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True, Ryo didnt handle the Mad Angels alone but it was still 2 on 70 and given their back and forth banter during the fight, they appeared to be kicking an equal amount of ass. Also, Guizhang bailed when it was time to fight Pedro.in fact Ryo can still toy with some thugs on 1 VS 1 in Shenmue 3 (he can also finally defeat Chai without much problems, wo he has grown), but you can't expect him to take on an entire gang alone, (when this happen, Ryo has always the help of Guizhang in S1 or Ren in S3 and S3), he is not a superhuman like Kiryu who can also dodge missiles...
The series right now shows that Ryo can handle max 5 people alone, as long as they are random street thugs of course and not martial art masters.
Ryo lose in S3 versus Yanlang and Ge, and those two aren't your average street thugs, they probably are just as strong as Dou Niu in Shenmue 2 (remember that even Dou Niu is barely defeated thanks to the counter elbow assault, still Dou Niu had the edge).
Ryo lose also vs masters, just like with Xiuying.
I think the game is pretty consistent depicting Ryo and other characters martial abilities.
As far as Ren helping in S2, he only really helped as far as taking on a handful of dudes wo Ryo could go to the 40th floor and let Ryo focus on Saving Zhu and taking on Don Niu. When it came to fighting Yuan and Don Niu, Ren sat on the sideline. And even when Ryo got caught sneaking through the Yellowhead building, he had to take them on himself.
As far as Yanling and Ge, yes, they are physically stronger, but given the fights Ryo has been in with similar people, they shouldn't be unbeatable. Losing a fight or even two then learning through sparring and training(without having to learn/buy a new move) I can understand. But to lose by default and have Ryo act completely clueless as to how to defeat him doesn't make sense. Realistically, Ryo should've been focusing on dodging and parrying because he already has powerful enough moves.