5:40 I don't think people quite realize how impressive this was on Ryuji's part. Kiryu's elbow smashed down at full force against Ryuji's fist. Any normal human would have at least 2 completely broken fingers, but Ryuji not only tanks the damage like its nothing, but he does the same attack again like he's saying "fucking try me, bitch! Your elbow will break long before my fist does!".; and Kiryu backs off. Fucking legendary.
Aside from the those cutscenes, the fight itself its pretty basic and easy tho. Not really a challenge especially if you have like a S tier stats Kiryu
@@Paperkutchy The gameplay has Kriyu unloading entire magazines into people's chests. Pretty sure you're not supposed to take it as fact outside of the cutscenes
"broken finger", an impact like that would smash you metacarpals instantly. And its Yakuza, you stab someone and he wakes up with no scratch, chill dude.
@@Paperkutchy It don't need to honestly. How would you want it to be hard even with Maxed out Kiryu? Well. I see now. I died Fighting Nishiki the first time while it was 00:00
I’m so happy that, of all the music to stay untouched in this game, it’s the slow version of “As a Man, As a Brother” that plays as Kiryu and Ryuji prepare to fight each other the final time. Such an amazing final piece.
I honestly love the slow burn off the song as you realize this is how it finally ends. It was stuck in my head for weeks, and I honestly would've loved to see the series end here after 0 and Kiwami 1.
I think "A real man ought to be a little stupid" rings true for the entirety of the series, especially the protagonists. The most loved, manly characters are never the scheming ones, but the emotional and dedicated ones
@@kaitik5468 well Akiyama would be considered “stupid” by these guys. He is emotional and acts on his emotions. He cares for people and is genuine. To them that is stupidity, to us, it’s being human. But yeha, Akiyama is fucking great when it comes to intellect. His detective skills make me want him to show up in a Judgement game
Only this foe he actually respects, he holds no hatred or desire to kill him, this fight IS to the death though and there can only be one left alive by the end.
@Soggy Slopster Yup. That's Biliken. Bruh though. There was a time Kiryu fucked up a Punk and gave him a key to save Daigo and he said "Try praying to Billiken over there" I was like "Damn! Yo Kiryu you're disrespecting the dead!"
@@calebcalhoun9847 you can hit Ryuji as much as you can, drain his health, miss some QTE, but NEVER miss the last QTE, or else that will be instal-kill move :)))
It really is, it's almost funny. "BROTHER, DON'T DO THIS I DON'T WANNA LOSE FAMILY" "KAZUMA, YOU'RE THE MAN I LOVE SNAP OUT OF IT" Meanwhile Kiryu and Ryuji smash the fuck out of the elevator GTFO buttons.
she yeets off to america and its disappointing since I'm pretty sure almost everyone was hoping that Kiryu wouldn't be a virgin in the next game and still be with Kaoru.
Which one do you prefer? Nishiki saving Kiryu or Ryuji saving Kiryu and Kaoru? I kinda prefer Ryuji. Gives me goosebumps from how he shot the shit outta him.
Marquize Randall dont forget the battle of the tiger vs dragon in yakuza 3 and yakuza 5 :) one hell of an epic battle too....especially if your opponent has the tiger drop skill as well
As a relative newbie to this series having started with Y0, Kiwami 1, and now Kiwami 2., I can understand why this is the most beloved by old skool fans. This is one of the few times where the graphics/music/gameplay/story just come together so beautifully! Thank you devilleon7 for all your great Yakuza videos!
Yakuza imo has a big problem witb backloading its good stuff. And the first time around it's fine as you marvel at the goofiness and the combat is so fun, but by Kiwami 2 I feel that it starts to get quite grindy and unfun. But I know that I always go away with the great moments in mind, it's just that...well...it's great, make no mistake. But only AFTER I finished it. And it's annoying. Also nothing can beat yakuza 0 because of the blank canvas and experience in storytelling. Hell, in many ways it felt like an improved Y1. Sorry for the wall of text, I love rambling about these games.
@@jerkycow yeah, I may agree with you but the dragon engine's ragdolling takes away from the gravity of the situation and by that point I was beginning to honestly lose patience with the game.
@@chukyuniqul no amount of style switching can save from the fact that the grind system in k1 (Majima everywhere) is trite dogshit, whereas in K2 it’s relatively simple and much quicker
That final boss battle is the most sentimental battle i have ever experienced...i know Ryuji is the game's antagonist but...i have grew absolute respect for that man...i don't care he's an enemy or a friend or a rival but a worthy adversary to me... But now in the end..that poor tough SOB for a man...is gone now...... RIP Ryuji Goda, The Dragon of Kansai
I just realized that if Ryuji had someone like Kiryu in his life like Daigo this all could have possibly been avoided. Or if he was simply told about his family earlier on he could have possibly been saved. Man I adore Ryuji so when he died in the end I was heartbroken. 100% one of my favorite boss battles and would have personally loved to see him continue on being a rival and friend of Kiryu's like Majima is.
He was a Zainichi, none of the more traditional Omi underlings would really respect him, fear him yes. But he would have been seen as a foreigner sitting on a throne as Kurosawa would have him killed violently Kurosawa: "You know, of all the Omi men I had under my thumb, I hate you the most Goda, a fucking little hellspawn who survived half assed assassination attempt who isn't even Japanese in blood and cost me someone I would gladly have as a clan captain. Now to rid this world of the illegitimate bastard of the Omi."
This fight was WILD, I was flipping out by just how blown away everything was making and then these two legends throw down, wounded with gunshots and everything trapped in a cage with a bomb ready to blow but they could care less. They must settle things and man oh man did they ever. My new favorite final boss fight of Yakuza. Wild and sad but above all unforgettable, what a final boss should be.
