Chai's Room - Does Chai Have a Family?

[deathofaninja]

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Here is the clip for Chai's Room if you missed the Easter Egg. I know it's supposed to be funny, but does Chai have a family? XD It's also apparent that it's his room because of his clothes hanging on the left wall. He has a poster of himself, and he really enjoys bananas and the picture of Ryo. What were you able to pick up from Chai's room?

He even has a fire hydrant that really could have come in handy for that ending.

 

[Machsi]

I think it’s just intended as a humorous (albeit out of place) easter egg. I wouldn’t put much analysis into it really. I don’t think Chai has a family or even much development outside of just being a one dimensional henchman.

 

[Lan Di-sama]

Have there been any translations of the kanji on the bulletin board?

 

[Heartbeats]

I´d be amazed if he´s shagged anyone

 

[Sh3ppy]

I´d be amazed if he´s shagged anyone

did you see the picture of his wife and kid? Inbreeding is most definitely a thing in Shenmue now.

 

[Heartbeats]

did you see the picture of his wife and kid? Inbreeding is most definitely a thing in Shenmue now.

Shenmue IV to be set in the locations Swindon, Lowestoft and Barnstaple

 

[Yokosuka]

On the Niaowu tourist wall...

 

[Your Boy Leroy]

Yeah, this room was a little too Kojima for my taste. Still hilarious though.

 

[Aman]

Have there been any translations of the kanji on the bulletin board?

I would like to know as well.

 

[BruceWayne911]

Why did Yu Suzuki let Chai return. What purpose does he serve? He got beatdown in Shenmue 1(twice if you win the Arcade fight). Chai felt like a filler villain.

 

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Again, it was to add the fanservice.

From what I can tell, he also likes Chai a lot; if it was a throwaway character, I doubt he would've added him.

 

[Sh3ppy]

I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen the last of Chai either. He’s going to be popping in and out until the end I reckon.

 

[BruceWayne911]

I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen the last of Chai either. He’s going to be popping in and out until the end I reckon.

I hope not. Besides fanservice he serves no point. I dont hate Chai but let's move on IMO.

 

[Machsi]

Why did Yu Suzuki let Chai return. What purpose does he serve? He got beatdown in Shenmue 1(twice if you win the Arcade fight). Chai felt like a filler villain.

Fan service. Same as the forklift. Shenmue 3 is marred with tons of fan service, perhaps Yu felt an obligation to some key backers to take their input - big mistake imo.

 

[BruceWayne911]

Fan service. Same as the forklift. Shenmue 3 is marred with tons of fan service, perhaps Yu felt an obligation to some key backers to take their input - big mistake imo.

I dont think it was a mistake. I think it was more of a safe approach. He is a familiar character.

 

[Miles Prower]

Fan service where Ryo doesn’t even seem to acknowledge he’s met Chai before, that is. I’ve grumbled about this already, but given he is explicitly referred to as a ‘Shenmue 1 character’ in that capsule machine, and is seen in the recap movie, really is infuriating and very sloppy

 

[Machsi]

Fan service where Ryo doesn’t even seem to acknowledge he’s met Chai before, that is. I’ve grumbled about this already, but given he is explicitly referred to as a ‘Shenmue 1 character’ in that capsule machine, and is seen in the recap movie, really is infuriating and very sloppy

Two words of dialogue could of made it much better : “You again!?” -that is literally all Ryo had to say to make it feel better

 

[Sh3ppy]

It was pretty dumbfounding to have Ryo seem like he’s not met Chai before. That did stick out to me a lot.

As far as him reappearing, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not so much ‘fan service’, but the plan having always been to make him a recurring character. Like Gollum in a way. His importance increases the further along we go and he ends up playing a key role in later events. Just wildly speculating.

 

[B-Man]

It was pretty dumbfounding to have Ryo seem like he’s not met Chai before. That did stick out to me a lot.

As far as him reappearing, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not so much ‘fan service’, but the plan having always been to make him a recurring character. Like Gollum in a way. His importance increases the further along we go and he ends up playing a key role in later events. Just wildly speculating.

He did have an unused character model in Shenmue II after all. So I agree that there's a good chance he was always meant to reappear. But yeah, they really dropped the ball by not having Ryo and Chai acknowledge that they already knew each other.

 

[WuyingRen]

He did have an unused character model in Shenmue II after all. So I agree that there's a good chance he was always meant to reappear. But yeah, they really dropped the ball by not having Ryo and Chai acknowledge that they already knew each other.

Perhaps they didn’t want to confuse new players by referencing events that weren’t contained directly in S3? Either way, I agree that it was sloppy from a narrative perspective.