One thing you can notice is that among the three lieutants, kiryu despises the other two but eventually pays his respect to kuze and calls him sir even after all the shit they went through, which adds another set of depth to this fight.
Yeah, I completely missed it the first time, but after playing more games and coming to recognize the term "aniki", it threw me to hear Kiryu say it to Kuze.
Kuze is very nicely set up, he starts out as the most hateable and vile of the lieutenants. But as the story progresses, while the other lieutenants try to manipulate, backstab and blackmail their way through everything, Kuze was always transparent with what he wanted, using only his fists (well, that and a steel pipe) and honest determination to get what he wanted. Much like a certain Kiryu also handles his situations.
@@Aywusgod Pretty much, yeah. Kuze starts out as seeming the most dislikeable because you (and Kiryu) don't know better at that point. He's a direct, brute opponent, someone who you either beat down or get beaten down by, no frills. He's an obvious obstacle right from the start, a tenacious one you start getting angry at because he won't stay down. By the end you (and Kiryu) know that a man who just wants to beat you down and keeps coming back for more is the least vile type of opponent you could find in the yakuza world.
One of my favorite parts of the game is how they first presented Kuze as this one dimensional asshole whose sole characteristic was being an obstacle in kiryu’s path, then showed he was probably the most honorable out of the three lieutenants.
@@shadytriceratops yea but the shibusawa and awano fights will never match up to the kuze vs kiryu rivalry, he may not be the strongest but Kuze is a G
I love how simple this fight is. No fancy settting, no squad of Yakuza in the background cheering him on, just two guys in an empty street. Edit: And it's also down the street from where he got beat up in front of everyone in his 3rd fight.
Kuze's line about stepping into the deepest darkest pit of the Yakuza world was all too true. For the next nearly 30 or so years he was in a pit of carnage.
melvin Abdoelkarim I meant that kuze is respected by kiryu. Kiryu shows very little respect towards awano and shibusawa in their encounters throughout the game
"I, Kazuma Kiyru, have never killed a single person." "We found Kuze dead in an alley full of shotgun shells, stab wounds, and burned with hot water." "That's completely unrelated to what I just said."
@@nguyenquyetthang1326 the Counter Hook is a hook to the side/chest, and has its own animation. The Tiger Drop is a lunge & cross to the solar plexus, which is what Kiryu did in the QTE
What's more impressive is he hit Kiryu back right after the Tiger Drop, and the hit was powerful to stun Kiryu for a while. And the fact that this is in QTE means Kuze canonically survived the Tiger Drop from young, despite inexperienced, Kiryu.
I don't believe its a Tiger Drop since he doesnt know how to a tiger drop at 0. It's just a normal punch to the stomach but with the animation of a tiger drop.
@C tbh, i still highly doubt he will fall with a tiger drop, he tanked a fuck ton of kiryu punches, which alot of other people couldnt, having a punch to the stomach is already a painful attack, just less painful that the tiger drop, he took the most beatdown from kiryu aside from shibusawa. who almost got killed by kiryu's punch. weakened and hard to breath, yes but im sure he wont stop after that attack
BangkokHard lol I meant from kicking his ass. Kuze had a LOT of determination. He was stripped of his position as lieutenant, chopped off his pinky, yet it seems like he came back stronger every time. Kyru is well known for bouncing back in a similar fashion throughout the series and I love it
@@bangkokharddd Actually Kiryu by the end of 0 straight up said he learned a lot about being Yakuzua (thanks to Kuze who at the end of there final fight respect)
You're 100% right. Both Majima and Kiryu have a primary influence on their actions. Majima's primary influence is Nishitani. Kiryu's primary influence is Kuze. I can't decide on whether or not they each have a secondary influence, too. Majima's being Sera, for sure. And Tachibana possibly being Kiryu's
Mark F it’s definitely multiple characters, but those characters were written well nonetheless. 0 gave us so much insight on how the characters were established. I’m pretty picky about prequels, so I was a little skeptical before I bought it, but it definitely delivered
Can just take a moment to consider the fact that Kiryu took over Kuzes mentality with the line:"You better hit like you're tryin' to kill me!" throughout the series with :"If you want to die, then come at me!" ?
AFRO THUNDER not only during the fight, but real weather transitions during the game and not that wait stuff at the telephone...I think it’d be very cool to see some rain walking around sotenbori or kamurocho, cloudy, or even fog...
@@yuripetrenko7910 The issue is that you literally only spend 1-2 days per chapter, regardless of how many hours you waste in Side stuff, it is still all within the same day it started
Omni Beta that would be an issue. There are options though. They could do weather transitions during freeroam in between missions, but keep the day setting the same. They could have fixed weather settings for different story parts, like what they do with time of day, and have transitioning weather in adventure mode.
When the music starts playing and realized it's a completely different one, multiple emotions just surges through you. You realize this is really the last time you're going see "Dojima Family Lieutenant, Tojo Clan. Daisaku Kuze" You realize despite running to him so many times, you're going to miss fighting him. You realize that he's really giving it all, and not being a pushover. You realize that Kuze might be an antagonist, but he's not a villain. You realize that, just like Kiryu, Kuze is a proper, and honorable Yakuza, especially compared to Awano and Shibusawa.
6:35 I like Kuze equating Kiryu’s strength to a seal being broken. It’s an apt description coming from someone who fought Kiryu five times in his youth.
No fancy punches. No overreacted reactions. No exagerated kicks. No overly dramatic lines. Just 2 hard made yakuzas, fighting with all they got, with their best efforts to survive.
