I respected Nishiki's resolve, using his final moments to protect Kiryu, Yumi and Haruka. I respected Ryuji's honor, only accepting victory if it was earned fairly and not by dirty tricks. I respected Mine's intelligence, allowing him to rise up even from the lowest beginnings. I respected Aizawa's tenacity, never giving up and striving to prove he was worthy. However, I don't respect Munakata, and I respect Iwami even less. Those two cowards only cared about themselves and threw far too many innocent people under the bus to save their own ass, Munakata was willing to have Arai go after fucking children, and Iwami was willing to use Kiyomi to force Someya to kill Kiryu, then attempt to use Haruka and Haruto to kill Kiryu. Even when he's beaten, Iwami just keeps proving he's a pathetic coward by begging Kiryu to not kill him. Fuck Munakata, but fuck Iwami even more so.
@@nasmatique well unlike Munakata/Iwami, Shibusawa was partially a man doing his job as a Yakuza very effectively, dirty yes but always went through with his actions even till the end even telling Kiryu to kill him to succeed Kazama's ideals just as much as he was going to had he won.
I don't really think Munakata can be compared to these other characters Sure, he's the final boss, but is more like Jingu, while someone like Arai is much more akin to typical Yakuza villains
No other villain pissed me off like Tsuneo. He's a coward who tries to act tough and uses Kiryu's family to get some shots at him. And he knows this! When Kiryu calls him "Little Baby Iwami" he gets so butthurt because it's so true.
He’s definitely got the strength, but the minute shit got tough he got frustrated and then eventually begged for mercy. But this was one baby that Kiryu didn’t plan on comforting.
ComicWriter 2020 I know a lot of people hated Iwami as a villain. But considering the themes of family in 6, he makes sense. He’s also infinitely hatable and it felt great to kick his ass
You know this works too well with Yakuza 0. The old Yakuza like Kuze would have capped Iwami ASAP for disgracing the Yakuza. This is the kind of guy Kuze hated. Iwami should be lucky Sera wasn't around either, he'd had mobilized the Nikkyu realizing how much danger Iwami is to the existence of the Yakuza and done everything in his power to assure a guy like this won't get away. And Shimano probably would probably put him in the hole Majima was in. Y6 really is like a story how far the Yakuza has fallen... No principles, no guts, no pride and honor. Even the table in the Tojo HQ feels similar to that. Nobody punches out their problems, it's all about dirty tactics that would sicken the Yakuza in their prime who actually put their bodies on the line for success. Now it's just using others while staying safe yourself. Nobody cares about the pride of ACTUALLY FIGHTING your way up anymore. Even Sohei Dojima had his damn pride and we all know he was already a shit patriarch. What Kiryu fought wasn't just a coward, this was his journey since Yakuza 0. People he hated who gave their lives in this game cause at least they fought. Only for Iwami to drag everything through the mud cause the Yakuza fell so low that it consists of weak and dishonorable shits. Consider everyone Kiryu fought, both he hated and respected, those who died for their dreams, only for Iwami to come in and essentially piss on their graves
@@somecrazydude2267 mine, who did exactly that, wouldve fucked iwami up for what he did. Not even because of what he did to the yakuza, mainly because he fucked over daigo
And this is the older and calmer Kiryu too! He's the guy who was willing to forgive the man who stabbed him in the gut and left him on the street to die for God's sake!
All the rage he set aside.... Kiryu was very forgiving and merciful to his enemies after Shibusawa, but this... wow, had Tsuneo's wingman didn't recover to shoot Haruka, Kiryuu would have planted him on the pavement. How wrathful he would be after decades of being calm, now that's a question that's best left unanswered.
I completely respect Kiryu having sympathy on villains like Ryuji or Mine, it makes me think that not all villains are that evil, it gives me peace hearing that But Iwami...i can't stand people like him who did all this terrible mess over something shallow, villains like him who takes pleasure in hurting people, cruel without bounds and sadistic, they pissed me off from the very end I would've have acted just like Kiryu on people with heartless thoughts
If you think about it, Iwami fits as the final obstacle of Kiryu’s story. They both went against their fathers’ wishes for them to not become yakuza. Kiryu created his legacy as The Dragon of Dojima with hard work and getting through struggle after struggle with his own hands, whereas Iwami rose to power as the next Takeru Kurusu by scheming and backstabbing, letting others do all the dirty work for him. Kiryu had the utmost respect for Kazama, while Iwami held nothing but contempt for Heizo.
EBT93 so basically, Iwami is an twisted reflection of Kiryu. Seens like an fitting final battle for Kiryu's story, now lets see if Ichiban can get something as interesting as this
and if you think about it... the Hirose Fam is pretty much just like Kiryu especially when they lost their Oyaji, it was pretty much the same scene cept with 2 weeping over their father.
Fábio Filipps Theodoro Kazama indulged Kiryu's wish to become a yakuza, while Kurusu tried his damndest to keep his son away from the business, which instead made Iwami just want to join it even more.
Defeat Tsuneo Iwami - "He is nothing to me." There's a very clever second meaning in the objective description. In the past, Kiryu has defeated Akira Nishikiyama, the koi. The Koi is said to be able to become a dragon. He's defeated Keiji Shibusawa and Ryuji Goda, two other dragons, and therefore his equals. Yoshitaka Mine, the Qilin/Kirin was also beaten. The Qilin/Kirin being a creature that devours dragons. And what does Tsuneo Iwami have on his back? The Bai Ze, also known as the Kutabe. To a dragon, this creature doesn't mean anything. It has no relation or comparison.
Also don't forget Daigo's tattoo: an altered Fudo, who has a Dragon around his sword, a symbol of the influence and guidance that Kiryu had in Daigo's life, and how at the end of 4, Kiryu battles Daigo to put him in the right way.
@@di-gun5791 But it's all three: Iwami is lower than Kiryu in skill, Iwami is below Kiryu as a man, and Bai Ze Iwami is not in the lineage of Dragon Kiryu and the other dragons he has faced. It's poetry.
*"hmm yes today i will get my men to held a mother and son captive so i can hit the strongest man alive with ease and if he dares fight back i'll have her and her son killed in front of him and call myself a big man"* Iwami is a perfectly written villain, i'm both proud AND enraged. The most dishonorable prick i've seen so far but he does his schemes so well.
To be honest I think Sugai might have been even more dishonorable. At least Little Baby Iwami put up a fight. Sugai literally just gave up as soon as he realized he was fucked
i think something ive realized which is sad is that iwami could certainly be a strong chairman. infact the better version of him is katsuya from yakuza 5. an intelligent and strong yakuza that doesnt have thirst for the chairman of the omi alliance and instead takes a bullet for the future chairman watase
If there is one character I despise the most here is Sugai. Desperately trying to shoot down a mother and her child. Then he takes the easy way out instead of paying for his crimes. Even tho Iwami is the main villain here, Sugai takes the cake.
Agreed. At least Iwami got defeated when he fought the human tank known as Kiryu in a 1-on-1 fight. This shit stain got slapped up off screen, apparently while still holding a gun, then proceeded to try to shoot a defenceless mother and her child. Then when that didn’t work out, he went “I don’t want to deal with the consequences.” This dickhead is just as, if not worse than Iwami.
You know, finally understanding the full context of the fight, I can more easily stomach this final boss's smaller health bar. Tsuneo isn't a man who has clawed his way to the top to establish a reputation for himself. He's just a man suffering a midlife crisis who decided to become a Yakuza in the worst way possible. Really, Koshimizu could just be seen as the first and second phase of the final boss battle considering how heavily Tsuneo relies on others to do his dirty work.
They had way more health than they should've and were easily the most frustrating bosses of their respective games. The fact that they tossed high-level mooks at you while continually pelting you with bullets and running away pretty much took away all the catharsis those fights could've had.
I know right?! I had SO much trouble with them to the point where I thought about rage quitting. Jingu is even worse since you fight Nishiki after him and you might have ran out of healing items beforehand! As of now, I can stomach both the original Jingu fight and Munakata. However, the fight with Jingu in Kiwami can go fuck itself (The Wicked was a really nice theme though). Also, it's kind of ironic how Jingu and Munakata (Two old dudes who pretty much had no experience in physical combat and relied on guns and mooks during their respective boss fights) have a double health bar while Iwami (A young upstart in his prime that challenged Kiryu to a fistfight) only has a single gauge. Also ironic that I had more sympathy for them than I ever had with Iwami.
Jingu at one point did legitimately love Yumi, and Munakata in his own twisted way was trying to impose his vision of justice on Japan. Iwami on the other hand has absolutely no sympathetic backstory or redeeming qualities. It's telling when the members of Iwami's crew were introduced in a pretty bad light only to reveal nobler aspects to their personalities later on. The fact that his underlings have more humanity just makes Iwami stand out that much more.
I like how Kiryu has at least some respect for every other final boss but for Iwami: "He is nothing to me." Also, did Iwami seriously think two punches were enough to KO Kiryu?
loafhero At least Mine legitimately loved Daigo and sacrificed himself at the end to atone for what he had done. This guy has pretty much no redeeming qualities, not even a sense of honor in battle.
Chad Benjamin Kiryu was admittedly more hot-headed back then, and Shibusawa did claim that he ordered Tachibana's death while being beaten down possibly to goad Kiryu into finishing him off. At least from our perspective, Shibusawa had something resembling a tragic backstory to explain though not necessarily excuse his present actions. Iwami on the other hand is just a manchild who's angry that his dad didn't let him join the Yakuza even though his dad pretty much granted him a financially secure future. There is no reason to even see things from Iwami's perspective.
imo Kiryu tried to kill Shibusawa to protect Makoto, not out of disrespect for the guy. Shibusawa at least had the decency to not use Makoto as a hostage, even though he had every chance to.
