You know I always found that there was a moment at 51:27 where Yumi is trying to talk Nishiki down from a fight, and from his changing facial expressions it kind of seems like for a moment, things might have actually worked out and he may have at least turned himself around just a tiny bit. Then she made the fatal mistake of doing the one thing that everyone slammed him with over and over again. She compared him to Kiryu, and immediately after he gets angry and there's no chance left. You have to take him down.
Not sure if that's intentional or not, but that's great writing anyway. I actually felt like Nishiki regretted it all before his fight with Kiryu, but after that pure anger and hatred consumed him
That little bit always kills me whenever I watch these cutscenes again. It really feels like Yumi ever so slightly managed to pry him open. And then he shuts again and uses the anger to pull the walls up once more. The angry look he gives after that when Kiryu talks about how they can't go back to ten years ago always gets me as well, maybe moreso than the look of sadness. He just looks so incredibly hurt... He truly has nothing left there.
If only yumi didn't spoke too much and start comparing him to kiryu and haruka maybe things could be different but in the end didn't matter how much nishiki or others tried to look at him he would always be the koi fish swimming upwards waiting to become a dragon only to fall from the waterfall at the end
still my favorite character, gotta love Kiryu but Nishiki is way more dynamic and interesting, also better looking in my opinion, I’d love him to be a playable character
To think, if it wasn't for Nishiki's turn, a lot of things would've been different. Haruka wouldn't have been born, Akiyama wouldn't have been saved, etc. Basically Nishiki inadvertently set into motion the rest of the series.
@@CrystalTigerclaw technically the things that happened in Yakuza 0 set things in motion. The whole bullshit in Tojo Clan, Omi Alliance getting more violent with their stuff and Dojima getting fucked over made yakuzas more intense. Which was probably a reason for rape
Well, it's their perspective story, so if something else would've happened (powerplay within the yakuza, governmental corruption), then we would get the same story, but with different kind of characters. Although it sounds nice that It could've been avoided, but other players would come into play then.
Since I played 0 first, I really never understood why so many people were annoyed with Patriarch Dojima's death. That guy was a walking nightmare who fucked things up in 0, pretty sure Sera, Majima and Shimano all had a good laugh when that fucker was killed by Nishiki
Welp, how can I explain it to you? It's not the fact that bastard died is annoying. It's that he's a Patriarch of a powerful family. If he was a random dude in the Clan Kazama and even Sera would probably pull some strings and make it look like an accident or something, but killing Patriarch is pretty much suicide to yakuzas. Though I honestly do think that if it wasn't for Yakuza 1 Majima would kill both Dojima and Shimano. In Kiwami Majima tells you that he doesn't care about Shimano and after he died Majima Family pretty much took over everything Shimano had so if Majima did the murder earlier (which was kinda planned by pretty much everyone except Shimano himself) nothing would change
Nishiki chapter 1: Was good but became slightly troubled after shooting Dojima Nishiki chapter 2-4: Became anxious while being patriarch to his own family Nishiki chapter 5-9: Fell into a troubled depression after trying to save his sister Nishiki chapter 10-13: Finally loses what light was left in him and becomes a pure dark Yakuza Nishiki before death: Became the pal kiryu knew before stuff went downhill for a second and redeeming himself
Most likely been mentioned before, but in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, one of the things patriarch Nishiki does is track down that doctor and sell him off to body part traffickers, making sure that every single part of his body is in good condition and pristine, so that every bit of him can be sold off and used. As the doctor is taken away screaming, Nishiki silently asks his dead sister Yuko to "forgive (her) foolish brother".
In the beginning at Serena when Nishiki says “it’s every Yakuza’s dream to become a patriarch”, there’s a loaded silence and they each take a drink. Nishiki downs the whole glass, Kiryu takes a thoughtful sip. Tells you so much about who they are and what’s going to happen.
Can we just appreciate how utterly heartbroken Nishiki sounds when Reina asks him why he couldn't protect Yumi? Whoever voiced Nishiki has some serious skills, damn. Could really feel the emotion there!!
And thinking about what Matsushige said, none of the trouble Nishiki did would've happened if Kiryu was still around. Based on what you said, sometimes being selfless too much can really lead to negative outcomes, like Kiryu taking the fall for Dojima's murder and letting Nishiki, the real murderer out on the streets. Those 10 years without Kiryu really impacted how the family rolled.
i think nishiki would still turn into a bad person, since before the dojima incident he was already jealous of kiryu (which he admitted), but kiryu himself is the one who keeps nishiki from becoming a bad person. so if nishiki stays in prison for 10 years, he would have less interaction with kiryu, and could possibly let his jealousy take over himself
@@ccodee For sure, if Nishiki's sister died whilst he was in prison he'd blame Kiryu and everyone else for not looking after her (even though we know even Nishiki couldnt save her).. Imagine, she dies and Nishiki comes out to see his sworn brother living the perfect life he wanted as a yakuza and with the woman he loved.
@26:00 I actually felt disgusted to see Nishiki beg for his underling to help him get the money..... Him and Kiryu are total opposites. I just felt pity for the guy.
He didn't want to lose yuka and was always compared to kiryu which made his self confidence go down but when yuka died he had nothing to lose which is why he was willing to do whatever it took to get to the top
This is how it started for the most part. Man takes fall for brother, brother turns power hungry and manipulative, man comes back from prison and has to face him after he loses himself.
What makes Nishikis story even more tragic is how he saved Kiryu from killing Shibusawa by saying that killing somebody is gonna send you to place where you cant come back only for him to off Matsushige for all the crap. I blame Kiryu not only for taking the bullet but also Kashiwagi-san for giving Nishiki his own family. Nishiki was lost without Kiryu and Kazama-san, he needed them badly. I mean the Nishikiyama family after his death really went down a shitty path. I just started Yakuza 3 after beating Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and I gotta say... man... I miss him. He was such a cool character. I keep thinking about him and what has happenend. Whoever took over the Nishikiyama family is a POS. The family and the Nishikiyama name gon be in the dirt for a long time and I hope Kiryu somewhat redeems that name.
