I had an idea floating around in my head a while back about what a Someya final boss would have looked like. The game ends as normal, but Someya tracks down Kiryu, takes off his shirt and reveals the outlines of a tattoo, saying that killing him will be how he becomes a true Yakuza. Then the fight happens.
Someya's a very interesting character. He doesn't have any tattoos, which is supposed to mark him as a new age businessman styled yakuza, but in the end, fighting and willing to die for his ideals and to protect those that he loves, he truly becomes an old school yakuza; the kind Kiryu grew up with and grew around and respected. That gives this fight another level of thrilling imo.
@@Darksaviour Yes. But no one can say it was in Vein in the end. He may have thought it was, but if there is an afterlife, he would find out the truth.
@@dylanmarecek2342 I'm actually quite suprise Kanji is the one who let Kiyomi go and escort her back home. first i thought Kanji is just an asshole side villain but. he actually have change a heart at the end. make him slighty less hateable and i actually think he deserve to be the Final Boss
At first, I thought Someya was going to be some douchey side character, but he actually ended up as one of my favourites. Despite his lifestyle, he seemed to love his daughter and ex-wife more than anything. Not to mention, his final boss battle was badass and emotional at the same time.
Someya seems to be a popular villain among western players. I liked him too, specially when he seemed to be on "Kiryu's side" by telling him to not get involved and take care of Haruka instead.
@@yudi-weiss3827 you really think Kiryu is not coming back? Ichiban’s is such a douche lmao mark my words there will be another Yakuza game with Kiryu announced in 2022
@@yudi-weiss3827 lmao sorry no I didn’t, purely because of the fact that it has turn based combat.. How is he as a character? He doesn’t look as awesome as Kiryu tbh..
To me, Someya is like the 2nd coming of Kuze. Villain who you would totally hate at first look, but it keep changing over time, and finally you develop a lot of respect for them.
He is like Kuze. Kuze is the embodiment of old yakuza, and he fights anyone including Kiryu who dares to change it. Though Someya is the exact opposite, he represents the new age of yakuza and swears to change it from its loyalty-bound past.
Someya’s sacrifice to save Kyomi and reveals he did his best as a father really hit me. Throughout my first walk through, I never trusted him until the end. I regret my decision to not trusting him.
Someya was kinda a strange character to me like mysterious as majima,You can never know his true intentions,Does things His own way never relying on his family (The Someya Family I mean) Turns out he's one of the best bad ass mother fuckers i ever saw in video games If 6 wasn't rushed maybe we'll get a long battle vs the someya family but it's great that way
Looking back after 7 and Gaiden, this really feels like the moment the Tojo died. Apart from maybe Daigo, Someya was really the only character who could have brought the ideals Kiryu lived for into the future of the clan in a way that might have survived the anti-yakuza laws.
It certainly helped that Someya was meant to be Kiryu's foil in every way except one thing - he was willing to throw away his compassion. Little did he know, being the fettered is what powers the strongest people in the Yakuza series. :P
the more i watch the midfight qte the more i respect someya. he: -completely ignores kiryu kicking him at 4:46 -knocks kiryu into the bar hard enough to get a grunt of pain -THROWS HIM OVER THE BAR WITH ONE ARM WHEN HE TRIES TO GRAB THE SWORD -basically has kiryu on the defensive until he disarms someya
Just like Kiryu is doing for Haruka and her child, his adoptive daughter and grandson respectively. Someya is another polar opposite of Kiryu, in this case, he embodies what he could have been if he rejected the loving life he already had, which Kiryu worked to earn, for the sake of ambition.
@@jorgebersabe293 I get that but I feel they're bit more human than yakuza both characters. And that Kiryu knows Someya isnt a terrible person but misguided.
@@OhTotallyFTW Yep: Someya is basically Kiryu if he never held on to his morality and rejected the loving life he already had in the name of ambition. Nevertheless poor Someya and Kiryu, because they had to suffer because Iwami wanted to be hardcore and daddy didn't let him.
