Definitely not bad. I feel it's a very refreshing take on the final boss schtick in Yakuza games. Feels like this really deserved a dynamic intro though.
@@deadbringer70 I know right? I kinda love it honestly. Really dig the love story between Kaito and Mikiko, and this sorta happy ending rarely happens for romances in Yakuza games.
This makes me cry so much, Kaito has become the first Yakuza/Judgment series to achieve something that Kiryu, Majima and Saejima, and any good Yakuzas also deserved, good ending never felt this good before :(
Nope Kiryu fake his death but the jima duo got a good ending and end up working as a member of the newly reformed osaka police force with daigo and watase
No life or death on the line. No city or country to save. No glory or legacy to uphold. No demons or monsters to slay. Just a battle of honor between two men to prove themselves worthy of a woman's love.
I like this fight a lot. To me, this is a necessary fight for both character. For Dr Shirabaka, this is his chance to express his love for Mikiko and showing her that he too, have the strength to protect her. If he doesn't do this, he might live his life in regret forever. For Kaito, the guy never has a way with word, so this is his way of saying "I still love you Mikiko, I'm sorry for leaving you and this time I'm willing to fight for you." Maybe I'm reading to much into this, maybe it just RGG Studio need to find a way for Kaito to have a shirtless fight
Personally, the final boss fights works for two reasons. Boss fight #1 Is the story villain who have to be stopped. While the second final boss was actually hinted at a couple times. The fight is about honor and fighting for the ones you love the most. That's what the theme of the dlc story was kind of about. Think about the #1 final boss was a snake who didn't have honor and only loved himself. He represents everything that Kaito isn't. While Final boss fight #2 was the opposite he was a man who was willing to fight and die for the women he loved. Honestly, I feel this find was hinted at when he was asking about how Kaito felt about her and that he knew Kung fu and pretty much was willing to do anything to prove her. This fight was great for me especially theme of the fight fits the tone about fighting for honor and for love.
Also they knew that Jun needs a father figure to look up to after the mess of a dad who let greed consume him. Either way, Jun needs to know he is in good hands and his mother realize both men loved them both in their own way.
One thing I adore is that there's actually an explanation for why Shirakaba is buff as hell, like someone from RGG Studios wanted to justify Little Baby Iwami's brick shithouse physique.
Iwami being buff makes 100% sense the guy is a spoiled brat who wants to be a Yakuza but daddy wouldn’t let him you can’t be a Yakuza and not be strong physically as well
@@FinalOven_Mint >you can't be a real yakuza and not be strong physically as well Eh...not really. a lot of ex-yakuza are not jacked like little baby iwami,but they are ten times more intimidating than that spoiled brat.
Kuroiwa = 4 health bar (8 if we count his second phase) Kuwana = 6 health bar Shirakaba = 5 health bar (10 if we count his regeneration phase) Dont you hate it when some simp have more hp than you
It's refreshing that Shirakaba put all that effort into getting stronger and building himself up not to achieve some grand ambition, but just so he could be strong enough to protect those he loved. In a way this is a classic Yakuza series boss battle: you're not trying to stop some evil plot, you're standing up and fighting for what you belive in. And how do Yakuza characters do that? They defend their honour with their fists. Though I like how instead of just going to phase two after losing half his health, Shirakaba decides he wants a full do over. And that his glasses remain intact after that beating. xD
-Defeat- Spar with Shirakaba: "Defend Your Honor with Your Fist" Summarize the best gigachad fight with emotional af music and overall the best ending for the DLC. Hopefully in the future, RGG Studio can still make these quality DLC.
Finally, an ending that doesn't result in a "I Want My Beloved To Be Happy" outcome Its refreshing that Kaito actually wants to make it work with Mikiko and Jun despite how apparent it is that Dr Shirakaba was far more financially stable
I think Kaito knows he needs to heal as well and Shirakaba thought "I should help Kaito find closure one way or another, he has spent so long losing people he cared about yet never saying anything until facing the love of his life who went through so much. I did what I can do for Mikiko, but Kaito needs the same help I gave to the love of his life. So lets settle it the only way he knows how, with a fight that no one actually feel like losing something"
@@garrysucks4190 well, self sacrifice is true happiness when you think about it. Shirakaba, although more stable, realized as an intelligent and passionate man that Kaito could give them more love than he could. That realization is loving, because he made the world a bit better at the cost of himself. So I'd say everyone got a happy ending in some way ;)
Friendship with Yagami has ended, now Kaito is my best friend. In all seriousness the last bit where he's being honest about his life with her made me smile purely. That's when i knew that he could be able to be the succesor to Yagami, and also he's more of a classic RGG protagonist when it comes to gameplay.
@@kumekazuma7728 Wouldn't want Yagami to die but there could be reasoning as of why he isn't present, sort off like maybe a split investigation or something that renders them unable to be together.
@@JustAreru Yagami looks like he is going back to being a lawyer in full force. I mean we already see signs of him recovering as he carries less healing items and needs to smoke less. Showing how Yagami has become more level headed and with resolve since the AD9 case.
When you think about it, among the other ex-yakuza protagonists, Kaito became the bravest among them more than Kiryu and Majima. Both were afraid of the uncertainty that came along with having a family despite their pasts as yakuza. So they all decided to abandon that possibility forever out of fear and love. But Kaito was the only one who decided to be brave for both himself and the people he cared about. He knows fully well that life with him will be hell, but he chose to face that head on. The truth is that having a person in your life regardless of whether there is another one to fill that role makes a huge difference. You cannot simply replace them with another…it does not work that way. Loss is loss.
Sadamoto: Nooooo, you can't be the final boss! I have dynamic intro, hardest qte, and I was the Mastermind for plot!!!! Shirakaba: haha, Power of Love goes brrrrrrr.
The most HONORABLE fight in the entire Yakuza series and the most respected boss. The dude worked out and did training and faked her death just to protect her and her son and for Kaito’s sake too. The most purest and one of the best bosses in the series by far! Hopefully he returns in the future!
