him developing his own philosophy on what is means to be Yakuza while refusing to sell out his morals in a highly dog eat dog world. Kuze meanwhile has based his entire identity around being Yakuza. Sure, he did boxing before and was presumably successful at it, but Kuze always glosses over that period of his life as if it was an embarrassing phase he went through because he truly found himself when he joined with Dojima and the Tojo clan. So the idea of throwing that identity away so casually for the sake of personal morals is completely alien to Kuze and infuriates him when Kiryu persistently refuses to back down. It's only in his final fight that he's able to fully see Kiryu's view that the title doesn't make the man, but the man makes the title worth having. Kiryu has made his own statement on what Yakuza is and is going to carry it with him challenging conventional wisdom with every step he takes without fear. If Kuze could've foreseen how drastically Kiryu would change the entire Yakuza world with his philosophy I bet he'd be impressed by what that 'half-ass' punk kid was able to accomplish.
@iytdominotik idk it's been a whole year
When your old veteran grandpa doesn’t want to stay at home during Covid-19
Kuze's too strong for COVID
That is the big problem....
What a hero, going outside, just to force people to stay inside.
This video is an accurate visual of grandpa's immune system vs covid. One is weaker but a much better fighter (Immune system) and the other one is just strong as fuck. This is just the internal view
Not even covid-19 can take down kuze
When you don't respect your elders and grandpa grabs the cane then stands up without it.
You: so you can walk
Grandpa: A leg or two don't mean shit to me
@@Unknown-mi4ih Ill continue
Grandpa: Having aging disease and joint pain beat me to the retirement home spot? Couldnt give a fuck...
As long as I'm alive, I'll keep getting back up for more. Which is why you....
A half-ass elder-disrespecting guy like you's the one thing I can't stand.
*NOW APOLOGIZE, YOU LITTLE SHIT*
FATHER OF FATHER
*GRANDPA*
"Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt!"
As someone who’s played the Yakuza games since the PS2 era, it feels so weird seeing a Yakuza video in the millions, of a instrumental song no less.
Makes me happy to see this series finally getting the recognition it deserves though.
I am envious that you experienced this franchise so early compared to the rest of us. So glad I played these games
@@scaratlas3347 I remember renting out two PS2 games at Blockbuster when I was kid, GTA: Vice City Stories and Yakuza (my parents never knew what an ESRB rating was haha).
Played Vice City Stories for like an hour and thought it was okay. Played through the first hour of Yakuza and I forgot I even had a second rental. I thought it was the coolest thing I ever played (even though most of the English dub was cheesy looking back at it now).
@@majema007 That has be insane looking at how popular its become
I salute you. Veteran
@@majema007 yakuza 1 dub is so fucking funny
One of the manliest scenes I’ve ever seen + the theme and the build up in the music is legendary
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You Damn right
Youre God damn right
One of the most badass moments I have ever had in all of gaming. Jesus what a ride the Yakuza franchise is.
Yes I agree. I played a lot of triple AAA games. But this one really stands out. It needs more praise and attention.
@@garrytalaroc yes
@@garrytalaroc full of charm, content, good story, drama, goofy moments, actually great secondary missions, what the hell you can play Space Harrier and Outrun with your own money, naughty content, the series is amazing
It's been such a long time since I found a video game or franchise that'd keep me captivated for multiple days' worth of hours within the few months of playing the Yakuza series. Tons of different content and all are worth doing
If you liked this series, try MGRR. Story is not as good but boss fights feel more badass.
Love him or Hate him, we miss him and he's a well written villain.
Not even a Villain in my opinion he was almost Kiryu mentor and I think alot of the things kuze told him stuck with him even the intro to this he says there's no ko so kiryu doesn't give and he puts his arms back up even if it hurts
@@Real.384 Love how Kiryu mimics Kuze while Majima mimics Nishitani. Coolest shit yet.
I know it wasn't really Kuze, but it felt really good to see him front and center in Ishin. Hitoshi Ozawa is a treasure.
1:37 I just fucking love the way the Yakuza series makes splash names take 40% of the screen.
The Japanese looks better than the English though. Its my only gripe, even though I can't read Japanese.
SAVE
THE
DOG
FIND
A PAID
PHONE
@@BingBangPoe GO TO YOUR APARTMENT
I’m so salty they got rid of the giant joined up “FEEL THE HEAT” when you’d get QTE’s during boss fights, it was the hypest shit
I love how Kiryu's version of not being a half-ass involves going against the entire Dojima clan. Kuze was his initiation. Kiryu had to choose between his loyalty to his own ideals, and his loyalty to his "superiors". He chose his own ideals, and that's when they came for him. At this point, the seeds of what he was to become were sown. By the end of the game, he's been through trial after trial, and realized that no matter the challenge, he will not back down from his beliefs. So when he faces the final boss, the Dragon has already been born, and that's the moment when he's unleashed.