It's neat mainly because the one aspect that's often forgotten about in Campbell's Hero's Journey is the hero abandoning his original father for a second one that ultimately molds them to becoming a stronger person. Kazama played Kiryu like a pawn here, Sawano was right about Kazama knowing all too well that his actions would force Tachibana and Makoto into the crossfire. Kuze on the other hand recognized Kiryu's strength for what it was, and ultimately respected him for it.
6:17 it's because he has endless money to eat with his real estate business. What you thought he was gonna eat that chicken he won when he was bowling? Nah man he put that chicken to work so he can get more money to invest in himself in
For a real scale of how tough Kuze is compared to "those idiots downstairs", During the Punch Trade QTE, you can clearly see Kiryu doing the Tiger Drop and Kuze survives
I gotta say, this fight made me respect Kuze a lot more. Like yeah he's vicious but he soon realizes no matter how many times he fights Kiryu, he just doesn't stand a chance. In the end he commends Kiryu for being so strong, and even after all the shit he and the Dojima Family put him through, Kiryu shows respect back.
I'm sorry bro. But kuze is the realist yakuza in the series. After playing yak 0. I really couldn't take any of the other yakuza bosses seriously compared to the dojima lieutenants. Maybe ryuji in 2 but that's it.
When I played 5, it made me really curious as to how Kuze would react so someone like, say, Aoyama, or even Daigo's actions in 4. He'd probably puke seeing the Tojo Clan in that state.
tbf, brawler is street fighting, so rush would be more appropriate since its more boxing. I only used rush, without any heat actions performed during the fight, nor health items/ weapons equipped or in the ground. The first kuze fight i did the same, so i liked a lot that way. I was on hard, so ended up with close to 1 HP.
@@PauloRicardo-md4ji No heat actions? Nah, its barely Yakuza then. I just did Jingu and I would rather eat a shoe than do that crap no healing or in a single style lol but thats getting off-topic.
Kiwami could have benefitted from reworked boss fights. Some of the fights seem almost even MORE annoying than their PS2 counterparts, somehow, despite the additional tools you have.
Seafarinhare Honestly one of the bad parts about Kiwami is the fact that some bosses use the same move sets from other bosses or even from Majima's dance style from Yakuza 0.
@@shabu9ine916 Possibly because it's the first game in the entire series to run on a completely new engine and I wouldn't say that it's shit, I mean the combat took some getting used to but the new engine really grew on me
I really liked Kuze tbh. He was honestly the best antagonistic force in Yakuza Zero imo, none of the others even the final bosses made me like them the way Kuze did. He had this wonderful setup of being just an asshole with minimal character but as the game went on and built up to this point he showed character, and he was very honorable to the point that even Kiryu still called him "sir" despite his actions throughout. It's just DAMN, he was great
I was really tearing the whole fight, Kuze was indeed an asshole like both, but he had something different: he was always himself, he never got corrupted like Shibusawa or became too lustful like Awano, he remained himself every time i fought him, he never bowed back and in the end, he didn't seem to fight Kiryu because pure revenge and pride, he knew a new generation of Yakuzas was going to be doomed if there was nobody who punched his way to protect his family, and he found it in Kiryu and wven more. What a man. A *REAL YAKUZA.*
I will forever love the relationship between Kiryu and Kuze throughout 0. What starts off as a simple antagonistic scuffle with Kuze forcing authority on Kiryu blows up into a battle of ideologues and what it means to be a man. Both are made stronger from their numerous fights and both retain respect for the other after it's all said and done. Kuze may still have blood on his hands and is certain no saint but god damn if he is not one of the most fleshed out and likable antagonists this series has ever had. Fuck I love this game!
Kiryu is Kuze's masterpiece. I think deep down he resents and respects Kiryu because Kiryu is something he always wanted to be in his youth but could not. Straight up Yakuza
I just realize something, during the QTE just before Kuze charges at Kiryu, you could see Kiryu fighting stance looking like the Dragon of Dojima stance. So that tells me Kiryu has finally awakened himself and perfecting his brawler style to become the legendary fighting style he uses throughout the game of Y1 to Y5. Which is where you should be able to get the 4th style before this face off after dealing with the real estate mini game.
@@elliotaddler2302 Well the game is very easy without the real estate unlockables anyway. If they made real estate easier than their wouldn't be any challenge.
Dude I finally got the game this afternoon after school, man this game is fun! I already beat the Dojima family and Kuze once and made it Majima's chapter. The gameplay is just too much fun and I think I'm going to enjoy playing Majima a little more than Kiryu.
I'll give this much to Kuze, he was freakin persistent. Often I would end a fight with him and say "dude, just take the L" but then he comes back like five minutes later
Going into this fight I had no health items at all, and I started with half health or so. And yet, I felt an obligation not to use a weapon. I had about 10 slime guns in my inventory, but I stuck to my fists. It’s weird how Yakuza 0 made me respect a villain so goddamn much that I refused to use a weapon against him.
Really? I’m the opposite. First fight I’m using items. Also, it sadly took three games (Lost Judge / Judgment / Yakuza 0), but I noticed the pattern to every boss fight is dodge, dodge, dodge, punch, punch. Seems ppl are happy, but I would say RGG has some of the worst boss fights in any game I’ve ever played. Unless my game is bugging. I cannot combo, I cannot grapple, I cannot do anything but one or two punches. It’s why I’m using items. Fight takes way too long otherwise. With the constant barrage of the same combo again and again, I’m kind of bewildered ppl enjoy this so much. To each their own, but still, truly surprised.
