The most fun grappler in Fighting Games

[@Drakkyr]

I don't like playing grapplers, personally, however Kanji is so much fun to play. He was one of my favorite characters in P4G, and his arena adaptation is perfect.

[@jakk2631]

Same!

[@ridori7376]

You sayin I like dudes?

[@MatthewDelmar]

6:45 i don’t think i’ve ever seen Crofts laugh that hard before, love to see it. P4AU is so sick.

[@slimballs9650]

He didn’t even laugh this hard when he armored through a super and KOed Psylocke in MVC2 as Zangief!

[@urielsantiago8395]

A lot of people overlook Junpei and his super unique baseball gimmick and how the better you do in neutral and in other aspects can make him better or worse

[@JP_KI]

I think that's exactly why people overlook him. Not many people want to work twice as hard just to be able to play the character properly and be penalized if they can't.

[@NeoBoneGirl]

Not really, he’s just the worst character in the game by far. He needs a super hard to get install to be able to play the game normally

[@sagenido]

I think People over look junpei because of his history of being pretty bad in this game. However, due to shadow frenzy changes in this patch I think shadow junpei is a genuine threat bc be snowpalls bery quickly of pretty much nothing. I really think he might start getting recognised later down the line

[@anexplosion5436]

3:46 Me, a Minazuki player: "Well there goes my gameplan."

[@feezy314]

Hell yeah, I'm stoked to see you playing Kanji! I got into fighting games with Strive and found a love of grapplers with Potemkin. Since then I've been trying every grappler I can find and I don't think I've come across a character that I vibe with as much as Kanji.

[@CombustibleLemonsInc]

As a fellow grappler main, this brings a happy tear to my eye

[@MythicMachina]

6:53 WAITwaitwait, Kanji actually sits in the chair?! And All I thought he did was just hit people with them.

[@MrDraquo]

Of all the awesome in this video, the thing that stood out the most to me was the metronome on the Grand Piano. What a cool, understated detail. Great video!

[@MrCactuar13]

I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention that his normal grab moves him forward, and of course you can follow it up with his Cruel Attack special move. Also very important is that his D attack paralyzes opponents on hit, preventing them from using any movement that doesn't involve pressing A+B (pro tip for those who struggle at dealing with paralysis).

[@sapphiredagon]

A+C. A+B is AoO, A+C is evasive action.

[@sagenido]

Love the fact that my boy is getting love. A couple things you did mention were how to use his lightning so. Of his grabs midscreen he can go into 5D instead of doing cruel attack follow up. Another way is off primal force he can do j.D. Also if your opponent is held down by lightning (im not sure if this only works off of 2D and 5D) but what you can do is run up side swap then do primal force during the side swap which leaves you I believe +6.

[@timothycarroll3835]

I'm most impressed by how he's able to keep his jacket on his shoulders

[@polar6066]

his muscles keep it

[@MNthal]

he uses velcro

[@tatsuyakaiyo416]

Static electricity

[@duo317]

As an FYI, if they're not in awakening, and you have the meter burn it. You'll actually get more damage cashing out as much as you can since they can only go into awakening and get the extra health after they tech.

[@silvergunner101]

I'd like to see some Junpei gameplay from you! Also a little fun fact about Junpei in this game. If you look closely at his character model you can see he has a necklace with the design of the sword headpiece that Chidori always wore.

[@diamondking3785]

5:04 - Adachi: *legit giving himself advice/Talking to himself.*

[@GalaxyWarrior2099]

Let’s gooooo I’m grinding the hell out of this game, please do the challenges those are the funniest aspect of the game imo

[@dshim4731]

dang this video was sick. i never considered myself a grappler player but i started trying out rainbow mika on sf5 and started to really appreciate the idea of grapplers. they are so fun against close/midrange characters but struggle so much against zoners. kanji seems like an amazing character though, that anti-air grab move is so hilarious to watch, and seems like he has some moves that work against zoners than usual grapplers do. i also never played persona before but always been interested in character design and this game looks so good. that ultimate move that's also rhythem game, legit gave me a wth that's so interesting reaction.