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Definitely one of the more emotional fights in this game, Someya was someone you'd respect and hate at the same time but when it really came down to it. He just wanted to protect those he loved and cared for, sad to see him gone.
Someya was my favorite antagonist because he may be vying for power, and is violent. He still shows the basic desire to protect the people and ideals he stands by and I think that’s really admirable. I think he should have been the final boss
This fight made me bawl at the end. It didn't deserve to end this way. Someya could have become something even greater then he already was. This fight was cranked to 10 especially with the song in the back ground.
Someya :- Kiryu san I will defeat you and become yakuza 6 its my DESTINY Kiryu:- No someya you cant become real yakuza 6 unless you have heard song of life
Ladies and Gentleman, probably the only time in the whole Yakuza series where the best boss in the game isn’t the final boss. Took quite a while to get there, but god bless Someya for my favourite OST in the entire series
Michael Tran It's kinda like the opppsite of Yakuza 1, 2 and 3. In those games, the sympathetic puppet of the mastermind (Nishiki, Ryūji, Mine) are the final bosses where you fight the masterminds just before.
Many awards goes to this battle: Favorite Actor: Shun Oguri Favorite Character: Takumi Someya Favorite OST: Destiny Everything fits perfectly on this fight. Kudos to SEGA, Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, Nagoshi-san and his team, and also our man Devilleon7-san for providing awesome fight between Kazuma Kiryu vs Takumi Someya. ALL THE BEST!
Someya is literally a monster in the making, he was able to hold Kiryu back hell even push him back, and a reminder he was PISSED OFF at this point, you know how terrfying Kiryu is when he's mad, yet Someya managed to hold his ground against Kiryu.
What makes it even worse, is we NEVER get the chance to smack that smile off of his face ourselves. Thankfully, Y6 is on PC...so you know what that means!
@@apurpledragonAt least you get to see him shit his pants in fear with how utterly PISSED Kiryu was at him. He really thought a few love taps on the head with a pipe will bring him down.
The part that's heartbreaking is that someya died thinking kiyomi was dead when koshimizu kept her alive. His last moments weren't spent saving the love of his life, to him, he spent the last moments doing nothing since she died anyway
Kuze in the afterlife: Well I'll be fuckin damned....Someya, you really were a true Yakuza. Even if you didn't have an Irezumi on yer back, it fuckin shone through your actions.
This was the first Yakuza game I played and it absolutely hooked me. From the firat act to everything in between. And I love this fight in particular. The cutscenes are superb the the action and emotion going on
@@Faceu7745 what, people aren't allowed to play games non-chronologically? I get where you're coming from in terms of the story and world weaved through the games, but playing even just the mainline games is a serious timesink!
@@we-must-live Yeah but you lost 90% the charm and feeling of the franchise by doing so. Yakuza is a series that is designed and writted to be played chronologically. Yakuza 6 specifically its the last of the kiryu saga and it means a lot and hits like a truck if you played all the games from 0 to 5. I mean of course you can but i seriously dont see any value playing the franchise that way....
@@Faceu7745 is it really designed to be played chronologically, though? i understand that the characters exist and develop over the sequels, but every story is contained within itself, excluding some leakage into the next game. Kiryu teams up with Nishiki to beat down the dojo with Majima, next game Nishiki is the bad guy and Majima the deuterantagonist, next game the Nishikiyama family is a threat and Majima's still there. if it were truly designed and written to be played chronologically it'd have more development between sequels than repeated locations and characters. don't get me wrong, i love these games, but don't shame someone for jumping into the newest game without having to play through every game beforehand. and hell, i'd be with you if they really made kiryu do something drastic after finally getting to the big bad final boss - if he had killed him there after all we had seen from y0 onwards, it would have had a much bigger impact and tied the entire story of the dragon together... but now he's just the "man without a name" yet plenty of people still recognize him and his name.
