He's basically the inverse of Shishido, Shishido fought like hell to Keep the yakuza Alive and Idolizes the Yakuza Dream while Ebina utterly Despises it.
Ebina also embodies some persona and similarity to Nishiki and Mine. He lost his only family member that mattered to him (like Nishiki and his sister, for Ebina his mother), he also worked hard to get to the top to realise his dream (the coop with Sawashiro, like Mine and Daigo) and also conspired with a blonde haired foreigner (Bryce Fairchild, like Black Monday's Andre Richardaon) And of course, his ultimate goal is the mirror opposite to that of Shishido, to hunt down any Yakuza no matter what it takes. (Which funnily enough, was Kiryu's girlfriend Kaoru main objective during Yakuza 2)
I was honestly surprised to not see Shishido and Nishitani III make an appearance in Infinite Wealth, maybe in the next one? But if they don't have Kiryu as a protagonist it won't feel the same, as Kasuga doesn't have anything to do with them 🤔
@@superkazuya3328Gaiden was made around the time IW was almost done. They literally made that side game in 6 months. It's also why it's so obvious that Hanawa's role in IW is like that, they didn't realize he'd garner that much fans in that time.
@@superkazuya3328characters that resemble their actors rarely make it past 1 game thats why they either are killed or never mentioned again its like an unwritten yakuza rule
Kasuga’s compassion is so inspiring. Eiji did so much wrong to him, ruined his life, lied to him, manipulated him, mocked him, and yet kasuga doesnt even have to think twice before carrying the man through an angry mob to keep him safe. If value inheres from life, then ichiban definitely has infinite wealth.
Ichiban is the type of person to go above and beyond for people, making sure they get put on the right path despite what they've done, if the person wants to atone and make amends. I look up to characters like him because it shows that not everyone deserves every bad thing that's coming for them. There are plenty of people in this world in which, despite the horrible things they've done, they can still try to set things right, if they allow themselves to want to set things right. The problem is, a bunch of people in this world refuse to let others make amends and atone, and rather see them get hurt or put to death. Infinite Wealth literally displayed that when ichiban was carrying Eiji to the police station, with all the bottles being thrown at the both of them, injuring them and being beaten, and the comment section is no different from that cutscene since I'm seeing some people in the comments of different videos, wishing for Eiji to be beaten more. It honestly makes me laugh at how people just refuse to let a person change and are sick and twisted enough to wish and want for them to be beaten and dead. That just makes the majority of society no better and no different then Eiji. I wish more people would be like Ichiban, otherwise, the world would be so much better then it is now if we just all came together to help someone who wants to make change and a difference.
Not gonna lie. While watching sequence of Ichi taking Eiji to jail through the mob almost made me really tear up. Also when you read the lyrics of the song playing- “The Invaluable” it really makes the scene all the more heartwarming and a tearjerker.
I don't know, the scene fell a little flat for me. Along the course of the game, not even once does Eiji show any sign of remorse or doubt about his actions as long as his plans are going smoothly, unless I missed anything. He really seems to enjoy having played with Ichiban every step of the way, as well as all the pain he inflicted on Lani and Akane. It is only after he's alone, cornered and out of options that he realizes he screwed up. I'd agree if we'd seen some sign that he regrets what he's caused before this scene, but as it is, I find it quite hard to feel sympathy for him, nor understand why the hell Ichiban forgives him so easily when he put in danger a lot of people he really cares about. About Ichiban, while I agree that his selflessness putting others above himself like here protecting Eiji in the ending is indeed inspiring, the fact that no matter how much they played with him and endanger his loved ones, he is instantly willing to forgive and forget without a moment's hesitation prevents me from appreciating the character as much as I do Kiryu, whose kindness always felt way more grounded and limited to people who really had done well by him.
@Roberdrake74 That's why Ichiban is considered by some characters in the series as a rare find. He chooses not to let hatred get to him, he chooses not to have a grudge against the people that did him dirty like Eiji for example, because he himself knows that hating on Eiji and wishing for his suffering wouldn't change a thing. It'd make him no better then Eiji himself and the rest of the people that did Ichiban dirty. Ichiban sees the best in people and knows that anybody can change if they allow themselves and have a want to change. Just because Eiji hasn't showed signs earlier of wanting to change doesn't mean that he can't be remorseful now. Yeah, he may have started feeling remorseful when he got cornered, but that in no way means that he doesn't feel remorse over all, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to turn himself in, but he did because of Ichibans influence and seeing the best in people, causing Eiji to feel remorseful for his actions and is willing to take the next step to atone. That's what makes this scene beautiful. To put it in different perspective, some people in this society would say "oh this person only feels sorry because they got caught and consequences are happening to them" which yeah, I'm not denying that there are people out there that only feel remorseful cause they got caught, but that's not always the case. Some people do feel genuine remorse even after getting caught, especially when the consequences that are happening to them allows the individual to think more clearly as to what lead them to this predicament, and why they have chosen the path in life they have chosen, amongst other things down to thinking about the people they have hurt in their life. At the end of the day, we don't truly know whether or not they feel remorse UNLESS the person decides to take action and society see's the action thats being taken. The fact Eiji agreed to turn himself in is all the proof we need as the audience that he wants to change and do better in life. We don't get a lot of people like Ichiban in society who sees the best in people and wants to help those who have fallen in the deep end, no matter how bad the person is. Instead, society chooses to hate, beat, harass, and kill those that they deem unworthy when the people in society themselves are no better and no different, which makes it all hypocritical in my eyes. Plus, it's easier for society to hate on others instead of help, and people sadistically take pleasure in violence against others and give themselves an excuse to be violent against those society is treating as garbage.
my mom died while I was still at the beginning of the game and playing through it has been a really good coping mechanism. But this ending crushed me, it fucked me up, thank you RGG
This game made me cry four times 1. The beginning with Ichiban helping the Ex Yakuza 2. Kiyru saying he has cancer 3. Ichiban and Akane's reunion 4. The entire ending from Ichiban forgiving Ei Chan and seeing Haruka again Yah this is game of the year for me
Did you even play both the games ? He's nothing like Nishiki. Instead the games keeps on repeating how he's more similar to kiryu but still his own person.
@@bruhwereinacarexhaustIs it really pretentious if the comparisons are just outright incorrect? It would be like me comparing Majima and Big Boss' (from Metal Gear Solid) personalities to each other, because they both have eyepatches. Would it be right for me to call someone pretentious if they said my comparison was wrong? amito is right. Nishiki was essentially just a basic friend. I don't think there was ever a point in Yakuza 0 where he was balls to the wall about friendship and giving people second chances... I mean, the guy even took Kiryu out of town to kill him; doesn't sound like something Ichiban would do, EVER.
The next game better be : Like a Dragon the Man who Retired It better be exclusively be kiryu wheelchairing around to his cancer treatments, spending time with family, passing on his fighting style to kasuga, and meeting all the characters from his substories. No fighting enemies at all, just a slice of life game.
There are SO many things I love about this ending. - It humanizes Ebina, he's not totally evil, nor is he good - There was a tiny voice in him that wanted to be saved. He's like many things in this game, a gray zone. - Ichiban's relationship with Eiji, It's a parallel to how he redeemed Masato but this time we get to see it flourish. Eiji slowly breaking down, Ichiban protecting him from the world and assuring him that forever and always they will be pals despite what Eiji has done to him - Because god damnit Ichiban is just that good of a person. - Kiryu's ending, though I doubt this is the last we'll see of him, this ending perfectly rounds out his character. We don't get to see him reunite with Haruka but that'll be seen in the future and most poetic of all is that the Man who Erased his name finally stops running from his problems. Kiryu knows he fucked up as soon as he left the Tojo to Daigo and is making amends, people want to see Kiryu live to face the sins of the Tojo head on, to finally rectify the wrongs he's done and so he starts off with choosing to live and to finally FINALLY reclaim his name. I love this game, best 100+ hours of my life.
