Imagine if Majima was able to switch styles like Kiryu. *Majima puts his knife away* Ichiban: "Phew, he put his knife away" *Majima starts breakdancing* Ichiban: "OH GOD HE PUT HIS KNIFE AWAY"
@Hikki NEETU just had the same thing happen to me. Everything up to this point was really easy, this fight took me by surprise but I’m glad it did. If a fight against these two was a walk in the park, it would be disappointing.
Love how the characters from the other Yakuza games don't technically lose in Ichiban's boss battles against them. It shows how their strength still hasn't withered away.
@@shadowmamba95 Yeah, Kiryu's was the best. Ichiban sees his friends die to the dragon, and I'm like, "Uhh yeahhh.. Kiryu wouldn't do that to this group." Ichiban gets slammed and everything fades. Cut to Ichiban unconscious and dreaming that he won while drowsily humming victory music. LOL
*quoting a comment from another video* Ichiban: Man, I think I need to do something about my imagination, for a second I really tought he did clones of himself. Adachi: Ichiban, those were real. PD: Also, I would imagine an even 1V1 between Kasuga and Majima like the gumball and darwin street fighter fight, with eachother imaginating their atacks.
And I didn't listen and I entered this battle with a team still level 38 to 40, I was humiliated in every possible way, but now my team is level 50 and I'm going to challenge them again
@@wardenunknown I didn't need that, just a few drinks to recover mental points so I could use the skills, otherwise with a lvl 52 team the battle was much easier
18:34 - Considering the number of times Kiryu and Majima both have beat the crap out of their fellow Tojo clan members since Zero, I find it amusing that even Majima is like "Fuck's sake, really? Again?"
@@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead I bet that's why he's still wearing that heavy duty winter coat in the middle of summer, he's STILL cold from that trip to Hokkaido. lol
One thing that would make it a bit more interesting for me, at least is that when Majima summons shadow clones, they would have Thug, Breaker and Slugger fighting styles while the original is on Mad Dog style.
At this point he's probably been chill in more games than he hasn't but this is basically how he acted in the first two Yakuza games. He's like The Joker but it's more or less an act he can turn it off when he wants.
This is how game designers should treat legacy characters, not just sidelining them for the sake of showing how powerful the new guys are. Keep them as kickass as they were, but still make the fights fun and engaging, by telling the player at a later point the newer characters will be stronger than them in future. It'll make the development rewarding
@@Keepon100from what I've seen of Boruto isn't it the opposite? Feels like they took so long to even consider letting go characters like Naruto or Sasuke and they just end up ironically sidelining the new characters cus obviously they're not strong enough yet to do anything useful
@@ryudhalnah Boruto treat Sasuke the legendary Indra incarnation, one of strongest shinobi in his era like shit. How can rinnegan user lost all his chakra on every fight 💀
The fact you are level 99 and these guys are STILL not going down easy? Really goes to show how much of a different level they are when compared to Ichiban and his group.
@@firecrackerjack68 Yep they were and even if you make the argument they are rusty, even then they are STILL at a much different level when compared to Ichi and his group.
..But kiryu did..and he didn't take that fight seriously at all ( ichiban lost consciousness in that fight and his punch did bugger all as kiryu tanked it ).
@@wesker100000000 Kiryu took his shirt off in the boss fight because even though he may not have thought Ichi and crew were a threat, he was legitimately testing their ability and measuring their character, something he took seriously. At least that's my interpretation of it lol
Yea, comically it’s mainly since some attacks are flagged Elemental vs physical... Saejima can take a few punches but even they took their share of the weird... Also some characters have some amusing weaknesses in terms of elemental weaknesses... Majima and Fire due to a bad history of explosives (Kiwami 2) for instance...
HOLY FREAKING HECK! Yooo, this is one of the boss battles I unfortunately spoiled for myself, but goddamn, is it such a treat seeing Majima and Saejima back in Yakuza once again!
I just love the little details in this scene - Goro is so animated, you can see the shivers from excitement he has after 2:55 and I swear I can watch it all over and over again
When I got to this boss fight the first time I got my ass kicked so hard, the entire game was a cake walk until this moment. I mean like holy crap I had to grind so hard before I was finally able to beat it.
Oh yeah. He was the hardest fight in the game hands down; Majima is a monster. Edit: I meant like through the story, because there's an Amon also lurking around.
@@genderlesswhale2868 I think Amon is only hard in the True Final Millennium Tower, if you level enough you can beat Final Millennium tower pretty easily
The best part about Majima and Saejima's Blade Kill combo is the fact that it has to happen AT LEAST ONCE in the boss fight. That means that Ichiban canonically tanked this hit.
Theories on each bosses's weaknesses: Majima (fire): reference to how he was tortured with fire in the Hole in Yakuza 0. Kiryu (ice): reference to how he almost died of hypothermia at the end of Yakuza 5. Dragons are also weak to ice. Saejima (ice): ditto for Saejima except it occurred when he was in Hokkaido early on in Yakuza 5.
Ichiban's party makes not only Majima break a sweat, but also Saejima. Meanwhile, a huge amount of either Tojo Clan or Omi Alliance elite goons along with their leaders could barely do the same.
@@deviljho4260 Majima and Saejima are rusty though and were holding back, but the fact that Ichiban's crew didn't get absolutely clapped proves they are a force to be reckoned with, I kind of wonder how tough they are by themselves though, maybe mini boss level.