I think Nishiki is just a good character; He's a good villain in kiwami because he once had goodness inside him. He was compassionate, loyal and uncompromising in how much he was willing to give for those he loved- and it's those qualities that ultimately destroyed him. He wanted to feel respected and loved as much as he loved and respected others. Ironically Kiryu seems to be one of the few people he felt that with but then everyone used Kiryu as a tool to hurt him with. He's compelling, and very human. (Sorryyyy for this rant, I love this boy)
@@genderlesswhale2868 You speak my mind. You exactly described why I love Nishiki. I wish they didn't kill him off so early and have him live to redeem himself instead. Would love to see more of the Kiryu and Nishiki dynamic duo I adored in Yakuza 0
@@scruber64_ Ah thanks! I'm glad I wasn't just rocking up with a speil no one asked for lmao. I do kind of understand why they did kill Nishiki off though; with a character like him it's very hard to write a 'stop' once they come off the rails. Not impossible though and if there was a team that could make it compelling it would be this one. He couldn't ever be himself as he was again, but neither is Kiryu, after all this. We get the sense though, that Kiryu makes his peace with the fact he's not the same and he would've absolutely helped Nishiki with the same. The song 'Tonight' was taken from 5 or 6 so even after decades, Kiryu still loves him so much and wishes he could have helped. It's a bit heart-breaking. Speaking of 0 though, I honestly think that a lot of the dynamics in yakuza 0 are so interesting because a lot of characters haven't 'solidfied' yet into who we see in the main series; I feel like they really could get away with making a whole spin-off from yakuza 0 where canon diverts completely. At the end of the game, we see Kiryu and Majima both make the choice to return to the life- but what would have happened if Kiryu and Nishiki had tried to make it as civilians. It's canon Kiryu is terrible with money and he had billions in 0, maybe Nishiki's shrewdness helps set them up for the coming recession. Majima clearly wanted a different life but had never known anything else, it seems. Maybe he meets those two and the weirdo chemistry he shares with Kiryu plus he and Nishiki's shared business sense turns them into an unstoppable trio. I don't know I have a lot of thoughts and feelings lmao. Love my boys. Majima and Nishiki are my favourites in the series so I've thought about this a bit too much, maybe ahaha (Also I wrote another essay I'm so sorry I'm literally autistic it's hard to stop 😭)
@@genderlesswhale2868 Precisely. I, too, love that they composed the song Tonight to indicate that Kiryu still dearly misses his brother in Y6. It's heartwrenchingly tragic to see Kiryu still wallows in regret and grief for not being there for his bro, even after a decade has passed. Possibly, he might even have thoughts of wanting to start over from the very beginning, so he could fix his mistakes, just like as the title of the song suggested "Tonight -restart from this night-". Nishiki was certainly one of the closest people he ever had, perhaps they were as close as blood brothers, considering the fact that they grew up together since childhood. Therefore, I fully understand why he couldn't let go of it so easily. I'd also like to add my dumb theory that Ichiban is kinda like Nishiki reincarnated. It might be possibly the developers' way of bringing Nishiki back in a natrual way. Namely because of the same voice actor and similar tattoo. Ichiban's tattoo is a dragon-fish, a koi about to transition into a dragon. So, in a way, a part of Nishiki technically lives on through Ichiban to continue where he left off. I'm sorry if it seems nonsensical lol, just my stupid headcanon theory. And no worries at all! I totally understand, I also love to study and write about the characters because they're so well written. Overall, I love the analysis of yours, they're well thought through and interesting. It would be exciting to see a spinoff where things are different. If they can make it happen with Yakuza: Dead Soul, then I see no reason why it couldn't happen.
@@scruber64_ Thank you so much for the kind words! It's so much fun to analyse characters I love it Relevant to how much Kiryu loves Nishiki: In kiwami 2, Lady Dojima asks Kiryu whether he's trying to make up for her husband dying, and she points out it was Nishiki that killed him. Kiryu replies that Nishiki was closer than a blood brother to him and that he would inherit his kyoudai's debts as his own. The well runs deep there. Kiryu does have a deep sense of duty but something about that sentiment is really raw. I also do find the Ichiban reincarnation fanon very sweet- although that boy was already in prison when Nishiki died (since he was there when shangri-la was destroyed which happened in kiwami). I like to think he has a blessing from Nishiki though. And some aspects of their personality are very similar, the absolute loyalty and 'whatever it takes' attitude; When Kiryu first sees his tattoo he smiles to himself as well- ahhh. That's a pure moment. I also love Ichiban to death man, what a good and wholesome boy. Yakuza 7 actually made me think about what would happen if Kiryu and Majima go civ and don't get so batshit powerful, learning to work as a team instead. Majima is probably the one of the three of them who would be best at holding a team together, but after 0 he's so checked out, that party of 3 would be such a beautiful disaster lmao. I can just imagine Nishiki sobbing with 8 first aid kits like: "Brooo!!! Bullets kill people! For the love of god- you can die from concussions! Please!!". Majima would be a debuff king with 1000 dexterity and agility, and Kiryu would have his different styles. I see Nishiki having good buffs and mp drain, as well as some medical ability, Majima having 1 healing because he craves death and being otherwise incredibly annoying and harassing all enemies (he does less damage but does it matter when you're soooooo quick), and Kiryu being his homunculus self with weirdo recovery moves. I'm talking Rush letting you hand out a drink to both the boys and have one himself in a single turn. Punching people to heal them at the cost of mp. That kind of shit. He can punch the drunkenness out of people so status heal that he punches you for? Sky's the limit. If 7 taught us anything though it's that Majima and Kiryu are not especially human anymore, I think it's safe to say. Kinda seems like both of them realised they didn't have to age like a mortal and thus decided not to, honestly. Also the people around then have stopped aging. Kashiwagi is at survive like 'Let me find some peace in the after life' and Kiryu just, 'no. I love you so you're not allowed to die'. Both Majima and Saejima look better than they did when they were 20. I doubt this is how the team wanted it to gone across but hmmmmm. When Ichiban (Also looks too young) has more lines than Kiryu you gotta wonder.
That part worries me. Did Nishiki shoot Kazama, and then quickly ran out of that building into the compound in time to stand and pose at Kiryu while he was running away?
@@user-cb4vt3qm3j very likely he did since kiryu had to fight shimanos goons after the sniper shot. I love that scene so kinda sucks its not in the vid
@@user-cb4vt3qm3j When Nishiki and Kiryu reunited at Serena, Nishiki claimed to have pulled the trigger himself and said his hands were shaking after he shot Kazuma, so yeah, he did.
I started with Yakuza 0 on the PC, and jumped into Kiwami immediately after without knowing anything about the original Yakuza's plot. I was so happy to see Kiryu reunited with Nishiki in the prologue. Even as the story progressed and I saw Nishiki's fall from grace, there was a part of me that was hoping they'd reconcile their friendship after recognising it was all a misunderstanding. It wasn't until at the very end when you had to fight Nishiki as the final boss of the game that I realised their friendship is gone, even as Nishiki redeemed himself after. It really was heartbreaking to watch. It also really speaks of how well Yakuza 0 built up Nishiki to be Kiryu's best friend that I spent all of Kiwami hoping they'd reconcile.
Except Nishiki would be killed in jail Either that, or Kiryu would break into the jail (with Majima running after him of course) and they would save Nishikiyama and sing together at the karaoke
@Justin Mcghee Only introduced in Yakuza 3, they do show a clip of him picking up money which fell from the building after the explosion. But there's no mention of him in Kiwami 1,2 or even the Original Yakuza 1 and 2.
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola It's not too hard though, considering that Akiyama looks pretty much the same from 4 to 5. And there's already a shit ton of movesets the bosses has that is actually somebody elses from previous games in Kiwami 1 (like Higashi having Baba's moveset and BB KIng having Shinada's)
Many people haven't noticed this, but Nishiki have *ALREADY* lost his control and out his anger from the very moment he killed Dojima. It is a small foreshadowing about Nishiki upcoming changes in the future
Yeah we play like the villain and we see in total display the attrocities that Nishiki would've done including other activities like forcefully collecting money, beating regular people and other crimes
i played 0 before kiwami, and even after i've spoiled myself that nishiki was going to bwecome a villain, i just dismiss it like it was just a lie because i could not bring myself to believe it. i literally couldnt fathom how the guy i've met in zero could come to betray his whole family in the end man :(
He was very strong, both physically and mentally (crying isn't indicative of weakness and he only did it during extremely emotionally gutting moments), but being contantly compared to a genuine prodigy like Kiryu, he couldn't shine. He wasn't weak at all, he just developed an inferiority complex from being compared to a legend. He could deal with it, and did for years, but when everything started going wrong after Kiryu going to prison, his sanity slipped. Understandable really.
if Nishikiyama had gone to prison, he would have been killed there. they make it clear. The only reason Kiryu was suspended was because of his fame. His actions in Yakuza 0 gave him power and fame among the yakuza. And the important thing is not whether he is strong or not. Kiryu wasn't let go because he was strong. Sera and Kazama did not want to kill him. That's why he just got suspended. Those who attacked Kiryu in prison were just for show. This is a bit obvious because there was only one attack and the attackers openly mentioned sera's name.
