Oh my god, YES! My commission finally came out! While my previous commission (Gintoki vs Himura) is my most desired Death Battle, Kazuma Kiryu is the character I most want in Death Battle. It took me so long to figure out who I wanted to commission him to fight, and then I played Sleeping Dogs and realized Wei Shen was quite possibly the perfect matchup for him. And my god, Brandon Yates pulled this off incredibly!
Kiryu would probably win, yeah. Although Wei Shen is surprisingly durable, especially when the final two missions of Sleeping Dogs are taken into consideration.
Kiryu: "i can tell you're stronger then you look, how about we take that to the test" Wei: "aight, fine by me" *pulls off the windbreaker to reveal his dragon and eagle underneath* Kiryu: *pulls off the suit to show his dragon* "if you really wanna see what I'm capable of" Wei: "if you wannna lose your teeth" Both: "then step the fuck up!!" Kiryu: *charges a punch* Wei: *charges a kick* WEI SHEN UNDERCOVER COP AND SUN ON YEE RED POLE
*Kiryu Wins* Boomstick: Looks like Wei Shen will indeed be the one sleeping with the dogs tonight. Wait that doesn't sound right.... Wiz: The winner is Kazuma Kiryu. *Wei Shen Wins* Boomstick: Kiryu gave Wei all he could handle, but in the end he put the Dragon of Dojima down....like a dog. Wiz: You're really obsessed with dogs today. Boomstick: *Crying* I miss my dog Wiz! Wiz: Ooooookay....the winner is Wei Shen.
Kiryu Wins: Boom Stick: Wait hang on this is Death Battle, why is Wei Shen still breathing? Wiz: Because Kazuma Kiryu has never killed anyone in his entire life. The winner is Kiryu.
Wiz: The Dragon of Dojima, Kiryu Kazuma from Yakuza. Or Ryu Ga Gatoku for our Japanese audience. Boomstick: Wei Shen, undercover Hong Kong police officer from Sleeping Dogs. Wiz: Crime is an unfortunate constant around the world, from the West to even the East. But in the midst of even the most crime-ridden underbellies of society, there are those willing to stand up for what is right, even if they are involved with that criminal underworld. Boomstick: And we're going to see not only who is the better fighter of the illegal profession, but who has the best tattoos! He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick... Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find who will win... a Death Battle!
@@RealCFZ Agree, though if we're both talking about who would win, I think Wei Shen might be able to clutch the win. After playing Judgement and currently playing Lost Judgement, all I see Yagami have is the speed, skill, and possibly stamina advantage. All I've seen from Wei Shen is a bit of the final mission where from what I understand he took one hell of a beating that would otherwise be lethal to your average human being, shake it off, and fight the big bad. Again, not well-versed in Sleeping Dog but from what I've seen Yagami is outmatched. If there's anything that I haven't considered for either side I'm all ears.
So many things about this bring tears of joy to my eyes, -Kiryu getting a matchup, and against such a fitting opponent -Sleeping Dogs and Wei Shen, glad to see them getting some recognition -The artwork. I LOVE the yin-yang dragons -The song itself, fast-paced showcasing two martial arts fighters giving it their best -The oriental beat, especially at 3:02, that's when I feel Kiryu and Wei Shen have fully gained one another's respect.
I wouldn't really call Kiryu a "martial artist" per se. He's much more of a street fighter who likes to throw the kitchen sink at people. Sometimes literally.
@@sharavy6851 Though he did somewhat learn proper martial arts through Komaki...who somehow invented Dragon Style pre-Kiryu....and improved the street fighting bit in 0 with Bacchus, Kamoji, and Miss Tatsu.
@@MaddyDoesStuff The kitchen sink thing was a figure of speach. I meant that he isn't a pure martial artist, but is willing to use martial arts to get the edge in combat. His fighting style is a mix of necessary martial arts techniques and pure raw strenght.
May I interest you in our lord and savior of underrated matchups, the Payday Gang? It would, weirdly enough, fit both Wei Shen and Kiryu because of Dead Souls and Sleeping Dogs, and would make sense for all 3 because they deal with people not entirely affiliated with the gangs they sort of support.
@@hollowman9410 .... i mean you're not wrong.... but at the same time that is the most realistic yet f*cked up justification for Kiryu never TECHNICALLY killing anyone. EDIT: i recently heard the bit about he never KILLS anyone was mistranslated from what actually meant he never MURDERS anyone. He doesn't plan it before hand. If it happens, it happens. Not his fault you had a deathwish.
While I find Takayuki Yagami (from Judgment, a Yakuza spinoff) to be Wei Shen's best MU, and Kiryu's best MU to be Shizuo Heiwajima from Durarara!, Wei is still a damn good 2nd place for Kiryu. This matchup is raw, and this song is fucking awesome too, perfectly captures the energy of a Yakuza boss theme with the flare of Sleeping Dogs
Holy hell I was just about to comment this. Yeah I agree completely. I've played Sleeping Dogs but Wei doesn't have the ridiculous gorilla strength and feats that Kiryu have. Plus the gameplay of Sleeping Dog leans towards a grounded realistic crime drama that doesn't do anything too crazy like the Yakuza games. A matchup that would match Kiryu would be Shizuo Heiwajima considering his ridiculous gorilla strength. The dude literally kicked a car around multiple times like a soccer ball and had heavy debris fall on top of him and survived.
@@Misaka05050 Honestly, based Kiryu matchup. Beast Style can use a lot of heavier objects as weapons similar to Shizuo, and Kiryu survived some insane things (to name one: the explosion of the Millenium Tower at the end of Y1/Kiwami, pretty much point-blank at that, too). Frankly, the two are more even than you'd think at first. Both have immense strength, and both have shrugged off some serious damage that would undoubtedly kill most people. Plus, both regularly tango with faster, more nimble opponents. I'd say Shizuo has the edge in power while Kiryu has the defense advantage. Feel free to prove me wrong though.