@@irritatingtruth9121 If you punch them head on, yeah, you probably won’t get far, or if you attack during armoured moves or phases. The main trick is to dodge behind for a good combo. As for their bosses being bad, I’m gonna heavily disagree, even though kiwami has some stinkers, and 4’s final boss actually being one of the worst gaming experiences of all time lmfao.
I just realized Kiryu began to take his trademark "Come like you're trying to kill me!" after Kuze said it here. A respect for his involuntary "aniki".
I wish Kuze were the final boss of Kiryu's story. The way you kept beating him, yet he kept coming back for more even stronger than before reminds me of a Shonen anime protagonist. This stubborn attitude made him my favorite antagonist from this game, which is an impressive feat since I hated him so much at first.
I think everyone (me included) hated Kuze at first, but as we saw his determination he just really managed to change how people viewed him. Definitely the best Y0 antagonist to me!
This BGM is my favorite in Yakuza 0 so far, it gives more emotion and last boss vibe for some reason. Even more with that one and only QTE that shows how much these two characters grow to that point and unleashed the beast inside Kiryu. The afterword also makes Kuze looks like Kiryu's last wall saying "If you can't beat me, you're not worthy to proceed"
One of the best fights in the game, up there with Kuze 2, Lao Gui, and Shibusawa. Honestly, Kuze and Lao Gui shouldn't have had less health than the Media King and Tsukiyama since their boss fights were just plain better than those two. If anything, they should have had the third highest amount of health bars in the game, with only Shibusawa (5) and So/Jo Amon (12) having more since the former is the final boss and the latter are the fucking Amon Clan fights.
Someone pointed out in another video that in the final QTE of this fight in the middle of it Kiryu does what's essentially his first tiger drop. It's so hype
It’s interesting that Kuze says “殺す気でかかってこいや” literal translation “Come at me *like* you’re going to kill me” not “come and kill me”. He knows Kiryuu well enough by now. Just thought that was a neat little thing
Two men beating the shit out of each other in the streets of Kamurocho fighting for what they stand for, if that ain't the most Yakuza thing ever I don't know what is...
This is still one of my favorite encounters in all of the Yakuza series. Just a straight out brawl in the middle of Tenkaichi Street. The music is also my favorite track from Yakuza 0.
Kuze is a fucking G. This nigga just didn't give up and wanted to save his pride more than anything. And the end of the fight made me tear a little bit when Kiryu addressed him as sir and Kuze demanding he go finish the job. After all that beef, there was respect and admiration for each other.
If you think about it. The 3 Lieutenants were all of the personality traits that Kiryu had throughout the entire franchise. They pretty much showed us how the Dragon of Dojima was made, and why no one (with the exception of 18 Count Saejima ) can beat him down.
All 3 lieutenant villains are so despising (Especially Awano, imo), which is brilliant for the game. But Kuze... He starts as the first big guy who you just want to smash his head in, but eventually I find that he is actually the coolest and most transparent of the 3. After this fight and its own OST, it just had me respect the man's character regardless.
Kuze cannonically straight up ate Tiger Drop and managed to deliver a punch after that. You could say it's imperfect Tiger Drop since Kiryu learned the move 20 years later, but it's still a Tiger Drop
It's really cool. At the very beginning of the game I hated Kuze and Loved Shibusawa, but then as time went on I realized that Shibusawa was nothing but a pathetic rat. Kuze is the perfect opponent for Kiryu, because both him and Kiryu have extreme willpower. They both fight until the very end. Kiryu beats Kuze but from then on you can see that Kuze has learned to respect Kiryu, and Kiryu respects Kuze. He even calls Kuze "sir" at the end. Loved the character.
I only went to go get the legendary style early on for 2 reasons to kick ass and when fighting kuze only using the legendary style he deserves that much from me
One thing you can notice is that among the three lieutants, kiryu despises the other two but eventually pays his respect to kuze and calls him sir even after all the shit they went through, which adds another set of depth to this fight.
Kuze is a brawler like Kiryu, they don't hide behind like other 2
When Kiryu say "Kuze no aniki" is a respect to Kuze.
Yeah, I completely missed it the first time, but after playing more games and coming to recognize the term "aniki", it threw me to hear Kiryu say it to Kuze.
Kuze is very nicely set up, he starts out as the most hateable and vile of the lieutenants. But as the story progresses, while the other lieutenants try to manipulate, backstab and blackmail their way through everything, Kuze was always transparent with what he wanted, using only his fists (well, that and a steel pipe) and honest determination to get what he wanted. Much like a certain Kiryu also handles his situations.
@@Aywusgod Pretty much, yeah. Kuze starts out as seeming the most dislikeable because you (and Kiryu) don't know better at that point. He's a direct, brute opponent, someone who you either beat down or get beaten down by, no frills. He's an obvious obstacle right from the start, a tenacious one you start getting angry at because he won't stay down.
By the end you (and Kiryu) know that a man who just wants to beat you down and keeps coming back for more is the least vile type of opponent you could find in the yakuza world.
One of my favorite parts of the game is how they first presented Kuze as this one dimensional asshole whose sole characteristic was being an obstacle in kiryu’s path, then showed he was probably the most honorable out of the three lieutenants.
He so looks like he'll betray the Clan any second. Dunno why.
@@MariusBoss11458 pretty sure that was intentional
Man even gave off the whole "this guy is the big bad" vibes only for him to technically be the first lieutenant out of the game.
