i like how yoshimitsu looks completely different in every game he's in but when you see him you automatically know its him.

I loved yoshimitsu for being the only logical character to bring a sword to a punching fight.

10:25 What an amazing cutscene. >gives cryptic speech and spares bad guy’s life >refuses to elaborate >hops and flies away on his sword Best character.

To be clear Yoshimitsu doesn’t do anything inappropriate, he notices Leo isn’t breathing so he proceeds to use cpr with no mouth to mouth to bring him back to consciousness and upon doing so Leo knees him in the balls knocking out Yoshimitsu and runs away

His quotes in soulcalibur 2 of "I shall assist your suicide!" And "May there be mercy in your next life!" are some of the hardest pieces of dialogue in the series

I remember my fighting my dad randomly in Tekken 2 in the nineties and he just randomly button mashed and killed himself as Yoshimitsu. I remember laughing so hard my ribs hurt. I love this character and Tekken, so many days owning my brothers with spin kicks or killing him with the teleports.

i love how yoshimitsu is inexplicably in both soul calibur and tekken in the modern day. its the equivalent of johnny cage being in mortal kombat but also street fighter for some reason.

Bro really said the most profound thing I've ever heard then peaced out by using his sword as a pogo stick then using that same sword to helicopter away. What a hero.

"Why do all the cool ninjas have a prothstetic arm?" It's an essential psychological coping tool for super succesful ninjas. This way the ninja can blame their arm for all of the killing, and suffer none of the guilt.

His appearance changes in each game, but one look at him and you know it's Yoshimitsu. The character's look is appealing and just so distinuishable. We all have Taekwondo type fighter, Kung Fu fighter, Karate dressed fighter, but one can never deny Yoshimitsu and his unique looks and moves will always have its own place.

I love this fucking character. Never knew shit about him and now he’s just even more wild than I could’ve imagined.

I love how 10:53 is the most replayed part in this video, because it was about Yoshimitsu, of course.

“If none can know what lies ahead, then losing one’s way is just human nature.” That hit me. Edit: Because it was asked, my interpretation is this: This quote means humans are flawed by nature, so for them to make mistakes is expected and excusable within reason. That’s why our focus should be on forgiveness rather than condemnation. Thus, Yoshimitsu spared the villain’s life.

I like how he goes from pogo swording to helicoptering with no in-between.

I would love if you turned this into a full series highlighting weird characters in fighting games, or just across media in general with the exact same form of flat sarcasm and offbeat humor.

I remember my mom driving my home from picking up Tekken 1 way back in like 3rd grade, reading the manual, reading "robot ninja from space", and being like "fucking SOLD". My go to in Tekken to this day. Of course, I haven't played since Tekken Tag, but still. Never could figure him out in Soul Calibur though.

The blood-type is mentioned in Soul Calibur because of a widespread folk belief in Japan that your blood group somehow indicates your character. Several JRPGs mention the characters blood types.

Fun fact: In the first 3 SoulCalibur games, Yoshi is voiced by Ocarina of Time Link's voice actor (who also voices Siegfried).

“He wields a katana that he names after himself” Pretty sure _he’s_ the one who adopted the name of the katana, not the other way around.

Yoshimitsu stealing from Ganryu and his "Dirty Sumo Money" actually makes sense considering the sport of Sumo is rife with corruption. The SUPERB book "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner covers this amongst many other facets of worldly or community based economics. A fascinating read and great research. Highly recommend it!

I was today years old when I realized Yoshimitsu is able to fly with his sword because he uses his mechanical arm as a helicopter rotor. Holy fuck.

This was hilarious. The dry, drunk unenthusiastic sarcastic style is perfect. Please make this a “Wtf is a…” a series.

Yoshimitsu is the type of gut to bring a sword in a fist fight and only use it as a pogo stick or helicopter

Yoshimitsu roughly translates to Yoshimitsu had me lolling

I first saw Yoshimitsu in Teken3, I was probably like 6 years old and he was my favorite. Probably for being a bit creepy looking and his style.

I don't understand how someone narrating so casually as if he's bored can be so engaging. This is some good stuff.

My buddy and I thought Yoshimitsu was about the coolest thing ever when we saw him on the old Tekken arcade game at the bowling alley. First game I ever bought when I got my first PlayStation was Tekken 2… I fondly recall the two of us trying to deliver the ultimate insult of a Flea Stance KO. 😂

Regarding stealing an entire VAULT around 05:10- sounds like a conundrum designed for the Fast&Furious films to solve...