@@edwardarroyo884 true, but even though they are rusty and holding back they could still wipe out an entire yakuza family in a few minutes. I’d actually argue they are slightly above mini boss level. It depends on who you’re talking about though. Some of the party are like tutorial/first boss material while others are miniboss material, decently tough but not much of a challenge.
@@deviljho4260 Yeah, I'd say Ichiban would count as a full on boss, but not a super difficult one, while the others are either tutorial bosses or a mini boss you fight multiple times.
The Legendary Duo are a force to be reckoned with. (Side note: I made a mistake when I originally played the JP version unprepared, but after months of practice I managed to beat them easily in the ENG version). Here's the tip upon arriving in Sotenbori go to the Battle Arena and grind there until you're ready to fight them. Other than that good luck!
In another universe, Kiryu and Ryuji become oath brothers after 2, and Majima drags Saejima along with him to stalk them. Every day, Kamurocho experiences at least 2 tremors due to the fighting.
Honestly that's just how I play RPGS, if I'm not 20 levels higher than everyone else with everything as maxed as possible for the current story progression, I'm not having a fun time. The Battle Arena was just a godsend for me. Much better EXP and material gain than the underground dungeon and way easier to farm.
Is no one going to mention Nanba and Adachi stepping in front of Ichiban when Arakwa says there’s gonna be another fight? And then everyone else surrounded him to protect him? I damn near teared up at that display of friendship, love this new crew so much, I really hope they don’t end up as one off characters.
Nanba, adachi and saeko are definitely main stays, eri is definitely a one off sadly, they didnt even add her to the cutscenes when u unlock her, and joon-gi han and zhao im not sure, i just hope with the next game it just keeps the same party members and just adds to the roster
@@ivangambino4135 eri wasnt suppose to be part of the main cast. She cannon as an entrepreneur that help you out. Thats all. She won the contest to be included as an in game character, it was for a minor role as part of the aide quest but end up being recruitable as party. So thats why she never in the main story line cutscene.
@@ivangambino4135 Oh yeah, Nanba Adachi and Saeko are 100% going to be party members in the next game. I'm also pretty confident in saying Zhao And Han will be in the next game too, but probably not as party members. Just people you can talk to and help out in the story. There'll be new party members to replace them just to keep it fresh, and also because if Zhao and Han returned and were party members, but were locked until later chapters like in this one, it'd feel weird and forced since they already played that card with them before.
@@everythingreview767 I feel like Eri's going to return as an optional secret party member like in this one, but she's going to be way more broken and you'll probably have to grind the next management minigame (Bc we all know it's coming back) and you'll get her at the ass end of it.
I've been playing RPG's since the 80's. and this intro and fight is up there in the top 3 best battles of all time. Majima unique intro and that music was an incredible experience.
First time I fought Majima, I thought it was going to be a fight where you can't win. The difficulty gap is so large, I went back to beat the battle arena to level up.
16:39 The way his eye widens and he's giggling like a child. You can tell his thought process was "These guys remind me of Kiryu-Chan. I AM 100% OKAY WITH THESE GUYS REPLACING HIM.."
My headcanon is that Saejima spent the years at Nick Ogata's place putting up with with Majima Everywhere 2.0 - safehouse edition. Imagine it. Saejima's just trying to do his laundry and suddenly there's a cackle from the dryer... Honestly explains why they're still so buff after a few years out of action.
See I’ve been playing through this game recently and I knew Majima was a boss somewhere and had seen him walk down the stairs before but when I hit this scene in the game I really was not expecting it and freaked out a bit
Saejima is a goddamn bulldozer. It doesn't really come across in this vid where everyone is level 99 so he just kinda hits hard, but on the first walkthrough, where your level is closer to his, he all but one-shots everyone who looks at him funny. Majima does all his acrobatics and fancy moves and gets off about 40% of your characters' HP, while Saejima just punches two-three times and you scramble for revives. It's scary.
Me: Hey Ichi, if you still wanna be a legend, you have to get past these two. Ichi: Pfft, sounds easy. Me: They also happen to be actual living legends of the Tojo Clan. Have fun! Ichi: ...Fuck. Soundtrack rocks, too.
Ichi *just take his phone just for kill everyone with the orbital laser* Nancy : I had better idea Ichi : ? Nancy : Me Majima : *insert Majima's laught* Seajima : What the ....
I love that for this fight when it's just one of the jimas, the party lines up like it's an old school rpg. Backs to the wall, choosing commands. Really sells the "fighting legends" thing.
I just realised that Saejima and Majima's blade kill tag team is strikingly similar to what Kiryu and Akiyama pull off in the previous game. Kiryu/Saejima lands the punch and Akiyama/Majima lands the kick. Goes to show incredible teamwork.
I’ve noticed that RGG Studio reuse a lot of gameplay mechanics and animations from previous games. Like for an example the one Nishiki QTE sequence in Kiwami 1 is literally the same as Aizawa QTE from Yakuza 5
In my recent replay of Yakuza 7, one thing I noticed is how resilient Saejima is. Easily guarded against physical and blade attacks, no burns or stun effect from fire and electrical. But when I realised that ice was his only weakness, something dawned on me... could this be a call back to Saejima's time as a hunter in Yakuza 5? How the cold of the mountain would drain his health?
You were probably thinking something like "nah, they are just 2 really strong enemies at once, I can handle that". And then you found out you are not the only one who could do tag team moves.
