LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH Final Boss and Ending
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- LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH Final Boss and Ending
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Ichiban Kasuga, an unstoppable underdog who's no stranger to crawling up from rock bottom, and Kazuma Kiryu, a broken man facing down his last days.
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Not sure why people think this isn't the definitive ending for Kiryu story as a whole.
Look at him, while he no longer have the strength to fight, he has regained his will to live, which is his character arc in this game. He already united with Haruka and Haruto by this point, seeing how they visited a room with his name on it.
I kinda agree. At first, I was kinda disappointed, because I got my expectations up for a crazy finale with either Kiryu having a dramatic death, or living to see his family again and breaking free from the daidoji, but after thinking about it, I actually really like the actual ending a lot.
I feel the name of the final boss theme, "End of the Denial", is less Ebina's theme, and more Kiryu's theme, representing how his final battle is the one where he finally realized he wants to live.
I don't think it's a set up for a future game like people are saying. Kiryu is irrecoverably weakened in this game's ending, which I think was to make a point about how he's going to live and enjoy life without the action and drama going forward.
I still think the execution could've been a little better, but honestly, I really like this interpretation of Kiryu's finale!
@@Tsukomasifor Kiryu yeah, but for Ichiban it definitely is
Because it's more of a setup for his adventure in 9, whether he succeed on handling their future, or something else happened again
Cause it really isn't, as long as Daidoji are alive and controlling all the strings even if he beats cancer he would still not be able to go back to the orphanage and live a happy life. We will see Kiryu's definitive ending most likely in the next game, where Daidoji (and some random new villains) will be the main antagonist. I imagine that the whole game will be about Kiryu fighting cancer and doing the treatment while Ichiban and his friends (probably Majima, Daigo, Akiyama and Saejima too since they're back in aciton) will fight the Daidojis to let kiryu be free once and for all. After all Daidojis are said to be a kind of Mafia in the politicians world and Yakuza games are all about fighting against the dark side of the world
@@BeinZZhChanneli like this idea
@@BeinZZhChannel Trying to take down the Daidoji in the next game is an enticing concept, but honestly I think they're done with Kiryu. The Daidoji are an organization that almost nobody knows about and can only operate in the shadows, and Kiryu is too famous now to be involved with them. We have Kiryu on audio recordings, video recordings, plastered all over the internet from god-knows how many smartphones, been reported on in mainstream media, and has countless eyewitness accounts. No matter how powerful you think the Daidoji are, Kiryu is standing under a gigantic spotlight and even the Daidoji don't have a ladder tall enough to turn it off. By continuing to be associated with Kiryu, they risk knowledge of their existence and they can't have that.
I'd Imagine the Daidoji will let him sever ties, provided he doesn't spill the beans to anyone about the organization or it's involvement. Don't even get me started on all the problems this ending has, but this is the only aspect of it I think I have nailed down.
Finally Haruka was grown up now not like used to when she was little girl back then.
That ending with Kiryu in the hospital...Holy S.
Kiryu only kills person when they in a car or copter
hey hey hey that was saejima
@breadburner7276 nah nah remember when he chucked that grenade at the copter after an encounter with those like riot armor looking guys
@@breadburner7276 yeah. shooting a rocket is justified
We never saw those people actually die tho,remember this is Yakuza and anything is possible :) after all,Lau Ka Long survived a bullet in the head,Kashiwagi survived getting shot by a minigun and Richardson survived after falling off a 20 story building so i guess all of those guys in choppers and cars might have survived too
@@nushnumedon’t forget Mine survived too because he had the ability to Fly. Why do you think Richardson lived?
its a decent ending. kiryu openly saying his name again is thematically powerful for his arc. but i see this as more of a setup for LAD 9 where theyll give him a real sendoff.
Given that his arc in this game was based around depending on others for help and not giving up on the face of certain defeat, I think from here in out it would be wise to have Kiryu around fully as a mentor figure and beyond the point of being the toughest guy in any given fight. If nothing else I feel he's earned a victory over cancer even if chemo leaves him in a weakened state.
@@hanniballahr94 Yeah i agree. We will see Kiryu's definitive ending most likely in the next game, where Daidoji (and some random new villains) will be the main antagonist. I imagine that the whole game will be about Kiryu fighting cancer and doing the treatment while Ichiban and his friends (probably Majima, Daigo, Akiyama and Saejima too since they're back in aciton) will fight the Daidojis to let kiryu be free once and for all (but i think the pretext will be that Daidojii end up in some big politician scandal and that would be the right occasion to weaken them). Since he has now learned to ask the others for help, his friends will fight for him instead
@@BeinZZhChanneli can‘t believe they still have daidoji as a plotpoint since freakin yakuza 6, isn‘t in thaz game that Daidoji orders Iwami to kill Kiryu cause he found out the secret of onomochi
@@amarson2322 Yeah, at some point they gotta deal with them, since they're a very subtle organization that has links to mafia, politicians and members of the government
The fact that he doesn’t the infinite symbols on the characters portraits mean he must of rushed to finish this game. Really missing out on special attacks with them that helps out boos attacks and magic and even give other helpful status effects as well
Kiryu-Chan is a innocent man.
