What do you mean in his defense?! You’re no Samurai…. *sniff

What annoyed me is that the seppuku scene literally came to nothing, it’s not even mentioned again and nothing happens. The idea it was to convince his enemies that he REALLY wasn’t going to resist them was meaningless as nothing happened

So just to clarify Toronaga was killing villagers just to SELL the deception to John blackthorn more?? Because we learn that it was him he sank the ship, so why’s he killing villagers???

The show was nothing like I expected after seeing the first 3 or 4 episodes. It was gearing up to be an awesome war but nothing really happened and I found myself very confused at several points. Hiromatsu committing seppuku to convince the regents that Toronaga was NOT going to attack, only for this brilliant deception to be worth it by….nothing happening and it barely being mentioned again other than a priest saying it in passing? And when Toronagas brother betrays him, nothing comes of that, it was like it never happened, every time some interesting plot development happened it didn’t lead to anything.

It's incredible how much similiar were Nobunaga and Caesar, both increased their power through conquest, both fought battle where they had a great numerical disadvantage but managed to win, and both were betrayed and killed at the highest of their power.

This game looks great. Ill pick it up whenever it comes to PC

Thank you, excellent video! When you break down just how many other people also rebelled against Nobunaga, it becomes clear that there was always trouble in the Oda paradise. I think Akechi had been planning to destroy Nobunaga all along but kept a good poker face right up to Honnoji. Either he felt thst Nobunaga hadn't earned unswerving loyalty or he felt that a Japan united under him would be a dreadful place.

Nobunaga did nothing wrong

"June...1582... The Temple Honnoji, Kyoto.... Nobunaga Oda, betrayed by his retainer Mitsuhide Akechi, vanished forever in a sea of crimson flames." I love this detailed video on the Man Who Murdered The Demon King yet whose motives behind this betrayal has remained a mystery for many centuries... Thank you for laying out the possible reasons and going through each one of them in such detail.

Nice job Nick!

get the strap! get the strap!!!!!!

"Could you believe the Japanese Samurai were ruthless" Literally anyone in korea/China "....."

Toyohisa Shimazu is goat

I feel itself weird to get hung up on the ninjas being included by way of the girl. Assassin's, from the first game all the way to 3, have basically acted like ninja's (the protag of AC1 even carried a small sword on his back in conjunction with throwing knives).

Thank you for making this my brother and best friend who passed shared a love for Japanese culture and history and particularly we adore samurai stories and we’ve talked about many but my best friend Ramon was the black to my white I have never had a closer friend and I’d like to make a video commemorating him and a play on the story of Yasuke thank you for making this so more people now know.

you're a free agent. That's my best metaphor. If you were good at your job, in this case respect, honor, battle, kills, etc. then you'll get picked up. If not, your still a badass free agent everyone knows and respect you just don't have a brand to back you.

But the real question is, was Mitsunari really possessed by a powerful moth-like Yokai as depicted in the battle of Sekigahara level in the game Nioh?

I love how the fact they added. A historical figure that we get to play as most assassins creed games. We played as someone we don't know Existed, so i'm actually quite happy with this

There actually was an outcry about Nioh. Most people probably didn't notice it, as it was mainly noted for being "another souls-like", but it was a bad time for KT and many of us took it as just another sign they were focusing too much on pandering to what they perceived western players wanted. (Though it's not like they used a westerner for their only game around this era, and their mishandling of the DOA franchise, and comments on the beach spinoff, kind of overshadowed anything Nioh could've done either way) If you don't believe me just google "nioh white samurai geralt" or something. Basically until the second game came out it was nonstop bashing Nioh's character and calling him a discount Geralt and stuff. (Also, it's easier to ignore a character being white in an Asian setting too, because during gameplay they may just look like your standard samurai, where a black character is immediately going to stand out. And I think people more have a problem with Ubisoft always making sure to shoehorn diversity, equity, inclusion stuff into their games and being a crappy company, rather than historical inaccuracies... Companies like KT obviously deserve much more benefit of the doubt than publishers like Ubisoft and EA do.)