I kinda wish Majima went through his Thug, Slugger, Breaker and Mad Dog styles like Kiryu went through his four fighting styles, though I guess for him Brawler was replaced by his Dragon Engine fighting style
The reason why this is in an RPG format is because it's stated that Ichiban loves playing the Dragon Quest series (R.I.P Akira Toriyama) ever since he was young, so this is the way he imagines how he has all of his battles. It's new and it's also cute
It's the best imo. With Kiryu and the final boss you knew it was coming, but with these guys they just walk up and start fighting you, and they gave enough time so that we can see more chemistry between Majima and Saejima in their fights. Blade Kill is so fucking cool
Beat this fight a few days ago, was super underleveled for it (like 7-8 levels)... at least Majima's poison never disappeared during the fight! now I'm training the shit out of my party preparing for the Kiryu fight haha.
@@bryanreyes7382 Well HE didn't really cut it, it's the norm for prisons to shave the heads of incoming convicts. But it also should've grown back by now so maybe he is keeping it short himself. I liked his long hair too even if he looked a bit like a hobo.
@@gaminggoddess85 true. To be fair, he was a hobo in Yakuza 4 when he came to Kamurocho to find Goro and since there were cops around, he went underground and befriend with hobos until he finally reunited with Goro.
This was the turning point in the game where the story and atmosphere finally came back to the classic yakuza storyline, this is the best boss fight to let that sink in.
It's good a thing I spoiled myself on this fight. Otherwise I wouldn't have read the comments and avoided Battle Arena and get torn apart by these monsters.
I mean the whole reason it's turn-based is because it's in Ichi's head, it was a proper fight to everyone but him. I don't know what Majima saw and frankly I am annoyed we haven't got something like that for him too
@@thedragonofdojima4157 : You had 7 games with brawler not including the judgment series. That’s more than enough It’s time for a change for the dragon quest protagonist
I overcame this bossfight yesterday and let me tell you, don’t skip the grinding before this. I was level 44 and both saejima and majima were level 50 and dont tell me that I shouldve done the coliseum because I finished all floors and still was under level. I lost once and then won but had to use at least 4 medkits to revive allies and saeko’s only job was to heal everyone, nothing else.
Well yeah i tried at lvl 36 and once i saw that saejima would just one shot anyone with his shoulder tackle i just went back and grinded the coliseum until im lvl 50
@@huzai7083 Now, a month after writing my commentary, I think it’s funny how I called the coliseum a grind. It is nowhere near the level of griding needed to beat the final true millennium tower😂 that shit is just fucked up, yakuza 7 turned into GRIND, THE GAME.
I fought them for the first time yesterday. My team were all level 60 so I got too confident. That made me lose the first time, but I got them in the second attempt. If all bosses are gonna be this tough from chapter 12, I should keep visiting the battle arena.
Gameplay aside, this was the most hype boss intro and music in the game. Gave me goosebumps first time I played it. And the second, third, fourth... Until I finally beat them. Lol
I didn't play the previous Yakuza games when I played Like A Dragon so I couldn't appreciate how terrifying it was to be fighting Majima. It only took me a dozen failed attempts before I finally beat him.
I'm going to be real, I was not nervous when they showed Majima "Well, okay, we trained for something like this. I better get ready and I still have resources in case things go sou-" _And then, Saejima appears on-screen, making it really obvious I was getting my ass booted back to Sotenbori ahortly._
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Imagine if Majima was able to switch styles like Kiryu.
*Majima puts his knife away*
Ichiban: "Phew, he put his knife away"
*Majima starts breakdancing*
Ichiban: "OH GOD HE PUT HIS KNIFE AWAY"
imagine if he cheated with the fucking baseball bat
@@ikwhatyouare then Ichiban gets inspired by how Majima handles the bat during the fight
@@morgan0__o “That’s rad!”
@@somedudefromapharmacy”holy shit”
“HOLY SHIT,THATS RAD!”
Kiryu : Respectfully ignores the girls in his boss fight.
Majima : Nyeheehe stab woman first.
Based Majima
Majima understands is a fight and doesn't make a further point out of it, a true gentleman.
If we can't have kiryu in tekken then can we have majima?
@@airsean_r3airsean_r34 I bet Nagoshi would find another excuse not to have him in Tekken
He fights every person he met except makoto nyehehheehe
Honestly, if this fight _wasn't_ a huge difficulty spike, I'm pretty sure people would have rioted.
And you still lose
@@parjai97 ehh I'd say it was more of a draw
@Hikki NEETU just had the same thing happen to me. Everything up to this point was really easy, this fight took me by surprise but I’m glad it did.
If a fight against these two was a walk in the park, it would be disappointing.
i did all 30 levels of the Sotenbori arena in one sitting for this battle. hell yeah it was worth it
If you’re supposed to lose why did i still get a game over??
Majima *Get bonk in the head with baseball bat*
Majima: huh, so that how it feel
Mr. Shakedown: It's not so fun is it?
doesnt the guy on left have same outfit as lee from yakuza 0
philipinoboy13 you mean saejima
Indeed
@@philipinoboy1381 no it just looks similar you can see slight differences in lees jacket and saejimas
Love how the characters from the other Yakuza games don't technically lose in Ichiban's boss battles against them. It shows how their strength still hasn't withered away.
glad they didnt ichiban the plot armor
Especially Kiryu.
@@shadowmamba95 Kiryu only need 5% of his power to defeat them
@@someone7931 You right. Ichiban’s lucky for turn-based.
