I always thought that a Shenmue side stories would be fantastic and a nice way to experience the series from various different major character perspectives. Also it would be a nice way to flesh out the story/series as well as characters. There could be a Shenmue side stories vol 1 which would cover: Nozomi heading to Canada and emotionally dealing with being away from her only true love. Another could Gui Zhang rehabbing and eventually landing in China. In search of Ryo. Also Goro has to be included in it some how cause he's groovy . Ren hunting down the treasure. alot of these would have to be included in on a single disc because Nozomi couldn't carry the collection on her own but a few chapters she could easily. It would also allow there still to be fighting [goro gui and ren] as well as maintain the FREE aspect of the series. Also; there could be a Shenmue SS Vol 2 which covers S2 main characters and S3.
I'm sure you guys can think of ALOT better ones: whats some of yours?
I believe that this could be a success if done right and I always believed that the Shenmue universe is rich enough to tell various stories from different perspectives if done correctly.