Thank you for being the only person on TH-cam to not mute the song in the background for fear of copyright. The song really makes the whole scene of Ichiban carrying Eiji beautiful.
He has a nice parallel to Iwami story wise; Both Ebina and Iwami hated their fathers but for their own different reasons. Ebina grew up despising the yakuza. Iwami grew up wanting to be a yakuza.
Definitely one of the more tragic Yakuza villains. How would you feel if a man that everyone else revered as a fucking hero ruined your life and left your mother to die, and you didn't even get the chance to take your revenge on them? And you see everyone you saw as your brothers turn your back on you, too, and only now they're talking about honest lives and brotherhood once their power is gone? You'd be livid at their hypocrisy!
The way Kiryu pleaded with Ebina just broke me. It’s amazing how Ebina’s silence did a complete 180 on my opinion on him. Iwami was a scumbag piece of garbage that I took great pride in seeing Kiryu punch him in the face. I thought Ebina was a slimy weasel that was going to get what he deserved, but seeing him lay there in silence made me feel like Kiryu’s words actually got through to him. Like, he’s definitely capable of redemption. Just another person lost and set on the straight and narrow thanks to Kiryu.
If Kiryu does have his name back then he can finally have that true drink with Kashiwagi as kashiwagi- we’re likely never seeing him fight again though 😢
What a story to follow from Yakuza 0 to 9. And for those interested in trying this game out, yes, they ALL do connect one way or the other. Which is pretty fantastic. "Bon voyage!" What a sweet moment.
Its a shame that this game had very little to do with Kasuga's mum given we spend so much of the game looking for her. She isn't in the ending Loved the hell out of the game though
notice at 14:40, ebina didnt even look at the other party members attacking him. He’s only focus on taking down Kiryu. Might not be the most developed character for a final boss, but that small detail alone is pretty neat
Absolutely amazing performance on Ebina here. Much better than other playthroughs I've seen. Finally someone uses more perks of the updated combat than just same skills over and over
In my opinion, Ebina's definitely up there with the best RGG villains. I mean, his plan is evil, rounding up the ex-yakuza with false hopes and sending them to their doom with no chance at redemption. Like, I completely get his motive. In a way, he's doing the Japenese society a favor by getting rid of twisted criminals, but then again, he isn't even giving them a chance at redemption and doing it only for his personal vengeance. Kinda like Kuwana, I completely get why he became what he became and why he is doing all this.
I see him how sort of the world sees the yakuza, most people would say they just ruin people's lives, and the world would be better off without them. All the talk of glory, tradition and bonds is just a lie they feed themselves, if even a hate so justified as Ebina can forgive the yakuza, maybe Kiryu can forgive himself for his sins.
I feel like I missed a scene anout Eij like one second he suppose to be on the ship taking the yakuza to the island and we dont see him and then all of a sudden he looking homless and on the run
@@hartantoanggoro hmmm yeah true but like he saw the clip after the beatdown happened, since it shows him watching the clip of all the nuclear wastes ehh idk felt like a major plot hole
@@hartantoanggoroit's kinda a plot hole because there's need explanation why he looks so different all of a sudden then everything is happening like in 2 weeks
@@nightwolf235 it's just another plot hole just like the hundreds of others. the devs don't know their own story and make shit up on the fly. the live stream shouldn't have even happened. how does chitose have access to the tatara channel when eiji literally owned it. the guy was hella cunning and smart yet he didn't change the password? not to mention the final cutscene. why are they asking why Ebina kept Sawashiro alive. It was literally explained to them by Ebina himself. Sawashiro was bait. he wanted to fight Ichiban and he knew by keeping Sawashiro alive Ichiban would literally throw his own life away to go save him.
Man i cant even think about the possibility of a 'next game' rn lol. Im excited for future ichiban adventures but this game somehow feels like the perfect ending for the entire series
And one of those seeds is Yamai, i somehow think he will return again in the next game since he is now imprisoned in japan, he'll probaby become ichiban's party member in the next game
@@fajarfarrel932 never would I have thought that DIO would be such a valuable ally. In all seriousness, Yamai was the most pleasant surprise of the bunch. Man had a real heart of gold and makes you wonder what would've happened had he been around guys like Kiryu before he was forced to flee.
Supposed to have the song 'Ariamaru Tomi' (The Invaluable) by Shiina Ringo in the finale, right? Is it in the Japanese version only? It's such an incredible song, I have to say. The comments (in Japanese) underneath the official MV (th-cam.com/video/GvHmMv2JHDk/w-d-xo.html) tell so many different, incredible stories of what this song has meant to so many people, preventing them committing suicide, giving strength to face bullying, get through harassment at work, get over lost loved ones etc. The wealth that we hold, we cannot see. They cannot take it, nor can they break it. The world just continues envying. If they take anything of yours, that’s nothing to be upset about. No need for them to give it back, because: Value accompanies life itself. The wealth that they hold, they can buy it. We won’t count numbers, nor will we lose any. Yet they say the world is still unhappy. If you ever grieve over their words, don’t worry, they’re insignificant. No need for you to cry, because: Words always contain lies in them anyway. Your shadow sways; a sundial we can only see today. Proof that the summer that we know is almost there. What makes you happy is always more than plentiful here. All is yours, now please show me your smile… If they take anything of yours, that’s nothing to be upset about. No need for them to give it back, because: Value accompanies life itself. See, you, yourself, are full of wealth.
It's never too late to atone for something you've done, that people should always have the right to make amends and rebuild their life from scratch, without being torn apart by a modern society uninterested in any rehabilitation but just want the next target they can chew out for sport Ichiban forgave Tomi, Chitose and Yamai, which in turn allowed them all to face up to their sins and atone for what they did, and changed their own lives for the better. Just like how ex-Yakuzas have a right to live a normal life if they pay their dues and not be discriminated against by the 5 year clause (which is a real thing). The game ties all those themes together so well, a poignant message in an age full of mob culture who cancel people as a blood sport
As long as yakuza clans exist, his story may never be over. Though, he will probably be a supporting character now (like Majima), at least until something very huge happens again.
@@infernoROBOwe will likely get to play 60s LAD game, playing his father, who looks exactly like him. This help us know why Kazama had to killed Kiryu's father, and marketing wise it's a good excuse to play Kiryu likeness again.
the fact that kiryu got little screen time in the end def was a cliffhanger. like they're def setting up for the next game. there's so many possibilities/outcomes for kiryu's future. we know kiryu is very persistent and always takes matter into his own hands so i wont be surprised if he beats cancer and keeps kicking ass til he's 90 with nothing holding him back. i really wanna see that. but the most realistic outcome for sure is he lives peacefully for the rest of his life or eventually dies from cancer. whatever happens, i hope he gets the outcome he deserves.
I do believe they're gonna have him recover in some way or another, otherwise they would've just let him die that very dignified death on top of ebina. But Yokoyama said Kiryu won't be an action protagonist anymore, and Kiryu promises to never be associated with Kasuga again, otherwise the daidoji will kill Date. I really don't know, but I didn't like that final cutscene. It was just cruel to show Kiryu like this.
Sadly I don't think he's ever recovering from this, didn't he have like 6 months left at the start of infinite wealth? A month went by plus he almost died after fighting Ebina, yeah he's persistent but he's probably dying for real this time
More than likely there weren't any sort of overlap when it came to development of Gaiden and IW, considering how Hanawa was poised up in Gaiden to be a new friend for Kiryu and was confirmed to be Morinaga from Yakuza 5 and then in IW he was just killed off so unceremoniously by a random thug which kinda confirmed that to me. But I don't doubt we'll at least see them again.