@@shadowmamba95 Yeah, Kiryu's was the best. Ichiban sees his friends die to the dragon, and I'm like, "Uhh yeahhh.. Kiryu wouldn't do that to this group." Ichiban gets slammed and everything fades.
Cut to Ichiban unconscious and dreaming that he won while drowsily humming victory music. LOL
5:03
Ichiban: Shadow clone jutsu!
Majima: You can see them too?!
Saejima: don’t encourage him...
Lol
What do you mean? Majima-San cloned himself for real
Saejima himself saw the clones when he fought against Majima
Schizo-to-schizo communication
*quoting a comment from another video*
Ichiban: Man, I think I need to do something about my imagination, for a second I really tought he did clones of himself.
Adachi: Ichiban, those were real.
PD: Also, I would imagine an even 1V1 between Kasuga and Majima like the gumball and darwin street fighter fight, with eachother imaginating their atacks.
"Maybe it's better for us to train at the Sottenbori Battle Arena"
It wasn't an offer. It was a warning.
And I didn't listen and I entered this battle with a team still level 38 to 40, I was humiliated in every possible way, but now my team is level 50 and I'm going to challenge them again
@@edsonsantos9081good luck, you will still need a full pack of first aid kits
@@wardenunknown I didn't need that, just a few drinks to recover mental points so I could use the skills, otherwise with a lvl 52 team the battle was much easier
@@wardenunknown With an idol on the team and equipped with equipment that prevents her from being immobilized
@@edsonsantos9081 Your situation is exactly the same as mine expect my party lvls were 44 and still got smacked hard
Keep in mind that Majima is in his 50s at this point
a badass 50 year old still with no f***'s to give, i love him so much
He is 54
@@foufoustv2060 i do not remember the exact age, i apologize
@@anggoroputra5660 😂 you Don t have to apologize man
Hirose was 84 and he was the hardest boss in 6
Not every day you root for the boss to win in a boss fight.
Like I said majima is the guy you're supposed to hate but you just can't
@@st3phon0 wait what? majima was never the guy you’re supposed to hate
@@deviljho4260 Yakuza 1, he was a straight villain
@@LongLiveSK villain but not necessarily supposed to be hated. After yakuza 0 i don’t think anybody could hate majima in Kiwami.
@@deviljho4260 nah I’m talking about Yakuza 1 PS2, not Kiwami, they changed him for Kiwami, but in Yakuza 1, Majima is a villain
18:34 - Considering the number of times Kiryu and Majima both have beat the crap out of their fellow Tojo clan members since Zero, I find it amusing that even Majima is like "Fuck's sake, really? Again?"
you're everywhere.
@@cyrilleyukimaru6675 just like Majima
Roy S everywhere
Roy S. jumpscare
I think he said that because he was disappointed that he had to stop fighting them. Not because "oops I beat up my fellow clan members again"
Full team epic combo attack!
Saejima: 34 dmg
But pour a bucket of ice water on him? Ded
@@gaminggoddess85 I guess he really hated that segment in Yakuza 5 lmao
@@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead I bet that's why he's still wearing that heavy duty winter coat in the middle of summer, he's STILL cold from that trip to Hokkaido. lol
@@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead ptsd from slipping on ice
Majima: _gets shot a dozen times_
*10 damage*
I love how everyone agrees ichiban got off lucky against the previous yakuza protagonists because it was a turn-based system
Tiger dropkick would ruin his life
@@parjai97 if you hit kiryu during his last stance he tiger drops you
@@LowIntSpecimen imagine if it was the Kiwami Tiger Drop
@@LowIntSpecimen found that out the hard way and forgot to save so I had to go grind again
Hardly. I kill 1 clone then it just doesn't let me hetero a turn. Literally just takes 15 turns till I'm dead.
One thing that would make it a bit more interesting for me, at least is that when Majima summons shadow clones, they would have Thug, Breaker and Slugger fighting styles while the original is on Mad Dog style.
But then(knowing how deadly Majima can be), that would be way too OP for Ichi-gang ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That would have been amazing
Mad dog is like a combination of all those 3 together, so it would be perfect.
😂 they are holding back so it feel like overkill for Ichiban's party.
their ass are NOT gonna go through dancer 😭
Is it me or majima is way more animated and expressive in this scene.
TBH after the events of all the previous games with him busting his ass for Saejima. I would expect for him to be more energetic and positive.
At this point he's probably been chill in more games than he hasn't but this is basically how he acted in the first two Yakuza games. He's like The Joker but it's more or less an act he can turn it off when he wants.
glad that yakuza developer made he's main characters still badass not like other developers who made there main characters die like a bunch of wimps
facial animations: 375%
the dog got his tiger friend back lmao
"Level 50 Majima" felt so threatening.
He doesn't age. He levels up.
@@farhanarieframadhan8139 if only his level was 54
Imagine a level 99 Majima
@@flameyboy4184 level 99 majima is in the secret dungeon, so is level 99 saejima (who can OHKO) and Kiryu (who can also OHKO)
I'm a simple man, I see an eyepatch I click.
