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Character back stories?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:54 am
by Kirino_Matsuyama
Where can I find out about the back stories of all the characters in Shenmue? I was listening to the Shenmue Podcast, and the information they had about some of the minor characters was amazing!

I'm living in Japan, so if there is a Japanese book with the info in, all the better :heart:

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:19 pm
by ShenGCH

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:17 pm
by johnjohnbrem
Always enjoyed these back stories of small background characters and the sheer randomness of some of them. Toshiki Kagawa's just insane, for example, like it was written on the spot

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:01 pm
by Yokosuka
johnjohnbrem wrote: Always enjoyed these back stories of small background characters and the sheer randomness of some of them. Toshiki Kagawa's just insane, for example, like it was written on the spot


Good old times of Virtua Fighter.

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:17 am
by Kirino_Matsuyama


Thanks for the link ^-^

Do you know where the information was originally published? I fancy getting a physical copy to add to my collection. Would it have come out in a Shenmue Guide Book?

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I think I've found the book with the character info.

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:29 pm
by James Brown
All this information on characters was also on the Shenmue Passport disc, but online content, you can technically still access it, but it's a bit tricky :)

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:23 pm
by Your Boy Leroy
One of the Shenmue strategy guides actually had biographies for all of the characters. I'm not sure if the link from the Dojo has the same information.

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 2:45 am
by Kirino_Matsuyama
Just to confirm, I bought the above guide, and it does give character profiles.

Re: Character back stories?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:26 pm
by Kirino_Matsuyama
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Just noticed that people are selling the above guide on Amazon Japan for $917 USD! Maybe now's the time to get those guide books before the prices sky rocket.