Michael Rosen describes every Yakuza final boss

[@MikeJr9284]

All of these are accurate, especially the Aizawa one. RGG Studios really gave Aizawa an awesome boss fight even though he's an underwhelming villain.

[@omarcabras478]

You're right man, even tho Aizawa isn't exactly a villain

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

Aizawa is the perfect villain for the theme

[@GaranNoDou298]

Of all Yakuza battles honestly this ranks very high. I wish they had kept this constant scenery change with cool cutscenes for every final boss fight. Yakuza 0/Kiwami and 5 did it PERFECTLY. Aizawa fight is really up there thanks to how hype it was. If not for 6's existence, I would've thought this was the grand finale.

[@chukyuniqul]

Underwhelming or understated? Because understated is on purpose.

[@BlastingBigLoads2]

"Why are you here Aizawa?" "I don't know, so lets fight"

[@prestongarvey6231]

Aoki truly was just a victory lap boss. Wario was the real final boss with his 5 hour long healthbar

[@spidey5558]

I love how everyone refers to Tendo as Wario

[@darklord884]

It did feel good finally beating his face in after all the grief he gave the team. Plus, after Tendo, you'll feel invincible. And not to mention, Aoki's bossfight isn't really challenging (if you leveled in Freelancer that is, otherwise, get fucked) but it hammers home the entire emotional journey of both Ichi and Masato as characters, so I for one am glad it was there.

[@darklord884]

@@spidey5558 I mean to be fair, the dude kinda looks like him. And he's also a jerk, so that fits with the Wario theme too.

[@scoobyjenkins7760]

@@darklord884 my freelancer was level 5 but my bat was levelled enough for it to be alright

[@darklord884]

@@scoobyjenkins7760 How did you use your bat as Freelancer?

[@zvra]

Honestly with Iwami, I think the character was the only downside about the final sequence. The 2 final fights were really awesome

[@ajgameguy3674]

Meh. Dude was sniveling snake that you wanted to beat into the ground. I'd say that's the bare minimum.

[@zura8879]

Nah, Iwami is a great character. It's great to actually have a final boss that is just straight up a piece of shit, because that's far more realistic in the world of Yakuza than the honorable or tragic final bosses prior to him. And Iwami embodies every single ideal Kiryu hates, making him the perfect boss to end the Kiryu saga on.

[@shlirby8411]

​@@zura8879 that's why I like the 2 like a dragon final bosses. You get an awesome brawl with a literal boxer and then get to beat up the rich shit head at the end

[@biggusdickus2427]

I think Iwami is the best pure shit heel villain Yakuza has. I think the perfect final villain for Kiryu cause he stands as the opposite to everything he is. I think he does it better than Shibusawa. I was kind of sick of the villains being badass or sympathetic. I like that the fight is Kiryu is putting this little bitch in his place.

[@darklord884]

Plus he's a greedy little goblin. He would have received a clean business with no attachment to the yakuza and he would have been able to run it with no hiccups. But he wanted more and felt betrayed by his dad to the point of murdering him. That's some deep character even for the fact that he's a whiny little psycho. And I mean we already have a sympathetic, badass final villain in 6, Hirose. I mean the dude is played by the legendary BEAT Takeshi and is one of the saddest Yakuza villains, both in terms of what he was ordered to do for years and his final fate.

[@blastmole299]

@@darklord884 Iwami is the best punching bag for a final boss, and yeah all the secondary antagonists in 6 are either badass, sympathetic, or both. Hirose, Someya, Joon Gi, and Koshimizu are all great villains imo

[@darklord884]

@@blastmole299 I kinda pity Koshimizu. Having to work for that petty little bastard. And plus he has some integrity, sparing Kiyomi. Joon-gi, nuff said. I mean the dude was so great they resurrected him for Like a Dragon.

[@blastmole299]

@@darklord884 At least in the end, it was worth it. After the events of 6 he became the leader of Yomei Alliance, and if he's still the leader (most likely he is) at the end of 7, he possibly leads the largest Yakuza group in Japan.

[@darklord884]

@@blastmole299 At least he is a somewhat decent guy.

[@Trilltendo64]

Tendo was the real final boss of Like a Dragon in my opinion.

[@NickoLikesBeans]

Especially because he took like 2 hours to beat and aoki took 5 minutes

[@darklord884]

@@NickoLikesBeans It was still satisfying to beat Masato's face in in the end.