@@shadytriceratops yea but the shibusawa and awano fights will never match up to the kuze vs kiryu rivalry, he may not be the strongest but Kuze is a G
being fair to awano he had a hell of a face turn at the end of the game
I love how simple this fight is. No fancy settting, no squad of Yakuza in the background cheering him on, just two guys in an empty street.
Edit: And it's also down the street from where he got beat up in front of everyone in his 3rd fight.
Yo I just realised kiryu uses the tiger drop during that qte scene
@@cobble3317 and Kuze don’t even show any signs of pain after a direct blow
@@OgblookTheWise
neither did Kiryu after literally EATING Kuze’s hook, only to follow it up with an attack that put Kuze on his ass.
@@DrunkGnu To be fair, there’s a huge difference between a right hook and the TIGER DROP
@@senorbongo4975 granted, kiryu also didnt know how to do the tiger drop at that point so it could just be a much weaker version
Kuze's line about stepping into the deepest darkest pit of the Yakuza world was all too true. For the next nearly 30 or so years he was in a pit of carnage.
He spent a third of those in the joint but ye
I like how unlike awano and shibusawa they show that kiryu clearly respects kuze even if they're enemies and calls him "sir" still
thedarkknight646 Awano and Shibusawa mention Kuze no aniki everytime they talk about Kuze.
They do show respect.
melvin Abdoelkarim I meant that kuze is respected by kiryu. Kiryu shows very little respect towards awano and shibusawa in their encounters throughout the game
thedarkknight646 Right now i get you, i did feel that after the 3rd battle Kuze let go of his anger for Kiryu.
melvin Abdoelkarim a little late but i think it was the 4th battle he let his hatred towards kiryu go
kuze started to recognized kiryu after their 3rd battle
5:04 This part gives a clearer definition of manliness than any dictionary can do.
Punching throws like they did at that scene is the basis of brawling
Live footage of two men with the bodies of tanks battling each other
Kiryu:you alone?
Kuze:yeah
Kiryu(wips out golden shotgun)
very dishonourable way but funny when you think about it
@@frootloop3568 ah I man of high knowledge and wisdom, you my sir have my respect and my honour
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Full inventory of Tauriner++ and super spicy knife
"I, Kazuma Kiyru, have never killed a single person."
"We found Kuze dead in an alley full of shotgun shells, stab wounds, and burned with hot water."
"That's completely unrelated to what I just said."
The fact that Kuze tanked a Tiger Drop during that QTE already tells enough that he should not be underestimated.
It's not Tiger Drop. It's a weaker technique called "Counter Hook"
@@nguyenquyetthang1326 the Counter Hook is a hook to the side/chest, and has its own animation. The Tiger Drop is a lunge & cross to the solar plexus, which is what Kiryu did in the QTE
What's more impressive is he hit Kiryu back right after the Tiger Drop, and the hit was powerful to stun Kiryu for a while. And the fact that this is in QTE means Kuze canonically survived the Tiger Drop from young, despite inexperienced, Kiryu.
I don't believe its a Tiger Drop since he doesnt know how to a tiger drop at 0.
It's just a normal punch to the stomach but with the animation of a tiger drop.
@C tbh, i still highly doubt he will fall with a tiger drop, he tanked a fuck ton of kiryu punches, which alot of other people couldnt, having a punch to the stomach is already a painful attack, just less painful that the tiger drop, he took the most beatdown from kiryu aside from shibusawa. who almost got killed by kiryu's punch. weakened and hard to breath, yes but im sure he wont stop after that attack
We need a spinoff featuring Kuze. Seeing him in his prime days and using his boxing style would be the best
A Yakuza 0 style prequel with Kuze and Kazama as protagonists, showing their rise in the Tojo Clan
@@Brunosky_Inc The prequel that real Yakuza never knew they needed
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Honestly Judgement should have been about Kazama
@@Brunosky_Inc it'd probably be Kazama and Shimano. They were the pillars of Dojima
That part where they were trading blows was fucking amazing. I honestly feel like Kuze taught Kyru a lot throughout the game.
watcherdev That'll be true if Kiryu wasn't kicking his ass throughout the game.
BangkokHard lol I meant from kicking his ass. Kuze had a LOT of determination. He was stripped of his position as lieutenant, chopped off his pinky, yet it seems like he came back stronger every time. Kyru is well known for bouncing back in a similar fashion throughout the series and I love it
@@bangkokharddd Actually Kiryu by the end of 0 straight up said he learned a lot about being Yakuzua (thanks to Kuze who at the end of there final fight respect)
You're 100% right. Both Majima and Kiryu have a primary influence on their actions. Majima's primary influence is Nishitani. Kiryu's primary influence is Kuze.
I can't decide on whether or not they each have a secondary influence, too. Majima's being Sera, for sure. And Tachibana possibly being Kiryu's
Mark F it’s definitely multiple characters, but those characters were written well nonetheless. 0 gave us so much insight on how the characters were established. I’m pretty picky about prequels, so I was a little skeptical before I bought it, but it definitely delivered
Can just take a moment to consider the fact that Kiryu took over Kuzes mentality with the line:"You better hit like you're tryin' to kill me!" throughout the series with :"If you want to die, then come at me!" ?
Also with kakkate koi
He also stole his fashion style
@@ashikjaman1940
I’d say “inherited.”
Step up if you want to die
I wish there were rain to go with this battle, getting progressively more heavy as the battle went on. It would fit the music so well.
