Shenmue The Animation: Episode 10 Review
The following article contains spoilers for Shenmue: The Animation.
As Shenmue edges closer and closer to its conclusion, Ryo Hazuki arrives at the walled city of Kowloon for a frantically paced episode that barely lets him and Ren catch their breaths in their first encounter with Don Niu. Most crucially, the pair's adventure succeeds at giving this part of Shenmue 2 its characteristic buddy cop Hong Kong movie vibes.
As a matter of fact, the anime’s ninth episode might as well be titled Rush Hour Shenmue instead of “Comeback” because Yu Suzuki does an admirable job at translating the protagonist’s first few hours in Kowloon, which ultimately leads to him arriving at his first main mission objective. In order to get there, fans will be treated to some of the most accurate recreations of Shenmue 2’s best actions moments, as well as a couple of welcome changes to suit the tone of the series more properly.
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Unlike in its Dreamcast version, there’s no grand entrance or welcoming cinematic sequence to herald Ryo’s arrival at Kowloon, instead the episode starts off with a newly added scene that sheds some light on Shenhua’s past and her relationship with her father, something gamers only get to explore in Shenmue 3. Besides that, the series skips all the “goodbye side quests” that didn’t make it into last week’s episode, probably a welcome addition, but one that makes the lengthy “Wude” section of the show even more pointless.
Nevertheless, since anime Shenmue is actually in a hurry to get back to business Wong gives Ren and Ryu their last briefing before they show up in Kowloon. While the walled city’s imposing streets don’t quite make it as part of the anime’s
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