58:35 *When you realize that Kuze's QTE was recycled here.* Me: Should we get mad or should we be sad for Nishiki? Also me: Nah, just stick to being sad.
When I saw Nishiki title as the patriarch of his own family I was really happy with his more serious attire and hair I thought he matured and let aside his recklessness...
It's a very hard call for me to whether sympathize Nishiki or not. The bad sides is that he abandoned Kiryu, now became sworn enemies and murdered Dojima in cold blood, not admitting that it was his fault. However, the side where I feel his pain is trying to save his sister by getting 30 million yen, and had a difficult time controlling his men. It's like the lower ones demotivated their temporary leader and so Nishiki's hell broke loose. I wanted to feel bad but at the same time, I felt anger as Kiryu had during that argument at the bar.
@@hammerbro1947 I mean he murdered Dojima because he was gonna rape Yumi, plus he was disrespected among his own family, plus Shimano told lies right to Nishiki so he would abandon Kiryu.
Kristoph Gavin that’s the saddest part, he was constantly been told that he was useless,been laughed at and that he’s inferior to kiryu. The loss of his sister and kiryu being sentenced to prison hit him like a fucking truck, which led him to walk the path of darkness. After that, everyone in the nishikiyama family, started to respect nishiki out of fear and even one fuck up will lead to your death instantly. during a cutscene, nishiki’s members successfully found yumi’s sister only to be brought dead infront of nishiki’s eyes, who was killed by his members, this angered nishiki, which cost him shoot and killed his members as a result and realizing that the nishiki from Yakuza 0 is long dead and was never the same ever again. His suffering was very fucked up if you ask me and I wish he hadn’t died and was saved by kiryu.
@@vanjazed7021 have you seen the state of Hollywood movies? I mean its not like Marvel is writing oscar winning films. Next time be careful how you comment.
@@Devilsblood Hollywood movies are generally subpar, but that doesn't mean Yakuza games have stellar writing either. I will comment more carefully next time, after all no one wants Yakuza to come to my home, huh
The Anakin to Vader scenes. Really sad on how Nishiki fell into a villain. Really unique. It's not because of mostly power or revenge, but he had nothing to lose after his sister died and made Kiryu as his sworn enemy.
@@marcellinosebastian9406 Yes. That's why I compare that with Anakin, because he fell dark similar to how Nishiki did. And hearing them being sworn brothers remind me of that certain fight in Star Wars...
@@armplanet7524 can‘t blame Shimano for everything. He killed, he lost his crush, he lost his sworn brother, he slapped a female friend, Kashiwagi and Kazama gave him a family with Yakuza who are disrespecting him, he got scammed by his sisters doctor, his little sister died, no one cared about him and there are still many other things I didn’t mention.
We all felt bad seeing nishiki being the villain when in reality. After killing sohei and Kiryu's arrest. Everyone pushes him to the point where he can't take it. Everyone kept comparing him to Kiryu and telling that why he is better than him. And that's where he stopped being soft. And ended up trying to rise up in the ranks just to be better than kiryu.
In all fairness Nishiki chose his path, just because your given a crap platter doesn't mean you have to eat it, we are all faced with tribulations, how you choose to handle and deal with those are on you .
True, but one can all bear all the shit platter before they break the fuse. Not everyone has the iron emotions and shit like Kiryu does for example. Nishiki is just a normal guy who got consumed by hatred because everywhere he turned people screwed him over, anybody would have went insane if we were in his shoes. Your biggest fear/worry coming true, is the breaking point in humans, and that's exactly what happened to Nishiki, multiple times.
Everyone's got a breaking point. Some are more resilient than others for certain, but everyone has limits before they completely break. I genuinely believe Kiryu types that can take everything life throws at them and still be good and strong only exist in fiction. Irl, if any one of us was subjected to this scernario this we'd absolutely snap.
8:48 i just noticed at this moment that Nishiki was pretty bothered that the gift he gave Yumi was still sitting on the table in a box, but Kiryu’s gift was put on immediately
You know, I went through a lot of research while play Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2 video games to get some hints for my Marvel Comic superhero story. And I think Akira Nishikiyama would be the best idea for me to create the supervillain similar for my story
A villain thats been with you since the beginning, and after years became the villain due to people comparing you constantly is a good idea for a villain with good writing
I believe this betrayal was pretty much "justified". The entire time Kiryu spent in prison, Nishiki spent hearing shit towards him and hearing how much he is inferior to Kiryu. Whenever some shit happens in clan, he will be 100% compared to Kiryu and would hear how much Kazuma would be better than him. Personally i would unconsciously start hating that person I'm getting always compared to. But to be honest i think it's Nishiki's own fault too. He was too soft and his softness just ruined everything. You couldn't even tell if he was Yakuza or not before his downfall. He didn't stand up for himself when it comes to his people, meaning he lets them treat him like shit. I know, maybe he wasn't as strong as Kiryu, but i doubt he is weakling or something like that. And to be honest the moment when he begged Kashiwagi for forgiveness was very pathetic... That was the moment that basically everyone would see him as just some 3rd grade punk Yakuza...
In Yakuza 0 Kiryu wasn't a legend yet so he got compared to him way less but in the intro before the 10 year skip Nishiki seems a lot more worn down, like he's getting fed up but still sees Kiryu as a brother. The rage starts to come from the comparisons continuing despite Kiryu, to everyone's knowledge, killing an long time patriarch. combine that with the sister situation and you can see why the screws started loosening. Nishiki's final smile to Kiryu could mean many things.
@@ElStink4K true, but still I believe that if Nishiki actually started doing something after Kiryu became dragon, things would be different. He literally let his own guys make fun of him, the business wasn't giving any money, damn, if he put those guys on the leash from the start, he could've avoid the aftermath. His sister would be most likely alive, he wouldn't be forced into some traitor bastard. What i mean is, yes, he always was foreshadowed by Kiryu, but for me Nishiki never even tried to get out of Kiryu's shadow.
Nishki's like Joker, except he didn't have One Bad Day, He had SEVERAL, I feel sorry for the guy but I have no problems smashing his face in after all the Bullshit he pulled
He actually did have one bad day and it was the day he murdered Dojima After that his life went downhill. Kiryu was sent to jail, Yumi disappeared, Yuki died and a lot more shit happened
Ugh if only things worked out! Would’ve been sooooo cool seeing Kiryu be a patriarch of his own family and having Nishki as his captain, or even if it played out the same way at least when Kiryu got out of prison he and Nishki could’ve still paired up and been the top two yakuza in the Tojo clan
Let's just be fair, if Kyriu has listened to Kazama and stayed even though his instincts of protecting the people he loves were speaking loudly, it could have been soooo different. Nishiki gets imprisoned, that's all. No ten years left for him to become envy and listen to Matsuhige talk shit to him every day.
