Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): Ginryu's Full Training Route
Ginryu teaches Swordsman and Wild Dancer at the dojo in northwestern Rakunai, on Karasuma Street. Head there in Chapter 3, approach the men outside, and go inside after the scene.
Keep a sword of each requested quality. He wants to inspect the equipped weapon, and you keep it afterward. A gold sword doesn't replace the green one he specifically asks for.
The sequence is Fine/green, Good/blue, Great/purple, then Best/gold. Your unchanged starting Yoshiyuki can cover the green requirement. Check the colored quality label; attack power isn't the requirement.
INTRODUCTION
Demonstrate the techniques against the students. This opens Dragonfang Flash and Morning Mist for Swordsman, and Dragon God Dance and Ghostly Wind for Wild Dancer. In the remake, Wild Dancer already has a parry; Ghostly Wind improves it.
FINE, GREEN
Complete both style lessons. Lightning's Glory is the Swordsman counter: hold Fighting Stance and use Heavy Attack as a strike arrives. Moonlit Sake lets Wild Dancer follow an evade with Light Attack.
Then beat the student with a SOLID rating or better.
GOOD, BLUE
Fair Weather uses Guard plus Heavy Attack as a blade approaches. Wild Dancer's lesson opens Vain Tengu, which lets you parry during an attack.
Beat the five students with at least SHARP to move on.
GREAT, PURPLE
Fight Heinosuke using either style and earn SHARP or better. The rewards are Scintillant Lead, a Heat Action against a gunner, and Majestic Dispersal, used against a group of four enemies.
Leave the dojo for the apprentices' lunch scene. Return for Rustling Leaves: hold Fighting Stance and use Grab just before an attack lands to disarm a suitable enemy.
The following test lets you choose a style. Earn SHARP to unlock Mirage of Shimmering Heat, a Wild Dancer Heat Action against a swordsman attacking from behind.
BEST, GOLD
Equip a gold-quality sword and challenge Ginryu. You need SHARP or better again. Guard his combo, wait for an opening, and vary your attacks and Heat Actions instead of repeating one move throughout the fight.
Completing it opens Ash of the Withered Branches and Essence of Winged Flight, plus the Flash and Frenzy revelation books. Finish their combat requirements and spend the orbs to learn those two extra moves.
If you win but don't pass a rating requirement, focus on taking less damage and using different techniques. If the next lesson won't start, check your equipped sword, finish both available style lessons, and make sure you haven't skipped the scene outside.
You don't have to spend a Kiwami Hammer just to obtain the gold sword. Quality can rise across successive crafting upgrades. Keep the lower-quality training swords until Ginryu has finished inspecting them, though, or you'll be making replacements for no reason.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): Ginryu's Full Training Route
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