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Yakuza: Like a Dragon | The End of Yakuza | Part Arakawa-SAN (Ichiban-Ka) (Patreon)

Published:
2025-07-29 22:18:55
Imported:
2026-06

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We've done it! We've come to the end of the Yakuza series (technically!) Ichiban's debut comes to an end with one of the series most hard hitting endings. Big talks of themes and society.

The full upload will hopefully be out tomorrow and will be charged for, this version will remain unlisted as it got hit for the section of Ichiban-Ka, so the public version will have the tiniest of changes

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon | The End of Yakuza | Part Arakawa-SAN (Ichiban-Ka)

Today we're playing the final stretch of Yakuza: Like a Dragon! Ichiban's initial quest comes to a close! And we're all thankful I'm above making my thumbnail an End of Evangelion reference because that's the hackiest format going. Ichiban ka lives on Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/TehSnakerer Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tehsnakerer Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tehsnakerer PART 8: From Rock Bottom 8-1. The Odds 00:00 8-2a. Ichiban Holdings: The Money Game 15:57 8-2b. Managing the Menus 24:33 8-2c. Yokohama Personalities: Vacancies and Vocational School 29:55 8-2d. Ichiban Holdings Story: Minutes I'll Never Get Back 32:39 8-3. To Sotenbori! 36:11 8-4. Omi HQ: The Difficulty Spike 40:05 PART 9: The End of Yakuza 9-1. The End of Yakuza 44:22 9-2. Ichiban & Masumi: Peers at the Pier 54:57 9-3. Masumi Passes On 59:31 9-4. The Theme's A Dream: The Whereabouts of Light and Darkness 01:03:04 9-5. Like Father, Unlike Son 01:11:44 9-6. Passing the Torch Back and Forth 01:21:47 9-7. The Mirror Breaks 01:34:56 PART 10: To the Pinnacle 10-1. The Counter-Plot 01:40:00 10-2. Dragon Kart: Drifting into Last Place 01:44:26 10-3. The Romance Substories 01:48:50 10-4. Tower Battle 2019 01:54:40 10-5. Overcoming a Dragon 01:57:26 10-6. For His Sake 02:04:08 10-7. Returning to Rock Bottom 02:11:01 10-8. Ending at Rock Bottom 02:22:32 10-9. Fin 02:29:20 10-10. To Be Continued? 02:31:31

Comments

Steve

1: If this is where Yakuza commentary ends, and you just talk about other weird nonsense, I've made the right choice. 2: If you decide to continue talking about Yakuza in between other weird nonsense, I've made the right choice. 3: I'm not sure you could do it without thinking of Playing, and that's a very legitimate reason, but I personally think Judgement has the single best story RGG have ever told (almost like they'd had over a decade writing crime fiction and didn't need to tie it to anyone we've ever heard of) so even if we never get a video, I suspect you would enjoy the story

NTG

The reveals in Part 9-5 felt like one soap opera cliche after another. But hey, if more soap opera plots involved characters beating each others up with fancy martial arts movies while wearing cosplay outfits I would enjoy them a lot more. I love the final interaction between Masato and Ichiban. That was a genuinely emotional moment. Didn't care much about Kume before, but that scene made me really hate his guts. Your reviews actually made me interested in the Yakuza series. Before that I didn't really cared that much about it, but now I may actually give the newest game a try. What are the odds of you doing a Mindseye review? Afterall you did review similar games like Watch Dogs series and Saints Row IV. Games which looks like GTA when compared to Mindseye.

TehSnakerer

I do wanna give Mindseye a look, but the asking price has had me holding off

NTG

Understandable. I've watched a Let's Play of the whole game and it's not worth the price.

Ancarius

With the ending of the video i do really want to say how much i appreciate your work. Your videos helped me a lot in my enjoyment of videogames and being better in articulating my thoughts. The Yakuza Videos were for me my way to experience these games as i never really got along with the old Combat System, so i was really excited when i i have finally played one before watching your take on it. So again i really appreaciate you.

Letty Whiterock

When discussing the combat, you mentioned that you prefer the pre-dragon engine feel of real time combat. I agree, with 5 and 0 being my personal favorites in that regard. But I'm curious, what specifically about it do you prefer? And can you think of any changes they could make to the dragon engine combat that would improve or even surpass the old feel?

TehSnakerer

There's far greater snappiness to the combat. It's sharper and control feels more direct. Post dragon engine I feel a bit more like I'm pulling a shopping trolley on a rope. It lends greater heft and momentum to some aspects of combat but removes a good deal of the immediacy and tactility from it. Having not played LJ I've got an incomplete perspective to work from and I've heard it's very, very good. But from what I have played it feels like Yakuza 6 wanted to go in a more freeform, physics based direction, and early failed experiments have led to an awkward half step back. Thing is, conceptually I enjoy Yakuza 6, I kinda wish we got to see them try to keep iterating on that new approach in some fashion. It feels bland to say but I think if they'd kept some of the physics influence while maybe making player control more sharp as it used to be you could have the best of both worlds. Gaiden I remember really disliking the feel, I wasn't hot on either style and kept waiting on the upgrades that'd make either feel whole but they never came.

Ben Crawford

My response to your ending: I started watching your videos because of your Video on YIIk. That game left me baffled beyond belief and you had the insight knowledge about the game i was looking for. As for the Yakuza series, i got introduced via Zero and have thoroughly enjoyed that game. It wasn't until I had played far through YZ that I began watching your Yakuza Series. That being said, i not only find your videos informative but extremely mind opening. I enjoy your deep knowledge of the series against my lack of such, especially when it comes to judging characters actions and decisions. That's not even mentioning the way your writing and video direction makes every one of your videos thoroughly enjoyable. In short: your Yakuza series has not only made me appreciate the extreme talent that RGG has displayed through the years but also showcases your talent as a writer and as a speaker. Your videos always give me a lot to agree with and more to think about.