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That's just normal kiryu

Kiryu in goofy side quests

And Kiryu would've no trouble handling Bryce. But yeah, poor Ichi in this scenario.

there’s a couple comments that say why ichi shouldn’t have fought ebina but i’ll sum it up 1. we already had brother vs brother (blood doesn’t mean jack to ichi) 2. ebina is a product of the mess that kiryu had made in the yakuza series 3. something else so i can make a third point

​@@canatack9596third is leaving kiryu with bryce which would be an extremely disappointing ending

I don't think Nanba could take Saejima lol

@@limppickle4306 Depends how motivated Nanba or Saejima are if they're both motivated yeah Saejima flattens but if Nanba's motivated he could give saejima a run that's for sure, i mean the fight in 7 also happened...

​@@chugganeutral The Nanba glazing is crazy, he is literally portrayed as the stereotypical "squishy mage", bro will NOT survive against Saejima in a direct fight

@@ThunderCrims I mean power scaling in Yakuza is usually dependent on storyline so if Saejima was weakened like Kiryu is in 8, maybe?

@@chugganeutral Saejima had the strength to rival Kiryu in Y5, and Saejima was still in a business that required muscle sometime before Y8. Considering Kiryu literally sees Saejima as an equal in strength, Nanba can't beat Kiryu, and thus can't beat Saejima

lemme guess because they're half brothers or something?

@@shrpha7112and it fits better narratively too

@@MrBDSaint34how? /gen Kiryu VS Ebina was because he was taking on the sins of the yakuza’s past and trying his best to make up for them, and Ichiban was fighting for the ex-yakuzas’ futures, that’s the theme. And so while it’s cool to see Ichiban and Kiryu fight different final bosses and definitely a neat idea, I don’t really see how it makes more sense than the original thematically :0

@@MapleSyrup2002 Exactly. Ichiban fighting him would have done nothing but add a sense of deja-vu in the brother vs brother final boss route from the last game. I doubt Ichiban would ever get through to him the way Kiryu did either as his hatred for the yakuza has far outgrown Arakawa.

​@@shrpha7112tbh i would like to see Ebina return in LAD9 for the exact reason that he could become the anti-heroic ally, the 'cooler brother' trope. Since they're half brothers and all

It is interesting that Kiryu always dodging attack from opponents or aggressively fight back. He doesn't really block attack compare to Ichiban.

​@Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction I think it really speaks to his grown experience over the year's. In 0 and kiwami he utilized resolute counters (which was him getting hit, just to hit back) for his unrefined brawler style but even in cutscene's/story moments he was much more of the mindset of powering through with his superior strength. But over the year's and training with komaki and daidoji, he better utilizes his movements to parry or capitalize on an opponent's attacks on his own.

​@@Akira_Nishikiyama_reactionHe still remembers lessons from Kamoji :D

actually its because yakuza 8 is so peak that it makes sense either way the protags fight, the explanation for each fight would be different but the game would still feel thematically sound

@@redbaronmars4176 agreed i hate it when people say this makes sense and then go on to say the og don't for some reason.

_cough_ dev here _cough_ thanks

@@Norrabalwait are you actual dev? Amazing work sorry if i make some people think i make mod :(