@@fordgt5383 he actually didn’t kill her. He was pretty much getting tired of being Iwami’s lapdog or whatever and after seeing Someya stab himself for the sake of Kiyomi, Koshimizu loaded his handgun with blanks and let Kiyomi escape.
if you guys watched the ending, majima and saejima was ready to go to a war with yomei alliance......and if not for kiryu's letter to daigo, there would've been a bloodbath
Harid Ziran It wouldn’t have been a bloodbath. There are no words to describe what would happen to the Yomei Alliance if the Tojo Clan went to war with them, especially with Majima, Saejima, and Daigo around.
Just like Nishiki, Ryuji, Mine and Someya before him, Iwami is another dark mirror of Kiryu: Both are men who joined the Yakuza, defying the wishes of their fathers and eventually climbed up the ranks. But Kiryu deeply respected his father, Iwami resented his and murdered him. Kiryu legitimately climbed up the ranks, Iwami murdered everyone above him and claimed them without working for it.
I wouldnt necessarily say ryuji is a "dark" mirror of kiryu. Sure, hes not the most innocent person out there but unlike the others he wouldnt kill the ones closest to him to get higher. He has way too much yakuza respect for that
It comes full circle. Kiryu just pulled Nishiki at the end by protecting the one he loves. At least there's no bomb and a vault filled with money like last time.
I love that Sugai is taken aback by Kiryu still glaring at him after taking that beating; you'd think a Tojo chairman would know better than to cross the guy at this point.
Considering that one battle in Yakuza 5, no, you wouldn't think a Tojo member would know better than to cross Kiryu It's the one mistake they never learn from
@@chronica6457 another mistake that they, and other organizations never learn from: Kiryu can take on hundreds of guys at once, and _has_ taken on hundreds of guys at once. sending a couple dozen men at him does nothing.
@@FuraFaolox And JUST before the crowd fight and final boss, they saw that Kiryu laid out numerous goons in the cutscene. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE AN ALREADY RABID DRAGON EVEN MORE MAD?
"You were incapable of believing in yourself. You stole your power from others, rejected your human origins and chose to covet the power of what you call God. You never grew beyond your days in the Flask. Did you truly think that you will become superior to humans by removing yourself from your Seven desires? Don't make me laugh!"-Truth, Fullmetal Alchemist.
"People are expecting you in hell". Maybe I'm over thinking it, but it looks like Kiryu means it. First time since the ending of Zero, he's ready to kill a man. Perhaps that's one of the reasons he he did what he did in the ending. He truly had enough this time!
Usually Yakuza final bosses try to redeem themselves at the end of the game 1 had Nishiki kill Jingu 2 had Ryuji save Kiryu from getting shot by funny korean man 3 had Mine, everyone in the fandom can forgive him but fuck him he tore down morning glory and indirectly killed Rikiya 4 had Daigo and Kiryu just gave him a spanking 5 had Aizawa where he wanted to surpass Kiryu
@@SolidN8 But thinking back, Aizawa really wasn't a worthy final boss lmao From being there in the beginning of the game to being assumed dead to miraculously returning to somehow becoming the last boss lol
He is basically the polar opposite of Kiryu: Iwami joined the Yakuza against his father's wishes, but he backstabbed others to reach his way to the top and resented his father to the point of murdering him.
When kiryu grabs iwamis fist and takes his shirt off and that subtle intense music plays in the background i can't help feeling the history of Kiryus patch. It's almost like Kashiwagi, Kazama, Nishiki and Yumi are all looking down on this moment!
I'm kind of bummed out Akiyama, Majima, Komaki, or any of Kiryu's other friends weren't there (or that we got see how they reacted from the news), but it's still nice to see Haruka there by his side for the very end.
You do see how his friends react after this scene, I just didn't include it because it could've gone over 30+ or 40+ minutes. Akiyama, Date, Majima, Saejima and Daigo all hear about it and you see their responses to what happens.
I find it sad that Kiryu died the same way Yumi did back in Yakuza 1. They both saved Haruka from being shot and died right in front of her eyes. The world of Yakuza really is tragic if you look at the series as a whole.
12:46 Yakuza 6 is a gift that keeps giving us priceless moments Now seriously. I was really interested in watching the scene before the final battle and it didn't dissapoint, it's such a good moment when all the allies kiryu made through the game came to help and fight for him when he needed them the most
Alright I know this is more for western dragons but dragons are known for protecting the most precious treasure, usually gold or a princess in a tower. For the Kiryu Kazuma, The Dragon of Dojima, that "treasure" is his loved ones. Family, friends. If Kiryu cares about you, you're his treasure. You do NOT try to take away the fiercest dragon's treasure. If you do, you'll face hellfire a thousand times before dying.
16:41 Then they are flashed by a light. They all turn towards it, trying to see what is it causing the disturbance. They suddenly hear a speeding motorcycle that gets louder by the second. They hear a metal pipe screeching along the wall. An old man is speeding towards them with a metal pipe whilst riding a motorcycle.
I think that this games final boss had the opposite problem that Yakuza 5 had, while Iwami had decent build up, he had an average fight, Aizawa on the other hand had a great fight, but he kind of just showed up as the bad guy last second.
Aizawa at least did work to get to where he is now (even if its in the shadows). All Iwami did was use people and stabbed them in the backs to get where he is with no effort. Aizawa is better than Iwami. Iwami is basically Jingu without a gun. Heck, Iwami is probably eviler than Jingu.
I know it's like 2 years later but isn't that kinda the point? Iwami may look tough, but he can't really hold his own against a Kiryu that's trying to kill him, and with experience this time unlike Shibusawa's fight. I think an epic thriller final boss doesn't necessarily make sense for this battle, he was doing literally everything to avoid having to fight him the rat bastard. Having him all of a sudden be on part with Kiryu wouldn't make sense whether or not Kiryu is hurt, Iwami was a wannabe Yakuza who wanted all the power but by doing none of the work himself, and it finally caught up to him
@@anthonybello1447 Shibusawa is everything Iwami wanted to be....but even Shibusawa would be disgusted with Iwami, because Shibusawa was more than willing to dirty his hands if needed.
The fight is average because Iwami takes the easy way, uses dirty tactics, and kills innocent for just a leg up in his plans. He never truly fought for anything letting others do his work which is why it’s even more satisfying seeing his ass get handed to him.
First time i played this i was like "Man wouldn't it be funny as shit if that Iwata dude was the big bad with a tatoo on his back final boss?" just a few seconds before he took off his shirt in that one scene being all ripped and shit totally not matching his facial look like Kuze and Awano in Zero. I freaking love that this franchise is so unapologetically ridiculous sometimes.
Uncultured me watching this for the first time: Man Iwami sure is tough with only 1 health bar Me now: His singular health bar is just the standard 4 or 5 health bars for a boss
It's a good thing that the final boss is such a cliched "I WANNA BE BAD CUZ I JUST LIKE TO BE BAD" unredeemable manchild villain tbh. I mean, i would consider at least Joon-gi or Iwami's father to be the final boss. But Iwami's cliche evil character basically gives Kiryu a whole different levels of rage that he felt back in 0 with Shibusawa. A fitting end for the saga of the Dragon of Dojima...
His first final boss was with a monsterous asshole that didn't get his hands dirty. His last final boss was with a monsterous asshole that didn't get his hands dirty... Yeah I'd say it's come full circle.
I think you might have Nishiki mixed up with Jingu. Nishiki was the final boss and even without the incredibly tragic backstory cutscenes added in Kiwami, he's still far more sympathetic than Iwami. Even Jingu, who is for all intents and purposes monstrous in the present, at one point was a decent man who legitimately loved Yumi before succumbing to the corruption of dealing with the Yakuza.
+Chris Chen I forgot to mention that it was in terms of the story, not in terms of the games. Kiryu's first final boss chronologically was Shibusawa and his last is Iwami.
Iwami was probably the only villain thus far in my play through of the entire Yakuza series where he did everything thing right to make me hate him, as opposed to the previous villains Kiryu and company have faced.
Iwami's fight was alright, maybe not as dynamic or interesting compared to others in the series, but what really makes up for it is his involvement in the story. This dude is pure evil; probably the most evil villain in the series other than maybe Kurosawa. Aizawa had a pretty good fight (despite him annoyingly healing like three times), but there is no emotional connection to the fight itself. You barely see him in the beginning, he shows up for one arena part near the end, and that's it. He basically had no connection to the plot. Kurosawa or even Morinaga would've been WAY better final bosses. Even 4's clusterfuck of antagonists were all more fleshed out compared to Aizawa, and he doesn't hold a candle to Shibusawa, Mine, Ryuji, and Nishiki. Iwami, on the other hand, becomes heavily involved in the plot after the halfway mark or so, revealing that he's basically been behind every event in the game. He ruthlessly burns down Little Asia, manipulates Lo and his son, keeps Daigo locked in prison, kills his own father, toys with Someya and gets him to kill himself, has no problem in trying to kill innocent bystanders like Kiyomi, Haruka, and Haruto... He's ruthless. Like Kurosawa, it's all business to him. No honor, no friendship, no loyalty... just cold business. He's also one of the villains that came the closest to fulfilling his goals; I would say if he, Kurosawa, or Shibusawa actually got rid of Kiryu, it would've been pretty much game over. He's such a hateable villain that it feels great to finally kick his ass. He also ties into the themes of family pretty well; if his father were there for him and showed him why he didn't want Iwami in the Yakuza life, or even maybe indulged him and let him join in the beginning, Iwami probably wouldn't have turned out the way he did. I thought he was a really good villain overall!!
You hit the nail on the head. Someone else commented on here that Iwami also could've had confidence issues too. I mean hes going to go up against the dragon of dojima. He needed every advantage he can have because I feel as if one on one in a fair fight he couldn't beat Kiryu. He couldn't even beat Kiryu after the man got hit with a steel pipe (and remained on his feet no less) and took 2 punches.