That scene of Kasuga carrying Eiji, taking the trash and punches, while the music was playing... Good shit right there.
finally someone who gets it
Yeah it's perfect, even the reference to Vinland Saga at the end, with Kasuga taking all the punches but still not fighting back and standing proud, with the crowd in circle slowly stopping and the stupid youtuber giving up
I know right! I genuinely have no idea why that scene is getting shit on by some people, it genuinely had me at the verge of tears. I didn't know what to expect for the ending after I heard so many people say they didn't like it all that much, but I loved it
I'm so glad that's I'm not the only one who liked this scene with Ichi and Eiji, it's so well made, it made me cry
1:03:49 Kiryu in the hospital be like : Bruh
Man, after I heard quite a few people say the ending was bad I was expecting something so much worse than this. The only thing that's shaky here is the Eiji stuff. Everything else is great.
I think the eiji stuff is the best part
Kazuma Kiryu fights Johnny Gat
Is it weird to say eng ebina didn't exactly have too much emotion compare to his body language. I mean some bits maybe. And he is meant to be seemingly very composed.
yeah in the japanese dub he was straight up laughing like a psychopath
Two things:
1. Kiryu doesn't kill.
2. Kiryu doesn't die.
Tell that the the guys in the helicopter he threw a grenade into.
That man in the helicopter is definitely dead. He’s the man that took a life now lol
@@hanniballahr94 its a rubber grenade.
Man, I was hoping to see Kiryu have a happiest life with either Sayama or Akame. But I hope Yagami have a happiest life with Mafuyu in Judgment 3.
I thought judgement 3 was canceled
@@btsfakelove3050 I thought so too. But I just heard the Judgment series still continuing.
Thats awesome and the characters are in this game I can't wait
And would be cool if kasuga is in judgment 3
@@btsfakelove3050they just said its not in the works
40:30 kiryu has a saejima moment
Now that Kiryu is in a wheelchair, I hope that the next game has Ichiban taking care of him, as he has a soft spot for disabled people. Also has experience taking care of them.
I'd cry if LAD9 ending is Ichiban standing in front of Kiryu's grave
@@zapperil Holy shit! Can you imagine if it had that much of a cold open? I mean, ffs, Kiryu didn't even get complete closure in LAD8.
The Date side-quest is basically him listening to his friends talk about him, not talking TO them. Like hell, the only people who actually found out he's actually alive were Akiyama and those 2 guys from Y6.
Sayama and Yuya openly express their wishes to see him again. We don't even see him interacting with Haruka, just a cutscene of Haruka finding out he's alive.
If LAD9 actually opens with Ichiban standing over Kiryu's grave I think people's heads would explode (unless there is a flashback sequence where we as Ichiban lug Kiryu around and actually get him to MEET his closest friends)
@@zapperilOr kiryu sitting infront of Ichibans grave cause he survives everyone
interesting how the english dub took out some of Ebina's laughing during his monologue
Amazing ending and purely logical. Kiryu had a bittersweet ending. When you see all games in the series you know these characters will never have a purely happy ending, Kiryu knows it and said it multiple times.
Kiryu is free now to be able to be « him » again, even if age and cancer are now his last fight.
I wonder if they’d continue a bta series (alongside Judgment) with the rpg one. Would love to see Daigo being a new main character
You mean to tell me, we waited for 8 years for Kiryu to reunite with Haruka and Haruto and we get that ending?
Setup for next game :D
I do agree that I would have liked a scene with them together.
SPoiler:
But it is implied that Haruka and Haruto have already reunited with Kiryu , as they know their room and Haruka seems to know what are the hospital routines.
I'm happy kiryu is alive.
technically he's already dead if he got 6 months in 2023 and is in chemo
@@AxaFin Perhaps he was able to delay his death
@@AxaFin This is Yakuza and more importantly this is Kiryu, he'll probably live to see at least the first few hours of the next game.
@@AxaFin It was only 6 months if he DIDN'T get treatment, which he did.
@@AxaFin Had 6 months without any treatment. Also it's still possible to beat cancer with chemo and treatment,just like Date said the chances are indeed low but they are still there. Also depdends which part of his body is affected by cancer
37:48 feel free to flame me for saying something good about the English dub, but I think the roar Yong gave Kiryu was probably the best
I actually genuinely enjoy the English dub all around in this game. Yeah, there probably could’ve been better choices for Kiryu’s voice actor, but I don’t think Yong Yea’s BAD, per se. From what I heard in my experience with this game, I think he does a good job with him like that roar you mentioned. He also did the English voice of Father Pucci in JJBA Stone Ocean, and he also provided the voice of Homelander in the Omniman Vs Homelander Death Battle, and he was really damn good for both.
Kasuga finally got to tell Eiji everything he wanted to tell Masato
Keep in mind below the millennium tower is Kamurocho, where Eiji's room located.
That Heli just Crashed somewhere in Kamurocho but in the Eiji ending no one talks about it and police didn't cordon off the area...
yeh, just like birds. Helicopters Aren't Real.
