Kiryu frequently fights multiple opponents at once, many of whom are armed with weapons (and the damage is very much visible
if he gets tagged). Some examples include: In Kiwami 2, he
fights his way through Osaka Castle, clearing multiple floors filled with samurai and ninja, alongside various traps and other silly stuff, before ultimately facing two tigers, all while barely recovered from
a poisoned stab wound (
The aftereffects remain apparent by the end of the chapter).
Beaten hundreds of Tojo Clan members armed with swords, firearms, and even rocket launchers. Additionally in K2 again, he can complete
Bouncer missions, basically a gauntlet mode, where in the final mission he fights a total of 100 men including the Amon brothers.
Putting aside the army solo stuff, even as far back as the prequel Yakuza 0, Kiryu can
instantly create a new fighting style after watching other martial artists perform just a few moves. In later games, he also quickly develops new moves and techniques through Revelations by witnessing random events (And by random I
really do mean it). He can deflect
point-blank automatic rounds,
block rapid attacks, and is precise enough to
kick a falling knife by its hilt to strike an opponent. Can anticipate, block, and weave through consecutive strikes from various highly capable fighters:
There’s a recurring feature across the games
called coliseum. There Kiryu can fight numerous skilled combatants, some of whom have rather wacky backgrounds.
Here are some notable examples (There’s even one fighter who “made a career as a fortune-teller renowned for accuracy” and
fortune-tellers in this verse genuinely possess precognitive abilities)
Kiryu’s AnPr allows him to tag Mr. Try and Hit Me,
which requires being at least four to five steps ahead of him, and later Master Try and Hit Me, who has
transcended his previous capabilities. He can
fight without thinking, which also makes it possible for him to defeat opponents who could
previously dodge and block all of his and
Ichiban’s strikes.
Do note that Kiryu’s AD helps him grow in skill as well,
and his techniques become increasingly refined over time. He used Minamida’s IF-7 and
IF7-R,
which simulate particularly strong opponents previously fought; defeating them makes the user stronger and allows to learn new techniques. This even includes simulations of Kiryu himself.
He also bested Ugajin- an inexperienced Ugajin 20 years earlier defeated a prime Mizorogi, anticipate all of Mizorogi’s moves with just a glance. This Mizorogi had already mastered combat techniques from around the world, pushed himself beyond human limits, and could find a million ways to handle his opponents, adjusting on the fly.
He fought and defeated both
Akiyama and
Tanimura at the same time, barely tiring at all. Both of them
can experience Revelations like Kiryu,
learning new moves after just a few repetitions,
using IF7-R,
and fighting off multiple opponents at once. Tanimura, in particular,
defeated a small army of fully armored and armed police officers. And since they were protags,
they also fought and defeated members of the Amon clan.
To elaborate on
the Amon, they are a clan of extremely deadly and proficient assassins. The members of this clan have mastery over all sorts of weapons and possess the ability to mimic the fighting styles of other combatants.
Jo Amon, Kiryu’s most recurring enemy, is one of the strongest characters in the series.
He has killed myriad opponents and used the IF-7 to fight them again in order to quite literally absorb their fighting skills. He has also copied various fighting styles, including
Majima’s, Kiryu’s, and his own brothers’. He even defeated Kiryu’s teacher,
Sotaro Komaki, the master of the Komaki Style
and has continued improving its techniques to adapt with the changing times. Not only that, but in battle, Jo also fights with extremely high damage weaponry and advanced gadgets, these include lightsabers capable of quickly
depleting Kiryu’s entire health bar (which he generally cannot survive without Extreme Heat Mode),
drones and explosive roombas that fill the entire arena,
satellite laser beams, a copied version of Dragon Spirit that causes most attacks to bounce off him while granting a significant speed boost (
conveyed as fast quicksteps covering large distances,
similar to Kiryu's), and
telekinetic abilities etc. (In fact Kiryu has dealt with equally silly stuff when fighting
So Amon back in Y0, who also wielded a funny
near instakill laser cannon)
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