 The Shenmue series, as envisioned by creator Yu Suzuki, is made up  of at least 16 chapters. The original Shenmue only covered the first  chapter, while Shenmue II contains four chapters of the series.  However, chapters included in Shenmue II are chapters 3 to 5.  Chapter 2 is in neither game and only existed as part of a manga  spinoff titled "Shenmue: Side Story" (originally published in the  Japanese publication, Dorimaga). In this chapter, Ryo saves a little  girl from Chai (the villain from the first game), who infiltrated  the ship Ryo was in. This explains some of the dialogue between Ryo  and the girls mother in the beginning of the second game.