@@Spiritnick from my research Kiryu has a striking/ap advantage via his scaling to Majima and Saejima, while Shizuo has a lifting strength advantage from the crazy shit he lifts and throws around. Kiryu is also generally faster from his crazy bullet dodging a d reaction speeds.
Kiryu beats shizuo for having the ap advantage faster reaction speed due to dodging bullets and sometimes lasers in the Amon fights and has more experience and fighting skills but shizuo would put up a great fight and his ability to not feel pain and having greater lifting strength can help him overpower kiryu but more times then not the dragon of Dojima will win this one.
This will definitely be one of those matchups where whomever dies both will have the utmost respect for each other. Like I know for sure Kiryu will have more respect for Wei shen than Lau kau Long or Little Baby Iwami
On a dock outside of Hong Kong, Kazuma Kiryu and Wei Shen with their respective comrades from the Dojima and Sun On Yee are making a weapon's deal. But Wei signaled the Chinese Police to move in, soon enough a shootout begins, Wei moves to police officers and hides behind a cop car while Kazuma is on the other side seeing Wei's betraying them. Kazuma fires a few rounds and gets into a sports car and drives away. Wei gets on a motorbike and chases after him. Wei is on a high speed pursuit as he chases Kazuma miles from the dock, but Wei manages to shoot two of Kazuma's tires and he flips and crashes near an alley. Kazuma quickly gets out of the car with the bag of weapons and runs into the alley. Wei gets off the bike and chases Kazuma, soon enough Kazuma reaches a dead end and Wei is blocking the only exit. Both not knowing how to speak their languages they rush at each other to fight.
This seem out of character for Kazuma kiryu, especially during the event of yakuza 2 and onwards he not part of the yakuza but keep getting dragged back in due to what happened in the story, so unless he was dragging back in and was ordered I doubt this would happen like this at the very least
@@aidenreed680 the peak of Kiryu’s infamy in the series is his history serving under Dojima. It’s his entire legacy. And for Kiryu to actually fight Wei Shen he needs the Yakuza affiliations or it couldn’t happen. Wei’s not gonna fight a retired Kiryu… but the Dragon of Dojima, that’d be a fight he would take in a heartbeat Especially since Kiryu’s so infamous that he’s known in underworlds of other nations like China and Korea. So Wei Shen could hypothetically recognize Kiryu in a shared universe
If I had a nickel for every time Yates did a Yakuza track and it slapped, I would have two nickels. It's not much but it's weird (yet epic) that it happened twice. Especially since Sleeping Dogs sounds like a lit series from what I've seen of it, would love to learn more about them.
Think GTA but you can do martial arts and environmental kills. And it takes place in Hong Kong. Definitely a fun underrated game that deserves a sequel. Edit: Also listen to the menu theme and it will also give you an idea on what the game's vibe is.
Now that’s a cool art. On another note, I find it funny how Yakuza never got a commission before yet we get two almost back to back. As of the song itself, I really like the mix of traditional (at least in pop culture) Japanese instruments and of more western ones like the guitar and the heavy percussion. That OST is brutal for a fight that would be brutal. It’s raw, violent and cool as hell. I really like it. It just sounds like a raw battle of might between two characters that are juking it out for 4 minutes, only having a single timeout that I’ll cover a bit after. I’ll give a special note for the 2:41-3:02 but because it sounds so damn good. I’ve got nothing special to say to it aside from the fact that it makes me think of a sort of « ending » in itself that’s a first climax to the battle where both characters end up delivering one attack at the same time that knocks out the enemy. Then you’ve got the entire 3:03-3:42 segment which would be those two characters getting up and readying themselves for one last bout, on their last resorts as they’re both close to death and the fight becomes much slower and unrefined once we finally reach the final section (3:43-end) due to both characters’ exhaustion and weariness from the fight. But only one of them manages to deliver a killing blow in that state, and this hit- not necessarily a gory one but definitely an intense one - is all the winner needs to take down their opponent as they finally collapse, having won but within an inch of their life. That or maybe I’m just imagining things that are batshit insane, which is possible too. Either way, amazing work as always.
God I wish Kiryu would be in Death Battle. Boomstick would have a field day listing all of the Dragon of Dojima’s feats (which includes making missiles dodge him just by looking at it and punching a tiger)
I.... have honestly no words for this aside from: Holy fucking shit! Just seeing Wei Shen in the title, a potential what if match up, had me screaming at the top of my lungs as I absolutely love Sleeping Dogs and he is one of my favorite characters in that game (which I think is criminally underrated still). If this did become an actual matchup, I'd be a very happy person, even if he did end up losing. Made my absolute day with this, whoever commissioned this.
@@dewaynewalker2252 Sad to say that he gets beat by Kiryu, well you'd get your wish of 'He ain't gonna make it easy' and he will most certainly provide a hell of a fight (he certainly stands more chance than Ichiban mainly as he is a pretty hardy motherfucker)
The ending of this song makes me think the fight would end with them both shirtless in an all out brawl, hell they probably wouldn't even kill each other, it would probably just end respectfully
Funny story about Sleeping Dogs is that it was originally going to be called True Crime: Hong Kong, a follow up to the previous two True Crime games, but then there was a publisher change and when Square Enix became the new publisher it would eventually become the game we know as Sleeping Dogs
Wiz: Kiryu Kazuma, adversary of the Yakuza. Boomstick: Wei Shen, Undercover Cop and Sleeping Dog! Wiz: Law and order against anarchy and chaos. It’s a never-ending battle between cops and robbers, seeking to maintain the peace or disrupt it. Boomstick: This is gonna be one hell of a showdown! Will the robber be put behind bars, or is there gonna be an officer down? He’s Wiz and I’m Boomstick! Wiz: And it’s our job to analyze their weapons, armors, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!
@@austinkniga-bartlett8657 Believe me or not... The game is called Yakuza, but when we play as Kiryu, he's never IN the Yakuza. He's always trying to leave his life as the Fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan behind, and getting constantly pulled back in.