Ryuji is not a bad guy or a good guy i have respect for him since hes not an asshole unlike all the other bosses Sengoku got killed by ryuji because he kidnapped haruka ryuji just wants a proper fight between him an kiryu
I haven't played 4 5 or 6 yet, but tbh the only 'evil' villain i've seen in the series so far was Shibusawa in Yakuza 0, the rest are kinda neat.. Well, the third villain is..well, ok. but
I'd place Ryuji in the same vein as Kuze. A character you start off despising, but later through the game as you learn more about him and see his own code and even having some lines that he doesn't cross.
This is one of the best final boss experiences I've had in a game. I had managed to get myself to full health before fighting Ryuji, and didn't use any more healing items during the fight. Me and Ryuji both got some heat actions / QTE's on each other, and I activated extreme heat at the same time as Ryuji powered up, and we were both just beating the shit out of eachother, until the final QTE where we were both at critical health. Never felt a more satisfying final blow. Probably of of the most hype things I've done at 2AM.
True, I felt like slugging it out with superarmor would be the way the fight would go canonically, triggered the final qte when I had an empty health and heat bar
Did anyone notice, both of these dragons has the name 'Ryu' in their names. Ki"Ryu" , "Ryu"ji .. "Ryu" in japanese means dragon itself.. , the names were given wisely by Sega ...
You are so knowledgeable, Salil-sensei, please teach me the ways of Japanese enlightenment so that I may also flaunt my excessive knowledge of the Japanese language in a way that certainly doesn't come off as pretentious in the slightest.
This reminds me a fight between Kiryu and Nishiki in some point, especially the respect of not using weapons and the music that can make you shed a tear or two
This song is just Beautiful, regardless the version...the final battle with Ryuji and Kiryu.... Just... Wow, if I ever get Kiwami two, I won't break it. It will be an proper battle so I can listen to this beautiful piece
Ryuji, what an absolute unit. I thought of ever outcome if they both got out alive and teamed up some how, they both dropped the yakuza life, ran the orphanage together, etc. Imagine, you roll up on one dragon, and the golden dragon comes out to. Fuck me what a duo they would have been, but as a recent yakuza fan, lover of the series, I'm a-okay with seeing Ryuji go down like this. Such honor & respect for the two dragons. The soundtrack is absolutely beautiful. You know what needs to be done, and there is no escape for it. It's actually put some of my younger siblings to sleep while listing to it. (in a good way of course) And I love, even a Dragon has a soft spot for his family and close ones. I love yakuza. It is one of the best games, ever created.
I love how both want to settle things even hurt and dying this is some amazing respect they got for eachother i know that i respect ryuji since i first fought him i knew he was gonna be a good opponent to fight
Justfinished kiwami 2 for the first time today. After having just watched kiryu say goodbye to kaoru, and ryuji being so nice to his sister while he lets her go despite having only known about her for a few minutes, i felt sad. Enough to tear up, but I was alright. I was preparing myself for the epic battle theme that would surely go alongside the final fight between the two dragons. Instead what I got was a somber piano that perfectly fits the tone of the fight. At this moment, neither of them believed that they’d get out alive. They were fighting purely to settle their score now, and with an immense amount of respect for each other. As a result, when the song first started during the dynamic intro at 5:16, i felt a giant wave of emotion hit me. That piano made me experience all sadness of the previous scenes all at once, and a tear rolled down my cheek while I continued to fight. Genuinely one of, if not my absolute favorite moment in any video game.
Guys there is something you must understand about 'A scattered moment' the ost of this fight. Anyone who think the original was better, i can understand why, but it's not what they wanted to do( an upgrade) with this remake. They didn t want to upgrade song, they want to change the feeling behind (you how it's end but you have to do it) because in the remake, you know how exactly the fight will end, like kiryu said, 'this how it's has to be''. The original fits better in the orginal game because you thought our dragon kiryu was doomed, resigned and ready to die but for that, he needed to do ONE LAST THING, the settle is rivalary with Ryuji and this is why the instrument in this ost were minimalist. This is my opinion you are free to disagree I m sorry for my english is bad, i m french.
Perso y a un truc que j'apprécie énormément avec ce combat, c'est que contrairement au vs shibusawa où c'était une vengeance principalement, ici les deux n'ont aucune vraie raison de se battre. Aucun sentiment négatif, aucune vengeance, juste un immense respect l'un envers l'autre. Ils sont à moitié morts, fatigués, ils perdent leur statut d'être humains et deviennent des bêtes sauvages. Ils deviennent des dragons. Cet affrontement c'est l'affrontement de deux dragons au statut divin qui s'affrontent simplement parce qu'ils ne peuvent fonctionner que comme ça. En mon humble avis ça dépasse de loin en profondeur le combat contre Shibusawa
Thing about these first 3 Yakuza final bosses (Shibusawa, Nishikiyama and now Ryuji) is that each of them can be your pick for best final boss fight and the fandom will respect you whatever your choice is because they, too, agree that they're all fucking phenomenal in a way.
-Shibusawa, a complete dragon vs Kiryu, an incomplete dragon -Nishikiyama, a Koi trying to become a dragon vs Kiryu, a complete dragon -Ryuji, a gold dragon vs Kiryu, a silver dragon
This fight was a good, clean, fair fight. They only had to use their fists. No weapons, no nothing. That was when Ryuji finally opened his eyes about Kaoru, being his long lost younger sister. And she was in love with his rival, Kazuma Kiryu. And that was the fight to determine who would be the most toughest yakuza in Japan. The title of Dragon of Japan.