@@we-must-live did you played from 0 to 6? because i dont understand your point. Yeah of course a story starts in one game and it ends in the same game, but i see it more like the arcs in a shonen manga. A shonen manga isnt written to be enjoyed by watching arcs separately, its like one big journey with the same or new characters, in one cohesive world. Just like Yakuza. You see Kiryu's development, daigo becoming a chairman, Saejima's development, Kamurocho changing a bit every game, years passing, haruka growing up... I mean... Haruka is good example of this, the best example.
Someya wasn't perfect; he was very flawed, but he knew what he loved. What he loved so greatly to lay down his own life and die for. His daughter and her mother. While I despise any and all who make a living of crime, I cannot help but respect a man with such a strong moral code.
One thing I like about Kiryu is how chad he was. He never had moment like “NOOO,I DON’T WAMMA FIGHT YOU CAUSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND!” when had to fight his friend or frenemies(Majima don’t count,That dude is pure batshit crazy,I’m talking about normal one).He always do what he has to do,He always fight like he does. This prove how worthy Dragon of Dojima name are. Like in this video,Someya become frenemies and help him sometimes,But when he was forced to fight,He always did what he always do,Fight like dragon.
What Kiyomi said about him made me hate him. But honestly. Seeing what he did himself. It doesn't even look like he did what she said he did. I'm repeating words but I hope you get me.
Someya did everything he could in the situation given to him. He didn’t do it the Kiryu way, but he did it his way, blazing his own trail. All in all, he could have been a lot worse
When i reached this part of the game, I was shocked to see what was happening and to see Someya die like this....I just really cannot stand such sadistic, ruthless and scumbag people do this to everyone..... 14:17 When poor Someya died....i too lose it just like Kiryu....>:( that f@$!#€£& Iwami will PAY!!!
I was just thinking about this boss fight. You know what pisses me off even more about this fight? That piece of shit smugly smiling on the tv screen lmaoooo
this is what tiers apart japanese story line character from occidental ones , this is not a clash between power and muscle . This is a battle between ideals and spirits , a battle between willings . Even if the yakuza series gameplay combat it is very simple and sometimes i could say lazy programmed , the character arc constructions give them another level of weight to these fights . Man the music it is so epic too with those fight cutcenes .
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Even though the man has no ink on his back, he's still more Yakuza than Baby Iwami.
Whitefox789 honestly I would have been willing to overlook the fact that he doesn't have any tattoos if they had decided to make him final boss
Little babt iwami
I had an idea floating around in my head a while back about what a Someya final boss would have looked like. The game ends as normal, but Someya tracks down Kiryu, takes off his shirt and reveals the outlines of a tattoo, saying that killing him will be how he becomes a true Yakuza. Then the fight happens.
Kartik Ayysola that would’ve been sick
@@user-ew2sd7vl5m thanks bro
Someya's a very interesting character. He doesn't have any tattoos, which is supposed to mark him as a new age businessman styled yakuza, but in the end, fighting and willing to die for his ideals and to protect those that he loves, he truly becomes an old school yakuza; the kind Kiryu grew up with and grew around and respected. That gives this fight another level of thrilling imo.
What hurts the most is that when Someya died he thought kiyomi was killed and that his sacrifice was in vain...
His sacrifice is what caused her to be scared. Made that bald guy (forget his name) have a change of heart in my opinion
@@dylanmarecek2342
Still Someya never knew that as he was dying.
@@Darksaviour Yes. But no one can say it was in Vein in the end. He may have thought it was, but if there is an afterlife, he would find out the truth.
@@dylanmarecek2342 I'm actually quite suprise Kanji is the one who let Kiyomi go and escort her back home. first i thought Kanji is just an asshole side villain but. he actually have change a heart at the end. make him slighty less hateable and i actually think he deserve to be the Final Boss
@@dylanmarecek2342 nope it’s because he like someya and apparently hated being iwami’s lap dog
At first, I thought Someya was going to be some douchey side character, but he actually ended up as one of my favourites. Despite his lifestyle, he seemed to love his daughter and ex-wife more than anything. Not to mention, his final boss battle was badass and emotional at the same time.
