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I like how the anti-woke crowd just ignores the Japanese woman protagonist
Maybe just maybe now think about this. Just maybe she’s fucking Japanese. The whole fucking point of the argument was if we’re gonna do assassin Creed in fucking Japan have Japanese people in it.
Yeah, they're so insoportable
Why would a woman antagonist thats japanese be more concerning than a black dude who historically wasnt a samurai as the first protagonist in a Japanese assassins creed. I love it but a woman has been in these games multiple times lol
one problem at a time also there was a female samurai
@@battousaithekingslayer9913 So you were okay playing fictional characters that never existed but you draw the line at black samurai ???
Its cultural appropriation when its against black culture but not when its asian culture? Makes complete sense
Fucking right.
How is it appropriation when he existed and was accepted into Japanese culture? I don’t think you know what that word means.
wtf are you yapping about?
@@holdenmuganda97 He was not accepted in their culture, he was something exotic not seen. But never accepted. But his(story) is full of lies. They are trying to force black people on to people who don't like them and call them racist for doing so. That's not right.
@@ryanm4074 go away for you understand nothing of what is being said.
15 million Japanese in the late 1500’s and Ubisoft find the only black guy.
He wasnt the only black person in Japan, he was the first black samurai
@@chasesonic292 he wasn’t a samurai and the only black people in Japan in that time were on Portuguese ships on their way to a life of whipping. They weren’t strolling around with the natives. The Japanese tried to scrub the black off Yasuke. You know blacks aren’t prevalent when the natives are trying to wash the black off you.
@robertwhiteley-yv1sy Shortly after trying to be washed by the japanese, he was bought by oda nobunaga and was made a retainer. He was also taught how to use a sword and used it in battle. Thus making him a samurai 🤔 You didn't do your research?
@@chasesonic292 teenage mutant ninja turtles are more Samurai and probably more historical accurate that yasuke. Some historians say that they don’t even know if he was black. I don’t mind a black person in AC games, Adewali and bayek are some of my favourites in the series but they show-horned him in for representation sake and that’s silly. I hope we get the scrubbing scene in the game.
@@robertwhiteley-yv1sy Where was this hatred when Nioh came out? 🤔 I'm starting to think historical accuracy isn't the issue
They’re so focused on the samurai not being Japanese and being black that they completely ignored the playable Japanese character. They tell you who they are every damn time.
litterally bruh
Fr bro, i was tired of watching those bigot ah mfs talking and giving reviews. Had to come here and actually hear sum dam common sense bruh. They so dam mad that you can actually PLAY as an Japanese woman too but shi i guess they dont like women neither bruh🤷♂️
Forreal, before watching the trailer I thought Yasuke was the only playable character, but after finding out about Naoe the outrage is just plain stupid lmaooo.
@@ClawCyber yeah all those japan men need to get with the times a game set in their country they have no right to play anyone other then a monkey
Yeah but we get her instead of Hanzo or Nagato.
Being racist for another race is INSANE
It's quite common. It's most common type of racism in fact xD
In both America and Europe there's a lot of anti black sentiment. We have always been scapegoats for white outrage.
don’t worry, there’s plenty of “racist” Japanese people that are pissed of at this game lol :^)
These blacks guys taking over races cultures is crazy ngl.
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"Yasuke wasnt a samurai"..So now everybody cares about historical accuracy in a AC game? Lmfao
All of a sudden cultural appropriation isn’t a thing? lol jk, but It’s the needless pandering that’s pissing people off, not necessarily Yasuke being the main character. Ubisoft is just looking for brownie points from critics by making the main character black. Miyamoto Musashi (an undefeated, Ronin, master samurai) who lived roughly around the same time that this game takes place would have been the perfect choice and made for a much more immersive experience.. but no, let’s go with Yasuke, who only lived in Japan for roughly 3 years.. the game still looks dope! And I’m sure I’ll enjoy it, but Yasuke just feels a little shoehorned in for the sake of political correctness.. (and please don’t take this as me bashing Yasuke, I do think his entire story is interesting, just not a good fit here.)
Funny thing is that retainers are also samurai.
@@rich9320 , you are truly a delusional (...) if you think the first random black dude there happens to have ANY chance against actual samurais. Samurais, the dudes internationally known for having an entire art of the sword instilled since childhood.
Yasuke was a some token, among many others in the collection of stuff emperors collect.
Modern day China had what were known as "White Monkey" jobs until recently: Chinese business men hiring Whites as a display of wealth. Go check SerpentZA's video about him being hired as a "European Architect" to hype some large building project (the guy is a White South African, who was a computer tech, lol).
Your dear Yasuke was that White, err-- Black Monkey.
So, what's next? You trying to gaslight us to think we stand a chance against NAVY Seals?
Or you thinking you stand a chance in horseback archery against the Mongols?
Come on dude, develop your brain and use critical thinking. This ain't Skyrim, where swinging your sword 20 times will level you up to mastery, and where limbs grow back.
@@selfmade223thank god you are just a consumer stfu
Got smoked by the first reply. Lmfao
Why can’t we play as a male Japanese protagonist? Or why can’t we have the CHOICE to do so, like Kassandra/Alexios. Seriously, East Asian male leads are underrepresented and this was a golden opportunity for representation of a marginalised group.
Probably because we already have Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro and they needed a USP to diffrentiate from those games.
Are Japanese men really underrepresented in games? You're probably right in regards to western media, but they're everywhere in Japanese media and Japanese media is nowhere near as niche as it used to be.
Asian male leads are underrepresented? Literally how?
@@Phoenix6942-7 Are you serious lmao? How many Eastern Asians are big players in the MCU? I mean, we race swapped Nick Fury, Heimdall etc. where are the Asians? It’s only ever in one direction really. The most obvious one.
@gilgamesh8334 they're underrepresented in the MCU, not in films and games as a whole.
The funny thing is that these people that are saying it’s fine will be the same people that riot if an assassin’s creed made in Africa and the main protagonist is a white guy.
If there was a historical figure even as minuscule as yasuke in Africa and was an assassin I wouldn't care, because some people aren't hypocritical dumbasses like the woke and anti woke
Would they? It’s all about context. They didn’t create a black character, the main new protagonist is a Japanese woman. Yasuke is a real historical figure.
If they made the setting Africa and one of the protagonists was white and a historical figure, no one would complain.
Also you’re really simple minded with your example and you think Black Americans feel strongly about Africa, we don’t. Not as much as you think.
“If they made the setting in Africa and the main character white, they would riot.”
Would we? Grow up.
Imagine if Vanilla Ice was the main character. Lol
@@noahknight4039killed him with this
@@noahknight4039 You did when they made Resident Evil 5 set in an African village and they were all Black Zombies. They patched it and made it a diverse set of zombies.
fcukin tom cruise played a samurai and received praise. a black samurai based on an actual character appears and suddenly there is an outrage.
As an Asian person, this is how I can explain it to people who don't understand the criticism. Imagine the music industry releasing a documentary that says Eminem is the greatest and most influential hip-hop/rap artist of all time. Eminem is extremely talented but to give that title to a culturally Black audience is insulting.
And as an Asian person who's been waiting for an AC game to take place in Japan, all they had to was just keep it culturally Japanese. All of this controversy could've been avoided. If Yasuke had made an appearance in the game as an ally or DLC, I wouldn't have cared. Hell they could've made this game a Rush Hour duo with an Asian guy/Black guy story. It's annoying to see Asian men take a back seat in their own culture. But they would rather make a game that says "Hey black people, we're not racist anymore, here's your token black person to show you we're the good guys!" And we also get a girl boss who's a strong independent woman who doesn't need a man. It's phony and disingenuous.
But they did... The main character who follows the marking of the series' titular assassins, is quite literally a japanese native who is a shinobi.