I love that elbow block followed by the dodge by Kiryu in the QTE, showing that meeting Ryuji's fist with an elbow block, which is a great counter to an uppercut, Kiryu would rather dodge the next punch than meet Ryuji's next punch. I like this detail because the way that Kiryu beats someone is rarely because he had better form, but that's the case for this fight
"If I had a nickel for every time i've had to fight a power-hungry yakuza official gunning for total control who just so happens to also have a dragon on his back and says there can only be one dragon, i'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot but it's weird that its happened twice."
I will have this game in a few Hours myself. 10 to be exact! I cant wait. Loved the original Yakuza 2 on the ps2, and this looks just as amazing. This is by far my Fav Bossfight of any game really. Cant wait to play this Game. Thanks for uploading this!
Ryuji shot 20 shots (from what I could tell from muzzle flashes and impacts). TBH I can't think of a single handgun that can hold that many bullets in a single mag of the top of my head.
God damn dude,that soundtrack really hits ya hard. Edit: played through and beat Kiwami 2 not that long ago,and god DAMN,what a banger game and final boss. I only recently got into the series but I already love these games,they're awesome.
@@Kalgert no, he still is considered rival. A rival doesnt have to be an enemy, or a friend it's just anybody who can compete with them. Majima, Saejima, Nishiki(to an extent), and Mine could all be considered his rivals along with ryuji
Final bosses: Yakuza 0 - Epic. I'm gonna end your war and fight for justice. Yakuza Kiwami - Heartbreaking, I don't want to do this. Yakuza Kiwami 2 - This is how it is to be...
5:16 Me: *expecting some brutal crescendo of epic music* Game: *hits me with this gem* I absolutely love it... I don’t know why it fits so well. Just two men ready to die for pride... we don’t need super epic music distracting us from this hell of a fight. Yakuza Kiwami 2 might be my favorite Yakuza up to date... it deals with pride, and Ryuji said it himself; “a real man oughta be a little stupid.”
I’ll admit, I almost never watched the cutscenes in yakuza games. But this one, the one against Ryuji, was the single one I actually watched. Ryuji is one of my favorite characters in all of yakuza.
It's a cool effect too, the slow motion of Kiryu and Ryuji swinging at each other before the percussion comes in. Not what I like to do in this fight but I totally get was he was going for.
What I think think though you should do is just fight normally but then after the first little Cutscene of the punching and shit you should do that Blue oura or whatever thing and just bash him. I saw someone's Playthrough. His name's JetMonkeyHDGaming and goddamn I loved it. He didn't block AT all. He played on Normal but it looked like he played on Legend by how much health he lost! He finished the fight with 1 HP left. You should watch that. Episode 38 btw I believe. You can see what's Majima Saga and what's ending.
Sayama being stuck right where she is, two of the men she loves the most in the world are about to fight each other to the death and she is powerless to stop it. The pain in that must be immense.
The general consensus is that the last fight with Ryuji Goda is a good one. I can see why. Here we have a muscle-bound Yakuza member who, like Kiryu, also has standards. Despite many hardships that he faced, he wanted to be number one fair and square. As an underdog myself, I respect that. The music also adds to the awesomeness and would more likely fit a hero than a villain thanks to the violin and the piano. I think that I said too much, but that's what happens when a boss fight gets emotional for so many reasons.
I respected the living shit out of Ryuji Goda. He wasn't some power-hungry master villain, all he cared about was fighting Kiryu fair and square over the Dragon title.
I really enjoy how much more honorable Ryuji became towards the end. Kiryu was even willing to fight to the death since he deemed Ryuji as someone who was deserving of going all out against. I miss this guy. Ryuji and Kiryu in the same game as protagonists would make one hell of a game… (no not dead souls)
Best Yakuza boss. Just two men beating eachother off during a countdown in a tense and steamy fight with fantasy music in the background. What else appeals to the male fantasy than this?
For me literally finishing this last night as of writing this, this fight resonates with me in so many different tones. Kiryu is THE dragon, there is no second, there is no match. No matter how hard ryugi swung kiryu never even broke his demeanor. Kiryu is absolutely the dragon above all, everything rode on this fight for him, his home, his honor, the Tojo, everything. That’s why Kiryu won, because this fight was more than a title.
Considering that Ryuji's fist doesn't break on Kiryu's Elbow, and that there's an Essence of Crushing: Wall, if Kiryu tried to pull that off on Ryuji, the wall will crack instead, referencing Hiroki Awano's wall punch in Y0.
I don't know how can you fit every single part of this epic fight with epic song perfectly like that. Final QTE fit perfectly with the best part of the song. I can just say, not many Yakuza's player can do the same thing like you. So, in many Boss fight video, I only love your video, not others. Your gameplay make this epic fight become legendary. Great work, bro !!! This video makes me cry alot, because I know when the song ends, we lost one true Dragon....... RIP Ryuji, one of the best and most respectful antagonist of Yakuza series.....
Seeing Goda and Kiryu turn back to each other after everything to prove who the real dragon is has to be one of the most alpha things in the history of gaming.
Consider this ridiculous feat of Ryuji's. He literally woke up from a viscious beating after a short power-nap literally shooting and ready for round 2 with Kiryu. That's comparable to Kiryu fighting two adult tigers AFTER he got stabbed.
Don’t forget, while Kiryu was fighting through the smaller clan Ryuji was fighting the Tojo on the home turf. This is the only time in the series where Kiryu had an easier pre-fight than the final boss.
"I used to steal older kids' pants back in elementary school" VS. "I fought a bunch of grown men in diapers the other day"
Finally a worthy opponent
“I failed elementary school”
Vs
“Everyone I know is dead/evil/insane/wants me dead”
Too meta man lmao
bontan stealer vs real estate business man
Ryuji Goda went out like a total bro, he valiantly laid down his life to prevent a zombie apocalypse, what a guy.