Have a weird feeling tomi and yamai are either getting a story dlc or potential spin off. The kaito files were great and tomi and yamais precursor stories are already well detailed for it.
@@SatoruGojothehonoured1 I mean, he has terminal cancer, six months left to live at the start of the game and who knows how little time he has left at the end. I imagine he's gonna die between games.
So did the Daidoji let Kiryu go hence why he regained his name? I didn't see any agents in his hospital room. Did he just say screw it? This is so confusing. I need answers.
My guess is that he served his purpose, and that because his name is out in the open, there was no reason to hide it anymore. As for being wheelchair bound, that's just hospital procedure, even if you can walk. Though seeing Kiryu at the end, boney and loss of weight, he definitely has a fight on his hands with cancer, cheering him on!
Just beat this game and wow what a ride, cant wait to see what they do with the next one. I could see the whole saeko and ichiban plotline continuing into the next game, kiryu maybe is more of a mentor role like kazama since hes definitely getting up there in age and perhaps since chitose is the chairwoman maybe the fujinomiya group could play a part. Idk alot of routes for Yakuza 9 lol
Saeko was mean asf to not speak to ichiban for such a long time. There was barely any romance between them either, the chemistry wasn't there. It didn't feel right. He somehow had more chemistry with chitose than her.
After gaidens ending I was expecting shishido and nishitani to make somewhat of a appearance also I’m curious what did it take for kiryu to regain his name because they knew he had the cancer and they still wasn’t letting him go but idk I feel like chitose is involved with kiryu gaining his name back maybe she got some pull with her families name
RGG usually leave theses kind of details aside, as ingredients for the next game. Just like Akame's unknown status in 7 or Masumi Arakawa's dispute with his former patriarch. Perhaps Chitose and the Daidoji will be plot points for the next one.
Gaiden was written after 8. The only references to Gaiden are Hanawa and the life link photo of Kiryu at the docks with him. They seem to ignore everything else or quickly brush over it
Kiryu had served them well and was too weak to help them anymore or anyone at some point when his cancer became chronic. So I guess they let him go in his dying days.
I just love Ichiban so much. I'm more attached to Kiryu because I've been with him longer, but as a character Ichiban is my favourite protagonist of all time. To me he is everything the ideal man should be. Fun loving, compassionate, strong, forgiving, a little bit goofy and flawed but doesn't let it bother him, but all round just unrelentingly confident and dedicated. The definition of a true badass.
At first when kasuga was introduced as the new main character in the last game, i thought the game might not feel the same as when kiryu is the main character, but now that i know kasuga is literally the type of man i want to be, i decided to give it a try and i was not disappointed
Absolutely loved the ending except with the lack of an Ichiban and Akane moment. I know that Ichiban had to learn to be the person he is without her being around and everything but I really wish there would have been something more to their whole arc, especially knowing that Ichiban is a very caring person of others to a fault, but he just seemed too detached.
Kiryu’s arc in this game was by far my favorite part. I don’t think we need to see him again in the series, though… it would be great if they left it up to headcanon how the rest of his story goes.
Is it just me or was the fight choreography really weak in this game? Sometimes it felt like everyone was throwing pillow punches or there just weren't any sound effects Edit: this fight is the exception
I was kinda puzzled seeing the ending where Kiryu stops hiding his true identity. It goes straight against the Date substory where he repromises the Daidoji that he will cut ties with all of his friends for good, making him kind of an hypocrite. Can someone please explain me this? 🤔
The Bucket List sidequests are optional, it's also why at the end of it they don't even show Haruka's face, because they didn't wanna ruin the reveal with the ending. Suppose you do it though (like most would), it's probably the Daidoji who gave him the out. Will we know why? Maybe next game who knows, but for now, seems like it does imply Kiryu is let go by the Daidoji.
Since his identity was fully revealed at the tojo HQ to a bunch of strangers, and the fact that he's too weak to continue serving as an agent, i think the daidoji decided to let him go Probably as a reward for stopping ebina and bryce's plans
I'm stuck at this guy my gear just isn't high enough, any tips how to make money in Japan? I sold al my items and gears but is there a quick way to make money there? I can't go to dodonko island from Japan I think.
Yokohama dungeon. I was five levels below him so I spammed nanbas breath debuff to lower his dmg and def and boosted the party’s attacks whenever I could. You can actually clear like almost half his HP with Kiryus heat mode and buffs present. You just gotta get lucky w his wide spread sword attack
@@mikgenta yea I got him to like 30% but I have alot of 5 star gear instead of 6 star but can't afford the weapons. The dungeon also gives cash? I thought it was only for upgrade items.
Not trying to be a dick but how are you stuck on him but somehow made it past the 3 Jimas? I had to go back a save and grind the dungeons just to beat them, so by the time I hit Ebina it was a cakewalk.
"The legendary Dragon of Dojima makes what might be his final stand in his last moments. What will his first move against Ebina be?" *throws jellyfish*
it's a really sad scene between saeko and ichiban at the end, it feels like the writers just wrote in something for saeko to get mad so in the next game they can be back to being friends again or something. it feels really anticlimatic and makes ichiban seem like an idiot that didn't grow over the course of the game, and saeko mean and unforgiving
See, I'm kinda leaning in the opposite direction. I think it would have been too cheap to have all of their problems go away just because he said he loves her. Saeko says pretty directly that she values the romantic journey leading up to marriage, and while Ichiban made progress at the end here, it makes more sense that there's more for them to work out between each other, especially when it comes to expressing their feelings.
@@unamusedrohan1666 i agree with the principle, but how it played out raises some questions. why did saeko wait for ichiban to say that, when she avoided him completely? did she expect him to ambush her at her workplace or at her home? doubt it. and after knowing and being attracted to ichiban, she should surely like his personality and his silly antics. But she just runs off when seeing a silly shirt. Like cmon now, arent you able to forgive or expect average behavior of a guy you supposedly are in love with? Throughout the game, Saeko running off is not really presented as a character flaw she needa to work out either. It kinda just comes out of the blue and ruins the pace and feeling of the scene. I wish she felt embarrassed or awkward by it, but stayed her ground and actually talked about her feelings and needs like an adult
Just kinda disappointed in this game It wasn’t a bad game But I feel there were some sloppy thrown together last minute shit all over the place Like the last 4 chapters feel really rushed despite the amount of content in the game Rgg just has a problem balancing multiple leads like in y4 and y5 and it can come out messy Even in 0 the storylines we only care about are majimas once he’s introduced I just hope next game we get our party members to shine more Saeko, nanba, and adachi we’re done dirty in this game giving them little to do and having barely any relevance to the plot
I lost the last battle and hadn't saved and wasn't gonna redo it so I'm watching this. I wanted to finish the game I just don't have to heart to do it all over
I'm a little disappointed by the ending. Gaiden set so much that 8 didn't deliver. We were robbed of a big kiryu reunion with his children that we didn't get, hell we didn't even see harutos face for some reason. Kiryus character deserved to have a big scene with his family. I'm happy that he finally gets to rest. I wonder if in yakuza 9 well get to find out what happened between him and daidoji considering we didn't get major plot points addressed. Kiryu should've had a scene with haruto he earned it. And the biggest disappointment is not deliver on Kashiwagis promise on having a proper conversation with kiryu whenever he got his name back. I believe they used a lot of resources and had to rush the ending in the end but honestly I'd sacrifice the ei Chan final scene for a proper closure.
