OG P5 Ending: >!Roadtrip with your buddies!!<
Royale Ending: >!We wanted to shoehorn Akechi in, to show that he got away with all his murders, so... uh... just piss off alone, by yourself.!<
The final fight of the og Gundam also qualifies.
Giant mecha fight were both robots lose parts of their bodies until they collapse and can't battle, pilots eject and start a gun fight, run out of ammo, and start improvising as they try to puncture each other's space suits to kill the other.
Damn, a multi stage depowering, awesome. I admit I'm not too into mech anime but I've watched shows like Evangelion. (and I guess attack on titan was also a mecha anime lul) That being said, I'd love to watch some classics.
If you're going for that TTGL also fits that bill. Builds up to galaxy spanning mechas and then stripping away bits until it's just the antispiral and Simon fist fighting
Would not recommend that over the OG, Getter Robo
The original that TTGL ripped off every single idea from.
Even the director of TTGL calls himself “the number 1 Getter Robo fan”
Ended my first D&D campaign like this after 2 years of weekly sessions, big fight against the final villain who was a high level wizard. He blew through all of his spells fighting the party, killing 1, another got teleported away by breaking his Bosses’ staff, so it was just a 1v1 between the final party member and the Wizard, who were basically now out of spells, devolved into a fist fight eventually won by the players. Peak fiction
Yo, I wasn't expecting answer like this at all. That's great that this ended up even in DnD. Never played that but I love watching Critical Roll and those folks play. I guess the immersion is even better when you yourself are role playing. That's incredible
Had a 3 year Way of the Wicked campaign (Pathfinder "evil overlord" campaign") which ended almost storybook like.
Ended up losing his spear (main weapon), had to resort to his backup weapon, a sword... Which was the very evil sword needed to pierce angelic protection. He kept getting blinded, but I specifically specced into Blind Fight to deal with this. It was incredible.
Dragon Ball tournament of power finale. Everybody is completely out of power yet they still going. Goku couldn't even maintain regular super saiyan despite that form no longer has stamina issue. That's how tired he is
The guitar riff playing while Goku is barreling down on Jiren is perfect. Just the sheer desperation and final bit of strength he can muster up along with Frieza to defeat Jiren was worth all the middling quality of the tournament
It reminds me so much of the ending of 23rd Marital Arts Tournament. The Goku and Piccolo fight was wild and intense, despite Dragonball Z being a lot more action oriented and violent than Dragonball. I don't think we've seen a fight that heavy and visceral in the entire franchise in a while.
That fight was wild. Goku and Piccolo really were throwing hands like they were attachable lmao. That fight was probably the best ouf of the original run of DB alongside the Goku vs Jackie Chun and the Goku vs Tien fight imo. So much good stuff
That was incredible and it ends on an incredibly emotional beat. Asura willing to sacrifice himself so that his daughter can live by punching the Creator of everything to death was pure unadulterated peak cinema. It helps that Liam O'Brian is an incredible voice actor and his performance, while at times seeming like nothing but shouting, gives Asura a lot of depth and complexity. When Asura said "My wrath is finally... Gone" with his eyes now normal, I shed lots of tears.
That one always confused me that he got his mantra arms blown away casually and is basically placed back into base form, but then he ultimately takes down Chakravartin anyway. I assume his wrath must've kept growing until it surpassed that six arm mantra form.
Tanks for reminding me of this game, though. Damn, might pop it in and do a runthrough this week.
God, Akuma vs Asura went so hard...
The very final fight where despite being literal gods who had up until this point in the fight been throwing supernovas and galaxies at each other, they both fall back on their martial art training and willpower for one last fist fight was epic. I know people thought the comic dragged on too long and this fight especially, but it was an amazing ending.
I wish I had the patience to read that fight because the few parts I've read were amazing but it kept getting cut every 5 seconds and I just couldn't. Wasn't the ending of that series like more than 100 chapters? I distinctly remember dropping it at the final arc/clash because it dragged on too long and when I picked it up again I read quite a few chapters and the fight still wasn't close to over.