Yoshimitsu is basically a blend of a “modern day” kabuki warrior mixed with Japanese “sentai/super hero” pop culture

I like you unenthusiastic style. It's funny. Keep it going

I always thought that Yoshimitsu was really the name of the sword, and the wielders just took on the name of the sword as it's passed down. That would explain why he's in all different time periods.

I saw him in Tekken 1. In the arcades. I'm old, but I was there 30 years ago, when there was only Streetfighter II and Mortal Kombat. Then there was Killer Instinct, Virtua Fighter, and then there was TEKKEN! Yoshimitsu was the weirdest character design since Blanka and I was into it. As weird as he looked, he felt weird to play as too because his move set was way different to the other characters. I think he had long sequences of inputs but he could do things like teleport, helicopter, levitate, heal, and pogo stick. I remember in Tekken 3 (my first at-home Tekken) after a victory he would say his name very slowly "Yo-Shi-Mi-Tsu", or sometimes just growl.

Yoshimitsu taught me so many lessons as a kid. Patience, timing, dedication. Because he telegraphs his moves from across the map, the skill that goes into making him effective isn't easy to master.

Yoshimitsu creeped me out as a kid. Now I understand he's the true protagonist of Tekken. Well, that's my headcanon anyway.

Your honesty and sense of dry humor are really as same as the cut of my own jib. Had my interest, made laugh and learned some new stuff in one go.

by far the best (and my personal favorite) character in every fighting game. you gained a sub sir.

The ninja from space thing is a mis translation for the VOID ninja, something to do with teleportation arts.

Thanks for doing my favorite fighting game character ever. I come from a prefecture in Japan that has deep roots with kabuki theater. My love for unconventional ideas made me love this character instantly

This was hilarious, i ve never enjoyed reviews as much as this one... great job!

I always got that creepy-goofy aura Yoshimitsu has but now knowing the lore it became absolutely hilarious to say the least. Great character design tho.

As someone who always gravitated towards the weird and wacky characters in fighting games, Yoshimitsu being a cool Robin Hood-type who might not be a main player but always tries to have at least SOMETHING going on, unlike poor Dhalsim, is very good and enjoyable for me. Steals from the rich, frees and befriends a wacky scientist, gets a laser sword, makes an enemy just because he's such a generous dude, starts a rivalry with a Blade-rip off because the Blade dude is a weeb who thinks he's doing ninja-stuff WRONG... it's really just in T7 where I feel he's got nothing but filler. Considering how hot the war between Mishima and G-Corp has gotten you'd think Yoshi would be super-busy behind the scenes, but nope... gotta get into "wacky" molestation shenanigans with Leo. That's his thing this time around...

The sword isn’t named after Yoshimitsu. Yoshimitsu is named after the sword. I think the leader of the Manji clan is always called Yoshimitsu. Which explains there being a Yoshimitsu in Soul Calibur. Oh and Leo is a girl.

When recommended videos are worth the click, you have a new sub good sir 👍🏾 quality content.

The endless sushi part made me instantly sub. This was really funny.

I imagine Yoshimitsu and Goro Majima would be an unstoppable duo of over-the-top lunacy.

I thought Yoshimitsu is a villain. But he really is a loveable character like Hellboy. Monster looking but kind.

Fun fact, bloodtype in Japan is what starsigns are in the west, that's why they're in mentioned in character bios quite often.

I like how you kinda have no idea *_what the heck is a Yoshimitsu_* so your documentary to him is funny af Also this video alone is now one of my favorite videos cause I love Yoshi and subscribed

The sword isn't named after him, he's named after the sword

Imortant question: Does Yoshimitsu do some smuggling on the side?

one of my fav over the top crazy characters in fighting games EVER. you made a great video, and you get a sub! keep up the good work!

I always loved Yoshimitsu for just being there, but now I'm obsessed with him! :D

He's a legend, that's what he is. I haven't watched the video, I'm that confident.

I kind of love the idea that Yoshimitsu is an alien, but is totally cool with hanging out with humans and (usually) looks human enough that with all the insanity and magic that goes down nobody's really pressed him on the point.

This was nice and informative, without all the lame filler that most folks add. Thanks for sharing this!

"Why do all the cool ninjas have prosthetic arms!" Shadow from Cyber Shadow: ...