@@WrenchLord That's a good point, and most likely true, considering that even his own father didn't want him to make his own decisions. His confidence issues probably stemmed from situations like that. He's also smart enough to realize that while he's strong, he's not strong enough to face Kiryu head-on, so he uses other leverages and gets him weakened first. He's kinda like Shibusawa, except Shibusawa was much stronger than Iwami physically in addition to being super cool, calculated, and smart.
This fight has one of the best dualities in the series. Kiryu Kazuma, "the Dragon of Dojima", who longs for nothing more than to leave his title and life as a yakuza behind, versus Tsuneo Iwami, "CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding", who despises his regular life and desires to be acknowledged as a proper yakuza. Two men who can't escape the roles they've been cast in. Even Iwami's title card doesn't do him the honor of calling him a yakuza. His pathetic self is and will always be a civilian.
While I do agree that the fight itself may be a little anti-climactic in terms of just one QTE, I really think that he is not the worst Final Boss in the series. I've seen people put Y4 Munakata higher than Iwami, which is just ridiculous. The pre-battle cutscene is actually superb, it has all the little touches to get hyped up for the fight, especially that subtle guitar sound when Kiryu sees Yuta defending Haruka. In previous games, it was always up to Kiryu to save everyone, but most of the time his loved ones and friends died in the process. Here, it comes back around with all the Hiroshima buddies helping him out, and to prevent any other deaths he puts himself in the line of fire, as a human shield, for the first time in the series. It also really shows that Kiryu is done fucking around and being the nicest guy to all the Final Bosses, which in my opinion, is the main idea here, because it's the only game where people actively try to kill his remaining family and loved ones, and it doesn't stop until the very end. You can say that Y5 had Haruka in danger all the time too, but really, Akiyama protected her all the way to the end and Baba just up and went away, so there was actually no danger at all there, plus every game the final boss never had Haruka or anyone else of great significance to Kiryu as a hostage. (Again, you can say Mine had Daigo at gunpoint in 3, but Mine did fall dor Kiryu's speech and actually saved Daigo in the end, so it doesn't count) So the setup is actually really good, and Kiryu is finally getting his rage out for real, because Iwami is human trash with no sense of honor or respect, so why is this fight so lackluster? Maybe I'm way off on this, but the music and the absence of good QTEs is the main problem for me. Literally every last boss OST is very, very good, except for this one. It feels...generic even. I can't even pinpoint the best part of it. Two Dragons had the part where Kiryu is fighting Shibusawa up the ladder, which was the culminational moment of the track, plus it had a brutal QTE to go with it. And pretty much any other final boss had the same moment with the music kicking in for real in the last portion of the battle just after an awesome QTE. Iwami just falls flat in that aspect. If the track was anywhere near Two Dragons, Fly or A Battle for the Dream, it would've had a greater impact. It's the only series where I can say with a 100% certainty that if you don't do awesome QTEs and a proper track, the final bosses would suck. Even a good final QTE with Iwami would've made the fight better.
Shevko0812 i wanna try and replace the music with a scattered moment or fly and see if it makes it better and honestly too, even from what ive sseen of him from just these videos iwami seems like a much better villain than mine or munakata and as far as being an actual threat he seems pretty far up there at the top. i mean shit if you're bad enough to make kiryu nearly kill you even in front of haruka you gotta be doin somethin serious
Well I don't think that music in this fight was generic, it's actually making you hyped. But yeah, I definetley agree that there's no nearly enough QTE segments. Many people whining that "QTE is only making it worse, it's ruining the mood" etc. etc. But Yakuza is proving that if you make good QTE it's only gonna make fight better. Aizawa from Y5 was stupid character, he had potential, but the twist like "BUT IT WAS ME!!! DIO!!!" is looking so dumb. But the fight with him was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally good. And fight with Shibusawa was second best after fight with Ryuji. And that's thanks to QTE and action sequences that was brutal and hyping. Here we have only one QTE that... no bad, but it's not good enough for THE last fight of Kiryu. If not the music and exposition this would be really boring final boss.
You've more or less got the same mindset as me, the "concept" of a fight like this is great but it's overshadowed by the fact that Iwami as Kiryu so gracefully puts it is a "little baby", the problem is that all the other bosses have some strength to stand on, strength that we get to witness even AIZAWA (for those who dis-like him which I understand too) as the game is showing us why they are the final boss, Nishiki as the blood brother and closest friend to Kiryu, Ryuji as the rival dragon to Kiryu, Mine as the twisted and mis-led child who wanted to prove he was right to hate everyone, Arai, Kido and Daigo as men with dreams who took moral compromises to achieve their goals, Majima as the end of Saejima and Majima's life-long relationship, Baba as the confused kid who feels like killing himself yet is stopped by Saejima till the very end, Kanai the monster from the Omi who refuses to give up in his lust for power, Aizawa as the new Koi who lost his purpose much like Nishiki and wants only status and power and is all he has left to fight for with his blood brother dead, Lao Gui the Asian hitman who is dangerously skilled and who has no conscience, Shibusawa the tainted dragon who used everyone in his way to call himself a legend a Dragon of Dojima but who hadn't fought for it with his own two hands, BUT there is a key point I want to make, Jingu the Ultimate villain from Yakuza 1 who is pathetic and always runs away is the SECOND LAST boss, not the last, same like Daijim Kim in Yakuza 2, these guys are designed to be pathetic to fight and act it as that's what we are shown of them in those games so there is a satisfaction to beat them to a pulp because they have a bullshit crutch to hold on to like soldiers and guns, Iwami shouldn't have been so tough BECAUSE it contradicts his character, he should've been the second last boss and should've been as easy to beat as his character has been shown to us, That is my problem with him, he has no right being tough as we're shown the exact opposite to be true of him and THAT is what makes fighting him feel so lackluster, because he has no excuse to be a "tough" final boss....sorry for this being so long :P
Yeah you're probably right about the QTE, Ryuji's cross-counter and Shibusawa's pummeling come to mind. I don't remember if Munakata had a QTE in his fight though.
I think a good final QTE to end this fight would be if you deplete all of Iwami's health and knock him down, but then he gets back up and regains full health, then we counter him as he comes to attack us and finally beat the ever-living shit out of him, mashing square Hayashi style until his health is all gone, that would have been a satisfying end to the fight.
Just before I clicked this video, I suddenly thought that "The Way of Life" isn't really a Kiryu vs. Iwami theme. It's mostly Kiryu's theme unleashing his heart out with all the different things that happened in his life.
Iwami fits well as the final boss. Every other foe Kiryu has had, he’s respected them on some level. Look at guys like Someya, Kuze, Nishiki, Ryuji, etc. They’d all done him wrong and yet he never wanted them dead. Iwami doesn’t have that, this fight is basically Kiryu unleashed, he’s not holding back in any capacity. If it wasn’t for Sugai, he would’ve killed him. Iwamis whole exposition speech about him whining how his dad never loved him was kinda gay, but it also showed how much of a little shit snake he is. Iwami is strong physically and he’s a good fighter, but he doesn’t have that same strength Kiryu has. That’s the whole point of the ‘soul’ and ‘heat’ upgrades, Kiryus got the spirit that no one else has and that’s what makes him the toughest bastard.
Wuuff Shibusawa was goading him into it, I don’t think he intended to kill him when he was going to the docks. Whereas he was more than willing to kill Iwami and Sugai, especially after what they did to Someya.
@@federalcasemaker shibusawa was a schemer just like Iwami, the difference is, he knows what he’s doing, he’s been in the yakuza game since the beginning, he’s far from a coward, and he schemed everything so that he could have a fair one-on-one with Kiryu for the title of Dragon of Dojima. Even though Shibusawa killed many of kiryu’s friends, kiryu still recognizes him as a rival dragon when he says “there can only be one dragon.” As for Iwami, Kiryu said it himself: “He is nothing to me.”
I’m just gonna say this... Even though all of us hate Iwami, you gotta admit he’s got a good boss theme... gives the songs “Fly” & “Two Dragons” a run for their money in my book.
Me personally Two Dragons, Fly, Majimas theme in 5 (forgot the name), For Whose Sake, and this theme are my top 5. RGG rlly helps understand the final battle w a perfect theme for it
It's actually pretty interesting. In Yakuza 0, you had a shady character that became the end boss named, Keiji Shibusawa. And here you have Iwami that's basicly the same, in Yakuza 0, the Dragon of Dojima was born in 6 the end of the Dragon of Dojima. Both Shibusawa and Iwami are two people that work behind the scenes and are clever and intelligent businessmen with power, and they both are prominent fighters.
Kiryu had at least some sort of respect for Shibusawa tho... Iwami was literally just a manchild throwing a tantrum, Shibusawa had goals he wanted to achieve and was motivated. Hell, even Sohei Dojima is honourable compared to Iwami
@@killme2675 Yeah Shibusawa at least had a decent backstory which show why he's in the yakuza even if it shows for only 10-15 seconds it actually make feel a little bad for him. Meanwhile little baby iwami is Angry because his father didn't let him join yakuza even when he could have had a normal secured business life.
Hell no, shibusawa is too much stronger Iwami is definitely nothing at all 😂🤣 Plus, shibusawa have tragic and sympathetic backstory that lead him to become evil for reasons while iwami done evil deeds just for fun
*DRAGON RAGE LEVEL: ULTRA K I W A M I* One can only imagine what would happen to Iwami & Sugai if the Dragon of Dojima has zero qualms "crossing the line" (using lethal force) to protect his beloved.
Man him looking over to see Haruka and Haruto and then the camera shifts to Yuta in front of them Is such a powerful scene! Just the fact that he is secure in knowing he doesn't have to watch over Haruka anymore and can go out on his own terms...