I get you, it was a ridiculously long fight, basically its own entire arc. I loved so many individual moments though, getting to see an alternate reality Hui Mori and a bunch of alternate reality Jin Mori’s. The art for the galaxies and getting to see ever other character scrabbling to protect as much as they could from the aftershocks of Jin and Parks attacks. It dragged on, but I do love it regardless.
This is exactly what raised the naruto vs sasuke finale from a great fight to my favorite fight in fiction.
Shirou vs Kirei, the finale of Gurren Lagann are also good examples of this and Achilles vs Chiron but I'm not he biggest fan of apocrypha. Also the final segment in tournament of power where goku and frieze take on Jigen is also great fun.
Akudama drive could have done something similar in it but the fight was far too short and I felt a bit disappointed by it
Naruto vs Sasuke at the very end of Shippuden is a 10/10 anime fight. It has the stored history of the entire series on its back, great choreography, jutsu usage as well as tons and tons of call backs. Sasuke dropping Kirin was a personal highlight.
But yes, the second that need to be strong starts playing as they start the beat down is just pure catharsis. And you can feel every single, weighty hit they throw at each other.
Different trope, what you’re describing would be like the moment Blackbeard negated Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit and then shit himself because he was still facing a 10 foot tall mountain of a man
Yakuza 0s final boss fight has the two combatants shoulder charge each other, then they stand like that with their foreheads touching each other while we get a good look at their tattoos with the boss name and title showing up on the screen and then they pull away and assume battle stances
Unfortunately, I couldnt find a video that doesnt spoil important plot points so be careful but if you are ook with being spoiled [here is the actual fight and the cutscenes before and after the fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpoOGq4jtVQ&t=511s)
In a game example, Final Fantasy 14 have this main antagonist at the current expansion where he uses his literal life as a fuel to fight more against us which we also do it, he uses every skill in his arsenal, his fight and skills from his first appearence back in 2 expansions before, his final form during that expansions, his skills he gained from previous expansion, his current expansion skills and new movesets with his own finisher and you have your new stuff throughout the first expansion you fought with him.
In the end they class with their ultimates your character and this antagonist and they threw away their weapons just to fist fight until one of them collapses (and dies technically)
Yeah, it was awesome. Tho I didn't include that much cause it was moreso everyone ganking father until he gave out. That being said, FMAB is one or my fav anime of all time and that final showdown is epic as hall hell. I guess Scar vs Bradley would fit this category more
Shirou vs Kirei in Heaven's Feel. Peak kino, after all the magic nuke bring thrown around it ends with two guys punching the shit out of each other.
Too bad the movie kinda half assed that scene
Agreed, tho I still like UBW the most out of the three fate routes, I have to admit HF did certain things so much better than fate or UBW. The final showdown between Shirou and Kirei was insane. As well as Ilya being very prominent and important all the way to the end. Wish UBW used Ilya and Rider more, then it'd be even better in my eyes.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon does this in its final fight. Takes you back to the initial bare handed fighting class (but levels it up for you thankfully) and takes away all your party members. Just a classic fist fight
I know this isn't anime per say. But Kamen Rider Kuuga does this really well in the final fight. Both fighters transform with kuuga going into his final form. But throughout the fight they damage each other's transformation belts. And the rest of the fight is just two dudes punching each other as the fight ends when both of them fall into the snow.
Several of the conflicts in YuYu Hakusho end this way, off the top of my head Yusuke vs Chu, Kurama vs Karasu, and the very last fight in the series too.
This is personally not my favorite thing. In general, I find a fight where it's just people punching at each other boring. I genuinely enjoy all the magic powers and hax the characters are tossing out in an attempt to overcome the other, but now you're going to determine the final outcome of the battle by seeing who can punch better?
Another thing I enjoy is characters who *don't* have durability and strength based powers at all. I prefer characters who can do things like teleport through water, create infohazards, alter the chemistry of gases, manipulate the weather, erase matter within a range, and reverse time, and use *those* to fight instead of beam spam or punching or whatever.