This whole series is like that. Kuze, Sagawa, Ryuji, Mine, Hamazaki by the end you can't help but like them.
Someya seems to be a popular villain among western players. I liked him too, specially when he seemed to be on "Kiryu's side" by telling him to not get involved and take care of Haruka instead.
Honestly, how many Yakuza characters did we think were gonna be just asshole thugs and ended up way deeper than that?
Someya is what Kiryu could have been if he rejected the loving people he had at his side for the sake of ambition.
@Morek Yare Mine is more like what Kiryu could have been if he was never adopted by Kazama.
I've lost track of how many battles happened at Millennium Tower.
And before that, how much blood was spilled over the lot it was built on.
From so many explosions and damages, their insurance coverage must be REALLY good
It's a wonder that this place is not haunted
I wonder if all the people employed in that tower get a day off everytime some yakuza shit happenned every few days
Is the millennium tower owned by tojo clan
The "Why?!" in the mission thing always hurts.
I was like Wait, Hold on!
I am amazed how the last game with Kiryu actually introduces some of the best characters
Kinda how the prequel yakuza 0 also introduced some of the best characters. I’m both ways, we never see these awesome characters again ;(
@@yudi-weiss3827 KUZEEEEEEEEEEE
@@yudi-weiss3827 you really think Kiryu is not coming back? Ichiban’s is such a douche lmao mark my words there will be another Yakuza game with Kiryu announced in 2022
@@Soradakanizat tf? You think ichi’s a douche? How could you say that about my boy? Did you play through yakuza 7?
@@yudi-weiss3827 lmao sorry no I didn’t, purely because of the fact that it has turn based combat..
How is he as a character? He doesn’t look as awesome as Kiryu tbh..
To me, Someya is like the 2nd coming of Kuze.
Villain who you would totally hate at first look, but it keep changing over time, and finally you develop a lot of respect for them.
And they have very good themes
no. i never dislike him from the start, annoying yes
as for Kuze, sorry man, i just feel he`s just a big bully
@@pp-vf8ls I get what oyu mean about Kuze, while i respect him for always standing on his code, he's still a total jerk.
@@LaVitaNouva I get the same feeling from mine (yakuza 3) and watase (yakuza 5)
He is like Kuze. Kuze is the embodiment of old yakuza, and he fights anyone including Kiryu who dares to change it. Though Someya is the exact opposite, he represents the new age of yakuza and swears to change it from its loyalty-bound past.
Someya’s sacrifice to save Kyomi and reveals he did his best as a father really hit me. Throughout my first walk through, I never trusted him until the end. I regret my decision to not trusting him.
Someya was kinda a strange character to me like mysterious as majima,You can never know his true intentions,Does things His own way never relying on his family (The Someya Family I mean) Turns out he's one of the best bad ass mother fuckers i ever saw in video games
If 6 wasn't rushed maybe we'll get a long battle vs the someya family but it's great that way
nah he's still an asshole yakuza
he loved his wife sure, but he's still yakuza
I think for Kiryu, Someya reminds him too much of his old buddy Akira Nishikiyama.
Can't see their resemblance
Looking back after 7 and Gaiden, this really feels like the moment the Tojo died. Apart from maybe Daigo, Someya was really the only character who could have brought the ideals Kiryu lived for into the future of the clan in a way that might have survived the anti-yakuza laws.
Shishido is also a perfect embodiment of what a Yakuza is
@@andresashura5550 And a perfect example of why they couldn't exist in the modern day
@@unamusedrohan1666To add on to that, Ebina is also a perfect representation of the pain and grief caused by the Yakuza.