U forgettin about dead sould dude ryuji is in it
@@yesyounoyou5602 that's the joke
Yes you No you dead souls is in the timeline ryuji is alive, yes. What this guy meant was he died and prevented the events from happening
Holup...
non canon
Imagine Ryuji fight Majima instead of Kiryu.
Ryuji: Hey you! I remember you!
Majima: Ah, shit!
Ryuji: GIVE ME YOUR PANTS!
Majima: Over my dead body!
“Everyone Likes ThAT”
The memory of Yakuza 0...😥
Do you guys know the song that plays at 4:26
Funny that you can keep the exact same outfit for him. In that scene and he still says "A tuxedo" maybe the pants are a tuxedo but I dunno.
@@JB_EDITS927 ruclips.net/video/Y4Z3EmOLZIg/видео.html
"This is how it has to be." sums up one of the saddest fights in the series.
What are others?
What? You mean the one where Saejima has to kill Majima?
@@moiqtheplayer
Kiryu and Nishiki?
@@mercka4583 I guess that's another one, also there's Kiryu vs Mine
I guess kiryu vs someya
5:40 I don't think people quite realize how impressive this was on Ryuji's part. Kiryu's elbow smashed down at full force against Ryuji's fist. Any normal human would have at least 2 completely broken fingers, but Ryuji not only tanks the damage like its nothing, but he does the same attack again like he's saying "fucking try me, bitch! Your elbow will break long before my fist does!".; and Kiryu backs off. Fucking legendary.
Aside from the those cutscenes, the fight itself its pretty basic and easy tho. Not really a challenge especially if you have like a S tier stats Kiryu
@@Paperkutchy The gameplay has Kriyu unloading entire magazines into people's chests. Pretty sure you're not supposed to take it as fact outside of the cutscenes
"broken finger", an impact like that would smash you metacarpals instantly. And its Yakuza, you stab someone and he wakes up with no scratch, chill dude.
@@Paperkutchy It don't need to honestly. How would you want it to be hard even with Maxed out Kiryu?
Well. I see now. I died Fighting Nishiki the first time while it was 00:00
Actually that's a heat action in 0 and kiwami. When the elbow comes down, it snaps the enemies fingers.
I’m so happy that, of all the music to stay untouched in this game, it’s the slow version of “As a Man, As a Brother” that plays as Kiryu and Ryuji prepare to fight each other the final time. Such an amazing final piece.
Anywhere that I could actually find that song? It's amazing.
I honestly love the slow burn off the song as you realize this is how it finally ends. It was stuck in my head for weeks, and I honestly would've loved to see the series end here after 0 and Kiwami 1.
its on spotify rn
I think "A real man ought to be a little stupid" rings true for the entirety of the series, especially the protagonists. The most loved, manly characters are never the scheming ones, but the emotional and dedicated ones
"You describe yourself as an idiot. Well... I suppose I too aspire to be such an idiot." - Tetsu Tachibana
Well, Akiyama is an exeption
Well, that explains the sub stories
“Guys like me… will never reach the top… but maybe… maybe if I was more like you… a balls first idiot… then maybe…” - awano
@@kaitik5468 well Akiyama would be considered “stupid” by these guys. He is emotional and acts on his emotions. He cares for people and is genuine.
To them that is stupidity, to us, it’s being human. But yeha, Akiyama is fucking great when it comes to intellect. His detective skills make me want him to show up in a Judgement game
"Ain't no room for one dragon"
That just gave kiryu huge nostalgia
Only this foe he actually respects, he holds no hatred or desire to kill him, this fight IS to the death though and there can only be one left alive by the end.
“You can keep the cute nickname”
@@TheRealFredbearPlush funny thinking Kiryu did ended keeping the "cute nickname"
@@TheRealFredbearPlushore wa son na katawa kiwairane
Home no ryu wa ippiki de ii
Remember Nishitani's speech about there existing two types of enemies? Ryuji certainly fits the second bunch.
@@owenocity it was nishitani.
@Soggy Slopster Yup. That's Biliken. Bruh though. There was a time Kiryu fucked up a Punk and gave him a key to save Daigo and he said "Try praying to Billiken over there" I was like "Damn! Yo Kiryu you're disrespecting the dead!"
Ryuji is actually the only one in the whole series who could strike a counter immediately after Kiryu's elbow block.
Bros bone dense as fuck, realistically that would break his fist.
Even better is that,Kiryu actually dodges from his punch i to the elbow
I love how if you miss that last QTE you just lose lmao
wait, seriously? I gotta go back now
It happened to me on my first playthrough. I was so mad.😂
Caleb Calhoun yup. Happened to me on my legend run
@@calebcalhoun9847 you can hit Ryuji as much as you can, drain his health, miss some QTE, but NEVER miss the last QTE, or else that will be instal-kill move :)))
Công Phạm Yakuza 5 does the same thing for the last QTE, I finger slid the wrong button and got insta-lost
Damn, just noticed that Ryuji & Kiryus' gun wounds mirror one another.
Oh.my.God. You're right! I never noticed that!
And for some reason Ryuji died and Kiryu didn’t, even though they were both injured at the same spots, technically
@@RS-lh7zu Kiryu had a sacrifice stone on him.
@@SharkHours lmfao
Teu Pai ruyjis gunshot was near his heart, kiyrus wasn’t.
So basically your lover and your brother are fighting each other til one of them die.
...........Well this is gonna be very very awkward for Kaoru.
It really is, it's almost funny.