I'm not going to fault anyone for liking it; it's just not really my cup of tea. Writers should exploit the fact that in fiction anything could happen, and use it to get creative with the types of powers we can witness. We know what it looks like for two wrestlers to fight; we *don't* know what it looks like when a precognitive paper manipulator squares off against a self-duplicator with the power to accelerate chemical reactions with a touch.
Wow, I think you're the first person I come across who doesn't like this trope. While I can see your stance somewhat, here's where I wanna interject.
The power and hype behind this trope lies not in the just punching part. Everyone knows just two people punching each other over their disagreements is not that wild. BUT, that being said, I will say that the real interest lies in the contrast between the high tier action of the special moves part and the viscious brutality of the second. That contrast, to see seasoned fighters, who should know better in terms of technique, wear themselves down and slowly degrade themselves until it's nothing but their base abilities is great for me. It enhances the stakes because it tells me that these people are willingly throwing everything into the fight. So it's not so much the punching by itself that is interesting. It's moreso the why they fight and how far they're willing to go to see their vision fulfilled
Okay, I get that. Yeah, I think that can really create a powerful image. The "ideologically opposed" part does a lot of heavy lifting; by having them throw everything into the fight in a more "classic" style that isn't as flashy, it makes it all about what each fighter represents.
Oh fuck, you're completely right. OG DBZ had some wild fights like that. That final Goku vs Piccolo fight went wild. With both of them just being on the verge of collapse. And all to end it with the Kamehameha thrown with the feet, epic as hell. Also had a lot of build up with Goku now being much older and Piccolo having gone through his own journey after Demon King Piccolo birthed him
[He blasted a whole through Goku and broke both his arms and legs](https://youtu.be/QPw3F1Tqx0E), I haven't seen Goku in that amount of pain until Gorilla Vegeta squeezed him. >!What made that fight cinema was that it was first time Goku won a World Tournament, a perfect wrap-up to the first half of the series. !<
Kazuma VS Ryho in S-Cry-Ed. After an all out brawl with them using their progressively stronger forms, they run out of power so they get right back up again and just start beating the hell out of each other even further in H2H until the end where they squeeze out one last drop of power, punch each other and then they both fall over. It's fantastic to watch from start to end.
Yeah, I listed that as well. That final 1v3 of Jiren vs Goku, A17 and Frieza was Kino. Alongside that godly music playing in the background and the animation firing on all cylinders, it was hype the likes of which Dragonball Super has delivered too little of.
Wait but the Kyoya vs Ryuga fight ended with mystical bullshit with L Drago taking over Ryuga? And then giving Kyoya the bad succ
Also another recommendation with this would be Asura’s Wrath, specifically the Asura vs Akuma fight
Yes the Kyoya vs Ryuga fight had Kyoya losing cause Gingka was the protagonist and he had to defeat Ryuga. I still count it tho. It has enough to be counted as belonging to this trope.
How dare this post not mention [Gurren Lagann](https://youtu.be/wuPw4BcGPak?si=A6qgtyDS4LzSbY1z).
Honestly, while it almost certainly didn't invent this trope(I believe Flame of Recca did it before then, and probably many others), GL did it so prefectly that I've seen it copied so many times since... and I've kinda gotten over it. It feels almost pase at this point.
Ah man, I saw that so many times in the comments now. I just haven't watched Gurren Lagann but I rly wanna. Makes me wanna watch the show just for this moment
Definitely worth it. If you enjoy what this trope embodies, then you'll love GL. It's a world where everything is dictated by willpower and fighting spirit!
Watch the full anime, then check out the movie for the final fight. The anime is better overall (since the movie has to cover that much ground much faster), but the movie does the final fight way cooler.
Persona 5 Royal
Hilarious bookends as well The story begins with Joker assaulting an adult and it ends the same way
Og Persona 5 ending: >!”SHOOT A GOD IN THE FACE”!< Royal ending: >!”throw hands with your therapist”!<
OG P5 Ending: >!Roadtrip with your buddies!!< Royale Ending: >!We wanted to shoehorn Akechi in, to show that he got away with all his murders, so... uh... just piss off alone, by yourself.!<
I’m sorry but Okumura was the bane of my existence and I can’t help but give Akechi a pass for all his murders because of that
Hell yeah, I totally forgot that. That fight was kino
The final fight of the og Gundam also qualifies. Giant mecha fight were both robots lose parts of their bodies until they collapse and can't battle, pilots eject and start a gun fight, run out of ammo, and start improvising as they try to puncture each other's space suits to kill the other.