How did you feel about Nioh? The main character wasn’t Asian
@@carlvanjWe hate both. Now what?
@@michealdeangelo7452 but nioh was Japanese lol
Tried reading your comment but all I can see is "wah wah wah wah"
Im black and that trailer went fuckin dumb
Im Black and the graphism were hella good, the story has a lot of potential too hope they make it right
I'm black and I'm buying a copy
I’m black i dig the trailer fuck the haters💯
African in Japanese setting what
When. I see that I'm black I know it's a fake
Im just surprised no one complained about nioh where we play as a white guy
there was a tiny amount of backlash for that at the time, but it was nowhere near comparable to this.
@@longlostlord it's because it's ubisoft
Bigger game.
Shoot, I don't remember that for everybody was playing Nioh.
Ya'll are seriously missing the point and keep bringing up useless comparisons. Nioh is a new IP, meanwhile Assassin's Creed has always put the main spotlight on the original characters, and most of them originated in their respective settings. So having yet ANOTHER romanticized version of Yasuke instead of an original Japanese lead is not it. The dude is overused, straight up.
Doesn't matter if they bring William or any other historical figure to replace Yasuke, it would be preferable if they're still sticking with an original protag, even better if it's a Japanese man to go along with Naoe. Historical figures in AC games should stay in the supporting role.
I lost it at the part where he says the internet had to make a dicision on who to hate more this time around, the woman or the black man. Lmao i think we have our answer
Clearly, you haven't played the Assassin Creed game. There are female playable characters in AC:Valhalla & AC:Oddysey. They were great. I played both as a woman. They are vikings & greek. But this? An African man in Japan? Even in a game set in Japan, you can't have asian representative. Probably they just hate asian.
@@godofnothing520 I mean Black Flag is set in the Caribbeans yet you play as a white man rather than a Caribbean person (West Indian, Haitian, Jamaican aka Black) yet none of these Crazed white people said anything about it, I wonder what they'd do if they remade Black Flag with a actual Caribbean person and let Caribbean people get represented....would they have this same energy?
Or would they all the sudden be offended ? Lol
@@trvpmusic2569 Bruh? Do you even play Black Flag?
@@godofnothing520 Played both that and Freedom Cry, did you play Black Flag and Freedom Cry???
One thing I've noticed about these people is that when it's some white character, they do a whole lot of reaching and making excuses for that white character.
Its either that or they just straight up give that white character a pass because what the hell, he's white.
But when its a black character, holy Jesus, all of their hypocrisy starts oozing out of their pores. Suddenly, every box needs, and must be checked, and absolutely nothing can be off. These people are laughable at best.
They are the typical hypocrites that’s why we shouldn’t take them seriously and keep the same energy. With them. They are cry babies narcissistic 😂😂
Exactly when it’s a black character all of the sudden every detail must be 100% accurate or your woke and pandering. You can’t win with these clowns, but a white man can be put any where in any game with 0% accuracy and it’s all fine.
When the people who make the decisions to do this openly despise white people. The backlash is justified
Because Japanese people do not like black people retard.
Which game tho
Remember when a Caucasian played the "ancient one" in the doctor strange movies...
Or Ghost in the Shell
@@Ramen_Hibachi Exactly! These Spectrum Boys are beyond hypocritical and delusional.
@@Ramen_Hibachi or all the jesus movies 😂😂
Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin
The only arguable one is Jesus since he’s actually a historical figure. All the examples you guys mentioned are fictional.
If you wanted to use a better example, then use John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
Prototype 2 and Assassin's Creed 3 got a lot of disrespect too. Prototype 2 had a black male protagonist and Creed 3 had a Native American male protagonist. Both games were great.
To be fair, the prototype fans wanted to still continue as Alex mercer and instead had to fight him. Also, I don't remember any real complaints from people playing as connor because he was native. They mostly hated the wait to play as grown connor.
Black flag had a standalone dlc freedom cry, people complained about that too. These morons man, time and time again.
@@xx_HI_xx7Connor was a native American instead of white ..why is that okay? A fictional native America dude is the protagonist that's cool but an actual black dude who was actually in Japan and had some kind of influence can't be a protagonist? This game literally has magic
@@dffgffffffddddddddddNative Americans resided in America for thousands of years. Yauske was brought as a Portuguese slave by the jesuits and was purchased by Oda as a sword retainer. Their completely different regarding setting
AC3 protagonist was just boring and it had nothing to do with his race. He was so, so, so passive with spare rages here and there. He never listened to anyone even if this was beneficial for him. It was like playing passive edgelord character and it wasn't fun. When I played him I found Hyatham (or how his father had, I don't really remember) far more fun to be around. Also, for me setting was really bland. America was big but parkour on trees was kinda meh and cities were small and full of tiny buildings. Really, best thing AC3 gave us were ships.
the saddest part about the neckbeards being triggered is how predictable it is.
they’re not even brave enough to admit their biases plainly. they get offended when you call them out for their racist views.
Because your woke fanboy
@@smurfie8412 😂😂😂 thats the best you got ??? pathetic
So soyboy why have they put a black protagonist in a game set in Japan in a series that now has over 20 games where every protagonist has been ethnicity from the area that the game was set?
Don't act stupid you know extactly why they've done it.
@@newhope33 i just know you’re a virgin lmao
Tell me you forget that Adewale was black and made a main character and that Aveline was black and the main character of AC: Liberty without telling me youve forgotten that
What about Jack the Ripper (serial killer against women) being an assassin that can 1v30 groups of militia without breaking a sweat I bet we all thought that was a pretty cool depiction of the character…. Myself included
"New Assassin Creed *fades creed creed creed" 😂😂
If it's made by the Odyssey team I might just like it, my main thing for not liking Odyssey was not being an assassin and the setting just wasn't for me. Otherwise, the combat wasn't bad, there was just too much to do and it got overwhelming for me.
Currently playing it now 120hrs having beaten the main story but a few more important questlines to finish. Although the side content is good it is too damn much. Thankfully Shadows is apparently the size of Origins *which is still too big imo*
I liked Valhalla more because it was just more engaging. Origins isn't bad but it requires more patience.
you dont have to do it all..i dont understand how games can overwhelm people..pick what you want to do.
Remember when Leonardo canonically help make ASSASSIN WEAPONS yeah I remember reading that in the history books, but nah lets now complain how historically inaccurate things are now...bruh some gamers should just say they don't want to play as black person and leave it at that instead of looking like morons justifying their hatred for the game as "not being historically accurate"
Remember when Leonidas had a magical staff or that Kane was the founder of the Templars
But it's (for me) immersive breaker. It's Netflix show now. How long have you search to find that one specific event with black slave in Japan and how hard you want to make it work to turn his whole history on it's head to do this? You had Musashi (dude known from double katana style, it wasn't his go to stance but he did it, it works great for games and for fighter protagonist), you had Tomoe, woman that became samurai, you had Masamune, known for being one eyed dragon, cause he lost sight in one eye. How awesome and fitting for games is that?
But nooooo we picked slave in japan cause his pigment was right and HR departament wanted it. How racist is this? AC always worked around cultures and peoples of their picked settings. You have many cool characters from this country and rhis period of time. And they picked slave and turned around his story. Leonardo lived in Italy and he was one of most important characters of his period. Leonidas was lacedemon and was born in Greece, he was one of most influencial after his death at hit gates. Yasuke? Yasuke was fun slave cause he looks different and he never was influencial for Japan or it's culture. See the difference?
Their all massive pussies I would have more respect for them If they just said the quite part out loud at this point.
Every protagonist til now has fit the setting and story of past AC games. A black samurai makes no damn sense. Sorry, you're the only moron here.