Well, technically he is in the Yakuza at the very beginning of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 1, and he probably counts as being in the Yakuza during the brief bit that he's the Fourth Chairman.
This is totally a matchup I could see happening, I need to play sleeping dogs but by the time Kiryu's sixth game came out his feats put him up there with the baki roster, as in, far Beyond human.
Kiryu-Chan takes the W. Unlike Wei Shen who is a bit realistic. Kiryu-Chan has impressive and insane feats. SPOILERS for the main Yakuza games. Kiryu-Chan has •Fought Taiga Saejima, an equal to Kiryu like Dragons and Tigers, who lifted an entire iron pipe in prison. •Destroyed a statue with one punch. •Survive an Explosion at the Millennium Tower, hell it even killed Nishiki and Jingu. •Fought Majima more than 5 fights shown on and off screen. •Defeats a giant octopus, sharks. •TIGER DROP A TIGER! •Become a Disco king, but lost against the Disco God, Michael Jack- I mean Miracle Johnson. •Learns the Legendary Dragon of Dojima by Real Estate. •Defeated So, Jo, Kazuya, Jiro, and Sango Amon. Though he’s cool with Shin, the same guy fought both Yagami and Ichiban. •Defeated the OG Dragon of Dojima (Shibusawa), Nishiki, Ryuji (The Pants stealer), Mine, Daigo (Without a gun), Aizawa, and Little Baby Iwami. •Claimed he is a virgin?
Let's not forget he also survived a good total of 14 years in prison. In Japan. He is consistently capable of punching metal doors to pieces instantly with seemingly no effort, and is one of the most acrobatic motherfuckers in Yakuza despite his bulky form. He has survived plenty of explosions, bullets, etc, and technically nuke strikes. He can even buff his stats to the max with styles, via their Time skills: Godspeed (Speed) from Rush, Destruction (Strength) from Beast, Resolve (Endurance/No Knockdown) from Brawler, and Yinglong (Heat Retention) from Dragon. Not only that, he can chug down plenty of Toughness, Tauriner, and Staminan drug drink things to replenish his Health and heat, and if he needs to, make himself *HUNGRY* to lower his health (temporarily) and boost certain things even MORE. Oh and he stared at two RPG rockets and scared them into missing him entirely.
Nice nice. I don’t know many other mafia DBs. John Wick/Punisher/Agent 47? Maybe a GTA character like Trevor, but not sure who. Maybe some more brutal human characters would be nice such as this.
Another Brandon Yates upload, another banger track released. And yet, still no Touhou commission in sight. At least Yukuza is getting some recognition and the same for Sleeping dogs, too. I never played the latter, but Wei does look like a badass judging from a quick Google search
@@workinprogress9793 Yes I do. Not even sure how I managed to misspell the first one. I wasn't sure if there was an m or an n in the name. Not completely scramble the whole name. I blame autocorrect.
Kiryu and Wei Shen are Dragons by nature with tattoos to match. Yagami isn’t. He’s a cop sure but the black and silver Dragons are a pair that cannot be denied. That’s why they’re here Kiryu’s just more thematic
Another Yakuza match up Lee Chaolan vs Shun Akiyama 2 characters that were poor and homeless and they were able to be rich and they build there own corporations the Violet System and the Sky Finance and there martial arts/fighting styles that involves with kicking and they are nice and gentlemen to the ladies
Hey, Brandon... I Just finished watching a Really Sexy anime Called Witchblade, and It was amazing, and It got me thinking... Why not make a comission out of it... And here it is: Ceréza vs Masane Amaha (Bayonetta vs Witchblade). And I was thinking putting in some Heavy rock into it, Like the opening of Witchblade (XTC by Psychic Lover), and some music from the Bayonetta games, Whaddaya think, Yates?
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The set-up for this battle writes itself. In order to prove his loyalty to the Sun On Yee, Wei Shen is sent to whack their deadliest enemy; Kiryu Kazuma of the Dojima Family. Shen: Winston says hello, Mr. Kiryu. Kazuma: Took you long enough. Let's get this over with.
Wiz: Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima Boomstick: Wei Shen, the undercover sleeping dog. Wiz: The criminal underworld life... It might seem attractive to those with nowhere else to go, with all the money and luxury. Boomstick: But that life is far from beautiful. And no one can show the ugly of such lifestyle as those two. He's Wiz and i am Boomstick Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armors and skills to find out who would win... A Death Battle.
A bit shaky from what I know (as in I don't know much), but they're basically the top dogs of a Crime Ridden City, have Dragon Tattoo's, and I think another part is the Gameplay or something
Both are former members of their respective countries version of a mafia (kiryu with Yakuza, wei with Triad) who basically get called back into that line of work in order to help protect their city. Both are effectively masters of martial arts and can easily memorize different fighting styles at a glance. Also Both games follow a very similar story pattern. I may be wrong or forgetting some similarities, If so, please correct me youtube comments.