Those dynamic boss intros are a blessing from God himself I swear
For real
I wish they did them more often in the games tbh.
They are
you can thank Mine from Yakuza 3 for that
@@gametrollerprime1594honestly, i'd disagree with that. Too many times in one game and they lose their impact, diminishing returns and all that. So i'm honestly fine with them as they are now lol
Kuze: "You asshole... You're makin' this fun."
Kiryu: "K-Kuze..."
Kiryu: "So, that woman was one of yours."
Kuze: "I'll let you in on a little something."
Kuze: "The yakuza game, it's not like boxing."
Kuze: "The man who gets beat down isn't the loser."
Kuze: "The guy who can't tough it out to the end, he's the one who loses."
Kuze: "Eh? Don't ya think?"
Kuze: "In the yakuza life, there are no KO's."
Kuze: "I'll tell you what, Kiryu."
Kuze: "To me, a finger or two don't mean shit."
Kuze: "Having Awano or Shibusawa beat me to the captain's spot? Couldn't give a fuck..."
Kuze: "As long as i'm alive, i'll keep getting back up for more."
Kuze: "Which is why you..."
Kuze: "A half-ass like you's the one thing i can't stand."
Kuze: "Now DIE, you little shit!"
*DOJIMA FAMILY LIEUTENANT, TOJO CLAN*
*DAISAKU KUZE*
I’m a fair bit into Yakuza 0 and holy shit, I’m addicted. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so into a game. I knew this game was special when I realized I’m at chapter 13 and I’m nowhere NEAR bored beating the brakes off of every person on the street.
@Pro Token420 you rush the principal story? Because the royala state and the cabaret quest take more than 2 days, and the game have a lot of secondaries and mini games
I got the platinum, 125h. I wanted even more and more. It's so fun and addictive game, and the same for the rest of the saga.
Felt the same way even going further into the game by unlocking the LEGEND styles for both Kiryu and Majima
Yeah right!!!!??? Like, when was there a game in the last years that hooked me that hard?!
@@menschgebliebenergossenpar9213 I beat the game a while ago and was literally the same
If all the testosterone in the world was converted into .mp4, this video would be it
Underrated
Nah that goes to Bad Fortune Not So Bad from Kiwami 2
That honor should go to MGRR's final boss. Yakuza's bosses are definitely badass but I'm having a hard time imagining a game that can beat MGRR's final boss
@@gallantsteel8542 final? Nah vs Samuel would be the best fit for that title
Samuel's boss fight felt like an ordinary boss fight honestly. His OST felt ordinary.
During the last Armstrong boss fight, I was at the edge of my seat and battle crying at the screen. Major factor that contributed to that was probably the OST. It's the one of the most fitting final boss fight I've ever heard that gives a feeling of an equal fight. (I know their fight was more uneven towards Raiden's side but if someone were to make me listen to this song without context, I'd think it was an equal fight between two powerful characters)
I also just wanna share something that seems like a really good final boss battle music too. Zepto Earnest from the Nine Visual novel series is really good too. Got goosebumps all over during that fight. I've yet to encounter any boss fight that tops MGRR's final boss fight though. (Recommendations are appreciated. Preferably something with Japanese audio and subtitles since I'm learning the language)
ruclips.net/video/TzZ1BYFked4/видео.html
This is a actual footage of me facing my own homework
You take one swing at it and do nothing for six minutes?
Nah, the homework’s Kuze, and it’s beating you over the head to do it.
oh god i used too
" The student who doesn't get A+ on his homework isn't the one who loses, the student who can't tough it out to the end of the homework, he's the one who loses. Eh? Dont'ya think? In the student life, there are no excuses. I'll tell you what, anon. To me one or two wrong answers don't mean shit. Having your video games or movies beat me to getting finished? Couldn't give a fuck. As long as I'm unfinished I'll keep getting filled with more work. Which is why you... A half-ass procrastinating student like you's the one thing I can't stand. Now REPEAT THE GRADE, you little shit! " *Gets hit by the final exams*
@@BoltzHG this is epic...
Daisaku Kuze was guiding Kiryu in his own way
the symbolism of his tattoo and the tunnel is what makes it more epic for me
@@Wayra_ hell yeah!
