Shenmue Dojo

So, Yu has confirmed that Chai will appear in Shenmue 3 but I'm a little confused how and why he's returning to the series. Unless it's a via a flashback, which kind of makes sense since we know that Yu will incorporate the use of flashbacks in s3. Then again, that seems like a troll move and I have my doubts that's what Yu meant when he said Chai will return in the third installment.

Many moons ago, on my first playthrough of Shenmue 2, every time the camera panned out to the highest point in cutscenes in Shenmue 2, I thought that was the cue for Chai's grand return. When I heard the Japanese voice of the Myna bird on the casette tape, I thought "Oh God, it's Chai". Even when Ryo and Shenhua took shelter in that cave in Guilin for a night and Shenhua said that another person must have stayed in the cave very recently (because of the leftover firewood), I immediately thought of Chai.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on why he's being reintroduced into the story and speculate on how he'll make his comeback.

I'm hoping his return justifies his inclusion in the first place. Who is Chai, why is he obsessed with Lan Di, how did he get so gross looking,etc? None of these questions were answered in Shenmue I and honestly I always thought the story would have been just fine without him in it altogether because without a motive or backstory he served no real purpose other than to be an additional antagonist to Ryo.

Chai sucks and is the worst character in the series. An ugly skinhead with an even worse voice with flat character development and motivations. The only thing Chai wants is to impress Lan Di. Boring. Chai returning so far is the only disappointing thing I've heard about Shenmue III. Chai sucks and should have stayed on the Dreamcast. What an awful, awful villain and character.

Himuro wrote: Chai sucks and is the worst character in the series. An ugly skinhead with an even worse voice with flat character development and motivations. The only thing Chai wants is to impress Lan Di. Boring. Chai returning so far is the only disappointing thing I've heard about Shenmue III. Chai sucks and should have stayed on the Dreamcast. What an awful, awful villain and character.

Looks like everyone agree although I found his English voice brilliant personally. At least, his fighting style fits very well with the character (more than Lion Rafale).

I did like Chai fighting style and he was pretty tough to beat.

Chai coming back looks more like fanservice than anything.... i mean he got beat when Ryo was much weaker than he is now

Shenhua-Nani? wrote: Chai coming back looks more like fanservice than anything.... i mean he got beat when Ryo was much weaker than he is now

Chai has one quality, he never gives up. He's the Terminator of Shenmue and things can become interesting if his relationship with Lan Di is finally exploited. All may not be lost yet with this character.

Hyo Razuki wrote: This. If the character is further expanded, it could actually become interesting. Who is Chai? Where is he from and why does he look the way he does? He also seems to have some supernatural powers. Look at his jumping skill he shows off at Chen's Warehouse and at Sakuragaoka. What kind of power is it?

How does Chai know about Lan Di and Zhu Yuan Da? Also if Chai and Lan Di were to meet, Chai would probably tell Lan Di about the conversation between Gui Zhang and Ryo he overheard which would in turn mean, Lan Di would find out that Ryo has the second mirror.

Chai organized Lan Di's travel to Hong Kong, so it's likely that they've met one another. I'd imagine he snitched to Lan Di about the existence of the Phoenix mirror in order to gain his trust/entry into the Chiyoumen.

Speaking of Chai's "supernatural" powers, I read a good theory (I think on here?) a long time ago about Chai being a Chiyoumen experiment of some kind. Definitely food for thought.

To be honest I think of Chai more in the vein of comedic relief badguy than a really fleshed out character.

Since he was also supposed to be in the boat from nowhere, just a recurring villain.

But maybe I'm wrong.

Yokosuka wrote:

Himuro wrote: Chai sucks and is the worst character in the series. An ugly skinhead with an even worse voice with flat character development and motivations. The only thing Chai wants is to impress Lan Di. Boring. Chai returning so far is the only disappointing thing I've heard about Shenmue III. Chai sucks and should have stayed on the Dreamcast. What an awful, awful villain and character.

Looks like everyone agree although I found his English voice brilliant personally. At least, his fighting style fits very well with the character (more than Lion Rafale).

That's the one english voice I preferred over the japanese.

Gen wrote:

Yokosuka wrote:

Himuro wrote: Chai sucks and is the worst character in the series. An ugly skinhead with an even worse voice with flat character development and motivations. The only thing Chai wants is to impress Lan Di. Boring. Chai returning so far is the only disappointing thing I've heard about Shenmue III. Chai sucks and should have stayed on the Dreamcast. What an awful, awful villain and character.

Looks like everyone agree although I found his English voice brilliant personally. At least, his fighting style fits very well with the character (more than Lion Rafale).

That's the one english voice I preferred over the japanese.

I love that Chai is coming back.
Paul Lucas is his english voice actor and he is THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN DO CHAI.
So yeah, he also voices Lan Di FYI.

shengoro86 wrote:

Gen wrote:

Yokosuka wrote:

Himuro wrote: Chai sucks and is the worst character in the series. An ugly skinhead with an even worse voice with flat character development and motivations. The only thing Chai wants is to impress Lan Di. Boring. Chai returning so far is the only disappointing thing I've heard about Shenmue III. Chai sucks and should have stayed on the Dreamcast. What an awful, awful villain and character.

Looks like everyone agree although I found his English voice brilliant personally. At least, his fighting style fits very well with the character (more than Lion Rafale).

That's the one english voice I preferred over the japanese.

I love that Chai is coming back.
Paul Lucas is his english voice actor and he is THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN DO CHAI.
So yeah, he also voices Lan Di FYI.

You love Chai? For real?

He's so anoying, i hate his guts.

C'mon admit it, you only want the original voice actor for Lan Di right?

right?

Meh…he’s served his purpose already.

We fought that bastard twice in the first game….and a third time on the boat.
Time to come up with new characters ;)