Can we get a track for Mockingbird (Deadman Wonderland) vs Himiko Toga (MHA)? Two crazy love obsessed blood users. It could be called something like "Deadly Love"
My Top 15 Most Wanted Future Death Battles For Future Seasons… 15. Jak and Daxter VS Banjo-Kazooie (Naughty Dog VS Microsoft) 14. Deku or Meliodas VS Asta (My Hero Academia or Seven Deadly Sins VS Black Clover) 13. Akira Kurusu VS Giorno Giovanni (Persona VS Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) 12. Mojo Jojo VS Specter (The Powerpuff Girls VS Ape Escape) 11. Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor (Rick and Morty VS Doctor Who) 10. Ohma Zi-O VS Lord Drakkon (Kamen Rider VS Power Rangers) 9. Mandy VS Gaz (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy VS Invader Zim) 8. Travis Touchdown VS Jack Cayman (No More Heroes VS MadWorld) 7. Zim VS Crypto (Invader Zim VS Destroy All Humans) 6. Father VS Father (Codename: Kids Next Door VS Fullmetal Alchemist) 5. Bender VS Roger Smith (Futurama VS American Dad) 4. Dexter VS Jimmy Neutron (Cartoon Network VS Nickelodeon) 3. All For One VS Toichiro Suzuki (My Hero Academia VS Mob Psycho 100) 2. Kyle Rayner VS Simon The Digger (Green Lantern VS Gurren Lagunn) 1. Ori VS The Knight (Ori Series VS Hollow Knight) Honorable Mentions HM. Tom VS Oggy (Tom & Jerry VS Oggy & The Cockroaches) HM. Bill Cipher VS Discord (Gravity Falls VS My Little Pony) HM. Scrappy Doo VS Jar Jar Binks (Scooby Doo VS Star Wars) HM. Melvin Sneedly VS Mandark (Captain Underpants VS Dexter’s Laboratory) HM. Dr Neo Cortex VS Dr Nefarious (Crash Bandicoot VS Ratchet and Clank) HM. Zero VS Shadow (MegaMan X VS Sonic) HM. Dib VS Denzel Crocker (Invader Zim VS The Fairly OddParents) HM. Infinite VS Necrozma (Sonic VS Pokémon) HM. Blossom VS Jenny Wakeman (The Powerpuff Girls VS My Life as a Teenage Robot) Now give me good opinions, and who wins and let me know how great they are! Also If you’re there Brandon Yates, make tracks of all these great matches!
Jackie Ma or Winston can't touch Majima, sadly. Even Akiyama would solo the Water Street Boys of the Sun on Yee. And don't even get me started on the damage Saejima can do. Guys like Big Smile Lee or Pockmark or even Uncle Po are CAKE compared to the bosses the Yakuza protaga have gone up against.
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Oh my god, YES! My commission finally came out! While my previous commission (Gintoki vs Himura) is my most desired Death Battle, Kazuma Kiryu is the character I most want in Death Battle. It took me so long to figure out who I wanted to commission him to fight, and then I played Sleeping Dogs and realized Wei Shen was quite possibly the perfect matchup for him. And my god, Brandon Yates pulled this off incredibly!
Good call and choice. Though I must say that Kiryu would destroy Wei. Let's be fair, Wei hasn't punched two feral tigers out cold.
Kiryu would probably win, yeah. Although Wei Shen is surprisingly durable, especially when the final two missions of Sleeping Dogs are taken into consideration.
Holy mother of based
What are the connections between Kiryu and Wei Shen?
@@camronhastings9319
Gangsta Shit ™
Kiryu: "i can tell you're stronger then you look, how about we take that to the test"
Wei: "aight, fine by me" *pulls off the windbreaker to reveal his dragon and eagle underneath*
Kiryu: *pulls off the suit to show his dragon* "if you really wanna see what I'm capable of"
Wei: "if you wannna lose your teeth"
Both: "then step the fuck up!!"
Kiryu: *charges a punch*
Wei: *charges a kick*
WEI SHEN
UNDERCOVER COP AND SUN ON YEE RED POLE
*Kiryu Wins*
Boomstick: Looks like Wei Shen will indeed be the one sleeping with the dogs tonight. Wait that doesn't sound right....
Wiz: The winner is Kazuma Kiryu.
*Wei Shen Wins*
Boomstick: Kiryu gave Wei all he could handle, but in the end he put the Dragon of Dojima down....like a dog.
Wiz: You're really obsessed with dogs today.
Boomstick: *Crying* I miss my dog Wiz!
Wiz: Ooooookay....the winner is Wei Shen.
Kiryu Wins:
Boom Stick: Wait hang on this is Death Battle, why is Wei Shen still breathing?
Wiz: Because Kazuma Kiryu has never killed anyone in his entire life. The winner is Kiryu.
Wiz: The Dragon of Dojima, Kiryu Kazuma from Yakuza. Or Ryu Ga Gatoku for our Japanese audience.
Boomstick: Wei Shen, undercover Hong Kong police officer from Sleeping Dogs.
Wiz: Crime is an unfortunate constant around the world, from the West to even the East. But in the midst of even the most crime-ridden underbellies of society, there are those willing to stand up for what is right, even if they are involved with that criminal underworld.
Boomstick: And we're going to see not only who is the better fighter of the illegal profession, but who has the best tattoos! He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick...
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find who will win... a Death Battle!
To whoever commissioned this match up, you are a genius. Wei Shen is TOTALLY a Yakuza boss battle when you think about it.
Wei would have the kung-fu moveset and those bastards urk me so much to fight.
But then you remember - "Oops! All *TIGER DROPS!"*
He would fit in Judgment.
@@RealCFZ Agree, though if we're both talking about who would win, I think Wei Shen might be able to clutch the win. After playing Judgement and currently playing Lost Judgement, all I see Yagami have is the speed, skill, and possibly stamina advantage. All I've seen from Wei Shen is a bit of the final mission where from what I understand he took one hell of a beating that would otherwise be lethal to your average human being, shake it off, and fight the big bad. Again, not well-versed in Sleeping Dog but from what I've seen Yagami is outmatched. If there's anything that I haven't considered for either side I'm all ears.
Considering that Yakuza has had its fair share of cop characters and triads, Wei would fit right it.
Wei boss fight would just be heat action spam cause he doesnt really have requirement to use heat moves lmao
So many things about this bring tears of joy to my eyes,
-Kiryu getting a matchup, and against such a fitting opponent
-Sleeping Dogs and Wei Shen, glad to see them getting some recognition
-The artwork. I LOVE the yin-yang dragons
-The song itself, fast-paced showcasing two martial arts fighters giving it their best
-The oriental beat, especially at 3:02, that's when I feel Kiryu and Wei Shen have fully gained one another's respect.
I wouldn't really call Kiryu a "martial artist" per se. He's much more of a street fighter who likes to throw the kitchen sink at people. Sometimes literally.