Matsushige talked shit to him for a reason: Nishiki reached the top by being connected to the right people, not because he actually had the guts to reach it. When that happens, your men are not going to respect you.
@@jorgebersabe293 I seen somewhere someone comment that though Matsuhige is a fucking asshole he had a huge participation on Nishiki's self awareness and strenght because him pushing Nishiki into his limits made him go all the other way around and get to the top. I agree, ngl. Matsu fucking sucks tho.
Nishiki: Who told to kill her?! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Me: Boss he's dead, there's no need to......! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Me: Boss hes already........ Nishiki: Reloads clip, bang bang bang Me; ...........boss. Nishki pulls out a LMG ans empties the barrel Me:................boss you made your point. Nishki pulls out a computer software and guides a missile strike Me: NANI?! When did you- Nishiki: WHO TOLD YOU TO KILL HEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR---! BOOM! Kamurocho is now a wasteland Few moments later... Driver:Alright sir here we are, Kamuro......cho? Kiryu: Thank you, after ten years im finally ho- 0_0 actually can take me back to prison sir? Ill pay the fee. Driver: no please after what we saw i think its best that this trip is on me.
Arel R But you read it😁 and actually thought it was important to leave a comment so I still win regardless 😂on top of that it was two years ago, I forgot I posted it! But hey I can make another story for ya since you have such strong feelings about this ol thing lol Besides a few people got a laugh at it so that’s all that matters😌 I could careless what yo negative, depressive, I hate my life, emo ass thinks 😂
Eu não me conformo, o Nishiki tomou um pau do Majima, o Majima tomou um pau do Kiryu q ele nem suo.... AI o Kiryu passal mal para bater no NISHIKI? Porra essas incoerências me deixam putoo demais.
Kiryu tava dez anos na cadeia, e pelo o que parece, ele tava se controlando pra não matar o Nishiki, pode ver que até quando o Nishiki provoca ele dizendo que " você chama isso de um soco?" Kiryu então fica puto e dá só uma na cara e acaba a luta
Final battle Nishiki vs IKEA furniture
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LMAO yup
You know I always found that there was a moment at 51:27 where Yumi is trying to talk Nishiki down from a fight, and from his changing facial expressions it kind of seems like for a moment, things might have actually worked out and he may have at least turned himself around just a tiny bit.
Then she made the fatal mistake of doing the one thing that everyone slammed him with over and over again.
She compared him to Kiryu, and immediately after he gets angry and there's no chance left. You have to take him down.
Not sure if that's intentional or not, but that's great writing anyway.
I actually felt like Nishiki regretted it all before his fight with Kiryu, but after that pure anger and hatred consumed him
That little bit always kills me whenever I watch these cutscenes again. It really feels like Yumi ever so slightly managed to pry him open. And then he shuts again and uses the anger to pull the walls up once more. The angry look he gives after that when Kiryu talks about how they can't go back to ten years ago always gets me as well, maybe moreso than the look of sadness. He just looks so incredibly hurt... He truly has nothing left there.
Yeah...
He had no future aside from being a bloodthirsty maniac with no authority. That's why he chose to blow himself up.
If only yumi didn't spoke too much and start comparing him to kiryu and haruka maybe things could be different but in the end didn't matter how much nishiki or others tried to look at him he would always be the koi fish swimming upwards waiting to become a dragon only to fall from the waterfall at the end
Man look how happy he was to know that he could get Kiryu into his family. Then years and years of shit happened and then boom. He's Loki
Hes the joker baby
@@Elozero250 he's kinda more like loki
@@sarahalzubaidi7063 no fuck off
@@sarahalzubaidi7063 You're posting this comment on a Yakuza video?
So sad.
Poor Reina she obviously was in love with Nishiki.
Dennis Lief she’s also way hotter than yumi
@@cokechang thats the tea
@@cokechang facts
She tells you she was in love with hik though
Reina deserved better. She was had the motherly voice of reason.
Okay but his betrayal really hurts if you play 0 before Kiwami
He told Kiryu to not cross that line that night... But Nishiki went against the very words he told his sworn brother... :(
still my favorite character, gotta love Kiryu but Nishiki is way more dynamic and interesting, also better looking in my opinion, I’d love him to be a playable character
"If you have to cross that line I'll cross it with you"
@@CraFtoRek True
@@overheaven5540 he didn't have anybody when he crossed that line.
To think, if it wasn't for Nishiki's turn, a lot of things would've been different. Haruka wouldn't have been born, Akiyama wouldn't have been saved, etc. Basically Nishiki inadvertently set into motion the rest of the series.
Honestly, if Dojima hadn’t tried to rape Yumi, we wouldn’t have had an entire series spanning over 15 years worth of games.
@@CrystalTigerclaw lol this is why rape is bad
@@CrystalTigerclaw technically the things that happened in Yakuza 0 set things in motion. The whole bullshit in Tojo Clan, Omi Alliance getting more violent with their stuff and Dojima getting fucked over made yakuzas more intense. Which was probably a reason for rape
The whole Yoshiharu Ueno shit is the real catalyst imo
Well, it's their perspective story, so if something else would've happened (powerplay within the yakuza, governmental corruption), then we would get the same story, but with different kind of characters. Although it sounds nice that It could've been avoided, but other players would come into play then.
24:37
"I'll do whatever it takes!"
From sworn brother to sworn enemy, that line defined everything Nishiki had ever done.
If I had to react to this line: Would you go as far as murder to save your sister's life?
@@hammerbro1947 well Nishiki probably did murder that guy after he established his family
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola he prob tracked that mf down then shot atleast 10 guns into his body
Nishiki actually caught the guy afterward and sold his organs to the black market, according to RGG Online
@@NiCoNiCoNiColahe sell the doctor to a organ seller
Since I played 0 first, I really never understood why so many people were annoyed with Patriarch Dojima's death. That guy was a walking nightmare who fucked things up in 0, pretty sure Sera, Majima and Shimano all had a good laugh when that fucker was killed by Nishiki
Welp, how can I explain it to you? It's not the fact that bastard died is annoying. It's that he's a Patriarch of a powerful family. If he was a random dude in the Clan Kazama and even Sera would probably pull some strings and make it look like an accident or something, but killing Patriarch is pretty much suicide to yakuzas. Though I honestly do think that if it wasn't for Yakuza 1 Majima would kill both Dojima and Shimano.
In Kiwami Majima tells you that he doesn't care about Shimano and after he died Majima Family pretty much took over everything Shimano had so if Majima did the murder earlier (which was kinda planned by pretty much everyone except Shimano himself) nothing would change
Annoyed? F**k Sohei Dojima lmao
But then again I played 0 first so I'm biased
@sweetblackblood1 no, he actually doesn't care about Shimano after he was tortured for an entire year lmao
yea, but Sera, Kazama and Shimano are garbage too, they have they own sin to become the top dog
Nishiki chapter 1: Was good but became slightly troubled after shooting Dojima
Nishiki chapter 2-4: Became anxious while being patriarch to his own family
Nishiki chapter 5-9: Fell into a troubled depression after trying to save his sister
Nishiki chapter 10-13: Finally loses what light was left in him and becomes a pure dark Yakuza
Nishiki before death: Became the pal kiryu knew before stuff went downhill for a second and redeeming himself
Nishiki Yakuza 2: Goin ghost
@@ripcactusify I need to see this,can you give me a link of a video with nishiki’s ghost?
