Shenmue II Best NPC Kid

The award for best NPC character goes to this kid!
Shenmue II
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[@ibrijira4855]

"Hm. Is it yummy?" "Me? Well..."

[@ManualDanual]

That certainly depends! I personally love wasabi sauce. It's a love or hate it thing definitely.

[@redwinebryan]

im dead XDDDD

[@treatoplease3479]

Haha "completely normal conversation with a kid" video reference hahaa!

[@giovannisoldovieri5270]

mmmmmMMMMMmMmm

[@Yusufff684]

Lmao💀

[@sthlng2180]

"Whats soy sauce?" >kid immediately describes it a second later

[@ManualDanual]

"The black salty stuff?"

[@miguelmendoza3403]

Maybe he wasn't sure about it

[@marleymars2223]

Accurate to how real kids are

[@alexaender1992]

sure, but describing it that amount he did he will still need more information to get whole understanding

[@riityee]

1k likes 🎉

[@BlondieYouTube]

Me asking the chef: "Wasabi, is it different from chili?" Chef: "Yeh, it's green."

[@ManualDanual]

All the information you need to know lol.

[@mnnwdr]

*I WANT SOME* *I WANT SOME*

[@ManualDanual]

@@mnnwdr Ryo then regrets everything he told the child.

[@roddydykes7053]

That’s the only distinction between wasabi and chili

[@welwitschia3756]

@@roddydykes7053 there are green chillies though

[@bitga7340]

These conversations sounds like what the textbooks say if you’re learning English in a foreign country.

[@ManualDanual]

The kid is very scholarly!

[@Raachen]

English Lesson 1: Wasabi.

[@psychadelicpotato8580]

English textbooks in my country use normal conversational English though 😂

[@nilihcrevo9820]

@@psychadelicpotato8580 it's not used anymore bro, but school until 2000s used it

[@namegoesfirstthenlastname1785]

Yeah, sounds like the audios from the cds that came with the english books, lol.

[@randyhutama3022]

its like two A.I trying to communicate.

[@ManualDanual]

OMG that is so accurate lmao!

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

So fucking true bruh

[@TheDoomFan2004]

We have two quiet and weird kids in my school, we call them "the broken A.I" and yeah, they talk to anyone just like this

[@wolfdragox5563]

Fun fact: AI voices sound way more natural than this.

[@KroVey]

If Hell is real, it's probably being stuck forever in conversations like this.

[@kastellan1324]

I'd like to see that!

[@fellerrionmarchelum9]

hell is real

[@six-stringphantom1402]

@@fellerrionmarchelum9 no is not only gaming is real

[@detectivenora]

Oh it is alright

[@cuntymcshitballs4097]

Heaven*

[@bluucaterpillars]

'tell me about japan' "well.." *'tell me about japan'* "well.." *" t e l l m e a b o u t j a p a n "*

[@ManualDanual]

Then Ryo's whole world starts to spin and the scenery begins to melt!

[@yourmomth1cc200]

"Me? Well..."

[@faisaleclair9293]

Look at the time...

[@flawlessman125]

My god , this game😂

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

Look at the time, i gotta go!

[@ryanbeev]

this was the longest 2 minutes of my day lol

[@redwinebryan]

THAT WAS 2 MINUTE??? i was watching avangers in the background and thanos died before the video ended

[@juicyfruit6311]

To you it was a long 2 minutes. But to me, it was a Tuesday.

[@redwinebryan]

@@juicyfruit6311 I FUCKIGN LAUGHTED MY ASS OFF at midnight 39 thank you i was having a shitty day

[@thelustfulkid4110]

Agreed.

[@peterbach1126]

ITS ONLY 2 MINUTES ?!?!?!?

[@briguyhenny6923]

“What’s soy sauce” (throws up gang signs)

[@redwinebryan]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@arsenic.01]

AHHHHHHHASD

[@yes-ge4nm]

HHHHHHHHHH

[@wrenokow]

he really said “crips 4 lyfe”

[@UchihaOPBrian]

😭☠️

[@aplotholesfiller8827]

"Japan is a country surrounded by the sea." "The sea? Id like to see that" "You ve never seen it?" "Id like to swim in the sea." "I see"

[@ManualDanual]

Possibly the best moment of it all!

[@realkingofantarctica]

This kid actually doesn't care, he's just humouring a strange schizophrenic man who keeps walking up to him and talking about random stuff.

[@64729Laura]

underrated comment

[@alexaender1992]

u can't go thru all that humouring and not care

[@ManualDanual]

The kid is actually in complete control of this conversation the whole time lol.