@@sharavy6851 Though he did somewhat learn proper martial arts through Komaki...who somehow invented Dragon Style pre-Kiryu....and improved the street fighting bit in 0 with Bacchus, Kamoji, and Miss Tatsu.
@@MaddyDoesStuff The kitchen sink thing was a figure of speach. I meant that he isn't a pure martial artist, but is willing to use martial arts to get the edge in combat. His fighting style is a mix of necessary martial arts techniques and pure raw strenght.
Based matchup. Kiryu definitely takes it but I love seeing Sleeping Dogs get more recognition.
If the fight ever happens, there's GOTTA be a Tiger Drop in it
@@freemanthedelphox6249 and there has to be a pork bun eaten at some point
@@nicholascordero6600 Wei Shen eats pork bun while Kiryu chugs Staminan
May I interest you in our lord and savior of underrated matchups, the Payday Gang? It would, weirdly enough, fit both Wei Shen and Kiryu because of Dead Souls and Sleeping Dogs, and would make sense for all 3 because they deal with people not entirely affiliated with the gangs they sort of support.
@@Ijustusethistocommentstuff Wei and Kiryu have better connections.
Fun Fact: Masato Arakawa shares the same ENG voice as Wei Shen.
Whoa! That’s rad!
I knew he sounded familiar!
That's the coolest track for a Death Battle including someone who *definitely* never killed anyone
Hearts of light?
@@gonk986 yoda has?
Kiryu does not kill. They die on the hospital, so it's the doctors fault.
@@hollowman9410 .... i mean you're not wrong.... but at the same time that is the most realistic yet f*cked up justification for Kiryu never TECHNICALLY killing anyone.
EDIT: i recently heard the bit about he never KILLS anyone was mistranslated from what actually meant he never MURDERS anyone. He doesn't plan it before hand. If it happens, it happens. Not his fault you had a deathwish.
Boooo! You stink!
While I find Takayuki Yagami (from Judgment, a Yakuza spinoff) to be Wei Shen's best MU, and Kiryu's best MU to be Shizuo Heiwajima from Durarara!, Wei is still a damn good 2nd place for Kiryu.
This matchup is raw, and this song is fucking awesome too, perfectly captures the energy of a Yakuza boss theme with the flare of Sleeping Dogs
Ngl, but I actually agreed with you.
Holy hell I was just about to comment this. Yeah I agree completely. I've played Sleeping Dogs but Wei doesn't have the ridiculous gorilla strength and feats that Kiryu have. Plus the gameplay of Sleeping Dog leans towards a grounded realistic crime drama that doesn't do anything too crazy like the Yakuza games.
A matchup that would match Kiryu would be Shizuo Heiwajima considering his ridiculous gorilla strength. The dude literally kicked a car around multiple times like a soccer ball and had heavy debris fall on top of him and survived.
@@Misaka05050 Honestly, based Kiryu matchup. Beast Style can use a lot of heavier objects as weapons similar to Shizuo, and Kiryu survived some insane things (to name one: the explosion of the Millenium Tower at the end of Y1/Kiwami, pretty much point-blank at that, too).
Frankly, the two are more even than you'd think at first. Both have immense strength, and both have shrugged off some serious damage that would undoubtedly kill most people. Plus, both regularly tango with faster, more nimble opponents.
I'd say Shizuo has the edge in power while Kiryu has the defense advantage. Feel free to prove me wrong though.
@@Spiritnick from my research Kiryu has a striking/ap advantage via his scaling to Majima and Saejima, while Shizuo has a lifting strength advantage from the crazy shit he lifts and throws around. Kiryu is also generally faster from his crazy bullet dodging a d reaction speeds.
Kiryu beats shizuo for having the ap advantage faster reaction speed due to dodging bullets and sometimes lasers in the Amon fights and has more experience and fighting skills but shizuo would put up a great fight and his ability to not feel pain and having greater lifting strength can help him overpower kiryu but more times then not the dragon of Dojima will win this one.
This will definitely be one of those matchups where whomever dies both will have the utmost respect for each other. Like I know for sure Kiryu will have more respect for Wei shen than Lau kau Long or Little Baby Iwami
On a dock outside of Hong Kong, Kazuma Kiryu and Wei Shen with their respective comrades from the Dojima and Sun On Yee are making a weapon's deal. But Wei signaled the Chinese Police to move in, soon enough a shootout begins, Wei moves to police officers and hides behind a cop car while Kazuma is on the other side seeing Wei's betraying them. Kazuma fires a few rounds and gets into a sports car and drives away. Wei gets on a motorbike and chases after him.
Wei is on a high speed pursuit as he chases Kazuma miles from the dock, but Wei manages to shoot two of Kazuma's tires and he flips and crashes near an alley. Kazuma quickly gets out of the car with the bag of weapons and runs into the alley. Wei gets off the bike and chases Kazuma, soon enough Kazuma reaches a dead end and Wei is blocking the only exit. Both not knowing how to speak their languages they rush at each other to fight.
This seem out of character for Kazuma kiryu, especially during the event of yakuza 2 and onwards he not part of the yakuza but keep getting dragged back in due to what happened in the story, so unless he was dragging back in and was ordered I doubt this would happen like this at the very least
@@aidenreed680 the peak of Kiryu’s infamy in the series is his history serving under Dojima. It’s his entire legacy. And for Kiryu to actually fight Wei Shen he needs the Yakuza affiliations or it couldn’t happen. Wei’s not gonna fight a retired Kiryu… but the Dragon of Dojima, that’d be a fight he would take in a heartbeat
Especially since Kiryu’s so infamous that he’s known in underworlds of other nations like China and Korea. So Wei Shen could hypothetically recognize Kiryu in a shared universe
@@TheUncivilizedNation I know I play the games, it just feel off when reading this is all
...Wei Shen's dead if there's a bike anywhere nearby
If I had a nickel for every time Yates did a Yakuza track and it slapped, I would have two nickels. It's not much but it's weird (yet epic) that it happened twice.