It felt odd, I felt like they were going to hint that Daidoji was in Bryce's pocket too, and build up a bigger villain in the end. But then I suddenly see final chapter. bryce was a huge letdown. By the time you even get to him he's not that huge a threat. Even Ebina just rightfully points out it would've gone under eventually, no matter how much people tried. I felt like they did something good with Chitose, essentially doxxing herself to spread the word...but they put almost no emphasis on that, even though in vtubing that's a pretty big deal. They make it look like she did it just cause she wanted to. Tomi's entire plot is solved in the first few hours of the game. He's just sort of there after that. It feels like they cut an entire subplot out from him. Kiryu plot was okay, but like I said I really didn't feel like he was going to be the person fighting Ebina. What they did with it was very good, but it left things like Eiji and well, Kasuga out to dry. It didn't feel like Kasuga had any emotional connection to the hawaii plot by the end, to the point he teleports back to Japan for the credits. In all of this, I don't feel it was bad, I just agree, it was disappointing. I feel like it could've been so much better. Like better than Y5 but it's no Y0/7
Daidoji seems to give Kiryu his name back from how much of a great work he’s done. And this ending shows us that he finally get to reunite with Haruka, but off-screen and that sucks big time as a longtime fan. Even if they show the reunion scene at the beginning of Y9 it wouldn’t feel the same.
34:32 Okay why is nobody talking about this dude. Either I didn't pay enough attention or I'm just stupid. I thought it was Kume but nobody seems to be saying anything. Am I supposed to remember who this is? Any Help? He shows up a couple times throughout the story but again, no discourse about him anywhere.
Am I really the only one who really wanted a chance to really put Eiji in a wheelchair? He didn't get nearly the karma he deserved, especially after pushing Lani down the stairs in a wheelchair.
I got to the end and wasn’t leveled up enough to beat Ebina. I don’t know why the game didn’t give the warning of the level you need to be at like it did several times earlier in the game. I got my ass kicked about 20 times and gave up and traded in the game. So annoying
Kiryu could never be replaced by Ichiban, that's blasphemy. The Yakuza series is yet another series being softened for "modern audiences", and Kiryu had to be taken out of the picture for it to happen.
The worst decision RGG ever made is doing turnbased. The intro and music make is so cool and then you fucking do turnbased. This makes me die inside. :(
"The Man Who Regained His Name"
I love that final achievement
And the last game was the man who erased his name pretty funny😊
He's basically the inverse of Shishido, Shishido fought like hell to Keep the yakuza Alive and Idolizes the Yakuza Dream while Ebina utterly Despises it.
Spoilers for gaiden
It would’ve been funny if shishido came back as daidoji and beat the shit out of ebina
Ebina also embodies some persona and similarity to Nishiki and Mine. He lost his only family member that mattered to him (like Nishiki and his sister, for Ebina his mother), he also worked hard to get to the top to realise his dream (the coop with Sawashiro, like Mine and Daigo) and also conspired with a blonde haired foreigner (Bryce Fairchild, like Black Monday's Andre Richardaon)
And of course, his ultimate goal is the mirror opposite to that of Shishido, to hunt down any Yakuza no matter what it takes. (Which funnily enough, was Kiryu's girlfriend Kaoru main objective during Yakuza 2)
I was honestly surprised to not see Shishido and Nishitani III make an appearance in Infinite Wealth, maybe in the next one? But if they don't have Kiryu as a protagonist it won't feel the same, as Kasuga doesn't have anything to do with them 🤔
@@superkazuya3328Gaiden was made around the time IW was almost done. They literally made that side game in 6 months. It's also why it's so obvious that Hanawa's role in IW is like that, they didn't realize he'd garner that much fans in that time.
@@superkazuya3328characters that resemble their actors rarely make it past 1 game thats why they either are killed or never mentioned again its like an unwritten yakuza rule
Kasuga’s compassion is so inspiring. Eiji did so much wrong to him, ruined his life, lied to him, manipulated him, mocked him, and yet kasuga doesnt even have to think twice before carrying the man through an angry mob to keep him safe. If value inheres from life, then ichiban definitely has infinite wealth.
I hope it will inspire Eiji to be as kind as Ichiban in the future 🙏
Ichiban is the type of person to go above and beyond for people, making sure they get put on the right path despite what they've done, if the person wants to atone and make amends.
I look up to characters like him because it shows that not everyone deserves every bad thing that's coming for them. There are plenty of people in this world in which, despite the horrible things they've done, they can still try to set things right, if they allow themselves to want to set things right.
The problem is, a bunch of people in this world refuse to let others make amends and atone, and rather see them get hurt or put to death. Infinite Wealth literally displayed that when ichiban was carrying Eiji to the police station, with all the bottles being thrown at the both of them, injuring them and being beaten, and the comment section is no different from that cutscene since I'm seeing some people in the comments of different videos, wishing for Eiji to be beaten more.
It honestly makes me laugh at how people just refuse to let a person change and are sick and twisted enough to wish and want for them to be beaten and dead. That just makes the majority of society no better and no different then Eiji.
I wish more people would be like Ichiban, otherwise, the world would be so much better then it is now if we just all came together to help someone who wants to make change and a difference.
Not gonna lie. While watching sequence of Ichi taking Eiji to jail through the mob almost made me really tear up. Also when you read the lyrics of the song playing- “The Invaluable” it really makes the scene all the more heartwarming and a tearjerker.
I don't know, the scene fell a little flat for me. Along the course of the game, not even once does Eiji show any sign of remorse or doubt about his actions as long as his plans are going smoothly, unless I missed anything. He really seems to enjoy having played with Ichiban every step of the way, as well as all the pain he inflicted on Lani and Akane. It is only after he's alone, cornered and out of options that he realizes he screwed up. I'd agree if we'd seen some sign that he regrets what he's caused before this scene, but as it is, I find it quite hard to feel sympathy for him, nor understand why the hell Ichiban forgives him so easily when he put in danger a lot of people he really cares about.
About Ichiban, while I agree that his selflessness putting others above himself like here protecting Eiji in the ending is indeed inspiring, the fact that no matter how much they played with him and endanger his loved ones, he is instantly willing to forgive and forget without a moment's hesitation prevents me from appreciating the character as much as I do Kiryu, whose kindness always felt way more grounded and limited to people who really had done well by him.
@Roberdrake74
That's why Ichiban is considered by some characters in the series as a rare find.
He chooses not to let hatred get to him, he chooses not to have a grudge against the people that did him dirty like Eiji for example, because he himself knows that hating on Eiji and wishing for his suffering wouldn't change a thing. It'd make him no better then Eiji himself and the rest of the people that did Ichiban dirty.
Ichiban sees the best in people and knows that anybody can change if they allow themselves and have a want to change. Just because Eiji hasn't showed signs earlier of wanting to change doesn't mean that he can't be remorseful now.
Yeah, he may have started feeling remorseful when he got cornered, but that in no way means that he doesn't feel remorse over all, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to turn himself in, but he did because of Ichibans influence and seeing the best in people, causing Eiji to feel remorseful for his actions and is willing to take the next step to atone. That's what makes this scene beautiful.
To put it in different perspective, some people in this society would say "oh this person only feels sorry because they got caught and consequences are happening to them" which yeah, I'm not denying that there are people out there that only feel remorseful cause they got caught, but that's not always the case. Some people do feel genuine remorse even after getting caught, especially when the consequences that are happening to them allows the individual to think more clearly as to what lead them to this predicament, and why they have chosen the path in life they have chosen, amongst other things down to thinking about the people they have hurt in their life.
At the end of the day, we don't truly know whether or not they feel remorse UNLESS the person decides to take action and society see's the action thats being taken. The fact Eiji agreed to turn himself in is all the proof we need as the audience that he wants to change and do better in life.