AFRO THUNDER not only during the fight, but real weather transitions during the game and not that wait stuff at the telephone...I think it’d be very cool to see some rain walking around sotenbori or kamurocho, cloudy, or even fog...
Yes
I wish there was a weather change option...
MOD TIME
@@yuripetrenko7910 The issue is that you literally only spend 1-2 days per chapter, regardless of how many hours you waste in Side stuff, it is still all within the same day it started
Omni Beta that would be an issue. There are options though. They could do weather transitions during freeroam in between missions, but keep the day setting the same. They could have fixed weather settings for different story parts, like what they do with time of day, and have transitioning weather in adventure mode.
When the music starts playing and realized it's a completely different one, multiple emotions just surges through you.
You realize this is really the last time you're going see "Dojima Family Lieutenant, Tojo Clan. Daisaku Kuze"
You realize despite running to him so many times, you're going to miss fighting him.
You realize that he's really giving it all, and not being a pushover.
You realize that Kuze might be an antagonist, but he's not a villain.
You realize that, just like Kiryu, Kuze is a proper, and honorable Yakuza, especially compared to Awano and Shibusawa.
He has pride not honor.
1:45
Love that little detail referencing Yakuza 5's Kiryu vs. 100 Tojo Clan Members.
f o r e s h a d o w i n g
0 does stuff like that so much it's great lol
Kiryu took on the entire Tojo Clan in 3 and then singlehandedly took out the Ueno Clan in Yakuza 4.
0 is really full with things like that, the most obvious one is the fortune teller one and Shinji along with Ryuji's substory..
me realizing the postcard guy and really hard dancer are actually in yakuza 5's haruka chapters
6:35
I like Kuze equating Kiryu’s strength to a seal being broken. It’s an apt description coming from someone who fought Kiryu five times in his youth.
Especially when Kiryu, in his youth, said that he'd rather fight 100 goons than fight Kuze. Shows how much of a tough ole bean Kuze is.
5:02 IMO the most impactful part
No fancy punches.
No overreacted reactions.
No exagerated kicks.
No overly dramatic lines.
Just 2 hard made yakuzas, fighting with all they got, with their best efforts to survive.
@@botmexicanpatriot Kuze took a "Tiger Drop" like a fucking champ he is
When you think about it, Kazama is Kiryu's father figure for civilian life. Kuze is his Yakuza father.
It's neat mainly because the one aspect that's often forgotten about in Campbell's Hero's Journey is the hero abandoning his original father for a second one that ultimately molds them to becoming a stronger person. Kazama played Kiryu like a pawn here, Sawano was right about Kazama knowing all too well that his actions would force Tachibana and Makoto into the crossfire. Kuze on the other hand recognized Kiryu's strength for what it was, and ultimately respected him for it.
6:17 it's because he has endless money to eat with his real estate business. What you thought he was gonna eat that chicken he won when he was bowling? Nah man he put that chicken to work so he can get more money to invest in himself in
eat money
become stronk
I did too because it was an alright level. Anyways remember you can't keep the same Manager for every Area. So it's a nice choice I've done.
Kuze ate a tiger drop and came back with a left hook this mans a legend
That not tiger drop that just a normal punch
counter hook
same form as tiger drop, just not perfected
@@depressedhans5142 It was a tiger drop. Just a really undeveloped version of it.
@@Grand420 Komaki don't exist in Zero
How the hell you call that a Tiger Drop?
Kuze was the first antagonist I hated in Yakuza 0. He's also the only one I liked and respected. XD
Martin Tan what about Awano?
Spinomaks awano earned everyone’s respect when he sacrificed himself for majima
true. awano gets some points too, especially with some old but fancy dancing. say what you will, the guy’s got confidence is spades. 😄
What about ryuji from yakuza 2 ?
@@thehomiethin4790 I liked him he was nice and a good guy and gave kiryu back haruka
For a real scale of how tough Kuze is compared to "those idiots downstairs",
During the Punch Trade QTE, you can clearly see Kiryu doing the Tiger Drop
and Kuze survives
He eats a tiger drop WITHOUT FLINCHING. Either Kiryu missed, or Kuze just no sold a finisher.
Sorry fellas to break the vibe, but in Yakuza 0 it’s called the counter blow because Komaki hasn’t taught him that yet. Hate to be the one
There’s actually a few enemies that do not flinch to tiger drop on Kiwami alone. The first I can think of is the dude with the gas mask in the arena.
@Elliot Addler the luchodore person and komaki when he is in his heat
it's probably the counter for the brawler style, it's kind of like a discount tiger drop with smaller damage
Yakuze 0 , Kuze ga gotoku 0
"Like a Kuze" ? What?
@@SalusFuturistics rather than 龍が如く, the title of the game series
龍が如く Ryuga gotoku
Ryu ga goto*ku* *ze*ro
@@SalusFuturistics he was joking about Kuze taking gigantic part of a game
I gotta say, this fight made me respect Kuze a lot more. Like yeah he's vicious but he soon realizes no matter how many times he fights Kiryu, he just doesn't stand a chance. In the end he commends Kiryu for being so strong, and even after all the shit he and the Dojima Family put him through, Kiryu shows respect back.
I'm sorry bro. But kuze is the realist yakuza in the series. After playing yak 0. I really couldn't take any of the other yakuza bosses seriously compared to the dojima lieutenants. Maybe ryuji in 2 but that's it.
When I played 5, it made me really curious as to how Kuze would react so someone like, say, Aoyama, or even Daigo's actions in 4. He'd probably puke seeing the Tojo Clan in that state.