Especially since Sleeping Dogs sounds like a lit series from what I've seen of it, would love to learn more about them.
If Yakuza and GTA had a baby, it'd basically be Sleeping Dogs
Definitely check it out 💪
Think GTA but you can do martial arts and environmental kills.
And it takes place in Hong Kong.
Definitely a fun underrated game that deserves a sequel.
Edit: Also listen to the menu theme and it will also give you an idea on what the game's vibe is.
Sleeping Dogs is the spiritual successor of the True Crime series, great games all of em. L.A being a personal favorite.
Now that’s a cool art.
On another note, I find it funny how Yakuza never got a commission before yet we get two almost back to back.
As of the song itself, I really like the mix of traditional (at least in pop culture) Japanese instruments and of more western ones like the guitar and the heavy percussion.
That OST is brutal for a fight that would be brutal. It’s raw, violent and cool as hell. I really like it. It just sounds like a raw battle of might between two characters that are juking it out for 4 minutes, only having a single timeout that I’ll cover a bit after.
I’ll give a special note for the 2:41-3:02 but because it sounds so damn good. I’ve got nothing special to say to it aside from the fact that it makes me think of a sort of « ending » in itself that’s a first climax to the battle where both characters end up delivering one attack at the same time that knocks out the enemy.
Then you’ve got the entire 3:03-3:42 segment which would be those two characters getting up and readying themselves for one last bout, on their last resorts as they’re both close to death and the fight becomes much slower and unrefined once we finally reach the final section (3:43-end) due to both characters’ exhaustion and weariness from the fight. But only one of them manages to deliver a killing blow in that state, and this hit- not necessarily a gory one but definitely an intense one - is all the winner needs to take down their opponent as they finally collapse, having won but within an inch of their life.
That or maybe I’m just imagining things that are batshit insane, which is possible too. Either way, amazing work as always.
God I wish Kiryu would be in Death Battle. Boomstick would have a field day listing all of the Dragon of Dojima’s feats (which includes making missiles dodge him just by looking at it and punching a tiger)
How about punching a female great white shark so hard it reels and is knocked away while under water?
How about casually reducing a marble statue in one punch to rubble with his bare fists, just to make a point?
Never forget the greatest feat Kiryu has accomplished…
claiming he is a virgin?
Gotta love the hints of Receive You in the song.
I.... have honestly no words for this aside from: Holy fucking shit!
Just seeing Wei Shen in the title, a potential what if match up, had me screaming at the top of my lungs as I absolutely love Sleeping Dogs and he is one of my favorite characters in that game (which I think is criminally underrated still).
If this did become an actual matchup, I'd be a very happy person, even if he did end up losing. Made my absolute day with this, whoever commissioned this.
As a Yakuza fan... Sorry for how bad Kiryu stomps
@@workinprogress9793 I knowww.
I just want to at least see my boy go out swinging, even if he does get slaughtered.
@@dewaynewalker2252 I know the pain of wanting your favortie character to join... And then he gets stomped.
@@dewaynewalker2252 Sad to say that he gets beat by Kiryu, well you'd get your wish of 'He ain't gonna make it easy' and he will most certainly provide a hell of a fight (he certainly stands more chance than Ichiban mainly as he is a pretty hardy motherfucker)
You’ve been nailing these Yakuza commisions, love the combinations of metal and shamisen in this one
I like the black and white yin Yang musical cover in fact I love it when the cover gets has unique artwork
I love how good the cover art turned out for sure.
The ending of this song makes me think the fight would end with them both shirtless in an all out brawl, hell they probably wouldn't even kill each other, it would probably just end respectfully
Two underrated series Death Battle collaboration! Hallelujah!
I still feel like that Yakuza is no longer underrated now.
Especially it is now Sega’s 2nd best selling series from what I heard.
Now we finally got Kiryu in a track, awesome
YES
IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN WANTING THIS AS A MATCH
I had a feeling this would happen. And I'm happy for it. Also, Kiryu FTW.
Funny story about Sleeping Dogs is that it was originally going to be called True Crime: Hong Kong, a follow up to the previous two True Crime games, but then there was a publisher change and when Square Enix became the new publisher it would eventually become the game we know as Sleeping Dogs
Wiz: Kiryu Kazuma, adversary of the Yakuza.
Boomstick: Wei Shen, Undercover Cop and Sleeping Dog!
Wiz: Law and order against anarchy and chaos. It’s a never-ending battle between cops and robbers, seeking to maintain the peace or disrupt it.
Boomstick: This is gonna be one hell of a showdown! Will the robber be put behind bars, or is there gonna be an officer down? He’s Wiz and I’m Boomstick!
Wiz: And it’s our job to analyze their weapons, armors, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!
Sorry, but this kind of... Doesn't fit at all for Kiryu...
@@workinprogress9793 Sorry, I don't know Yazuka.
@@austinkniga-bartlett8657 Believe me or not... The game is called Yakuza, but when we play as Kiryu, he's never IN the Yakuza. He's always trying to leave his life as the Fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan behind, and getting constantly pulled back in.
Well, technically he is in the Yakuza at the very beginning of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 1, and he probably counts as being in the Yakuza during the brief bit that he's the Fourth Chairman.
@@kwak5834 Kiryu: Chairman for 10 hours
*THAT’S RAD!*
Well know didn’t think we’d get another Yakuza track. Well done!
Sleeping Dogs, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Pretty damn good commission. Though personally I think Kiryu’s best matchup is Shizuo from Durarara
It would be funny that they would also do Majima vs Izaya.
@@RealCFZ it’s even funnier that in both matches Yakuza is takin the W.
Nice title and the music is outstanding
This is totally a matchup I could see happening, I need to play sleeping dogs but by the time Kiryu's sixth game came out his feats put him up there with the baki roster, as in, far Beyond human.
Devil Buster (Terry Bogard vs Kazuya Mishima) [King of Fighters vs Tekken]
Po VS Kazuya (Kung Fu Panda VS Tekken) Devil Dragons
Rock Howard would work better than Terry in this sense, since well Heihachi Vs Geese is a thing.