We don't get a lot of people like Ichiban in society who sees the best in people and wants to help those who have fallen in the deep end, no matter how bad the person is. Instead, society chooses to hate, beat, harass, and kill those that they deem unworthy when the people in society themselves are no better and no different, which makes it all hypocritical in my eyes. Plus, it's easier for society to hate on others instead of help, and people sadistically take pleasure in violence against others and give themselves an excuse to be violent against those society is treating as garbage.
The way Majima says that one final Kiryu-chan kills me every time 😭😭
Can you provide the timestamp please? Can't find it
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the voice actor for kiryu at the end was so good holy shit
Takaya Kuroda is a really good voice actor. Especially in Yakuza 0 and Gaiden
That’s why Japanese for life
Yong Yea...not so much.
my mom died while I was still at the beginning of the game and playing through it has been a really good coping mechanism. But this ending crushed me, it fucked me up, thank you RGG
sorry for your loss 🙏🏼
Sorry for your loss buddy
Stay strong bro. And keep your high energy up as much as you can. Sorry for your loss too 🙏
I lost my mum when I was 18 years old and after 16 years it still hurts. She'll be always in your heart so stay strong. An hug for u
31:43 she lived in between the light and darkness her whole life as does the rest of us
This game made me cry four times
1. The beginning with Ichiban helping the Ex Yakuza
2. Kiyru saying he has cancer
3. Ichiban and Akane's reunion
4. The entire ending from Ichiban forgiving Ei Chan and seeing Haruka again
Yah this is game of the year for me
What no tears for Orlando and Ellie?
Kiryu seeing Fighter again made me cry
taichi did it for me too as did master komaki @@fenris5932
Sub story 24 made me cry too
Eiji really did not deserve redemption.
I love how Kasuga fills the void Nishiki left by showing us the unwavering friendship he has for his friends, and what Nishiki could have been
Not to mention that Nishiki VA & Ichiban VA are the same person.
Lets just hipe they keep kiryu retired the man suffered eniugh and safe to say that icchi is a perfect replacement
Did you even play both the games ?
He's nothing like Nishiki. Instead the games keeps on repeating how he's more similar to kiryu but still his own person.
@@amitojsingh7583 you can still make the comparisons, no need to be pretentious
@@bruhwereinacarexhaustIs it really pretentious if the comparisons are just outright incorrect?
It would be like me comparing Majima and Big Boss' (from Metal Gear Solid) personalities to each other, because they both have eyepatches. Would it be right for me to call someone pretentious if they said my comparison was wrong?
amito is right. Nishiki was essentially just a basic friend. I don't think there was ever a point in Yakuza 0 where he was balls to the wall about friendship and giving people second chances... I mean, the guy even took Kiryu out of town to kill him; doesn't sound like something Ichiban would do, EVER.
The next game better be : Like a Dragon the Man who Retired
It better be exclusively be kiryu wheelchairing around to his cancer treatments, spending time with family, passing on his fighting style to kasuga, and meeting all the characters from his substories.
No fighting enemies at all, just a slice of life game.
for the love of god DO IT
RGG will still give you wild side quests. Imagine crazy delivery with Kiryu in a wheelchair
There are SO many things I love about this ending.
- It humanizes Ebina, he's not totally evil, nor is he good - There was a tiny voice in him that wanted to be saved. He's like many things in this game, a gray zone.
- Ichiban's relationship with Eiji, It's a parallel to how he redeemed Masato but this time we get to see it flourish. Eiji slowly breaking down, Ichiban protecting him from the world and assuring him that forever and always they will be pals despite what Eiji has done to him - Because god damnit Ichiban is just that good of a person.
- Kiryu's ending, though I doubt this is the last we'll see of him, this ending perfectly rounds out his character. We don't get to see him reunite with Haruka but that'll be seen in the future and most poetic of all is that the Man who Erased his name finally stops running from his problems. Kiryu knows he fucked up as soon as he left the Tojo to Daigo and is making amends, people want to see Kiryu live to face the sins of the Tojo head on, to finally rectify the wrongs he's done and so he starts off with choosing to live and to finally FINALLY reclaim his name.
I love this game, best 100+ hours of my life.
Thank you for being the only person on TH-cam to not mute the song in the background for fear of copyright. The song really makes the whole scene of Ichiban carrying Eiji beautiful.
He has a nice parallel to Iwami story wise; Both Ebina and Iwami hated their fathers but for their own different reasons. Ebina grew up despising the yakuza. Iwami grew up wanting to be a yakuza.
Even the dynamic intro has that parallel.
Definitely one of the more tragic Yakuza villains. How would you feel if a man that everyone else revered as a fucking hero ruined your life and left your mother to die, and you didn't even get the chance to take your revenge on them? And you see everyone you saw as your brothers turn your back on you, too, and only now they're talking about honest lives and brotherhood once their power is gone? You'd be livid at their hypocrisy!
Yeah you can't really blame him for his action. at the end of the day he was a victim of the yakuza and all he does is bite all who wronged him.
Soooo many anime’s plot. 😂
@@BigXam Name one plot that's literally exactly like this.
@@BigXamits a mix of anime, Asian thriller and more
I would start my villain revenge arc too
The way Kiryu pleaded with Ebina just broke me. It’s amazing how Ebina’s silence did a complete 180 on my opinion on him.
Iwami was a scumbag piece of garbage that I took great pride in seeing Kiryu punch him in the face. I thought Ebina was a slimy weasel that was going to get what he deserved, but seeing him lay there in silence made me feel like Kiryu’s words actually got through to him. Like, he’s definitely capable of redemption. Just another person lost and set on the straight and narrow thanks to Kiryu.
Arakawa blood truly works wonders
The music in the end, along the with the scenes. It's beautiful. I guess this is where the "Infinite Wealth" title comes from.
Really wish we could’ve seen haruka’s reaction after finding out kiryu is still alive
If Kiryu does have his name back then he can finally have that true drink with Kashiwagi as kashiwagi- we’re likely never seeing him fight again though 😢
I'm sure he'll be back to help as a Poundmate
Im hoping that maybe he’ll work alongside kashiwagi seeing as he is now a “survivor”
What a story to follow from Yakuza 0 to 9. And for those interested in trying this game out, yes, they ALL do connect one way or the other. Which is pretty fantastic. "Bon voyage!" What a sweet moment.
Please RGG, let Kiryu rest. We love the man like he’s our dad but we just want bro to take it easy and have a happy life
He got his rest as the dragon finally went for eternal slumber but not alone.
I am very happy if this is how Kiryu’s story ends, let the legend enjoy his ride off into the sunset.
i can't believe they not only played the "protagonist death" card yet again but BACK TO BACK this time
Its a shame that this game had very little to do with Kasuga's mum given we spend so much of the game looking for her.
She isn't in the ending
Loved the hell out of the game though
Seeing Kiryu like this, hit me hard...
That crowd were monsters dude.
Humans in a nutshell
notice at 14:40, ebina didnt even look at the other party members attacking him. He’s only focus on taking down Kiryu. Might not be the most developed character for a final boss, but that small detail alone is pretty neat
Because he know, despite Kiryu being at his weakest, he is still the biggest fish of them all
Absolutely amazing performance on Ebina here. Much better than other playthroughs I've seen. Finally someone uses more perks of the updated combat than just same skills over and over
people really weren’t using combos all that much?