@@piotrkarp9562you both proved their point and dismantling your own argument because your immersion breaking is nothing more than you being butthurt he's black. which is not surprising, y'all take issues with seeing literally any black character in a primary role unless he's portrayed as some downtrodden 🥷🏿, hoodlum, or slave. the characters you named, firstly, have been in various games before as well as abundant throughout fiction as a whole. it's only "immersion breaking" because it goes against your biases of the roles black characters are fit in. how many samurai games have Japanese male protagonists? how many historical games have the exact focus you allude to? but this is somehow bad. I bet you had no issues with the role Adewale was given... at this point us existing in anything is an issue
*Fans:* "an Assassin's Creed game about feudal Japan and we get to play as a Japanese woman assassin? Sounds pretty cool!"
*Ubisoft:* "Umm we're adding another main character."
*Fans:* "Really? Okay I guess. Maybe a Japanese guy then?"
*Ubisoft:* "Nope. B L A C K"
Because of course.
Not only is this yet again more blatant pandering by these companies, but it's obvious that the only reason there are two protagonists is to shoehorn in a black character. Ubisoft knows they would never get away with just the single black main character in a game set in Japan, so they made at least one of them Japanese in order to "ease it in".
HOW WAS NIOH? OR THE THOUSANDS OF WHITE SAMURAI IN GAMES AND MOVIES?
@@fbafoundationalbuck-broken6011 And when did I start arguing in favor of white characters replacing Japanese ones? Try again, wokie.
but its zero problems when itz a white dude all in japanese culture so you can self insert, u lil dick freak. Im just sad i didnt get to bully you and smash your mom with my bbc back in highschool.
Ya cuz you know Assassin's Creed has always been historically accurate * pope shoots lightning *
😂😂😭😭😭😭💯
Was the pope marketed as a historically accurate representation of that character like Yasuke is?
Suddenly cultural appropriation is no longer a thing for you people?
@@gamingdisaster341 they were based on the Borgias a real family but no magic powers from an alien artifact. It’s gotta be exhausting displaying fear at seeing a black person in what will probably be another mediocre Ubisoft game.
Nah now you're pusshing it, it's historically accurate, and plays into the myth. It's not a simulator it's a game with historical accuracy and myths. that's why yaske is there... Stop saying it's not accurate.
@@gamingdisaster341you people. Cancels out your weak argument. A black character can’t culturally appropriate
Jsut remember Al Muslim from AC1 is based off a real person and was literally using a golden apple to summon clones to fight Altair (who wasn’t real btw) but apparently this is where we draw the line loool
Theres always a" HOLD ON THERE LET ME CHECK MY NOTES" when black enters the room
That's a truth bomb you just dropped there. And it goes way past the borders of just video games.
I think you’re both just sensitive children who think someone’s always out to get them.
@@Bingchirringg L rage bait
@@Marcus.Emmanuel it's not rage bait, it is the truth. You keep saying we are mad at him being black and how we want a white samurai when nobody said that. Every assasins creed game had a MC from where the game takes place but once they do japan they have a a character who isn't japanese or even from japan.
@@callsigndisciple626 u gotta be like 12 cuz ur arguing w points I never made 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yasuke is a pop culture icon in Japan who has his own anime and makes appearances in multiple Japanese games and media, including Samurai Warriors 5. And yes, he was in fact a Samurai.
When someone says that someone is a "retainer" they actually mean someone is a Kashin, or a member of a clan's Kashindan. You can think of a clan's Kashindan as basically its standing army, the soldiers it keeps... on retainer to fight wars at a moment's notice.
Ashigaru were, in contrast, peasant conscripts. (Like a militia.) They were levied at an individual clan's need and every able-bodied adult man within a clan's territory was expected to be capable of answering a call to arms, similar to the way it works in feudal Europe. If you were in a clan's Kashindan, you were considered a samurai.
Samurai during the Sengoku Period meant anyone who was a full-time soldier. The idea of samurai as being a rigid military caste that you had to be born into is an invention of the Edo Period. Now, to clarify, samurai *clans* were indeed aristocratic noble families that you had to be born into. Being a member of a clan's Kashindan did not mean you were a part of the clan, but you did not need to be part of the clan to be a samurai.
The concept of samurai actually predates the concept of samurai clans. The first samurai clans that emerged during the Heian Period were just full time soldiers who became nobles. Samurai then became a form of nobility, but a form of nobility you did not need to be born into.
Yasuke served as Oda Nobunaga's Kosho, which was a personal servant/bodyguard to a Busho or the samurai equivalent of a general or lord. Kosho, critically, were considered samurai. Yasuke... Was a samurai.
No he was a page who lived there for three years. Judging by all the downvotes on the Japanese trailer he's an icon to noone.
He absolutely was not. And the Japanese aren't down with this trash either.
@@jeremymain7303 He was there for two years before he met Nobunaga, who made him a retainer and vassal. Yasuke was given land and title, and he was with Nobunaga during the battle of Honnoji Temple.
Yasuke was Nobunaga's second when he commited Seppuku, and then rode to meet with his son and fought Akechi's men who were trying to kill Nobunaga's son.
Dislike mean fuck all. This site is full of losers who program bots in their mom's basement to spam dislikes and bad reviews on anything they hate. Gamers are notorious for review bombing shit.
Sit down.
Samurai trained since they were born. Learning history and arts passed down by their ancestors.
Saying the yosuke was a samurai with very little evidence and 3 years in Japan is disrespectful to samurai and japanese culture as a whole.
And an icon sure why don't you explain the number of dislikes in the japanese trailer of assassins Creed Shadows then.
Besides the problem isn't that his black it's that " his not japanese" in a game set in Japan with japanese culture.
Honestly this is racist when you actually think about it. Ubisoft instead of using someone who's a part of that culture decided to pander towards a different race(with barely any connections to them) and still use their culture
@@nilodelmundo But you all want to acknowledge William as a Samurai, you're fake outrage and inconsistencies are showing.
Notice how they downplay Yasuke but not the white guy that was a samurai
Are you talking about Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai? He was never made into a samurai in the movie since that class was pretty wiped out in the movie as the Emperor was looking to Westernize Japan.
Also, ironically, there was actually a white samurai named William Adams from the Edo Period. It was in the early 1600s. Adams also spent more time in Japan than Yasuke did based on historical records. Pretty interesting that there were actually a few non-Japanese people that were made into Samurai back then.
@@InfamyJunkie Also is a different time period... This game takes place when Oda Nobunaga was alive, the last samurai is 250+ years later.
@@InfamyJunkieI think they mean the white MC in Nioh who was also based on a real person.
William Adam’s was actually a samurai. He could sail as well as build ships. He also negotiated treaties with the Dutch, and helped in the removal of the Portuguese from Japan. Yasuke was exclusively kept around as an oddity. And that’s what you look up to? You want to be inserted into Japanese history so bad you’ll take that?
@@Bingchirringg Who cares? people like you keep bringing this point up like every AC main character hasn't been fictional. Now that they want to try and use a person that actually existed you all of a sudden care about historical accuracy. Ooookaaay.
I want to see a return of a “Black Tmartn” type of reaction to trailers 💀 iykyk
That shit was hilarious 😂
Didn't we have an anime starring a black Samurai which was called Afro Samurai which was good....and a movie starring a white man in Ronin 47 played by Keanu Reeves...why people aren't pissed at those properties if all of them want HISTORICAL ACCURACY.... just grow up guys
Afro Samurai doesn't count because it was set mostly in a cyberpunk-esque future. 47 ronin is a great example though
@@WorkedSix28zerozero1 The Last Samurai then, of historical inaccuracy
Never really been about historical accuracy. It's about Sweet Baby Inc having bad writers, ruining good stories and characters with forced wokeness and activism. Most people wouldn't even complain If they could still trust Ubisoft. But they can't, because the track record proves that they will put the agenda above anything else and take things too far. For example: In AC Valhalla, a medieval viking based game, all of your allies within the main narrative were either gay or female. Not 1, not 2, but 3 male gay couples fighting alongside you in the big battle at the end. Of course things like this break immersion and suspension of disbelief, because it's just freaking ridiculous.