That QTE cutscene is likely one of my faves of the entire series
The shot of him breaking the glass with the katana reminded me of Awano breaking the wall in Yakuza 0
easily not the best in the entire series tho.
14:20 Dragon roars again!
Game Master the last time he did when Nishikiyama family Brutally kills Reina. Damn finally in a while got those same chills.
@@Neelo_Angelo and shinji dies
And final fight with goda
This fight has won my personal awards:
The best OST in the game
The best QTE in 2016
The best Boss Battle in the entire game
It certainly helped that Someya was meant to be Kiryu's foil in every way except one thing - he was willing to throw away his compassion. Little did he know, being the fettered is what powers the strongest people in the Yakuza series. :P
I stood straight up when i saw that qte
best OST is the final fight of kuze
@@Speakerboxxl that song is great but there are many better ones such as Fly,For faith, the battle for the dream, Destiny.
Disuke kuze laughed
the more i watch the midfight qte the more i respect someya. he:
-completely ignores kiryu kicking him at 4:46
-knocks kiryu into the bar hard enough to get a grunt of pain
-THROWS HIM OVER THE BAR WITH ONE ARM WHEN HE TRIES TO GRAB THE SWORD
-basically has kiryu on the defensive until he disarms someya
4:43 *Let's appreciate just how in sync the music is when this QTE happens*
I feel the ost captures the desperate nature of Someya fighting for the mother of his childs life. Favourite fight in Y6 by miles.
Just like Kiryu is doing for Haruka and her child, his adoptive daughter and grandson respectively. Someya is another polar opposite of Kiryu, in this case, he embodies what he could have been if he rejected the loving life he already had, which Kiryu worked to earn, for the sake of ambition.
@@jorgebersabe293 great insight dude
@@OhTotallyFTW Kiryu embodies the traditional yakuza, Someya embodies the modern yakuza.
@@jorgebersabe293 I get that but I feel they're bit more human than yakuza both characters. And that Kiryu knows Someya isnt a terrible person but misguided.
@@OhTotallyFTW Yep: Someya is basically Kiryu if he never held on to his morality and rejected the loving life he already had in the name of ambition.
Nevertheless poor Someya and Kiryu, because they had to suffer because Iwami wanted to be hardcore and daddy didn't let him.
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An Infantile Pillock does this mean you're getting Yakuza 7 when it's released?
@@brandonbrown3855 Yes it does
He always does the fights “properly”. He does them stylishly and skillfully. If you compare a boss fight video from him to one from, say, bossfight database, he’s a god. Plus all the other miscellaneous Yakuza content. Devilleon is the Yakuza guy of youtube.
Ahh, DESTINY. One of the best OSTs in Yakuza 6 by far. Thank you Someya for being as cool to match.
Definitely one of the more emotional fights in this game, Someya was someone you'd respect and hate at the same time but when it really came down to it. He just wanted to protect those he loved and cared for, sad to see him gone.
Man, fighting Ebina in Millenium Tower and seeing him pick up a katana really gives me nostalgia about Someya
Someya was my favorite antagonist because he may be vying for power, and is violent. He still shows the basic desire to protect the people and ideals he stands by and I think that’s really admirable. I think he should have been the final boss
1:51 "Why?!"
Me too Kiryu... me too...
This fight made me bawl at the end. It didn't deserve to end this way. Someya could have become something even greater then he already was. This fight was cranked to 10 especially with the song in the back ground.
Why is the battle theme so fucking nice?