Tbh i would have left Eiji to get beaten in the street after he blackmailed Chitose, ruined Daigo,Majima,Saejima,Ichiban and his whole crew,exposed Kiryu to the public, those Lani in the wheelchair cutscenes, getting Hanawa and Wong killed and leaving Wong's kid orphan because of it. Some people just don't deserve so much forgiveness. Eiji was a piece of trash
YES!!! Finally someone said it. There’s honestly nothing to redeem about Eiji, it really ticked me off with the choice of it all being “hey you can atone for everything you’ve done” after ruining countless lives
@@D3v_ii If it were Kiryu he sure as hell wouldn't forgive him. Ichiban is too kind honestly,and the only sad part for me during those scenes were Ichiban being beaten and having garbage thrown at him for helping that sorry ass loser. Yeah,the yakuza screwed Eiji over but they did it for a reason - Arakawa had to frame him because he kept nosing around their business to make a name for himself. He was a snake from the very beginning
@@nushnume i really don't like Ichiban doing this , i get it they want to make him a loveable , if kinda dumb idealist with endless love and optimism but at some point i got to question "is he retarded ? bro that eiji guy only had fun with u for a few days and now you're friends for life?" . and the writing is out of character, Ichiban in LAD 7 almost killed a yakuza goon in his frustration, he does have a limit of what he can tolerate.
@phantomxero1x447 Tbh i enjoyed the story overall but i didn't like how Kiryu ended his story. Gaiden's ending was sad and Infinite Wealth's ending was a letdown after all that
@@nushnume i genuinely found it disappointing to the way the game unfolded after chapter 7, it was definitely enjoyable but i have some distate for some of the choices they’ve made with the plot. So much potential could’ve been easily done with the game but damn. What the hell happened ?.
I was hoping it’d have atleast the same exact impact the first LaD game had on me
Respect Kiryu😢
Dunno why but I half expected this fight to become a brawler for Kiryu's last fight of the series.
I just can’t with yungyeao voice man. He’s a cool guy but god he wants the right choice for voicing this character
when the fight is finished, I expected Kiryu to say Yong out haha
I don’t think cool guys mass block and deny criticism while they dish out criticism at other voice actors and saying stuff like ‘I deserve kiryu’ 😭
You think yongyea is a cool guy ? Lmaoo nooo no no. This is the same man who cries about companies he doesn’t like but shills for companies he likes. He just reads articles for videos. He also be blocking people because they criticize his voice acting on kiryu and him feeling entitled that “I deserve kiryu.”
@@playingsomegames3784really? Damn I didn’t know that
@@youyou3172really? Damn that’s new info to me. Very childish of him then
I Love Ichiban's Ending and I can tell Yokoyama really knew what he was doing. The Fact that we all know Ichi is really forgiving and proceeds to Try and Redeemn Eiji show's the scene very well. Everyone Hates Eiji be it the NPCs or even the Fanbase hell even me and the writers knew we'd hate it because thats the message. It completely resonates the theme with 2nd Chances just like Ebina thinking the yakuza are never forgivable but kiryu begs him and Kasuga knows damn well what its like to be hated by people being a yakuza. The game is basically trying to convey because people did very bad things we all hate them but everyone always has the choice to atone and continue to keep living. Hanawa's end was summed up by kiryu, he was just a man who's constantly worked by the Daidoji and he could finally rest albeit it was not the ending we hoped for but a tragedy. Theres still alot of plot holes like Akane-san, Lani and Wong Tou's son but thats the problem with having so many characters as its neigh on impossible to conclude them in 1 game. My guess is that their setting up future games where we meet them. It does seem like the gang is gonna split up until the next adventure comes again. I just wish we get a DLC to give kiryu a Closure with Haruka.
Finally someone said it
Ichiban is the type of person to go above and beyond for people, making sure they get put on the right path despite what they've done, if the person wants to atone and make amends.
I look up to characters like him because it shows that not everyone deserves every bad thing that's coming for them. There are plenty of people in this world in which, despite the horrible things they've done, they can still try to set things right, if they allow themselves to want to set things right.
The problem is, a bunch of people in this world refuse to let others make amends and atone, and rather see them get hurt or put to death. Infinite Wealth literally displayed that when ichiban was carrying Eiji to the police station, with all the bottles being thrown at the both of them, injuring them and being beaten, and this comment section is no different from that cutscene since I'm seeing some people in the comments wishing for Eiji to be beaten more.
It honestly makes me laugh at how people just refuse to let a person change and are sick and twisted enough to wish and want for them to be beaten and dead. That just makes the majority of society no better and no different then Eiji.
I wish more people would be like Ichiban, otherwise, the world would be so much better then it is now if we just all came together to help someone who wants to make change and a difference.
@@primalgamer34 This! Fully Agree! Ichiban is as rare as they come and i the Writers potrayed the current state of society perfectly. Ichiban is never going to change no matter how many people did bad things, because in all honesty theres always a reason why people turn bad but as long as they feel remorse, regret and are willing to atone means they still have good in them. When Eiji was Apologizing to ichiban during them getting thrown at and punched too i cried because i can see that felt he terrible but ichi was just being him. Overall, people usually dont see the gray zones and just jump to black and white conclusions
@Jylstin
It's just sad how the whole world, or rather, the majority is so full of hatred to the point where they like to see someone get beaten and killed. Personally to me, that's just no different from any other person who have gone and actually done it, because if everyone in this world actually followed through wanting to kill or beat someone up for whatever evil deeds they've committed, then they'd just be another Eiji.
Yeah, I do believe there are people in this world that should be thrown away and locked up forever, but nothing more, cause beyond those groups of people who don't want nothing to do with change, there is bound to be someone that wants to change and make a difference, and it's those kinds of people I despise seeing get hurt.