Between Sadamoto & Shirakaba, this really hit both peaks of why I love this series so much: A detective/crime thriller bringing the worst of the underground to light mixed with a cheesy soap opera so dumb, it wraps around to becoming awesome & emotional. Oh, and this theme might honestly be one of my favorites in the series
I kinda hoped next installment of judgement will bring Shirakaba again as aquintance of Kaito when he is in a pinch and Shirakaba just there to assist him in anyway he can.
It's no longer simply a spin off as the series sales is good and received good impression from both eastern and western audience so the series will keep continue till the end of the series itself. Sooner or later Judgment will appear in Yakuza series and vice versa as both is in the same universe but still not met each other.
@@hartantoanggoro but the devs said they don't want any crossovers between the games. Judgment is it's own thing. The best we can hope for is some silly little cameos.
Even though it was really sus of you to keep Mikiko’s memory away from her for years, your inherent kindness and insurmountable will to protect the ones you love make me respect you Shirakaba-San. I can’t NOT respect you.
He definitely did an oopsie there, but the dude is such a fucking unit that it just ends up not mattering whatsoever. Shirakaba is the biggest chad ever.
This is the biggest step in the right direction for a final boss in the franchise. It doesn’t feel like a fight for life instead that of a fight for your honour and I genuinely love the outcome, with the somber music playing as the two brawl it out for the heart of the woman they love it’s genuinely special.
i thought it was going to turn into NTR where makiko is still salty or something and she was gonna stay with the doctor so jun can have an easy life. i'm glad i was wrong.
@@thomasfairburn5254 Actually a bittersweet ending in Saejima's part in yakuza 4 Saejima are able to reunite with his sister Yasuko.But unfortunately Yasuko decided to sacrifice her brother from the shot that was shot from Katsuragi and got shot from behind. with the remaining strength she's got, she decided to shoot Katsuragi in the head thus killing him instantly before she collapse and dies in her brother arm.
@@ignatiotios3459 Yeah but that happens before the finale of Yakuza 4 where things end up well for the protagonists. Saejima ended up becoming reinstated in the Tojo Clan as patriarch of his own family no less.
This dude's reason for fighting really reminds of of Kiwami 2's final fight, just straight up fighting for pride and shit. At least Shirakaba isn't dead
I'll admit, wasn't expecting Shirakaba to rip off his shirt, reveal he's a Giga Chad and proceed to give me one of the most tear jerking manliest badass throwdowns I've seen in all my many years of gaming. He was a different kind of boss from the typical, and I loved that. This also had a lot of character growth for Kaito. He had more progress and growth than any of the other Yakuza main characters in a fairly short DLC. 😂
@@ChuckPalomo Same. I was worried Kaito was gonna let Shirakaba be with Mikiko or that she was gonna resent Kaito a bit or something, but no. It's uniquely beautiful how aggressively peaceful this ending is. Like, everyone is understanding of each other and it's just nice. The fight's nothing more than a spar. There's no ill will anywhere here. It's so wholesome. I'd say this DLC is honestly, for me, on par with the main story. Maybe a little more since I LOVE stories directly connected and personal to the protag.
Considering how much they've done to keep Judgment and Yakuza separate in terms of main plot tone, I'd say self-aware. To me, it's RGG letting us know that whatever kinds of stories they tackle, they won't forget their roots.
Ex yakuza guy finds the kid of a woman he once loved, sets out to find her, ends up fighting the kid's dad who is an evil piece of shit, and has a shirtless duel over the woman's love... Remind you of something?
I'd just like to quickly say how much I like the setting of this fight Most LAD final bosses (or even just bosses in general) are fought on rooftops, in imposing buildings (like the Tojo HQ) or similarly "epic" and/or imposing locales, and usually at night as well Here you're just boxing a guy in his backyard, in the middle of the day, the usual unwelcoming cold grays and blues (as well as unnatural sickly greens sometimes) of the city making way for an arena surrounded by warm, homely even, orange and brown. It's that contrast that helps sell the unique vibe of the fight even further.
Once again, Lost Judgement shows how much of a masterpiece it is. The base game gives us a final boss who simply wishes to fight Yagami in a battle to see whose ideology/philosophy is right. And the DLC provides us with the best Yakuza final boss, period. Shirakaba's the G.O.A.T, no cap.
@@saadabdullah3225 That as good and "peaceful" as this may be, its not better than the action packed ending most Yakuza games have. It works for this story, but its 100% not what most of the game should have.
@@duckydanner2875 >aizawa haven't gotten up to Y5 yet so no opinion >nishiki His initial appearance was ass (literally no reason to care for him), and he needed Y0 to actually make his character something worth caring about. >ryuji fuck you unironically. Ryuji sucks as a character 10000%.
If I had 100 yen for every time a RGG story expansion had a final boss that was voiced by a Jojo VA, I'd have 200 yen. It's not alot, but it's funny how it happened twice right? Majima Saga- Kei Ibuchi is voiced by Dio's VA Kaito Files- Shirakaba is voiced by Pucci's Eng VA
@@radivury444 True. Tho I define story expansion as extra content outside of the main playable mode. So outside of main story and premium adventure mode. Hence only mentioning the Majima saga and the Kaito Files since those modes don't interact with the modes you play as Kiryu or Yagami respectively.
Anybody else get Shinada v. Daigo vibes at the beginning of this fight? “My story’s not yours to write. Everyday for 15 years, I’ve taken 5000 swings. Done 1000 push-ups and sit-ups. Never took a single day off. There’s nothing you can say to convince me. I’m saving my dream with my own two hands.” Slightly different motivations, but similarly motivated
Really like how this boss reminded me of fotns lost paradise and yakuza kenzan final bosses where the boss before the actual final boss felt more like the final boss
This was such a massively amazing fight. Dude came out of nowhere and left an impression. I just beat it a few hours ago without tiger drop for respect.