I’ve been wanting this matchup for what feels like years, and now I find THIS! Where was this all my life.
This would be a battle of wills and respect truly an award match
Kiryu-Chan takes the W. Unlike Wei Shen who is a bit realistic. Kiryu-Chan has impressive and insane feats.
SPOILERS for the main Yakuza games.
Kiryu-Chan has
•Fought Taiga Saejima, an equal to Kiryu like Dragons and Tigers, who lifted an entire iron pipe in prison.
•Destroyed a statue with one punch.
•Survive an Explosion at the Millennium Tower, hell it even killed Nishiki and Jingu.
•Fought Majima more than 5 fights shown on and off screen.
•Defeats a giant octopus, sharks.
•TIGER DROP A TIGER!
•Become a Disco king, but lost against the Disco God, Michael Jack- I mean Miracle Johnson.
•Learns the Legendary Dragon of Dojima by Real Estate.
•Defeated So, Jo, Kazuya, Jiro, and Sango Amon. Though he’s cool with Shin, the same guy fought both Yagami and Ichiban.
•Defeated the OG Dragon of Dojima (Shibusawa), Nishiki, Ryuji (The Pants stealer), Mine, Daigo (Without a gun), Aizawa, and Little Baby Iwami.
•Claimed he is a virgin?
Yakuza is a serious series.
Don’t forget he can pull sharks out of the water during the fishing mini games, and also that Saejima can stop incoming cars.
Since we're taking minigames and sidequests into account...
Nugget.
This man turned a literal chicken into a successful real estate agent.
Yakuza is just an anime series at this point
Let's not forget he also survived a good total of 14 years in prison.
In Japan.
He is consistently capable of punching metal doors to pieces instantly with seemingly no effort, and is one of the most acrobatic motherfuckers in Yakuza despite his bulky form. He has survived plenty of explosions, bullets, etc, and technically nuke strikes. He can even buff his stats to the max with styles, via their Time skills: Godspeed (Speed) from Rush, Destruction (Strength) from Beast, Resolve (Endurance/No Knockdown) from Brawler, and Yinglong (Heat Retention) from Dragon. Not only that, he can chug down plenty of Toughness, Tauriner, and Staminan drug drink things to replenish his Health and heat, and if he needs to, make himself *HUNGRY* to lower his health (temporarily) and boost certain things even MORE.
Oh and he stared at two RPG rockets and scared them into missing him entirely.
I hope this and all of Brandon’s other tracks get uploaded to iTunes soon!
Nice nice. I don’t know many other mafia DBs. John Wick/Punisher/Agent 47?
Maybe a GTA character like Trevor, but not sure who.
Maybe some more brutal human characters would be nice such as this.
You're a legend for this
Another Brandon Yates upload, another banger track released. And yet, still no Touhou commission in sight. At least Yukuza is getting some recognition and the same for Sleeping dogs, too. I never played the latter, but Wei does look like a badass judging from a quick Google search
Ooh! A monochrome custom album! Nice!
Loving the high pace music too.
Nice to see Sleeping Dogs get some representation but wouldn't Wei Shen vs Yagami from Judgement be more fitting?
BRUH YOU MEAN YAGAMI?
@@workinprogress9793 Yes I do. Not even sure how I managed to misspell the first one. I wasn't sure if there was an m or an n in the name. Not completely scramble the whole name. I blame autocorrect.
Kiryu and Wei Shen are Dragons by nature with tattoos to match. Yagami isn’t. He’s a cop sure but the black and silver Dragons are a pair that cannot be denied. That’s why they’re here
Kiryu’s just more thematic
I'm so glad my favorite Kiryu matchup got a banger like this.
I've always wanted Kiryu vs Cody Travers, but this is a pretty good match up too.
I actually really like that idea I'd love to see pre-street fighter v cody interact with kiryu
This have some "The One" vibes to it. I love it.
I love the draw for the track
I receive you...
Another Yakuza match up
Lee Chaolan vs Shun Akiyama
2 characters that were poor and homeless and they were able to be rich and they build there own corporations the Violet System and the Sky Finance and there martial arts/fighting styles that involves with kicking and they are nice and gentlemen to the ladies
I can already see the dynamic intro in my head
oh, Wei Shen is dead. How can a sleeping dog expect to beat the man who puts the mad dog in it's place.
I don’t know the characters but I was dragged in by the beautiful art
Hey, Brandon... I Just finished watching a Really Sexy anime Called Witchblade, and It was amazing, and It got me thinking... Why not make a comission out of it... And here it is: Ceréza vs Masane Amaha (Bayonetta vs Witchblade). And I was thinking putting in some Heavy rock into it, Like the opening of Witchblade (XTC by Psychic Lover), and some music from the Bayonetta games, Whaddaya think, Yates?
Super Naturals! (Jake Long VS Juniper Lee) [Disney VS Warner Bros]
Persona Rangers! (Yukari Takeba VS Kimberly Ann Hart) [Persona 3 VS Power Rangers]
Fiery Furies! (Azula VS Kimiko) [Nickelodeon VS Warner Bros]
Now this is Interesting.
The set-up for this battle writes itself. In order to prove his loyalty to the Sun On Yee, Wei Shen is sent to whack their deadliest enemy; Kiryu Kazuma of the Dojima Family.
Shen: Winston says hello, Mr. Kiryu.
Kazuma: Took you long enough. Let's get this over with.
I know it's probably been said already but that art is cool.
Remember Kiryu never kills a man
Rubber fists.
Love the cover art! Also glad Kazuma is here!
Wow,A track about Yakuza?,Well.... I must congratulate the guy who asked for this.
(Besides, a badass song as always Brandon.)
YES!!
Holy Shit!
That's Rad!
A kombat of flame (humans touch vs scorpion) (marvel vs mortal kombat)
Wiz: Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima
Boomstick: Wei Shen, the undercover sleeping dog.
