A very intense fight that is much more symbolic to Kiryu than it initially seems, you'll know what I mean if you watch it all. I'll let the video tell you all about it. Follow me on Twitter: devilleon7
Come to think of it, Hirose finally getting to see the Secret of Onomichi before he died reminds me of how Yumi got the flower tattoo showing that she wanted to see Kiryu again even if it was just for one night.
And Hirose revealing why he took the boys in right before he died reminds me of Shintaro Kazama revealing the truth on why he built Sunflower Orphanage
Good news: He's not holed up in a castle nor forcing you to engage in insanely difficult trials born from his drunken ramblings. Bad news: He has a knife.
it hurts and heartbreaking which he can relate to those guys which they look up their idol and then later they found out were been living with the terrible lie and faced the ugly truth about it
@@KusabiTetsugoro True, I think another link is the Nagumo-Kiyomi-Someya triangle. It parallels Kiryu-Yumi-Jingu, where his childhood love had a child with a scumbag, and he feels some duty to look after the child like his own once the parents are dead.
This fight is silent and creepy, that someone is literally out to kill you in cold blood with no sign of remorse, probably one of the most well done boss fights in the game in my opinion.
It's impossible not to remember Kazama in the first game. This scene is totally a homage to the death of Kiryu's foster father. It's like him and Hirose are related somehow.
Yakuza 6 in general was an ode to Kiryu's life. It started with his daughter running away, much like he did in 0, then eventually he got to Onomichi and met a persistent jackass who came to love him like a brother, like in 3, and then the father of the baby of his daughter tries to kill himself for the sake of peace in a completely justified but blinded manor, like he has many times throughout the games (especially Yakuza 2 on top of the Kamurocho Hills tower), and then he sees the father figure to the family he hung around die in their arms after revealing that he was an assassin and that he killed their parents...
hirose was a mix of nakahara and kazama with a bit of shinada's story placed in the middle. his fighting reminded me less of a stone cold killer and more of a guardian of onomichi.
Its like he's studying each of Kiryu's moves. He seems extremely calculative. Very patient and shows no sign of sympathy or fear. He knows that he's facing one of the most legendary Yakuza figures in all of Japan, but he's completely calm. This dude's scary.
You know, we've fought some killers in these games, some stone cold faced killers..but hirose..I didn't expect him to be anything other than that loving grandpa you talk to and have a few beers with. But fighting him in this fight where he seems to just tank all your blows, even counter some of them, while pretty much being deadly accurate with these knives just..yeah..it was unsettling what a calm demeanor can hide.
@@KoreanSpy1997 he's literally like 70 in this game, if he was 20 any of our beloved main characters would have lost. It's insane to think about how old he is yet how skilled
I think what really scares me is just how willing to kill Kiryu Hirose actually is, he knows Kiryu is fighting like hell for the safety of a baby that even he's come to know, that he's a father figure just like him who's worried beyond measure about his adopted daughter and yet even after the bond he's made with Kiryu, he doesn't stop at outright murdering you for a secret even he doesn't know.
genuinely the most intimidated ive ever been by a boss fight in this franchise. hes not even that hard or anything its just. the knife. the way he moves. the fact that he barely makes a sound as you clobber him. kurusu called him the strongest man in hiroshima and this game sure as hell sold me on it
Seriously though, this boss fight is now one of my favorite in the entire series. Between the OST, atmosphere, the parallels to Kazama, and Hirose's Michael Myers-esque movement, it was absolutely fantastic in its execution.
3:13 damn that send chill down to my spine, I wonder how powerful hirose is in his prime day, damn this old man is strong, one of the best character in yakuza series for sure
Seriously fighting Takeshi in a Yakuza game is just like fighting Clint Eastwood in a Western game.Seriously just thinking of the thought of fighting Clint Eastwood as an RDR boss gives me chills
A lot of people say how this fight was scary, and I’m not denying that, but what I felt in this fight was sadness. I was sad that I had to fight Hirose and it just felt like I was fighting someone that had been worn out by life, with nothing but protecting the secret carrying him on through life.
he is so old, yet he was a fucking legendary boss fight. ultra fun and difficult and u feel like God of Hiroshima Vs Dragon of Dojima. God damn the pacing, the music the quicktime events, the build up, everything of this fight was legendary.
I don't know why but to me Hirose was far and away the most fearsome boss I have fought in Yakuza Saga. Not the difficulty of the fight itself. Just the pressure of an old Takeshi Kitano walking towards you with a knife in his hand
To think Hirose was betrayed by a man he saw as a father. I’m glad there are no more Iwami’s anymore in the Yakuza series because seriously the reason why Heizo kept the Yamato MK 2 secret was so he could keep having influence over Daidoji and Tsuneo, well, he was just worthless
The OST in the fight is one of the most unique in the franchise, i could totally see it in a Final Fantasy or Metal Gear final bosses, just incredible.