This might be one of my favourite intros to a boss fight. Iwami is a lack luster boss, but that scene with the music is pretty well directed. Plus, I'm a sucker for symbolism and Iwami pulling off his glasses and throwing them to the ground is a pretty great one that has gone basically unnoticed (or un-talked about at least).
i always liked that he was easy. He's not on Kiryu's level. We've seen Kiryu forgive so much so many times. We've seen Kiryu the father, Kiryu the dragon, Kiryu the force of nature. In this moment we get to see the scariest version of him: Kiryu at the end of his rope. He's the most forgiving person ever and he's just deemed you unforgivable. It's a punishment more than a fight. Kiryu in this moment is unstoppable, no force on earth could stop him from steamrolling Iwami because Iwami hurt Haruka and Haruto. So I think it was done perfectly for what it was.
Man i just spammed Tiger Drop to this guy face, he's fucking chicken compared to Sera, Kiwami 2 Daigo, Lao Gui, and probably Nishiki. His moveset are predictable, slow, telegraphed as shit. Get a tiger drop, no need for Staminans.
Ya know, even thought he's a scumbag, I gotta give him credit for this. His plan nearly worked. If the Hirose Family didn't save Kiryu, Iwami would of won.
I think I understand more about Iwami character and motives. I believe this final boss fight was about because Kiryu is a dragon which is a God and Iwami is a Hakutakan (Bai ze) which in Asian mythology the Hakutakan was the only creature in the land that could talk and in a way was revered as a God. Also the Hakutakan was known as the eater of bad dreams and other bad omens and fortunes but in this case it was doing the exact opposite and eating up people good dreams instead and that's what Iwami symbolizes because he was a very manipulative man and only cared about his dream which was to be Takeru Kurusu.
Iwami was the tragic hero of yakuza 6. He's the hero this series deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hate him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark yakuza.
7:38 Gotta love the little Yakuza 3 call back in that intro. Other wise, never have I hated a boss more than JINGU. Perfect way to end Kiryu's story with you beating the shit out of him.
This was by far one of the most satisfying boss battles in Yakuza, because you’re just as enraged as Kiryu is and it fuels the overall mood of the fight. Just the look of purge rage on Kiryu’s face as he’s beaten down sends shivers down your spine
Notice how yakuza 6 is the only kiryu saga game where the final boss isn't fought in some high building (e.g. Millenium Tower) or tojo clan HQ, but on the ground. Kiryu isn't fighting for the Tojo Clan anymore: He's fighting for himself, but most of all, for his family.
y'know how much of a piece of shit human being Iwami was when his robot boss in Gaiden doesn't even have his face, instead just a measily pair of glasses
iwami had multiple healthbars, kiryu just took them off with “little baby iwami”
emotional damage is still damage
@@parneetkaur6612 Like Vegeta with Magetta, he beat him just by insulting him.
I respected Nishiki's resolve, using his final moments to protect Kiryu, Yumi and Haruka.
I respected Ryuji's honor, only accepting victory if it was earned fairly and not by dirty tricks.
I respected Mine's intelligence, allowing him to rise up even from the lowest beginnings.
I respected Aizawa's tenacity, never giving up and striving to prove he was worthy.
However, I don't respect Munakata, and I respect Iwami even less. Those two cowards only cared about themselves and threw far too many innocent people under the bus to save their own ass, Munakata was willing to have Arai go after fucking children, and Iwami was willing to use Kiyomi to force Someya to kill Kiryu, then attempt to use Haruka and Haruto to kill Kiryu. Even when he's beaten, Iwami just keeps proving he's a pathetic coward by begging Kiryu to not kill him. Fuck Munakata, but fuck Iwami even more so.
Don't forget about Shibusawa. This one was dirty as hell too.
@@nasmatique the moment he placed his hand on kiryu's shoulder in that cutscene he gave me bad vibes
@@nasmatique well unlike Munakata/Iwami, Shibusawa was partially a man doing his job as a Yakuza very effectively, dirty yes but always went through with his actions even till the end even telling Kiryu to kill him to succeed Kazama's ideals just as much as he was going to had he won.
Y6 was the first one that I felt Didnt have a sympathetic villain. They were just pieces of shit I wanted to destroy
I don't really think Munakata can be compared to these other characters
Sure, he's the final boss, but is more like Jingu, while someone like Arai is much more akin to typical Yakuza villains
No other villain pissed me off like Tsuneo. He's a coward who tries to act tough and uses Kiryu's family to get some shots at him. And he knows this! When Kiryu calls him "Little Baby Iwami" he gets so butthurt because it's so true.
He made me SO mad. I couldnt wait to get at him
He’s definitely got the strength, but the minute shit got tough he got frustrated and then eventually begged for mercy. But this was one baby that Kiryu didn’t plan on comforting.
ComicWriter 2020 I know a lot of people hated Iwami as a villain. But considering the themes of family in 6, he makes sense. He’s also infinitely hatable and it felt great to kick his ass
Alezarde he was a good villain.
ComicWriter 2020 I agree, he’s an fitting villain. I’ve just heard a lot of people say he isn’t, which I just don’t agree with
You know this works too well with Yakuza 0. The old Yakuza like Kuze would have capped Iwami ASAP for disgracing the Yakuza. This is the kind of guy Kuze hated.
Iwami should be lucky Sera wasn't around either, he'd had mobilized the Nikkyu realizing how much danger Iwami is to the existence of the Yakuza and done everything in his power to assure a guy like this won't get away.
And Shimano probably would probably put him in the hole Majima was in.
Y6 really is like a story how far the Yakuza has fallen...
No principles, no guts, no pride and honor.
Even the table in the Tojo HQ feels similar to that. Nobody punches out their problems, it's all about dirty tactics that would sicken the Yakuza in their prime who actually put their bodies on the line for success. Now it's just using others while staying safe yourself. Nobody cares about the pride of ACTUALLY FIGHTING your way up anymore. Even Sohei Dojima had his damn pride and we all know he was already a shit patriarch.
What Kiryu fought wasn't just a coward, this was his journey since Yakuza 0. People he hated who gave their lives in this game cause at least they fought. Only for Iwami to drag everything through the mud cause the Yakuza fell so low that it consists of weak and dishonorable shits.
Consider everyone Kiryu fought, both he hated and respected, those who died for their dreams, only for Iwami to come in and essentially piss on their graves
Finally someone understand this game much love bro
Even Ryuji from Y2 would’ve capped Iwami for dragging a civilian into this conflict.
@@somecrazydude2267 mine, who did exactly that, wouldve fucked iwami up for what he did. Not even because of what he did to the yakuza, mainly because he fucked over daigo
@@somecrazydude2267 Agree
No doubt Ryuji would've love to beat on Iwami
"Little baby Iwami"
Kiryu uses Essence of Roasting
That’s a climax heat action
Dragon of Dojima bringing new heat attacks.
spacehomukemi think this is the first time a heat action left a permanent burn on an enemy.
That ALMOST makes up for there being no Taunting Mechanic in this Game! :^)
Azzy he openes boxx
I've never seen the Dragon have some much more intent to kill since shibusawa
And this is the older and calmer Kiryu too! He's the guy who was willing to forgive the man who stabbed him in the gut and left him on the street to die for God's sake!
All the rage he set aside.... Kiryu was very forgiving and merciful to his enemies after Shibusawa, but this... wow, had Tsuneo's wingman didn't recover to shoot Haruka, Kiryuu would have planted him on the pavement.
How wrathful he would be after decades of being calm, now that's a question that's best left unanswered.
Both of them would paint the walls red with his corpse..
Ur next
I completely respect Kiryu having sympathy on villains like Ryuji or Mine, it makes me think that not all villains are that evil, it gives me peace hearing that
But Iwami...i can't stand people like him who did all this terrible mess over something shallow, villains like him who takes pleasure in hurting people, cruel without bounds and sadistic, they pissed me off from the very end
I would've have acted just like Kiryu on people with heartless thoughts
Dont think he's been this mad since 0
I just played the 0
Negrito same lmao, I’ve gotten Kiryu’s 4th style and now I’m going after Majima’s 4th style.
@@DrunkGnu
Even though it's been 4 months, the Mad Dog style is so damn fun to play
@@virikan3518 the most trollish out of all the styles
@@artillerydrago755
lol yea
If you think about it, Iwami fits as the final obstacle of Kiryu’s story. They both went against their fathers’ wishes for them to not become yakuza. Kiryu created his legacy as The Dragon of Dojima with hard work and getting through struggle after struggle with his own hands, whereas Iwami rose to power as the next Takeru Kurusu by scheming and backstabbing, letting others do all the dirty work for him. Kiryu had the utmost respect for Kazama, while Iwami held nothing but contempt for Heizo.
That is some food for thought, I didn't think about it that way.
EBT93 so basically, Iwami is an twisted reflection of Kiryu. Seens like an fitting final battle for Kiryu's story, now lets see if Ichiban can get something as interesting as this
and if you think about it... the Hirose Fam is pretty much just like Kiryu especially when they lost their Oyaji, it was pretty much the same scene cept with 2 weeping over their father.
Fábio Filipps Theodoro Kazama indulged Kiryu's wish to become a yakuza, while Kurusu tried his damndest to keep his son away from the business, which instead made Iwami just want to join it even more.
Very true
"Iwami wants to be hardcore, but his dad won't let him."
Tsuneo definitely got bullied as a kid and that’s why he doesn’t like Kiryu because he’s such a chad
Is it me or I'm the only one who understand the joke even after 2 years.
El diario de eva moment
@@user-ew2sd7vl5m "The Chad" Kiryu vs "The Virgin" Iwami.
Iwami wanted to be Kiwami
Defeat Tsuneo Iwami - "He is nothing to me."
There's a very clever second meaning in the objective description.
In the past, Kiryu has defeated Akira Nishikiyama, the koi. The Koi is said to be able to become a dragon.
He's defeated Keiji Shibusawa and Ryuji Goda, two other dragons, and therefore his equals.
Yoshitaka Mine, the Qilin/Kirin was also beaten. The Qilin/Kirin being a creature that devours dragons.
