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Welcome to my Shenmue anime Analysis, this time for EP12 Guidepost, this Analysis will have SPOILERS of the anime and the games. The beginning of the episode is a recap of what happened in the ending of EP11, Wong running away from the Yellow Head member, finding Joy, Joy helping him escape with her motorcycle, Wong telling for Joy what he heard, that the Yellow Heads got Ryo and Ren under surveillance, that they know everything. We see Ryo and Ren trying to find Yuanda Zhu, the duo enter in a room but Yuanda Zhu is not there, Dou Niu arrive there. Ryo and Ren go out of the room and Dou Niu is right in front of them, the scene ends like this. As far as i remember this is the first time in the season that a episode began with a...

We’re so close to the end. This week brought all the major players together on one rooftop. Here’s the recap of Guidepost. Scurrying Rats We pick up right where things were left last week, with Wong narrowly avoiding capture on the streets of Hong Kong by the Yellow Head lieutenant after hearing their plans to spring a trap on Ryo and Ren. Joy saves him and is filled in on the impending doom facing the pair in Kowloon. Inside the Walled City, Don Niu stares down the two men he calls rats, cornering them inside a hallway of his gang’s headquarters and ready to put an end to their interference in his machinations. Ryo and Ren have to think fast in the face of this ogre-shaped man. Not wanting to repeat the futility of attacking Don...

Setbacks and overcoming self doubt were the themes of this episode, Entangled. Here’s the recap. A Master at Evening the Odds Picking up from last week’s cliffhanger ending, Xiuying stands before a despondent Don Niu, blocking his path to the barely conscious Ryo laying on the ground behind her. As he calls on his goons to attack the woman before him, she calmly raises a single arm to invite their foolish onslaught. His men charge her, finding themselves taken down with ease by Master Lishao Tao and their leader must now step up to take on this new opponent. Watching from above is Yellow Head second-in-command, Yuan, who moves to capture Yuanda Zhu so the gang can make their escape before Xiuying inflicts major damage to her...

Welcome to my Shenmue anime Analysis, this time for EP11 Entangled, this Analysis will have SPOILERS of the anime and the games. The episode begins exactly where the previous episode ended, with Ryo on the ground, Xiuying ready to fight Dou Niu. Dou Niu say "Who the hell are you? I don't give a damn if she is a woman. Get rid of anybody who stay in my way" his goons agree, Xiuying make the position to fight and we see that Ryo is in a lot of pain. Dou Niu's goons try to attack Xiuying but Xiuying bests them easily, in the room Yuan see what is happening and ask for thee goons to bring Yuanda Zhu with them. The goons tried to grab Yuanda Zhu but Yuanda Zhu bests them with his cane, with a knife Yuan cut a part of Yuanda Zhu's cane...

Welcome to my Shenmue anime Analysis, this time for EP10 Comeback, this Analysis will have SPOILERS of the anime and the games. The episode begins in Shenhua's house with Yunshen Yuan getting ready to leave the house. Yunshen Yuan is Shenhua's adopt father. Shenhua start a conversation with him, she say good morning and noticed that he is up quite early, she ask if he is off to the stone quarry and he respond yeah. Shenhua say that she will make the breakfast right away but Yunshen say there is no need, for Shenhua to listen closely, that his next job is a very important one he must see through, that he won't be returning for some time, Shenhua say okay, that she will bring his food when it's ready then. Yunshen Yuan leave the...