[@NickoLikesBeans]

@@darklord884 it really was especially with no weapons

[@Trilltendo64]

@@NickoLikesBeans Plus that one hit K.O he can do. Had me on edge hoping he don’t hit Ichiban.

[@jazzlaugh6578]

There's actually a design philosophy used in a number of Japanese games where the penultimate boss is the crazy difficult test of your skills that has you on the edge of your seat. And the actual final boss is super easy because it's intended to be a cathartic storytelling moment and they'd rather that climactic tension not be ruined by having to retry it 5 times. Aoki was a prime example of that. Tendo (who was still piss easy tbh) was significantly harder, and while being cathartic, the fight didn't carry nearly the same weight as Aoki.

[@320speed]

Mine for me was my favourite boss fight. The story, The "ruff" fight with the Fly remix was everything you'd expect for a final boss. Even now it still gives me chills. Maybe Yakuza 3 didn't have the best fighting mechanics, but the story was amazing and honestly underrated!

[@BeretBay]

Top 10 Video Game "Ruff" fights of All Time

[@Echani3007]

If there's anyone I'd really give props to it's Lao Gui, his boss fight was symbolically well thought out, it was stylistically a good match up to make Lao fight Majima, the battle made sense but also the fight was just really good in general.

[@wacky-physics7506]

Also he has 3 fuckin rad movesets, he's the only character outside of isshin to have a sword/gun moveset, and prob has the best one

[@EliTheGleason]

Yooo Lao gui love let's go! Everyone hates him but I thought it was cool

[@alarminglyfastmovingskelet7289]

Finally some Lao Gui appreciation.

[@Ghoster820]

I liked his theme a lot. It really made it feel like I was up against an unstoppable and merciless demon

[@shvmoovr1310]

Miiiiiiiiiineeeeeeeee!!

[@chargemeupbois]

Michael Rosen knows his tastes indeed. Very noice indeed

[@daedelous7094]

Accurate except for Arakawa, he was a much more emotional boss as Ichi struggles to try and save the man he calls brother not as "Ryo Aoki" but "Masato Arakawa", Tendo on the other hand is the true struggle of battle. Both are effective and pretty decent for their intended purpose.

[@TheCrashZzGamer]

Kuwana, Mine, Shibusawa, e Tendo pra mim são os melhores

[@xandymasamune]

Um br aqui kkk

[@user-mr7tp9to6d]

@@xandymasamune 2 Br aqui Kkkkkkk

[@clipsruins5482]

Kuwana, the mole, aizawa e Mine Sao os meus

[@rosemizer]

Kuwana, Mole, Shirakaba e Aizawa são os meus favs

[@user-mr7tp9to6d]

@@rosemizer não tem como não gostar do kuwana, ele é um dos melhores personagens de todos os jogos, muito bem desenvolvido, e uma Boss fight de arrepiar o pelo do Ku

[@Kara-de5cz]

Targa was pretty cool and his theme slaps. I think he's underrated in this list. Same for Iwami from Yakuza 6.

[@RDA000]

A fellow man of hokuto I see

[@JinAmonCh]

I think Targa would be better if "God Complex" was his final boss theme

[@AmiibroN]

I like how it transitions immediately from Hanpeita to Shibusawa, given that Hideo Nakano’s likeness was used for Hanpeita in Ishin Kiwami.

[@Toastoffire100]

Iwami wouldve been perfect if you beat him to fucking death in a quicktime like the end of 0

[@michelepapagni6011]

