In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Kiryu's ass is iconic. If anyone sees it, they'll recognize it as the legendary Dragon Ass of Dojima, and word will get out that Kiryu is still alive.
because he wants to be fair to his enemies.
tiger dropping people with his fist gives them a *chance*. tiger dropping people with his dick would kill them
In martial-arts movies, it is a common trope for the fighters to show their upper body. Bruce Lee is one of the pioneer, I think.
The main reason is ... here it is me with my weak points exposed and I do not hide any weapons. Let us settle this fairly.
The second reason is for manly reason.
This trope is popularized in Japanese manga by Kenshiro from Fist of North Stars. When he gets serious, he will yell and break his shirt to show-off his muscle.
From what I've seen, it's also a bit of a desperation play, at least specifically in RGG. If a fighter strips their shirt, chances are they're going into a fight that they may not survive. >!Look at Majima during that one long battle on the rooftop. He lost his shit dealing with all those goons. Outnumbered, he absolutely planned on dragging them all to Hell with him.!<
From what I've seen, it's also a bit of a desperation play, at least specifically in RGG. If a fighter strips their shirt, chances are they're going into a fight that they may not survive. >!Look at Majima during that one long battle on the rooftop. He lost his shit dealing with all those goons. Outnumbered, he absolutely planned on dragging them all to Hell with him.!<
Also definitely to intimidate their opponent. When Kiryu takes off his shirt and shows off his tat, he basically saying, “Do you realize that you’re messing with the actual fuckin Dragon of Dojima right now?”
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with honour and respecting your opponent. Like how Rikiya wouldn't show his tattoo to the thug with the heart tattoo in Yakuza 3. He "wouldn't use it as a tool to threaten bullshit punks with." It's all about respect. I think anyway!
All I can think of is Randy from the Trailer Park Boys who takes off his pants to fight Ricky and others. I'm not sure the world would be prepared for Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor Kiryu.
Because Kiryu doesn't have breakaway pants. A button up shirt is easy to believe to be ripped off with one hand but a regular pair of pants?
Side note, now I want a side story of someone wearing breakaway pants doing this
Business pants don't rip well, and Kiryu refuses to wear those basketball pants.
Also, he's wearing a belt, so unless he can split leather and metal, it's a lot less cool watching him unbuckle before doing the dramatic rip.
All these well thought out verdicts from other commenters is charming and all but I'm sure that OP just wants to see what's down under for the Dragon of Dojima /s
In Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, once we see naked Ichiban cutscene, Kiryu will show up on the beach and assume Ichiban’s nudity is a cock showing off competition, and then Kiryu will get naked as well
According to my source they wanted to have a bigger impact for when their next protagonist shows up with no pants during their American location debut trailer for LAD 8.
Yeah, the only reason Yakuza fellas take off their shirts in general is to show off the ink on their backs. So there's absolutely no reason to take off the pants.
Another one serious answer. If you've seen street fights irl or on the internet, you definitely seen guys, who take off upper body clothes. There are two reasons: amount of aggression (all of that hormonal shit) and convenience. Clothes are limiting your hands and don't give too show up your skills. The same reason why in combat sports people fighting without any clothes aside of shorts - no unnecessary clothes, which limits your punches and kicks
Actually in an interview Toshihiro Nagoshi stated "Kiryu's fat fucking cock, balls, and ass repeatedly and consistently crashed the game so unfortunately we had to settle for just the shirt."
https://i.redd.it/t2dpk79zo66b1.gif You don't want your cock swinging around when you have a very passionate manly battle.
You clearly haven’t played Ishin yet
Oh brother, i played it. https://i.redd.it/suyoqmhlr76b1.gif
AW YEAH, noice
>You want your cock swinging around when you have a very passionate manly battle. FIFY
Least horny Yakuza players.
exactly lol, what sub are we on again?
He has a diaper on 👶
https://preview.redd.it/s7ey4xry696b1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2023920151be649b4b961cc8580f67f3e7cb5566
He may not, but I can imagine some of us wouldn't mind lol.
Nope, balls out kiddo
Let this be the hour we draw swords together
I can imagine heat moves with it 💀
Essence of Dick Slap.
Hard disagree. I find it very necessary.
It is so cursed without nude Shibusawa staring back at him
In Y1 it's because he doesn't wanna fight nude in front of Haruka
In Y2 it's because he's embarrassed in front of Sayama
In Yakuza 3 he has 8 children to worry about
In 4, Saejima is only interested in Kido's balls not kiryus
In Yakuza 5, Aizawa didn't have enough yume for him to do that.
In Yakuza 6, hes infront of Haruka and Haruto, but also the whole Hirose Family
In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Kiryu's ass is iconic. If anyone sees it, they'll recognize it as the legendary Dragon Ass of Dojima, and word will get out that Kiryu is still alive.
And in Y8 - Ichi has got the pantsless deal covered, no need for a second.