Guess you like pirates
@@kevthacube7325 Nah he like Mad Dogs personally
That's good
This aged pretty good @@kevthacube7325
@@kevthacube7325this aged well LOL
This is how game designers should treat legacy characters, not just sidelining them for the sake of showing how powerful the new guys are. Keep them as kickass as they were, but still make the fights fun and engaging, by telling the player at a later point the newer characters will be stronger than them in future. It'll make the development rewarding
Kiryu, someone who took on the entire Dojima family at age 20, tells a 40+ year old Ichiban that he too could one day become like him
Cough cough boruto
@@Keepon100from what I've seen of Boruto isn't it the opposite? Feels like they took so long to even consider letting go characters like Naruto or Sasuke and they just end up ironically sidelining the new characters cus obviously they're not strong enough yet to do anything useful
@@ryudhalnah Boruto treat Sasuke the legendary Indra incarnation, one of strongest shinobi in his era like shit. How can rinnegan user lost all his chakra on every fight 💀
Yakuza 0 - I use fist
Yakuza 7 - fuck it it’s magic time
I imagined that with the TTS binotto voice and its way more hilarious than it should be
They should’ve stuck to how it was and not turn it into some card game
@@imenacei18Me when I’m wrong
@@wardenunknown what
@@imenacei18 just say you don't like having fun when you play games bro
Honestly, I wanted to see Majima switch styles during the fight, just like how Kiryu does. I wanted to see some Breaker action.
“YAAHOOOOOOOO”
-Goro Majima
"YEEEEEHAAAAAA"
-Also Goro Majima
"EEYOOOO"
- Also Also Goro Majima
Wow, Saejima is so tough, all the party members don't even wanna get close to him
Love this tbh. Entire party hugging the damn walls for the entire fight.
and he's only level 50 😂 and the part are level 99 majima and saejima are crazy powerful
Fun fact: the secret dungeon version of saejima is level 99 and can 1-2 hit KO instantly..
@@RedDrake110 not full power btw
The fact you are level 99 and these guys are STILL not going down easy? Really goes to show how much of a different level they are when compared to Ichiban and his group.
This is legend difficulty so they’re WAY stronger than normal mode too.
Legend difficulty in this game is grind-fest
Reminds me of Terraria's Master Mode
Also in-universe, Majima and Saejima were pulling their punches on Ichi and the gang.
@@firecrackerjack68 Yep they were and even if you make the argument they are rusty, even then they are STILL at a much different level when compared to Ichi and his group.
Imagine how awkward it would've been if Majima just stabbed Ichi right in the face with that opener lol!
“Pay ¥236,418 to retry with full recovery?”
A surprise QTE that’s really fast for the dynamic intro would’ve been amazing
Adachi: **Fucking dying of laughter**
Majima: Aha- wait it actually hit oh fuck! Taiga quick, call a doctor! I’m not letting my first battle in years end like this!!!
Neither of them took their shirts off so you know they were barely trying
..But kiryu did..and he didn't take that fight seriously at all ( ichiban lost consciousness in that fight and his punch did bugger all as kiryu tanked it ).
@@wesker100000000 Kiryu took his shirt off in the boss fight because even though he may not have thought Ichi and crew were a threat, he was legitimately testing their ability and measuring their character, something he took seriously. At least that's my interpretation of it lol
10:01 rip ichiban organs
Give him a Staminan Royale and he'll be good as new!
When I first did this fight and saw this cutscene I was like "Well, there goes 10,000,000 down the drain for a revive :l"
OK I have a better plan if you hear the 24 hours Cinderella song getting close run
and his neck
That Tag-Team move tho
It can't be defended against either
The sworn brothers have practiced for that moment lol.
@@yosuasebastian I like how it starts out as Kiryu's Essence of Poledancing from the earlier games.
I wanna know how he lived that lmao
I thought that shit was a insta kill when i first saw it.
Lol everything that looks painful deals 30 damage to Saejima, but a bucket of ice? 2000 damage.
you'd think that coat would help him resist ice
Yea, comically it’s mainly since some attacks are flagged Elemental vs physical... Saejima can take a few punches but even they took their share of the weird...
Also some characters have some amusing weaknesses in terms of elemental weaknesses... Majima and Fire due to a bad history of explosives (Kiwami 2) for instance...
I always thought Saejima's weakness to ice was a reference to how the cold almost got the best of him in Yakuza 5.
@@turbulentbreak yeah but he has a coat now
I mean the man has tanked gunshot and stab wounds, but in his defense ice is pretty fucking chilly
I just love how Zhao and Majima were able to interact. They're very similar, yet different!
honestly include ichiban too cos of his bat and breaker usage
HOLY FREAKING HECK!
Yooo, this is one of the boss battles I unfortunately spoiled for myself, but goddamn, is it such a treat seeing Majima and Saejima back in Yakuza once again!
I just love the little details in this scene - Goro is so animated, you can see the shivers from excitement he has after 2:55 and I swear I can watch it all over and over again
When I got to this boss fight the first time I got my ass kicked so hard, the entire game was a cake walk until this moment. I mean like holy crap I had to grind so hard before I was finally able to beat it.
Oh yeah. He was the hardest fight in the game hands down; Majima is a monster.
Edit: I meant like through the story, because there's an Amon also lurking around.
@@genderlesswhale2868 fk amon. the only time I beat a amon was LJ. such bs abilities. so I pulled some bs extracts on his as 😂
@@genderlesswhale2868 I think Amon is only hard in the True Final Millennium Tower, if you level enough you can beat Final Millennium tower pretty easily
10:05 This has to be the best combo-move in all of Yakuza
The best part about Majima and Saejima's Blade Kill combo is the fact that it has to happen AT LEAST ONCE in the boss fight. That means that Ichiban canonically tanked this hit.
@@ZaDoktor8515 Saejima throwing Majima at some dude inside the Omi HQ being canon is one hell of a thing
Friendship goals
They really just did a heat action on him
@@ZaDoktor8515
WAIT
AT LEAST?!!