So here's my opinions: Lao Gui: Majima's perfect for this guy Shibusawa: Iwami but cooler and not a baby Nishiki: Sad Ryuji: Even more sad Ibuchi: Lame, but also a moveset stealer Mine: PERFECTION Nikaido and Oikazuchi Omega: Monster turned into a even huge monster. Technically a monster with a human skin. Munakata: Jingu but even harder lmao Yakuza 4's other final bosses: Enjoyable Aizawa: The most trash villain that has the best fight in the entire series. I love it Kanai: Obese but also annoying in certain parts. The final fight is challenging and fun in my opinion Baba: You touched baseball bat?! You must pay!!! With my fists from Baseball!!!! Majima: *KIRYU-CHAN!!!!* Iwami: *J U S T F U C K I N G D I E* Masato/Aoki: A brother that can redeem himself Kosei Shishido: Aizawa but better Masataka Ebina: The True Bastard that ended Kiryu's career Kenzan! Final Boss: He did many executions. Ishin! Final Boss: Musical Reference. Fight Me. Ishin! Kiwami Final Boss: Kiwami Musical Reference. Fight Me. The Mole: The Shadow of Judgement Kuwana: Orchestra X Rock. PERFECTION Shirakaba: Not the greatest Giga Chad but definitely the only friendly final boss (in my opinion) Shinjou: A human machine with no emotions. Nozaki Ryo: *INSERT THE FULL LYRICS OF "BORN TO BE WILD"* Targa: Fucking awesome That one dude with the hood that I don't remember his name: Mysterious. Probably from da hood. Every single Amon battles: Very overpowered bosses but also challenging and fun, including the female Amon that Haruka faced in Yakuza 5. Done. Every opinion here is personal. I also included the Amons because they kinda feel like "Secret Final Bosses" to 100% the game. Update: OK so the dude with "da hood" was actually The Mole. My bad if I didn't saw the jacket correctly. (I'm still keeping it because it's kinda funny the way I wrote it lol) Update 2: I forgor to add Shirakaba. Now he's in. Update 3: Nikaido and Oikazuchi Omega are in. Lmao to Dead Souls' haters. Update 4 (why I can't stop this?): Baba and the Crazy One-Eyed Kiryu Lover are here, including Ibuchi. Update 5 (Ishin! Kiwami Update): *I AM RYOMA SAKAMOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* Update 6 (Yakuza 6 and a half: Gaiden: TMWEHN): Welcome to the Gang, Shishido! (Btw, I added Lao Gui in the list, right before Shibusawa) Update 7 (Yakuza 8: Infinite Wealth): Ebina has finally come! After surviving Kiryu's highway to Hell...

[@bensondunwoody680]

Mine Was an alright boss fight, he just got stuck with blockuza 3

[@spidey5558]

Wait, who's the guy in the hood?

[@1Raheem]

@@spidey5558 the final boss from kenzan?

[@spidey5558]

@@1Raheem I mean the "one dude with the hood that I don't remember his name" that the comment mentioned.

[@Demented_Rubiks_Cube]

@@spidey5558 The final boss from Judgment Also known as The Mole

[@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047]

I liked Masato Arikawa’s boss from a thematic standpoint but I’d be lying if I said it was a knockout gameplay wise.

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

Yakuza 2 final boss: Noice Kiwami 2 final boss: A bit rich but ok

[@rudrakshyadav7335]

I never felt so heartbroken seeing Nishkiyama as a villain 😢 especially after playing Yakuza 0

[@CabaretGrand]

RGG really improved at setting up their final bosses over time (Y5&Y6 excluded)

[@sirpiss1708]

Aizawa was literally the best fight ever, he’s really well balanced and his moves clash with Kiryu’s really well, and it’s helped by the fact every other boss beforehand is really poorly done

[@darklord884]

I'm not sure if these are the descriptions of the actual bossfights or the characters because if we're talking characters, Munakata was an interesting villain for 4 it's just that his bossfight was a bit sucky (still okay in my book) while Aizawa was a subpar villain with a nonsensical story in 5, but the bossfight was epic in scale. As for Iwami, I think he's a bit fast as a twist villain, but they did the best they could with him and his turn to the dark despite his dad's efforts is really interesting. Plus that final sequence of Kiryu and Nagumo beating the shit out of him and his men, now that's *smack* NICE. I do agree that as far as characters and personalities go, Hirose is much better. (I mean he's played by frickin' BEAT Takeshi, duh.) As for Masato Arakawa, I agree insofar that he's a jackass who deserved every punch delivered by Ichiban. But as a character, especially when juxtaposed with Ichi, he was honestly great. New and yet familiar to the people we had before. He was very similar to Jingu from the very first game, but a more nuanced version of him. Not just "Evil politician who appears last minute to be a dick" but had genuine buildup over what he does and why, it was a rather peach syrup villain arc. Except for that final moment with Kume. That wasn't very nice. If you know, you know.

[@nicolarondinella]

Now i need this for all the bosses of the soulsborne+sekiro+elden ring

[@Vinn_Tree]

Don’t disrespect aizawa

[@morkgin2459]

Do you really mean Aizawa? Or the final boss villain son of Kurosawa who happened to be Aizawa?