They were good?
One thing about Ubisoft they never miss with the cinematic trailers, but definitely gotta see the gameplay
TBF for me it was quite janky, especially faces.
Of all their cinematic trailers this was one of the weakest
My favorite tell is “well such such and I’m black”😂😂😂
Man's called The Black Hokage and didn't know there were female ninjas. The japanese word kunoichi, which means female ninja is in Naruto. Sakura and Ino screaming im a kunoichi in early naruto is engrained in my brain like a fucking cancer.
Yeah, but not during this time, because it's set in 15 or 1600, and females because ninja in lije 1800 something if I'm not mistaken
@TheMigahito666777 He asked if they existed, not what they were called in this specific period.
Technically a female shinobi is just a shinobi. Kunoichi is more historically used for a hooker that kills people
He’s just appropriating Asian culture
Who tf cares. Actual weirdos.
I'm sick of "gamers" complaining and crying publicly about historical accuracy in video games. Like kids in the sandbox playing "who can shout WOKE and SHIT GAME louder". Back in the day, nobody cared, they just played the game.. loved it or hated it.
Now they think they are entitled to call a game woke and garbage without actually playing it. Everyone is a f*cking expert and they are capitalising subjective opinions believing it's the only truth. The majority are narcissists.
At the end of the day, this is a subjective matter. What you love, others can hate and vice versa.
Good video! Keep up the work!
Of course everyone is entitled to their opinions but I REALLY wish they just shut the fuck up, their evil and retrograde ideologies don't contribute anything, really. It's just manufactured outraged by right-wing grifters
The AC series is historical FICTION. Even though Yasuke wasn’t historically a samurai shouldn’t matter in a freaking video game 😂
“Wasn’t” is pretty incorrect. Most historians suggest old account detail lean that he was. In the “Shinchōkōki” Ōta Gyūichi documents Nobunaga giving him a sword, a stipend, and a private residence. The formal “knighting” ceremonies were not common as Samurai was merely a job description. As a layman I’m just saying that if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck…
@@fatboyRAY24 it’s important to differentiate between the privileges yasuke received and the actual social status and title of being a samurai.
Yasuke’s background as a warrior doesn’t mean he was a samurai. There was no evidence of him receiving that title.
A samurai follows a strict code of conduct called Bushido, which basically means loyalty, honor, and self-discipline. Samurais underwent rigorous training in martial arts and weaponry from a young age. Yasuke came to japan in his mid 20s, only stayed for 3 years and served nobunaga for 15 months as his retainer. Nobunaga caught interest in yasuke simply because of him being black and his tall stature. He fought alongside him as a warrior, not a samurai.
@@fatboyRAY24 You read a couple documents and that proves it? If Oda Nobunaga says he’s a samurai, but every other samurai in Japan says the fuck he’s not. Guess what? He’s not.
@Bingchirringg If Yasuke was a sword retainer for Nobunaga, that would be equivalent to a knight's man of war in feudal England. A man of war had all the same skills and equipment as a knight, but not the nobility. Japan had a similar system to knighthood. It took pretty much someone's whole life to become a samurai or knight, so they were supplemented by people who could perform warrior tasks and were compensated by retainment. If you have questions or comments I'm happy to field them.
@@Bingchirringg surely nobunaga's words have more value since he's the leader
but when you was a slave in freedom cry no problem, they only want to see black characters as servants like miles morales
I'll tell you what we don't want, we don't want a non Japanese (or non asian) character being the main character of the first ac game set in japan (and asia). We also don't appreciate ubisofts attempts to alter history, they're literally editing Wikipedia
@@phatlewt2932what’s next, black people are going to claim they were kings and shit? Oh wait..
That comment makes no sense since Adewale literally started a slave rebellion and became a self made man. The vast majority of the fandom likes him. We just dislike the fact that Ubisoft picked the only black guy in Japan bcz of their political agenda.
Most don’t like seeing Black folk in a positive light only negative gives them something to whine and be racist about
@@phatlewt2932 but we are playing as a native assassin tho
Honestly I don’t see the big deal in this. I like both protagonist, and it gives depth to the game. I am just excited to play this game!
Yes both really cool my problem is which is gone be my favorite 😂
The big deal is about this "Yasuke" character. The only thing he did is being a black guy in japan and being Nobunaga's pet and mascot. When a fight broke out he surrender like a coward and then they returned him into slavery.
The very first AC protagonist that was base on a real person and they choose a worthless guy as a protagonist coz he's a black guy in japan 😂😂
@@ravenscythe2840God doesn’t like hate and racism
People complaining about a black samurai when yasuke is an historical figure documented. This is fire
On top of that, nothing is actually really known about Yasuke lore wise, so saying it's not historically accurate is impossible to know.
Yeah. He was a page and he was in the country for a total of three years. He wasn't a samurai by any stretch of the imagination.
Not a historical figure. He was a Samurai's little bitch jester. Why you black Americans want to shove your crap culture into others. Japan don't want or need you
Of all the japanese legends who is actually japanese, why him? Coz hes black and this sht is woke
@@jeremymain7303Why do you care about what he did while there? He was THERE. This is a reimagining
"The Last Black Man on Earth", starring: Tom Hanks.
Any Chappelle Show fans out there?😂
😂😂😂😂 hell yea
If yasuke doesn't say what up my ninja I'm refunding the game lol
Fact😂!!!!
Okay I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
Haha 🤣
Better ask for that refund 😂
Thanks for this. You made me realise I am not crazy. Yasuke was an ACTUAL samurai. And, I think, it is so appropriate to feature someone, who even Japanese history considers odd in their mainly homogenous culture 😊
no he wasnt
He was a retainer, not a samurai, and wasn't respected by actually samurai but we also don't know a lot about so him so filling in the blanks and twisting the history a bit is what all ac game do, so it's not like we can complain about historical inaccuracy
Y'all steady saying that he wasn't yet NONE of y'all provide any proof. Your sources is always @TrustMeBro @@ShadowDashh
@@TheBlaqSpiderman He was a page according to both the Japanese and missionary sources. He was also only in the country for three years.
@@TheBlaqSpiderman yasuke was a servant and retainer to the throne (not all retainers were samurai btw) and he wasn’t even in the country very long.. jeez you can literally find all the information with a quick google search
These mfers had no smoke for the woman ninja despite women ninjas being very rare. These DEI complaints are never consistent. Cuz watch when the black Panther game come out they finna have the same shit to say.
With their logic they should be offended that Tom Cruise was The Last Samurai
We're constantly talking about the woman ninja too.
You haven't been paying attention then tool.
There's an actual fucking term for them. They're called Kunoichi. If they're so rare, why is there a term for them, you crackhead?
The reason why people don't care about her is that there were women samurai and women ninjas that were Japanese.
The Naginata was the weapon of the onna-musha, which were female warriors belonging to nobility.
I understand that you're stupid and a monument to vaginal dryness, but if you're going to talk shit, it actually helps if you know what the fuck you're talking about.
You're as pointless here as you are in real life. Just an absolute failure.
@@yjw2The Last Samurai was played by Ken Watanabe. Samurai means "to serve," with the character seeing himself as the last servant of the emperor against the modern changes and foreign influence.
Seriously, did you watch the movie, or did you think you were smart? Algren isn't even a samurai in it. He's a retainer.
Goddamn, you fuckwits couldn't power a 25 watt bulb.