[@wolfumz]

I loved this game when it was new, and P4A vanilla. IMO it hits all the sweet spots just right, the difficulty curve for combos and complexity is in the right spot... plus, there were absurdly difficult combos at the fringes of execution to distinguish the top top players from everyone else. Watching japanese players put Aegis into orgia mode and dominate was always entertaining. I wish Arc would move back in this direction, rather than the direction they've gone in with GGS.

[@KejutoJetomo]

Strive sucks to me compared to P4AU and I'm from sf3 days. I'm old.

[@Allor777]

Rise is worth playing just to make your opponent watch you do the mini game

[@sadsadist]

Paused the video just to say I would LOVE more Persona 4 content. Thanks so much for putting these ones out already. Kanji also my favorite :D

[@ShadowsWrath4]

*"THE MAN SERIES: BROFIST"* was the only reason I needed to like this guy as a fighting game character. Kanji Tatsumi is a man and a half.

[@noctantis]

I was used to grapplers with mobility from KOF's Clark, but something about Kanji really was special. Just the absolute funnest grappler ever made with lots of cool combo paths.

[@SeagullCrush]

It makes me so happy seeing P4A videos on this channel again, it’s really one of my favorite FGs ever. I think it’d be cool if you did content with LordKnight or something like you did with Justin for MVC2

[@Cellticlink]

Thank you for playing many different types of fighting games and casual games.

[@codangarrison1195]

I love how at 12:09 Yoskue says "Kanjis got power, dont let him grab you" Bro is aware

[@TheNinjapolo]

It's been so hard finding kanji matches to see what I'm supposed to do. Glad I stumbled upon your channel

[@Roxaddie]

if kanji were in like any other fg he would be absolutely NUTS unfortunately this game does not treat him as well lmao

[@GMStarworld]

Hes low tier in bb tag too, however he can be crazy with the right team.

[@HellNutcase]

@@GMStarworld BBTAG plays the same as Ultimax, so no big difference.

[@sagenido]

In BBtag kanji is actually terrible to the point where it actually feels like they just hate kanji lmao. He got robbed of all his ranged options (primal force and the lightning) both of which being very important tools. These changes just mean kanji has 0 neutral in bbtag. On top of that, his walk speed in this game is faster than his running speed in tag. So even tho kanjis gameplan remains the same in bbtag the way you go about enacting it is different.

[@GMStarworld]

@@sagenido Kanji, like a lot of characters in that game is team dependant, synergy goes a long way.

[@sagenido]

@@GMStarworld I'm very well aware lmao I myself am a kanji adachi player as I personally feel its his best team as they both synergies with each other extremely well.

[@brandonsimon254]

I love how much fun you had with this

[@BlufireTheifprince]

One of my friends plays a mean kanji, his dash and jump grabs are kinda hard to deal with when it comes to my style of play, I rely on zoners like yukiko but I love adachi's flexibility in game.

[@spoopy0616]

Yo Croft! It was fun fighting you, glad you enjoy persona! GGs man!

[@breezierchip8355]

Shoutout to that first guy having A d a c h i with A d a c h i commentary and being called 'spoopy06'. Shit made me laugh.

[@Space_Australian]

Pray for your PC players, trying to play online is true pain right now. More time to lab I guess :') Love the content as always brother! I'm so glad you introduced me to this game some months ago

[@mariemain7351]

that Elizabeth was actually pretty nasty, I've never seen some of those more unique 2.0 combos before. I hope you run into a scary Margaret or Marie sometime soon, poor Kanji.

[@FelipeWalker2]

Honestly, I think Grappler in DNF is still the best ever, and Tizoc in Garou very up there, but i'm biased when it comes to Garou. x)

[@ShofuthaBeatdown]

Saw the title and didn’t even watch yet, but I had to comment that you’re a man of culture confirmed lol

[@themisanthropicnihilist8277]

Kanji was my first main grappler and my fav P4 character and while I'd say Cerebella from Skullgirls is the perfect grappler in terms of tools Kanji has always been my favorite, his high hp actually being a big reason why. Love to see some Kanji action!

[@jeanlucstitt9950]

Makes me excited to try this game. Grapplers just have a certain beauty to them.