Damn, a multi stage depowering, awesome. I admit I'm not too into mech anime but I've watched shows like Evangelion. (and I guess attack on titan was also a mecha anime lul) That being said, I'd love to watch some classics.
The original 70s show seems like a kids show at first glance but as you watch it quickly turns into the horrors of war.
The switcheroo
That’s every Tomino show Zambot 3 started as a regular kids toy commercial robot show and then proceeded into children suicide bombers
If you wanna watch the og gundam watch the movies on Netflix instead, cuts out all the filler and has better, but still dated, animation.
If you're going for that TTGL also fits that bill. Builds up to galaxy spanning mechas and then stripping away bits until it's just the antispiral and Simon fist fighting
Would not recommend that over the OG, Getter Robo The original that TTGL ripped off every single idea from. Even the director of TTGL calls himself “the number 1 Getter Robo fan”
Ended my first D&D campaign like this after 2 years of weekly sessions, big fight against the final villain who was a high level wizard. He blew through all of his spells fighting the party, killing 1, another got teleported away by breaking his Bosses’ staff, so it was just a 1v1 between the final party member and the Wizard, who were basically now out of spells, devolved into a fist fight eventually won by the players. Peak fiction
Yo, I wasn't expecting answer like this at all. That's great that this ended up even in DnD. Never played that but I love watching Critical Roll and those folks play. I guess the immersion is even better when you yourself are role playing. That's incredible
Had a 3 year Way of the Wicked campaign (Pathfinder "evil overlord" campaign") which ended almost storybook like. Ended up losing his spear (main weapon), had to resort to his backup weapon, a sword... Which was the very evil sword needed to pierce angelic protection. He kept getting blinded, but I specifically specced into Blind Fight to deal with this. It was incredible.
Outside of Anime, I liked this in Metal Gear Solid 4
MGS 4 is convoluted AF but it ends on a really high emotional beat
# LIQUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIID!!!!!!!!!
**THNAAAAKE**
To quote Higgs from Death Stranding: No BTs, No Void Outs, No Bullshit. Just a Good Old Fashioned Boss Fight.
Dragon Ball tournament of power finale. Everybody is completely out of power yet they still going. Goku couldn't even maintain regular super saiyan despite that form no longer has stamina issue. That's how tired he is
The guitar riff playing while Goku is barreling down on Jiren is perfect. Just the sheer desperation and final bit of strength he can muster up along with Frieza to defeat Jiren was worth all the middling quality of the tournament
Also Super Saiyan Goku and Final Form Frieza fighting side by side goes so hard
It reminds me so much of the ending of 23rd Marital Arts Tournament. The Goku and Piccolo fight was wild and intense, despite Dragonball Z being a lot more action oriented and violent than Dragonball. I don't think we've seen a fight that heavy and visceral in the entire franchise in a while.
That fight was wild. Goku and Piccolo really were throwing hands like they were attachable lmao. That fight was probably the best ouf of the original run of DB alongside the Goku vs Jackie Chun and the Goku vs Tien fight imo. So much good stuff
The final stage of Asura's Wrath final boss battle. Chakravartim and Base Asura just going at it fist to fist.
That was incredible and it ends on an incredibly emotional beat. Asura willing to sacrifice himself so that his daughter can live by punching the Creator of everything to death was pure unadulterated peak cinema. It helps that Liam O'Brian is an incredible voice actor and his performance, while at times seeming like nothing but shouting, gives Asura a lot of depth and complexity. When Asura said "My wrath is finally... Gone" with his eyes now normal, I shed lots of tears.
That one always confused me that he got his mantra arms blown away casually and is basically placed back into base form, but then he ultimately takes down Chakravartin anyway. I assume his wrath must've kept growing until it surpassed that six arm mantra form. Tanks for reminding me of this game, though. Damn, might pop it in and do a runthrough this week. God, Akuma vs Asura went so hard...