If it wasn't for Ichiban, Eiji wouldn't have agreed to turn himself in. Ichiban said it better myself, that the fact that he's willing and feels guilt at what he's done is proof that he can make amends, and to see society throw things at the both of them as well as beating up Ichiban all to try to help a friend get the change he needs and the change he wants is sickening, and a constant reminder that we as humans do have the ability to change regardless of whatever evil deeds a person has done. It just takes a huge society to collectively come together and support one another on their journey to change.
The world will be so much better off that way, but unfortunately, it's not like that, and I don't have the power to change that, but characters like Ichiban is what makes me the person I am, to reach out for those that no one in society dares to reach out too. To help those climb back up to society and do better, and I hope and pray that in the future, society would have more of those kinds of people and not just the rarity such as myself.
@@primalgamer34 You and me Both! Truth be told there must have something really bad happened that push these people to their downfall but we just couldnt see it and we dont fully understand their pain so we just jump to conclusions. Kratos is a Very good example everyone loves him because he's the protagonist and he's done so much terrible things but people still love him but in the lens of someone like Eiji potrayed as the "Evil Villain" just shows the world only cares about what they like and dont like. Kiryu is almost like ichiban with minor Differences as he gives people a chance but he wont convince them, in this game kiryu learns from ichiban that maybe if you try or beg something in their mind will take action like the Final Scene between Ebina with kiryu begging in an Emotional way no less, We havent seen him do that throughout the enitre series before which was beautiful
@Jylstin
That caught me by surprised with Kiryu as well.
Out of all the enemies he fought, none ever came closer in garnering sympathy then Ebina. It really shows Kiryus character development as a person.
Again, I really wish there were more people like Ichiban in this unfair, hateful, and hypocritical world we live in.
You my good sir, are one of the good ones with both common sense and a good heart and morality. Something a lot of people lack. Don't ever lose those qualities, cause now more then ever this world needs it.
Don’t get me wrong the Bryce and Palakena subplot was fun, but man the ending could’ve hit a lot harder if it was Ebina talking to Ichiban instead
Yeah, I do agree with that. I love the game but it just would be a lot more fitting for Kiryu to fight Bryce....because Kiryu was upset with how Bryce was trying to kill a kid(which kids were always a sensitive issue for Kiryu). Ichiban facing off against his polar opposite would be cool to see, because even Masato in Y7 wasn't his polar opposite.
@coreymartin3218 it'd just be a retread of old ground where Ichiban fights a brother figure and tries to reach out
@@BozoDClown-lp9zh There would be a difference because Ichiban doesn't view family based on bloodline. This was shown when he also considered Tomi like a brother but wasn't comfortable with calling his own mother ...well, mother. For Ebina? he would probably treat him not much differently then when he didn't know they were half-brothers.
nah, kiryu is atoning by doing this with Ebina. Ebina is a victim of the yakuza, the yakuza that kiryu "coudlve fixed" so he feels partly if not wholly responsible.
@@coreymartin3218 like another comment said, the thematic purpose of Kiryu being the one to face Ebina is its Kiryus way of atoning for his past mistakes. Kiryu blames himself for what happened to ebina, because if Kiryu hadn’t walked away from his chairman position, he could have been a real positive influence on the yakuza. But he ran away from his responsibility, let the yakuza keep operating the way it had been, and people suffered for it. Ebina represents everyone Kiryu indirectly hurt by his inaction and his repeated refusal to be a positive influence in the yakuza. So he puts his all into making sure Ebina doesn’t get completely consumed by hatred.
And that's how he became Hancock The Ghoul in Fallout 4.
Something tells me this isnt the end. Lots of gray areas that leave you wondering. Kiryu getting treatment and apparently got his name back. Daidoji let him off? Whats next for Daidoji? Corruption in Daidoji? They did kidnap the last two bosses in Gaiden..lol...ahh, so much questions but I'm glad Kiryu is alive, definitely hate seeing how he looked at the end. Maybe the next game will be a proper happy ending for Kiryu because hell we didnt even get to see all the kids. A lot of people want a close on his story but hell i aint complaining if he comes back with the gang. Now i look forward to theories of a sequel and FF7R.
Hanawa true identity also
Like a Dragon: Chemotherapy
14:15-14:16 A good wallpaper of boss fight for your thumbnail. Just stop right before the text appears.
Hey look, Haruka dresses up mostly like Nanoha, or Saeko in undercover in the last bond guide, if you notice.
What is the ending song anybody know
Ariamaru tomi - the invaluable
The song the game is named after! Was so happy hearing it.
As a huge fan of Yakuza I'm absolutely disappointed, the ending was shit for me, it's so ambiguous and it feel like a cliffhanger...
The Ending was perfect for Kiryu. He reunited with Haruka and Haruto. And He can use his own Name again
Idk what people are talking about how this was a bad ending??? It literally does everything you need? What did you guys want Kiryu to actually die?
I think it’s two things mostly
1. People really disagree with Eiji getting ‘redeemed’ because of how much of a rotten bastard he was
2. People really wanted Kiryu to have a proper reunion with Haruka but we only got teased on it
@@tropicturtle9021 How was Eiji redeemed? He is literally turning himself in and going to jail. Ichiban didn't "redeem" him, he just said he should own up to his crimes and he'll be there to help him once he paid his dues.