Most likely been mentioned before, but in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online, one of the things patriarch Nishiki does is track down that doctor and sell him off to body part traffickers, making sure that every single part of his body is in good condition and pristine, so that every bit of him can be sold off and used.
As the doctor is taken away screaming, Nishiki silently asks his dead sister Yuko to "forgive (her) foolish brother".
Deserved.
Even better he sold off for 30 million
I don’t know much about RGG Online. Are the scenes canon?
@@Soki7000 yep they even show kuze after he gets out of prison
And i felt really happy inside when i found out what happened to that scum
In the beginning at Serena when Nishiki says “it’s every Yakuza’s dream to become a patriarch”, there’s a loaded silence and they each take a drink. Nishiki downs the whole glass, Kiryu takes a thoughtful sip. Tells you so much about who they are and what’s going to happen.
Can we just appreciate how utterly heartbroken Nishiki sounds when Reina asks him why he couldn't protect Yumi? Whoever voiced Nishiki has some serious skills, damn. Could really feel the emotion there!!
he's the voice actor for ichiban now so his talents will be put to use
Makes you wonder how it all would have gone down if Kiryu has never bailed nishki out
And thinking about what Matsushige said, none of the trouble Nishiki did would've happened if Kiryu was still around. Based on what you said, sometimes being selfless too much can really lead to negative outcomes, like Kiryu taking the fall for Dojima's murder and letting Nishiki, the real murderer out on the streets. Those 10 years without Kiryu really impacted how the family rolled.
it's possible he might have died in prison
@@bgikuya or became tougher
i think nishiki would still turn into a bad person, since before the dojima incident he was already jealous of kiryu (which he admitted), but kiryu himself is the one who keeps nishiki from becoming a bad person. so if nishiki stays in prison for 10 years, he would have less interaction with kiryu, and could possibly let his jealousy take over himself
@@ccodee For sure, if Nishiki's sister died whilst he was in prison he'd blame Kiryu and everyone else for not looking after her (even though we know even Nishiki couldnt save her).. Imagine, she dies and Nishiki comes out to see his sworn brother living the perfect life he wanted as a yakuza and with the woman he loved.
@26:00 I actually felt disgusted to see Nishiki beg for his underling to help him get the money..... Him and Kiryu are total opposites. I just felt pity for the guy.
He didn't want to lose yuka and was always compared to kiryu which made his self confidence go down but when yuka died he had nothing to lose which is why he was willing to do whatever it took to get to the top
Why is Yakuza this sad man? It all started as funky and 80s style crime drama, and now it's just depression.
Thats crime life for you
@@vega2634 Majima ruined it lol
@@vega2634 well yeah but he’s referring to the fact majima invented taxes
Shamelessly stolen from Super Eyepatch Wolf: "Yakuza is tragic and hilarious, because life is tragic and hilarious."
This is how it started for the most part. Man takes fall for brother, brother turns power hungry and manipulative, man comes back from prison and has to face him after he loses himself.
Now I don't want to evolve my magikarp
HAHAHA
I still heart Nishiki.
Nishiki is one of my favourite villains, in the original I didn’t think much but in Kiwami and Yakuza 0 he is fantastic!
59:00 i like how he randomly has a couch in his hands when the camera pans to him
Portable couch
Notice how once Nishiki turns "evil" he walks differently. Like at 38:40 It's like he's sick from being evil; It's killing him
What makes Nishikis story even more tragic is how he saved Kiryu from killing Shibusawa by saying that killing somebody is gonna send you to place where you cant come back only for him to off Matsushige for all the crap. I blame Kiryu not only for taking the bullet but also Kashiwagi-san for giving Nishiki his own family. Nishiki was lost without Kiryu and Kazama-san, he needed them badly.
I mean the Nishikiyama family after his death really went down a shitty path. I just started Yakuza 3 after beating Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and I gotta say... man... I miss him. He was such a cool character. I keep thinking about him and what has happenend. Whoever took over the Nishikiyama family is a POS. The family and the Nishikiyama name gon be in the dirt for a long time and I hope Kiryu somewhat redeems that name.
It’s sad when guys like Akira and Kiryu become rivals
I don't know if I just love Nishiki in Yakuza 0 or something else but I just, really can't blame him for his shift to the dark path
I think Nishiki is just a good character; He's a good villain in kiwami because he once had goodness inside him. He was compassionate, loyal and uncompromising in how much he was willing to give for those he loved- and it's those qualities that ultimately destroyed him. He wanted to feel respected and loved as much as he loved and respected others. Ironically Kiryu seems to be one of the few people he felt that with but then everyone used Kiryu as a tool to hurt him with. He's compelling, and very human. (Sorryyyy for this rant, I love this boy)
@@genderlesswhale2868 You speak my mind. You exactly described why I love Nishiki. I wish they didn't kill him off so early and have him live to redeem himself instead. Would love to see more of the Kiryu and Nishiki dynamic duo I adored in Yakuza 0
@@scruber64_ Ah thanks! I'm glad I wasn't just rocking up with a speil no one asked for lmao. I do kind of understand why they did kill Nishiki off though; with a character like him it's very hard to write a 'stop' once they come off the rails. Not impossible though and if there was a team that could make it compelling it would be this one. He couldn't ever be himself as he was again, but neither is Kiryu, after all this. We get the sense though, that Kiryu makes his peace with the fact he's not the same and he would've absolutely helped Nishiki with the same. The song 'Tonight' was taken from 5 or 6 so even after decades, Kiryu still loves him so much and wishes he could have helped. It's a bit heart-breaking.
Speaking of 0 though, I honestly think that a lot of the dynamics in yakuza 0 are so interesting because a lot of characters haven't 'solidfied' yet into who we see in the main series; I feel like they really could get away with making a whole spin-off from yakuza 0 where canon diverts completely. At the end of the game, we see Kiryu and Majima both make the choice to return to the life- but what would have happened if Kiryu and Nishiki had tried to make it as civilians. It's canon Kiryu is terrible with money and he had billions in 0, maybe Nishiki's shrewdness helps set them up for the coming recession. Majima clearly wanted a different life but had never known anything else, it seems. Maybe he meets those two and the weirdo chemistry he shares with Kiryu plus he and Nishiki's shared business sense turns them into an unstoppable trio. I don't know I have a lot of thoughts and feelings lmao. Love my boys. Majima and Nishiki are my favourites in the series so I've thought about this a bit too much, maybe ahaha (Also I wrote another essay I'm so sorry I'm literally autistic it's hard to stop 😭)
@@genderlesswhale2868 Precisely. I, too, love that they composed the song Tonight to indicate that Kiryu still dearly misses his brother in Y6. It's heartwrenchingly tragic to see Kiryu still wallows in regret and grief for not being there for his bro, even after a decade has passed. Possibly, he might even have thoughts of wanting to start over from the very beginning, so he could fix his mistakes, just like as the title of the song suggested "Tonight -restart from this night-". Nishiki was certainly one of the closest people he ever had, perhaps they were as close as blood brothers, considering the fact that they grew up together since childhood. Therefore, I fully understand why he couldn't let go of it so easily.