[@ju2tunknown]

Masato is one of the final bosses of all time, because the guy is barely there for most of the game, is presumed dead, and only shows up because his dad told him to.

[@Lexicon865]

It's funny how Hanpeita and Shibusawa are back to back in this video

[@ScrotumBalls]

For YLAD, it was very nice considering you had already fought most of ex Tojo and Tendo

[@pocketcircuitfighter6291]

I think that iwami is underrated

[@romanrover5839]

Ye

[@1Raheem]

*IWAMI NO BUCHAN*

[@technicrain0]

No he's the worst like Munakata.

[@soulesscatastrophe3529]

yeah it feels really good to kick his ass

[@bensondunwoody680]

Iwami forced me to Tiger Drop spam him because he wouldn't give in

[@21centbeing]

Munakata was painful lol

[@clown1629]

10 years in the joint

[@TrajGreekFire]

Shinjou was a damage sponge and nothing else tbh

[@ExtremeMan10]

Guy was meant to be human machine developed as super weapon. Him being so durable makes sense.

[@TrajGreekFire]

@@ExtremeMan10 doesn't make for a good boss fight though, there are better ways to do so like final boss in Kaito Files (idk if you've played it so I'm not spoiling him)

[@dyvawn]

Ended with muscular evil Nobita.

[@I_love_bread_and_Hungry_Jacks]

Imo, Yakuza 4 final 4 way fight should've been in order of that chinese cop who's basically a playable Dante, Akiyama, Saejima & finally Kiryu.

[@dragonmanryu9927]

Honestly the final boss of dead soul gave me dbz ut vibe when goku was fighting vegeta oosaru.

[@RDA000]

How is Targa allright? He has arguably one of the coolest QTEs in gaming history

[@Tubeite]

Peach surrup

[@edgedrick936]

Every one of these is mostly accurate save for Tsuneo because when I got to that fight I loved just smashing him around like a ragdoll. Perfect way to end that character. No dramatics, no redemptions. Just a pathetic whimper from a spoiled brat je went too far.

[@AkemiTheSunbro]

0:51 OKAY WHO LET TETSUYA NOMURA DESIGN A YAKUZA BOSS

[@rikustorm13]

Shibusawa's fight was epic af Nishiki's fight was DEVASTATING ;_; Ryuji's fight was good and also heartbreaking Mine's was p cool Munakata was a b**** to fight but at least his fight had good music Aizawa's was both cool and epic Iwami is a weakling (aka little baby Iwami)

[@111paolo2]

Bruh tf is peach syrup briish ppl real drink peach syrup 💀

[@Spherecode.]

Arai? Kido? Daigo?

[@beamishbull4683]

Nah bro Kuroiwa was fantastic I loved him as a final boss Both from a story and gameplay stand point

[@sand_block2093]

I like Aoki tho

[@Hamburger-w2j]

mine

[@dukesilver9704]

I liked Mine

[@ambatukamlovers]

nishiki ps2 where???????

[@werefoxhun3839]

Where Pocket Circuit Fighter

[@Mike-ij4rq]

I will literally fight you for disrespecting the young master like this

[@SuzdalPanic]

-Ichiban, probably

[@HarmonySword]

Wonder how he would react to Shishido? I say the same way as Aizawa

[@piston4066]

Aizawa being overrated af is a bold opinion I can respect

[@MikeHesk742]

Game mechanics and cool-factor really saved the story on that one

[@morkgin2459]

@@MikeHesk742 Even then some overuse of qtes

[@xris3011]

What about Kei Ibuchi?

[@darklord884]

I mean he's an okay villain for what he appears in (and the Majima saga is unfortunately not that great in my opinion) but he's voiced by DIO, so that counts for something.

[@andreprmna1244]

Iwami?ya mean shibusawa's with bitches personality who just Dragging non-yakuza person into their business?

[@TheNuts1225]

Yakuza 4 has one of the worst final bosses in all of gaming. A lot of people like to say that Tomizawa "actually does have good crowd control," but what that really means is you just spam circle over and over again. Complete garbage.

[@CranberryFlip]

That wasn’t very nice 😂

[@swagonichan8711]

Mine was such a good fight to an over all mid game