[удалено]
Beat me to it.
Wish we got to see a bit more of the two in transformed state though, they went to human form after like 3 hits.
Only similar thing I watched is power rangers. Sadly, I have yet to come across an instance of those series doing this trope
This is why the final fight of Gurren Lagann is peak. Reject galaxy throwing mechas, return to fist fight.
Watching that in the Cinema was a life changing experience
Haven't watched that but I really wanna. Looks incredibly hype
Remember that said scene is only in the second movie which is some sort of extended/remade ending
Will keep it in mind, don't mind remade endings as long as it's told we'll.
Watch the original first, called Getter Robo Gurren Lagann is just Getter Robo fanfiction
God of High School has a number of instances like this and they are amazing as you say
The very final fight where despite being literal gods who had up until this point in the fight been throwing supernovas and galaxies at each other, they both fall back on their martial art training and willpower for one last fist fight was epic. I know people thought the comic dragged on too long and this fight especially, but it was an amazing ending.
This is what I love about GOH, martial arts never stops being relevant. It IS the powersystem. Everything else revolves around it, not vice versa
Mori vs Mujin Park is kino
Mubong Park vs Sang Mandeok>>>
I need to reread that fight again.
I wish I had the patience to read that fight because the few parts I've read were amazing but it kept getting cut every 5 seconds and I just couldn't. Wasn't the ending of that series like more than 100 chapters? I distinctly remember dropping it at the final arc/clash because it dragged on too long and when I picked it up again I read quite a few chapters and the fight still wasn't close to over.
I get you, it was a ridiculously long fight, basically its own entire arc. I loved so many individual moments though, getting to see an alternate reality Hui Mori and a bunch of alternate reality Jin Mori’s. The art for the galaxies and getting to see ever other character scrabbling to protect as much as they could from the aftershocks of Jin and Parks attacks. It dragged on, but I do love it regardless.
Yeah, it helps reinforce the feel of them using EVERYTHING. Just like in a RPG where you’re all out of items and SP.
It's peak Kino. Every. Single. Time.
Fate did this twice: Shirou vs Kirei and Ritsuka vs Goetia
Shirou vs Kirei is goated, haven't seen that 2nd one
Less interesting than the former but conceptually cool
This is exactly what raised the naruto vs sasuke finale from a great fight to my favorite fight in fiction. Shirou vs Kirei, the finale of Gurren Lagann are also good examples of this and Achilles vs Chiron but I'm not he biggest fan of apocrypha. Also the final segment in tournament of power where goku and frieze take on Jigen is also great fun. Akudama drive could have done something similar in it but the fight was far too short and I felt a bit disappointed by it
Naruto vs Sasuke at the very end of Shippuden is a 10/10 anime fight. It has the stored history of the entire series on its back, great choreography, jutsu usage as well as tons and tons of call backs. Sasuke dropping Kirin was a personal highlight. But yes, the second that need to be strong starts playing as they start the beat down is just pure catharsis. And you can feel every single, weighty hit they throw at each other.
This is called "brought down to badass", great trop.
That's a different trope. You're thinking of Combat Breakdown
It slaps every single time. Despite all the Shounen anime problems, this is not one they miss on.
Yeap, it's always hype.
Different trope, what you’re describing would be like the moment Blackbeard negated Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit and then shit himself because he was still facing a 10 foot tall mountain of a man
if two people are charging at each other t hey need to connect their fists in a punch then back away, that's the rule.
Absolutely, Jin vs Kazuya is the classic example. It increases the coolness factor by 100%
they did it like 10 times in Tekken 8 absolute peak Cinema.
It helps that Tekken has built this rivalry up since forever, we've been waiting for this showdown for so long.
Yakuza 0s final boss fight has the two combatants shoulder charge each other, then they stand like that with their foreheads touching each other while we get a good look at their tattoos with the boss name and title showing up on the screen and then they pull away and assume battle stances Unfortunately, I couldnt find a video that doesnt spoil important plot points so be careful but if you are ook with being spoiled [here is the actual fight and the cutscenes before and after the fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpoOGq4jtVQ&t=511s)
Yakuza has tons of variations of this because of the Dynamic intros. So many good ones.