I'd also like to add my dumb theory that Ichiban is kinda like Nishiki reincarnated. It might be possibly the developers' way of bringing Nishiki back in a natrual way. Namely because of the same voice actor and similar tattoo. Ichiban's tattoo is a dragon-fish, a koi about to transition into a dragon. So, in a way, a part of Nishiki technically lives on through Ichiban to continue where he left off. I'm sorry if it seems nonsensical lol, just my stupid headcanon theory.
And no worries at all! I totally understand, I also love to study and write about the characters because they're so well written.
Overall, I love the analysis of yours, they're well thought through and interesting. It would be exciting to see a spinoff where things are different. If they can make it happen with Yakuza: Dead Soul, then I see no reason why it couldn't happen.
@@scruber64_ Thank you so much for the kind words! It's so much fun to analyse characters I love it
Relevant to how much Kiryu loves Nishiki: In kiwami 2, Lady Dojima asks Kiryu whether he's trying to make up for her husband dying, and she points out it was Nishiki that killed him. Kiryu replies that Nishiki was closer than a blood brother to him and that he would inherit his kyoudai's debts as his own. The well runs deep there. Kiryu does have a deep sense of duty but something about that sentiment is really raw.
I also do find the Ichiban reincarnation fanon very sweet- although that boy was already in prison when Nishiki died (since he was there when shangri-la was destroyed which happened in kiwami). I like to think he has a blessing from Nishiki though. And some aspects of their personality are very similar, the absolute loyalty and 'whatever it takes' attitude; When Kiryu first sees his tattoo he smiles to himself as well- ahhh. That's a pure moment. I also love Ichiban to death man, what a good and wholesome boy.
Yakuza 7 actually made me think about what would happen if Kiryu and Majima go civ and don't get so batshit powerful, learning to work as a team instead. Majima is probably the one of the three of them who would be best at holding a team together, but after 0 he's so checked out, that party of 3 would be such a beautiful disaster lmao. I can just imagine Nishiki sobbing with 8 first aid kits like: "Brooo!!! Bullets kill people! For the love of god- you can die from concussions! Please!!".
Majima would be a debuff king with 1000 dexterity and agility, and Kiryu would have his different styles. I see Nishiki having good buffs and mp drain, as well as some medical ability, Majima having 1 healing because he craves death and being otherwise incredibly annoying and harassing all enemies (he does less damage but does it matter when you're soooooo quick), and Kiryu being his homunculus self with weirdo recovery moves. I'm talking Rush letting you hand out a drink to both the boys and have one himself in a single turn. Punching people to heal them at the cost of mp. That kind of shit. He can punch the drunkenness out of people so status heal that he punches you for? Sky's the limit.
If 7 taught us anything though it's that Majima and Kiryu are not especially human anymore, I think it's safe to say. Kinda seems like both of them realised they didn't have to age like a mortal and thus decided not to, honestly. Also the people around then have stopped aging. Kashiwagi is at survive like 'Let me find some peace in the after life' and Kiryu just, 'no. I love you so you're not allowed to die'. Both Majima and Saejima look better than they did when they were 20. I doubt this is how the team wanted it to gone across but hmmmmm. When Ichiban (Also looks too young) has more lines than Kiryu you gotta wonder.
you missed the funeral part where kiryu looks back
That part worries me. Did Nishiki shoot Kazama, and then quickly ran out of that building into the compound in time to stand and pose at Kiryu while he was running away?
@@user-cb4vt3qm3j very likely he did since kiryu had to fight shimanos goons after the sniper shot. I love that scene so kinda sucks its not in the vid
@@user-cb4vt3qm3j When Nishiki and Kiryu reunited at Serena, Nishiki claimed to have pulled the trigger himself and said his hands were shaking after he shot Kazuma, so yeah, he did.
I started with Yakuza 0 on the PC, and jumped into Kiwami immediately after without knowing anything about the original Yakuza's plot. I was so happy to see Kiryu reunited with Nishiki in the prologue. Even as the story progressed and I saw Nishiki's fall from grace, there was a part of me that was hoping they'd reconcile their friendship after recognising it was all a misunderstanding. It wasn't until at the very end when you had to fight Nishiki as the final boss of the game that I realised their friendship is gone, even as Nishiki redeemed himself after. It really was heartbreaking to watch. It also really speaks of how well Yakuza 0 built up Nishiki to be Kiryu's best friend that I spent all of Kiwami hoping they'd reconcile.
Nishiki needs a hug
Il hug his ashes
Wow...for Nishiki... ever since that fateful night... everything that could’ve gone wrong did go wrong...
If Kiryu had listened to Kazama, then this all could have been prevented.
Except Nishiki would be killed in jail
Either that, or Kiryu would break into the jail (with Majima running after him of course) and they would save Nishikiyama and sing together at the karaoke
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola Wish this was true damn.
It'd be nice if they had an akiyama cameo here as a hobo lol
The hobo at 1:04:35 should of just been Akiyama
@Justin Mcghee Only introduced in Yakuza 3, they do show a clip of him picking up money which fell from the building after the explosion. But there's no mention of him in Kiwami 1,2 or even the Original Yakuza 1 and 2.
I had the exact same thought, though the probably would have to remake his hobo ourfit for new engine
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola It's not too hard though, considering that Akiyama looks pretty much the same from 4 to 5. And there's already a shit ton of movesets the bosses has that is actually somebody elses from previous games in Kiwami 1 (like Higashi having Baba's moveset and BB KIng having Shinada's)
@@MNB730 I meant remaking his hobo state from past engine to Kiwami one
Many people haven't noticed this, but Nishiki have *ALREADY* lost his control and out his anger from the very moment he killed Dojima. It is a small foreshadowing about Nishiki upcoming changes in the future
that garbage raped his sister
you wont rage for that too?
The moment Nishiki unleashed his inner anger after right after killing Dojima:
(This wasn't a scene in the game)
@@pp-vf8ls *try to.
But yeah sohei deserved to die and majima should have killed him.
they should make a game where we play as nishiki climbing the ranks while kiryu is still in prison
Yakuza: Like a Joker.
Yeah we play like the villain and we see in total display the attrocities that Nishiki would've done including other activities like forcefully collecting money, beating regular people and other crimes
True.. Yakuza - Kiwami Separate Ways.. endingny vs Kiryu..
Majima would've saved them all if he killed Dojima in 0 damn.
i played 0 before kiwami, and even after i've spoiled myself that nishiki was going to bwecome a villain, i just dismiss it like it was just a lie because i could not bring myself to believe it. i literally couldnt fathom how the guy i've met in zero could come to betray his whole family in the end man :(
none of this wouldve happened if everyone agreed to kiryu 10 years ago to have the party some other time
Reminder the money at the end also saved Akiyama
you know, if only Kiryu establishe his own Family earlier, and took Nishiki into his family
maybe that Midget Dojima will think twice to kidnap Yumi
Doubt that. sohei is that low of a scum, so it wouldn't matter.
44:12
I failed to control my tears there...
Sad. Even if he choose to be captured and thrown into jail. It's hard to believe he would survive in there for 10 years.
He would. He actually was a great fighter. The reason he was so pathethic was because of his confidence or rather lack thereof.