"BROTHER, DON'T DO THIS I DON'T WANNA LOSE FAMILY"
"KAZUMA, YOU'RE THE MAN I LOVE SNAP OUT OF IT"
Meanwhile Kiryu and Ryuji smash the fuck out of the elevator GTFO buttons.
@@devilleon7 fucking slam the buttons harder than kiryu hit majima
She stays with Kiryu for some time before leaving for work. I don't know if she ever appears after that
she yeets off to america and its disappointing since I'm pretty sure almost everyone was hoping that Kiryu wouldn't be a virgin in the next game and still be with Kaoru.
Chao Mai
From Shibusawa to Nishiki to Goda each of these final bosses have been incredible.
0 > KW1 > KW2 tho. This one is way too easy
Which one do you prefer? Nishiki saving Kiryu or Ryuji saving Kiryu and Kaoru? I kinda prefer Ryuji. Gives me goosebumps from how he shot the shit outta him.
we forgettin mine here?
@@dimactavicus i didn't play 3 when i wrote this
@@Vaerenn understandable
Soon as the fights stars, I pause the game and Unequip everything for this final moment....
You wanted a fair fight. You made the right choice. 👍👍👍
The Thunder God
Still...It didn’t feel right.... Ryuji didn’t deserve this....
Same bro
yeah i didnt use any weapons, hell i didnt even use any heat actions(mostly)
It’s just a game
Dragon of Dojima VS Dragon of Kansai...To me greatest fight in all of yakuza games.
Marquize Randall dont forget the battle of the tiger vs dragon in yakuza 3 and yakuza 5 :) one hell of an epic battle too....especially if your opponent has the tiger drop skill as well
Eddy Wang i think you confused Y3 with 4, There was no tiger in 3
Dragon of Dadashov yeap i do lol
@@eddywang9622 im forgot. Who is the tiger?
Ruqaimi Rosle Saejima
It's like a farewell fight. A final respect from a dragon to another.
As a relative newbie to this series having started with Y0, Kiwami 1, and now Kiwami 2., I can understand why this is the most beloved by old skool fans. This is one of the few times where the graphics/music/gameplay/story just come together so beautifully! Thank you devilleon7 for all your great Yakuza videos!
Yakuza imo has a big problem witb backloading its good stuff.
And the first time around it's fine as you marvel at the goofiness and the combat is so fun, but by Kiwami 2 I feel that it starts to get quite grindy and unfun. But I know that I always go away with the great moments in mind, it's just that...well...it's great, make no mistake. But only AFTER I finished it. And it's annoying.
Also nothing can beat yakuza 0 because of the blank canvas and experience in storytelling. Hell, in many ways it felt like an improved Y1.
Sorry for the wall of text, I love rambling about these games.
@@jerkycow yeah, I may agree with you but the dragon engine's ragdolling takes away from the gravity of the situation and by that point I was beginning to honestly lose patience with the game.
@@chukyuniqul I find it funny you got sick finally at *k2's* grind rather than 1's lol
@@speeddemonji9547 1 has different fighting styles I can switch between to keep me engaged. 2 doesn't.
@@chukyuniqul no amount of style switching can save from the fact that the grind system in k1 (Majima everywhere) is trite dogshit, whereas in K2 it’s relatively simple and much quicker
That final boss battle is the most sentimental battle i have ever experienced...i know Ryuji is the game's antagonist but...i have grew absolute respect for that man...i don't care he's an enemy or a friend or a rival but a worthy adversary to me...
But now in the end..that poor tough SOB for a man...is gone now......
RIP Ryuji Goda, The Dragon of Kansai
Now i kinda regret wrecking his anus
He's confirmed to be alive after the events of Yakuza 2, with new story coming out in Yakuza Online, but sadly it's Japanese...
@@5thCent What about Yakuza Dead Souls?
@@JerrythePlayer360 It's a spin-off story. Not sure if it counts. The Yakuza Online version of Ryuji Goda still have both of his hands.
Ngl I didn’t use Kiryu’s rage thing cuz of this dude like, can we get a F in the chat for our fallen Yakuza Boi?
I just realized that if Ryuji had someone like Kiryu in his life like Daigo this all could have possibly been avoided. Or if he was simply told about his family earlier on he could have possibly been saved. Man I adore Ryuji so when he died in the end I was heartbroken. 100% one of my favorite boss battles and would have personally loved to see him continue on being a rival and friend of Kiryu's like Majima is.
He was a Zainichi, none of the more traditional Omi underlings would really respect him, fear him yes. But he would have been seen as a foreigner sitting on a throne as Kurosawa would have him killed violently
Kurosawa: "You know, of all the Omi men I had under my thumb, I hate you the most Goda, a fucking little hellspawn who survived half assed assassination attempt who isn't even Japanese in blood and cost me someone I would gladly have as a clan captain. Now to rid this world of the illegitimate bastard of the Omi."
He didn't die tho
@@orangesoda4535 in the main game he did but not the spin off.
@@destinywaters959 wiki says different
@@orangesoda4535 Of course the wiki would say this. I bet it's talking about the zombie game not the actual Yakuza games
>Bomb is gonna explode
>Ten minute video
Crazeh Boi great grammar
I didn´t max out like this guy so the fight was probably a lot longer XD
Talking is free action.
they used za warudo
This fight was WILD, I was flipping out by just how blown away everything was making and then these two legends throw down, wounded with gunshots and everything trapped in a cage with a bomb ready to blow but they could care less. They must settle things and man oh man did they ever. My new favorite final boss fight of Yakuza. Wild and sad but above all unforgettable, what a final boss should be.
