White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

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White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Wong Chai » Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:37 am

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Who remembers this White Leaf you find in the Hazuki Basement in Shenmue 1.
I wonder what it's purpose will be in the future of the series? How did it end there and what is the meaning of it?


Does anyone have any theories about this? Would love to know, comment below! :D
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Yokosuka » Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:40 am

White Leaf is an old leaf that managed to remain fresh after years. There was an elixir of eternal youth in the same place and Shenhua is +200 years old so the following is not difficult to guess:

Shenhua and Ryo will make profit of this and become billionaire.

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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby dnlandi » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:42 pm

i believe its from the time iwao was practicing in china martial arts with zhao propably a leaf from shenmue tree .....obviously he caried with him whwn he leaves china
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Spaghetti » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:51 pm

I always imagined it was an aged leaf from the tree at Man Mo Temple, but there's a strong possibility it isn't at all. III will probably shed some light on things.

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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Mr357 » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:12 pm

Do the leaf and mysterious scroll show up in your inventory in Shenmue II if you don't get them in Shenmue I and then carry over your save? I know you start with them in the Xbox version.
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Himuro » Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:30 am

Figured it was an old Shenmue tree leaf.
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby elfshadowreaper » Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:14 pm

Maybe you'll have to match it to the tree it came from in a future location for some plot purpose. Iwoa already buried the mirror under the cherry tree at the dojo, maybe that's his MO and the white leaf tree has something buried under it. Hopefully a handgun to easily kill Lan Di.

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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby SMDzero » Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:01 pm

elfshadowreaper wrote: Maybe you'll have to match it to the tree it came from in a future location for some plot purpose. Iwoa already buried the mirror under the cherry tree at the dojo, maybe that's his MO and the white leaf tree has something buried under it. Hopefully a handgun to easily kill Lan Di.



Maybe it's the official toilet paper used in Bailu Village?
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby ShenGCH » Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:03 am

SMDzero wrote:
elfshadowreaper wrote: Maybe you'll have to match it to the tree it came from in a future location for some plot purpose. Iwoa already buried the mirror under the cherry tree at the dojo, maybe that's his MO and the white leaf tree has something buried under it. Hopefully a handgun to easily kill Lan Di.



Maybe it's the official toilet paper used in Bailu Village?

Wouldn't that make it a brown leaf, then?
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby SMDzero » Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:53 pm

Shenhua: Welcome to Bailu Village Deo.

Ryo: Yeah.

Shenhua: What is it?

Ryo: Well I need to... (stomach growls).

Shenhua: Here in Bailu Village we use leaves.

Ryo: Hmm? You don't use paper?

Shenhua: No, not at all. Do you use paper in Japan?

Ryo: Yeah. Huge rolls of paper.. we called it toilet paper.

Shenhua: Huge rolls of paper.....Deo do you need any leaves?

Ryo: Hmmm.. Brown... Zong. Leaf... Ye. Zongye!


Shenhua: DEO!!! What ARE YOU DOING, THAT WHITE LEAF IS OUR VILLAGE'S SACRED LEAF!!!!!!

Ryo: Shenhua... I......

Shenhua: GET OUT OF MY VILLAGE BEFORE I BLAST YOUR ASS WITH MY SHOTGUN YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF CRAP!!!!!

Ryo: I see.

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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby Jibby » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:17 am

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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby ShenGCH » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:21 am

elfshadowreaper wrote: Maybe you'll have to match it to the tree it came from in a future location for some plot purpose. Iwoa already buried the mirror under the cherry tree at the dojo, maybe that's his MO and the white leaf tree has something buried under it. Hopefully a handgun to easily kill Lan Di.

I believe the photograph of Iwao and Sunming Zhao will play a part in this also. We know for sure the photo was taken in Bailu Village, meaning those who were around at the time of the photo being taken might have information on the two of them (going by the idea that Iwao was around the same age as Ryo when he came to Bailu Village, this would have been 1958, twenty-eight or nine years before the current point in the game), leading them to a martial arts master or village elder who would have been aware of their presence. But where does the white lead fit into this? Well, the leaf mightn't necessarily come from a tree bearing white leaves, but, rather, a tree with leaves that are known to turn white a short time after falling from the tree, which leaves do as they decay.

Perhaps Shenhua even mentions in conversation something along the lines of, "...the tree whose leaves turn white shortly after falling," sparking Ryo's memory about the white leaf in his possession, which then prompts them to investigate that particular part of the village.
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Re: White Leaf?? What is it's purpose?

Postby DoubleO_Ren » Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:09 am

elfshadowreaper wrote: Maybe you'll have to match it to the tree it came from in a future location for some plot purpose. Iwoa already buried the mirror under the cherry tree at the dojo, maybe that's his MO and the white leaf tree has something buried under it. Hopefully a handgun to easily kill Lan Di.

You do know Lan Di can dodge bullets? And when he's ready, he wont have to.
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