They are hiding behind a black man to blame criticism of the game on racism. They are using you.
I mean most of the online criticism is over a black protagonist as part of a culture war. I've not really seen much criticism of anything else outside of the required Internet connection and just general "Ubisoft bad" sentiment.
I’m white af. But I can’t wait for this game it looks awesome. Afro samurai is my top 3 fav anime ever who tf cares if they’re black lol
Don’t forget, Keanu Reeves was in 47 Ronin. Another white male main character in Japan fighting demons
Yup
Syrian in Syria, Italian in Italy, Mohawk in America, Greek in Greece, Brits in London, Viking in Norway, African in Japan. I think you are the racist if you fail to see the problem.
Naoe is the stealthiest protagonist in AC so far.
So good at hiding that people are claiming there’s no Japanese protagonist in AC Shadows.
@@Ihaka17 Okay. That was funny. Regardless the question remains; why out of all the famous historical heroes from that period they picked a nobody, because of 1 very superficial reason.
African is everything and everywhere first
@@RAWKYM28 ...wtf you talking about ?
Yasuke being a samurai is not historically accurate....
The Borgia pope being a templar... Very accurate😂
The fact that people are complaining about Yasuke makes me wonder what the reaction was to Marcus from Watch Dogs 2
for real
There really wasn't one. To be fair.
@@kagenotatsumaki then why is it such a big deal now? Ubisoft has added many Historical figures in previous games and mixed what their history was just by having them in a assassins creed game in general and ac is very much fictional in general
You moron in watch dogs 2 u played as a criminal so its ok to play as a black dude
@@kagenotatsumaki wym?
Yasuke controversy aside, the idea that they got his hair wrong is WILD because any black man with braids or proper locks is looking at this like that's the only correct thing we approve of lmao.
Also, there were -kinda- female ninja. Fun fact: Kunoichi as a concept weren't as much a separate force of female ninja and more kunoichi was a "type" of ninjutsu. The concept revolved around utilizing woman in the plan as the infiltrator since they could have greater access to high-profile environments via things like caregiving and sexuality and people were likely to lower their guard far more around women. The difference being the woman could be a member of the clan, but likely was a sister, wife, or daughter. In some cases, men themselves would even take the role if they were androgynous or feminine enough to pull it off.
The problem isn’t that the protagonist is a black samurai, the problem is that the very nature of assassins creed has over the years been subject to neglect via monetisation, distancing themselves from ‘assassins’ and not giving fans even a small glimpse of what they want.
In Japan, I expect Japanese characters because I want to blend in, stay hidden, not make a scene and still carry out the job of an assassin. It’s not racism if the very nature of the game is being lost, like what is the point of changing the location to Japan if it’s not executed properly.
The female protagonist is great but subscribing to a season pass to get the full game, Ubisoft are spitting in our faces. Unless you guys are rich and bored, I really don’t think it will hit.
YOU REALLY THINK ANYONE ISS BUYING INTO YOUR BS.. LOL
I think it would have been cool if they picked a place other than Japan. The Mali empire for example, I played in Japan already in "ghost of tsushima" this feels like just replaying the same game with Ubisoft style and alot less originality, visiting an African empire like mali would have been very cool, you rairly see depection of African empires in video games and movies
@@hussienbintalal91 yeah but if they can make a game about the white samurai what’s wrong with making a black one
Female shinobi, kunoichi, existed. Yasuke wasn’t actually a samurai. He was basically a slave brought over by Jesuit missionaries who was an oddity in Nobunaga’s court. He was given a wakizashi, a house, and was allowed to carry Nobunaga’s tools. All that said, even though he wasn’t historically a samurai and likely never fought in any battles this would hardly be the first game where he was depicted as one. Many Japanese games have him as a playable character or as a boss in some instances.
Edit: The Metatron just did a really good job of discussing the subject. It corrects my information which I regret to admit was mostly incorrect. I highly recommend it.
Oh really name some soft white racist 🤣🤡 just say you're a racist fxck and stfu
Does he fighting like samurai? In self-defense?
He was a “Samurai” but there are so many ranks in the caste system. He wasn’t any peon but he certainly wasn’t of any meaningful standing which is why nobody knows much about him.
And based on the depictions we have of him in movies, games and tv shows. None of them are historically accurate.
He was not fighting in the front lines wearing full Samurai armor.
Yea people act like this is the first time josuke appears in a game .....
He wasn’t even a slave by the time he got to Japan. And he was in Japan for two years before meeting nobunaga. Then once he met nobunaga he made him his vassal/retainer which is what all samurai were to a certain extent. Both the britanica and Smithsonian foundations regard him as samurai. As do multiple high end Japanese universities and museums . He was samurai you just don’t WANT to think of him that way. And at the end of the day none of that matters since AC is historical fiction period , get the fuck over it
I’m looking forward to the Assasins Creed set in Africa where you play as an obscure Japanese guy who lived there for 3 years.
Was there an Asian in the area at that time
If that’s an actual event in history and that’s what they chose then yes, would look forward to playing that game and seeing that story. Very simple, don’t flip out about stupid shit
@justingabriel1765 your opinion is invalid and dumb.
Hey if it actually happened I'll play, but given past ac games were never 1to 1 to historic events I'll still be fine
If you want then you can play resident evil 5 where it takes place in Africa and stars a white guy
First of all, to my anti woke crowd, Yasuke was an official samurai within 4 years of him arriving in Japan. Please read a book or use google lol. Also, he was one of the few people who dined and always stayed by nobunaga. Depsite being a foreigner. So he was arguably, one of the most “special” and “unique” samurai that we know of. And lastly, his life before japan is argued and mysterious by historians and his life after serving nobunaga’s son is also debated and mysterious. So he’s actually, literally, the beat pick for an assassins creed character that they can take liberties with but keep to history.
Stop listening to Tyrone Magnus and other influencers who arent real fans but look for things happening to be mad about.
Ok 1st of liar he was only in Japan for 15 months. And also he was a slave brought over to be a retainer. Also, this is the 1st time we play as a real historical figure in assassin creed, why bot make him a side character like ever other real historical figure. Why not play a Japanese man in a Japanese country. Shut up liar maybe u should read a book boy before u lie on the internet
Triggered the racists bruh 😂 they do not want to see diversity. They even went as far as to say he wasnt even a samurai im amazed
People acting like Assassins Creed doesn’t put a spin on historical figures to suit their narrative in the AC games. They literally say that history is their playground in the opening of their game before you hit the start menu. This has been the case for multiple historical figures in the games among which are Rodrigo Borgia, Charles Lee, the Knights Templar themselves, and of course the order of assassins themselves that originated from the middle east.
Exactly. A lot of the source material in the franchise is made up, so people wanna talk about historical accuracy, but last I checked I don’t think George Washington got corrupted by a magical artifact during the revolutionary war.
Yea the funny thing about dreadlocks is you don’t even need a loctician, just grow your Afro out and twist your hair yourself with your hands and it will turn into Freeform dreadlocks that’s probably what yasuke did
His aren't free form, not even semi free form. He got a fresh twist up before going to Japan I guess
Female Shinobi never existed, however Kunoichi did! They weren’t called Shinobi that refers to the male Ninja. Female Ninja were called Kunoichi
Btw Nioh 2 also has Yasuke in it! He’s in full fledge Samurai armor but he isn’t a legendary samurai
@@80sNinjaswhich is pretty cool, honestly goes to show he’s pulled from history and media in different video game adaptations.
