I finished the episode now.
Nice to see Bailu Village again, Mingyang Lei said to Shenhua that a nearby village is holding a night festival soon. Maybe we will see Miao Village or other village that was cut out of the games, this would be really interesting.
Interesting episode, the anime expanding the relation of Guizhang with Master Chen and also about the organization. Maybe something will happen and Master Chen will let Guizhang call him father again and the relation will get better.
Really nice to see the anime expanding the story showing Chiyou.
Was so interesting to see that Lan Di interrogation scene in mandarin, i even thought that Lan Di was already in China but in the ending of the episode we saw Lan Di leaving Japan. Xuhe Hall is probably the place where the Chi You Men stay in Yokosuka, i understood this way, maybe we will see more scenes in mandarin in the anime.
Maybe we will see more scenes with Yuanda Zhu in the anime, Lan Di talking with Yuanda Zhu, maybe the anime will expand more things about Yuanda Zhu and i think this will be really interesting.
No Megumi and the kitten in this episode, i still have hope that we will see at least one scene with Megumi and the kitten in the anime.
Shozo Mizuki did not appear in this episode, i feel that Shozo Mizuki will appear in the next episode, one of my favorite characters in Shenmue.
In my opinion the pace is fine but if the anime was with 24 episodes i think it would be much better because more time for longer fights, character development, expanding more the plot like the story with Mark and his brother, more slice of life moments and much more, but like i said in other posts i like the route with 13 episodes as well, the anime team is doing a beautiful job in adapting the Shenmue world in anime form.
The first game have many interesting characters like Guizhang, Master Chen, Shozo Mizuki, Mark, Tom and many others, the anime is a nice opportunity to expand more these characters like what happened to Yamagishi-san in the second episode. I know the anime will be 13 episodes but the Yokosuka arc of the story have many interesting things as well.
The plot advanced a lot in this episode. i don't think episode 4 will be the last episode in Yokosuka and I really hope that doesn't happen, it will feel really rushed in my opinion to end this part of the story in episode 4.
I feel that episode 5 or 6 will be the last episode in this part of the story, i will prefer episode 5 or 6 to be the last episode in the Yokosuka arc, i feel that this way it will be better and more emotional.
I need to see the episode more times but i enjoy the episode, i'm looking forward to the next.