@@tropicturtle9021Yea Kiryu not getting an actual reunion with Haruka was frustrating. It happened twice.
Man this ending was so cliffhanger, espicially with my boi kiryu in that wheelchair
Now Kasuga can take care of Kiryu. Chitose said he has a soft spot for those people.
Watching this on RUclips because way too underleveled to ever deal any damage to this boss
I am so disappointed with the ending. Now, we have to wait for another game in the next two years. Just give Kiryu a properly ending already *Edit: You all have your own opinion and I have mine. I have played all yakuza games with more than 1000hrs+ and I know The devs did this to set up another next game for sure. When Yakuza 6 came out people thought that was Kiryu's ending... and then we have yakuza 7,8 what next? 9
Congratulations you didn't understood the game
2 years?! Dude these games come every 8 months.
Like a dragon came out in 2020. Judgment and Lost judgment are not Kiryu's story. Like a dragon: gaiden is just 12hrs game. Do you even play all of these games? @@facundoflores6084
No, Kiryu is in a wheelchair and he is decided to take treatment, he probably will see haruka
Hope their limited editions of this game better have a additional dlc story after the ending.
And nobody died that day
Rubber explosions and fall damage.
Yeah, for RGGs standards of an ending that’s crazy right?
Was the Kiryu on Ebina scene really necessary? Couldn't it be choreographed alternately? So many out of context frames on that one
Yeah they could’ve had it so that he was standing right over him or kiryu was sitting or crouching next to ebina
Kiryu biiiii
So here's my thoughts of like a dragon Infinite wealth just my two cents:
Honestly I thought the storyline was good even though it was turned based rather than beat em up. I enjoyed the boss fights and the music. Not to mention Danny Trejo in the house. (shout out to RGG studios! hope you make a new judgement game). But there is just one thing I'm not sure about. That would be the ending scene where Ichiban forgives Eiji, The person who had Wong Tou and Hanawa killed and kidnap and pretend to kill a little girl.
Now I know he's finally going to a decades prison, but a couple of critical questions: What are your thoughts of Ichiban forgiving Eiji? You think he made the right call? any reason why?,
I don't know why they make these last fights so fucking incredibly difficult. Leaves such a bad taste in my mouth after enjoying the previous 50+ hours. Love the ending and everything but I wish there was some difficulty scaling that you can set manually.
I don’t mean this to be mean, but you were probably very underleveled or didn’t have the right gear. I breezed right through the boss fight.
i have bad feeling for kiryu because if kiryu betrayed the daidoji that means they will bring shishido back to beat kiryu and i think at kiryu current condition he wont win the next yakuza might be the end of kiryu😞😭
This ending just feels rushed
56:30 bro thinks he's walter white
I hope the daidoji faction become the main enemies of the next game and you take them down.
Ichiban is indeed Ichiban.
I've had a lot of time to think about the ending to this game, and I've finally put my thoughts together. It's totally fine if you don't agree with me.
The last thing I wanted to see was Ichiban get beaten up by those social media fraudsters, and not even fight back, and have bottles thrown at him. That aside, I truly feel that the "redemption" message was used with the completely wrong character. Eiji may have turned himself in, but he did not deserve that heart-to-heart with Ichiban after everything he did. You can argue that the whole point was for the audience to hate him, but my issue is it doesn't make sense to give a second chance to the guy who took away EVERYONE's second chance. Eiji screwed over so many people, and he's pretty much the reason the ex-yakuza's security company failed. I feel like they stretched Ichiban's "too trusting for his own good" trait a little too far here. A better character to use this lesson with would have been either Yamai or Sasaki. Yamai is truly remorseful of his actions and even turned himself in, and Sasaki was willing to get a job and turn his life around, but they never truly followed up on him. The last we know is that he was disposing of nuclear waste with the Seiryu Clan, but then he's never mentioned again.
I don't expect endings to always be happy, but this overall doesn't seem like a very conclusive ending, because there are just so many things that don't get answered properly. Does Ichiban ever really clear his name after his appearance on the Tatara Channel? Is the five-year yakuza clause, the catalyst for a lot of these events, still going to be in effect after this? What's going to happen with the nuclear waste on Nele Island? Are they just going to leave it all there? What's Sasaki going to do now that the nuclear waste operation isn't happening anymore? What are the Barracudas and Ganzhe going to do now that their leaders are dead and Bryce, their "Overseer", is going to jail? Is it like the yakuza where a second-in-command, like a captain, takes over, or will they just dissolve? There's a lot that could be explored there. Plus, are they going to continue to be a threat in Hawaii? What is the Yamai Syndicate going to do now, and what's going to happen with their territory? What's going to happen with Wong's now orphaned son? I suppose he could go to the Palekana orphanage, but it's never actually said. What happened to Ebina, and what's stopping him from trying to get revenge on the yakuza again? (Somehow I don't think he was convinced by Kiryu's apology.) What happened to Sawashiro after he was beaten within an inch of his life? Did the second dissolution actually go through, because Sawashiro was pretty hell-bent on seeing it through, since it's what Arakawa would have wanted. Are Ichiban, Adachi and Nanba going to look for jobs? In the beginning, they stated that they can't hang out with Zhao and Joongi whenever they want since they basically live in different worlds, which is understandable, but in the end we see them all hanging out together at Survive as if there's no issue. I assume Ichiban, Adachi and Nanba don't have to worry since they're unemployed at that point, but wouldn't this affect Saeko's job if people knew she spends time with people from Japan's "underworld"?