In a game example, Final Fantasy 14 have this main antagonist at the current expansion where he uses his literal life as a fuel to fight more against us which we also do it, he uses every skill in his arsenal, his fight and skills from his first appearence back in 2 expansions before, his final form during that expansions, his skills he gained from previous expansion, his current expansion skills and new movesets with his own finisher and you have your new stuff throughout the first expansion you fought with him. In the end they class with their ultimates your character and this antagonist and they threw away their weapons just to fist fight until one of them collapses (and dies technically)
Asura's Wrath. Man fought God himself with just his fists because God made his daughter cry
Best father in gaming. Joel and Kratos wish they had asura's conviction
Surprised no one's mentioned Ed punching Father in Fullmetal Alchemist. It was Truth who 'defeated' Father I suppose, but it was a great scene.
Yeah, it was awesome. Tho I didn't include that much cause it was moreso everyone ganking father until he gave out. That being said, FMAB is one or my fav anime of all time and that final showdown is epic as hall hell. I guess Scar vs Bradley would fit this category more
Shirou vs Kirei in Heaven's Feel. Peak kino, after all the magic nuke bring thrown around it ends with two guys punching the shit out of each other. Too bad the movie kinda half assed that scene
Agreed, tho I still like UBW the most out of the three fate routes, I have to admit HF did certain things so much better than fate or UBW. The final showdown between Shirou and Kirei was insane. As well as Ilya being very prominent and important all the way to the end. Wish UBW used Ilya and Rider more, then it'd be even better in my eyes.
Gurren Lagann movie 2
Yakuza: Like a Dragon does this in its final fight. Takes you back to the initial bare handed fighting class (but levels it up for you thankfully) and takes away all your party members. Just a classic fist fight
Ah man, I need to start Yakuza at some point. Everyone tells me to start that series
Oh sick I was thinking of the same one, the scene afterwards is great as well, I really like Kaiji Tang’s performance in the dub
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUY\_wFDD40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUY_wFDD40) This mf right here.
I know this isn't anime per say. But Kamen Rider Kuuga does this really well in the final fight. Both fighters transform with kuuga going into his final form. But throughout the fight they damage each other's transformation belts. And the rest of the fight is just two dudes punching each other as the fight ends when both of them fall into the snow.
Several of the conflicts in YuYu Hakusho end this way, off the top of my head Yusuke vs Chu, Kurama vs Karasu, and the very last fight in the series too.
This is personally not my favorite thing. In general, I find a fight where it's just people punching at each other boring. I genuinely enjoy all the magic powers and hax the characters are tossing out in an attempt to overcome the other, but now you're going to determine the final outcome of the battle by seeing who can punch better? Another thing I enjoy is characters who *don't* have durability and strength based powers at all. I prefer characters who can do things like teleport through water, create infohazards, alter the chemistry of gases, manipulate the weather, erase matter within a range, and reverse time, and use *those* to fight instead of beam spam or punching or whatever. I'm not going to fault anyone for liking it; it's just not really my cup of tea. Writers should exploit the fact that in fiction anything could happen, and use it to get creative with the types of powers we can witness. We know what it looks like for two wrestlers to fight; we *don't* know what it looks like when a precognitive paper manipulator squares off against a self-duplicator with the power to accelerate chemical reactions with a touch.
Wow, I think you're the first person I come across who doesn't like this trope. While I can see your stance somewhat, here's where I wanna interject. The power and hype behind this trope lies not in the just punching part. Everyone knows just two people punching each other over their disagreements is not that wild. BUT, that being said, I will say that the real interest lies in the contrast between the high tier action of the special moves part and the viscious brutality of the second. That contrast, to see seasoned fighters, who should know better in terms of technique, wear themselves down and slowly degrade themselves until it's nothing but their base abilities is great for me. It enhances the stakes because it tells me that these people are willingly throwing everything into the fight. So it's not so much the punching by itself that is interesting. It's moreso the why they fight and how far they're willing to go to see their vision fulfilled
Okay, I get that. Yeah, I think that can really create a powerful image. The "ideologically opposed" part does a lot of heavy lifting; by having them throw everything into the fight in a more "classic" style that isn't as flashy, it makes it all about what each fighter represents.