LEAST?????!!!!
Level 99 and Saejima out here still hitting like a runaway train
kiryu hits like a...
a kiryu
Man hitting like a house made of 16-wheelers
@@StarHorder he hits like a Level 999
Theories on each bosses's weaknesses:
Majima (fire): reference to how he was tortured with fire in the Hole in Yakuza 0.
Kiryu (ice): reference to how he almost died of hypothermia at the end of Yakuza 5. Dragons are also weak to ice.
Saejima (ice): ditto for Saejima except it occurred when he was in Hokkaido early on in Yakuza 5.
And he got one on one with a bear🤣
Ichiban's party makes not only Majima break a sweat, but also Saejima. Meanwhile, a huge amount of either Tojo Clan or Omi Alliance elite goons along with their leaders could barely do the same.
I like how this puts in to perspective just how strong majima and saejima are but at the same times it proves ichiban’s party is also really tough.
@@deviljho4260 Majima and Saejima are rusty though and were holding back, but the fact that Ichiban's crew didn't get absolutely clapped proves they are a force to be reckoned with, I kind of wonder how tough they are by themselves though, maybe mini boss level.
@@edwardarroyo884 true, but even though they are rusty and holding back they could still wipe out an entire yakuza family in a few minutes. I’d actually argue they are slightly above mini boss level. It depends on who you’re talking about though. Some of the party are like tutorial/first boss material while others are miniboss material, decently tough but not much of a challenge.
@@deviljho4260 Yeah, I'd say Ichiban would count as a full on boss, but not a super difficult one, while the others are either tutorial bosses or a mini boss you fight multiple times.
The Legendary Duo are a force to be reckoned with. (Side note: I made a mistake when I originally played the JP version unprepared, but after months of practice I managed to beat them easily in the ENG version). Here's the tip upon arriving in Sotenbori go to the Battle Arena and grind there until you're ready to fight them. Other than that good luck!
In another universe, Kiryu and Ryuji become oath brothers after 2, and Majima drags Saejima along with him to stalk them. Every day, Kamurocho experiences at least 2 tremors due to the fighting.
@@eonnephilim852 The poor world, why would you make it suffer so.
The sotenbori battle arena was not a friendly tip. It was both a warning and a threat
Honestly that's just how I play RPGS, if I'm not 20 levels higher than everyone else with everything as maxed as possible for the current story progression, I'm not having a fun time. The Battle Arena was just a godsend for me. Much better EXP and material gain than the underground dungeon and way easier to farm.
doesn't Ichiban tell the player this?
I love Ichiban's reaction to Majima and Saejima's tag attack, like "what the hell did I get myself into?"
I love that the party acted like they were confident but they and anyone who'd played a Yakuza before were really shitting bricks
Is no one going to mention Nanba and Adachi stepping in front of Ichiban when Arakwa says there’s gonna be another fight? And then everyone else surrounded him to protect him? I damn near teared up at that display of friendship, love this new crew so much, I really hope they don’t end up as one off characters.
Nanba, adachi and saeko are definitely main stays, eri is definitely a one off sadly, they didnt even add her to the cutscenes when u unlock her, and joon-gi han and zhao im not sure, i just hope with the next game it just keeps the same party members and just adds to the roster
@@ivangambino4135 eri wasnt suppose to be part of the main cast. She cannon as an entrepreneur that help you out. Thats all. She won the contest to be included as an in game character, it was for a minor role as part of the aide quest but end up being recruitable as party. So thats why she never in the main story line cutscene.
@@ivangambino4135 Oh yeah, Nanba Adachi and Saeko are 100% going to be party members in the next game. I'm also pretty confident in saying Zhao And Han will be in the next game too, but probably not as party members. Just people you can talk to and help out in the story. There'll be new party members to replace them just to keep it fresh, and also because if Zhao and Han returned and were party members, but were locked until later chapters like in this one, it'd feel weird and forced since they already played that card with them before.
@@everythingreview767 I feel like Eri's going to return as an optional secret party member like in this one, but she's going to be way more broken and you'll probably have to grind the next management minigame (Bc we all know it's coming back) and you'll get her at the ass end of it.
@@grunkythegrandpaofcheese5241 Oh yeah. They said their next vision is Japan, and then the world, right? The crew will be busy.
I've been playing RPG's since the 80's. and this intro and fight is up there in the top 3 best battles of all time. Majima unique intro and that music was an incredible experience.
"Is It my turn yet?"
Greatest final words you'll hear ever, probably.
You are everywhere
First time I fought Majima, I thought it was going to be a fight where you can't win. The difficulty gap is so large, I went back to beat the battle arena to level up.
I felt the same in the Kiryu vs Saejima fight in yakuza 4. I lost the first time and thought that it was a scripted fight
Me: Damn, Majima is really tough
Saejima: Allow me to introduce myself
I literally yelled "No Saejima, it's not your turn! It's not your turn!!!"
16:39 The way his eye widens and he's giggling like a child. You can tell his thought process was "These guys remind me of Kiryu-Chan. I AM 100% OKAY WITH THESE GUYS REPLACING HIM.."
Nobody will replace Kiryu, he's already in majima heart
My headcanon is that Saejima spent the years at Nick Ogata's place putting up with with Majima Everywhere 2.0 - safehouse edition. Imagine it. Saejima's just trying to do his laundry and suddenly there's a cackle from the dryer... Honestly explains why they're still so buff after a few years out of action.