It was a little predictable, but nice to see Daigo, Majima and Saejima step in and help Kiryu at Milennium Tower. However, I feel like it might have made more sense for them to show up in the final battle with Ebina, perhaps as summons or something. Moreover, the story never addresses what are they going to do now. After that pep talk Kiryu gave them back on the island, I would hope they find another way to help ex-yakuza get back on their feet, but nothing of the sort is ever mentioned.
Here's an idea: Ichiban is the president of his own company in the last game, which is huge by the end of his story with Eri. I'm sure he would be more than happy to hire the ex-yakuza. His appearance on the Tatara Channel, assuming he never addressed it, might be a huge PR problem, however.
I'm a little conflicted with the Ichiban and Saeko scene. On one hand, that is hilarious and absolutely 100% an Ichiban thing to do, but on the other hand, I think this situation could have been treated with a little more respect. I know Ichiban still has some growing up to do, but he loves Saeko, and he spent the entire game contemplating what went wrong on their date and how to make things right with her, only for him to do... that. It feels like a sitcom where the writers choose to sacrifice opportunities for character growth so that they can make jokes instead. I love Yakuza/LAD's off-the-walls humor, but I think it also has its time and place. Remember the tear-jerking heart-to-heart Ichiban had with Masato, where he actually talked him out of committing suicide? Imagine how tone-deaf it would have been to have Ichiban cracking jokes in the middle of it.
Lastly, I think Kiryu's ending was... fine. I might not be reading into it enough, but his ending seemed weirdly ambiguous. Haruka and Haruto obviously know he's not dead, seeing as they're visiting him at the hospital, but does Kiryu saying his real name to the doctor mean he's allowed to use his real identity again? Because he went back to his combed-down hairstyle from the beginning of the game, part of his "Taichi Suzuki" alias I'm assuming, and he's been using his real name almost entirely throughout the game anyway. Considering how strict the Daidoji Faction has been with him, I'm surprised that there seems to be no consequences to people knowing he's still alive. Plenty of people already know now, too, between this and the events of Man Who Erased His Name. This was presented as Kiryu's last game, and it seemed pretty clear with the cancer diagnosis, Kiryu collapsing and coughing up blood in the forest, and the Memoirs of a Dragon substories, but the ending just didn't commit to it, and instead suggested that Kiryu will be returning. Part of me was expecting to see a new gravestone next to Nishiki, Yumi, and Kazama's.
Also I might be missing something, but why was this game called "Infinite Wealth" in the first place? Aside from the Hype Meter's infinity symbol, and this being the 8th entry in the series (infinity symbol on its side), I didn't see anything "wealth" or "infinity"-themed anywhere.
All in all, I loved the game for the story, and all the improvements made to the battle system, but the ending left a bad taste in my mouth. It left a lot to be desired.
Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you said. Overall, I get the feeling the ending was rushed and there were so many unanswered questions that you stated which left a mixed opinion on the ending. It might have to do with the juggling of so many characters involved in the story. I was expecting a more emotional bit with the romantic storyline with saeko and Ichiban which didn't happen. They set it up with a scene where it had that tone when they last talked before Ichiban left for Hawaii before the final fight and really you don't know if Saeko feels the same way for Ichiban. It ultimately left it one - sided. You also don't know if Ebina ultimately listened to Kiryu at the end as well. I don't know if they are just setting him up to return once more as an adversary. I could go on and on but yeah I much preferred the ending to the previous Like a Dragon entry than this ending.
41:54 I don't get it, why would Kiryu ask forgiveness from Ebina, it's like he is respondible for Ebina's downfall.
It was Arakawa who ruined Ebinas life, not Kiryu.
Edina is taking revenge against all Yakuza not just Arakawa
Plus, kiryu feels responsible since he not only abandon the Tojo on multiple occasions but actively avoided helping until it was nearly too late. Multiple characters over the years plus a few in this game talk about how different things would've been, how better it would've been if Kiryu stepped up as Kazama, Sera, and others wanted him to do. He's happy with his life and proud he's been able to help people from his orphans to his friends but like most good men, laments the lives he couldn't save. Or rather in this case, the lives he feel he could helped and saved if he had taken responsibility soon in his life on not on his "death bed". The more I think on Ebina and Kiryu's moment here, the more I come to enjoy it. Even if I still feel Ich would have been a more fitting protag for this fight.
OMG my game crashed watching the final cutscene and I HAVE TO REFIGHT THE HARDEST FUCKIN BOSS EVER it took me like 2 hours!!! Mannn...
The story and ending is disappointing and doesn't make sense , the palekana cult thing with the Lani girl and Bryce takes too much portion of the whole narrative. Eiji and Ebina should had been one character (Ebina goes undercover as the wheelchair guy at the beginning), and Ebina should had been a two phase final boss, phase 1 with Kiryu's party, and phase 2 with Ichiban's party.