Zain844 You do realize that Kuze never stopped fighting, right? That’s more respectable than staying in the shadows.
Zain844 Let’s just agree to disagree and say that neither Kuze nor Shibusawa stood a chance against Kiryu.
@Zain844 Shibusawa got his ass whooped. Ryuji is the only person in the series who was a match for Kiryu.
Yoshitaka Mine was a tough bastard. I’d say he matched Kiryu blow for blow.
I just realized Kuze just *tanks* a tiger drop in that qte.
Damn...
Well, the animation matches but this is long before Kiryu ever canonically learns Tiger Drop. He has no Komaki moves in 0
@@gold3263301 would it be more accurate to call it a body counter? its something like a tiger drop
@@tokisugar I think most people called it the 'Kitty Drop' in Y:4 and so on.
@@gold3263301 I like to think he just did the Tiger Drop form purely on instinct but that he doesn't acually know what it is yet
I've made it a policy to only use Kiryu's Brawler style in this fight. I do the same with Majima's Thug style in his penultimate boss.
Same had a total slugfest. Final blow was a headbutt as a counterattack
I only used legend with kuze he earned my respect
Any style except Beast goes imo. For the final boss I go Rush, Beast and Legend respectively.
tbf, brawler is street fighting, so rush would be more appropriate since its more boxing. I only used rush, without any heat actions performed during the fight, nor health items/ weapons equipped or in the ground. The first kuze fight i did the same, so i liked a lot that way. I was on hard, so ended up with close to 1 HP.
@@PauloRicardo-md4ji No heat actions? Nah, its barely Yakuza then. I just did Jingu and I would rather eat a shoe than do that crap no healing or in a single style lol but thats getting off-topic.
Kuze doesn't give up I like his determination
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?
5 times
I love the young people!
Before there was Majima Everywhere, there was Kuze Everywhere.
Damn it, I just saw this after putting it up
[DOJIMA FAMILY LIEUTENANT, TOJO CLAN.
DAISAKU KUZE]
These battles feel so much more visceral than ones in Kiwami.
gaminggoddess85 kiwami is a remake of y1 so its understandable it isnt all there yet
Kiwami could have benefitted from reworked boss fights. Some of the fights seem almost even MORE annoying than their PS2 counterparts, somehow, despite the additional tools you have.
Seafarinhare Honestly one of the bad parts about Kiwami is the fact that some bosses use the same move sets from other bosses or even from Majima's dance style from Yakuza 0.
@@TheJbrown60 why is yakuza 6 so shit then
@@shabu9ine916 Possibly because it's the first game in the entire series to run on a completely new engine and I wouldn't say that it's shit, I mean the combat took some getting used to but the new engine really grew on me
I really liked Kuze tbh. He was honestly the best antagonistic force in Yakuza Zero imo, none of the others even the final bosses made me like them the way Kuze did. He had this wonderful setup of being just an asshole with minimal character but as the game went on and built up to this point he showed character, and he was very honorable to the point that even Kiryu still called him "sir" despite his actions throughout. It's just DAMN, he was great
5:10 never noticed how Kuze actually rocked Kiryu. Pretty impressive
Doshita, Kiryu?
KUSO GA!!!
I was really tearing the whole fight, Kuze was indeed an asshole like both, but he had something different: he was always himself, he never got corrupted like Shibusawa or became too lustful like Awano, he remained himself every time i fought him, he never bowed back and in the end, he didn't seem to fight Kiryu because pure revenge and pride, he knew a new generation of Yakuzas was going to be doomed if there was nobody who punched his way to protect his family, and he found it in Kiryu and wven more. What a man. A *REAL YAKUZA.*
That "Oath of Enma," son. Listened to an extended track of it for days after I heard it in this game. xD
AzureDragoonGX 閻魔の誓い！
I have it as my ringtone, my wife asked what song it was and I replied its complicated.
I will forever love the relationship between Kiryu and Kuze throughout 0. What starts off as a simple antagonistic scuffle with Kuze forcing authority on Kiryu blows up into a battle of ideologues and what it means to be a man. Both are made stronger from their numerous fights and both retain respect for the other after it's all said and done.
Kuze may still have blood on his hands and is certain no saint but god damn if he is not one of the most fleshed out and likable antagonists this series has ever had. Fuck I love this game!
Kiryu is Kuze's masterpiece. I think deep down he resents and respects Kiryu because Kiryu is something he always wanted to be in his youth but could not. Straight up Yakuza
5:04 the best qte in any video game ever. It literally is the embodiment of everything kiryu is.
1:42 FORESHADOWING!!!!
5:12 Kuze literally got tiger dropped and tanked it while also punching him back like it was nothing, holy shit
4:48-5:23 It fits perfectly. :D
I love how even when he's losing, it still looks like Kuze is three inches from putting him in a hospital
you can see Kuze gradually gaining respect for Kiryu over the course of the game and that’s why he’s definitely my favourite villain of the game
I just realize something, during the QTE just before Kuze charges at Kiryu, you could see Kiryu fighting stance looking like the Dragon of Dojima stance. So that tells me Kiryu has finally awakened himself and perfecting his brawler style to become the legendary fighting style he uses throughout the game of Y1 to Y5. Which is where you should be able to get the 4th style before this face off after dealing with the real estate mini game.
I agree. I disliked the fact that you had to grind a mini game to get the styles on repeat (Legend) playthroughs.
@@elliotaddler2302 Well the game is very easy without the real estate unlockables anyway. If they made real estate easier than their wouldn't be any challenge.
