How to unlock Nozomi's Confession, Nozomi's Tears and Naoyuki & Ichiro's cutscene in Shenmue

Probably the most easily missed scenes in Shenmue are those with Nozomi, and Ryo’s friends Naoyuki and Ichiro. Out of all the missables I covered for separate video - which linked at the end of this description - it was three scenes in particular that caused the most confusion from players, so I wanted to create a dedicated video showing how they work, some theories on why they’re so easily missed, and to debunk some often speculated requirements you don’t need to worry about.

00:26 - How to unlock Nozomi's Confession
01:21 - How to unlock Naoyuki and Ichiro
02:42 - How to unlock Nozomi's Tears
04:12 - One final observation...
05:28 - Nozomi's Confession cutscene in full
08:07 - Naoyuki & Ichiro cutscene in full (both intros)
10:42 - Nozomi's Tears cutscene in full

For Nozomi’s Confession, this requires reaching the point of the story where you get the Chinese Letter, but have not yet collected the Sword Handguard. You must also be in the Hazuki residence after 7pm, and to pick up the phone when it rings.

For Naoyuki and Ichiro, this has the same window of availability as Nozomi’s Confession - which is between collecting the Chinese Letter and Sword Handguard, however it has two additional requirements. One, you must have seen Nozomi’s Confession, and two, you must have visited the harbor at least once.

For Nozomi’s Tears, this has the most straightforward requirements of them all - and that’s to have the in-game date be December 26th onwards (in voice over says after December 26th - it can be on that date too) and to visit Sakuragaoka Park after 7pm.

The cut off date is effectively until the end of the game - until and on the fourth day of the harbor job. And no, you don’t need to have seen Nozomi’s Confession, or talked to Eri outside You Arcade, first. Also, thanks to discussion on the Shenmue Dojo forums (involving Gamer2 and RyoHazuki1987) for clarifying a theory about how early you can see Nozomi’s Tears: https://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/vie...

If you don't want to go through the legwork of unlocking the above, then you can watch all three scenes in full at the end of the video.

All this took a lot of research and testing, so if you found anything useful or interesting - I’d appreciate a like or a comment, or sharing it with a fellow Shenmue fan who might also enjoy it.

If you want to make sure you don’t miss these scenes, or any other easily missed items, I have a video dedicated to Shenmue’s major missables, which might be perfect for your next playthrough:    • Shenmue missables in order - scenes, ...  

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