And what does Tsuneo Iwami have on his back? The Bai Ze, also known as the Kutabe. To a dragon, this creature doesn't mean anything. It has no relation or comparison.
Aizawa is also a koi, that became no.1 fighter of whole yakuza series, i mean, no.1 boss of all series
Also don't forget Daigo's tattoo: an altered Fudo, who has a Dragon around his sword, a symbol of the influence and guidance that Kiryu had in Daigo's life, and how at the end of 4, Kiryu battles Daigo to put him in the right way.
I think it's cooler if Kiryu simply thinks Iwami's just not on his level
@@di-gun5791 But it's all three: Iwami is lower than Kiryu in skill, Iwami is below Kiryu as a man, and Bai Ze Iwami is not in the lineage of Dragon Kiryu and the other dragons he has faced. It's poetry.
The dragon only respects those who are equal to him.
I love how Kiryu can't do anything to these guys and yet he is still the most intimidating person in the room.
@@fabiofilippstheodoro5093 That's the face of your ticket straight to hell.
Indeed...
He's probably the only man that wouldn't be NTR'D by some scumbags. 😃👌
That Fake Kiryu and Shinji from Kiwami 2 got the same treatment.
This is funny because they are not in a room so to speak he is the most intimidating person in all of existence.
LITTLE
BABY
IWAMI
A Yakuza 2032 Haruto can be like a Kurohyo and visiting her grandpa figure graveyard at the intro
Oh kiryu-chan 😂😂 Majima will be proud 😂😂
I laughed my ass off over that lol.
Matthew McIvor lol it would've been a nice touch if he compared him to Shibusawa, Nishiki, Ryuji, Mine, Daigo, and Aisawa
*iwami no bo-chan*
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
*"hmm yes today i will get my men to held a mother and son captive so i can hit the strongest man alive with ease and if he dares fight back i'll have her and her son killed in front of him and call myself a big man"*
Iwami is a perfectly written villain, i'm both proud AND enraged. The most dishonorable prick i've seen so far but he does his schemes so well.
Seriously. The only reason it didn't work was because the Hirose Family arrived. If they didn't, Iwami would of won.
To be honest I think Sugai might have been even more dishonorable. At least Little Baby Iwami put up a fight. Sugai literally just gave up as soon as he realized he was fucked
i think something ive realized which is sad is that iwami could certainly be a strong chairman. infact the better version of him is katsuya from yakuza 5. an intelligent and strong yakuza that doesnt have thirst for the chairman of the omi alliance and instead takes a bullet for the future chairman watase
If there is one character I despise the most here is Sugai. Desperately trying to shoot down a mother and her child. Then he takes the easy way out instead of paying for his crimes. Even tho Iwami is the main villain here, Sugai takes the cake.
Nishiki and the others just cracked thier knuckles in hell waiting for this dude.
Agreed. At least Iwami got defeated when he fought the human tank known as Kiryu in a 1-on-1 fight. This shit stain got slapped up off screen, apparently while still holding a gun, then proceeded to try to shoot a defenceless mother and her child. Then when that didn’t work out, he went “I don’t want to deal with the consequences.”
This dickhead is just as, if not worse than Iwami.
When Kuze dies of old age, Sugai will know what real hell looks like
@@froofris1474 he did near Kiwami 2/Y2
@@peejayss131 Nishiki camping hellspawn to give him a Jingu beatdown
You know, finally understanding the full context of the fight, I can more easily stomach this final boss's smaller health bar. Tsuneo isn't a man who has clawed his way to the top to establish a reputation for himself. He's just a man suffering a midlife crisis who decided to become a Yakuza in the worst way possible. Really, Koshimizu could just be seen as the first and second phase of the final boss battle considering how heavily Tsuneo relies on others to do his dirty work.
It's also pretty embarrassing that both Jingu and Munakata had bigger health bars than him.
They had way more health than they should've and were easily the most frustrating bosses of their respective games. The fact that they tossed high-level mooks at you while continually pelting you with bullets and running away pretty much took away all the catharsis those fights could've had.
I know right?! I had SO much trouble with them to the point where I thought about rage quitting. Jingu is even worse since you fight Nishiki after him and you might have ran out of healing items beforehand! As of now, I can stomach both the original Jingu fight and Munakata. However, the fight with Jingu in Kiwami can go fuck itself (The Wicked was a really nice theme though).
Also, it's kind of ironic how Jingu and Munakata (Two old dudes who pretty much had no experience in physical combat and relied on guns and mooks during their respective boss fights) have a double health bar while Iwami (A young upstart in his prime that challenged Kiryu to a fistfight) only has a single gauge. Also ironic that I had more sympathy for them than I ever had with Iwami.
Jingu at one point did legitimately love Yumi, and Munakata in his own twisted way was trying to impose his vision of justice on Japan. Iwami on the other hand has absolutely no sympathetic backstory or redeeming qualities. It's telling when the members of Iwami's crew were introduced in a pretty bad light only to reveal nobler aspects to their personalities later on. The fact that his underlings have more humanity just makes Iwami stand out that much more.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Dude's the least sympathetic of the final bosses, beating out both Munakata and Shibusawa.
I like how Kiryu has at least some respect for every other final boss but for Iwami: "He is nothing to me."
Also, did Iwami seriously think two punches were enough to KO Kiryu?
I don't think Kiryu had any respect for Shibusawa, he would have killed him if Nishiki didn't stop him.
loafhero At least Mine legitimately loved Daigo and sacrificed himself at the end to atone for what he had done. This guy has pretty much no redeeming qualities, not even a sense of honor in battle.
Chad Benjamin Kiryu was admittedly more hot-headed back then, and Shibusawa did claim that he ordered Tachibana's death while being beaten down possibly to goad Kiryu into finishing him off. At least from our perspective, Shibusawa had something resembling a tragic backstory to explain though not necessarily excuse his present actions.
Iwami on the other hand is just a manchild who's angry that his dad didn't let him join the Yakuza even though his dad pretty much granted him a financially secure future. There is no reason to even see things from Iwami's perspective.
imo Kiryu tried to kill Shibusawa to protect Makoto, not out of disrespect for the guy. Shibusawa at least had the decency to not use Makoto as a hostage, even though he had every chance to.
+Chris Chen Well that and Shibusawa sort of implied that Kuze showed him the ropes, and I'm pretty sure we all know what kind of yakuza Kuze is.
Sugai got off way to easy.
Ironically, Koshimizu got it the hardest. I genueinly thought Kiryu killed him with that punch to the face
Sugai knew he fucked up big time. So he offed himself immediately before anybody could do anything to him.
In the ending Daigo says that Koshimizu ended up in prison.
Omega ZX not Koshimizu, it was Tsuneo that ended up in prison.
He deserved to die tbh, considering that he killed Someya's ex even after stabbing himself in order to protect her
@@fordgt5383 he actually didn’t kill her. He was pretty much getting tired of being Iwami’s lapdog or whatever and after seeing Someya stab himself for the sake of Kiyomi, Koshimizu loaded his handgun with blanks and let Kiyomi escape.
Sugai, Kiryu got hit with a pipe just like that going 80 mile per hour. You really think any of those hits hurt him?
Somewhere in a jail cell or in the afterlife, Kuze is just shaking his head in disappointment after seeing those pipe attacks.
I suspect that was to highlight how lacking Sugai was; for all his bluster he wasn't much. He's no Kuze.
correct
And that was almost 30 years ago when he was not THAT strong.
Runo Hayuko The idea of Kuze being in double hell jail is hilarious.
9:23 Kiryu: *getting repeatedly punched in the face*
"Ho-oh~"
Iwata punching the living shit out of Kiryu while he drinks a delicious energy drink
Kiryu is such a chad
@@MaskOfLimbo 😂
*Calmly takes a sip while Iwami desperately keeps throwing punches with little to no effect*
Kiryu: "Y'all hear something?"
How it feels to drink Toughness ZZ
He just need the empty bottle to hit the guy for additional damage
*LOCAL DRAGON KARAOKE MAN LITERALLY TOO ANGRY TO DIE*
@@holdenhartley5454 BREAKING NEWS!
No wonder Reggie had trouble fighting against Iwata, just look at those moves.
DAHAKA persico Reggie was defeated by Kiryu in Yakuza 5
@@TimoWinchester who knows. Maybe kiryu will fight doug bowser in a future yakuza game.
Now we DO need an Aizawa vs Iwami for old time's sake
You think Haruka is sad about Kiryu wait until Majima finds out about this.
Oh boi imagine if he knew who killed him, that guy would be soooooo fucked
beatingstuff88@ Jo Amon would also be pissed about it too.
if you guys watched the ending, majima and saejima was ready to go to a war with yomei alliance......and if not for kiryu's letter to daigo, there would've been a bloodbath
Majima would just decapitate everyone lmfao
Harid Ziran It wouldn’t have been a bloodbath. There are no words to describe what would happen to the Yomei Alliance if the Tojo Clan went to war with them, especially with Majima, Saejima, and Daigo around.
Iwami made the biggest mistake of his life: He messed with the Kiryu's family. You NEVER mess with the Dragon of Dojima's family.
You could say he's Jingu without a gun.
Iwami is worse than Jingu.
Yep,iwami is a sociopath
When you see the legend who got beaten up with a metal pipe by your henchman look at him again, you know they are screwed big time.
There's two things you never mess with:
1. Kiryu's family.
2. John Wick's dog.
Just like Nishiki, Ryuji, Mine and Someya before him, Iwami is another dark mirror of Kiryu: Both are men who joined the Yakuza, defying the wishes of their fathers and eventually climbed up the ranks. But Kiryu deeply respected his father, Iwami resented his and murdered him. Kiryu legitimately climbed up the ranks, Iwami murdered everyone above him and claimed them without working for it.
I wouldnt necessarily say ryuji is a "dark" mirror of kiryu. Sure, hes not the most innocent person out there but unlike the others he wouldnt kill the ones closest to him to get higher. He has way too much yakuza respect for that
@@Not_Claptrap He is in the sense: Kiryu battles to protect, Ryuji believes that battle should be done for its own sake.