Don't underestimate Nishiki, he was far tougher than he looked
He was very strong, both physically and mentally (crying isn't indicative of weakness and he only did it during extremely emotionally gutting moments), but being contantly compared to a genuine prodigy like Kiryu, he couldn't shine. He wasn't weak at all, he just developed an inferiority complex from being compared to a legend. He could deal with it, and did for years, but when everything started going wrong after Kiryu going to prison, his sanity slipped. Understandable really.
if Nishikiyama had gone to prison, he would have been killed there. they make it clear. The only reason Kiryu was suspended was because of his fame. His actions in Yakuza 0 gave him power and fame among the yakuza. And the important thing is not whether he is strong or not. Kiryu wasn't let go because he was strong. Sera and Kazama did not want to kill him. That's why he just got suspended. Those who attacked Kiryu in prison were just for show. This is a bit obvious because there was only one attack and the attackers openly mentioned sera's name.
Nishikiyama never killed nobody who didn't need killin'.
actually killed it. Reine and Kiryu's subordinate child were unjustly killed.
The moment he changed his clothes to white the old nishiki died
I really wish Akiyama could’ve got a cameo in that final scene
58:35 *When you realize that Kuze's QTE was recycled here.*
Me: Should we get mad or should we be sad for Nishiki?
Also me: Nah, just stick to being sad.
Not exactly recycled because some things are changed a bit
56:45 is also recycled from the final boss of Yakuza 5.
the moment nishiki put his hair back he went too far
When I saw Nishiki title as the patriarch of his own family I was really happy with his more serious attire and hair I thought he matured and let aside his recklessness...
45:14 Nishiki is like Super Saiyan when he screams
Nishiki did nothing wrong
It's a very hard call for me to whether sympathize Nishiki or not. The bad sides is that he abandoned Kiryu, now became sworn enemies and murdered Dojima in cold blood, not admitting that it was his fault. However, the side where I feel his pain is trying to save his sister by getting 30 million yen, and had a difficult time controlling his men. It's like the lower ones demotivated their temporary leader and so Nishiki's hell broke loose. I wanted to feel bad but at the same time, I felt anger as Kiryu had during that argument at the bar.
@@hammerbro1947 I mean he murdered Dojima because he was gonna rape Yumi, plus he was disrespected among his own family, plus Shimano told lies right to Nishiki so he would abandon Kiryu.
@@hammerbro1947 So at best, Nishiki did nothing wrong, he was just treated like a piece of shit and then snapped.
Kristoph Gavin that’s the saddest part, he was constantly been told that he was useless,been laughed at and that he’s inferior to kiryu. The loss of his sister and kiryu being sentenced to prison hit him like a fucking truck, which led him to walk the path of darkness. After that, everyone in the nishikiyama family, started to respect nishiki out of fear and even one fuck up will lead to your death instantly. during a cutscene, nishiki’s members successfully found yumi’s sister only to be brought dead infront of nishiki’s eyes, who was killed by his members, this angered nishiki, which cost him shoot and killed his members as a result and realizing that the nishiki from Yakuza 0 is long dead and was never the same ever again. His suffering was very fucked up if you ask me and I wish he hadn’t died and was saved by kiryu.
He died
47:57 The Real reason why he's changed
Hollywood needs to take lessons from these types of storylines. Whoever they've hired to write are hacks compared to the ones writing yakuza.
This Is Why I Didn't Knew Who Miracle Johnson Was
You give Yakuza writers a bit too much credit
@@vanjazed7021 have you seen the state of Hollywood movies? I mean its not like Marvel is writing oscar winning films. Next time be careful how you comment.
@@Devilsblood Hollywood movies are generally subpar, but that doesn't mean Yakuza games have stellar writing either.
I will comment more carefully next time, after all no one wants Yakuza to come to my home, huh
@@vanjazed7021 what the hell are you talking about? You sound like an idiot.
Before Nishiki has turned to the dark side
The Anakin to Vader scenes. Really sad on how Nishiki fell into a villain. Really unique. It's not because of mostly power or revenge, but he had nothing to lose after his sister died and made Kiryu as his sworn enemy.
Yeah
Hammer Bro 19 both turned evil because they failed to save someone they loved and turned on their respective sworn brothers
@@marcellinosebastian9406 Yes. That's why I compare that with Anakin, because he fell dark similar to how Nishiki did. And hearing them being sworn brothers remind me of that certain fight in Star Wars...
Have you ever heard the tragedy of the Darth Niskiama kun ?
Nishikiiiiiiiiii ;___;💔
I miss Nishiki :(
i feel such second-hand embarrassment for reina sometimes like phew girl you really..
8:54 several bullets
Is it just me, or does Reina look younger in Kiwami?
TheIdioteque1 i agree
How old is Reina, anyways?
The Buzzard One of the guys that does gaming sins said the same thing about Kiryu and the opposite about him In yakuza 0
TheBuzzard
To me, her hair makes her look younger in Kiwami than 0.
Definitely but Reina looks better in 0.
19:19 put speed of 0.25x, you’ll see the cgi model of Nishiki
this is so hilarious to me, he just randomly appears here, like what💀💀
i really want to replay kiwami 1 but the overall atmosphere feels so depressing :(
At the end during the explosion
You could see Yuya, the Florist but not Akiyama. It would have been cool if they teased him back then too
38:28 - 38:31 gif needed.
Its not his fault
Killing Dojima is, but maybe in self defense.
It’s Shimano’s fault
@@armplanet7524 can‘t blame Shimano for everything. He killed, he lost his crush, he lost his sworn brother, he slapped a female friend, Kashiwagi and Kazama gave him a family with Yakuza who are disrespecting him, he got scammed by his sisters doctor, his little sister died, no one cared about him and there are still many other things I didn’t mention.
I liked nishiki's old hairstyle better
17:25 why did i think kazama was holding a banana 🗿
@Magicant i need to get my eyes checked 😔
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Man, seeing how nishki turn into a man thinking he had all to a man knowing he can get it all but only on his own terms.
We all felt bad seeing nishiki being the villain when in reality. After killing sohei and Kiryu's arrest. Everyone pushes him to the point where he can't take it. Everyone kept comparing him to Kiryu and telling that why he is better than him. And that's where he stopped being soft. And ended up trying to rise up in the ranks just to be better than kiryu.
In all fairness Nishiki chose his path, just because your given a crap platter doesn't mean you have to eat it, we are all faced with tribulations, how you choose to handle and deal with those are on you
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Choose to be shitted on and or die or gain everything you wanted at the expense of others? Are u insane
Definitely. One either makes or breaks with suffering. No alternative choice.
True, but one can all bear all the shit platter before they break the fuse. Not everyone has the iron emotions and shit like Kiryu does for example. Nishiki is just a normal guy who got consumed by hatred because everywhere he turned people screwed him over, anybody would have went insane if we were in his shoes. Your biggest fear/worry coming true, is the breaking point in humans, and that's exactly what happened to Nishiki, multiple times.
Everyone's got a breaking point. Some are more resilient than others for certain, but everyone has limits before they completely break. I genuinely believe Kiryu types that can take everything life throws at them and still be good and strong only exist in fiction. Irl, if any one of us was subjected to this scernario this we'd absolutely snap.
hey hey, after the shit platter, he get to the top right?albeit dislikeable from Kiryu POV
but normal POV for Kazama, Sera, Shimano
57:38
Nishiki do be strong tho
8:48 i just noticed at this moment that Nishiki was pretty bothered that the gift he gave Yumi was still sitting on the table in a box, but Kiryu’s gift was put on immediately
Haven’t seen all of these yet. Just got to the one where he runs into Shimano in an alley
Thank you for the video!