Apparently it's racist just because we want the game to actually make sense. Yes, Yasuke is cool with an awesome backstory and all, but it doesn't make sense to have an Assassin's Creed game fans all been waiting years for that's finally taking place in Asia to have a black person in it. Ofc Ubisoft is gonna create another Asian female protagonist as well when we got Shao Jun in AC Chronicles (Wasn't even a full on 3d open-world game too). It just shows that Ubisoft lacks the idea of creating a game real fans want and also hates representing Asians. It's absolutely ridiculous how many of you wanna get controversial saying shit like "Black culture is not accepted" or "Well, one of the main character is already Asian so what's wrong with having Yasuke in the game?." Mf please, yall ignorant as hell 😭
Wym he was an actual samurai that was with Oda clan one of the high top empire
@@YBKBigB do your research
How about we just have the race or nationality of the characters coincide with the country they’re in? Instead of forcing diversity
Its the classic trope of foreigner going to Asian land and becoming more skilled than the Asians at their own thing.
He’s not he’s just stronger and bigger than just a fact he’s a foot taller than everyone
Yasuke was a slave u idiot. He didnt fight at all. He was useless on the battlefield , stop coping, this game is garbage and i hope it bombs
But did you all ever complained when all of those foreigners were white though?
@@blacksheep6415 his official height was 5'9"
@@blackpaisley5156 yes, that's why I said it's a trope. This happens in too often. Batman Begins, Dr Strange, and Iron Fist all did this.
Didn't Troy Baker (A Caucasian) Play *Kai Leng* in Mass Effect 3?
He also played PAGAN MIN, in Farcry 4. No hate to Troy he’s an amazing actor but I get your point with how these peoples arguments make no sense
yeah but this was in 2012 before people cared.
@@omegashenron8 people have always cared
@@Nullslayer Not as much as they do now about that kind of shit. They were a very, very small minority that cared back then about that kind of thing.
And samurai jack is voiced by a black man
Its ok in ac to have a horse with wings and fire and poison but not a black samurai. Becauae it not realistic. you let ppl talk and they will show u who u they are.
I know an that’s the crazy part an being able to play as a Demi god but nobody said nothing
Right. Fighting demons, spirits,had a dam computer talking to us in odyssey and for laughs we hook ourselves up to dead people and go back in time lol. But black samurai is the line. It's just a game what matters is the story and gameplay.
U had a choice to have a horse with wings now u dont u have to play as a monkey
@@Gcity67k u have a choice to play as naoe
My theory is Ubisoft wants to do a female only game for a long time but they also want the sales from the male player base and also hit the extra diversity quota. So they added Yasuke in. I personally would've loved it if it was only Yasuke. We would've felt like an outsider discovering Japan for the first time. Also Naoe is gonna be the only assassin so why is even Yasuke there just to be a brute with a katana.
Im not black or white or asian so all the politics aside I really hope Yasuke learns a few assassin tricks from Naoe and naoe learns to fuck shit up from Yasuke.
They pick black leads for sales just like they pick asian and white leads for sales. Its all about target audience and at the end of the day its all for profit, the politics (left or right) are just salad dressing.
I can’t wait for the assassin’s creed game set in Sub Saharan Africa with a white or Asian main character….oh wait, DEI only worships one group.
I don't mind those concepts at all if they're handled with care and explored in interesting ways.
God does not like your racist heart. Yusuke was a real person, this game is fictional.
@@DushawnxDaisy I’m sure you’d feel the same way if the roles were reversed and an Asian was the lead in a game focusing on the Bantu people. There were also English, Dutch, etc. in a similar position as well: Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, William Adams, and Henry Schnell. I wonder why they weren’t included. Oh yeah, because DEI ONLY prioritizes black people and forcibly injects them into literally everything. The call for “diversity” is never directed at black majority spaces.
@@wordenroger6188 how often are non-blacks elevated in stories that focus on African culture in recent years? It only ever flows in one direction. It’s pity.
as far as the character design of Yasuke goes I feel a little bit better about the portrayal of his personality as a foreign person being thoughtful and caring in a distant land but I can't lie, above all that game play has to come first I need smooth mechanics and transitions and rewarding animations and sound effects, come on ubisoft
“Historical inaccuracies” ok that’s why you can fight Cyclopes in odyssey and Ezio is best buds with DaVinci 😭😭
Do you play as cyclops or davinci?
This type of shit has gotten so old that it's not funny anymore.
but it’s a dope idea and is inspired by history so what’s the problem
@@Johnny_JD I'm referring to the online idiots that get mad over the most insignificant shit.
@@thalunizz21 ohhh I get ya, yeah I swear to god, those people just hate fun
@@thalunizz21 DEI is not insignificant. It’s destroying society
You guys trying to steal everyone else's culture and history? Yeah, it's old. Knock it off
And now they confirming Yusike will be LGBTQIA+
lol. These losers stay LOSING!!
@@tubeguy4066So was Kassandre in odyssey how easily you forget 🤣
Assassin's Creed has always had "historical accuracy" with a ton of liberties in it. Should barely even give this time of day. Not nearly as bad as Stellar Blade neckbeards but good God, it's exhausting. Expecting Ubisoft of all devs to do right by representation is a wild expectation tbh
For 1, Yaskue was a real person. 2, if it’s one thing other races gone do it’s complain about a black main character. The hate is real
Fair enough, we should make a game set in Africa but one of the protagonists is one of the few white ppl there in the period and he wasn't relevant at all. If you complain that you're not giving enough representation to the native africans you're racist.
@@lordbotato7175how he a racist dumb ass weirdo
I was dissapointed tbh, I'm Asian and I don't care that Yasuke is the main character but it's either im insecure but I think that the male character should have been Japanese. Asians don't get any representation except for Hot Asian Female and stuff like Stellar Blade. Jin Sakai was a nice once
The main character is literally a born japanese native shinobi. How is that not representation?
Lol clearly you dont play a lot of video games
@@darryljack6612Asian men are underrepresented in media. That’s why. Ghost of Tsushima is the first western game that has an Asian male protag in a long time. Let that sink in.
Shogun literally just came out, now I’ll say mainly Japanese get representation. South Asians I agree though
@@michealdeangelo7452 And Mortal Kombat the series that features an majority cast in it's most recent game is?... Or what about other forms of media for which there are asian male leads in projects from billion dollar companies and have seen great feedback. Like Shang Chi, Invincible, beef. Also dont get me wrong, more representation should be had in general. But that's not what the OP said. They stated Asian representation, you moved the goalpost from Asian to specifically Asian Male.
My favorite narrative people are using to complain about this is that they all of a sudden care about historical accuracy and are claiming the old games were historically accurate.
I don't remember hearing about the pope having a piece of alien technology he killed a bunch of people with. I don't remember hearing about DaVinci making flying machines for assassins. 😂
Except Ubi themselves trying to twist the nature of Yasuke as an actual samurai in real life, even tho he's kind of a nobody (this is them trying to explain the nature of the character, not in the actual game). You can see it in the game descriptions and that commentary video by the dev, which is one of the problems of having a historical figure as protag, even tho i would argue that people already got this false understanding of who Yasuke is thanks to all of the romanticized version of his story.
Are you white? @@acezero10
@@MortalJoviality And why does that matter?
@@MortalJoviality uk the answer 😂 , ill rather have people just be real and say they dont care about or like black people. At least then ill know whose not capping to cap
Exactly, that's why old school fans don't complain about this shit, we know what AC is. Also it's kinda sad how a franchise as big as AC gets misunderstood by the casual audience, there are people out there who thinks this franchise is about historical accuracy.
The vocal crowd is small in hindsight. They leech onto every new game. The last 3 years every release has to have controversy it’s honestly damaging to the community and I’m sick of it. It’s why I really only watch TBH every other news outlet or RUclipsr feeds into it.