Wiz: The criminal underworld life... It might seem attractive to those with nowhere else to go, with all the money and luxury.
Boomstick: But that life is far from beautiful. And no one can show the ugly of such lifestyle as those two. He's Wiz and i am Boomstick
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armors and skills to find out who would win... A Death Battle.
Damn Haven’t heard of Sleeping dogs in years ! Now that I think about it Wei vs Yagami (judgement) could be another matchup for him
KIRYU-CHAN!!!!!
This rocks! Any Yakuza fans out there who wanna recommend where I should start if I wanna grab the series?
You should start at Yakuza 0.
0 or 1 are the best since 0 is a prequel series to 1
Just note, by 1 they mean Yakuza Kiwami which is an updated version of the older Yakuza 1.
@@dragonmasterxyz3544 Alright! Thanks guys!
@@dragonmasterxyz3544 except it's sort of a downgrade too
I refuse to listen to this while wearing a shirt.
Kiryu will never be in a death battle because he has never killed anyone.
Someone who shouldn’t be killing anyone vs somehow who has never killed anyone
This is not gonna dragon
it would be great if they put dynamic intros in the death battle.
Wario64: *Sleepy Dragons
Where do I do a commission?
Connections between them
A bit shaky from what I know (as in I don't know much), but they're basically the top dogs of a Crime Ridden City, have Dragon Tattoo's, and I think another part is the Gameplay or something
Both are former members of their respective countries version of a mafia (kiryu with Yakuza, wei with Triad) who basically get called back into that line of work in order to help protect their city. Both are effectively masters of martial arts and can easily memorize different fighting styles at a glance. Also Both games follow a very similar story pattern. I may be wrong or forgetting some similarities, If so, please correct me youtube comments.
@@Ashenwalker451 you pretty much explain the connection pretty well if I do say so myself
I am one hundred percent watching this episode of Death Battle when it comes out. Tho I know 100% that Kiryu is gonna fold Wei like an accordion.
Hmm, I wanna see a Garnet vs Bakugou fight.
Tanggol Vs Kiryu ( Batang Quiapo Vs Yakuza )
China vs. Japan, classic matchup.
nice take
All together: R1 + 🔺
That's the imput for tiger drop right?
Yakuza hunter (kazuma kiryu vs ryo saeba) [Yakuza vs City hunter]
Can we get a track for Mockingbird (Deadman Wonderland) vs Himiko Toga (MHA)? Two crazy love obsessed blood users.
It could be called something like "Deadly Love"
If you want it to happen you'll need to pay for it
He doesn't do requests for free
@@Yoshi-nx5tw Rats!!!
Kiryu's two best matchups are against Wei Shen and Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin
Wilson Fisk is garbage for Kiryu
@@workinprogress9793 agree
My Top 15 Most Wanted Future Death Battles For Future Seasons…
15. Jak and Daxter VS Banjo-Kazooie (Naughty Dog VS Microsoft)
14. Deku or Meliodas VS Asta (My Hero Academia or Seven Deadly Sins VS Black Clover)
13. Akira Kurusu VS Giorno Giovanni (Persona VS Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)
12. Mojo Jojo VS Specter (The Powerpuff Girls VS Ape Escape)
11. Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor (Rick and Morty VS Doctor Who)
10. Ohma Zi-O VS Lord Drakkon (Kamen Rider VS Power Rangers)
9. Mandy VS Gaz (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy VS Invader Zim)
8. Travis Touchdown VS Jack Cayman (No More Heroes VS MadWorld)
7. Zim VS Crypto (Invader Zim VS Destroy All Humans)
6. Father VS Father (Codename: Kids Next Door VS Fullmetal Alchemist)
5. Bender VS Roger Smith (Futurama VS American Dad)
4. Dexter VS Jimmy Neutron (Cartoon Network VS Nickelodeon)
3. All For One VS Toichiro Suzuki (My Hero Academia VS Mob Psycho 100)
2. Kyle Rayner VS Simon The Digger (Green Lantern VS Gurren Lagunn)
1. Ori VS The Knight (Ori Series VS Hollow Knight)
Honorable Mentions
HM. Tom VS Oggy (Tom & Jerry VS Oggy & The Cockroaches)
HM. Bill Cipher VS Discord (Gravity Falls VS My Little Pony)
HM. Scrappy Doo VS Jar Jar Binks (Scooby Doo VS Star Wars)
HM. Melvin Sneedly VS Mandark (Captain Underpants VS Dexter’s Laboratory)
HM. Dr Neo Cortex VS Dr Nefarious (Crash Bandicoot VS Ratchet and Clank)
HM. Zero VS Shadow (MegaMan X VS Sonic)
HM. Dib VS Denzel Crocker (Invader Zim VS The Fairly OddParents)
HM. Infinite VS Necrozma (Sonic VS Pokémon)
HM. Blossom VS Jenny Wakeman (The Powerpuff Girls VS My Life as a Teenage Robot)
Now give me good opinions, and who wins and let me know how great they are! Also If you’re there Brandon Yates, make tracks of all these great matches!
👍🔥
Why does Kiriyu keep fighting these other Japanese game franchises, is he trying to kick them out of japan?
Wait isn't sleeping dogs Chinese game ?
@@fatherpucci8170 It is. It takes place in Hong Kong.
Third
I dont know why but I feel that Majima would get involved in this fight
It would be cool, as long as one of Wei Shen's friends or allies is there to join the fight to make it fair.
Jackie Ma or Winston can't touch Majima, sadly. Even Akiyama would solo the Water Street Boys of the Sun on Yee. And don't even get me started on the damage Saejima can do. Guys like Big Smile Lee or Pockmark or even Uncle Po are CAKE compared to the bosses the Yakuza protaga have gone up against.
@@xinfinitepotentialx7513 Yeah, but it still would be cool right?
#SleepingDogs
_They are bad bios_
kiryu kazuma wins
Man another Yakuza track so soon based