Don't forget Nishki with the Koi fish, Akira Fishikiyama
Ryuji is not a bad guy or a good guy i have respect for him since hes not an asshole unlike all the other bosses
Sengoku got killed by ryuji because he kidnapped haruka ryuji just wants a proper fight between him an kiryu
I haven't played 4 5 or 6 yet, but tbh the only 'evil' villain i've seen in the series so far was Shibusawa in Yakuza 0, the rest are kinda neat..
Well, the third villain is..well, ok. but
He is the same as awano in yakuza 0.
@@Vladicarus IMO Munakata from Yakuza 4 is the worst
(Edit) or maybe iwami from yakuza 6 is the worst
I'd place Ryuji in the same vein as Kuze. A character you start off despising, but later through the game as you learn more about him and see his own code and even having some lines that he doesn't cross.
@@Vladicarus the villain in judgement is goddamn amazing
0:50 i love how ryuji go mad nuts for her half-sister and shot many times this guy .Just awesome
Now It's hard to think which save between Nishiki or Ryuji is better.
I really love the objective description to the fight. It really adds a layer of sadness to it, in my eyes.
"This is how it has to be."
i love how Ryuji just wakes up and turns the other guy into spongebob
This is one of the best final boss experiences I've had in a game. I had managed to get myself to full health before fighting Ryuji, and didn't use any more healing items during the fight. Me and Ryuji both got some heat actions / QTE's on each other, and I activated extreme heat at the same time as Ryuji powered up, and we were both just beating the shit out of eachother, until the final QTE where we were both at critical health. Never felt a more satisfying final blow. Probably of of the most hype things I've done at 2AM.
True, I felt like slugging it out with superarmor would be the way the fight would go canonically, triggered the final qte when I had an empty health and heat bar
That's what a boss fight should be like. It's kinda sad seeing no damage boss fights (even if it is impressive).
Did anyone notice, both of these dragons has the name 'Ryu' in their names. Ki"Ryu" , "Ryu"ji ..
"Ryu" in japanese means dragon itself..
, the names were given wisely by Sega ...
You are so knowledgeable, Salil-sensei, please teach me the ways of Japanese enlightenment so that I may also flaunt my excessive knowledge of the Japanese language in a way that certainly doesn't come off as pretentious in the slightest.
@@anakii506 thanks lol .... i just happen to know few words
@@salilarts6983 The fucking density...
@@eonnephilim852 Blissful ignorance tend to thwart sarcasm
“Given wisely”
That shit was elementary.
Ryuji wasn't a villain, he was an antagonist. And my god, what a fantastic one.
This reminds me a fight between Kiryu and Nishiki in some point, especially the respect of not using weapons and the music that can make you shed a tear or two
Lmao newcomers to the series not knowing this is how every Yakuza ends
Except for 0
@@yakuzafan518 0 ends with Kiryu having a shirtless duel with Shibusawa for the title of Dragon of Dojima. The same thing
@@ir6734 it wasn't sad tho
@@amarson2322 ik
This song is just Beautiful, regardless the version...the final battle with Ryuji and Kiryu.... Just... Wow, if I ever get Kiwami two, I won't break it. It will be an proper battle so I can listen to this beautiful piece
this final boss theme is one of the best themes of all time I literily cried when I heard it it was so beautiful.
I just beat this fight. Holy fuck everything about it was amazing. I see now why many OG fans consider it the best in the series.
I always imagined them being a sworn brother after this fight, they'll be an unstoppable force
*Nishiki has left the chat*
@@emotiveformula6478 Nishiki left the chat a long time ago
"The dragon.just only need a one room"
@@Mati-pl2jy he rejoined the chat in like a dragon, on a diff acc tho
@@lemonismq4642 Nice
Ryuji, what an absolute unit. I thought of ever outcome if they both got out alive and teamed up some how, they both dropped the yakuza life, ran the orphanage together, etc. Imagine, you roll up on one dragon, and the golden dragon comes out to. Fuck me what a duo they would have been, but as a recent yakuza fan, lover of the series, I'm a-okay with seeing Ryuji go down like this. Such honor & respect for the two dragons.
The soundtrack is absolutely beautiful. You know what needs to be done, and there is no escape for it.
It's actually put some of my younger siblings to sleep while listing to it. (in a good way of course)
And I love, even a Dragon has a soft spot for his family and close ones.
I love yakuza. It is one of the best games, ever created.
If you want a “what if Ryuji survived” scenario, there’s always Yakuza: Dead Souls.
And I quote from a certain Yakuza 4 playthrough.
"What's more important than stopping the bomb from going off? Settling THIS"
5:15 always gives me goosebumps
they both resemble two dragons !!
I love how both want to settle things even hurt and dying this is some amazing respect they got for eachother i know that i respect ryuji since i first fought him i knew he was gonna be a good opponent to fight
1:39 "I'm the real final boss here, shut up and sit down!"
The Most Manliest Game Ever! 💯
The maliest series. Period.
Manly as fuck.
Manly tears has been shed...
Nothing can beat this MANLY game!
clapotis imagine unironically using cringe in 2020
Justfinished kiwami 2 for the first time today.
After having just watched kiryu say goodbye to kaoru, and ryuji being so nice to his sister while he lets her go despite having only known about her for a few minutes, i felt sad. Enough to tear up, but I was alright. I was preparing myself for the epic battle theme that would surely go alongside the final fight between the two dragons.
Instead what I got was a somber piano that perfectly fits the tone of the fight. At this moment, neither of them believed that they’d get out alive. They were fighting purely to settle their score now, and with an immense amount of respect for each other. As a result, when the song first started during the dynamic intro at 5:16, i felt a giant wave of emotion hit me. That piano made me experience all sadness of the previous scenes all at once, and a tear rolled down my cheek while I continued to fight. Genuinely one of, if not my absolute favorite moment in any video game.