[@mrmeowingtonw]

the fuck does schizophrenia have to do with it

[@psychadelicpotato8580]

@@mrmeowingtonw I guess what he's meant was the characters tendency to indulge in tangentially and circunstanciality. Yeah it sounds ignorant, but I'm guessing the intention was to point out the traits ( which is strange especially in the lack of actual Schizophrenia)

[@evanstein3011]

Is he supposed to be from Louisiana? Lmao

[@ManualDanual]

Sure sounds like it haha!

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

Lmfaoooo

[@ya.thegoat8795]

Lol

[@pointybits6496]

He's Cantonese so basically the southern version of Chinese.

[@penelopegreene]

All those swamp mountains...

[@wa7saka]

this is like a loophole fever dream

[@sassysuiryu1114]

You're right 💀💀💀

[@ilike2suck]

exactly

[@blankitcoffeelo-fi4806]

"Is it different from chili?" "Yes, it's G R E E N" "WOW! I really want to eat sashimi!" I've had feverdreams more coherent than this conversation.

[@Raachen]

hahahahaha

[@nittayoshifumi8252]

Luckily, this conversation is more coherent than my dreams.

[@michaelharrison5725]

It's like watching someone being forced to babysit their nephew for the first time and they have no kids of their own

[@ManualDanual]

Hahaha!! That's like the most accurate comparison I've read yet! So true.

[@TheSpy149]

Are you speaking from experience?

[@tspeakstlives]

I like the detail of snot coming out of his nose * chef's kiss *

[@ManualDanual]

I see you appreciate the finer details in life!

[@AYoutubeUser0]

@Merciless Freak fak this shet

[@afriend9428]

*Wasabi*

[@TheFomauser]

This felt way longer than 2 minutes

[@anothergamer112]

It sounds like the voice of the kid decided to be bad on purpose just to mess around and the director was like "Beautiful, that goes in the final game."

[@zackcolbourne6921]

This kid sounds like he's always depended on the kindness of strangers.

[@ManualDanual]

Lol!

[@alfie4234]

“Tell me about Japan!” “Well…” **conversation ends**

[@madmuffinz]

"The sea? I'd like to SEE that." This kid is a genius

[@ManualDanual]

Haha he truly is!

[@thebatman4279]

If everyone spoke like this I'd probably make more of an effort to socialise.

[@ManualDanual]

Haha! It is a warm, welcoming speaking tone!

[@namegoesfirstthenlastname1785]

The comment below this one says the opposite, haha.

[@iwill8607]

If you pay attention to that boi hand,he's throwing gang sign🤘🤟🤙🤞✌️🖖☝️👆👇🖐️👊👌

[@jimjohnson6944]

This boy has the voice of an adult woman, and the body of an adult dad.

[@ManualDanual]

Hahahah!! 100% accurate!!

[@user-ik7vm1kt6q]

weird southern drawl

[@BenjaminQ23]

"What's Sashimi?" "Me.....well..."

[@itsrainingmelons6202]

It’s amazing. I wonder how many years the developers studied social interactions to make this masterpiece

[@Abhisnakey]

"I'd like to swim in the sea "- random shenmue kid.

[@ManualDanual]

~Never Forget~

[@hbtm2951]

Meanwhile in Deus Ex: Say no more, Fam.

[@CapsuleClub-fz6gu]

I want this kid to swim in the sea and never come back if you catch my drift. Never have I felt such hatred and repulsion towards a fictional being, let alone a child one.

[@marcopollo366]

I love how kid doesn't know what the sea is.... But then immediately knows you can swim in it

[@5r3t5n0m]

See, seas, seen. I bet they had a good time with those

[@ManualDanual]

Right?! They threw in that sound a lot there haha!

[@burner_account1313]

"Oh no" Best voice acting ever

[@shizenkv]

T E L L M E A B O U T J A P A N

[@Clos93]

Well...

[@GOREFANGZZ]

@@Clos93 *T E L L M E A B O U T J A P A N!*

[@ljnetic8375]

Well…

[@magmavision2000]

TELL ME ABOUT *_J A P A N_*

[@ljnetic8375]

@@magmavision2000 Well...

[@shamusmcwright2640]

"The sea. I'd like to see that" *gang signs*

[@Gay_Priest]

When you give the voice actors five seconds to prepare and two hours of training, then have them perform in front of their high school bullies

[@error-try-again-later]

"I don't know what to tell you." "I want some!" *"Oh no..."* And in that moment, Ryo realised what he had just unleashed upon the world.