Ebina hating the whole Yakuza and especially Masumi Arakawa is fine motivation, he views Yakuza as selfish people who takes what they want with violence and never care about anything than themselves. So he sets up a situation where they can never integrate back to society , so either they starve on the outside or go back to Seiryu Clan and get sent to the nuclear disposal site to die slow painful death by radiation to pay back for their sins.
Ichiban sticking out his neck so much for Eiji makes him super stupid , it's just a guy who he knows for several days and have some fun with for a bit. I get they want to make Ichiban a loveable goof with boundless love, but even in yakuza 7 he almost killed a yakuza goon in his frustration, Ichiban does have his limit of what he can tolerate. Meanwhile if it always has been Ebina all along then it makes sense , since he already failed to save a brother (Ryo Aoki/ Masato Arakawa), and this is his second chance to save his family along with Akane. And he know Masumi Arakawa would want this if he knows he has another illegitimate child, since Masumi treat Ichiban as an actual son even though Masumi only know Ichiban as a kid he adopted
Kiryu being so concerned about the Lana girl is....fine i guess since he did see Haruka in her, but if there's something that Kiryu does right his whole live is protecting Haruka, he doesn't have any regret over this. You know the thing he fails and still feel regretful about? Saving Nishiki and Shintaro Kazama. If they address Ichiban and Ebina's relationship as half brothers a lot more then Kiryu's motivation is a lot stronger as well; Kiryu failed to save his family, but He can help Kasuga save his. It's a redemption arc for Kiryu as well.
Then Ebina finally capitulating feels a lot more earned. His whole life he believes all yakuzas are nothing more than selfish pricks, but here he faces two (former) yakuzas who has their whole life, stuck their neck out for other people's well being. His hate for Masumi Arakawa also mellows out as Ichiban emulates Arakawa too , thus Masumi can't be this big bad person he has come to believe. Just because you were a yakuza doesn't mean you're forever bad.
What we got never feels personal enough especially for Ichiban...he doesn't even seem to care that much about Akane, just Ichiban saving the world because Ichiban is a hero.
Yakuza fans play the game challenge level impossible
I disagree, I think Kiryu had more story in this game than Ichiban
@@KingShibe no you're right, this game is Kiryu heavy,. i just feel ichiban's participation isn't personal enough.
Bruh did you watch only the cutscenes. I personally thing that Kiryu was better than ichiban in this game
@@andresashura5550 Better in what aspect? i wasn't comparing kiryu and ichiban's story. i was ranting about how Ichiban's participation didnt' feel personal enough due to the palekana cult being the big focus instead of his half brother Ebina, and it doesn't tie well with Kiryu seemingly being so invested on Lana girl's safety. Kiryu's bucket list is a nice element of the game though they handled it in a very frustrating manner that Kiryu couldn't meet the people from his past , even though later his cover got blown anyway by the vtuber/Chitose
When JOHNNY GAT is the bad guy
so wait ichiband saeko still ended up together right?..
Wait for future titles but RGG seems to have the intention.
I hope so, that gag at the end just came outta nowhere
@@melonhead2477I don’t think it came out of nowhere. It makes sense because he ruined his chances with her by asking her to marry him after their first date and he ruined his chances with her again by showing off that shirt
Saeko walking away is likely just her being exasperated with Ichiban's blockheadedness but she still accepted his feelings and prior to the silly shirt reveal, she was receptive to his idea (likely she was hoping for a proper relationship plan or second date and not his stupid shirt) so they are very likely official unless something happens to her in LAD 9.
She is likely learning what it is like to be in a romantic relationship with a kind 40+ manchild so had to walk it off.
Yes. They will
Im cool with the ending but the whole palekana plot wasnt good i want a exotic asian yakuza vibe and not a story about a sect.they should stay in japan gta wouldnt also work outside of usa would like to explain but my english is to bad.peace from germany.the game started great but when the parties split i enjoyed kiryus parts more dont get me wrong at all a great game a masterpiece
this is the end of yakuza series?
Of course not
Definitely the end of Kiryu as a playable character
Ichiban is the next Kiryu sooooooooo expect like 5 more games lol
@@ox_trueprotagonistchrisred9085 honestly I’m down for it, I like the guy a lot. Better than the other attempts at replacing him as a protagonist imo
@@JellyJman wish they didn’t put Ichiban 18 years in jail. Dude looks like early 30s lol
Ew dub version. Last boss got me raging
Where is Ichiban?
Wait, Kiryu is with all the party while Ichiban is on his own?
Ichiban is in Hawaii doing his final boss stuff
Ichiban and Kiryu have a 2 man team.
@@aidenreed680lol
Ichiban and Kiryu meet at the homeless camp with their respective parties and decide he should go stop Bryce
The last 6 chapters or so of the game it's two parties that you play as, one at a time. Kiryu and some members are in Japan and Ichiban is still in Hawaii (until the last chapter). The final boss for Kiryu is Ebina. The final boss for Ichiban is Bryce.
Emotional ending with Ichiban trying to redeem Eiji and carrying him on his back like a brother. A very nice message.
Too bad that they had to show Daigo, Saejima and Majima in the game for absolutely no reason other than for the players to see them in it fight them in it, because they're popular. But they really served no purpose at all.
Ichiban is the type of person to go above and beyond for people, making sure they get put on the right path despite what they've done, if the person wants to atone and make amends.