But the punch was correct. Kaito's chances of being stunned by the punch were much higher than Shirakaba's chances of suffering from damage to his hands. The truth is that if Kaito hadn't worked so hard to receive this blow without falling, Shirakaba would have won this one.
A final boss who isn't only a good person, but insanely powerful too, had my EX fully filled up and any upgrades to help keep me from falling down, one of his techniques still knocked me a good 10 feet.
Y’know, if someone asks me what my favorite game of 2022 was, I’m always gonna say The Kaito Files. As a swan song piece of content on the Dragon Engine, as the first time we got to play as Kaito and use Brawler and Beast in DE, and in terms of how absolutely heart wrenching and beautiful the story was, this hit all the marks and then some. It’s a good contender for the best expansion I’ve ever experienced in any game.
Everyones talking about Shirakaba's fight and theme but lets give a true shout out to the actual final boss, HIS FUCKING GLASSES. Man took several consecutive punches to the face only to have them stay perfectly intact even when he gets up theres not even a spec of dirt on them as you can see the reflection on them when kaito picks him up after the fight. They are truly built different.
It’s been two whole years since this dlc dropped and I still highly regard it as one of the best pieces of content and story telling that RGG Studios has ever released. Such a short but well packed bundle that had me giddy the whole way through and this boss was the icing on an already immaculate cake. Shirakaba’s fight is a top 3 fight in the entire franchise, I can’t even lie. It’s not a fight to the death nor is it a fight with no stakes, this is a fair and honest duel to prove who’s worthy enough to take care of the women they both love. Such an awesome and emotional fight, I can’t help but gush about it even after this long. Kaito got an ending he deserved, and I hope in the future we can see more of him and his family in a new life.
I vowed to use no items and no cheesy moves (like bomb punch) in this one, felt real good to just square up with him with bruiser and slug it out. I loved it
Im 100% sure that that's what he meant by special combat training. No super martial arts or anything, he just spent two years learning the yakuza strip
Hey, I recognize some of those moves, they're from Keiji Shibusawa's Rush Style! I still like his moveset though, but I did a spit take when he did that kick.
Shirakaba is such a breath of fresh air It's a final boss where it isn't gut wreching (Nishiki) or "I want to beat the shit out of you" (Aizawa, Shibusawa, Iwami etc) It's just 2 buff guys trading fists without any life threatening stakes
@@DeepdelverChespintbh, nothing bad. He sort of was forced to become evil due to his connection to the Omi clan, he had a dream that was sort of taken from him. He doesn't really want to fight kiryu, but has to.
I had fucking no healing items for this cause I didn't know there was gonna be another boss fight so I had to learn how to beat him while not healing and it was some of the most fun I've had in this series learning how to beat the shit out of him and abuse his weaknesses
I said this elsewhere, but where the boss before this one is the final boss of the story, this Kaito's final boss. Just like the main game with Yagami.
I jokingly said to myself "Man what if he takes off his shirt and is all ripped like Iwami from Yakuza 6?" just seconds before he did exaclty that and i couldn't stop laughing. I seriously hope that someday they make a Chris Farley tribute character who also takes off his shirt and looks super ripped but still has Chris Farleys face structure.
This boss and his absurd health bar has finally proven what some people already think about the series. The health bar isn't their actual health, it's their "resolve". You really think Shirakaba is as strong as Mine or Shibusawa? No, but that doesn't matter. If their resolve is strong enough, they can win, and that's what a part of this series is about, all this powerscaling means nothing if you're willing to fight for what really matters to you. It's the same way with people wondering why the final boss of Gaiden is "strong" considering they just got their ass beat in previous boss fights, because the final boss actually had a very important thing to lose and they're willing to fight for it to keep it.
This is rather a friendly fight rather than a hero vs last villain fight. This might also a new thing in the series where the protagonist fight his opponent without the intention to stop the villain from killing in the story.
This series from start to finish has been utterly insane. While a few things did leave me laughing till I was crying, I thought I had seen it all. A fortune teller that casually and subtly spoils the next 5 games ahead of you, a chicken running as a manager for your real estate, meeting up with the guy you fucked around with toy cars after like 30 years, having Kiryu think "hey there sweet cheeks" is a valid opener to speak English, having grown men figure out how to stop the computer from yelling lewd things in their office, running away from children dressed as Santa Claus. I really thought I'd seen it all. But then, this guy pulls his shirt off. This meek doctor with goofy glasses I had met just about 5 or so hours ago reveals he has one of the most jacked bodies in the entire series. I swear to god, he beats out some of the other bosses with his physique. Not only that, he packs a total of 10 fucking healthbars. I had to pause the game just to process what the fuck happened. I rarely get floored, especially with a series like this. But, my god. As I'm writing this, it's been like an hour, and I'm still in shock from what the hell I just witnessed.
This ending sorta got me emotional. Because Kaito reminds me so much of Kiryu and seeing Kaito have a nice happy ending reminded of the fact that Kiryu didn’t.
@@leedlefly He does link the Judgment series to the main Yakuza series through it, though; I mean, for Christ's sake, he looks like a more thuggish take on Kiryu in Yakuza 0. He carries the spirit with him.
I remember when I got to this boss thinking HELL YEAH! KAITO’S GONNA TAKE HIS TOP OFF! And then immediately when he does so it’s Oh no… he’s so battered and bruised 😭
Wow I'm surprised Kaito didn't pull the good ol' "No, as much as I love you I can't provide you with a good life like Shirakabe..." or something like that. I wonder if we'll see Mikiko in future games.
Lmao, Kaito is the only playable Yakuza character that actually gets a happy ending. With Kiryu, saejima and majima, the ones they love either die, or they need to keep their distance from them.
This was uh, a very unique boss.
Yup
Definitely not bad. I feel it's a very refreshing take on the final boss schtick in Yakuza games.