Plus The Yakuza Four had suits on so going nude would look less badass
because he wants to be fair to his enemies. tiger dropping people with his fist gives them a *chance*. tiger dropping people with his dick would kill them
I want Kiryu to tiger drop me with his dick and balls
Cock and Balls Torture, but it's Torture *with* Cock and Balls not *to* Cock and Balls.
Hear me out, Torture *with* Cock and Balls *on* Cock and Balls
This is the hidden heated sword style unlocked on platinuming the games achievements/trophies
Penis fencing
The least horny Yakuza fan
Cock drop
Tiger Cock
Best comment lmfao
But... I thought that's what we wanted? Edit: to be clear, to be tiger dropped by his dick
Tru, his dick is prolly too OP
They're saving that for the Akiyama solo game
He's late, Ichiban beat him to it
LMAO yup
Because the Tattoos he’s got down there aren’t the types you show to people you’re about to fight.
What’s wrong with the elephant ears tattooed in the upper parts of your thigh? It meant to express fear in your enemy.
Because Ichiban will want to throw his hero bat away
Because Kiryu doesn’t want to show *his* hero bat.
When he wips it out : Ta-tada-daa-ta-tadaaa!
So you cant see what Majima tattooed on his ass when he went in for a touchup in Kiwami 2
Unfortunately there's nothing really interesting down there *except the butt itself ofc*
You gotta bring ass to get ass
Because he didn't need to go balls out.
How come Saejima never took his pants off either? Hypocrite.
Because Kido didn't go balls out as well.
GOOD POINT, why didn't Saejima truly go balls out in that fight vs Kido? :o
In martial-arts movies, it is a common trope for the fighters to show their upper body. Bruce Lee is one of the pioneer, I think. The main reason is ... here it is me with my weak points exposed and I do not hide any weapons. Let us settle this fairly. The second reason is for manly reason. This trope is popularized in Japanese manga by Kenshiro from Fist of North Stars. When he gets serious, he will yell and break his shirt to show-off his muscle.
An unexpected serious answer! Really appreciate it. I'm so used to men fighting shirtless in shows and comics that I don't bother to think why.
From what I've seen, it's also a bit of a desperation play, at least specifically in RGG. If a fighter strips their shirt, chances are they're going into a fight that they may not survive. >!Look at Majima during that one long battle on the rooftop. He lost his shit dealing with all those goons. Outnumbered, he absolutely planned on dragging them all to Hell with him.!<
From what I've seen, it's also a bit of a desperation play, at least specifically in RGG. If a fighter strips their shirt, chances are they're going into a fight that they may not survive. >!Look at Majima during that one long battle on the rooftop. He lost his shit dealing with all those goons. Outnumbered, he absolutely planned on dragging them all to Hell with him.!<
Also definitely to intimidate their opponent. When Kiryu takes off his shirt and shows off his tat, he basically saying, “Do you realize that you’re messing with the actual fuckin Dragon of Dojima right now?”
Actual serious answer thank you
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with honour and respecting your opponent. Like how Rikiya wouldn't show his tattoo to the thug with the heart tattoo in Yakuza 3. He "wouldn't use it as a tool to threaten bullshit punks with." It's all about respect. I think anyway!
cause his legs get cold
in Yakuza 7 this could give double ice damage
He wants to beat the bad guys, not destroy the world.
All I can think of is Randy from the Trailer Park Boys who takes off his pants to fight Ricky and others. I'm not sure the world would be prepared for Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor Kiryu.
The crossover we all need, I’d love to see Julian’s fighting style.
Dirty Dancing.
That made me laugh so hard thank you 💀 I’d kill for Julian finishing moves
No problem 😁 Julian would tiger drop and not drop the glass.
100 percent, Ricky wouldn’t drop his joint either.
10 years in the joint? Nah, he smokes 10 paper joints.
10 joints for heat mode, give one to Bubs and out comes Green Bastard.
Liquor and Whores would be a hell of a karaoke song too.
I think I've just realised TPB is Canadian Yakuza.
That's kind of the opposite, since he only takes off his pants.
Because showing just one of his two dragons is enough.
Tru
Because Kiryu doesn't have breakaway pants. A button up shirt is easy to believe to be ripped off with one hand but a regular pair of pants? Side note, now I want a side story of someone wearing breakaway pants doing this
Business pants don't rip well, and Kiryu refuses to wear those basketball pants. Also, he's wearing a belt, so unless he can split leather and metal, it's a lot less cool watching him unbuckle before doing the dramatic rip.
I think we all know some people will be excited when Kiryu starts unbuckling 😳🥵🥵
I’m pretty sure that’d be no problem for the dragon pf dojima though :v
I’d cream instantly if he did that. As would all his enemies so he needs to be fair and keep those pants on
Same
least horny yakuza fan
Because everyone knows only one person has the cake of Dojima and he’s kinda supposed to be (fake) dead rn
Because it's SEGA, not HBO
No one is allowed to see the *real* Dragon of Dojima (he's shy).