Which father?
Iwami’s
It comes full circle. Kiryu just pulled Nishiki at the end by protecting the one he loves.
At least there's no bomb and a vault filled with money like last time.
Honestly that scene reminds me more when Yumi jumped in front of haruka after she jumped in front of kazuma
It kind of reminded me of that Awano scene.
It reminded me of all of the above.
Or the scene with Yasuko, or the scene with Rikiya, or the scene with Kazama. Man the Yakuza developers really like doing that huh?
Except KIRYU-CHAN doesn't dies he live but he fakes it
I love that Sugai is taken aback by Kiryu still glaring at him after taking that beating; you'd think a Tojo chairman would know better than to cross the guy at this point.
Considering that one battle in Yakuza 5, no, you wouldn't think a Tojo member would know better than to cross Kiryu
It's the one mistake they never learn from
@@chronica6457 another mistake that they, and other organizations never learn from: Kiryu can take on hundreds of guys at once, and _has_ taken on hundreds of guys at once. sending a couple dozen men at him does nothing.
@@FuraFaolox And JUST before the crowd fight and final boss, they saw that Kiryu laid out numerous goons in the cutscene. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE AN ALREADY RABID DRAGON EVEN MORE MAD?
and he ALSO beat TWO TIGERS AT ONCE, PUNCHED A SHARK IN THE FACE, AND DEFEATED A BEAR IN THE COLLOSEUM IN 0
I'm still trying to remember the names. Don't matter. These guys suck anyways.
little baby iwami is the most correct line said to a boss in quite some time
"You were incapable of believing in yourself. You stole your power from others, rejected your human origins and chose to covet the power of what you call God. You never grew beyond your days in the Flask. Did you truly think that you will become superior to humans by removing yourself from your Seven desires? Don't make me laugh!"-Truth, Fullmetal Alchemist.
stinky hat
"That's the second Takeru Kurusu"
Kiryu: "You will need a third soon enough"
"People are expecting you in hell". Maybe I'm over thinking it, but it looks like Kiryu means it. First time since the ending of Zero, he's ready to kill a man. Perhaps that's one of the reasons he he did what he did in the ending. He truly had enough this time!
Thankfully, one game later, Kiryu has still never killed a man
@@theamazingyoshi1938 idk man, I keep getting a heat action of stabbing someone
Oh he WOULD'VE killed him if what's his name didn't almost shoot haruka
Usually Yakuza final bosses try to redeem themselves at the end of the game
1 had Nishiki kill Jingu
2 had Ryuji save Kiryu from getting shot by funny korean man
3 had Mine, everyone in the fandom can forgive him but fuck him he tore down morning glory and indirectly killed Rikiya
4 had Daigo and Kiryu just gave him a spanking
5 had Aizawa where he wanted to surpass Kiryu
@@SolidN8 But thinking back, Aizawa really wasn't a worthy final boss lmao
From being there in the beginning of the game to being assumed dead to miraculously returning to somehow becoming the last boss lol
When you anger the dragon inside Kiryu NOTHING hurts him.
Like the Punisher, the lower his HP, the higher the damage.
A one man tank, when he gets bullets and rockets, he sends them back to his enemies.
Thanos snap? The universe imploding?
Eh, Kiryu will make it.
The lore accurate version of this fight would be if Kiryu was at very low hp but was in extreme heat mode the entire time
I don't think I've ever seen Kiryu get this pissed off in a while. O_O
Kuze didnt kill tachibana
Shibusawa. Kiryuu was dead set on killing him until Nishiki stopped him
Good point
Erik Corbin Yoneda
+BashSMM I bet Yoneda would get a taste of wrathful Kiryu had Kuze not kill him. He got lucky
Iwami experienced just why exactly Kiryu is the Dragon of Doujima. Say what you want about the final boss, I think it's a perfect summary of Kiryu.
He is basically the polar opposite of Kiryu: Iwami joined the Yakuza against his father's wishes, but he backstabbed others to reach his way to the top and resented his father to the point of murdering him.
When kiryu grabs iwamis fist and takes his shirt off and that subtle intense music plays in the background i can't help feeling the history of Kiryus patch. It's almost like Kashiwagi, Kazama, Nishiki and Yumi are all looking down on this moment!
@@Chocmann I know as a big kashiwagi fan I'm happy but at the same time it's a shame such a dramatic death is no more!
@@Chocmann About that...
And Shinji
Isn't Kashiwagi in Y7??
I'm kind of bummed out Akiyama, Majima, Komaki, or any of Kiryu's other friends weren't there (or that we got see how they reacted from the news), but it's still nice to see Haruka there by his side for the very end.
You do see how his friends react after this scene, I just didn't include it because it could've gone over 30+ or 40+ minutes. Akiyama, Date, Majima, Saejima and Daigo all hear about it and you see their responses to what happens.
Oh, that's good to know, thank you! Keep up the great work with your videos.
What happened to Shinada and the now forgotten Tanimura?
Dee15gon Baseball while the other is playing Mahjong
Realizing Yuya probably got more screen time than Daigo, Majima and Saejima in this game.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - Boss Battles: 21 - Little Baby Iwami (LEGEND)
This should be named in this video, hahahahahahahahahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣
@@mohammedadrihafizi2787yeah ikr
I find it sad that Kiryu died the same way Yumi did back in Yakuza 1. They both saved Haruka from being shot and died right in front of her eyes. The world of Yakuza really is tragic if you look at the series as a whole.
DatGuyNuma You know he didn't die, right?
Wait until after the credits. You'll either be content or really pissed at how the whole thing's resolved.
Chris Chen They pretty much pulled a Metal Gear Solid 4 GOTP.
@@Fable148 Well. He doesn't want them to know he's alive.
@Punx is idol and noise If that is true, I have no clue what to think.
Sugai was a coward to his last breath.
How many times does Kiryu have to hospitalize a city before people realize its a bad idea to fuck with this man?
Have you ever thought about doing a video on the tattoos the Yakuza characters have on there backs and how it reflects them?
Mr.Paranoia07 Still don't know what creature is on baby Iwami's back, its certainly not a kirin.
It is a Hakutaku/Bai Ze
Luis D'Arcy many thanks kyoudai
It think Leon have done it for majima video. Not for all character yet.
That's... actually awesome theme. I would definetley like to see that kind of video.
12:46 Yakuza 6 is a gift that keeps giving us priceless moments
Now seriously. I was really interested in watching the scene before the final battle and it didn't dissapoint, it's such a good moment when all the allies kiryu made through the game came to help and fight for him when he needed them the most
True but tbh Akiyama was already there for kiryu in the previous games so i don't mind it that much he couldn't be here
Yeah that would have been great
How about Majima going there to help him?
So this is what it looks like to roundhouse kick someone to oblivion and back.
12:46 Iwami = Neymar
Alright I know this is more for western dragons but dragons are known for protecting the most precious treasure, usually gold or a princess in a tower.
For the Kiryu Kazuma, The Dragon of Dojima, that "treasure" is his loved ones. Family, friends. If Kiryu cares about you, you're his treasure.
You do NOT try to take away the fiercest dragon's treasure.
If you do, you'll face hellfire a thousand times before dying.
16:41 Then they are flashed by a light. They all turn towards it, trying to see what is it causing the disturbance. They suddenly hear a speeding motorcycle that gets louder by the second. They hear a metal pipe screeching along the wall. An old man is speeding towards them with a metal pipe whilst riding a motorcycle.
Kuze comes back for one final hurrah
ok, but can we talk about how cool the full dynamic intro is? like, damn
I think that this games final boss had the opposite problem that Yakuza 5 had, while Iwami had decent build up, he had an average fight, Aizawa on the other hand had a great fight, but he kind of just showed up as the bad guy last second.
Aizawa at least did work to get to where he is now (even if its in the shadows). All Iwami did was use people and stabbed them in the backs to get where he is with no effort. Aizawa is better than Iwami.
Iwami is basically Jingu without a gun. Heck, Iwami is probably eviler than Jingu.
Dee15gon Facts, Aizawa even fought in the colosseum to get what he needed. He didn’t take the easy way out
I know it's like 2 years later but isn't that kinda the point? Iwami may look tough, but he can't really hold his own against a Kiryu that's trying to kill him, and with experience this time unlike Shibusawa's fight. I think an epic thriller final boss doesn't necessarily make sense for this battle, he was doing literally everything to avoid having to fight him the rat bastard. Having him all of a sudden be on part with Kiryu wouldn't make sense whether or not Kiryu is hurt, Iwami was a wannabe Yakuza who wanted all the power but by doing none of the work himself, and it finally caught up to him
@@anthonybello1447 Shibusawa is everything Iwami wanted to be....but even Shibusawa would be disgusted with Iwami, because Shibusawa was more than willing to dirty his hands if needed.
The fight is average because Iwami takes the easy way, uses dirty tactics, and kills innocent for just a leg up in his plans. He never truly fought for anything letting others do his work which is why it’s even more satisfying seeing his ass get handed to him.
12:45 that rebounce haha
The ending just mirroring the ending of the first game...Damn
First time i played this i was like "Man wouldn't it be funny as shit if that Iwata dude was the big bad with a tatoo on his back final boss?" just a few seconds before he took off his shirt in that one scene being all ripped and shit totally not matching his facial look like Kuze and Awano in Zero.
I freaking love that this franchise is so unapologetically ridiculous sometimes.
You didn't expect a man who looks like aged up Nobita has a rather bulky build...
Uncultured me watching this for the first time: Man Iwami sure is tough with only 1 health bar
Me now: His singular health bar is just the standard 4 or 5 health bars for a boss
It's a good thing that the final boss is such a cliched "I WANNA BE BAD CUZ I JUST LIKE TO BE BAD" unredeemable manchild villain tbh. I mean, i would consider at least Joon-gi or Iwami's father to be the final boss. But Iwami's cliche evil character basically gives Kiryu a whole different levels of rage that he felt back in 0 with Shibusawa. A fitting end for the saga of the Dragon of Dojima...
