We all know that Shenmue is believed to be 16 chapters long with chapter 1 being Shenmue 1.
However a lot of dojo members, (and myself originally) believe that Shenmue 2 contains chapters 3-6 in the saga and that chapter 2 is unreleased. You may be WRONG. 'Chapter 2' is a comic book entry just like all the others but this one takes place after Shenmue 1. THe others you could say could then be reliable for a unreleased chapter etc.
Where is the proof? Load uo Shenmue 2 and look in the notebook. It clearly states ' Yokosuka' and underneath '~1~'. I am assuming that this means chapters. It goes on to say 'Hong Kong, ~2~, Kowloon, ~3~ and Guilin ~4~. To me this suggests that we are currently at chapter 5 (Shenmue 3). The thing is, the Shenmue timeline shows a gap between Shenmue 1 and 2 with chapter 2 there. However, Yu may have decided that this was a unneccesary part of the story thus not including it in the actual game but as a comic strip. Just like a deleted scene etc. We were totally unaware of this 'chapter' until Shenmue allowed you to look at the strips. (bad move cos it shows Ziming, Naio-sun connection to Chiyoumen. It would have been a great suprise.) Also the fact that the timeline is old suggests Yu had a change of heart and thats why Hong Kong is chapter 2. As it states in the actual game which is proof enough.
You see there are plently of stuff in beta shenmue that never made the game and dont forget the timeline suggest Shenmue to go over more than 3 games. Pretty unlikely at this present moment.
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