Mariko's dad from Shogun

Strongly disagree that the romance is integral. It was the least appealing part of the plot to me. Their relationship would have been far more compelling if it were platonic.

God, I wish there were an anime about Tomoe Gozen. No, Fate doesn't count.

I feel like it was critical missing information that Nobunaga got his mom killed that I never heard before.

It really bothers me the tone the women were "married off". You know there was a man on the other side of that getting married for political reasons too. The men didn't marry/have children for love either. Also the daughters and granddaughters probably had some of the best lives around. Lived in a castle had servants, didn't have to worry about bandits or pact laundry to the river and scrub it on rocks with lye. Through out history alot of these women went on to be very wealthy and influential and didn't have to go on military campaigns for months at a time and be cold, hungry and potentially get stabbed in guts.

My favorite is Bitchu Matsuyama Castle out of the 24 I’ve visited

The depiction of Yasuke is really white washed. He wasnt a free man. he was a slave and was treated as a spectacle for the Japanese and as a sword bearer for Nobunaga, who treated Yasuke as a foreign curiosity and slave and not like a real soldier or noble.

People like to forget that Samurai were long range fighters who used bows, matchlocks, and spears first, and only secondarily were close range fighters who used swords.

It’s best to respect Japanese folklore, but not to actually take it seriously

The pheasant rotting like that in the middle of winter is a bit ridiculous.

このチャンネルの動画は、常に地に足がついていて素晴らしい👍

I think about mitsuhide a lot because i played as his clan and united japan in a shogun 2 mod The good ending btw

all you've said is that ninjas are a class of samurai, but downplaying that to the extent of acting as though they werent specialized in any way to differentiate themselves from any other samurai would be like saying an airforce pilot isnt anything special because they're just an army guy. They were clearly a specialized job among the samurai and would have had specialized training and skills to go with that. Acting as though japan as a whole keeps the myth of the ninja going as though its some sort of government conspiracy to promote tourism is comical too. There is not central force controlling the way ninjas are portrayed, Japanese people make ninja characters they think are cool, its that simple and not any different than the portrayal of things like cowboys or pirates. To imply that japan as a whole is trying to keep the fictional ninja alive to hide the boring truth just shows that you approached from a biased perspective, your intent was the crush the idea of the ninja, rather than expand on the context of them and what they really were

The way society is and inflation … we have a lot of Ronin in America they live off grid.

As an outsider, seeing the deeply routed culture of Japan, and current situation in this great country. People marry in a Christian Church, but not really believing in the teachings. There are few genuine Japanese Christians, who are as true to Christianity as any other country. Sadly Japanese people, as the rest of the world follow the “new age culture” that is overtaking the West. I hope they would come to understand that CHRISTIANITY is not a danger to ruling of Japan, but they would form their own church separate from Rome, or any other capital. Like for e.g. The Russian Church in terms of patriotism. But about the story , St. Peter denied Jesus Christ, but became one of the authorities of Christianity after receiving the Holy Spirit.

Obama Castle😂

I didn't read the book and I really enjoyed the show! Didn't mind the lack of a massive battle at the end. I liked all the characters and the actors playing them but I agree that Toranaga was little too distant sometimes.

I'd say my favorite depiction of Akechi Mitsuhide is in the Nioh series. While it does involve some fantasy elements, Mitsuhide is portrayed is someone who has Japan's best intentions at heart, and at first joins Nobunaga because he believes he's the join to unify Japan, but when Nobunaga proves to be too ruthless, that's when he pulls off the betrayal.

Another great one is the last stand of Magara Naotaka and his son at the end of the battle of Anegawa. Their willingness to volunteer as a delaying force to buy time for the retreating Asakura and subsequent last stand against the Oda is admirable to say the least. After he had fought to exhaustion he would be offered a place in Nobunaga’s army, refuse that offer, and die loyal to the Asakura.

