Kiryu Vs Ichiban but with the substory music it deserves

[@palmabolp]

Essentially, this is what Kiryu's perspective was like during this moment

[@cantufekci23]

Gaiden

[@Giovfunny]

​@@cantufekci23 imagine if their fight is just a substory in LAD Gaiden

[@Sogoti]

Ichiban: *Intense boss fight* Kiryu: Ahh, another side mission

[@rutdi6913]

​@@Giovfunny but technically, Gaiden is after Yakuza 6 and before Yakuza 7 - 🤓

[@Giovfunny]

@@rutdi6913 nope they said it connects yakuza 6-8

[@dino_420]

What makes this EVEN better is that ichiban uses cinematic animations meanwhile kiryu uses stock emotes/substory animations

[@gamemaster1608]

Now I can't unsee how standing still Kiryu is compared to Ichiban in the entire cutscene 😂

[@CarlM]

That's hilarious lmao

[@burgbass]

I wonder if this was intentional

[@sliippy2152]

accurate, i can't help but breakdown laughing every fucking time i hear the melancholic substory theme

[@rykehere]

Bro same when i hear the melancholic substory theme i just remember that one pizza subtory in yakuza 0😭😭

[@lizdevilz7271]

And I love the fact they even use it in main story for real in Kaito Files 🤣🤣🤣

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

​@@lizdevilz7271Even dumber that it serves as foreshadowing...

[@lizdevilz7271]

@@DanielFerreira-ez8qd RGG need to stop milking that soundtrack lmao

[@asain3586]

@@lizdevilz7271 Nah, its fire

[@abdullahgamer7575]

For ichi and the gang this was the hardest fight in their life For kiryu it was Wednesday

[@ilimuninati4929]

Pretty sure it happened on a Thursday

[@abdullahgamer7575]

@@ilimuninati4929 it makes more sense now

[@ratchetexperience8379]

Nah it was Friday Night

[@abdullahgamer7575]

@@ratchetexperience8379 it can't be Friday night Friday night is always in the disco

[@LuisMane1]

Kashiwagi Wednesday

[@realkingofantarctica]

Glad that Kiryu received a crafting material he will never use for his troubles.

[@wardenunknown]

The amount of time I have ignored the crafting system in the other games…

[@eieneidnf]

​@wardenunknown it doesn't help there are two characters that have an emphasis on weapons: breaker majima and broke man shinada; and neither of them need weapons per say

[@coolpizzacook]

​@@eieneidnf Shinada got shafted by the weapon system in 5 more than anything. I love investing hours to grinding weapon stats to use the weapons I wanted in the first place.

[@kingcactus5883]

you forgot about ichiban giving kiryu an item and the substory ending text

[@pato6738]

And that little guitar notes that appear with the title and number of the substory

[@titaniusanglsmith2764]

Substory #17 - Like a Dragon

[@agnomilted5206]

do you want the white box or black box kiryu-san

[@MrNoot39449]

​@@agnomilted5206 Black box all the way baby

[@bobbaseball]

Here, take this as a token of my appreciation! **+1 pocket tissue**

[@kaitokatsuki6862]

Kiryu's POV: HOOLIGANS

[@almightyking7153]

Kiryu's pov: Street bums

[@Sune]

「チンピラ」

[@DoorP3]

DELIQUENTS

[@aikotitilai3820]

PUNKS

[@omnibeta1876]

​@IamVengeance69Bold of you to assume Kiryu even glanced at Ichiban and thought of him as menacing during this encounter.

[@literaryloser4470]

"think of all the substories Kiryu is getting involved in without us" -a comment I saw a while ago regarding missing Kiryu during 7

[@airbornezombie7655]

Gaiden

[@AdamCartel]

Blud met the Obatarian, _again._

[@elijahfyffe5176]

We missed a whole amon fight while playing as Ichi.

[@eieneidnf]

​@AdamCartel and zhao may have met her off screen too

[@jialin7]

the sad substory theme hahaha

[@MariusBoss11458]

Overused af

[@drool3616]

​@@MariusBoss11458 calm yourself

[@MariusBoss11458]

@@drool3616 Nah I'm calm.

[@drool3616]

@@MariusBoss11458 are you sure? Its ok if you're not calm

[@MariusBoss11458]

@@drool3616 I'm good bud.

[@melon_powa]

2:40 i just expected a quick cut to the gameplay and ichiban getting fucking tiger dropped

[@AquarialTV]

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it,

[@culebron2007]

​@@AquarialTV R2 + Triangle.

