I really hope you've been enjoying the new stories so far, but now we want to take a quick detour and do some Shenmue related stories instead. Shenmue has always been a personal favourite game of mine, but one aspect of the game that had always truly fascinated me was based around the lives of the NPC's within that game world and the many countless stories there were to tell. I always found it fascinating how every single character within Shenmue had their own lives, adventures and dramas to tell, that were all completely independent from the games main plot and only admired by the most dedicated fans of the series. Today I want to share with you one of those stories, it's the sad tale of a lonely old woman being forced to spend the Christmas Holidays alone. This is the Lonely Winter of Haru Hirata.