I think there is a way to do it on the show but it would have ate a bit of screen time. Considering the limited episode run I totally understand why it was cut. It's a really cool scene but ultimately the same message can be explained to Ryo in a line of dialogue.I would have loved the catching leaves scene, too. Perhaps it's one of those cases where it didn't really translate well into a linear medium? Consider that the gameplay segment moves to first person here.
That's true. it did take a bit of the sting out of the scene knowing he was already an ally.Shenmue II the Chawan signs can sometimes lead to negative consequences, and you weren't sure if you were stepping into a trap when you were meeting Kai because you didn't know if he was a friend or foe.
Me too. I'm hoping if there's a second season it continues fleshing out the CYM. That's something I wanted from S3.I've been really enjoying this change, and it was also done very well with the enemies in the S1 segment of the story.
True but this is only because the show is limited to cramming a lot of stuff in the 13 episodes. If the show was longer it could focus more on the fighting. I personally think that is one of my criticisms, the fights are far too brief and since Shenmue is essentially martial arts Shonen, it would have been more ideal to focus on hyping up and showing the fights in more detail. Not at a sacrifice to the story mind you, but balancing it a bit better. This would have drawn in more anime fans I think but it would also have required the season be several episodes longer and have an increased budget.think if the street fights took up more time it would have taken away from more of the true "set piece" fights, imo. Too many fights in a quick succession could diminish their impact, and the episode started with a major fight as well.
This is a good guess. It was likely a throwaway line so I don't think it hints at Xiuying's parents either way.At first I thought Chun might be the name of Joy's father, so maybe they thought Xiuying was Joy and she was old enough to take revenge?
I think @Tomato Convenience Store guess is more likely since the YH had a past with Joy's family. Even if Xiuying's parents were significant to the overall story I don't see why Dou Niu would know about them.Chun might have meant to be Hong?
The Shenmue fandom wiki states her father is Chunyun Liang. Perhaps that was just shortened in the subtitles.