A reminder that all of this is in Ichiban’s head. Except for Majima. Majima 100% did that for real.

7:20 "Who am I looking at?" That's Onomichi! With his charming hassaku face! Steaming Onomichi ramen hat! Cute fish pouch! Cool boots, vital for any fisherman! And his bold and trendy Ono shirt! That's right! He's the pride of Onomichi! Ono... Michio!

For the final one, the reason it's all guns is because there's a long running meme that when the villians start winning, the guy (Diago) gets serious and starts shooting. There have been a few games where this played out. The villian is on the cusp of victory, only for Diago to save the day by shooting them. The Yakuza protagonists don't (canonically) kill anyone or use guns so the writers get someone else to finish off the badguys.

And don’t let this fool you. Yakuza is a 100% serious game approved by real-life Yakuza.

Context for Il Yu Jin's "Subzero Sonata": it's a parody of famous Korean drama "Winter Sonata", it was so big in Japan it got anime adaptation and probably the one starting K-drama fever there. Even the theme music is very similar.

There are also new Poundmates summons in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the sequel to this game. Should check those out too at some point.

So fun thing for this series naming: "Like A Dragon" is a rough translation of "Ryū Ga Gotoku", the original name for the Yakuza games over in Japan. They are not called "Yakuza" for obvious reasons. But this game specifically started as a joke of making an RPG game of the beat them up series... Specially, an RPG game like the "Dragon Quest" series, it went so far to the point that the protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, is just addicted to that game series within the story. So, Yakuza Like A Dragon is not only pointing to the original name of the series, but it's also a "Yakuza" game, but "Like A Dragon" Quest game. I just find rambling about this very funny.

Goro Majima canonically does his attack while the other ones are just in Ichiban's head.

The "fire whip guy" is the weapon shop owner. "I can't afford a better weapon, I'll just pay the weapon shop owner to kick your ass."

Plague of Pincers the closest revenge that Lobster got for all his mind boiled alive

14:30 Oh you better get ready for Ms. Tatsu. She’s in Yakuza 0. But yeah, the Yakuza series is pretty male dominated, a reason for this is most likely due to the Yakuza having a strict dudes only rule However there are some women who fight alongside the main characters. Mainly in Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 7 and in Yakuza 8

a yakuza playthrough is needed at this point, this series is golden

Most of the Poundmates you get are from what they call Substories which are basically side quests that can be serious or bat shit insane. Like theres one in this game where you talk to a guy running a circus and you end up fighting a tiger, a bear and then the last one a monkey gets loose and highjacks an excavator with a front end scoop. Im being serious too 😂

Majima's Demonfire Rain has to be a reference to Speed Highway from Sonic Adventure. IYKYK.

Like a Dragon is something that you guys should experience yourselves. It's crazy fun. Also you can check out Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth which is the sequel to this one. There are women in it.

11:12 I'm gonna just say this dude "Saejima" is definitely right up Ken's alley. He's a complete badass.

Also fun little fact about Ichiban, the main character, he's voiced in Japanese by the same voice actor who voiced Nishikiyama for 0 and Kiwami

That's a tamago kake gohan, a quick dish where you mix a raw egg on hot rice, to make it cook a bit. In Japan and other countries where eating raw eggs is common so the chicken are actually treated and vaccinated to not get salmonella.

I think you'll love the "Essence" attacks if you enjoyed this insanity.

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME HOPE SO I HAVE RETURNED DAY ??? OF ASKING FOR YAKUZA KIWAMI 2 KARAOKE

When I saw the Hundred Fists of Asura, that gave me an idea for a reaction for you guys. There is a game called Asura's Wrath. Don't know if you've heard of it or not, but all the same, it has a great storyline to it. I definitely recommend you guys check it. Hope you'll consider, and I'll always remember that your reactions are Definitely not Definitive. 😉🙂👍

you guys should definitely play the series (from 0 to infinite wealth) or atleast watch all "dynamic intros", trust me you won't regret doing it

Tbh all summons were great. But I especially liked the crustacean one.

well, this is just awesome and badass. :) also, most if not all of those summons are people and animals you actually meet throughout the game. :) of course, they cost money and different summon does something different. :)