Feels like this really deserved a dynamic intro though.
Hey gotta sometimes defend your honor… with your fists
@@scoongula at least it got a badass QTE ending!
@@deadbringer70 I know right?
I kinda love it honestly. Really dig the love story between Kaito and Mikiko, and this sorta happy ending rarely happens for romances in Yakuza games.
This makes me cry so much, Kaito has become the first Yakuza/Judgment series to achieve something that Kiryu, Majima and Saejima, and any good Yakuzas also deserved, good ending never felt this good before :(
Don't those 3 still have a good ending technically?
Nope Kiryu fake his death but the jima duo got a good ending and end up working as a member of the newly reformed osaka police force with daigo and watase
@@angelusvastator1297 Saejima rejoined the Tojo and got inaugurated as patriarch at the Tojo Clan HQ. That's a pretty good end for him.
@@angelusvastator1297 Majima and Saejima, yes. Kiryu, not so much.
@@pierrearuva3405 private security agency, not police.
No life or death on the line.
No city or country to save.
No glory or legacy to uphold.
No demons or monsters to slay.
Just a battle of honor between two men to prove themselves worthy of a woman's love.
I like this fight a lot. To me, this is a necessary fight for both character.
For Dr Shirabaka, this is his chance to express his love for Mikiko and showing her that he too, have the strength to protect her. If he doesn't do this, he might live his life in regret forever.
For Kaito, the guy never has a way with word, so this is his way of saying "I still love you Mikiko, I'm sorry for leaving you and this time I'm willing to fight for you."
Maybe I'm reading to much into this, maybe it just RGG Studio need to find a way for Kaito to have a shirtless fight
Personally, the final boss fights works for two reasons.
Boss fight #1 Is the story villain who have to be stopped.
While the second final boss was actually hinted at a couple times. The fight is about honor and fighting for the ones you love the most. That's what the theme of the dlc story was kind of about.
Think about the #1 final boss was a snake who didn't have honor and only loved himself. He represents everything that Kaito isn't.
While Final boss fight #2 was the opposite he was a man who was willing to fight and die for the women he loved. Honestly, I feel this find was hinted at when he was asking about how Kaito felt about her and that he knew Kung fu and pretty much was willing to do anything to prove her.
This fight was great for me especially theme of the fight fits the tone about fighting for honor and for love.
I like it
It's better than having the final boss be an asshole who blinds you with a spray tbh
Also they knew that Jun needs a father figure to look up to after the mess of a dad who let greed consume him. Either way, Jun needs to know he is in good hands and his mother realize both men loved them both in their own way.
I think a go to rule with yakuza games is that you can never read to much into half naked men fighting each other
One thing I adore is that there's actually an explanation for why Shirakaba is buff as hell, like someone from RGG Studios wanted to justify Little Baby Iwami's brick shithouse physique.
I mean in yakuza 3 shows Mine training in his home gym.
Meanwhile Ryuji towers over Majima as a 12 year-old, and his dad wasn't even that big
Ryuji won in genetic
Iwami being buff makes 100% sense the guy is a spoiled brat who wants to be a Yakuza but daddy wouldn’t let him you can’t be a Yakuza and not be strong physically as well
@@FinalOven_Mint >you can't be a real yakuza and not be strong physically as well
Eh...not really.
a lot of ex-yakuza are not jacked like little baby iwami,but they are ten times more intimidating than that spoiled brat.
I like that Shirakaba's aura is pure white, he's genuinely just a guy without any bad deed to taint any color on it.
Pure White as light
Plus that’s also why his name is “shirakaba” it means white tree which represents purity and immovable strength
If thats the case, the final boss of lost judgement also had a white aura but he killed plenty of people.
@@101mrcrazyman what the hell are you talking about, he had a purple aura with white mixed in that’s a completely different thing
@@yash3576 bro. the teacher final boss. forgot bros name but he definitely has white aura. You thinking about kuroiwa
Look at this chad man, having more hp than either of the final bosses in Judgment and LJ. Thats the power of true love
Kuroiwa = 4 health bar (8 if we count his second phase)
Kuwana = 6 health bar
Shirakaba = 5 health bar (10 if we count his regeneration phase)
Dont you hate it when some simp have more hp than you
@@sinclairguess1187 sigma simp grindset
@@sinclairguess1187 This simp did more than what any normal simp could ever dream of doing
Mf straight went Senator Armstrong
@@sinclairguess1187 he's just a sigma bro
It's refreshing that Shirakaba put all that effort into getting stronger and building himself up not to achieve some grand ambition, but just so he could be strong enough to protect those he loved. In a way this is a classic Yakuza series boss battle: you're not trying to stop some evil plot, you're standing up and fighting for what you belive in. And how do Yakuza characters do that?
They defend their honour with their fists.
Though I like how instead of just going to phase two after losing half his health, Shirakaba decides he wants a full do over. And that his glasses remain intact after that beating. xD
Hence why the mission description is literally “Defend Your Honor with Your Fists”
Ironically, those that use their strength to defend others are more powerful than those wishing to attain power or ambition, even Shirakaba
This final boss was lit. My boy Kaito got the best outcome in comparison to Kiryu, Ichiban and Yagami. He actually got the girl.
Kaito can now and canonnicaly tell yagami 'no bitches?'
@@Cringetopia Not a single one.
I thought Ichiban sorta got multiple crushes on him?
@@PainfulHail134 schizo pills go hard
finally a Yakuza/Judgement game where's waifu is alive 😆
-Defeat- Spar with Shirakaba:
"Defend Your Honor with Your Fist"
Summarize the best gigachad fight with emotional af music and overall the best ending for the DLC. Hopefully in the future, RGG Studio can still make these quality DLC.
Higashi Files would be an amazing next DLC
@@EKTIBETZBD sugiura files
I want Akiyama standalone game
@@AbsoluteZeroGravity Or Shinada.
