Don't worry mate, your comments are perfectly reasonable. My initial comment wasn't intended to say that my preference is better than yours. Maybe I need to improve my phrasing 😅

I agree, the boss fight and the dynamic between Ryuji and Kiryu is really fascinating, that's why I said as a "standalone" boss fight, it's up there with my favourites.

I liked the Shibusawa boss because he had schemed from the shadows throughout Yakuza 0 and directly or indirectly led to deaths of characters that were dear to Kiryu and Majima, defeating Keiji was the birth of the "Dragon Of Dojima" where Kiryu truly inherited Kazama's creed as a Yakuza and put an end to Shibusawa's script written in blood of innocents.

As for Nishiki, the dynamic between him and Kiryu was being built upon throughout '0'. The bond they had was greater than any blood bonds, they promised to support each other no matter the hardships. That's why Nishiki's descent into madness was even more painful to watch. Nishiki lost Kiryu, the one ally he knew would always cherish him no matter who or what he was which forced him to go down the dark path. Kiryu also lost the innocent man Nishkiyama was before 1995. Those 10 lost years weren't coming back but both of them knew they had put an end to their struggle. It wasn't just a normal battle, it was Nishikiyama's Koi going up against Kiryu's Dragon, each punch carried emotional weight. The flashbacks of the years gone by, that was peak Yakuza for me.

No matter what our preferences are, one thing we can both agree on is that the Yakuza series is a masterpiece. It was good talking to a fellow Yakuza enjoyer, cheers mate.

I'd rather put Shibusawa Vs Kiryu here followed up by Kiryu vs Nishikiyama. The Ryuji fight as a standalone boss battle is epic but Kiwami 2 ending was just too goofy for me with forced plot twists which took away from the overall vibe of the final boss. 0 and Kiwami had more impactful and emotional endings.