In the Versus Guide books, there are "Culture Shock" sections that tell you little snippets about Japanese culture and how the differ from more western culture. I like that but I feel that it can be more complete so I'm announcing a new project that takes every single "Questionable" thing in both Shenmue games and condenses them into a large comprehensive list of Facts and history about Japan and how they relate to Shenmue. Now, even though I am kind of obsessed with Japanese culture I will need fact checkers and helpers to help complete this project. I will also need HD screen caps of certain things in the game.
Once finished I hope to release PDF, CBR, and EPUB formats to be downloaded for free online.
If anyone is interested, comment in this thread and if you have any ideas of how to improve the project please share
them!
If you would like to contribute information please do by formatting your entrees in the following order
List them in alphabetical order:
Title of entree (Make up a title for your entree):
Relevant Character:
Location in game:
If there is a source, supply the source:
Ex.
H:
Hostess Bar: See entree "Snack Bar" 「スナックバー」
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S:
Snack Bar: A "snack bar" (スナックバー sunakku bā), or "snack" for short, refers to a kind of hostess bar, an alcohol-serving bar that employs female staff that are paid to serve and flirt with male customers. Although they do not charge an entry fee (and often have no set prices on their menus), they usually have an arbitrary (and expensive) bill or charge a set hourly fee plus a "bottle charge". Customers purchase a bottle in their own name and it is kept for future visits.
Relevant Characters: Akemi
Found at: Bar Yokosuka
Source: Text from Wikipedia
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