His first final boss was with a monsterous asshole that didn't get his hands dirty. His last final boss was with a monsterous asshole that didn't get his hands dirty... Yeah I'd say it's come full circle.
I think you might have Nishiki mixed up with Jingu. Nishiki was the final boss and even without the incredibly tragic backstory cutscenes added in Kiwami, he's still far more sympathetic than Iwami. Even Jingu, who is for all intents and purposes monstrous in the present, at one point was a decent man who legitimately loved Yumi before succumbing to the corruption of dealing with the Yakuza.
+Chris Chen I forgot to mention that it was in terms of the story, not in terms of the games. Kiryu's first final boss chronologically was Shibusawa and his last is Iwami.
He was also ready to kill them had something not stop him from doing the finishing blow.
"A fitting end for the saga of the Dragon of Dojima...
"
Not by a long shot...
Iwami was probably the only villain thus far in my play through of the entire Yakuza series where he did everything thing right to make me hate him, as opposed to the previous villains Kiryu and company have faced.
He's the CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding and thinks he is far more greater,what he didnt realize is Kiryu is the CEO of racism.
gamer moment
Yes, the CEO of (Pocket Car) Racism
Say pocket racism not racism alone lol
kiryu gaming gamer moment
how is kiryu racist?
Iwami's fight was alright, maybe not as dynamic or interesting compared to others in the series, but what really makes up for it is his involvement in the story. This dude is pure evil; probably the most evil villain in the series other than maybe Kurosawa. Aizawa had a pretty good fight (despite him annoyingly healing like three times), but there is no emotional connection to the fight itself. You barely see him in the beginning, he shows up for one arena part near the end, and that's it. He basically had no connection to the plot. Kurosawa or even Morinaga would've been WAY better final bosses. Even 4's clusterfuck of antagonists were all more fleshed out compared to Aizawa, and he doesn't hold a candle to Shibusawa, Mine, Ryuji, and Nishiki.
Iwami, on the other hand, becomes heavily involved in the plot after the halfway mark or so, revealing that he's basically been behind every event in the game. He ruthlessly burns down Little Asia, manipulates Lo and his son, keeps Daigo locked in prison, kills his own father, toys with Someya and gets him to kill himself, has no problem in trying to kill innocent bystanders like Kiyomi, Haruka, and Haruto... He's ruthless. Like Kurosawa, it's all business to him. No honor, no friendship, no loyalty... just cold business. He's also one of the villains that came the closest to fulfilling his goals; I would say if he, Kurosawa, or Shibusawa actually got rid of Kiryu, it would've been pretty much game over. He's such a hateable villain that it feels great to finally kick his ass. He also ties into the themes of family pretty well; if his father were there for him and showed him why he didn't want Iwami in the Yakuza life, or even maybe indulged him and let him join in the beginning, Iwami probably wouldn't have turned out the way he did. I thought he was a really good villain overall!!
thank you i feel the same way.
You hit the nail on the head. Someone else commented on here that Iwami also could've had confidence issues too. I mean hes going to go up against the dragon of dojima. He needed every advantage he can have because I feel as if one on one in a fair fight he couldn't beat Kiryu. He couldn't even beat Kiryu after the man got hit with a steel pipe (and remained on his feet no less) and took 2 punches.
@@WrenchLord That's a good point, and most likely true, considering that even his own father didn't want him to make his own decisions. His confidence issues probably stemmed from situations like that. He's also smart enough to realize that while he's strong, he's not strong enough to face Kiryu head-on, so he uses other leverages and gets him weakened first. He's kinda like Shibusawa, except Shibusawa was much stronger than Iwami physically in addition to being super cool, calculated, and smart.
kiryu just defaults to beast style whenever he's in a cutscene
Kazuma Kiryu is one of the most badass protagonists of all time, dude gets beat in the face with a pipe and still stands up to fight💪
This fight has one of the best dualities in the series. Kiryu Kazuma, "the Dragon of Dojima", who longs for nothing more than to leave his title and life as a yakuza behind, versus Tsuneo Iwami, "CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding", who despises his regular life and desires to be acknowledged as a proper yakuza. Two men who can't escape the roles they've been cast in. Even Iwami's title card doesn't do him the honor of calling him a yakuza. His pathetic self is and will always be a civilian.
While I do agree that the fight itself may be a little anti-climactic in terms of just one QTE, I really think that he is not the worst Final Boss in the series. I've seen people put Y4 Munakata higher than Iwami, which is just ridiculous. The pre-battle cutscene is actually superb, it has all the little touches to get hyped up for the fight, especially that subtle guitar sound when Kiryu sees Yuta defending Haruka. In previous games, it was always up to Kiryu to save everyone, but most of the time his loved ones and friends died in the process. Here, it comes back around with all the Hiroshima buddies helping him out, and to prevent any other deaths he puts himself in the line of fire, as a human shield, for the first time in the series. It also really shows that Kiryu is done fucking around and being the nicest guy to all the Final Bosses, which in my opinion, is the main idea here, because it's the only game where people actively try to kill his remaining family and loved ones, and it doesn't stop until the very end. You can say that Y5 had Haruka in danger all the time too, but really, Akiyama protected her all the way to the end and Baba just up and went away, so there was actually no danger at all there, plus every game the final boss never had Haruka or anyone else of great significance to Kiryu as a hostage. (Again, you can say Mine had Daigo at gunpoint in 3, but Mine did fall dor Kiryu's speech and actually saved Daigo in the end, so it doesn't count)
So the setup is actually really good, and Kiryu is finally getting his rage out for real, because Iwami is human trash with no sense of honor or respect, so why is this fight so lackluster? Maybe I'm way off on this, but the music and the absence of good QTEs is the main problem for me. Literally every last boss OST is very, very good, except for this one. It feels...generic even. I can't even pinpoint the best part of it. Two Dragons had the part where Kiryu is fighting Shibusawa up the ladder, which was the culminational moment of the track, plus it had a brutal QTE to go with it. And pretty much any other final boss had the same moment with the music kicking in for real in the last portion of the battle just after an awesome QTE. Iwami just falls flat in that aspect. If the track was anywhere near Two Dragons, Fly or A Battle for the Dream, it would've had a greater impact. It's the only series where I can say with a 100% certainty that if you don't do awesome QTEs and a proper track, the final bosses would suck. Even a good final QTE with Iwami would've made the fight better.
Shevko0812 i wanna try and replace the music with a scattered moment or fly and see if it makes it better
and honestly too, even from what ive sseen of him from just these videos iwami seems like a much better villain than mine or munakata and as far as being an actual threat he seems pretty far up there at the top. i mean shit if you're bad enough to make kiryu nearly kill you even in front of haruka you gotta be doin somethin serious
Well I don't think that music in this fight was generic, it's actually making you hyped. But yeah, I definetley agree that there's no nearly enough QTE segments. Many people whining that "QTE is only making it worse, it's ruining the mood" etc. etc. But Yakuza is proving that if you make good QTE it's only gonna make fight better. Aizawa from Y5 was stupid character, he had potential, but the twist like "BUT IT WAS ME!!! DIO!!!" is looking so dumb. But the fight with him was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally good. And fight with Shibusawa was second best after fight with Ryuji. And that's thanks to QTE and action sequences that was brutal and hyping. Here we have only one QTE that... no bad, but it's not good enough for THE last fight of Kiryu. If not the music and exposition this would be really boring final boss.
You've more or less got the same mindset as me, the "concept" of a fight like this is great but it's overshadowed by the fact that Iwami as Kiryu so gracefully puts it is a "little baby", the problem is that all the other bosses have some strength to stand on, strength that we get to witness even AIZAWA (for those who dis-like him which I understand too) as the game is showing us why they are the final boss, Nishiki as the blood brother and closest friend to Kiryu, Ryuji as the rival dragon to Kiryu, Mine as the twisted and mis-led child who wanted to prove he was right to hate everyone, Arai, Kido and Daigo as men with dreams who took moral compromises to achieve their goals, Majima as the end of Saejima and Majima's life-long relationship, Baba as the confused kid who feels like killing himself yet is stopped by Saejima till the very end, Kanai the monster from the Omi who refuses to give up in his lust for power, Aizawa as the new Koi who lost his purpose much like Nishiki and wants only status and power and is all he has left to fight for with his blood brother dead, Lao Gui the Asian hitman who is dangerously skilled and who has no conscience, Shibusawa the tainted dragon who used everyone in his way to call himself a legend a Dragon of Dojima but who hadn't fought for it with his own two hands, BUT there is a key point I want to make, Jingu the Ultimate villain from Yakuza 1 who is pathetic and always runs away is the SECOND LAST boss, not the last, same like Daijim Kim in Yakuza 2, these guys are designed to be pathetic to fight and act it as that's what we are shown of them in those games so there is a satisfaction to beat them to a pulp because they have a bullshit crutch to hold on to like soldiers and guns, Iwami shouldn't have been so tough BECAUSE it contradicts his character, he should've been the second last boss and should've been as easy to beat as his character has been shown to us, That is my problem with him, he has no right being tough as we're shown the exact opposite to be true of him and THAT is what makes fighting him feel so lackluster, because he has no excuse to be a "tough" final boss....sorry for this being so long :P
Yeah you're probably right about the QTE, Ryuji's cross-counter and Shibusawa's pummeling come to mind. I don't remember if Munakata had a QTE in his fight though.