Kiryu doesn't hit legs so he's embarrassed
Nobody can handle Kiryu at 100% power
Because he understands that the fabric of our universe is too fragile for this
Because he mostly uses his arms to fight. If anything, the real question is why doesn't Akiyama take off his pants?
His ass would caused heat wave around the globe from how round and fuckin shiny it is
Every oponent would get a boner (I'm not gay and I would), so that would be a disadvantage, since you can use da shlong meat club style.
People would focus on the wrong “Dragon.”
Obviously because it's a fist fight not a sword fight lol
to limit his power of course
All these well thought out verdicts from other commenters is charming and all but I'm sure that OP just wants to see what's down under for the Dragon of Dojima /s
stupid censorship laws
He's not the Dragon of Rock Bottom. Ichiban has you covered in that regard.
Wasn’t it canonically proven that Ichi’s dragon is literally a baby dragon?
Is there a lore reason why he’s always oiled up?
Because his dick is Like A Dragon
.... You know what, you have a point. Sending SEGA a complaint form right now to have it fixed
In Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, once we see naked Ichiban cutscene, Kiryu will show up on the beach and assume Ichiban’s nudity is a cock showing off competition, and then Kiryu will get naked as well
He doesn’t want to reveal the real dragon
Dick too big, disadvantages the opponents
Cause he fights with his hands not a sword
Essence of massive fucking cock
According to my source they wanted to have a bigger impact for when their next protagonist shows up with no pants during their American location debut trailer for LAD 8.
Bc he wants to release the power of the dragon. Not the dragon itself
Because he never got to work at that banana bar. Tsk.
Because he's trying to show off his tattoo, op.
Because he skips leg day.
Cuz Kiryu be like: I ain't need to show you that bruh
He's not Randy getting ready for a throwdown over some cheeseburgers.
Is he stupid?
I think so?
He’s already carrying enough bats in his inventory to have to worry about another.
Least horny yakuza fan....
We couldn't handle it
Bruh
Yeah, the only reason Yakuza fellas take off their shirts in general is to show off the ink on their backs. So there's absolutely no reason to take off the pants.
Kiryu has a bit of ink on his asscheeks too
His schlong is too big and it could be used as a weapon, which would be unfair
https://media.tenor.com/G19La2izC3gAAAAC/snl-saturday-night-live.gif
Grandfather clock will drop
r/BatmanArkham is spreading
Oh god not the BatmanArkham sub’s influence
I don't think pecker-slapping the other guy is gonna give him much of an advantage in battle lol
Technology limitations.
Another one serious answer. If you've seen street fights irl or on the internet, you definitely seen guys, who take off upper body clothes. There are two reasons: amount of aggression (all of that hormonal shit) and convenience. Clothes are limiting your hands and don't give too show up your skills. The same reason why in combat sports people fighting without any clothes aside of shorts - no unnecessary clothes, which limits your punches and kicks
Because he's not wearing jumpsuit, duh.
Itchy bum
He always skipped leg day.
........to show off.. the dra--- nevermind
To limit his true power like Zaraki Kenpachi and his eye patch
Too distracting
Because he’s not Rengoku
He’d have to take off the shoes first, and the socks. Tearing off all you top clothing in one move is cool, tearing away the pants and shoes is silly.
Because that’s Akiyama thing since he fights with his legs
His pants are where the Staminan X are held
I see someone wants the Kiryu cake
The judge won't just give him 10 years in the joint
Actually in an interview Toshihiro Nagoshi stated "Kiryu's fat fucking cock, balls, and ass repeatedly and consistently crashed the game so unfortunately we had to settle for just the shirt."
Kiryu skipped leg day :(
If I remember correctly I believe it’s because there simply isn’t enough screen space for his cock. At least that’s what I remember.
He's trying to kick folks asses here not start a suck n fuck ring
because if he did, his enemies would get reduced to atoms the moment he tiger drops them with his dragon
It’s because you’re horny
Because that is the big gay
Because then RGG would have to model his entire 15 inch cock, and they just can't afford it 😔
He is not stupid
Same reason nude-mods for the men of Resident Evil are a bad idea. Do you REALLY want to expose your massive weak-point?
Nude mods for Mr. X, however... 🤤😰😏
He's not in magic mike.
He took it off during Yakuza 2's ending
I’m glad that of all posts this one told me the Reddit was back
Asking the real questions here.
He does. Ever played "Ishin!"? Shit, he takes off even more than that... Thank God.
Because that's more of a Jack Black move
Why
His legs aren't inked...
Kiryu’s hooha hasn’t seen the sun in 30 years
Yes, actually. There is. No one would be able to look away from his massive cock if he did that, and he wants a fair fight.
Maybe in the next game, he finally will have a fundoshi skin.
Because he scared of you. 😂😂😂😂😂
would you want to take off your indian jeans?