Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailer Reaction - The TRUTH About Yasuke The Black Samurai

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Imagine you are so ideologically possessed that as soon as you watched the trailer you hit up Wikipedia to try and rewrite history.

Let me summarize from my point of view as a Japanese person what is controversial about this work in Japan. Although there are almost no primary documents about Yasuke, he has appeared in many creative works. For example, there is no record of Yasuke's participation in battle, but he is portrayed as a hero who fought on the battlefield in creative works. Because of the above background, a setting that was created as a fiction is being propagated in Western society as if it were a fact. On the other hand, UBI claims that the story of this work (especially Yasuke) is based on historical fact. Many Japanese feel that it is insulting to claim novels written by Americans as a Japanese historical fact. Yasuke's race is not the issue. The problem is that they are promoting a fake history as fact.

I am Japanese. I am using Google Translate, so please read with patience. I watched a video of you testing Yasuke before. So when I found this video, I felt like I had found a friend who could calmly examine this issue. Most Japanese people want to know more about the historical romance of a black man named Yasuke. No one will hate Yasuke. The definition of "SAMURAI" that Westerners think of is different from the definition of "Samurai" in Japan, so it is true that the perception of Yasuke's class is misaligned. There are many Japanese people who think that because the big broadcasting stations broadcast with the wrong definition, they have misunderstood history and have become political tools. This video explains it calmly. thank you. The origin of the word "Samurai" is a verb meaning "to serve a noble." The meaning is as broad as that of a salaryman. "Samurai" includes farmers, who made up nearly 90% of the population, and 7% of the ruling class, samurai, during wartime. In Europe and America, "SAMURAI" seems to be used to mean a samurai of the ruling class, but Yasuke is thought to have been a commoner. Because Yasuke doesn't have a last name. Like many Japanese until 1875. There is no record of Yasuke being given a surname either on the Japanese side or on the Jesuit side. The problem is that UBI made it clear that they wanted our samurai. I think that not only Japanese people but also Yasuke are taking advantage of this. Up until now, I had laughed and forgiven the strange portrayal of Japan in the West, but now I understand that it's not that they don't know Japan, but that they have appropriated its culture. I'm disappointed that Shadows doesn't give you that feeling of having been there (I've actually traveled there), as I wandered through life-like Constantinople, Italy, and the pyramids in the Assassin's Creed series. This is something that I felt that I would not be able to experience. I won't discuss it in detail, but when I watched the PV, I realized that they had done a lot of research. I don't want you to think that the Japan they depict is an accurate portrayal of Japanese culture like other series. We are angry about UBI because it has created a structure where black people take away the main character from Japanese men. I think that Naoe's facial features, which are typical of Western Asian women, were altered to sell. There is also a Japanese proverb that says, "Hair is a woman's life." It's strange that the hair that is life is short. Short hair should be girls under 6 years old or nuns or modern people. I want to reduce discrimination and prejudice for the sake of children. I'm glad that everyone is enjoying Japan's history and culture, but I think people should seriously reflect on UBI. For getting Yasuke involved in this way of disrespecting Japanese people. I want a world where there is mutual respect.

The problem isn't Yasuke, but how he's been exploited for political reasons and how the game has broken all conventions of the series.

Kind of sus they think black people only have two types of hairstyles: Killmonger and dreads. Edit: I think people are missing the perspective of "woke" marketing of the California mental illness haircut. And don't get me started on how they model black women after former Mayor Beetlejuice.

My Grandma told me "Don't believe what the Metatron taught you, samurais were black."

Something I have yet to see anyone mention regarding Yasuke is the situation with his name. He's exclusively known as Yasuke, single name, no family name. It's fairly well established that commoners throughout Japanese history usually only had one name, which only changed following the Meiji Ishin. In comparison, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, originally named Hiyoshimaru, didn't have a surname. Though, just rushing through a quick refresher, his father might have had one, going by Kinosshita, which Hideyoshi may have used. So, the example might not be as concrete as I imagined. Anyway, Hideyoshi changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi once he rose to elevated status, whether you want to call that samurai or not. That's an example under the same lord. As for William Adam, he was named Miura Anjin, two names, by Shogun Tokugawa. Whether Oda was going to elevate Yasuke or not is much more debatable. But, I think the fact he was never given a surname is a clear indicator that he was not yet a samurai or someone of elevated social status.

Despite beating .000000001% of the feudal Japanese population, yasuke makes up 53% of assassinations.

Ghost of Tsushima has Jin Sakai clean his blade before sheathing it, cool little detail there.

One of the most convincing arguments I've seen that point to him not being a samurai, is that he had no surname. AFAIK, all samurais would receive land and a surname from their lords.

I am Japanese. I can say that this video is generally correct. Simply put, a Bushi is a warrior Think of a Samurai as a knight. Nobunaga is known as an innovative man, but there is no doubt that it was quite a risky move to turn a black man into a samurai in Japan at that time. Samurai take pride in their status and would never accept the fact that a dark-skinned person who suddenly appeared on the scene was of the same status as them. This is not discrimination or anything, but that was the way it was in those days. Now, the fact that Yasuke was chosen as the main character in the new AC film, I must say that it has been received somewhat critically in Japan, because it is not easy for a Japanese man to evade the other Japanese men. The reason is that there is no reason to put Yasuke as the main character, even though he is a Japanese man. In the case of AC, the protagonist is traditionally a man with roots in the country where the story takes place. Why did they put a black man as the main character only in this film, which is set in Japan? Moreover, a black person was a very rare race in Japan at that time. Even considering the setting as an assassin, Yasuke is too conspicuous, and even if he were to blend in with the crowd, his skin color and his huge body would make him instantly recognizable. In any case, this kind of opinion is often expressed critically in Japan.

Omg, I literally heard about the main characters for this game, and I said to my sister “It’s about Yasuke. Metatron is going to make a video about this”

In AC:Valhalla they had Christian stave churches in the Norse afterlife. Either way, AC peaked when you were a pirate.

Yasuke was only given the status needed for him to remain in the court of Oda Nobunaga. Oda was interested in wrestling and Yasuke was very strong at that. This fact along with his black skin made him a curiosity that Oda wanted in his court. To do so required Yasuke to be given property. However the only battle Yasuke took part in he was caught fleeing.

"I don't care what they tell you in school, Yasuke was a samurai." - Old Lady from the Netflix Cleopatra movie, probably.

the controversy the dude caused is so big that we seem to all have forgoten there is no mention of the templar order.

Japanese language and Literature/Japanese Studies BA and MA holder here Man, I'm so glad you finally said what I've been saying in so many of my works for years. Bushi and the Samurai are two very very VERY different things that people always are confused on about; They samurai were never always focused on fighting and had so so many vast range of duties, from bearucratic duty to many other samurai that used to teach and do farming (Satsuma clan samurai for example). Thanks for pointing this out. I'm so gland I'm not the only one saying such stuff and trying to make people be more aware of such thing. Thank you.

Man this video explains everything about the situation. Thx for this. Also condolences about your mother bro.