Bring Tanimura back
The is probably the only final boss in yakuza who's actually a good person.
Daigo and Majima are pretty nice most of the time
@@frenchfriesfan2005 not the last boss you fight in the game tho.
@@Shade497 yakuza 4 daigo is one of the end bosses there
@@Shade497 Majima is Saejima's final boss in 5
@@Shade497 majima vs saejima in 5 and kiryu vs daigo from 4
Finally, an ending that doesn't result in a "I Want My Beloved To Be Happy" outcome
Its refreshing that Kaito actually wants to make it work with Mikiko and Jun despite how apparent it is that Dr Shirakaba was far more financially stable
I think Kaito knows he needs to heal as well and Shirakaba thought "I should help Kaito find closure one way or another, he has spent so long losing people he cared about yet never saying anything until facing the love of his life who went through so much. I did what I can do for Mikiko, but Kaito needs the same help I gave to the love of his life. So lets settle it the only way he knows how, with a fight that no one actually feel like losing something"
I mean, it _kinda_ does result in that, at least for Shirakaba.
@@garrysucks4190 well, self sacrifice is true happiness when you think about it. Shirakaba, although more stable, realized as an intelligent and passionate man that Kaito could give them more love than he could. That realization is loving, because he made the world a bit better at the cost of himself. So I'd say everyone got a happy ending in some way ;)
He got his family and a friend that support him, thank you RGG
at least kaito can still sell that 19 million yen watch if he wants
Friendship with Yagami has ended, now Kaito is my best friend.
In all seriousness the last bit where he's being honest about his life with her made me smile purely. That's when i knew that he could be able to be the succesor to Yagami, and also he's more of a classic RGG protagonist when it comes to gameplay.
If Yagami dies, kaito will be the one to continue the judgment saga
@@kumekazuma7728 Wouldn't want Yagami to die but there could be reasoning as of why he isn't present, sort off like maybe a split investigation or something that renders them unable to be together.
@@JustAreru if the Sega thing goes over well with yagami's actor I wouldn't mind kaito also being playable In the same game.
@@zjmstrash7181 Would be cool another Y0 type game with two protagonists in this case being Yagami and Kaito.
@@JustAreru Yagami looks like he is going back to being a lawyer in full force. I mean we already see signs of him recovering as he carries less healing items and needs to smoke less. Showing how Yagami has become more level headed and with resolve since the AD9 case.
I was getting a bit scared. Not of Shirokaba's karate skills, but because Mikiko kept staring at him when he took his shirt off.
When you think about it, among the other ex-yakuza protagonists, Kaito became the bravest among them more than Kiryu and Majima. Both were afraid of the uncertainty that came along with having a family despite their pasts as yakuza. So they all decided to abandon that possibility forever out of fear and love. But Kaito was the only one who decided to be brave for both himself and the people he cared about. He knows fully well that life with him will be hell, but he chose to face that head on. The truth is that having a person in your life regardless of whether there is another one to fill that role makes a huge difference. You cannot simply replace them with another…it does not work that way. Loss is loss.
Good words.
Sadamoto: Nooooo, you can't be the final boss! I have dynamic intro, hardest qte, and I was the Mastermind for plot!!!!
Shirakaba: haha, Power of Love goes brrrrrrr.
Sigma man
The virgin poisoned dagger vs the chad muscle armor
Tesso's was the hardest
Shirakaba did the Masato
The most HONORABLE fight in the entire Yakuza series and the most respected boss. The dude worked out and did training and faked her death just to protect her and her son and for Kaito’s sake too. The most purest and one of the best bosses in the series by far! Hopefully he returns in the future!
Between Sadamoto & Shirakaba, this really hit both peaks of why I love this series so much: A detective/crime thriller bringing the worst of the underground to light mixed with a cheesy soap opera so dumb, it wraps around to becoming awesome & emotional.
Oh, and this theme might honestly be one of my favorites in the series
I kinda hoped next installment of judgement will bring Shirakaba again as aquintance of Kaito when he is in a pinch and Shirakaba just there to assist him in anyway he can.
@@hartantoanggoro god I hope the next Judgement game has all the squad be playable and Shirakaba is like a guy Kaito teams up with for a side business
> barges in
> "I'm the best final boss in the Judgement Trilogy."
> refuses to elaborate further
> leaves
he wants to be Aizawa so bad
@@politicalchair487 shishido wants to be aizawa way more
@@politicalchair487 Pretty based ambition honestly
You forgot:
>Takes his loss like a champ
Only way he could claim that is if they didn’t just slap a reused moveset onto him and give him 4 unique moves and new stance.
The theme for this boss fight is so beautiful
I really hope the Judgment series will continue - it's definitely heading towards the right direction
It's no longer simply a spin off as the series sales is good and received good impression from both eastern and western audience so the series will keep continue till the end of the series itself. Sooner or later Judgment will appear in Yakuza series and vice versa as both is in the same universe but still not met each other.
@@hartantoanggoro i hope this is true, after all that Johnny & Associates problem makes me doubt LJ would be the last Judgement/Yakuza Beat Em Up game
@@hartantoanggoro but the devs said they don't want any crossovers between the games. Judgment is it's own thing. The best we can hope for is some silly little cameos.
@@morganf.1562 Seeing Kaito in recent LaD Gaiden means there's a slip up
@@hartantoanggoro So do you think is there a good chance to have a sequel for LJ or do we have to just keep dreaming?
Even though it was really sus of you to keep Mikiko’s memory away from her for years, your inherent kindness and insurmountable will to protect the ones you love make me respect you Shirakaba-San. I can’t NOT respect you.
He definitely did an oopsie there, but the dude is such a fucking unit that it just ends up not mattering whatsoever. Shirakaba is the biggest chad ever.
Kaito: "Damn Shirakaba when did you learn those styles?"
Shirakaba: "Oh I learned it from my great uncle Keiji Shibusawa."