[@jeanlucstitt9950]

That beauty may or may not be your opponent feeling helpless when you get on top of them.

[@viceanterra3]

@@jeanlucstitt9950 that and watching HP vanish in like 2 moves.

[@jcplays5831]

I have the same reaction to Kanji as I do for Beowulf from Skullgirls “He’s got a fucking chair!?”

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

cool seeing you playing Kanji

[@muffinmonkeys]

When I played online late in the PS3 days the rooms were 95% filled with Adachi

[@MerchHunterRicky]

I love a good grappler man. Theyre so good. Great video man.

[@DolphinTillTheEnd]

Ngl, just looking at the folding chair made me want to go back to skull girls

[@HazeEmry]

Let's go! Nice to see a showcase of P4's best girl

[@mellow_mallow]

I don't know if I'll ever play this game since fighting games tend to easily overwhelm me with inputs, but I really really like the visuals. The character sprites move so smoothly...

[@qwnxi1638]

i love watching you play this

[@DLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

5k is his best move. IT A FREE TAUNT BUTTON

[@darkyz8538]

Man Adachi is sick

[@polar6066]

bro the adachi navi had me rolling

[@loading....001]

Bro, I'm just glad two of the neatest ps3 fighting games are coming/are now made in modern day, those being P4AU and JJBA:ASBR

[@shadetheprince]

I've always played grapplers, and my non-FGC friends got into this game and I had such a fun time playing Kanji

[@xray8012]

Kanji is a Grappler, and a good one, big damage, airdashes, and A big amount of command grabs!

[@GerM_tbo]

Kanji was my favourite secondary character in P4. Love him

[@muchfunnysuchcomedy]

I love seeing people I recognize from the persona discords in these vids

[@thejabberwockyoftheeast4639]

Bro, man is so cracked he has an anti anti air

[@tedshiz9829]

Please play more of this game! Kanji is the man

[@tipsy634]

"I see yah!" "I see yah!" "I see yah!"

[@Drawfill]

Not gonna lie, characters and game mechanics in persona 4 looks so fun and unique.

[@emptyjumplow]

As much as I love Kanji, Beowulf has my vote as the most fun grappler.

[@donbototo5068]

Curiusly both have a chair

[@mongodroid4842]

Beowulf isn't a grappler imo

[@YouLoveSleepie]

I was just thinking about this character today! I spent hours playing with Kanji, that steel chair!!!! 🧑‍🎨🧑‍🎨

[@captsr42]

I'm also a grappler fan, but teddy was my dude in this game. Gimme a little mo teddy

[@avianjones4886]

I love persona!! Soo good to someone playing it!

[@brayzaroo]

If I had a nickel for every grappler I liked that used a foldable chair I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@rdxgamer1772]

Best p4 charecter and best grappler? Love to see it

[@notjayabad]

9:00 "Grab her. Understood, i'm in love. DP DP". That's kinda kinky jmcrofts

[@bradjeffords4451]

Hate playing pure grapplers, but hybrids are so fun. Z Broly, G, Sol. I know they dont pack the punch of Zangief or Potempkin, but the mobility and projectile options make up for it.

[@wishywashy_4000]

Kanji is awesome BEOWULF : Do i look like a fool to you?

[@DCDsauce]

SNK grapplers are the shit for me, especially Vice and Clark.

[@wishywashy_4000]

@@DCDsauce true bro bro, but Daimon & BlueMary the G.O.A.Ts of grappling in SNK

[@emibla8571]

I love Kanji so much. He is so much fun to play

[@oxygenenjoyer8440]

Thin and built for speed 🔥

[@kennyhuynh4974]

when did your channel get so risque??? green see through tops?? hahaha love it

[@hegyak]

I love me some Teddie/Kuma. He's a Gimicky character like Faust but I LOVE the Fun Chaos he brings to the table.

[@blakemyers643]

love watching the new p4 great fighter that I'm trash at. wouldn't mind seeing some boxer if you are rotating characters around

[@NissanArmada-vw3dy]

I wish you would go back to combo trials! Nice shirt btw.