[@yguy1232]

​@@culebron2007R1*

[@ju2tunknown]

​@@culebron2007R1 + Triangle, R2 is Taunt

[@Greggymario]

I really hope this is Kiryu's tutorial fight in LaD 8

[@disrespect9376]

Bro that would be the funniest shit ever

[@vadar0521]

I want this to be a part in gaiden

[@kowalski4198]

I hope that Kiryu's starting level in LaD8 is 57 or above.

[@amurilloreno]

​@@kowalski4198Please. That will be disrespectful. Kiryu can Level 1 throughout the whole game because he can break out from Turn-Based gameplay into the Original gameplay. As shown in the trailer~

[@jon.bo_]

@@amurillorenoRIP, requires ultimate tag team but the marketing was misleading

[@AyumuDojima]

We're so lucky that he didn't use any of his heat actions

[@ksa7621]

But he did use tiger drop and beast and brawler and rush and dragon

[@joelrobinson5457]

I can see kiryu piledriving ichiban's head into the ground in beast style, then him bouncing off the fro and being completely unharmed, or then seeing the rest of the fight how it's actually going

[@alphax-shroom6781]

For Ichi this was a major endgame bossfight. For jouryu it was and early game substory .

[@Scooppi]

Yakuza 0 was so amazingly on point with the music every time. Amazing tunes through that game. Best game ever.

[@masayozzy6498]

Mid

[@Iiveichibanreaction]

@@masayozzy6498 i will steal your balls

[@dokjakim45]

​@@masayozzy6498 no

[@appleonshoe845]

@@masayozzy6498 your face

[@masayozzy6498]

@@appleonshoe845 bro took it seriously💀

[@elowin1691]

the only difference between this and a regular substory is that there's a whole group of people with unique designs

[@shwoop9890]

This has truly been a Yakuza Like a Dragon

[@faizfrez2729]

If you remove the dialog and replace it with the click sounds that would be funnier😂

[@alksonalex186]

WE NEED IT

[@PlasticShitlord]

"hmm" "Nani?!" "Eee??"

[@legendarytat8278]

Poor man doesn't even get a voice

[@Gara19]

Think of it as a Yakuza 6 substory

[@naufalmEZa]

"Ahh" *click "So... " *click "Ee?"

[@lagoz4762]

The substory music is so strong that it changed the whole atmosphere of the situation.

[@dawrench53]

This truly looks like y6 substory

[@benzicol]

I love how this isn't a cinematic cutscene, but the same type of cutscene that substories use. Skippable Dialogue, and 50% of the characters being in idle animation. Also shares music that substories use.

[@pnyYT]

Substory 69: Two men with big dragons fight each other Reward: Staminan X, Lettuce Sandwich.

[@seebarino]

Part of me wishes this was a boss fight in Gaiden from Kiryu’s perspective

[@Gamerboy4450]

I literally thought that was going to be in gaiden to 😂😂

[@24_Hour_Majima]

They cant show Kiryu heat actioning them.

[@rowanbcapr]

ichiban watching closely as kiryu downs 20 beers and 5 AppStims and pressing X-X-X-Y-B

[@jan7256]

2:05 This. Fucking. Song The absolute goofiest song in the Yakuza franchise

[@burgbass]

D 2 A takes that title imo

[@PippyPopsSelfHarmMonica]

​@@burgbass I love D 2 A

[@Borrowinguritems]

Can you give me the name of that soundtrack?

[@ricenoodles632]

wheezing rn

[@pato6738]

Kiryu: if you want to beat your enemies, then think. Put yourself in their shoes to see how they´ll act. Think about what they´d fear the most and then do it" Edit flashbacks of Kiryu storming his way through a lot of thugs to get to the final boss on each game

[@cantufekci23]

Kiryu can think this but can’t think of disarming his enemies

[@herculesbeetle]

tbf I'd be pretty fuckin scared if a dude beat the shit outta my army

[@masayozzy6498]

@@cantufekci23 ofc not why would he disarm them Rikiya didnt deserve to live anyway

[@pato6738]

@@cantufekci23 hope in LaD 8 Ichiban defeats a villain, turn his back, the bad guy aims his gun to him, a friend of Ichi (the guy with all the death flags during the game) jumps to take the bullet for him but that milisecond before he pull the trigger Kiryu appears and disarm the bad guy, looks at Ichi (the camera) "I´m not letting anyone get killed today" (drums from "Receive You" start playing)

[@StarHorder]