That last conversation with his sister...I lost it. 😭
Guys there is something you must understand about 'A scattered moment' the ost of this fight. Anyone who think the original was better, i can understand why, but it's not what they wanted to do( an upgrade) with this remake. They didn t want to upgrade song, they want to change the feeling behind (you how it's end but you have to do it) because in the remake, you know how exactly the fight will end, like kiryu said, 'this how it's has to be''.
The original fits better in the orginal game because you thought our dragon kiryu was doomed, resigned and ready to die but for that, he needed to do ONE LAST THING, the settle is rivalary with Ryuji and this is why the instrument in this ost were minimalist.
This is my opinion you are free to disagree
I m sorry for my english is bad, i m french.
Perso y a un truc que j'apprécie énormément avec ce combat, c'est que contrairement au vs shibusawa où c'était une vengeance principalement, ici les deux n'ont aucune vraie raison de se battre. Aucun sentiment négatif, aucune vengeance, juste un immense respect l'un envers l'autre. Ils sont à moitié morts, fatigués, ils perdent leur statut d'être humains et deviennent des bêtes sauvages. Ils deviennent des dragons. Cet affrontement c'est l'affrontement de deux dragons au statut divin qui s'affrontent simplement parce qu'ils ne peuvent fonctionner que comme ça. En mon humble avis ça dépasse de loin en profondeur le combat contre Shibusawa
They sure did A Scattered Moment justice...
Thing about these first 3 Yakuza final bosses (Shibusawa, Nishikiyama and now Ryuji) is that each of them can be your pick for best final boss fight and the fandom will respect you whatever your choice is because they, too, agree that they're all fucking phenomenal in a way.
-Shibusawa, a complete dragon vs Kiryu, an incomplete dragon
-Nishikiyama, a Koi trying to become a dragon vs Kiryu, a complete dragon
-Ryuji, a gold dragon vs Kiryu, a silver dragon
Ain't room for... more than one dragon
This fight was a good, clean, fair fight. They only had to use their fists. No weapons, no nothing. That was when Ryuji finally opened his eyes about Kaoru, being his long lost younger sister. And she was in love with his rival, Kazuma Kiryu. And that was the fight to determine who would be the most toughest yakuza in Japan. The title of Dragon of Japan.
haha, not for me I used the fuck out of those weapons lol
i ripped out every one of Ryuji's teeth with rusty pliers and counted them afterwards
5:39 absolutely amazing
5:03 when bro says "you sister is kinda nice"
Picking this game up today, like always I'll be playing the hell out of this.
I love that elbow block followed by the dodge by Kiryu in the QTE, showing that meeting Ryuji's fist with an elbow block, which is a great counter to an uppercut, Kiryu would rather dodge the next punch than meet Ryuji's next punch. I like this detail because the way that Kiryu beats someone is rarely because he had better form, but that's the case for this fight
The fucker's last breath was appreciation for his sister's smile, literal chad
"If I had a nickel for every time i've had to fight a power-hungry yakuza official gunning for total control who just so happens to also have a dragon on his back and says there can only be one dragon, i'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot but it's weird that its happened twice."
I will have this game in a few Hours myself. 10 to be exact! I cant wait. Loved the original Yakuza 2 on the ps2, and this looks just as amazing. This is by far my Fav Bossfight of any game really. Cant wait to play this Game. Thanks for uploading this!
Shots Shots Shots Shots Shots EVERYBODY Honestly its Kinda Funny How Ryuji Shot that guy over A Hundred times
Yeah but we lost count to it how many times he keep shooting that elderly dude way too close to each other
They all got the Infinite Gun that Kiryu held , case close XD
Ryuji shot 20 shots (from what I could tell from muzzle flashes and impacts). TBH I can't think of a single handgun that can hold that many bullets in a single mag of the top of my head.
@@luca9ccc676 he shot him 21 times
@@xtr33mreaper oh
7:40 is one of the greatest ends to a fight that I've ever seen (even the timing with soundtrack is perfect)
This Dynamic Intro Is Just PERFECT
"Ryuji Goda... The Dragon of Kansai. He was powerful... More so than anyone I've ever faced before."
-Kazuma Kiryu
Oh man, you beat him right before the second chorus kicked in, lol
You should watch the first one he did of this. The music synched perfectly with the fight
Oh yeah, that was really good. I liked the Heat Actions, too.
Girls: “I like your brother” “OMG!”
Boys:
God damn dude,that soundtrack really hits ya hard.
Edit: played through and beat Kiwami 2 not that long ago,and god DAMN,what a banger game and final boss. I only recently got into the series but I already love these games,they're awesome.
The song when kiryu and Ryuji bounce off each other was pretty sad and depressing
This boss fight was so epic I purposely let myself die 3 times just so that I could finish off Ryuji in style. I even saved a video clip afterwards.
I'm gonna watch it
Ryuji is and will always be kiryus true rival
Μιχσλης Ραγγας-Πανταζης goro majima would like to have a word with you
Somewhere in Kamurocho, Saejima sneezed.
@@elliotaddler2302 Majima is just his Frenemy. Completely different situation.
@@Kalgert no, he still is considered rival. A rival doesnt have to be an enemy, or a friend it's just anybody who can compete with them. Majima, Saejima, Nishiki(to an extent), and Mine could all be considered his rivals along with ryuji
*Jo Amon would like to know your location*
...Dang... Pretty sad tbh, but that last fight.. Was amazing
this games combat was the best so when i moved to 3 i was mad af
A scattered moment starts playing
*pulls out 20 katanas*
we dont give that guy who stood standing after multiple shots and managed to hit ryuji twice enough credit
One of my best fights, RIP Ryuji Goda
He’s not dead..🙄
My god this fight broke my heart, I'm in tears again. :'(
Final bosses:
Yakuza 0 - Epic. I'm gonna end your war and fight for justice.