This is unironically my favourite song ever
Even knowing that she lives, i'm still crying by looking at this cutscene ;_;
Yeah can't believe Koshimizu didnt kill her
Even Koshimizu though Iwami was a prick, Someya was a decent dude when it came down to it. He didn’t deserve this
It's because Someya didn't get to find out
Someya :- Kiryu san I will defeat you and become yakuza 6 its my DESTINY
Kiryu:- No someya you cant become real yakuza 6 unless you have heard song of life
Ladies and Gentleman, probably the only time in the whole Yakuza series where the best boss in the game isn’t the final boss. Took quite a while to get there, but god bless Someya for my favourite OST in the entire series
Michael Tran *Cough* yakuza 4 *cough*
Michael Tran It's kinda like the opppsite of Yakuza 1, 2 and 3. In those games, the sympathetic puppet of the mastermind (Nishiki, Ryūji, Mine) are the final bosses where you fight the masterminds just before.
Hell, in Yakuza 5, you never fight the mastermind at all, seeing as he's dying of cancer and all.
Kartik Ayysola I don't remember the old guy in the hospitalbeing evil.
canadmexi Kurosawa, the guy disguised as the detective, but actually the Omi Chairman.
"Learned the essence of spoilers."
Damn.
This was both an epic fight and a truly tragic moment. Rest in peace,Someya. Your sacrifice was not in vain.
Fought like a lion to save the woman he loves. What a badass Someya was
Favorite antagonist with Daisaku Kuze from Yakuza 0, they have such a good theme
@MAFIAMAN The Yakuza series has the most underrated roque gallery in all of fiction
@@Hilversumborn seriously, there are many great villains.
Many awards goes to this battle:
Favorite Actor: Shun Oguri
Favorite Character: Takumi Someya
Favorite OST: Destiny
Everything fits perfectly on this fight. Kudos to SEGA, Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, Nagoshi-san and his team, and also our man Devilleon7-san for providing awesome fight between Kazuma Kiryu vs Takumi Someya. ALL THE BEST!
I still wonder as to who made the decision to pick Shun Oguri and Beat Takeshi for their roles... They need a raise for this.
Satoshi Katsura Nagoshi apparently
That QTE was poetry in motion.
Someya is literally a monster in the making, he was able to hold Kiryu back hell even push him back, and a reminder he was PISSED OFF at this point, you know how terrfying Kiryu is when he's mad, yet Someya managed to hold his ground against Kiryu.
Imagine if Someya lived
I know Someya sacrifice himself (due to spoiler in the comment from the japanese version) but man I didn't expect it to hit my feels so hard!
Alright who the hell left this bowl of onions here
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I lack the words to describe how much I hate that smile in Sugai face, this dude really knows how to mess with me.
What makes it even worse, is we NEVER get the chance to smack that smile off of his face ourselves. Thankfully, Y6 is on PC...so you know what that means!
The only guy in the series that's more punchable is Katsuragi in 4
@@apurpledragonAt least you get to see him shit his pants in fear with how utterly PISSED Kiryu was at him. He really thought a few love taps on the head with a pipe will bring him down.
The part that's heartbreaking is that someya died thinking kiyomi was dead when koshimizu kept her alive. His last moments weren't spent saving the love of his life, to him, he spent the last moments doing nothing since she died anyway
He ensured that their daughter will be in safe hands..
One of the best rival fights in the series, props to Oguri Shun
props to the developers.
This fight makes me think "Sometimes even the old can learn from the new"
Kuze in the afterlife: Well I'll be fuckin damned....Someya, you really were a true Yakuza. Even if you didn't have an Irezumi on yer back, it fuckin shone through your actions.
Can't remember last time a video game got me emotional like this. Teared up so much when Someya died.
Someya is probably a very strong character and kind of underrated, during the QTE he was just so desperate he managed to push Kiryu with only one hand
It was during this fight that someya learned the true meaning of being a yakuza. It costed him his life but he will forever be redeemed
4:43 has got to be one of yakuza's best qte
Man love this fight and the soundtrack!
Someya’s scream when Kiyomi “dies” hurts. Pain.
This scene was the most impacting scene I had ever witnessed in the entire Yakuza game series. It's a damn shame he died...
I never thought that all this time, Takiya Genji, after graduating from Suzuran, turned out to be a great yakuza!!! 💪👊😁
Iwami made a huge mistake in angering the dragon inside Kiryu.