If I'm correct, this man is the man that Toda Mariko's father in the show Shogun was meant to be loosely based on, given that Kuroda Nobuhisa was meant to be the show's version of Oda Nobunaga.

Really didn’t touch on much here.

Where do you watch it?

Let's be honest what warrior culture wasn't brutal?! It's fucking WAR!😆

You should react on hyouge mono and heike monogatari they are animes but you can perhaps?

Thank you for this video man. I learnt more about the guy now. Still absolutely hate him though. Nobunaga was about to create an empire and usher in an age of imperial might, but the bastard here castrated that hope, and delayed Japan's glory for centuries. Still utterly despise him, but this video does add some nuance to a 'complicated' individual.

Y'know who I think could use an "In Defense of"? Hojo Ujimasa. I remember for the longest time he was viewed as a loser heir to Ujiyasu, and there's the phrase "Odawara Conference" mocking him and his clan, when really, the forces Hideyoshi brought against him were unprecedented. Yet I think he was a very competent successor, probably one of the best when it comes to the heirs of legendary daimyo. Compared to guys like Imagawa Ujizane, or Oda Nobukatsu, or Otomo Yoshimune, or Mori Terumoto, and so on.

I have a sudden feeling that a lot of virgin imperial supporters will be active in this comment section. Shogunate forces are better.

In order to understand the Honnoji Incident, you should know the word "下剋上Ge-koku-jo". This is a trend that was generally accepted and practiced during the Sengoku period (1467-around the end of 16th century). It is a way for a person of lower rank or status to seize power by defeating a person of higher rank. Idiot, incompetent, and tyrannical daimyo would easily lose their territory, so such people were replaced, exiled, or killed by their vassals. As the scale of the battles grew, alliances between daimyos and weaker daimyos became loyal to powerful daimyos, but those who gained the upper hand could never let their guard down. To put it in an analogy, the weaker ones were "wolves," and if they are given to chances, they would bite the stronger one to death. For this reason, Nobunaga, who was on the verge of unifying the whole country, imposed heavy burdens on his vassal daimyos and allied daimyos while fighting the enemies around him. Behind the scenes, there were very tense relations between them. Under such circumstances, it was natural that betrayals and rebellions would occur, and we should not think of Akechi Mitsuhide as an exception. The true cause has not been identified, but it seems likely that he decided that he could no longer remain Nobunaga's vassal and so rebelled against his lord. In the later Edo period (1603-1867), relations of master and servant became rigid, and from that perspective the Honnoji Incident became inexplicable and immoral, with many stories about it being fabricated, and Mitsuhide deliberately was treated as the villain.

Am I a dumb dumb for subscribing to the Netflix version where he was a devout Buddhist who didn't like Nobunaga's campaign against the ikko ikki?

This game is about 10-15 years too late, feels like Ubisoft just trying to catch up with other studios having seen other work these locales better. I remember when Ubisoft came out and said they'd never make an AC set in sengoku Japan.

Nobunaga, by his deeds is a psychopath. There is absolutely NO WAY anyone else would issue his type of orders unless they were. Look up the psychopath traits and you will see; history cannot hide from human nature. He didn't care about his loyal subordinates families, beliefs or desires. He was envious that religious people weren't worshipping or following his ideas, he insulted his loyal subjects in front of anyone without regard. Just think about that, that the friggin foreign priests even knew he was rude to Mitsuhide. The only way they could have found out is if they were literally there and saw it. My view on the subject is Nobunaga's benevolence is propaganda through and through. His natural actions were greed, gluttony, pride and conquest of anything that would give him that. Mitsuhide was co-opted by others below him who agreed but were too kind to actually attack or go against the status quo (you swear loyalty) which led to Mitsuhide being unable to form his government to rule Japan. Nobunaga would cut up his best friend's children if it would get him anything of benefit. Whether a few laughs, moderate wealth or more power.