You know, I went through a lot of research while play Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2 video games to get some hints for my Marvel Comic superhero story. And I think Akira Nishikiyama would be the best idea for me to create the supervillain similar for my story
A villain thats been with you since the beginning, and after years became the villain due to people comparing you constantly is a good idea for a villain with good writing
Poor nishiki
I believe this betrayal was pretty much "justified". The entire time Kiryu spent in prison, Nishiki spent hearing shit towards him and hearing how much he is inferior to Kiryu. Whenever some shit happens in clan, he will be 100% compared to Kiryu and would hear how much Kazuma would be better than him. Personally i would unconsciously start hating that person I'm getting always compared to.
But to be honest i think it's Nishiki's own fault too. He was too soft and his softness just ruined everything. You couldn't even tell if he was Yakuza or not before his downfall. He didn't stand up for himself when it comes to his people, meaning he lets them treat him like shit. I know, maybe he wasn't as strong as Kiryu, but i doubt he is weakling or something like that. And to be honest the moment when he begged Kashiwagi for forgiveness was very pathetic... That was the moment that basically everyone would see him as just some 3rd grade punk Yakuza...
In Yakuza 0 Kiryu wasn't a legend yet so he got compared to him way less but in the intro before the 10 year skip Nishiki seems a lot more worn down, like he's getting fed up but still sees Kiryu as a brother. The rage starts to come from the comparisons continuing despite Kiryu, to everyone's knowledge, killing an long time patriarch. combine that with the sister situation and you can see why the screws started loosening. Nishiki's final smile to Kiryu could mean many things.
@@ElStink4K true, but still I believe that if Nishiki actually started doing something after Kiryu became dragon, things would be different. He literally let his own guys make fun of him, the business wasn't giving any money, damn, if he put those guys on the leash from the start, he could've avoid the aftermath. His sister would be most likely alive, he wouldn't be forced into some traitor bastard.
What i mean is, yes, he always was foreshadowed by Kiryu, but for me Nishiki never even tried to get out of Kiryu's shadow.
@@polpogiovanna1558 his sister would still be most likely dead.
Nishki's like Joker, except he didn't have One Bad Day, He had SEVERAL, I feel sorry for the guy but I have no problems smashing his face in after all the Bullshit he pulled
He actually did have one bad day and it was the day he murdered Dojima
After that his life went downhill. Kiryu was sent to jail, Yumi disappeared, Yuki died and a lot more shit happened
Bro was the captain of a sinking ship aka his life continuesly till the ship completely submerged underwater in 2005. Poor Nishiki.
R.I.P Nishikiyama Akira T^T
a whole 1 hour 5 minutes and 13 seconds of Babey
Nishiki 😭. He deserved better
Ugh if only things worked out! Would’ve been sooooo cool seeing Kiryu be a patriarch of his own family and having Nishki as his captain, or even if it played out the same way at least when Kiryu got out of prison he and Nishki could’ve still paired up and been the top two yakuza in the Tojo clan
Let's just be fair, if Kyriu has listened to Kazama and stayed even though his instincts of protecting the people he loves were speaking loudly, it could have been soooo different.
Nishiki gets imprisoned, that's all. No ten years left for him to become envy and listen to Matsuhige talk shit to him every day.
Matsushige talked shit to him for a reason: Nishiki reached the top by being connected to the right people, not because he actually had the guts to reach it. When that happens, your men are not going to respect you.
@@jorgebersabe293 I seen somewhere someone comment that though Matsuhige is a fucking asshole he had a huge participation on Nishiki's self awareness and strenght because him pushing Nishiki into his limits made him go all the other way around and get to the top. I agree, ngl. Matsu fucking sucks tho.
@@jorgebersabe293well, in the end Matsuhige killed by Nishiki, in the end Nishiki rise to the top from killing (?) his opponent
Nishiki: Who told to kill her?!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Me: Boss he's dead, there's no need to......!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Me: Boss hes already........
Nishiki: Reloads clip, bang bang bang
Me; ...........boss.
Nishki pulls out a LMG ans empties the barrel
Me:................boss you made your point.
Nishki pulls out a computer software and guides a missile strike
Me: NANI?! When did you-
Nishiki: WHO TOLD YOU TO KILL HEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR---!
BOOM! Kamurocho is now a wasteland
Few moments later...
Driver:Alright sir here we are, Kamuro......cho?
Kiryu: Thank you, after ten years im finally ho- 0_0 actually can take me back to prison sir? Ill pay the fee.
Driver: no please after what we saw i think its best that this trip is on me.
shut the fuck up this is cringe
damn he likes to overkill aint epic
Arel R But you read it😁 and actually thought it was important to leave a comment so I still win regardless 😂on top of that it was two years ago, I forgot I posted it! But hey I can make another story for ya since you have such strong feelings about this ol thing lol Besides a few people got a laugh at it so that’s all that matters😌 I could careless what yo negative, depressive, I hate my life, emo ass thinks 😂
@@trevonvicente7327 Shut the fuck up moon cricket
@@trevonvicente7327 it gave me a laugh,u made my day XD
Waiting for NicoB to see the new Nishiki
DeepSearch27 right!? I cant wait till he plays kiwami
Same.
"new" Nishiki that has been there for decades.
"new" in chronological order.
That's not even new considering the fact that you can literally see two different Nishiki in the very first game itself ever since the PS2 version.
His fate is cruel
Even in the scene before the fight, Kiryu and Yumi are still underestimating him. Well written way to cement his beliefs
Joker (2019)
Nishiki: cool, depressed, and angry young dude who is probably in his 20’s or 30’s.
The spamming of using beast mode 🤣
Man nishikis life is so sad man l guess its true some villians truely are made
if only Sera let Majima kill Dojima and Lao Gui in 0....
Nishiki ;_;
Well I did watch the cutscenes. I’m the only person who watched Kiwami before 0 and still said it hurt.
This game is godlvl,awesome!!,thanks to our japanese brothers!!
This is so unnecessarily tragic but it's also so well made and believable
Can we appreciate how Akira gave his life to become Kasuga?
10 years in the joint.
45:08 the y0 scream
Im just waiting for berlin to play this
Nishiki it's the best character of yakuZA Kiwami plus that horrible nonsense ending 😐
this is just unbearable to watch.
I am absolutely a Nishiki apologist. Jk, he's practically on the same level as a war criminal, but he is my favorite.
Same
nishiki gets trolled
1:04:43 it's a Christmas miracle
Eu não me conformo, o Nishiki tomou um pau do Majima, o Majima tomou um pau do Kiryu q ele nem suo.... AI o Kiryu passal mal para bater no NISHIKI?
Porra essas incoerências me deixam putoo demais.
Nishiki tomou um pau do Majima no 0, onde ele era uma putinha medrosa, o Nishiki do 1 já é o bruto do capeta
Intervalo de 17 anos filhote
Tu é um idiota
@@deadoneeyetheunkillable3591 Tatu?
Kiryu tava dez anos na cadeia, e pelo o que parece, ele tava se controlando pra não matar o Nishiki, pode ver que até quando o Nishiki provoca ele dizendo que " você chama isso de um soco?" Kiryu então fica puto e dá só uma na cara e acaba a luta