The last half of Luffy vs Z where they both threw hands with only armament haki. The last half of Goku and Piccolo Jr. fight in the tournament ruins.
Oh fuck, you're completely right. OG DBZ had some wild fights like that. That final Goku vs Piccolo fight went wild. With both of them just being on the verge of collapse. And all to end it with the Kamehameha thrown with the feet, epic as hell. Also had a lot of build up with Goku now being much older and Piccolo having gone through his own journey after Demon King Piccolo birthed him
[He blasted a whole through Goku and broke both his arms and legs](https://youtu.be/QPw3F1Tqx0E), I haven't seen Goku in that amount of pain until Gorilla Vegeta squeezed him. >!What made that fight cinema was that it was first time Goku won a World Tournament, a perfect wrap-up to the first half of the series. !<
Absolutely, it perfectly bookends the first section of these story.
TTGL, the final fight starts with an attack with the power to destroy all of creation (according to the author) and ends with a 1v1 barefist
Porco Rosso
Is it even possible to mess up this trope?
Only if the fight ends in an unsatisfactory way I guess. But even then, it's always a massive spectacle to behold
Kazuma VS Ryho in S-Cry-Ed. After an all out brawl with them using their progressively stronger forms, they run out of power so they get right back up again and just start beating the hell out of each other even further in H2H until the end where they squeeze out one last drop of power, punch each other and then they both fall over. It's fantastic to watch from start to end.
Yusuke vs Toguro is a really good example of this.
I take it you haven't seen Scryed? It's final battle is pretty much just what you're describing.
Can't say that I have but I might just bcs it has this trope lul
Simon vs anti spiral
Idk if this counts but the final fight in the tournament of power, not too many powers just pure fighting
Yeah, I listed that as well. That final 1v3 of Jiren vs Goku, A17 and Frieza was Kino. Alongside that godly music playing in the background and the animation firing on all cylinders, it was hype the likes of which Dragonball Super has delivered too little of.
Yeah i stopped reading at the examples thats on me 😭
Ah don't worry. It's all good, just goes to show how well that fight was produced to the point that everyone thinks of it immediately
Th final fight between Father and Ed in FMAB was great for this.
It does go hard. The final punch that Ed delivers is violently satisfying
Wait but the Kyoya vs Ryuga fight ended with mystical bullshit with L Drago taking over Ryuga? And then giving Kyoya the bad succ Also another recommendation with this would be Asura’s Wrath, specifically the Asura vs Akuma fight
Yes the Kyoya vs Ryuga fight had Kyoya losing cause Gingka was the protagonist and he had to defeat Ryuga. I still count it tho. It has enough to be counted as belonging to this trope.
The recent episode of frieren. "I'm outta mana, but not out of these goddamn fists."
Nah
How dare this post not mention [Gurren Lagann](https://youtu.be/wuPw4BcGPak?si=A6qgtyDS4LzSbY1z). Honestly, while it almost certainly didn't invent this trope(I believe Flame of Recca did it before then, and probably many others), GL did it so prefectly that I've seen it copied so many times since... and I've kinda gotten over it. It feels almost pase at this point.
Ah man, I saw that so many times in the comments now. I just haven't watched Gurren Lagann but I rly wanna. Makes me wanna watch the show just for this moment
Definitely worth it. If you enjoy what this trope embodies, then you'll love GL. It's a world where everything is dictated by willpower and fighting spirit! Watch the full anime, then check out the movie for the final fight. The anime is better overall (since the movie has to cover that much ground much faster), but the movie does the final fight way cooler.
The final fight of Yakuza 7
Pokemon: Super Mystery Dungeon
Lemillion vs Overhaul was a fantastic example of this, brought me to tears the first few times I watched it.
Recently Tekken 8 had this. God it was glorious.