I look up to characters like him because it shows that not everyone deserves every bad thing that's coming for them. There are plenty of people in this world in which, despite the horrible things they've done, they can still try to set things right, if they allow themselves to want to set things right.
The problem is, a bunch of people in this world refuse to let others make amends and atone, and rather see them get hurt or put to death. Infinite Wealth literally displayed that when ichiban was carrying Eiji to the police station, with all the bottles being thrown at the both of them, injuring them and being beaten, and this comment section is no different from that cutscene since I'm seeing some people in the comments wishing for Eiji to be beaten more.
It honestly makes me laugh at how people just refuse to let a person change and are sick and twisted enough to wish and want for them to be beaten and dead. That just makes the majority of society no better and no different then Eiji.
I wish more people would be like Ichiban, otherwise, the world would be so much better then it is now if we just all came together to help someone who wants to make change and a difference.
No way he'd let another Masato incident happening again
Kiryu deserves the world.
Why yakuza away end stage with millennium tower?😤
This game...this game might have taken the top spot for me as the best Yakuza game...since Yakuza 0..but damn I can't lie these endings kinda sucked. 0 ending was incredible but with this game I was kinda left with "it's gonna end like that?" Everything else about this game is seriously amazing though
dammit like a dragon infinite wealth story really goes hard,even tho its such a shame it turn into rpg game rather than fitghing game(man i miss pounching a random bystander)
english dub kiryu really not it man.
Still a ghost
Is kiryu the main character now
Yea I also have not played last few yakuza games and am completely out from story
More like the secondary protagonist of this game. He was last game but as Joryu.
Kiryu always been the main protagonist of each Yakuza game. Except for Yakuza 7. He wasn’t the main protagonist in yakuza 4.
Kiryu is always has been the main character in the series since yakuza 1(2005) or yakuza 0 if you count chronological series in order
Just finished this horseshit game and Kiryu gets the final boss as the fucking secondary protagonist. JUST LET KIRYU REST HOLY FUCKING SHIT RGG NO WONDER NAGOSHI LEFT.
Love this game trash antagonist how you gonna top Masato Arakawa with this
Ebina was good tho he was more of an antagonist to Kiryu than Ichiban and that's fine. He may of needed a bit more screen time but his thematic presentation is one of the best I've seen.
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I ll be honest the whole y8 was disappointing in terms of story gameplay soundtracks even the new mini games weren’t really fun
man,,, i dont know why but the epilogue dissapointed me, they couldve left us with haruka at the empty bed, and a doctor taking the name tag off the bed OR SOMETHING, let kiryu rest
same with ichiban and saeko, didnt like how it turned out, but i get it, ichiban's stupid and it gave me a chuckle, but it dissapointed me
couldve just killed kiryu, showed us glimpses of both nishki and yumi, and then FIN
RGG is just milking Kiryu at this point. Didn't like that he gets the final boss. Great gameplay but stupid story. Ichiban vs Ebina makes so much fucking sense.
@@hottodoggu8371 the worst thing is canonically, ichiban if he were to care about his brother, he would help kiryu fight, so ebina realizes hes in the wrong, something like with aoki
Why in the world would you think killing Kiryu is better than letting him live and reunite with Haruka?!
@@shinobirecords2018 What do you mean? Was that your takeaway form my comment? I never said any of that and I would very much want Kiryu to be happy with Haruka and Haruto but RGG keeps milking him dry every fucking game. They should just move on from Kiryu and make a new game with fresh ideas.
The meaning of the ending is to show that Kiryu has found the will to live and at least *try* to get treatment. He *will* retire and meet the kids, we just weren't shown that
As for the apology, it was for all of the yakuza that have wronged Ebina, it's really not that hard to grasp
This ending was trash
@phantomxero1x447 There's literally no more DLC planned for this game, the hell you talking about?
Kiryu gonna die's a virgin
he’s been around
Why does Haruka look exactly like Saeko's sister? Were they just too lazy for an original design? Lmao
Bruh didn't even pay attention to the Yakuza series
My brother in Christ, she looks like Yumi-you know, her mother??
Mirei Park and Yumi both had short hair. I'm not surprised they ended up going that direction with her
Mafia ahh game💀
AW MAN WHY ENGLISH DUB DUDE JAPANESE DUB WORKS BEST
trash ending tbh.
Yep
@@mrkevinkillercrafterminecr895 man of taste
@@fifofuko1864 i wanted to see my boy be happy and reunite with his kids, aswell as the yakuza series sort of concluding for kiryu. Perfect example of how it should have been done is MGS4, that game concludes solid snakes story really good, so this shit dissapointed me a lot
@@mrkevinkillercrafterminecr895 i was okay with anything thats not half assed.
Kiryu gets defeated and dies there and there? What a story.
Kiryu loses to cancer and gets his farewell and series set sail to new horizons? What a story.
Kiryu beats f.cking cancer too? What a story.
Ichiban realizes helping everyone without remorse isn’t the way and punish Eiji with his justice? What a story.
As I was staring at the FIN, half of the stuff that has happened throughout the game felt irrelevant. I had a blast playing (especially the casino chapter and following 2 chapters) the game but the finale was so wack it made the entire game have bad impression.
@@fifofuko1864 i liked everything but that ending leaving too many questions open, but hey gameplay wise this was a banger
I’m disappointed that this is turn based.