@@pato6738 i'd prefer akiyama but, he aint coming back :c

[@hoovyaj]

when the sad substory music kicked in it got me cracked up LMFAO

[@LivingLikeADoctor5]

Ichi: 😡🫵🏻🖕🏻👊🏻 Kiryu: 👁️ 👁️--⏰👀--👁️ 👁️ 👄 👄 👊🏼

[@somedudefromapharmacy]

Eishrjwoosjrowokjeo this is a hilarious way to use emojis

[@shinobirecords2018]

And then, it turns out, this wasn't even a substory but something Kiryu did offscreen--

[@unowngamer9352]

Pain, I was so hoping to beat up Ichi

[@aikotitilai3820]

​@@unowngamer9352lmao poor Ichi

[@goahr5000]

where's that guitar riff that plays when the substory's finished

[@Boreal25]

Man that is one of several missed opportunities

[@spiritlaw]

​@@Boreal25 All good, my dude.

[@Laszlo5897]

​@@Boreal25 you should meme the hell out of this... It's a great opportunity. I believe in you. Cue motivational substory music

[@darkmanure]

@@Boreal25 And the substory start cue, but man this is awesome. Great job!

[@playerchef]

The best part is how well its made, you could trick someone with this and say "It's a special substory"

[@DarshanBhambhani]

The main quest of Yakuza 7 is just a side story to Kiryu

[@paoloenrico5413]

Just another substory to unlock Amon Clan fight

[@optimus27000]

The Sad Substory music from 0 kills me every time.

[@josukehigashikata2990]

the moment ichi walked forward to kiryu, he did nothing more than give ichi a light bitch-slap across the head

[@disrespect9376]

Nah, since Ichi went in for the attack and Kiryu waited for him he most likely was waiting to tiger drop the ever loving shit out of ichi so hard that nishiki (same va) even felt it

[@CASSHERE]

It would be even better if you replaced all voicelines with textbox sound

[@randomnpc5777]

Substory #69 - Schizophrenic Guy

[@IncredibleMD]

For Ichiban, it was the most important day of his life. For Kiryu, it was a substory.

[@AmelpsXett]

nah it was just an ordinary story battle

[@moisesfreire6408]

For Ichiban: hardest fight of his life until that moment For Kiryu: Yakuza Gaiden postgame substory.

[@dokjakim45]

Ichiban and his Party is just another Thugs Infront of Kiryu In Ichiban's POV: Ex 4th Chairman, Kazuma Kiryu, Dragon Of Dojima In Kiryu's POV: *Ijincho Man* and Also Another Substory for him lol 😆✨

[@Topikkaperna]

i think kiryu is the most comically balanced character in videogame history.

[@nicholasdh_63]

4:07 this song is the end of me 😭😭😭😭

[@sugreev2001]

Well done. Every single time, the music cues were on point.

[@ForceEdge47]

Oh man 1:38 is peak Yakuza lmao I almost forgot this was an edit

[@MalosiAudios]

You know what’d be hilarious? Have this actually be a side-story in Like A Dragon: Gaiden 🤣

[@Judgementforthe3ds545]

Hey it looks like this video will be another hit! Good job!

[@SirBranDon24]

Ichi and the gang: Needing to overcome a tough obstacle Kiryu: Needing a little cash

[@gowtham8909]

Just realized kiryu and ichi have same coloured clothes.

[@lifedeather]

If it had the subquest intro title and ending it would be even better lmao

[@commandertakasu3841]

You forgot the click sound everytime the dialogue happens

[@regalcartoon5932]

I love how Kiryu is like “Oh yay…target practice.”

[@soulslight1496]

Themes based on their perspective. Ichiban: Receive you ver.7 Kiryu: D2A Change my mind

[@saigebasil2285]

The sad substory music gets me every time 😂

[@umbraios7523]

I’m surprised that Kiryu didn’t have flashbacks or was reminded of Nishiki upon hearing Ichiban’s voice.

[@LeonardoPimentel20]

here is something for you 1X Staminan Royale

[@shaikmansoorahamed2293]

I love how on point Y0 was with music lmao.I can't help but laugh whenever I listen to this substory music lmao

[@dominikdobrotic8298]

They couldve made this a mandatory substory in Gaiden. It wouldve been legendary

[@Gustavozxd13]

I forgot how goofy some of these substory songs sounded. The sad one is peak tho, they probably know at this point that no one takes that song seriously.