This track should be called "game over if you aint prepared"
In this fight, Majima is immune to being charmed. My headcanon is he can't be charmed because he still loves Makoto.
all bosses are immune to ailments in the game not just majima
not all aiments though. Even Majima gets poisoned in this fight@@qoxx
Nah, he’s it’s because he only has eyes for KIRYU-CHAN
Its been over 20 years, he is over makoto
More like “eye” lol
0:47 HIS HAIR FREAKING MOVES
call an ambulance I can’t breathe anymore
kiryu: i would never raise my hand against a woman.
majima: *EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL FIGHTS!*
Damn Ichiban really had the honor to face these legendary duo at once 👍
Yeah. Nice that Nishiki got to fight him twice. If you know what I mean *Same actor*
facing kriyu was the real honor
@@MariusBoss11458 even his tattoo has koi in it with a dragon body
@@soraakahymn9443 Yup.
See I’ve been playing through this game recently and I knew Majima was a boss somewhere and had seen him walk down the stairs before but when I hit this scene in the game I really was not expecting it and freaked out a bit
Felt the same emotions as you my friend
Saejima is a goddamn bulldozer.
It doesn't really come across in this vid where everyone is level 99 so he just kinda hits hard, but on the first walkthrough, where your level is closer to his, he all but one-shots everyone who looks at him funny.
Majima does all his acrobatics and fancy moves and gets off about 40% of your characters' HP, while Saejima just punches two-three times and you scramble for revives. It's scary.
12:36 Even for legends like Majima and Saejima this can be really effective and can put them out of combat
Me: Hey Ichi, if you still wanna be a legend, you have to get past these two.
Ichi: Pfft, sounds easy.
Me: They also happen to be actual living legends of the Tojo Clan. Have fun!
Ichi: ...Fuck.
Soundtrack rocks, too.
the soundtrack: kuzeeee.....kuzeeeee
Ichi *just take his phone just for kill everyone with the orbital laser*
Nancy : I had better idea
Ichi : ?
Nancy : Me
Majima : *insert Majima's laught*
Seajima : What the ....
I love that for this fight when it's just one of the jimas, the party lines up like it's an old school rpg. Backs to the wall, choosing commands. Really sells the "fighting legends" thing.
I just realised that Saejima and Majima's blade kill tag team is strikingly similar to what Kiryu and Akiyama pull off in the previous game. Kiryu/Saejima lands the punch and Akiyama/Majima lands the kick. Goes to show incredible teamwork.
Can we please just take a moment to admire just how much this song slaps? Like hot damn man, this song goes HARD.
This is the youngest Saejima has ever looked. would be cool to see how he fairs against Tendo tbh
Pretty sure he'd slap Tendon around easily
Saejima is the only man alive that can say he fought kiryu twice and the fights both ended in a draw. Saejima would destroy tendo.
He would baby tendo
Woah now, that's a baby shaking Tendo isn't ready for
Y5 Saejima could destroy multiple Tendo.
7:30 That's Akai Brothers heat action from Kiwami 1,i've played too much yk1
I’ve noticed that RGG Studio reuse a lot of gameplay mechanics and animations from previous games. Like for an example the one Nishiki QTE sequence in Kiwami 1 is literally the same as Aizawa QTE from Yakuza 5
@@Amar-ux7gi you'll get used to it 😂
THEY HAD A QTE?!????
in yakuza 0, 4 and 5, we beat up the goons. In yakuza 7, we are the goons
In my recent replay of Yakuza 7, one thing I noticed is how resilient Saejima is. Easily guarded against physical and blade attacks, no burns or stun effect from fire and electrical. But when I realised that ice was his only weakness, something dawned on me... could this be a call back to Saejima's time as a hunter in Yakuza 5? How the cold of the mountain would drain his health?
thats why he wears that bigass coat all the time, he gets chilly easily poor guy
@@kittiecandy747 yeah, cold has a way of killing the heat.
This level of graphics and facial animation looks especially good on majima compared to kiryu, saejima, and the others
even better on ps5
Well, Kiryu is not that expressive, not even in his own games
Imagine being so insane until even the enemies you are fighting sees doppelgangers of you
You were probably thinking something like "nah, they are just 2 really strong enemies at once, I can handle that". And then you found out you are not the only one who could do tag team moves.
I kinda wish Majima went through his Thug, Slugger, Breaker and Mad Dog styles like Kiryu went through his four fighting styles, though I guess for him Brawler was replaced by his Dragon Engine fighting style
10:57
This has also got to be a decent sync.
Show - Time!
The reason why this is in an RPG format is because it's stated that Ichiban loves playing the Dragon Quest series (R.I.P Akira Toriyama) ever since he was young, so this is the way he imagines how he has all of his battles. It's new and it's also cute
saejima gets stabbed and beaten and flamed? 50 dmg
but some ice? this shit dangerous, 2k dmg
He catches a cold easily!
Saejima who spent a long ass time living in the cold and snow is weak to ice?
I just realized receive you the prototype plays when majima walks on screen...fitting.
one of the best bosses in the game
nice pfp
@@ТимофейЛебедев-с4в thanks lol
This and kiryu though I havent beat the game yet
It's the best imo. With Kiryu and the final boss you knew it was coming, but with these guys they just walk up and start fighting you, and they gave enough time so that we can see more chemistry between Majima and Saejima in their fights. Blade Kill is so fucking cool
Beat this fight a few days ago, was super underleveled for it (like 7-8 levels)... at least Majima's poison never disappeared during the fight! now I'm training the shit out of my party preparing for the Kiryu fight haha.