Anyone else saw this and just remembered how Shinada was built like a fucking tank too?
Hell yes
And he also had an in-game justification (insane workout for 15 years straight)
@@Nuclehon and he barley had any food for those 15 years
@@Nuclehonand bro still had a shit stamina
This is the biggest step in the right direction for a final boss in the franchise. It doesn’t feel like a fight for life instead that of a fight for your honour and I genuinely love the outcome, with the somber music playing as the two brawl it out for the heart of the woman they love it’s genuinely special.
The skin texture is... surprisingly good. I could irgnore half of qtes just looking at how detailed the skin is here. RGG studious really grows, huh
I was waiting for RGG to drop some heartwrenching, sad twist in the ending but damn they really gave us a happy ending for once
Fully expected for her to pass away given Yakuza traditions
i thought it was going to turn into NTR where makiko is still salty or something and she was gonna stay with the doctor so jun can have an easy life. i'm glad i was wrong.
The first happy ending in a yakuza game
Yakuza 4 was arguably a pretty good happy ending though
@@thomasfairburn5254 Actually a bittersweet ending in Saejima's part in yakuza 4 Saejima are able to reunite with his sister Yasuko.But unfortunately Yasuko decided to sacrifice her brother from the shot that was shot from Katsuragi and got shot from behind. with the remaining strength she's got, she decided to shoot Katsuragi in the head thus killing him instantly before she collapse and dies in her brother arm.
@@ignatiotios3459
Nobody likes her tho
@@ignatiotios3459 Yeah but that happens before the finale of Yakuza 4 where things end up well for the protagonists. Saejima ended up becoming reinstated in the Tojo Clan as patriarch of his own family no less.
@@thomasfairburn5254 but at the end it he still lost someone dear to him
This DLC has exceeded all my expectations
Strongest Mikiko Simp vs Weakest Mikiko's Bodyguard
Wow. A final boss who's basically a sparring match? That's some refreshing stuff in this franchise. Kudos RGG Studios. B)
This dude's reason for fighting really reminds of of Kiwami 2's final fight, just straight up fighting for pride and shit.
At least Shirakaba isn't dead
I'll admit, wasn't expecting Shirakaba to rip off his shirt, reveal he's a Giga Chad and proceed to give me one of the most tear jerking manliest badass throwdowns I've seen in all my many years of gaming.
He was a different kind of boss from the typical, and I loved that. This also had a lot of character growth for Kaito. He had more progress and growth than any of the other Yakuza main characters in a fairly short DLC. 😂
It was nice seeing a character actually move on with life instead of reverting back to the status quo of being an eternally lonely inscrutable badass.
@@ChuckPalomo
Same. I was worried Kaito was gonna let Shirakaba be with Mikiko or that she was gonna resent Kaito a bit or something, but no.
It's uniquely beautiful how aggressively peaceful this ending is. Like, everyone is understanding of each other and it's just nice. The fight's nothing more than a spar. There's no ill will anywhere here. It's so wholesome.
I'd say this DLC is honestly, for me, on par with the main story. Maybe a little more since I LOVE stories directly connected and personal to the protag.
I like to think this is either RGG being very self aware or super oblivious
Considering how much they've done to keep Judgment and Yakuza separate in terms of main plot tone, I'd say self-aware. To me, it's RGG letting us know that whatever kinds of stories they tackle, they won't forget their roots.
Ex yakuza guy finds the kid of a woman he once loved, sets out to find her, ends up fighting the kid's dad who is an evil piece of shit, and has a shirtless duel over the woman's love...
Remind you of something?
I'd just like to quickly say how much I like the setting of this fight
Most LAD final bosses (or even just bosses in general) are fought on rooftops, in imposing buildings (like the Tojo HQ) or similarly "epic" and/or imposing locales, and usually at night as well
Here you're just boxing a guy in his backyard, in the middle of the day, the usual unwelcoming cold grays and blues (as well as unnatural sickly greens sometimes) of the city making way for an arena surrounded by warm, homely even, orange and brown. It's that contrast that helps sell the unique vibe of the fight even further.
Once again, Lost Judgement shows how much of a masterpiece it is. The base game gives us a final boss who simply wishes to fight Yagami in a battle to see whose ideology/philosophy is right. And the DLC provides us with the best Yakuza final boss, period. Shirakaba's the G.O.A.T, no cap.
Now when you say Yakuza series ya gotta keep in mind we got final bosses such as aziawa, nishki, and ryuji goda.
@@duckydanner2875 your point being?
@@saadabdullah3225 That as good and "peaceful" as this may be, its not better than the action packed ending most Yakuza games have. It works for this story, but its 100% not what most of the game should have.
@@duckydanner2875
>aizawa
haven't gotten up to Y5 yet so no opinion
>nishiki
His initial appearance was ass (literally no reason to care for him), and he needed Y0 to actually make his character something worth caring about.
>ryuji
fuck you unironically. Ryuji sucks as a character 10000%.
@@duckydanner2875 Nishiki sucks
0:43 | He's doing the Shinada pose.
track please
???
Kaito headbutts him
Glasses: Imma pretend that didn't happen
Majima: Just don't try to end up like me, Kaito-chan
Kiryu: Or me.
Kaito : Who the fuck are you guys?
Hard to believe the final boss doesn’t have a dynamic intro.
Kaito=Kiryu
Jun=Haruka
Mikiko=Yumi
Kyoya=Jingu
Shirakaba=Nishiki
dont remind me of that, man.
Yakuza kiwami but with a happy ending
Judgement's really an alternate story if Nishiki didnt sacrifice himself, although with some changes of course.
If I had 100 yen for every time a RGG story expansion had a final boss that was voiced by a Jojo VA, I'd have 200 yen. It's not alot, but it's funny how it happened twice right?
Majima Saga- Kei Ibuchi is voiced by Dio's VA
Kaito Files- Shirakaba is voiced by Pucci's Eng VA
Didn't Amon in 6 get voiced by Kakyoin's VA?