[@44Midfield]

I'd like if you played Naoto for a video. When I get payed again, she's going to be the character I pick up in this game. I'd appreciate a video for her! Thank you!

[@irisbeldroth6502]

I would love to see some Aigis gameplay!

[@codyeric4]

Because of you I actually started to use kanji & I’m getting closer to winning some matches 🤷🏽‍♂️😂 but I’ve never had so much fun learning a character

[@omegavulture8379]

Ah man, I used to play persona 4 ultimax on ps4. Good times. I’d love to see some Sho without persona, I ended up playing most of my games with him so that’d fun to see.

[@Cybele12]

Yessir... Love Kanji in this game and BBTAG

[@Zombi3Slayer400]

ADACHI. ADACHI. ADACHI... Adachi simp? Me? Noooooo

[@spinoodii]

For a floating head, you play a good Kanji

[@darkdjinniumbrage7798]

Kanji is a great grappler. I hate fighting him as Sho solo and Liz cuz they have such low HP and if I get grabbed once it's like half my hp

[@mr.orc360]

Any chance you could play akihiko hes my main would be nice to see how you go about playing him

[@asigbin2824]

Jmcrofts should try Chie satonaka. Her normal moves set up for mixups.You should also try Akihiko he is just mostly rushdown.

[@GHeinz]

as a relatively noobish akihiko main, kanji definitely feels like one of my worst matchups. here’s hoping you will make more p4u content in the lead-up to rollback, jm-sempai!

[@hmad898]

Akihiko struggles the most against mid range characters, like yu with his fat normals its rough.

[@bjpenlover]

Hey what's yells opinion on king from tekken 7? He up with Clark and Zangief?

[@MadWork.]

Yo I'm having trouble doing the lightning that paralyzes and running towards the opponent with kanji I've seen old vids on ppl doing it but I cant get it down

[@The_Meev]

You just have to get the delay for each D press figured out

[@MadWork.]

@@The_Meev ok thanks

[@boomprower]

When I think of grappler I say kotal kahn. When I think S tier I think kanji tatsumi

[@mji1967]

JM wore a green shirt and you can see through him

[@R0ZeMarie]

i used to main Ruby in bbtag, and my cousin would main Kanji. I live in fear of kanji 24/7

[@goranisacson2502]

So what format's got the best version of this anyway- is the PS4 king, or does it work well on PC too?

[@ikarainijirai]

Kanji Tatsumi from P4 Arena grabbed so Beowulf from Skullgirls could CLINCH

[@AardappelGames]

You can see through his shirt because it’s green. Just like his greenscreen lol

[@sinfulbakaa]

I would like to see mistrisu next if that's no trouble at all

[@300IQPrower]

“Why no one play as Yu” When you spend 120 hours playing as a character in the main game, ya tend to wanna mix it up in the spinoff ^^’

[@creamInbetweens]

Kanji vs Beowulf? jmcrofts: "Kenji has a a persona." Me: "good point... counter point! Beowulf has a big arm and high risk maneuvers tho so lets call this even"

[@MrAllBlack015]

Tamaki from Aquapazza is one of the only grapplers I like more than Kanji. It's too bad Aquapazza's a game not many people will ever play. But yeah, Kanji's pretty dope.

[@persos1126]

YOOOOO I haven't played Aquapazza for yoooonks, loved that game so much

[@jolanjakers8380]

might have to try this game is it hard?

[@SpockShirtleB3rri3s]

I despise Kanji’s ez pz looping oki and think the most fun grappler will always be 3S Hugo but I’m glad you’re having fun!!

[@__________Troll__________]

*What fighting games have an active player base on steam these days?*

[@wishywashy_4000]

JMCROFTS : Kanji has a Persona ME : And Beowulf has WULFAMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChuckPickle]

I wanna see some Junpei. Now you don't have to do it I'm dropping this for the algorythm and Junpei is apparently hard to pickup... BUT THINK OF THE CLEAN HIT SOUNDS, THEY'RE SO SATISFYING

[@ludofranca8884]

I wish you'd make a video of Pocket Fighters.

[@nairbgolden2008]

Fun af to watch