Yasuke was never a samurai, he was just a retainer/servant to Oda Nobunaga for only 15 months. To be trained as a Samurai, you have to start your training as early as 7 years old. I highly doubt Yasuke became a Samurai in that short span of 15 months. Lmao
really glad I was able to find you through the rap beef. figured it was only reactionary sellouts left on youtube but you've given me hope again
Black people the first to cheer when other characters are washed to represent them but when it's them they cry raaaaacist. Remember folks we wuz samuraiiii
You leaving out the fact that this is a real person who was in service of one of Japan most well know leaders.
Your bloodline sure wasn’t lol 😭
He was a slave and brought by Japanese Lord to carry things@@Jeremiah-tx5db
@@keepingit100lgtv8 I've read japanese comments who know more, there is a book that recorded all samurais names even the ones who did nothing, and his name is not there, they claim that Yasuke was just a servent who was never in battle and he didn't have a last name meaning he was lower than a farmer, so there is no way he could be a samurai who was a position of honor.
The problem here is people believing this black wash stories to be accurate but don't want to listen to the people where the story comes from, like the moment they wanted to claim Cleopatra was black but we all know that is not true, although black people are convince because that's what they want to sell them, they even try to go against arqueologist and historians, same in this case, basically black people are just being racist but they think they can't be
Lmao yasuke was real are you slow
Nah ill pass on this pandering garbage
When are these gaming companies ever make a game based on african culture and setting. Like tf? It is a wasted potential.
Facts mansa Musa and Mecca
That how ik majority yall are kids and talk like there never been AC Freedom Cry and Liberty
Been waiting for this one. They flipping their shit over a series most of em don’t even play 😂
BECAUSE ITS HORRIBLE. HAVE FUN HAVING MOST OF THE ARMOR SETS LOCKED BEHIND A CREDIT CARD 😆 🤣 😆 🤣 😆 I PAID FOR GHOST OF TSUSHIMA ONE TIME AND THEY GAVE ME THE WHOLE GAME. ISN'T THAT CRAZY
@@BaldingSince1999ign said they can’t wait to play it
@@BaldingSince1999at least you admit you're one of the people that never played the games and just complain on the internet
Ok, I've played ALMOST EVERY AC down to the first, all the way to Valhalla (excluding Odyssey and mirage...two of probably the shittiest games imo) and have been playing Ubisoft games on and off for years. And even I can see they added yasuke solely, and I do mean SOLELY, for the brownie points and ESG. Ubisoft is a dying company because of how unorganized and downright greedy they are, if you think even for a second they wouldn't resort to gaslighting us into believing this isn't to fill a check mark on a quota idk what to tell you my man🤌🏼
Let's not forget that Ubisoft is a scumbag company before people buy the game
Love how people act like Ubisoft and Sweet baby Inc don't have the worst track record and deserve a fair shot lmao
I just want to see the gameplay of AC Shadows. Folks have been asking for an feudal Japan Assassin's Creed game for years. Now, they're in rage over black samurai character. Unreal, man. I'm looking forward to the game.
It’s soo crazy the amount of hate it’s getting like it’s a fictional game and you play as a Japanese woman too.
Yasuke didn't just wash up ashore. He was brought to Japan in service of jesuit priests. The head priest then released yasuke to oda.
yasuke first crossed paths with Nobunaga in 1581, when Valignano requested permission from the warlord to leave the country-a customary practice in an era before passports, according to Lockley. Nobunaga was fascinated by the color of Yasuke’s skin, which he initially believed to be covered in black paint. As Lockley explains, the daimyo ordered Yasuke to be washed, but his skin color remained unchanged. Nobunaga threw a welcome party for his visitor, who officially entered his service soon after.
The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, a 17th-century book written by one of Nobunaga’s followers, describes Yasuke as “[appearing] to be 26 or 27 years old. … This man looked robust and had a good demeanor. What is more, his formidable strength surpassed that of ten men.” Other chronicles characterize the samurai as an intelligent, imposing figure who stood more than six feet tall. Though Yasuke was already a skilled warrior, he likely underwent additional martial arts training upon joining Nobunaga’s army.
Circa 1605 panel painting possibly featuring Nobunaga and Yasuke
The individual in green in the third panel from left is thought to be Nobunaga; the Black sumo wrestler in the fourth panel from left may be Yasuke. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
In 16th-century Japan, the title of samurai spoke to rank and was loosely defined as a warrior in the service of a lord or another warrior. By 1581, Nobunaga employed thousands of samurai-yet Yasuke was the first foreign-born warrior to enter their ranks. He belonged to “the very small entourage around Nobunaga, which [was] probably around 30 to 50 [warriors], mainly young men, many of [whom were Nobunaga’s] lovers as well,” Lockley says. Traditionally, older warriors like Nobunaga, then in his early 50s, mentored younger warriors and developed sexual relationships with them. No evidence indicates that Yasuke and Nobunaga were lovers.
Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man, likely of African origin, who served as a servant and retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga in 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period.[2] He was retained by the daimyō as a koshō (小姓, page) for a period of 15 months until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.[3][4]
What is a retainer in Japanese?
Given to the Museum by Hereford Museum in 1942. This is a suit of retainer armour. A retainer refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai providing military services.
Some fans accused Yasuke of not being a “real” samurai, calling him just a “retainer.” But a retainer is still a samurai-the term refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai offering military services.4
Retainers were basically freelance samurai from less powerful clans. They would be "retained" to a lord, and receive a stipend, housing, and resources in return for military service.
Retainers were still samurai. Yasuke was favored by Nobunaga and was by his side until the Honnouji incident, where he ran to Nobunaga's son's residence and dueled the Akechi.
All of a sudden they’re historians 😂
AC 1 -> Altair Lbn La Ahad (played in Middle East)
AC 2 -> Ezio Firenze (Italy)
AC 3 -> Haytham Kenway (Revolution time in America)
AC 4 -> Edward Kenway (piracy in America)
AC unity -> Arno Dorian (French Revolution)
AC origin -> Bayek & Any (Egypt)
AC Odyssey -> Alexio / Kassandra (Greek)
and so on we see main characters born and raised from that region or country then we have new AC played in Japan where male protagonist is African decent? I wonder why so many people are pissed off on this decision.
When I played Valhalla I do not expect to introduce myself with Viking's culture with fresh set of eyes, AC was never like this.
In revelations the setting was Turkey, yet we played as an Italian Assassin. And in Black Flag the setting was in the west Indies and we played as a Welsh Assassin. The game has had assassins prior to this one who were not of the culture for where their games took place. The difference between those and Shadow is that Shadow HAS a Japanese Assassin in the form of Naoe. She is more so the actual titular "Assassin" of this game then Yasuke is, as she has all of the fittings of one like the hood, hidden blades, stealth, etc. Not only that but the series itself has used the histories of actual people and tweaked them for the game, unless you believe DaVinci invented weapons for a centuries old secret society of assassins. It's why AC fits into the genre of historical fiction. If your stance is that of immersion or historical accuracy, then fine. But this isnt the first game to cross those lines in the series. By your own logic your breaking point should have been wayy earlier.
@@darryljack6612 Man they're just racist. And I don't like to toss that word out too often, but the gaming community is rife with racism and this is just one of many examples.
And…..every character that is playable is fictional lol
… no way you just said that like we can’t just look up the correct information online.
3. You play as an English man for 8 hours and then a Native American who won battles for America himself (not historically accurate)
In 4 your a WELSH man in the CARIBBEAN. Yeah he was totally born and raised there you got that one.
Valhalla your a Norseman in England, Ireland, France, and Norway.
Not to mention in Revelations your an Italian guy in Turkey. Gtfoh with that obviously disingenuous shit lol 😂
@@darryljack6612 Black Flag's fictional location is not west Indies but Caribbean and revelation's stroy spans on Ezio trying to find key that was hidden by Altair in Constantinople. Thus my point still stands. The heros of the story had strong tie with the region.