@@radivury444 Is he? Learn something new everyday. Though I wouldn't call the Amon fights story expansion, more so secret boss.
@@briannawilliams3155 Yeah but, because Amon appears in every game, it means it is canon that we've always fought him.
@@radivury444 True. Tho I define story expansion as extra content outside of the main playable mode. So outside of main story and premium adventure mode. Hence only mentioning the Majima saga and the Kaito Files since those modes don't interact with the modes you play as Kiryu or Yagami respectively.
@@briannawilliams3155 Alright.
Kaito literally has the best ending in all of Yakuza. It's so beautiful that it made me cry so damn much.
Anybody else get Shinada v. Daigo vibes at the beginning of this fight?
“My story’s not yours to write. Everyday for 15 years, I’ve taken 5000 swings. Done 1000 push-ups and sit-ups. Never took a single day off. There’s nothing you can say to convince me. I’m saving my dream with my own two hands.”
Slightly different motivations, but similarly motivated
“You’re pretty jacked!”
Really like how this boss reminded me of fotns lost paradise and yakuza kenzan final bosses where the boss before the actual final boss felt more like the final boss
In an alternate world, Kiryu and Nishikiyama are the ones sparring here
This was such a massively amazing fight.
Dude came out of nowhere and left an impression.
I just beat it a few hours ago without tiger drop for respect.
Never underestimate a guy with a suit and eyeglasses in Ryu Ga Gotoku studio games, they will never show their true form until the end of the game.
It's the superhero school of secret identities. You always wear a baggy shirt and act docile. When shit hits the fan, they'll pound em into dust.
Shirakaba hit the wrong spot there, the human forehead is very hard and punching it can break your hand
But the punch was correct. Kaito's chances of being stunned by the punch were much higher than Shirakaba's chances of suffering from damage to his hands. The truth is that if Kaito hadn't worked so hard to receive this blow without falling, Shirakaba would have won this one.
@@maxisdead2153 With a barehanded punch, you’re more likely to break your hand against the front of a head
During the whole part i was screaming 'Please dont pull a Majima again‘
A final boss who isn't only a good person, but insanely powerful too, had my EX fully filled up and any upgrades to help keep me from falling down, one of his techniques still knocked me a good 10 feet.
For me it was a happy end my dude has the chance to be with her again i wouldn't make the mistake back then
Y’know, if someone asks me what my favorite game of 2022 was, I’m always gonna say The Kaito Files. As a swan song piece of content on the Dragon Engine, as the first time we got to play as Kaito and use Brawler and Beast in DE, and in terms of how absolutely heart wrenching and beautiful the story was, this hit all the marks and then some. It’s a good contender for the best expansion I’ve ever experienced in any game.
I agree with your last sentence. Had that thought while playing it. Really satisfied and hope to see more Judgment in the future.
Everyones talking about Shirakaba's fight and theme but lets give a true shout out to the actual final boss, HIS FUCKING GLASSES. Man took several consecutive punches to the face only to have them stay perfectly intact even when he gets up theres not even a spec of dirt on them as you can see the reflection on them when kaito picks him up after the fight. They are truly built different.
without a doubt perhaps the most wholesome final boss fight ever. rgg keeps winning
It’s been two whole years since this dlc dropped and I still highly regard it as one of the best pieces of content and story telling that RGG Studios has ever released. Such a short but well packed bundle that had me giddy the whole way through and this boss was the icing on an already immaculate cake. Shirakaba’s fight is a top 3 fight in the entire franchise, I can’t even lie. It’s not a fight to the death nor is it a fight with no stakes, this is a fair and honest duel to prove who’s worthy enough to take care of the women they both love. Such an awesome and emotional fight, I can’t help but gush about it even after this long. Kaito got an ending he deserved, and I hope in the future we can see more of him and his family in a new life.
I vowed to use no items and no cheesy moves (like bomb punch) in this one, felt real good to just square up with him with bruiser and slug it out. I loved it
This fight has some Aizawa, Jo Amon (Kiwami), Raoh and Nishikiyama vibes.
And Ryuji vibes
I’d say more aizawa vibes because this fight is more about proving oneself
He- He- *HE DID THE STRIP!*
Im 100% sure that that's what he meant by special combat training. No super martial arts or anything, he just spent two years learning the yakuza strip
Really unique final boss compared to the other ones we have.
Hey, I recognize some of those moves, they're from Keiji Shibusawa's Rush Style! I still like his moveset though, but I did a spit take when he did that kick.
Kaito-san...you deserve this!
Shirakaba is such a breath of fresh air
It's a final boss where it isn't gut wreching (Nishiki) or "I want to beat the shit out of you" (Aizawa, Shibusawa, Iwami etc)
It's just 2 buff guys trading fists without any life threatening stakes
Fake yakuza fan here, what did Aizawa do?
@@DeepdelverChespintbh, nothing bad. He sort of was forced to become evil due to his connection to the Omi clan, he had a dream that was sort of taken from him. He doesn't really want to fight kiryu, but has to.
This was an incredible final boss. One of the best.
being a rgg game i kept expecting someone to pull a gun out somehow and shoot mikiko in the gut
Great job, Kaito
I wanna know for sure did kaito just spend years watching kiryu fight before he became a detective
thanks for not spoiling him on the thumbnail so me and the boys can still enjoy the game :)
This might be the happiest RGG ending ever
It’s genuinely make me so happy he’s the final boss, his skill absolutely suck but damn is that man so cherishable
I had fucking no healing items for this cause I didn't know there was gonna be another boss fight so I had to learn how to beat him while not healing and it was some of the most fun I've had in this series learning how to beat the shit out of him and abuse his weaknesses
i remember this scene used to almost made me cry, it was so beautiful
The only thing I dislike about this badass fight, is there is no dynamic intro...
This nerd was a bigger challenge then the main villain of the DLC lol.