@@drepdrained Sadly yeah, tons of people still relied on spamming the same skill over and over
@@HiVisChan thats kinda bummy, i saw a playthrough of someone just spamming essence of remembrance on ebina
Omg ichiban is the literal red hero to save the day
47:55 i feel so bad at ichiban, his heart is really warm and tough like a hero, he didnt deserved that glass bottle
In my opinion, Ebina's definitely up there with the best RGG villains. I mean, his plan is evil, rounding up the ex-yakuza with false hopes and sending them to their doom with no chance at redemption. Like, I completely get his motive. In a way, he's doing the Japenese society a favor by getting rid of twisted criminals, but then again, he isn't even giving them a chance at redemption and doing it only for his personal vengeance. Kinda like Kuwana, I completely get why he became what he became and why he is doing all this.
He was essentially the Hitler of the Yakuza.
Evil Ichiban
I see him how sort of the world sees the yakuza, most people would say they just ruin people's lives, and the world would be better off without them. All the talk of glory, tradition and bonds is just a lie they feed themselves, if even a hate so justified as Ebina can forgive the yakuza, maybe Kiryu can forgive himself for his sins.
I feel like I missed a scene anout Eij like one second he suppose to be on the ship taking the yakuza to the island and we dont see him and then all of a sudden he looking homless and on the run
Considering that in the game Ichiban party got into Hawai under a day, Eiji might have already arrived in Japan when Ichiban defeated Bryce.
@@hartantoanggoro hmmm yeah true but like he saw the clip after the beatdown happened, since it shows him watching the clip of all the nuclear wastes ehh idk felt like a major plot hole
@@hartantoanggoroit's kinda a plot hole because there's need explanation why he looks so different all of a sudden then everything is happening like in 2 weeks
@@nightwolf235 it's just another plot hole just like the hundreds of others. the devs don't know their own story and make shit up on the fly. the live stream shouldn't have even happened. how does chitose have access to the tatara channel when eiji literally owned it. the guy was hella cunning and smart yet he didn't change the password? not to mention the final cutscene. why are they asking why Ebina kept Sawashiro alive. It was literally explained to them by Ebina himself. Sawashiro was bait. he wanted to fight Ichiban and he knew by keeping Sawashiro alive Ichiban would literally throw his own life away to go save him.
@@sosleepy512truly the truest of trues. I still liked it though
I think that the seeds for the next game have been planted.
Man i cant even think about the possibility of a 'next game' rn lol. Im excited for future ichiban adventures but this game somehow feels like the perfect ending for the entire series
And one of those seeds is Yamai, i somehow think he will return again in the next game since he is now imprisoned in japan, he'll probaby become ichiban's party member in the next game
@@fajarfarrel932 never would I have thought that DIO would be such a valuable ally.
In all seriousness, Yamai was the most pleasant surprise of the bunch. Man had a real heart of gold and makes you wonder what would've happened had he been around guys like Kiryu before he was forced to flee.
Kazuma did Shooreh Pipi with Munan Chohept Onast and he was cured.
Supposed to have the song 'Ariamaru Tomi' (The Invaluable) by Shiina Ringo in the finale, right? Is it in the Japanese version only? It's such an incredible song, I have to say. The comments (in Japanese) underneath the official MV (th-cam.com/video/GvHmMv2JHDk/w-d-xo.html) tell so many different, incredible stories of what this song has meant to so many people, preventing them committing suicide, giving strength to face bullying, get through harassment at work, get over lost loved ones etc.
The wealth that we hold, we cannot see.
They cannot take it, nor can they break it.
The world just continues envying.
If they take anything of yours, that’s nothing to be upset about.
No need for them to give it back, because:
Value accompanies life itself.
The wealth that they hold, they can buy it.
We won’t count numbers, nor will we lose any.
Yet they say the world is still unhappy.
If you ever grieve over their words, don’t worry, they’re insignificant.
No need for you to cry, because:
Words always contain lies in them anyway.
Your shadow sways; a sundial we can only see today.
Proof that the summer that we know is almost there.
What makes you happy is always more than plentiful here.
All is yours, now please show me your smile…
If they take anything of yours, that’s nothing to be upset about.
No need for them to give it back, because:
Value accompanies life itself.
See, you, yourself, are full of wealth.
It's in the game, I beat it yesterday
It's literally in the video bro.
@@hoyhoy852probably re add or something? i think it dont even have instruments last time i watch other channel
@@shin_nasrash no it was not re-added in patch. It was there from the start. That other channel is just muted the song for some reason.
@@hoyhoy852 i think another channel probably use the no instrument version of the song because of copyright version or just outright mute it
It's never too late to atone for something you've done, that people should always have the right to make amends and rebuild their life from scratch, without being torn apart by a modern society uninterested in any rehabilitation but just want the next target they can chew out for sport
Ichiban forgave Tomi, Chitose and Yamai, which in turn allowed them all to face up to their sins and atone for what they did, and changed their own lives for the better. Just like how ex-Yakuzas have a right to live a normal life if they pay their dues and not be discriminated against by the 5 year clause (which is a real thing).
The game ties all those themes together so well, a poignant message in an age full of mob culture who cancel people as a blood sport
i still feel like this isnt the end of kiryus story
As long as yakuza clans exist, his story may never be over. Though, he will probably be a supporting character now (like Majima), at least until something very huge happens again.
What do you expect from him anymore
Fighting like Hector Salamanca?
Let's be honest, Kiryu is the fan favorite and RGG & Sega will never kill him off until he dies of old age or something lol
@@infernoROBOwe will likely get to play 60s LAD game, playing his father, who looks exactly like him.
This help us know why Kazama had to killed Kiryu's father, and marketing wise it's a good excuse to play Kiryu likeness again.
He’s just gonna be a side character
the fact that kiryu got little screen time in the end def was a cliffhanger. like they're def setting up for the next game. there's so many possibilities/outcomes for kiryu's future. we know kiryu is very persistent and always takes matter into his own hands so i wont be surprised if he beats cancer and keeps kicking ass til he's 90 with nothing holding him back. i really wanna see that. but the most realistic outcome for sure is he lives peacefully for the rest of his life or eventually dies from cancer. whatever happens, i hope he gets the outcome he deserves.
I do believe they're gonna have him recover in some way or another, otherwise they would've just let him die that very dignified death on top of ebina. But Yokoyama said Kiryu won't be an action protagonist anymore, and Kiryu promises to never be associated with Kasuga again, otherwise the daidoji will kill Date. I really don't know, but I didn't like that final cutscene. It was just cruel to show Kiryu like this.
@@EdoloChannel I think they're gonna dismantle the Daidoji for good in a few games
Sadly I don't think he's ever recovering from this, didn't he have like 6 months left at the start of infinite wealth? A month went by plus he almost died after fighting Ebina, yeah he's persistent but he's probably dying for real this time
After gaidens ending I was expecting shishido and nishitani to make somewhat of a appearance
This is a yearly release series. I'm sure we'll see them again soon.
More than likely there weren't any sort of overlap when it came to development of Gaiden and IW, considering how Hanawa was poised up in Gaiden to be a new friend for Kiryu and was confirmed to be Morinaga from Yakuza 5 and then in IW he was just killed off so unceremoniously by a random thug which kinda confirmed that to me.
But I don't doubt we'll at least see them again.
@@route77productionsonly confirmation about hanawa being morinaga was Yokoyama joking with a fan at cosplay event.
@@route77productionsif Lao Ka Long can survive a headshot from a sniper rifle, then Hanawa can survive getting shot in the stomach lmao
@@amitojsingh7583 the ending on Gaiden literally shows us that Hanawa knew a long time ago Kiryu as Taichi Suzuki bruh
Kiryu just breaking down at the end there, it was like the decades of his yakuza like finally both broke him but also was set free from him
Yeah ikr i actually love that scene with him
The Dragon Spirit maybe gone, but Kiryu himself will never be gone.
When Kiryu passed out on top of Ebina it might a passing of will for Kiryu so Ebina can atone for his sins.