The developer of the series has presented with historical accurate not me. This is a video game I expect entertainment nothing more. But I suspect the series has tainted with political BS.
Yasuke who is from African descent fighting in Japan as Samurai is far fetched as much as a Chinese sailor fights colonial British Empire force in north Africa along side with worriers from that region.
I can't wait to play this game, and I love that it's based on an actual man from history and I think it makes the game more unique
"Yay being a racist trash and supporting black washing and cultural appropriation is good cause i get to play a shitty game from a shitty company that scams its audience."
In AC games it was always about that you play as a fictional character and there was instances that you meet historical figures it would make more sense that you play as a japanese man and then you would meet Oda Nobunaga and Yasuke at some point.
Eden was a city not a garden, Adam and Eve were slaves and learned parkour to escape, the apple of Eden was a mind control device and not a real apple, and humans were created as slaves by a more technology advanced race that were wiped out by a solar flare and were later hailed as Gods for all of the different religions of the world. = Perfectly cool, we love all of it.
A black dude in Japan, who was real, who really served Nobunaga as either a Samurai, or almost a Samurai, but let's make him a Samurai for a better story. Eeven though technically we actually don't know if he wasn't actually a Samurai or not and he may very well have been... = Woke bullshit that's too historical inaccurate...
Makes sense to me guys, Idk why y'all just don't get it... /s
We don't know much about Yasuke's life but from just his name we realize that most likely he wasn't a samurai, since if you reach that level of rank you would get a second name, but then again the term samurai wasn't used as much at that time, each type of high ranking warrior would have its own name, like daimyo for the lords that were samurai. But we aren't told that he fought in any battle besides the last one in which he and Nobunaga are defeated and he is sent back from Japan. From sources we know that he mostly was used as a sword bearer, which was important, like the next unifier after Oda Nobunaga strated as Oda's sandal bearer, and used to wresle and fight in duels maybe for political reasons but surely for entertainment ones. Overall great character and person in history and I not only like him, but expect him in this game, but as an NPC, like every other historical person and give the japanese people their japanese protagonist, they deserve it, I wouldn't want for any culture to be done this dirty.
And directly relating to your comment, yes this world was created so masterfully that when we open the game we live with the idea that this world has a fantastical sci fi aspect to it, but that is the fun seeing humanity through the eyes of protagonist forgotten by history and unravel the truths that were hidden from the normal people and explore places and moments from the perspective of the people present like it is normal, not a story filled with propaganda or changes because of time, raw and pure as it is.
Yasuke is a big guy but was only 5’9 😂
He was either 6'2 or 5'9, avg height in japan was 5 '- 5'2
@@firstlast6226hes not from japan
@@halcyon6098 no shit
@@halcyon6098no shit Sherlock
Some fans accused Yasuke of not being a “real” samurai, calling him just a “retainer.” But a retainer is still a samurai-the term refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai offering military services 💯🔥
Yasuke wasn’t a samurai he wasn’t historically accurate portrayed which ac isn’t in a lot of ways. He was a retainer/slave (was brought to japan as a slave and his master was so impressed with his black skin he took him in) that carried swords for his master. The reason it triggers the internet is that Japanese men finally get a AC in their home land and they can’t play as a Japanese male samurai. Asian people get very little representation in general. And the Japanese men deserve it. I could see him being in the game as a DLC or a 3rd character. But their needs to be a male Japanese character too. Also if you look at the writers they’re both white people who act like black people cant do anything without the help of white people which is racist in itself. Because blacks are very capable to do stuff alone.
If AC made a game in Africa and put a white man or Asian man as the lead it wouldn’t make sense and would piss people off. In resident evil 5 Chris redfield was a white man in Africa killing black zombies and there was a huge controversy behind that game. Because he was a white man in Africa.
In my opinion they just need to make a 3rd character for the Japanese male representation. There are a lot of Japanese men in RUclips comments and X (twitter) comments that are disappointed because they don’t have someone to represent them in a game based in their land.
No reputable historian confirms (nor are they able to dispel) whether he was a Samurai. Tom Cruise's character was based on the same historical character in Nioh. There are plenty of Japanese that do not like this decision. And did these racist fans hate playing the last 3 black characters in this series?
When the Captain America and Black Panther game, they gonna complain Bucky should be there instead 😂
I mean ya why should he not be a playable character when he’s caps sidekick.
You already know
No, but I’ll complain if they character assassinate cap by making him racist or call him white boi
I mean Bucky should def be in there so should all the Howling Commandos they don’t even gotta be playable just have them there, especially with Bucky it can set up sequels, same goes for Black Panther’s side of things, set up or make mods to Klaw, Zemo, White Wolf, etc
The thing that bothers me about using Yasuke is that why do they now decide to use a real person as the playable character when every main character in Assassin's Creed has been fictional?
Technically Yasuke is half fictional possibly lol.
Also Naoe is fictional so there's that.
Ask your self this... why does that even matter? A good story is a good story. Most of your most favorite fiction is based on something real. Think harder.. I know your brain works.
why does that matter and why does that BOTHER you?
Assassin's creed never had RPG mechanics before but then they added it
Assassin's creed never had loot mechanics but then they added it
Assassin's creed never had you fight mythological creatures like Minotaurs but then they introduced it
Assassin's creed never had a modern day protagonist who wasn't Desmond Miles until they introduced someone else
Assassin's creed never had sea based ship combat until they added it
But now Assassin's creed is trying out a new black MC who is also a historical figure alongside another Japanese MC and this is where you draw the line?
Found the Wokes
@@JLAMusiqask yourself this... Is my refrigerator running...?
I was fucking waiting for your take man. Needed it because I was like these guys are racist because come on it's just a game and all we want is good gameplay with cool ass characters.
It’s Ubisoft at the end of the day they fell off a long time ago. The preorder pricing tells you all you need to know. History, race, politics aside. This game will suck.
the pricing is terrible.
The online requirements.
the micro transactions are piteous, but I think the story of a black man in feudal Japan, learning the customs and their ways, and the way he sees it through his eyes I think hasn’t been done and I think it’s very interesting .
people keep saying he was retainer, but what they don’t realize is that during that period, a cast system unlike what they’ve put on it now, DIDN’T EXIST.
THAT didn’t come until decades later he would’ve been considered a samurai. I think people are using DEI as the new "black man" racist quote and I think that’s a shame.
We haven’t seen any gameplay so NO ONE can judge how the game will play, but there seems to be this huge outcry simply because there’s a black guy in the game,
I’m interested but until they show gameplay , adjust the pricing plan so that it doesn’t seem to be unfriendly. I’ll wait.
DEI just means the n-word to these people. Remember what happened after that bridge collapse and troglodytes on Twitter called the mayor a "DEI mayor"? Wonder what that could possibly mean.
People accept the greek and norse gods being real in their "historically accurate" games than the black dude weilding a sword.
Like damn a squirrel talking is more real to these people for some reason.
I think this shits just fantasy this series stopped being "accurate" when they put some alien chick in the game telling Desmond to take care of the magic mcguffin.
All AC main was fictional character who interact with historical figures. Suddenly in Japan they use Historical figure as main to changed history, because Yasuke perfect for their agenda.
Or he’s just a really interesting historical figure with enough space to be able to play with history like the franchise he’s always done. But yeah let’s go with your weird racist conspiracy theory instead lol……fucking clown
lol I remember when I use in school I use to love bullying white kids like u shut the fuck up an go fix ur slave house
The main character is a fictional character. She is only speaking character the first 2/3 of this trailer. She’s the main protagonist. Her father is a historical figure the playable character she interacts with was a real person in real life. They are literally doing the same thing that they’ve done before, the same thing you literally just described, you’re just mad that she’s a woman and he’s black