I believe this game is a turn-based thing like Pokémon, Persona, and Final Fantasy. Very different from the action stuff you’ve guys have seen in this series where they beat people into bloody pulps. Some fans liked it, some didn’t. Still these summons are pretty cool. Especially the 2nd half where it pretty much was popular Yakuza characters throughout the series. Although I want to mention 2 particular ones. The one where the does, what Ken calls at least, “crazy fists” and that symbol he had behind him. Asura is celestial being in Hindu mythology that are considered enemies of the gods. Usually symbolize pride, power, and wrath. And the chicken one where Ichiban ate the egg on rice. And no Ken, that wasn’t Fried Rice. There’s a traditional Japanese Egg dish called “Tamago Kake Gohan” (literally translates to “Egg on Rice) where you eat raw egg on top of a fresh bowl of hot rice (mostly accompanied with some soy sauce 😋). That may sound iffy to eat for some people, but the idea is that you drop the egg on and rice and mix it around and the heat from the rice will cook the egg enough to eat. Some people bring up Salmonella when it comes to raw stuff, but Japanese eggs are carefully selected to prevent that sort of thing. Can’t say the same for western eggs though.

these are just the summons, the game itself has quite a number of badass female party members and even NPCs

Fun fact:Ichiban(The one that keeps summoning the poundmates is voiced by Sub Zero in English :)))) )

7:41 I love this series it’s so bonkers in the best ways

So glad you guys reacted to this! Hope you can do Yakuza 7 all kiwami attacks in the future

Once you play this game I think you will understand what poundmates is but I suggest you play the whole series

Awesome reaction guys! been away from internet from some time, needed to take care of my health, but came here to check some new video updates! thank you and nice haircut ken! as aways, sorry about my bad english hahahaha take care and peace! Greetings from Brazil!

That last one includes characters from previous games. Sohei Dojima, a main villain in Yakuza 0. Futoshi Shimano, a major character in 0 and a major villain in 1. Shintaro Kazama, a main character and ally to the protagonists in 0 and 1. Osamu Kashiwagi, a major character and ally to the protagonists in 0, 1, 2, and 3. For Spoiler reasons that’s is all I’ll say about him. And…Daigo Dojima, main character and ally of the protagonists in Yakuza 2, 3, and 5. Main character but not an ally in 4. Significant character with little screen time in 6 and 7. He is also the son of main Yakuza 0 villain Sohei Dojima.

I'm so glad you reacted to this 👀 You should check Yakuza 8 too I love them all :3

Some of the summons are Heals and Buffs. Hence you don't see them doing anything because they don't cut to the combat to show what they did to the player and their party members.

14:15 There are woman in the game that can join your party and fight alongside you, they also have their special animations for special skills, you can watch those (i think they are called kiwami actions?) these summons are mostly from past characters and some special people you enconter and can help in the game

Yakuza is typically a male-dominated series because of the over the top violence, which the director wasn't comfortable being used on women. Kiryu himself refuses to ever strike a women as well. The reason 7 was brought up was actually due to the fact it was the first game to include playable female characters due to the series transitioning from a beat'em up into an RPG. If there isn't an All Essences video out there, I'll make one myself just so you can see these characters in action. Essence attacks are basically super moves that have animations similar to summons.

Watched this solely for the Gondawara summon.

Ha, Yakuza might've turned into a turn-based RPG, but it's still high quality. Anyway, hope you'll react to Lost Judgment's EX actions soon, as well.

Yes finally another yakuza video Also will you guys play the series on the channel

The Yakuza series is wild!

I know you guys didn’t bring it up, but the reason why the enemies had red eyes was because the new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, has a wild as hell imagination which causes him to envision life and battle like it was straight out of Dragon Quest. In the first three chapters of the game even, Ichiban uses his fists and his enemies are either Yakuza or desperate bums, fairly grounded in reality. The beginning of chapter 4, however, has him pick up a baseball bat that, with one of the party members snarking about it, he treats like a holy sword and he is a legendary hero. From there, the enemy literally transforms in his eyes to various monsters called Sujimon, staying human with wild designs. A normal man in a business suit, for example, can gain 100lb in weight and wield a giant sausage on a stick as a club. It’s just Ichiban too, everyone else is confused, but they roll with it cause he still fights hard Sujimon is also as subtle as a nuke, but they actually justify calling enemies that

9:30 Japan food handling safety is so thorough that they have a rice dish where they literally mix in a raw egg before eating Thats how unlikely you are to catch salamonia? is that the word?