I think a good final QTE to end this fight would be if you deplete all of Iwami's health and knock him down, but then he gets back up and regains full health, then we counter him as he comes to attack us and finally beat the ever-living shit out of him, mashing square Hayashi style until his health is all gone, that would have been a satisfying end to the fight.
you displayed total ruthlessness with your gameplay, Befits the fight. Nice one
Just before I clicked this video, I suddenly thought that "The Way of Life" isn't really a Kiryu vs. Iwami theme. It's mostly Kiryu's theme unleashing his heart out with all the different things that happened in his life.
Iwami fits well as the final boss. Every other foe Kiryu has had, he’s respected them on some level. Look at guys like Someya, Kuze, Nishiki, Ryuji, etc. They’d all done him wrong and yet he never wanted them dead. Iwami doesn’t have that, this fight is basically Kiryu unleashed, he’s not holding back in any capacity. If it wasn’t for Sugai, he would’ve killed him. Iwamis whole exposition speech about him whining how his dad never loved him was kinda gay, but it also showed how much of a little shit snake he is. Iwami is strong physically and he’s a good fighter, but he doesn’t have that same strength Kiryu has. That’s the whole point of the ‘soul’ and ‘heat’ upgrades, Kiryus got the spirit that no one else has and that’s what makes him the toughest bastard.
I mean, not sure if Kiryu had much respect for Shibusawa, he was going to kill him but Nishiki stopped him
Wuuff Shibusawa was goading him into it, I don’t think he intended to kill him when he was going to the docks. Whereas he was more than willing to kill Iwami and Sugai, especially after what they did to Someya.
@@Wuuff he would still be more willing to kill Iwami though, Shibusawa fought him fair and square
@@federalcasemaker shibusawa was a schemer just like Iwami, the difference is, he knows what he’s doing, he’s been in the yakuza game since the beginning, he’s far from a coward, and he schemed everything so that he could have a fair one-on-one with Kiryu for the title of Dragon of Dojima. Even though Shibusawa killed many of kiryu’s friends, kiryu still recognizes him as a rival dragon when he says “there can only be one dragon.” As for Iwami, Kiryu said it himself: “He is nothing to me.”
Good fighter??
Even some low level boss of any yakuza series can definitely beat the shit out of iwami 😂🤣
I’m just gonna say this... Even though all of us hate Iwami, you gotta admit he’s got a good boss theme... gives the songs “Fly” & “Two Dragons” a run for their money in my book.
Me personally Two Dragons, Fly, Majimas theme in 5 (forgot the name), For Whose Sake, and this theme are my top 5. RGG rlly helps understand the final battle w a perfect theme for it
It's actually pretty interesting.
In Yakuza 0, you had a shady character that became the end boss named, Keiji Shibusawa. And here you have Iwami that's basicly the same, in Yakuza 0, the Dragon of Dojima was born in 6 the end of the Dragon of Dojima. Both Shibusawa and Iwami are two people that work behind the scenes and are clever and intelligent businessmen with power, and they both are prominent fighters.
Kiryu had at least some sort of respect for Shibusawa tho...
Iwami was literally just a manchild throwing a tantrum, Shibusawa had goals he wanted to achieve and was motivated. Hell, even Sohei Dojima is honourable compared to Iwami
@@killme2675 Yeah Shibusawa at least had a decent backstory which show why he's in the yakuza even if it shows for only 10-15 seconds it actually make feel a little bad for him. Meanwhile little baby iwami is Angry because his father didn't let him join yakuza even when he could have had a normal secured business life.
@@yourstalker2451 True, as many people have said, Little Baby Iwami was literally having a mid life crisis
Hell no, shibusawa is too much stronger
Iwami is definitely nothing at all 😂🤣
Plus, shibusawa have tragic and sympathetic backstory that lead him to become evil for reasons while iwami done evil deeds just for fun
*DRAGON RAGE LEVEL: ULTRA K I W A M I*
One can only imagine what would happen to Iwami & Sugai if the Dragon of Dojima has zero qualms "crossing the line" (using lethal force) to protect his beloved.
Kiryu was probably about to kill Iwami, seeing how he said "People are expecting you in hell." I wouldn't blame him.
Ethan Edwards yeah, and his “I’m dragging you down to hell with me” bit. he was definitely prepared to die here.
Man him looking over to see Haruka and Haruto and then the camera shifts to Yuta in front of them Is such a powerful scene! Just the fact that he is secure in knowing he doesn't have to watch over Haruka anymore and can go out on his own terms...
Now we can see that suneo is not just rich but he's getting stronger after beating Giant in doraemon universe.
He literally cries like a baby.
Little baby Iwami
9:24
Iwami: I'LL KILL YOU
Kiryu: Hoh hooh!
LOL
if death had a face 3:09
One of the few bosses ever in a game that i fought with enough rage to almost break my controller buttons apart
3:08 You pissed off the wrong dragon Homie
This might be one of my favourite intros to a boss fight. Iwami is a lack luster boss, but that scene with the music is pretty well directed.
Plus, I'm a sucker for symbolism and Iwami pulling off his glasses and throwing them to the ground is a pretty great one that has gone basically unnoticed (or un-talked about at least).
i always liked that he was easy. He's not on Kiryu's level. We've seen Kiryu forgive so much so many times. We've seen Kiryu the father, Kiryu the dragon, Kiryu the force of nature. In this moment we get to see the scariest version of him: Kiryu at the end of his rope. He's the most forgiving person ever and he's just deemed you unforgivable. It's a punishment more than a fight. Kiryu in this moment is unstoppable, no force on earth could stop him from steamrolling Iwami because Iwami hurt Haruka and Haruto. So I think it was done perfectly for what it was.
Man i just spammed Tiger Drop to this guy face, he's fucking chicken compared to Sera, Kiwami 2 Daigo, Lao Gui, and probably Nishiki.
His moveset are predictable, slow, telegraphed as shit.
Get a tiger drop, no need for Staminans.
Oh yeah, I think this guy, Munakata and Shibusawa get the shared title for most vile main antagonists of this series.
I sure hope Villains Wiki considers them as pure Evil
@@jay-2004 Another example of Complete Monster/Pure Evil is Kyohei Jingu.
Shibusawa at least faced defeat with honor.
Iwami just started begging once he fell down.
@@jorgebersabe293 Also Sohei Dojima
Iwami is so buff because he physically drags the ships around the shipyard himself.
9:41 Perfect timing with the music
Ya know, even thought he's a scumbag, I gotta give him credit for this. His plan nearly worked. If the Hirose Family didn't save Kiryu, Iwami would of won.
Iwami is basically just the excellent mastermind with no strength at all against kiryu LOL 😂🤣
I think I understand more about Iwami character and motives. I believe this final boss fight was about because Kiryu is a dragon which is a God and Iwami is a Hakutakan (Bai ze) which in Asian mythology the Hakutakan was the only creature in the land that could talk and in a way was revered as a God. Also the Hakutakan was known as the eater of bad dreams and other bad omens and fortunes but in this case it was doing the exact opposite and eating up people good dreams instead and that's what Iwami symbolizes because he was a very manipulative man and only cared about his dream which was to be Takeru Kurusu.
Iwami was the tragic hero of yakuza 6.
He's the hero this series deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hate him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark yakuza.
@@kevindrcsak4710 In his dreams perhaps.
5:52 Kiryu never sounded this menacingly and hateful even against Shibusawa.
Who dares disturb my family ? - Kazuma Kiryu
11:14 when the music fades, you really added the music back in with that triple dash
Yeah
imagine if the developer make iwami stats and fighting styles just like some random thugs on the street, would be really fitting for a coward like him
That really is in yakuza 6 non-in game/lore story
7:38 Gotta love the little Yakuza 3 call back in that intro. Other wise, never have I hated a boss more than JINGU. Perfect way to end Kiryu's story with you beating the shit out of him.
Nobody Important It is call back to that battle intro. I prefer Majima boss 2 in kiwami 2, seriously gun vs knife intro was awsome.
Despite everything THAT GUY did, you really can't bring yourself to hate a man voice by Dio.
Sugai: shinee..!!!!
Kiryu: you should have gone for the head.
This was by far one of the most satisfying boss battles in Yakuza, because you’re just as enraged as Kiryu is and it fuels the overall mood of the fight. Just the look of purge rage on Kiryu’s face as he’s beaten down sends shivers down your spine
Even Lord Frieza can't kill Kiryu apparently.
13:54 ...im the only one having yakuza 1 flashbacks here?
No i had em too
2:43 I’m having Majima Flashbacks
Is it just me or did anyone saw the baby floating at 15:56
Oh yeah
The only person more badass than Kiryu is Haruka's baby. Despite all that happened, not once did they cry.
And even Haruka's baby is much badass than Iwami: A literal baby vs a figurative baby.
6:32 One last fight for the Dragon
Are you sure abt
0:04 Welcome to the family, son!
@@gamemaster2638 nice one
8:15 that Iwami recovery though
The true final boss.. The CEO of Nintendo!
Notice how yakuza 6 is the only kiryu saga game where the final boss isn't fought in some high building (e.g. Millenium Tower) or tojo clan HQ, but on the ground. Kiryu isn't fighting for the Tojo Clan anymore: He's fighting for himself, but most of all, for his family.
Everybody: Tsuneo Iwami
Me, an intellectual: TSUNEO NI I LOVE YOU
I still wish that kiryu would have broken his one rule.
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You mean this?
15:55
Munakata: What happened to you?
Sugai: I shot myself like a coward. What about you?
Munakata: Same!
9:39 That sync was absolutely majestic
9:22 is the greatest shitpost imaginable like:
"HE IS NOTHING TO ME"
"hoho"
*gets beaten down
y'know how much of a piece of shit human being Iwami was when his robot boss in Gaiden doesn't even have his face, instead just a measily pair of glasses
From that first fight with Kuze in Yakuza 0 to this one
Such a great journey it was
11:28: Fitness goals. I'm not a man until I learn how to do this in real life.
Caving in another mans face has little to do with fitness
Now I need to see a Tiger Drop-only "Maximum Disrespect" version of this fight, just to really flip Iwami the bird.