Shenmue Dojo

Hi I'm new here!

Anyway I was looking through my shenmue manuals last night and I noticed something strange about the pictures of LanDi(Attached)........

At the start of Shenmue 1 LanDi kills Iwao and he has a scar on his LEFT side of his face, but when I was looking at my Shenmue1 manual(character profiles), the scar is on his RIGHT side....artists mistake or clue to Shenmue 3?Also on the cover of the shenmue2x manual(Don't have DC version) LanDi does not have a scar on his left side but it is too dark on his right side to see. In the character profiles in the Xbox manual(Not attached) LanDi's scar is on his left side.....

(Alos scar on left of LanDi on Shenmue Dojo Banner)

Could this mean that there are infact TWO almost identical characters in Shenmue and one of them, the one who killed Iwao is LanDi? Probably not, but check out the ChiYouMen leaders pic, there's LanDi(or perhaps his alter ego the pic is too small to see scar) and the two leaders to the left of him have been identified so then who is the mysterious blacked out character to the far left that looks similar to LanDi........

Also did anyone else notice that LanDi's real name is Longsun Zhao(or Zhao Longsun) but in the Shenmue 1 manual it says Chang Long(2 different people...?) and also the Mad Angels say that they are preparing for the "Long Zha" in Shenmue 1 so it looks evident that they did not just change the name in Shenmue 2, so what does Chang Long mean?

All this thought of scars led me to think of another thing, that plaster under Ryo's eye, in the same position as LanDi's scar.......could there be some connection?

wow, thats just about stupid enough not for me to reply.
ARTIST MISTAKE

Shenmue Seer344 wrote:wow, thats just about stupid enough not for me to reply.
ARTIST MISTAKE

Yeah.......but what about LanDi's acar and Ryos plaster....in the SAME place.

*scar

why do i live with uneducated people

Shenmue seer dont be such a cock,at least hes trying.All you can do is claim that you have "visions" about Shenmue.Dick.

True.

And well spotted JC

I dunno but they could have easily inverted the picture for the manual by mistake just as long as its never seen on the right side in the game then its most likely a mistake... although the whole name differences... well there are a few name differences but only one thats really that important and it was only switched around from "Zhu Yuanda" to "Yuanda Zhu" nothing that big I wouldnt say... although it still makes you wonder... HMMMM

sorry for telling the truth. Youth today just can't take bluntness. they use innappropriate language to get their point across. So blind.

Shenmue Seer344 wrote:sorry for telling the truth. Youth today just can't take bluntness. they use innappropriate language to get their point across. So blind.

well said... *claps*

It's called a blooper.

A mistake...nothing more.

not a bad thing to take notice of, 95% or higher its a mistake, but then again you never know, anyways, interesting theory

AnimeGamer183 wrote:although the whole name differences... well there are a few name differences but only one thats really that important and it was only switched around from "Zhu Yuanda" to "Yuanda Zhu" nothing that big I wouldnt say... although it still makes you wonder... HMMMM

This name change is simply the idiotic work of either the translator or American script writer for Shenmue 2 on the Xbox. The Japanese language consists not just of completely different characters compared to our enlgish alphabet, but also read from right to left. Instead of being Yuanda Zhu, it correctly should be Zhu Yuanda. The same problem arises with Master Chen giving you the letter, so you are introduced to Tishao Lao, however in Shenmue 2 Xbox the name Tao Lishao is used.

The only explanation here is that either the translator and script writer did not understand that this was the case with names, or the translation and script was electronically done on a PC, or translation kit of some sort. With those names that dont sound right, just reverse them around, ie Zunming Zhao, is Zhao Zunming

To the topic creator: You do realise pictures can be flipped?

Shenmue Seer344 wrote:sorry for telling the truth. Youth today just can't take bluntness. they use innappropriate language to get their point across. So blind.

nice! we have an elitist/snob! the funniest people of all!

though i think it is just a mistake, I wouldnt put that twist past the game