@@Wayra_ Could you explain to me? I am really curious now XD
@@markjoseph6243 "The underground sewer path is a reference to yomi (yellow spring) - the Japanese realm of the dead. There, Kiryu comes across a wrathful Enma (symbolised by Kuze since that's what he has tattoo'd on his back), the king of the underworld. Kiryu had to overcome his trial to walk on towards the proverbial light (the motorcycle lol). In the aftermath his white suit was stained grey - Kiryu's metaphorical trip to hell and back thus set him on the spiritual journey of eventually donning his iconic grey suit. Thereafter he was to become the Dragon that forever walks the path between black and white."
@@Wayra_ Holy, this is so epic and poetic. Thanks for the word man, I love this game even more now.
I'm sure this has already been pointed out but I'm gonna say it anyway: I fucking love the symbolism of Kuze's tattoo. In many (not all, but I think most) forms of Buddhism, Enma is the king of Hell and the judge of souls in the afterlife, so it's appropriate that he keeps coming up against Kiryu again and again, to test if this youngster really has what it takes to hang in the underworld or not. The first time they fight, he's not impressed: not only is Kiryu naive in thinking that he can just leave, he's even more naive in thinking that leaving or even dying will accomplish what he's trying to do, since his supposed crime was only ever a pretext- they'd just find another excuse to cut Kazama out. By their last fight, he's already accepted Kiryu as a yakuza; he's more testing to see if Kiryu really has it in him to go beyond what Kuze himself was able to accomplish and change the course of the Dojima family.
That moment when you entirely ruined this encounter because you are an obsessive completionist who ground out real estate royale and maxed your skills before coming here.
Jesus
*Music starts*
Full DoD combo x 2
*Music stops*
So you basically become the Hanma Yujiro of Yakuza and one finger hit and kill the enemy
@@ProtoIndoEuropean88 Hanayama Kaoru, 2nd patriarch of the Hanayama Family
I feel ya. I geared up and skilled up like for World War 3, to the point I knew I couldn't lose/die no matter what. And this way I lost like half of the thrill in final chapters.
And the "manliest sewer level in videogames" award goes to....
Yakuza 0!!!
TMNT 2003 PS2 game
Not if you are wearing the mew shoes xD
60% of literally every Mario game ever?
Wait, nevermind, that's fun, not manly, damn it.
The last of us 2
Others: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!"
Kuze: "How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, kid?"
I really like how well the 3 themes suit the 3 lieutenants:
Kuze: Unyielding, seen as the initial rhythm keeps smashing on no matter what, no melody even, just violently hammering a single note
Awano: Stylish, but vicious, as exemplified by the classical instrumentation beginning with the intense violin part
Shibusawa: Legendary, but obsessed, the triangle beats signifying a fight for the ages, and the melody suddenly stepping up in the last bit.
Btw the comment is not mine, just think it would suit here.
When your grandpa forgets to take his medicine and now thinks you aligned yourself with the Axis powers
He is what made Kiryu the man he is today. The grey suit. The snakeskin shoes. The never say die attitude. The absolute willpower.
This masterpiece finally reached a million views!
Thank you all for your views and likes!
Now it's 10 million!
This scene completely changed my opinion of Kuze as a person. While he's not a good person, I definitely respected him a lot more after that speech.
He managed to turn the old protagonist spiel of never giving up into a great villain monologue.
"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." Daisaku Kuze
This is true in most aspects of life.
When you’re kid and you step on an old mans yard these song starts to play
Me screaming at kids on internet "DIE YOU LIL SHIT"
Imagine your at a retirement home and you hear some veteran talking shit about the current generation as you hear this song in the background
Then you noticed a Japanese old man accidentally spilled the drink on his shirt so he has to take it off, only to reveal the Enma tatoo on his back.
*_R U N_*
*screams "Kuzeeeeeee!!!!"
@ayy imao No, the old guy fucking RISES UP from his wheelchair.
@@r.j.j.o "Rises up from his Wheel Chair, Wheel chair starts playing Oath of Enma"
"Old man too angry to die beats a man with a pipe"
alright, here's the 411 folks. say some gangsta is dissin' your blind girl. you just give 'em one of THESE
Underrated Comment
Majima reference, nice
It would fit better under "Reign"
This comment would've been better on a video of "Reign", but still good comment lol
Stone cutter?
this theme is just immaculate. possibly the greatest track in this game, it just fits Kuze's character so much with how aggressively persistent he is, how he never gives up despite getting his ass beat every time. it really inspires me to do better in life
YOU AGAIN? but ofcourse, it's Kuze's theme song so
They should have just called this game Yakuze 0
This still image is the exact point where i got in love with the series.
1000%.
You fought Kuze the first time and you're like yeah, thats p cool.
You fight Kuze this time, I'm like leaned in my seat, listing to every word he's saying, Agreeing with it, Leaned all the way back when the pipe was about to hit and just go so excited I got goosebumps.