Have a weird feeling tomi and yamai are either getting a story dlc or potential spin off. The kaito files were great and tomi and yamais precursor stories are already well detailed for it.
Kiryu was old at the end damn 1 year being a yakuza fan and its over😢
The post credits is right before the ending, he looks skinny because he started the treatment.
I think but it looked like he was old
@@HenriqueHCA14 i think he will regain his strength he is gonna be a important side charecter
@@SatoruGojothehonoured1 Or maybe there will be a Yakuza 8 Gaiden, who knows? Can we at least have the Daidoji be an actual obstacle for once?
@@SatoruGojothehonoured1 I mean, he has terminal cancer, six months left to live at the start of the game and who knows how little time he has left at the end. I imagine he's gonna die between games.
So did the Daidoji let Kiryu go hence why he regained his name? I didn't see any agents in his hospital room. Did he just say screw it? This is so confusing.
I need answers.
Considering the fact that the man is halfway dead and wheelchair bound and already outed as still alive I think they cut their losses 😂
That and also chitose could’ve had something to do with it considering she’s chairwoman now, so possibly struck a deal with the daidoji.
I guess that Daidoji just've lost their grip after the fall of CLP, + Kiryu just stopped carrying after cancer about agreements at all
@@default9555i mean, at this point everyone know Kiryu is alive, so Daidoji might be like, fuck it, we have other priority.
My guess is that he served his purpose, and that because his name is out in the open, there was no reason to hide it anymore.
As for being wheelchair bound, that's just hospital procedure, even if you can walk.
Though seeing Kiryu at the end, boney and loss of weight, he definitely has a fight on his hands with cancer, cheering him on!
32:30 From that angle Kiryu looked like Wolf from Sekiro: SDT.
Kiryu looking so gaunt at the end was unsettling
Just beat this game and wow what a ride, cant wait to see what they do with the next one. I could see the whole saeko and ichiban plotline continuing into the next game, kiryu maybe is more of a mentor role like kazama since hes definitely getting up there in age and perhaps since chitose is the chairwoman maybe the fujinomiya group could play a part. Idk alot of routes for Yakuza 9 lol
Yeaah
And maybe bryce could be back as the main villain
Or someone who was loyal to him on the cult
@@Jose90867oh please no haha, I think Bryce was a terrible and forgettable villain
God Kiryu looks so thin
Majimas „Kiryu Chan“😢😢😢
14:25
In previous boss fights, he would've taken the punch but he stumbles on this one because of his health
Saeko was mean asf to not speak to ichiban for such a long time. There was barely any romance between them either, the chemistry wasn't there. It didn't feel right. He somehow had more chemistry with chitose than her.
After gaidens ending I was expecting shishido and nishitani to make somewhat of a appearance also I’m curious what did it take for kiryu to regain his name because they knew he had the cancer and they still wasn’t letting him go but idk I feel like chitose is involved with kiryu gaining his name back maybe she got some pull with her families name
RGG usually leave theses kind of details aside, as ingredients for the next game.
Just like Akame's unknown status in 7 or Masumi Arakawa's dispute with his former patriarch.
Perhaps Chitose and the Daidoji will be plot points for the next one.
@@nasmatiquenext game "Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Woman Who Gave The Man Who Erased His Name His Name Back"
Gaiden was written after 8.
Gaiden was written after 8. The only references to Gaiden are Hanawa and the life link photo of Kiryu at the docks with him. They seem to ignore everything else or quickly brush over it
Kiryu had served them well and was too weak to help them anymore or anyone at some point when his cancer became chronic. So I guess they let him go in his dying days.
I just love Ichiban so much. I'm more attached to Kiryu because I've been with him longer, but as a character Ichiban is my favourite protagonist of all time.
To me he is everything the ideal man should be. Fun loving, compassionate, strong, forgiving, a little bit goofy and flawed but doesn't let it bother him, but all round just unrelentingly confident and dedicated. The definition of a true badass.
Ebina: The Man Who Compromised His Name
it really frustrates me that it wasn't daigo, majima, and saejima in the helicopter with kiryu, like he's known those guys for 40 years? c'mon
At first when kasuga was introduced as the new main character in the last game, i thought the game might not feel the same as when kiryu is the main character, but now that i know kasuga is literally the type of man i want to be, i decided to give it a try and i was not disappointed
34:01 The Final Kiryu-chan line by Majima and was really sad.
57:46 Hancock fallout 4 lore
43:40 this is the line that got me. Ichiban is just the goat man
Absolutely loved the ending except with the lack of an Ichiban and Akane moment. I know that Ichiban had to learn to be the person he is without her being around and everything but I really wish there would have been something more to their whole arc, especially knowing that Ichiban is a very caring person of others to a fault, but he just seemed too detached.
You miss Jo Amon boss battle too
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Kiryu’s arc in this game was by far my favorite part. I don’t think we need to see him again in the series, though… it would be great if they left it up to headcanon how the rest of his story goes.
I agree (with tears bc I love kiryu) but I think his fighting days are over. All I want for him now is to have a happy ending.
Is it just me or was the fight choreography really weak in this game? Sometimes it felt like everyone was throwing pillow punches or there just weren't any sound effects
Edit: this fight is the exception
It’s about the same as it was for Y7, except for kiryu who is a elderly 60
So they finally met but off screen. Really, I expected better from RGG studio.
I was kinda puzzled seeing the ending where Kiryu stops hiding his true identity. It goes straight against the Date substory where he repromises the Daidoji that he will cut ties with all of his friends for good, making him kind of an hypocrite. Can someone please explain me this? 🤔
The Bucket List sidequests are optional, it's also why at the end of it they don't even show Haruka's face, because they didn't wanna ruin the reveal with the ending. Suppose you do it though (like most would), it's probably the Daidoji who gave him the out.
Will we know why? Maybe next game who knows, but for now, seems like it does imply Kiryu is let go by the Daidoji.
@@SteelBallRun1890 that's kind of weird, seeing how he had to swear his oath again in order to not get everybody killed 😂
Since his identity was fully revealed at the tojo HQ to a bunch of strangers, and the fact that he's too weak to continue serving as an agent, i think the daidoji decided to let him go
Probably as a reward for stopping ebina and bryce's plans
I'm stuck at this guy my gear just isn't high enough, any tips how to make money in Japan? I sold al my items and gears but is there a quick way to make money there? I can't go to dodonko island from Japan I think.
Yokohama dungeon. I was five levels below him so I spammed nanbas breath debuff to lower his dmg and def and boosted the party’s attacks whenever I could. You can actually clear like almost half his HP with Kiryus heat mode and buffs present. You just gotta get lucky w his wide spread sword attack
@@mikgenta yea I got him to like 30% but I have alot of 5 star gear instead of 6 star but can't afford the weapons. The dungeon also gives cash? I thought it was only for upgrade items.
Clear all 30 floors of Yokohama dungeon and honestly at this point you can also easily craft 7 star weapons from Julie workshop
Not trying to be a dick but how are you stuck on him but somehow made it past the 3 Jimas? I had to go back a save and grind the dungeons just to beat them, so by the time I hit Ebina it was a cakewalk.
33:18 Dragon's tears 😢😢
you can perform combos with kiruys Ult attack and not just spam X or square...
Here lies Ichiban.
He never scored
"The legendary Dragon of Dojima makes what might be his final stand in his last moments. What will his first move against Ebina be?"
*throws jellyfish*
Damn, they are Komakifying Kiryu.