There are a few badass female characters that turn up in the games but there are less of them since most stories focus on traditionally male-dominated Yakuza groups. As of the latest two games we’ve gotten playable women though, and they kick just as much ass as the gents!

You guys have to do the Kiwami actions for this game too. They are great

All the cool female characters in the yakuza games are mainly in 7 and 8 as playable characters not poundmates

I am a sucker for straight up beat downs in any series ao hundred fist of asura is my fav by so damn far

cute puppy alert!!

Just saw the community tab still hoping for battlefield 1 melee animations

Community agree that Ichiban canonically have schizo that's what happening here

you guys should react to like a dragon infinite wealth's poundmates next

RETSU GHET OVAH ZEH TOPPU!

this is also one of the best yakuza games to get into the series

Yeah. Japanese creativity can be either incredibly beautiful or absurdly weird. We love them both.

So, the idea for "Like A Dragon" to be an RPG parody was originally conceived as an April Fool's Day joke by the creator of the Yakuza franchise. But enough of the fanbase thought it was cool enough that they basically said, "Either we get the RPG Yakuza game, or we riot," and so they actually made the full-fledged game because why not. They even state that Ichiban simply imagined these since he is a big fan of the RPG genre as a whole.

There are various badass female characters, although most of them are allies, you never get to fight any of them

You should watch the Poundmates for Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth

Ya gotta react to judgment from the yakuza series ex actions 🔥

*Note* If/When you decide to play through the Yakuza series, you definitely don't want to do them all back to back unless you have a really good reason. I mean, you should start at 0 and move forward from there, but you should play other games in between. I know a lot of people put off the games because they think of doing them all at once but that is a whole lot of Yakuza! It's hard for anything to not get stale with that much to go through. Thankfully, the games are great at recapping anything from previous games if it is really relevant to the current storyline.

One of the greatest games I’ve ever played. And I’m not even joking.

@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yakuza 8 has some badass females for their summons, please react to it in the future its super awesome ❤

Patriarchs are like generals or leaders of the yakuza. I think it was yakuza 2 had a matriarch however I don’t remember what happened to her. But yeah the yakuza is mainly men and honestly I’d rather not see a woman get beat up especially since pretty much every yakuza besides the main characters murder and get murdered like all the time

When will you start Yakuza series?

Highly recommend you to react to Baldurs Gate 3 an unexpected adventure (with frodo and sam)

Suggestion Yakuza 7 like dragon all characters attacks

Dragon Quest 11 Pep Powers next please!!

Honestly, the Yakuza games are probably ones you should watch the plot of. They are games that watching the plot would take 8 hours, playing the game takes 250 hours. Unless you play them off stream, then do that.

Hopefully more Yakuza 7 reactions stuff comes there is so much Heh

There are female party members in Yakuza 7

Oh yeah yakuza 7 is rpg turned based thats why you see these as special attacks/heals/supports ^^

Nancy-chan and omelette are badass female characters

Should react to overwatch 2 all hero voice lines

can you react to yakuza all dynamic intros?

The reaction was fun and all but I feel that you need to have played throught their substories in order to fully enjoy the experience. On their own it's just funny weird imagery but each one of these characters have a funny but heartwarming story to tell. So please play through the game, you won't regret it.

The funny thing is that all of these dudes are friends you can make through side stories. 😂

Aww, darn it! No Akiyama!

Part of the reason there are very few female fighters in the Yakuza series is that the creators want to uphold Kiryu's strict policy of not hitting women. They feel so strongly about this, they have expressed reservations about even putting him in fighting games as a guest character because you might be able to make him fight a woman, and that would be out of character.

This is like JJK domain expansions but better and cooler

So freaking jarring hearing this in English when I'm so use to the Japanese voices, anyway you guys should also check out the ones from Yakuza 8 infinite wealth as well as all of the ultimate attacks from both that and like a Dragon.

Please play the whole series.

Bravo.

You should watch yakuza game out of context.

Sadly all the bad ass female characters don't come in until 6-8 there was one in Yakuza 2 but the writing team changed after 2 and she was written out of the series she doesn't come back until 8 Any other female characters in this series are either supporting characters or there to die Fun fact: 40% of the Yakuza fan base are female

At least Majima’s dub is alright

Please react to Yakuza like a dragon karaoke songs

Lotsa Yakuza games ngl. Will probably never play them like Assassin's Creed. Too many...

Lol wtf

Dub? Please never do dub.