Yakuza Kiwami - Heartbreaking, I don't want to do this.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 - This is how it is to be...
龍司の「漢はのう馬鹿な位でちょうどええ！」最高に痺れる名言過ぎるだろ！
7:15 my boy just wanted a hug☹
Ryuji: dying of bullets. Ryuji when li’l sis: ya smell nice.
5:16
Me: *expecting some brutal crescendo of epic music*
Game: *hits me with this gem*
I absolutely love it... I don’t know why it fits so well. Just two men ready to die for pride... we don’t need super epic music distracting us from this hell of a fight.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 might be my favorite Yakuza up to date... it deals with pride, and Ryuji said it himself; “a real man oughta be a little stupid.”
I’ll admit, I almost never watched the cutscenes in yakuza games. But this one, the one against Ryuji, was the single one I actually watched. Ryuji is one of my favorite characters in all of yakuza.
First 40 seconds of the fight are exactly the same with your japanese version, looks like you have your own vision of how this fight should go
It's a cool effect too, the slow motion of Kiryu and Ryuji swinging at each other before the percussion comes in. Not what I like to do in this fight but I totally get was he was going for.
What I think think though you should do is just fight normally but then after the first little Cutscene of the punching and shit you should do that Blue oura or whatever thing and just bash him. I saw someone's Playthrough. His name's JetMonkeyHDGaming and goddamn I loved it. He didn't block AT all. He played on Normal but it looked like he played on Legend by how much health he lost! He finished the fight with 1 HP left. You should watch that. Episode 38 btw I believe. You can see what's Majima Saga and what's ending.
Sayama being stuck right where she is, two of the men she loves the most in the world are about to fight each other to the death and she is powerless to stop it. The pain in that must be immense.
The general consensus is that the last fight with Ryuji Goda is a good one. I can see why. Here we have a muscle-bound Yakuza member who, like Kiryu, also has standards. Despite many hardships that he faced, he wanted to be number one fair and square. As an underdog myself, I respect that. The music also adds to the awesomeness and would more likely fit a hero than a villain thanks to the violin and the piano.
I think that I said too much, but that's what happens when a boss fight gets emotional for so many reasons.
Ryuji was no man...
He was a man's man...
I respected the living shit out of Ryuji Goda. He wasn't some power-hungry master villain, all he cared about was fighting Kiryu fair and square over the Dragon title.
I really enjoy how much more honorable Ryuji became towards the end. Kiryu was even willing to fight to the death since he deemed Ryuji as someone who was deserving of going all out against.
I miss this guy. Ryuji and Kiryu in the same game as protagonists would make one hell of a game… (no not dead souls)
Japanese never failed to amaze me with their skill on storytelling.... 😭
Rest in peace Ryuji-san... You'll always be in our heart...
Best Yakuza boss. Just two men beating eachother off during a countdown in a tense and steamy fight with fantasy music in the background. What else appeals to the male fantasy than this?
For me literally finishing this last night as of writing this, this fight resonates with me in so many different tones. Kiryu is THE dragon, there is no second, there is no match. No matter how hard ryugi swung kiryu never even broke his demeanor. Kiryu is absolutely the dragon above all, everything rode on this fight for him, his home, his honor, the Tojo, everything. That’s why Kiryu won, because this fight was more than a title.
One of the best fights in the Yakuza series imo
Ryuji Goda (A Scattered, Eternal Moment).
Ryuji: there's no room for 2 dragons
Also ryuji: at least check if my sister's boyfriend can fight 😂
Ryuji Goda turned into one of my favorite characters at the end... Damn I wish he didn’t die
Considering that Ryuji's fist doesn't break on Kiryu's Elbow, and that there's an Essence of Crushing: Wall, if Kiryu tried to pull that off on Ryuji, the wall will crack instead, referencing Hiroki Awano's wall punch in Y0.
4:19 Goosebumps every time
That shot is doped
I don't know how can you fit every single part of this epic fight with epic song perfectly like that. Final QTE fit perfectly with the best part of the song. I can just say, not many Yakuza's player can do the same thing like you. So, in many Boss fight video, I only love your video, not others. Your gameplay make this epic fight become legendary. Great work, bro !!! This video makes me cry alot, because I know when the song ends, we lost one true Dragon....... RIP Ryuji, one of the best and most respectful antagonist of Yakuza series.....
0:54
Whoever says Ryūji isn’t badass has clearly never seen this
The OST that plays when Ryuji sends the elevator down hits almost as hard as his boss fight theme.
That man never should have been able to shoot Ryugi as many time as he did when he had an entire magazine pumped into him
I just love Ryuji Goda. He's a great counterpart to Kiryu.
I love that get-up sync at 7:09
Seeing Goda and Kiryu turn back to each other after everything to prove who the real dragon is has to be one of the most alpha things in the history of gaming.
7:40 that music transition 🔥
6:56 I LOVE THAT MUSIC SYNCH
Consider this ridiculous feat of Ryuji's. He literally woke up from a viscious beating after a short power-nap literally shooting and ready for round 2 with Kiryu.
That's comparable to Kiryu fighting two adult tigers AFTER he got stabbed.
Don’t forget, while Kiryu was fighting through the smaller clan Ryuji was fighting the Tojo on the home turf. This is the only time in the series where Kiryu had an easier pre-fight than the final boss.
@elijahfyffe5176
Absolutely... if we exclude the Man in Black. Dude was legit more superhuman than the protagonists.