[@GarrettWatts]

This is the funniest thing I have ever seen and this should have 3.4 million views.

[@ManualDanual]

Lol I hope it gets that much viewership eventually! Happy you enjoy it!

[@ellacarbery1488]

facts

[@aayushtripathi3799]

Yeah

[@yoinksscoob4889]

Ikr lmao

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

Random verified channel

[@pinkguy3146]

"Um" "What should I tell you" *awkward silence*

[@patenis9007]

Very, uh, natural and smooth conversation.

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

- I'd like to swim in the sea - *I see* Lmao

[@alexf225]

I *see* I'm not only one with terrible sense of humor

[@yes-ge4nm]

@@alexf225 *I see* I am the only one with dark sense of humor right now

[@augu345]

I love how the background song ,just is perfect

[@ddc1213]

What’s wasabi? The green stuff running down ur nose dude

[@ManualDanual]

Lol!! Yeah let's just season your snot kid then you can get a taste of wasabi!

[@life_is_a_myth]

@@ManualDanual 😂

[@ReverieCat]

“Wow! I really like wasabi” *hand gestures*

[@TSPMikey]

Good Lord, this is both horrific and hilarious 😂 How has it not gone viral yet?

[@CapsuleClub-fz6gu]

I think it's the cadence of the speech and the emphasis on unusual words in the sentences that makes it sound like a story written by an alien doing it's best to sound human.

[@ManualDanual]

Pretty accurate lol!

[@itsmeazzy4488]

"What's soy sauce?" * waits 1 second * * hand gestures *

[@ManualDanual]

Impatient for an answer!

[@oyxnova4519]

“The sea? I’d like to SEA that” “I’d like to swim in the SEA” “I SEA”

[@kaikai9122]

“Um...” “Y E A H!” “What should I tell you...”

[@ManualDanual]

Which option would you choose? Lol replying a yeah to an um is just so wonderfully strange.

[@westsi1]

Honestly, this kid is teaching us how to live in present moment.

[@beatsbyadmiralz5915]

“I’d like to swim in the sea” “I see”

[@khalidsami5556]

“Look at the time”.... this moment when you waste your time with little kid to just get the direction to the village.

[@spookidz5690]

I will tell the child about soy sauce and after raising his curiosity i will tell him that thing isn’t here 😿

[@mejrikais6002]

The golden Era of gaming and the best years of my life

[@irongraveknight]

Kid: Sounds good! I want to try some. Doesn't know anything about the only two ingredients on Sashimi.

[@Softwareupdate69]

Like 60 minutes in America, a minute passes

[@robertsides3626]

Whoever voiced this kid wasn't payed for their work. They were held at gunpoint.

[@ManualDanual]

You can hear the nervous shakes in their voice!

[@neuto]

They made a conversation with a kid sound like awkward flirting.

[@marlene144]

Especially the "it's spicy" 😏

[@ManualDanual]

Lmao!! Well foreign flirting is the best!

[@187onaPigeon]

I don't know who's idea it was to hire a Texan to do the voice of a Chinese kid

[@ManualDanual]

They were scrambling! He's supposed to just seem foreign I suppose lol

[@cheese_adi]

This kid is the most adult sounding kid I have ever heard

[@ManualDanual]

Eerily so!

[@cyberroninsburnerchannel4806]

I honestly thought that kid had a flip phone on his head.

[@ManualDanual]

Lmao!! Two flip phones glued to his noggin! That's not a bad character design idea!

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

Tell me about Japan ! Tell me about Frederic Chopin !

[@KLeeFMVs]

Just discovered this game today and have been watching clips.... this is by far one of the weirdest. It's really creeping me out. O_O

[@ManualDanual]

I hope you play it sometime! I love the Shenmue series. Lots of wacky NPCs to talk with!

[@bern9642]

It's mostly just the voice acting, it's terrible. But back then game companies couldn't afford the best voice actors.

[@saru2530]

0:40 I definitely need sleep because for some reason him saying "it's spicy" had me cracking up lol

[@marlene144]

It was oddly sensual

[@TheOneAndOnlyZeno]

I can't un-see the snot running out of the woman's *err* "child's" nose.......

[@ManualDanual]

Definitely voiced by a woman for sure.

[@jacko8603]

i think this would destroy all my brain cells if i watch too much of this

[@ManualDanual]

Why not leave it on repeat?

[@jacko8603]

@@ManualDanual really? 😂

[@okmega22]

Why does he have a southern accent?

[@ManualDanual]

A strange choice indeed!