I love this fucking game.
Fucking said it, brother.
Even In a spinoff which he wasn't even originally part of, we still can't escape him...
Yakuza fandom: we thought your dead
Kuze coming to Ishin: my death was overly exaggerated
Kiryu's bones make of steel .
To be honest everyone's faces in this series are pretty much made of ancient wood furniture.
(Stolen from Zero Punctuation)
@@Brunosky_Inc Never underestimate Ancient Wood items, they became Ancient for a good reason.
I feel like if you didn't tense to much and went with the flow of it no bones would be broken. Just a hunch
@@DamianSlayr He needs to tense up to keep the pipe from actually hitting his head though.
@@4i4kov I mean in one of the games he just straight up takes a bottle on the head without flinching, I think his head can take a pipe with little damage
I actually grew to respect Kuze at the end of 0, I wish he'd make another appearance but i doubt it we're saying Good-bye to Kiryu after all
Son of EL
Well, who knows?
There's talk of a potential Yakuza Zero 2 (part 2 maybe)
Twisted with Sarcasm they had actually considered doing that
I don't know anyone who hasn't ended up respecting him towards the end.
dude was pretty much oldschool, unlike the rest of the asshole council he's pretty much the one who decided to do things the traditional way and take kiryu head on like a badass
Chrono Triggerhappy Kuze, awakened the Dragon
Honestly, throughout this entire game. It's impressive how powerful Kiryu actually is in 0.
Despite being a complete rookie, he manages to fight off someone like Kuze several times...and comes out as the WINNER.
He was a freakin' monster even before he was seen as a legend.
Yeah it's why I kinda chuckled at the parts where Nishiki was like "wait they'll kill you."
Like dude, did you see what I did to the last... hundred guys who started trouble?
Kuze is the legend for even trying
@@sandakureva "Nishiki, are you dumb?"
As long as I'm alive, I'll keep getting back up for more
big facts
The one recurring boss who gets *cooler* every time you kick his ass
1:36
Here it is. This was the moment when this became my favorite boss fight, and Kuze became my favorite villain
You have to appreciate Kuze for never giving up. The man is a real inspiration.
this is literally the best Yakuza theme for one of the most memorable Yakuza villains of all time. Yakuza 0 is still the best Yakuza game to date.
antagonist *
*anti hero
Cuz he did help kiryu and encouraged him to be a fearless and not give up, fuck, kiryu even stole his gray suit
Kuze is the embodiment of "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."
"Old warriors did not get old by accident; they got old by being wise, having the right knowledge, and being tough. Never underestimate an old man who has grown up in a rough profession or a rough environment. These men have been around. They have done things, and experienced things, that you probably have never even thought about. They are tough, their minds are tough, and they have the knowledge, the skill, and the will to finish you off if you force them to do so. A boy will fight you, but an older man will hurt you."
I've been playing since the PS2 original of Yakuza 1 in 2006 and let me tell y'all...it was a long road and definitely one full of highs and lows. I remember when each Yakuza after 1 had sold less than the last, up to Dead Souls. Then us Westerners that couldn't read Japanese were without any new entries for years until we finally got Yakuza 5 and 0 localized. Then, the tide changed dramatically and now the worldwide love and success that this series gets truly makes me happy. As a longtime fan of this world and it's developer, I feel very fortunate to have witnessed it's rebirth and I humbly thank you all for loving these games. 🙏🙇♂️🐉
The fact that this guy is still alive gets my hopes up.
The yakuza game, it's not like boxing
*Sad "Ooooh, booooy" in the distance*
*Angry drunk noises*
What are you referencing?
@@gallantsteel8542 Baccus, the one who teaches you things for the Brawler style
The thing about Kuze is at first you think he’s pathetic cause he keeps losing to Kiryu, but as the game goes on both the player and Kiryu respect his tenacity and his honest approach to defeating his enemies. It’s just something about the way he doesn’t give up that makes this guy so special
Gotta love the attention to detail that Kiryu blocks the pipe primarily with his non-injured left arm since he's probably already dealing with a fracture at a bare minimum with his right.
You know the boss is real when he’s an old man with a banger theme that makes you lean forward from your chair.
One day I want to get a quote from this pre battle speech tattooed onto me
"As long as I'm alive, I'll keep getting back up for more."
I'd say the direct translation of that quote is even better. "As long as I'm alive, I'll climb back to the top as many times at it takes."
I'll tatoo the entire Kuze speech my guy.
BOOM, 10 million views for one of the best OST in Yakuza 0 and still make my blood thump when I hit the road 🎉🎉🎉
Kuze was definitely the coolest of the Lieutenants
Which is impressive since they were all so cool and intriguing in their own ways