Takeshi Kitano is Japanese Chuck Norris. Always like his movie as an actor and director especially about Yakuza. He should been in this franchise and and we finally got it
Shintaro Kazama killed the biological parents of Yumi, Nishiki, & Kiryu back when they were little kids; Nishiki & Kiryu didn't join the Tojo Clan until 1985 when they were 17 as confirmed by Nishiki- 3 years before the events of Yakuza Zero (1988) when they were 20.
So I’ve been watching battle royale the movie where they get problem kids to kill each other in Japan and I’ve just realised Hirose is the same actor that was the instructor for the battle royale act :O he’s a great actor and amazing character in this game.
outstanding, considering also that according to the flashbacks revealed during the story and that y6 events happen in 2016, hirose should be >80 years old and his boss >100
....seeing the end of this fight, I'm just glad they didn't show a quick flashback of Kazama-san Killing Kiryus real parents in Y1 or KIWAMI 1. if that happened it would have Broke me.
@@GoldStorm07 I binged 0 to 6 on YT (Don't have money to get playstation and games :( ) and this thing is a damn gut punch. Would love to play this myself one day.
@@joshuaorejenes3671 All the games are on PC now through Steam, and they go on sale every once in a while. I think Kiwami 2 is the only one that costs more than $20 for its standard price.
Of all the things in this game that made me actually start bawling is when Matsunaga's father dropped that Yamato battleship replica. Even a member of the Yakuza can care and love their son...
Thats the thing. They might be the member of a criminal organization or a shady group, but that doesnt mean they don't have the capacity to love and be genuinely caring. Look at Someya aswell - he might've been yakuza, but as you know he loves his daughter and is willing to sacrifice himself for his ex wife and daughter.
Man, I love this character, he wss always charismatic yet calm yet scary, her voice is also nice to heard and her battle theme, gosh, my fav theme from this tittle so far
Nah, you got that wrong. The secret of Onomichi isn’t the battleship. It’s the secret connection between the Iwami ship building/Yomei Alliance and Daidoji. The battleship is simply the physical proof that such pact exist.
Funny idea but, a DLC featuring Toru Hirose will be quite nice I think, story of how he join Yomei alliance, and climb up in rank, then how he build the relationship with them, and then killed them, and then recruit their children
No it wouldn't hirose was nothing more then a dog chasing after food he killed all those people for a secret he didn't care what it was about all to please a weak man I had no sympathy for him he was cold blooded like thorfinn in season 1 of the vinland saga
So the secret of Onomichi is basically Laplace’s box from Gundam Unicorn. A giant political scandal that could destroy an entire government that was used as massive leverage.
Anyone gonna talk that he almost completely disappeared from kiryu's sight in the last qte and just appeared underneath him in a split second. Bare it in mind Kiryu has the reflexes to catch bullets. Scared the fuck outta me when it came.
Looks like an old World War 2 battleship. My grandfather (my mother's father) was a sailor during that war. He was on hospital ships, but I think he saw a few of those.
That is correct, but at the same time, it isn't. Those 2-guns turrets? They're probably from another battleship design that was never realised at the end of WWII, the Super Yamato. Most likely a much larger calibers; 51cm.
Hirose was not really a good guy ( He is kinda in a grey area actually ), but i felt sorry for him in the scene that the guy he saw as a father and that he obeyed all orders blindly until now ( was not able to kill only those he saw as his children ), shot him. A equivalent of this act would be Kazama killing Kiryu because he wasn't able to kill Haruka because she discover something that she shouldn't. In the end Hirose was only a tool to him. Because of what he did in that situation, i found satisfying that Heizo was killed by his son's order off all people, and you can see in his face that he got hurt with that betrayal.
If you notice Hirose it really tough like he can not be take down unless you use heat action Most of the bosses being easily kick and easily fell down on the ground but Hirose.... oof, No matter how much we try unless we use heat action
Just got to this part of the game and I felt generally sad for both hirose and kiryu which paralleled the events of the series. Also the theme just felt heavy but it helped amplify the atmosphere…
This is why Yakuza 6 has canceled in South Korea... A Yamato Battleship MK-II. A symbol of Imperial Japanese Navy Force. Since South Korea suffered a Japanese Colonial Period, and it became unacceptable contents in Korea;That's why Sony Interactive Entertainment Korea which publisher of Yakuza series in Korea, has forbid the game. But seriously. It's just a game! It's not very bad! WTF SIEK are doing!? P.S. RIP Tohru Hirose... who guardian of "It of Onomichi."