[@aimeeinkling]

Every country has a south.

[@AllanFelipe]

He reminds me of Bobby Hill.

[@Drtree-nd8cq]

-I want some, I want some... -I want some.... -oh no...

[@johannengelhardt5885]

The random hand gestures really add a lot to this

[@ryanc5572]

The background music is honestly incredible

[@ManualDanual]

Sets the mood of the convo just right!

[@yoinksscoob4889]

Wipe your nose my dude lol

[@ManualDanual]

Let the snot run!

[@bassbole]

"Is it different from Chili?" "Yes, it's green." Well, is it different or not?

[@ManualDanual]

Good point!

[@ThePanicPuppet]

This was the _best_ take

[@BocajTreplow]

One of Holly Hunter's best performances

[@hatednyc]

Sashimi? Is that what’s coming out of his nose

[@isrealajayi3106]

I'm going to have nightmares about this

[@Gaff.]

My girlfriend was excited to play the Shenmue series until I showed her a clip of this kid. Six years later, she has agreed to play it but only in Japanese. Update: We have played them in English and the result is she has now a post-modern conception of how to experience voice acting.

[@ManualDanual]

Oh noes! I hope she still plays the English version too!

[@Gaff.]

@@ManualDanual Because of this comment I showed her this clip again in hopes that she would change her mind and somehow it had the opposite effect.

[@ManualDanual]

@@Gaff. Tragic 😆

[@m00nrac00n]

The hand gestures and southern accent - Stop, I cant breath.

[@Vexferen]

0:21 holy shit the hands gesture is glorious

[@1Thunderfire]

Seeing that kid immediately made me have a massive coughing fit (currently recovering from a chest infection post-flu). Bless him.

[@ManualDanual]

That is hilarious and I'm also sorry!

[@1Thunderfire]

@@ManualDanual Haha, thanks anyway! (I also found out the hard way I'm super allergic to penicillin so I need the funny things.) 😅

[@SreyRc]

Oh man! Sorry about that. How are you doing now?

[@sandygreen2707]

The snot coming out of his nose is for extra flair 😂

[@ManualDanual]

The kid is a trend setter!

[@jimjohnson6944]

This is more Oblivion than Oblivion itself

[@HarrisonTheGrey]

Every human in the world of Shenmue has severe brain damage. It is the norm in this realm.

[@Biblestudyyt]

This makes oblivion look like it was written by Shakespeare

[@cactusrosi1409]

"I want some! I want some!" "I don't really know what to tell you." "I want some!" "Oh no...." Lol

[@ManualDanual]

Sudden and deep regret lol

[@grin3670]

1:25 armin be like

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

Dude 😢

[@aayushtripathi3799]

Gang signs all over the place

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

The long lost brother of Forrest Gump.

[@user-ik7vm1kt6q]

this is exactly how it feels to speak to children

[@ManualDanual]

Right?! Totally haha

[@ZenSei03042]

this wasabi in his left nose.

[@niwniw93]

Wasabi : "years ago.. I was chili.."

[@maerosss]

- Is it different from chilli? - Yes... it's GREEN :D :D

[@GHO5T3DFreelance]

NPC KID: i really want some wasabi ME: hey maybe clean that waterfall hanging out of your nose first G

[@rdlss2330]

“Hey! hey! what else, what else” best line ever

[@vinnie1827]

“Tell me more about Japan” “Well” “Tell me more about Japan” “Well”

[@ManualDanual]

I hope someone makes a remix auto tune song of this!

[@Gouzinstrumentals]

"Look at the time... 👀 " bruh 😂

[@Garl_Vinland]

It’s like they recorded this in a 180 degree booth in the dead of summer and then gave all the VA’s an overdose of laudenum

[@VvVN91]

Kid: I want some I want some Ryo: I don’t really know what to tell you Kid: I want some?! Ryo: oh no...

[@darookmezd]

"What's soy sauce?" Epic frantic hand gestures

[@michaelj3234]

And so he grew Up to become E. Honda.

[@ManualDanual]

Lol! The secret past. Turns out E. Honda is a Japanese wannabe of Chinese descent!

[@TheHuntsman6]

I can believe the voice actor looks like that

[@whateverwhenever666]

I'm old AF and I have seen war and shit but watching this video for just a minute was enough to make me lose my sanity. why the fuck the animations and voice acting had to be so mental LOL

[@CrazyJean]

2 mins feels like 2 days

[@SUPERSONICGIRLIFY]

Someone told the VA this is a kid in a rural village far from cities and, uhh... The VA took that way too much to heart. XD