Hell yes I love seeing my favourite boy get a whole video! Honestly I'd love to see you do videos for all the weird bit characters on the Tekken games, completely ignoring the big serious main characters.

This video is pure gold lol. Yoshimitsu's arcade and original themes from Tekken 2 are the best out of all themes.

Dude is my jam. Love the flash and pizzazz. His winning animation shoulda been jazz hands. Love him

12:30 i have been rewinding this part so many times and its still funny "you've got it all wrong" *gets kneed in the hip*

2:37 dude I love the throwback reference to the 90s with the aliens. I literally use to be addicted to 90s alien head stickers and patches for my school backpack lol

Can you do more videos about other absurd characters? I'd love a dead-pan break down of someone else like Sweet Tooth from the Twisted Metal series. but you could just do anything and I'll watch too.

Bro... this is the video I didn't know I've needed for the past 25 years. 10/10 content

Between the commentary, jumpcuts, and random asides... i loved this video.

Funfact leo is actually a female character it was stated by the director himself

You skipped the 2 OVAs based on Tekken 2. He stood around a bit, the end.

I didn’t know I needed this video. But I needed this video. Thank you for this video.

Explaining Kabuki quite literally just made all anime make sense to me lol

saintmillion: makes actual good content me: looks at sub count *my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined*

You’d think there’d be way more lore for a character like that, he looks and acts way different from the other fighters.

Yoshi is a type of guy who's wise and silly at the same time.

Please make this a series! It would be so great 🙏

More videos like this or the history of Jedi in SWG. These two videos are my favorite two you've done.

More stuff like this, or anything really. You a funny man but also seem to know how to structure your videos well to work with your dead panned delivery or make an informative video like you did with "how jedi killed star wars galaxies". So keep it up, love you.

Finally KZfaq actually recommended a good video, just got yourself another subscriber

More and more yoshimitsu starts to look like "IT"

I am a fan of tekken and I have never known this stuff about my favorite character (mostly because I never put in the time to lol) But I thank you for this insight and I wish to see more fun videos about video game characters in the future my guy.

Yoshimitsu was my very 1st ever tekken character, i just pressed random and picked him, tried him, and fell inlove, loved using him especially in tekken 6 on psp and ppsspp, but i still havent had the chance to play tekken 7 (im poor AF)

Subscribed. This is quality content.

Goddamn he’s a cool character! I’m so glad that this video showed up in my feed, you definitely earned a subscription from me ha!

Yoshimitsu never looks the same in any game I've seen him star in and I love him.

Yoshimitsu has a rich interior life.

The right handed yoshimitsu was born around the feudal era and the left handed yoshimitsu is from the modern era. SC and tekken are connected in the same timeline

I’ve been waiting for this video for over 20 years

Leo is a woman for one and yoshimitsu didn't do anything with her she stopped breathing and he preformed chest compressions

Dude, this video style rocks!! Hope you continue to make more :D What about a video on Heihachi, or some other absurd fighting game characters?

This is awesome, thank you for elaborating in depth 😀 ❤️

Oh my that "universal giver" quip was perfect. You deserve a Nobel prize, like, yesterday

10:40 im sorry but is no one gonna talk about how he is a fucking irish\scotish dwarf voice LOL

Even after being an Eddy main and understanding how to use his confusing ass moves, I still have no idea how to use Yoshi. That man is all over the place.

6:37 Tekken 7: "now he's an octopus" --- you mean Twilek?!

I guess Yoshimitsu can be considered a pseudo gag character. Take him seriously but not too seriously is the best approach in both writing the character and enjoying the character.

My favorite soul calibur and tekken character because of his silliness.

I remember when I was 14 I told my girlfriend while we were on the phone that I am no longer Josh I am now... Yoshimitsu. Then refused to respond to my real name unless she called me Yoshimitzu. She was so done with me. lmao

That was a great video and I enjoyed learning about that character

Loving the descriptions. Not sure why Killer Instinct is the advertised game on the You Tube page but imma roll wit it yo.

Leo stopped breathing and he was reviving him for anyone who does not know.

1:35 Hey look, it’s *GOGANDANTESS*, GREATEST SWORDSMAN OF ALL THE DEMONS.

4:03 ah, yes... back, back, square. The "fuck your whole hp bar" attack.

I loved Yoshimitsu in SC2 and SC4. Loved his roundhouse kicks.