And all because he wanted to play Yakuza, but in reality, Iwami is just a spoiled manchild who thought being a gangster was cool.
Even yakuza or gangster have a good inside their heart...
The boss fight message just saying "Why!?" just kills my soul
This hasn't changed since 2016, I still find Destiny to be probably the best OST in the game.
I feel bad for Someya because he respects Kiryu and want to fight him honorablely but Sugai force him to kill Kiryu
Man this fight is beautiful. Ambition versus determination
*Why!?* Asking the right questions, Kiryu... :'(
Soo that's what happen if you mess with Nintendo.....
I hear Nintendo did have some shady crime connections long ago lol.
@@Bloodylaser didn't nintendo use to own sex hotels or something?
@@joserios5962 Sex hotels are a normal thing in Japan
@@joserios5962 yes that is true
@@joserios5962 I wonder if it's Mario-themed
The violin drops in this theme didn't have to come for my soul but they did anyway.
This was the first Yakuza game I played and it absolutely hooked me. From the firat act to everything in between. And I love this fight in particular. The cutscenes are superb the the action and emotion going on
Playing Yakuza 6 as your first Yakuza game... is extremely dumb, no offense though
@@Faceu7745 what, people aren't allowed to play games non-chronologically? I get where you're coming from in terms of the story and world weaved through the games, but playing even just the mainline games is a serious timesink!
@@we-must-live Yeah but you lost 90% the charm and feeling of the franchise by doing so. Yakuza is a series that is designed and writted to be played chronologically. Yakuza 6 specifically its the last of the kiryu saga and it means a lot and hits like a truck if you played all the games from 0 to 5. I mean of course you can but i seriously dont see any value playing the franchise that way....
@@Faceu7745 is it really designed to be played chronologically, though? i understand that the characters exist and develop over the sequels, but every story is contained within itself, excluding some leakage into the next game. Kiryu teams up with Nishiki to beat down the dojo with Majima, next game Nishiki is the bad guy and Majima the deuterantagonist, next game the Nishikiyama family is a threat and Majima's still there. if it were truly designed and written to be played chronologically it'd have more development between sequels than repeated locations and characters.
don't get me wrong, i love these games, but don't shame someone for jumping into the newest game without having to play through every game beforehand.
and hell, i'd be with you if they really made kiryu do something drastic after finally getting to the big bad final boss - if he had killed him there after all we had seen from y0 onwards, it would have had a much bigger impact and tied the entire story of the dragon together... but now he's just the "man without a name" yet plenty of people still recognize him and his name.
@@we-must-live did you played from 0 to 6? because i dont understand your point. Yeah of course a story starts in one game and it ends in the same game, but i see it more like the arcs in a shonen manga. A shonen manga isnt written to be enjoyed by watching arcs separately, its like one big journey with the same or new characters, in one cohesive world. Just like Yakuza. You see Kiryu's development, daigo becoming a chairman, Saejima's development, Kamurocho changing a bit every game, years passing, haruka growing up... I mean... Haruka is good example of this, the best example.
After some lengthy thought, I believe this fight has the best song in yakuza history (imo).
SOMEYAAAAA!!! BEST BOSS FIGHT IN THE GAME
Someya wasn't perfect; he was very flawed, but he knew what he loved. What he loved so greatly to lay down his own life and die for. His daughter and her mother. While I despise any and all who make a living of crime, I cannot help but respect a man with such a strong moral code.
This was my favorite boss fight. I even took it slow and steady to make it as cinematic as possible
Boy, was I unprepaired for the feels after this awesome fight...
14:20 Phillip Graves after seeing his men dies because of Makarov's spies
One thing I like about Kiryu is how chad he was.
He never had moment like “NOOO,I DON’T WAMMA FIGHT YOU CAUSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND!” when had to fight his friend or frenemies(Majima don’t count,That dude is pure batshit crazy,I’m talking about normal one).He always do what he has to do,He always fight like he does.
