Here is a cut scene with Ryo and Fangmei that I've never seen before until last week. I showed it to both LanDC and Miles Prower, and both were as dumbfounded as me. The only person left who knew about it was our Japanese contributor Kiyuu. She explained to me that this scene is attainable with a high "intimacy level", meaning your scored on all the conversations/scenes you have with Fangmei.
Kiyuu wrote:You know there's intimacy level between Ryo and Fangmei, don't you? Intimacy level increases as you talk with her or see relevant events. Every time you have a non-ordinary conversation with her or see some special event, you'll be given intimacy points, such as 20 points for saving her at Man Mo Bistro, 50 points for giving her birthday present, etc. Shenmue II Perfect Guidebook says that good-bye scene will be triggered before you go back to Man Mo Temple to see Xiuing, if you have more than 200 intimacy points. The guide elaborates the far-complicated system.
It's surprising that no one outside Japan has viewed the scene for more than 10 years, when Japanese guides had shown how to trigger it. Anyway, you have noticed the intimacy level has gone up when Fangmei started calling you "Ryo-san," instead of "Hazuki-san," right?
Yes, you should talk to her every day till you get non-ordinary conversations. Some answers which upset Fangmei decrease the points, and the cancellation of those non-ordinary conversations in the middle results in the decrease as well. I don't think you need to get every cutscene with her, but don't miss the major ones.
This Fangmei scene triggers at the end of Disc 3 before you see Xiuying at Man Mo temple. I was able to record a video thanks to a modified save provided by wude.