In a way I guess Kuze prepped Kiryu for what was to come in the later Yakuza series by constantly picking fights with him lol
Prepped kiryu for majima everywhere lmao
@@vermiliontusk6090 Mr. Shakedowns: 😢😰😓
@@MariusBoss11458 they dont come from litteral trash cans, which is one of the tamer Majima everywhere spawn lol
5:16
Kuze: "I've made a big mistake..."
Is Kiryu like the only person who got punched in the jaw and just stood there and took it like a Champ? I haven't seen not anyone else do that.
Dude I finally got the game this afternoon after school, man this game is fun! I already beat the Dojima family and Kuze once and made it Majima's chapter. The gameplay is just too much fun and I think I'm going to enjoy playing Majima a little more than Kiryu.
Rodney Christopher the story in this game was so deep and addictive made you wanna keep playing just to see the outcome
Rodney Christopher majima is the realist nigga alive lol
I'll give this much to Kuze, he was freakin persistent. Often I would end a fight with him and say "dude, just take the L" but then he comes back like five minutes later
And he would have kept coming back if he hadn't gone to jail. After all in his own words he likes to beat on people stronger than him
Going into this fight I had no health items at all, and I started with half health or so. And yet, I felt an obligation not to use a weapon. I had about 10 slime guns in my inventory, but I stuck to my fists. It’s weird how Yakuza 0 made me respect a villain so goddamn much that I refused to use a weapon against him.
Really? I’m the opposite. First fight I’m using items. Also, it sadly took three games (Lost Judge / Judgment / Yakuza 0), but I noticed the pattern to every boss fight is dodge, dodge, dodge, punch, punch.
Seems ppl are happy, but I would say RGG has some of the worst boss fights in any game I’ve ever played. Unless my game is bugging. I cannot combo, I cannot grapple, I cannot do anything but one or two punches. It’s why I’m using items. Fight takes way too long otherwise. With the constant barrage of the same combo again and again, I’m kind of bewildered ppl enjoy this so much.
To each their own, but still, truly surprised.
@@irritatingtruth9121 If you punch them head on, yeah, you probably won’t get far, or if you attack during armoured moves or phases. The main trick is to dodge behind for a good combo. As for their bosses being bad, I’m gonna heavily disagree, even though kiwami has some stinkers, and 4’s final boss actually being one of the worst gaming experiences of all time lmfao.
@@irritatingtruth9121 you are NOT gonna survive Yakuza 3 if you can't even do a 0 boss right
I just realized Kiryu began to take his trademark "Come like you're trying to kill me!" after Kuze said it here. A respect for his involuntary "aniki".
he also said it at the first long battle
What he took from Kuze was "Step up if you want to die"
Kiryu: Just you is it?
Kuze: Yeah...just me.
*American Venom intensifies*
Huh rdr2 reference in a yakuza game..
*I like this guy.*
No Health Items, Rush Only.
Doing this fight under those parameters was exhilarating. Anyone who hasn't done this fight under those parameters should.
I've been there. I even tried no damaging it. As tiring as it is, I miss those days where I had lot of preservation.
dude the music sync at 4:35 tho
I wish Kuze were the final boss of Kiryu's story. The way you kept beating him, yet he kept coming back for more even stronger than before reminds me of a Shonen anime protagonist. This stubborn attitude made him my favorite antagonist from this game, which is an impressive feat since I hated him so much at first.
I think everyone (me included) hated Kuze at first, but as we saw his determination he just really managed to change how people viewed him. Definitely the best Y0 antagonist to me!
EXACTLY
If I faced Kuze as Kiryu, I would pay respects after defeating him.
@@hammerbro1947 except Kiryu always did
Even when the shit boiled, Kiryu kept calling Kuze a "sir"
The actual hype I felt for the 3rd encounter was one of the best moments in the game for me
"Don't underestimate me. Bring everything you've got!"
5:51 I wish Kiryu kept that move in later Yakuza games.
you got Tiger Drop, why bother with this one? besides, Twist Counter is easy to pull af
Hey a danganronpa fan liking yakuza
@@ThangPham-hi5qg Twist Counter is like, 80x better than the Komaki Parry without being incredibly OP like Tiger Drop.
@@pcport2698 the whole point of Komaki Parry is its stun effect, not damage.
@@cheekibreeki904 except it doesn't stun like 70 percent of the enemies
Unspoken rule: Under any circumstance, you never heal in this fight, even if you die.
5:03 the most badass trade of blows I’ve ever seen
5:02 - 5:22 ... inadvertent musical synchronization!
That shit was hype
Someone else pointed out when Kiryu picks his Yakuza clothes that define "his" style, they're identical to Kuze except the color of the undershirt.
What an incredible antagonist. One of the best developed characters in the game for sure.
The way the music syncs during the QTE is just beautiful, a perfect send off to one of the best yakuza fights
This BGM is my favorite in Yakuza 0 so far, it gives more emotion and last boss vibe for some reason.
Even more with that one and only QTE that shows how much these two characters grow to that point and unleashed the beast inside Kiryu.
The afterword also makes Kuze looks like Kiryu's last wall saying "If you can't beat me, you're not worthy to proceed"
What is the OST called?
Oath of Enma@@jorgeraymason
I respect that shit out of kuze and would love to see him return in another yakuza title
5:03 is the best part
4:49 that music sync
One of the best fights in the game, up there with Kuze 2, Lao Gui, and Shibusawa. Honestly, Kuze and Lao Gui shouldn't have had less health than the Media King and Tsukiyama since their boss fights were just plain better than those two. If anything, they should have had the third highest amount of health bars in the game, with only Shibusawa (5) and So/Jo Amon (12) having more since the former is the final boss and the latter are the fucking Amon Clan fights.