Kiryu is the same age as my dad 😢 but man them asian genes are something else 😂
it's a really sad scene between saeko and ichiban at the end, it feels like the writers just wrote in something for saeko to get mad so in the next game they can be back to being friends again or something. it feels really anticlimatic and makes ichiban seem like an idiot that didn't grow over the course of the game, and saeko mean and unforgiving
It'd be complete bs if they did that because the mf wore a shirt
Isn't it pretty obvious gag though
I’m sure Kasuga and Saeko will be together in next game but it’s kinda slap slap kiss relationship.
See, I'm kinda leaning in the opposite direction. I think it would have been too cheap to have all of their problems go away just because he said he loves her. Saeko says pretty directly that she values the romantic journey leading up to marriage, and while Ichiban made progress at the end here, it makes more sense that there's more for them to work out between each other, especially when it comes to expressing their feelings.
@@unamusedrohan1666 i agree with the principle, but how it played out raises some questions. why did saeko wait for ichiban to say that, when she avoided him completely? did she expect him to ambush her at her workplace or at her home? doubt it.
and after knowing and being attracted to ichiban, she should surely like his personality and his silly antics. But she just runs off when seeing a silly shirt. Like cmon now, arent you able to forgive or expect average behavior of a guy you supposedly are in love with? Throughout the game, Saeko running off is not really presented as a character flaw she needa to work out either. It kinda just comes out of the blue and ruins the pace and feeling of the scene. I wish she felt embarrassed or awkward by it, but stayed her ground and actually talked about her feelings and needs like an adult
I can't believe they left a cliffhanger with Ichiban and Saeko. That subplot could have ended for good.
They're fine lol dw
55:58 Ichiban will always be virgin 😂😂😂
lol not if you do the sidequests.
Bro litteraly gets raped 4 times in infinite wealth only
honk honk
@@ProCoRat
Just kinda disappointed in this game
It wasn’t a bad game
But I feel there were some sloppy thrown together last minute shit all over the place
Like the last 4 chapters feel really rushed despite the amount of content in the game
Rgg just has a problem balancing multiple leads like in y4 and y5 and it can come out messy
Even in 0 the storylines we only care about are majimas once he’s introduced
I just hope next game we get our party members to shine more
Saeko, nanba, and adachi we’re done dirty in this game giving them little to do and having barely any relevance to the plot
34:32 who is this guy?
Kume, the fucker that killed masato in the previous game
I lost the last battle and hadn't saved and wasn't gonna redo it so I'm watching this. I wanted to finish the game I just don't have to heart to do it all over
sooo.... sawashiro is dead or not?
not yet but in critical condition most likely.
Kiryus end is so unsatisfying in this…
But In the end.. he reclaimed his name and can reunite with everyone, including Haruka and Haruto
yeah, except we didnt get to see it..
mfs will see an ending that perfectly ties in with the themes of the series and Kiryu's character then say shit like this
@@mihairomulus2488please elaborate
The ending will be kiryu gets a chance to see his family, something he hasn’t able to do for years and mfs will still be unsatisfied. Crazy behavior
Kiryu-chan! That killed me 😢
Ja Jan Ken ahh final attack from kiryu
Haruto kembali sudah besar di Yakuza rebirth lanjut!?🙂
I'm a little disappointed by the ending. Gaiden set so much that 8 didn't deliver. We were robbed of a big kiryu reunion with his children that we didn't get, hell we didn't even see harutos face for some reason. Kiryus character deserved to have a big scene with his family. I'm happy that he finally gets to rest.
I wonder if in yakuza 9 well get to find out what happened between him and daidoji considering we didn't get major plot points addressed. Kiryu should've had a scene with haruto he earned it. And the biggest disappointment is not deliver on Kashiwagis promise on having a proper conversation with kiryu whenever he got his name back. I believe they used a lot of resources and had to rush the ending in the end but honestly I'd sacrifice the ei Chan final scene for a proper closure.
It felt odd, I felt like they were going to hint that Daidoji was in Bryce's pocket too, and build up a bigger villain in the end.
But then I suddenly see final chapter. bryce was a huge letdown. By the time you even get to him he's not that huge a threat. Even Ebina just rightfully points out it would've gone under eventually, no matter how much people tried.
I felt like they did something good with Chitose, essentially doxxing herself to spread the word...but they put almost no emphasis on that, even though in vtubing that's a pretty big deal. They make it look like she did it just cause she wanted to.
Tomi's entire plot is solved in the first few hours of the game. He's just sort of there after that. It feels like they cut an entire subplot out from him.
Kiryu plot was okay, but like I said I really didn't feel like he was going to be the person fighting Ebina. What they did with it was very good, but it left things like Eiji and well, Kasuga out to dry. It didn't feel like Kasuga had any emotional connection to the hawaii plot by the end, to the point he teleports back to Japan for the credits.
In all of this, I don't feel it was bad, I just agree, it was disappointing. I feel like it could've been so much better. Like better than Y5 but it's no Y0/7
Daidoji seems to give Kiryu his name back from how much of a great work he’s done. And this ending shows us that he finally get to reunite with Haruka, but off-screen and that sucks big time as a longtime fan. Even if they show the reunion scene at the beginning of Y9 it wouldn’t feel the same.
the ending is in theme with Kiryu and Ichiban's characters and the themes of the series, it's a great ending
He comes out on lost judgment or looks like soma
So uh, why was this game called Infinite Wealth?
the true infinite wealth is the friends you make along the way
Kiryu looks so… dead.
Bro I really thought Kiryu was going for a kiss there.
Ending could have been better. Sequel coming soon
34:32
Okay why is nobody talking about this dude. Either I didn't pay enough attention or I'm just stupid. I thought it was Kume but nobody seems to be saying anything. Am I supposed to remember who this is? Any Help? He shows up a couple times throughout the story but again, no discourse about him anywhere.
Ye looks like Kume to me. Shouldnt he be in prison tho? Might be Ebina shenanigans
What are you guys waffling about, he looks nothing like him 💀
😂😂😂😂😂😂 yappers. Its not kume 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Why Ichiban my fav
31:42
This was the worst ending in any yakuza game
me when i lie
"My name is Kiryu… Kiryu Cancerma…."
Am I really the only one who really wanted a chance to really put Eiji in a wheelchair? He didn't get nearly the karma he deserved, especially after pushing Lani down the stairs in a wheelchair.
I got to the end and wasn’t leveled up enough to beat Ebina. I don’t know why the game didn’t give the warning of the level you need to be at like it did several times earlier in the game. I got my ass kicked about 20 times and gave up and traded in the game. So annoying
Kiryu could never be replaced by Ichiban, that's blasphemy. The Yakuza series is yet another series being softened for "modern audiences", and Kiryu had to be taken out of the picture for it to happen.
Let him have his happy ending man, best thing you can do it wait for more kiwami games or spinoffs that feature a younger or alternate Kiryu.
@@SAGeXValiant happy ending!?!? Did you even play infinite wealth!?!? Wtf?
Ichiban didnt replace Kiryu, He isnt His succsessor, Ichiban is Ichiban. Stop comparing them
@@gazover_ I'm not the one doing the comparisons, I'm obviously complaining about them. Learn to read.
The worst decision RGG ever made is doing turnbased. The intro and music make is so cool and then you fucking do turnbased. This makes me die inside. :(
Grow up.
More fun than Beat up
It is big change but i love they brought back the beat them up gameplay specifically for Kiryu special move.
@@Fearoq I do agree there, wish it was for all of the combat though
I wouldve played 7 and 8 but man turn based sucks
Man this ending was a big disappointment, huge F.
It wasn’t even that bad, you’re legit being over dramatic 💀
Everyone: “KIRYU-SAN!!! 😢”
Majima: “KIRYU-CHAN!!! 😭🫠”
Because majima is older from kiryu😢😭 majima look like very young😭