Extremely refreshing boss fight. Glad that Kaito earned his happy ending.
I said this elsewhere, but where the boss before this one is the final boss of the story, this Kaito's final boss. Just like the main game with Yagami.
this was such a refreshing way to end a yakuza "game" (dlc). an unambiguous happy ending for our main man. you love to see it
I jokingly said to myself "Man what if he takes off his shirt and is all ripped like Iwami from Yakuza 6?" just seconds before he did exaclty that and i couldn't stop laughing.
I seriously hope that someday they make a Chris Farley tribute character who also takes off his shirt and looks super ripped but still has Chris Farleys face structure.
I did the same damn thing before I got here 😂
If a person ask me, “Why Do you love yakuza franchise” I just show this video lol
Basically "Be careful who you call ugly in middle school" Boss fight
This boss and his absurd health bar has finally proven what some people already think about the series.
The health bar isn't their actual health, it's their "resolve". You really think Shirakaba is as strong as Mine or Shibusawa? No, but that doesn't matter. If their resolve is strong enough, they can win, and that's what a part of this series is about, all this powerscaling means nothing if you're willing to fight for what really matters to you.
It's the same way with people wondering why the final boss of Gaiden is "strong" considering they just got their ass beat in previous boss fights, because the final boss actually had a very important thing to lose and they're willing to fight for it to keep it.
I wonder if rgg is hinting at a potential kiwami 3 with qte ending in a headbutt to crush the bosses fist and the love hotel longbattle.
wouldnt surprise me tbh
This is rather a friendly fight rather than a hero vs last villain fight. This might also a new thing in the series where the protagonist fight his opponent without the intention to stop the villain from killing in the story.
Well there's Daigo who was one of the end bosses in 4 and Majima in 5.
@@assembled1855 Nah, Majima was mad asf in that fight, sometimes I think, if it wasn't Saejima or Kiryu, Majima would be a killing machine.
kaito was in the yakuza for 20 years and you're telling me he didn't get a tattoo in that time
4:44
Kaito: I'M FUCKIN' INVINCIBLE!
*breaks Shirakaba's fingers with forehead*
This series from start to finish has been utterly insane. While a few things did leave me laughing till I was crying, I thought I had seen it all. A fortune teller that casually and subtly spoils the next 5 games ahead of you, a chicken running as a manager for your real estate, meeting up with the guy you fucked around with toy cars after like 30 years, having Kiryu think "hey there sweet cheeks" is a valid opener to speak English, having grown men figure out how to stop the computer from yelling lewd things in their office, running away from children dressed as Santa Claus. I really thought I'd seen it all.
But then, this guy pulls his shirt off. This meek doctor with goofy glasses I had met just about 5 or so hours ago reveals he has one of the most jacked bodies in the entire series. I swear to god, he beats out some of the other bosses with his physique. Not only that, he packs a total of 10 fucking healthbars. I had to pause the game just to process what the fuck happened.
I rarely get floored, especially with a series like this. But, my god.
As I'm writing this, it's been like an hour, and I'm still in shock from what the hell I just witnessed.
Just a quick note, I absolutely adore this boss fight, so this is me being winded in every positive sense.
This ending sorta got me emotional. Because Kaito reminds me so much of Kiryu and seeing Kaito have a nice happy ending reminded of the fact that Kiryu didn’t.
Yakuza 0 - Doctor takes love interest away from yakuza member
Katio files - ex yakuza member takes love interest away from doctor
It's Kaito
@@assembled1855 autocorrect sucks hahaha
@@scottangus6684 Yeah it does. You probably using your phone instead of pc.
@@assembled1855 yeah I was on my lunch break at work
More like, talks to doctor he needs therapy and accepts the fist therapy session to air out grievances
Is it me ...or Kaito has a lot of " Kiryu's Moveset" written all over him?
I saw like a lot of Brawler and Beast Styles combo lf kiryu in Kaito Moves
It looked like a mix of Nishiki’s moves mixed with Kuze’s in some ways, but very much feels and looks like brawler and beast but faster
He got Brawler and Beast Kiryu, also some resemblance to Saejima.
yeah he kinda does. usual rgg studio laziness
@@leedlefly He does link the Judgment series to the main Yakuza series through it, though; I mean, for Christ's sake, he looks like a more thuggish take on Kiryu in Yakuza 0.
He carries the spirit with him.
Does anyone know the name of the music that plays BEFORE the fight starts? During the cutscene.
I remember when I got to this boss thinking
HELL YEAH! KAITO’S GONNA TAKE HIS TOP OFF!
And then immediately when he does so it’s
Oh no… he’s so battered and bruised 😭
Wow I'm surprised Kaito didn't pull the good ol' "No, as much as I love you I can't provide you with a good life like Shirakabe..." or something like that. I wonder if we'll see Mikiko in future games.
This fight is wholesome as fuck, but I'm a little bit disappointed that Kaito didn't have tattoo on his back since he an Ex-Yakuza.
Shirakaba was like *_"ah it's ok, I can get any girl now"_*
He is doctor ,printing ton of cash
The essence of shirt ripping really made this fight full of chad energy
Lmao, Kaito is the only playable Yakuza character that actually gets a happy ending. With Kiryu, saejima and majima, the ones they love either die, or they need to keep their distance from them.
Akiyama generally gets a status quo ending. Ichiban, though....maaaaan, he had a rough one that was soooo close to turning out happy. Until it didn't.
Shinada?
Tanimura?
If only Kiryu and Nishiki ended like this...
We all do... but it wasnt a kind fate for them
Or Kasuga and Aoki
i wonder what kind of tattoo kaito would have on his back if he stayed with the tojo clan till its very end.
Sun wokung? Or maybe Momotaro’s monkey, cause he works alongside Tak and Kaito’s described as a gorilla
It kind of makes sense a Doctor knows martial arts. Cause pressure points and all that. But also damn this guy got jacked