I C E
On normal I beat it at lv.39~, super underleveled. Definitely not recommended, given how easy grinding level is on normal.
Bruh, unrelated, but were subbed to almost all the same channels lol
@@SakuraStardust hah, that's pretty neat! :D
I was 17 levels under and barely killed Majima but died by Saejima of course
0:35 that drip tho alpha industry 🥵🥵
Goro and Taiga are two of my favorite Yakuza legends along with Kazuma.
Though i prefer Saejima with the hairdo he had in 4, but, yeah, he is awesome
@@TheSpawnfan so do I. I miss his long hair from 4 until he cut it in 5
@@bryanreyes7382 Well HE didn't really cut it, it's the norm for prisons to shave the heads of incoming convicts. But it also should've grown back by now so maybe he is keeping it short himself. I liked his long hair too even if he looked a bit like a hobo.
@@gaminggoddess85 true. To be fair, he was a hobo in Yakuza 4 when he came to Kamurocho to find Goro and since there were cops around, he went underground and befriend with hobos until he finally reunited with Goro.
I like kriyu more he's may favorite of the bunch
So basically it's Majima’s and Nishiki's rematch, huh?
My favorite fight in the whole game
Majima: "SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE! ..."
8:02
"... But not for ME. Nyeh heh heh!"
This was the turning point in the game where the story and atmosphere finally came back to the classic yakuza storyline, this is the best boss fight to let that sink in.
It's good a thing I spoiled myself on this fight. Otherwise I wouldn't have read the comments and avoided Battle Arena and get torn apart by these monsters.
If this game is not turn based, Majima will kill them for real
yes, fuck yakuza 7. bring me back fucking brawler.
Actually no, it's much easier to beat with the normal difficulty setting & you're higher level than Majima
I mean the whole reason it's turn-based is because it's in Ichi's head, it was a proper fight to everyone but him.
I don't know what Majima saw and frankly I am annoyed we haven't got something like that for him too
@@thedragonofdojima4157 : You had 7 games with brawler not including the judgment series. That’s more than enough
It’s time for a change for the dragon quest protagonist
@@stevenliang3213 when I pick up Yakuza I want to beat up people myself, not play final fantasy or persona, it ruins the fun.
I overcame this bossfight yesterday and let me tell you, don’t skip the grinding before this. I was level 44 and both saejima and majima were level 50 and dont tell me that I shouldve done the coliseum because I finished all floors and still was under level. I lost once and then won but had to use at least 4 medkits to revive allies and saeko’s only job was to heal everyone, nothing else.
I scraped by at lvl 37 but it took forever
Well yeah i tried at lvl 36 and once i saw that saejima would just one shot anyone with his shoulder tackle i just went back and grinded the coliseum until im lvl 50
@@huzai7083 Now, a month after writing my commentary, I think it’s funny how I called the coliseum a grind. It is nowhere near the level of griding needed to beat the final true millennium tower😂 that shit is just fucked up, yakuza 7 turned into GRIND, THE GAME.
A huge smile appeared on my face when i heard that crazy laugh :D
This fight humbled me during my play through. I thought my party was unstoppable then got here. Spent the next few hours in the battle arena lol
0:21 hehehhehe
Joker like always.
I fought them for the first time yesterday. My team were all level 60 so I got too confident. That made me lose the first time, but I got them in the second attempt. If all bosses are gonna be this tough from chapter 12, I should keep visiting the battle arena.
I got my ass kick with lvl 65 on chapter 14 boss.
@@lolohlinoh8137 bound to happen eventually
Soon as you see those shoes, and hear that laugh, you already know whos comin
Back in the 2000s: KIRYU CHAAAAAAN!!!!!
Kiryu: Oh for fucks sack.
2020 onward Probably: ICHIBAN CHAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
Ichiban: HOLY SHIT PLEASE GOD NO!!!!
Yakuza's becoming more like Persona and Persona's becoming more like Yakuza
*No cryin' if I accidentally snap you in half.*
*BALLS OUT, KASUGA!!*
0:36 I know I'm not the only one who looked at this man and thought "THAT'S BATISTAAAAA!"
5:57 ITS RAINING MAJIMAS!!
I love that this party is level 99 and it’s still taking this long to end the fight. My boys out here still swinging.
Gameplay aside, this was the most hype boss intro and music in the game. Gave me goosebumps first time I played it. And the second, third, fourth... Until I finally beat them. Lol
I didn't know who this was when I first played this game. After going back to 0, this has so much more significance for me now. I love it.
I like how it’s a 6 on 2. And it ends in a draw. But most likely Majima and taiga would win, if they were going all out.
I didn't play the previous Yakuza games when I played Like A Dragon so I couldn't appreciate how terrifying it was to be fighting Majima.
It only took me a dozen failed attempts before I finally beat him.
After fighting all of these bosses, I can say one thing,
Darts airstrike is broken
When the song kicks in saying showtime it gave me so much happiness it fit him so much and reminded me of him in the first game
8:04
That sound effect always gave me goosebumps
“Ha, pretty big talk for a guy as rusty as you, bro.”
Bruh
Only boss fight(s) I actually struggled with.
I'm going to be real, I was not nervous when they showed Majima
"Well, okay, we trained for something like this. I better get ready and I still have resources in case things go sou-"
_And then, Saejima appears on-screen, making it really obvious I was getting my ass booted back to Sotenbori ahortly._