Slugfest - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth OST

Yamai Syndicate
Composed by Keitaro Hanada

[@frostyprime8110]

yamai syndicate chill af they just be celebrating birthdays in a theater dressing room while the barracudas are off disemboweling people and the ganzhe go around harassing shops and jumping off of windows

[@RandomCollection04]

Literally

[@messmermusicals1367]

"DUMBASS! AINT YOU EVER HEARD OF KNOCKIN?"

[@LabyrinthMaster]

I actually felt bad for interrupting the birthday party

[@funnynamelol3156]

Hope that guy still had a happy birthday. (I also hope that guy wasn’t one of the Yamai syndicate traitors)

[@messmermusicals1367]

@@funnynamelol3156 He most likely was, bro pulled up to Eiji and The Barracudas goin' like "I dunno who The Sage is, or Madame Nele, but goddamn I m so mad my boss is buddy buddy with the fuckers who ruined my bday so I m in."

[@CMCommie]

shoutouts to everyone who used Arrest on the guy having his birthday party instead of beating him into a pulp

[@whenthe59]

Yamai is now the character with the biggest amount of Dynamic Intros in a single game, he has 4 different intros (one exclusive to the demo). He breaks the tie with Joon-Gi Han from Yakuza 6, who had 3.

[@berksusezen837]

Kuze?

[@the1whoplayz]

@@berksusezen837 He only has 2 "Dynamic" Intros. The first and last ones fade to black and start like a normal fights.

[@SteelBallRun1890]

​@@berksusezen837Kuze has two, the sewer and the one where Kiryu punches him after seeing Tachibana hammered.

[@dinmislightninggamer7116]

Gaiden Homare Nishitani too but the last one is with Shishido

[@wtfthisisntminecraft3501]

SPOILER Fun Fact: Yamai is the first and only character (excluding the Majima Everywhere system) who has managed to catch up with Kuze in terms of "Most boss fights in a single game".

[@creativename1673]

And also took the first place in the "most dynamic intros in a single game" category, even if only on a technicality (his fourth intro is exclusive to the demo).

[@DaMann707]

Nah, Ozaki from Judgment is the first character who has managed to catch up with Kuze. Though I agree that Yamai is much more memorable.

[@jura0300]

@@DaMann707 wasn't ozaki fought 4 times? first after kengo, second with hamura, third in the fire, and finally with kengo again near the end? or am i missing one?

[@xxcraftiestsavxx6478]

@@jura0300youre right it was only 4 times

[@mouthwide0pen]

Are we counting Cane Man? He does fight you 5 times. Four of them are in the same long battle, but like, he has completely distinct boss-like movesets in all of them, it's not like that one goon Kuze has where he's just coming back over and over with the same mook moveset.

[@tonyjoestar2632]

I love when, while trying to defend the Yamai syndicate, Ichiban crashes a fucking excavator through their HQ and are rightfully told "WTF man? We'll kick your ass!"

[@jamesnorman9160]

Appopriate title for this. It's perfect for your first battle with Yamai and his syndicate too. You're all crammed into Ei-chan's small apartment that barely has enough room to swing a cat around, and you don't have a lot of moves to utilise at this stage, so you're basically attacking head-on, slamming them into one another and smashing the furniture over their heads for an advantage: standing your ground and slugging it out, basically. Then Yamai gets involved and just hurls the body of one of his guys right across the room as an opening gambit. Alo like how Yamai's appearence and design makes him seem otherwordly. We're all in Hawaii and he still dresses head to toe in black and wears a wool overcoat, but he's always complaining about being cold. And him using a crowbar as a weapon makes him seem very Slasher-illain esque.

[@Hilversumborn]

On top that he has a certain charisma that demands attention.

[@RedaniaKnight-Elect]

swing a cat around?

[@jamesnorman9160]

@@RedaniaKnight-Elect It's a term for a room or some other place having very little space in it.

[@StellaHamms]

Late, but there's definitely more than enough room to swing a cat around, as we see Yamai literally throw a man across the room.

[@jackmclean4120]

The way he moves is also really, really strange. He's stiff but very agile at the same time.

[@diego-v-1995]

With this song, Yamai and his syndicate made a very good impression in their first appearance. Undoubtedly in my TOP of best songs of this game

[@Mangler559]

"Son of a bitch...I'm *still* freezin. What's it gonna take, eh?"

[@ernestojusta2192]

so taking in consideration this demo-only intro of yamai fighting ichi in akane's house and all of the dynamic intros present in the actual game, did they fr give my man yamai 4 (FOUR) dynamic intros??? i guess rgg does play favourites...

[@zapperil]

Bro's the Kuze of Y8

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@zapperil counting his demo-exclusive fight, he surpasses kuze in how many times you fight him.

[@lordsickomode]

"fuck we used dio's va but only used him for some gun guy boss in a 3 chapter spin off side mode in a game. Fuck it, we have him around, lets do this with him"

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@lordsickomode They do that pretty often actually. Expect to see them announce a new character voiced by Takaya Kuroda eventually.

[@Friedspaghetti]

Im surprised we didn't fight Yamai when revisiting Akane's house like the demo

[@breadburner7276]

pretty sure the only reason we fight him there is because rgg wanted someone for us to fight

[@omensoffate]

Demos aren’t always a cut piece from the finished game

[@Xirce]

I'm surprised it took us so long to unlock Kiryu's "real-time" special ability.

[@wacky-physics7506]

uuuuh I played the main game, not the demo and I distinctly remember fighting him there, am I just tripping

[@solidgent7870]

Playing the demo first, I always wondered how Yamai managed to get back up on the back porch with his coat on again so quickly after the fight xD

[@zephytime8196]

Big One Eyed Slugger energy here. Perfect for a crowbar to the face.

[@manutdfan231]

I have a feeling that Excavator's are gonna be a main staple enemy going forward 😂😂

[@jamesnorman9160]

Ichiban: Just as long as there isn't a wrecking ball being swung at my face anytime soon...

[@iranalmeida5825]

1:24 that HIT HARD!

[@aruce9]

The riff here is very much sonic adventure esc specifically final egg and hot shelter

[@alexeyeliseev6322]

Exactly! I, too, am often thinking of Sonic when listening to this!

[@Xord2006]

Yamai as so many Banger

[@ardiansyahindiechannel3166]

0:33 this part is sound like kiryu Yakuza style from like a Dragon Gaiden ost Name "Bring it On"

[@zetaabsbs2329]

Am i the only one that in game, the music sounds so much lower while the rest sound just as fine?

[@ceoofeldia6088]

Dio Freeman

[@shenmue2]

guitar in this kinda gives me smt vibes

[@Daizz009]

Yamai is the best crowbar wielder alongside Gordon Freeman

[@itsybitsycherry]

_”Oh, you worthless rogues…”_

[@Ironicdeaths]

This song reminds me of a character selection theme for virtua fighter!

[@enjyyy226]

COLD!!!

[@Aceimperior]

huh wait when do you fight him outside of akane's house?? i've never seen this boss fight happen and i've beaten IW

[@RandomCollection04]

Its an exclusive fight at the end of the story demo of IW in Gaiden