This prove how worthy Dragon of Dojima name are.
Like in this video,Someya become frenemies and help him sometimes,But when he was forced to fight,He always did what he always do,Fight like dragon.
What Kiyomi said about him made me hate him. But honestly. Seeing what he did himself. It doesn't even look like he did what she said he did. I'm repeating words but I hope you get me.
*Why!?*
This wasn't how it was supposed to go, Someya...
Favourite track in the game
When the theme kicked off at @1:45 i knew this was gonna be epic
Heh, Kojima is one sadistic person
A lot of people actually compare him to Iwata.
On an unrelated note, man, screw Tsuneo!
Chris Chen It's the glasses that look like Kojima but overall his face really resembles Iwata.
Lol konami fires him and he goes crazy and tries to become yakuza 😂
This is my favorite fight in all Yakuza series.
Spoilers for Yakuza 7
Anyone else recognise this room when fighting towards Tendo?
It was remade as i see. Huge monitor and windows was replaced with large bookshelf.
Yep that was my first thought when I saw it. "This is where Kiryu fought Someya"
I thought the entire tower was the same as 6. I remember finding the same room Yuta got shot in so I think they made it the same
For sure, even Judgment.. the base level is the same as 7. Assets always get reused in series that take place in the same universe
they reused the mtower from 6 for 7
every yakuza game made me cry at a moment... this is just so hard....that B**** Iwami !!
Demo Dude get your shit together
Dragon of Dadashov hard when you're a huge yakuza fan XD
Demo Dude looks like I’m not that hard of a fan than I thought
Dragon of Dadashov just wait til ya get the game and you'll become after you feel the whole story if this game specifically
Demo Dude I’ve beaten it already in 2016
Someya did everything he could in the situation given to him. He didn’t do it the Kiryu way, but he did it his way, blazing his own trail. All in all, he could have been a lot worse
I really love how at 4:33 the violin picks up. Damn this series is beautiful.
one of the best fights iv had in this game
5:03 In this angle, his face similar to Yuta.
Takumi Someya (DESTINY).
When i reached this part of the game, I was shocked to see what was happening and to see Someya die like this....I just really cannot stand such sadistic, ruthless and scumbag people do this to everyone.....
14:17 When poor Someya died....i too lose it just like Kiryu....>:( that f@$!#€£& Iwami will PAY!!!
I was just thinking about this boss fight. You know what pisses me off even more about this fight? That piece of shit smugly smiling on the tv screen lmaoooo
14:18 oh shit, now they've done it
I'm... at a loss for words.
Man You can see through kiryu’s eyes that he instantly regretted defeating soyema
Iwami does not have Yakuza pride, he is always not a yakuza, he is just a baby
Destiny hits different man
Aw yeah, the best fight in the game.
Someya committed hara-kiri to protect the girl.
It's called Seppuku.
@@sezunemizuhana3870 commit hara-kiri
>Girl gets killed anyway
@@miragespl or did she?
14:20 that rage doe 🥶
That QTE smooth as fk
This was the best boss fight in the game. This is a fact, not an opinion 😈
4:43 my favorite QTE sequence in the series
this is what tiers apart japanese story line character from occidental ones , this is not a clash between power and muscle . This is a battle between ideals and spirits , a battle between willings . Even if the yakuza series gameplay combat it is very simple and sometimes i could say lazy programmed , the character arc constructions give them another level of weight to these fights . Man the music it is so epic too with those fight cutcenes .
Someya was my favourite in this series
After nishiki now someya. Kiryu has a lot worse to goes on FUCKING deppresion
The music syncs beautifully at the Quick Time Events, making this whole video hit even harder.
Why this gameplay is more better than Yakuza 7
Someya deserved to live and become the seventh chairman
Better than all movies fights
I like that the objective just said
"Why"