[@AlphaF20]

I love how they put back on ichiban's clothes while he was out cold

[@Wake_up._This_isnt_your_world]

It's funny because ichiban VA is the same one from funny 10 years in the joint dude. At least his japanese form. So essentially this was kiryu fighting his brother reincarnated as a schizo dude who thinks he owns a laser that orbits around the earth to target individuals he wants, even though in reality said satellite is owned by amon.

[@tucatheman]

@Stevey The Ex-Eevee His name is Luigiyama.

[@Hiroakiarai88]

​@andrewdarko115ermmm... nishikiyama actually.....

[@Hiroakiarai88]

​@andrewdarko115also NERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RenoDojima]

Imagine if in Kiryu's POV, we hear "Rebellious Phase" for the battle

[@Kazuma_Drake]

If we played in Kiryu's perspective d2a would play when we fight Ichiban

[@PokeHeadroom]

I had no idea how much the original music added to this, this really is a regular walk in the park for kiryu

[@LegendaryHeroponRiki]

For them it was a 25 minute hard fought battle For kiryu it was just wrecking a bunch of goons from street

[@80xlulz]

The Yakuza variant of encountering Demifiend in any of the Shin Megami Tensei games?

[@dallas_wannabeyt7085]

Kiryu fighting someone that sounds like his long dead friend

[@Digildon]

At least we know exactly what kind of track people from substory hear when they fight with Kiryu.

[@DiDiDinky]

Ichiban: I might even kill you... Music: 😥

[@HenriqueHCA14]

*sad substory song intensifies*

[@ThatOneGuy-wr8rh]

kiryu pov

[@ghintz2156]

Ichiban meets Fit Kiryu, hilarity commences.

[@Jovanoc]

Kiryu's POV: T H U G S

[@Cross_Poison]

It would be hilarious to see something like this in Gaiden lol

[@m.b4004]

Why is this so accurate I'm crying 😂😂

[@aaoreugif]

This is accurate in Kiryu's beautiful eyes

[@DEMON-bc6vh]

The dub in this was better for me the way he says "I'm the dragon guarding it" hits different fr

[@tonyjoestar2632]

1:39 Here we GO

[@WarHelmetCombine]

Fun fact, this is how Kiryu views everything.

[@lordrushiacanyoupleasesayb3263]

Perfection

[@slynthrax]

I remember when I got to this moment in the game my reaction was "omg im going to die".

[@baller4342]

G O O N S

[@kinsmanne98]

you should have played funk goes on kiwami or d2a for the actual fight

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

Imagine if we got to play this section as a substory for Gaiden.

[@MxTeeee]

You forgot about Ichiban giving Kiryu a *Slightly Battered Iron Plate*

[@JD-pz3zk]

I was kinda hoping for a variation of this fight in gaiden

[@Y4KU_420]

2:03 I'm dying LOL

[@Dylamn]

The one change I would've made is to make it an unvoiced cutscene, then it'd be perfect.

[@dialnh]

This should’ve been a sub story in gaiden goddamn it

[@Maragidyne555]

gaiden secret boss leaked

[@nonenoninomae]

POV: you play as Kiryu

[@jmsta.romana4660]

Should've had fake textboxes too.

[@NotTheAlbinauricWoman]

Honestly I was just waiting for Kiryu to say *nani..?*

[@ArioStarK]

What are you guys smoking, that guy clearly JORYU *ehm ehm! *EHM!

[@dethzero1459]

I lost it at 2:06 lmaoo

[@NightFlutter]

1:38 i smiled

[@ssniperaaron]

shouldve let this be the final boss fight in gaiden

[@takinames]

100% agree, though it probably would have been hell to try and turn his turn based combat moveset into an actual moveset. actually wait they could just have used slugger majima what the hell rgg

[@AmelpsXett]

nah, that would ruin how intense the original fight in rgg7 was. It will be either extremely annoying and unfair or just a monotonous beatdown of each party member until one remains

[@elijahfyffe5176]

@@takinamesMake it a QTE fight where Ichi gets one tapped as he does in lore

[@markymar4079]

@@elijahfyffe5176like that one fight in yakuza 5 where kiryu says that he could beat someone in one punch and he does if you do the qte right

[@saadalsabah4012]

Should've removed the voice acting and added the text box sfx instead 😂

[@tas-n7h]

man this is perfect

[@MadCatNate]

In 0 Kiryu would have done thjs for a gold plate. In kiwami he would have done this for 20 levels of exp

[@AlphardXD]

I was quite upset when we didn't get Kiryu's pov in yakuza gaiden

[@Trane141Kingz]

Oh don't let joryu get you upset. It's not his fault

[@kokhant2823]

D2A from yakuza 3 will be played during fight