Damn that Kuze everywhere system were so good
Someone pointed out in another video that in the final QTE of this fight in the middle of it Kiryu does what's essentially his first tiger drop. It's so hype
favorite boss in the game... best fighting theme...
It’s interesting that Kuze says “殺す気でかかってこいや” literal translation “Come at me *like* you’re going to kill me” not “come and kill me”.
He knows Kiryuu well enough by now.
Just thought that was a neat little thing
5:02 anyone else notice Kiryu do the komaki tiger drop during the qte sequence (or at least something similar to the tiger drop)
It's just a normal punch, nothing more, nothing less.
TheMad dog55 brawler style has a counter overhand right similar to the tiger drop but it does less damage
oh ur right he did do it lol
It was a punch to the liver. You don’t need to punch too hard to make it hurt like a bitch. That said, it wasn’t the tiger drop
In 5:07 he stand in his legend stance
If Kiryu turned into a villain, and was in his fifties, that's what Kuze pretty much is.
Two men beating the shit out of each other in the streets of Kamurocho fighting for what they stand for, if that ain't the most Yakuza thing ever I don't know what is...
This is still one of my favorite encounters in all of the Yakuza series. Just a straight out brawl in the middle of Tenkaichi Street. The music is also my favorite track from Yakuza 0.
Kiryu: "I'd rather fight a hundred Tojo punks than go one-on-one with you.."
24 Years later: Fight a hundred Tojo punks
wait yakuza 5 is in 2011. Should nt it be 26 years later?
@@sseempire8705
Is it? I thought Y0 happened in 1987.
@@Beerbottles123 Oh yea it was 1987 sry
Kuze might be in the top 10 strongest Yakuza characters since he can resist Kiryu's punches fairly well.
Maybe not strongest but toughest, the old man ability to take a beating from Kiryu and come back for more is nothing short of incredible.
As much as I like Kuze, this is Yakuza 0 Kiryu.
Pretty sure Kiwami 2 Kiryu would annihilate Kuze.
5:11 He just tanks a whole ass Tiger Drop.
Probably just improvised and unintentional since Kiryu hasn’t learned it yet but he did the Tiger Drop.
Kuze is a fucking G. This nigga just didn't give up and wanted to save his pride more than anything. And the end of the fight made me tear a little bit when Kiryu addressed him as sir and Kuze demanding he go finish the job. After all that beef, there was respect and admiration for each other.
Yakuza is regarded as one of THE best video game series to ever exist but man no one talks about their soundtracks. What a gem!!
My mom: Clean your room.
Me: Clean it yourself.
My mom: 5:33
yep
A great conclusion to a great antagonist. Kuze was alpha af, big respect to him. He outshines every other boss in yakuza zero.
If you think about it. The 3 Lieutenants were all of the personality traits that Kiryu had throughout the entire franchise. They pretty much showed us how the Dragon of Dojima was made, and why no one (with the exception of 18 Count Saejima ) can beat him down.
"I'd rather fight a hundred Tojo punks than go one-on-one with you right now."
Woooo, boy, that's gonna turn against him some decades ahead.
The music fits very well with this fight
Kuze no Aniki.
You wont hear Kiryu calling anybody aniki after this.
All 3 lieutenant villains are so despising (Especially Awano, imo), which is brilliant for the game. But Kuze... He starts as the first big guy who you just want to smash his head in, but eventually I find that he is actually the coolest and most transparent of the 3. After this fight and its own OST, it just had me respect the man's character regardless.
Kuze cannonically straight up ate Tiger Drop and managed to deliver a punch after that.
You could say it's imperfect Tiger Drop since Kiryu learned the move 20 years later, but it's still a Tiger Drop
It's really cool. At the very beginning of the game I hated Kuze and Loved Shibusawa, but then as time went on I realized that Shibusawa was nothing but a pathetic rat. Kuze is the perfect opponent for Kiryu, because both him and Kiryu have extreme willpower. They both fight until the very end. Kiryu beats Kuze but from then on you can see that Kuze has learned to respect Kiryu, and Kiryu respects Kuze. He even calls Kuze "sir" at the end. Loved the character.
cmon now, this last fight with kuze is too lit. plus with the badass music too.
Absolutely epic battle & soundtrack
Oath of Enma, reminds me of my feelings when I heard Lyricism Without Tears...
I feel like if things went differently, they could have definitely been friends.
5:12
If you look closely Kiryu did a tiger drop(He didn't learn that move yet) but Kuze just eat it.
5:12 Are we ignoring how Kuze strait Tanked a fucking Tiger Drop
Absolute beast
4:12 kuze accidentally syncing his own song
"Don't underestimate me." *does the bruce lee nose flick*
aw hell yeah shit is about to go down
The OST for this is just too fucking good man.
Funny how at the start Kiryu hated him the most out of the 3 lieutenants but by the end is the one he respects most.
that trading sequence is BIG FYEEE
I only went to go get the legendary style early on for 2 reasons to kick ass and when fighting kuze only using the legendary style he deserves that much from me
5:02 that sequence plus the song... Jeebuz, I'm getting goosebumps on that fight
Isn't that the sequence from Nishiki fight?
I just love how Kuze is immediately in heat mode, going all out. He doesn’t have a second stage just an honorable fist fight