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#Farfa #assassinscreedshadows #yasuke

[@MBTYuGiOh]

honestly, would never have predicted farfa would pivot to a "wokeness in gaming" channel BEFORE i did

[@zurajanaisephirothda3886]

guess you need to pivot into "wokeness in lawnmanagement" now

[@Dannyvgeemen]

Farfa is the new woke yugituber. The T in mbt is probally for trump. My Boy Trump

[@Mulcam29]

That would be a normal L in your uploads

[@The2bGaming]

Yet ANOTHER milestone he's beaten you on

[@paranidherc]

Ragebaiting is a pretty common tool, not sure why anyone would be surprised

[@yamiali1783]

I too am mad that the protagonist of Yugioh is an Egyptian phaoroh living in the body of some nerdy kid in Japan Edit: I may have started something I shouldn't have started.

[@masterassasin2822]

The difference is that only one of these combinations doesn't suck

[@fatpandaman4563]

@@masterassasin2822going full mask off now?

[@herlastborn]

@@masterassasin2822 Why do you hate bald men?

[@FeiFongWang]

Except that series was made by a Japanese man and isn't faux history. Ubisoft is a French company and they just felt it in their balls to make the protagonist of their first game set in Asia to be a black man, in a series that has almost nonexistent representation of Asian people. You couldn't blame any nationality for not liking the depiction of a foreigner saving their nation from the evil Templars. And that is adding onto the fact that it makes absolutely no sense. Assassins are supposed to be as unremarkable as possible, they are meant to blend in, or at least not stand out. Now what sense does it make then, to have the only foreigner in Asian history WHOSE ONLY SIGNIFICANCE WAS THAT HE WAS VERY DIFFERENT AND STOOD OUT IMMENSELY IN ISOLATIONIST JAPAN, to be the MAIN LEAD IN A FKING ASSASSINS CREED GAME.

[@valonyaver600]

Brother there are a million other games set in the same time period where you can play as a japanese samurai. Why do you care about this one having a non japanese one in specific? It's not like the protagonist being african will erase all asian representation from the game. Likely the majority of all other npcs WILL be japanese, only the protagonist wont be. I doubt most people who are complaining about this are even that invested about AC and wouldve gone "batchest" if the protagonist was japanese. Also, i havent played assassin's creed mirage, but i heard its protagonist is the reincarnation of freaking loki. So even if the character himself is "arab", i find it very insulting as an iraqi that the protagonist is the reincarnation of some nordic god. But guess what? I didnt care about it enough to complain about that fact in particular. No one did. So why is it when a black guy is the protagonist of a non african setting that everyone is suddenly mad?

[@ChampionOfSkyrim]

Slight correction, Karate Man is a reference to Jim Kelly, who played Williams in Enter the Dragon. He was a practitioner of Okinawa-te and Shorin-ryu Karate.

[@firewall-pass]

I would have thought he was a reference to Hercule from DBZ 😂😂

[@tehy123]

Duel links players remember karate man OTK

[@Fabboi_unl]

Shut up.. I refuse to believe that was a thing.

[@mky22]

@@Fabboi_unlBELIEVE IT(Naruto voice)

[@sqilluy]

Every time I hear about Duel Links, it sounds like the most made up BS of all time. What does "Karate Man OTK" even mean, that can't be real lmao

[@pablorosada9788]

You know, I forgot about karate man OTK Maybe because at the time I was losing to woodland sprite FTK

[@scizor285]

Fun fact: The Divine Comedy (the literary reference for Dante and the BA) is fanfiction. Farfa is hiding the truth from all of you.

[@Snooopysniper12]

Damn this video aged like milk lmao

[@mskiarma2u1]

You really went with that title

[@Lds198]

Big kanye energy on this one

[@FeiFongWang]

If any other nationality was to be cast as a protagonist, everybody would be up in arms because Ubisoft sucks. But they figured out how to hack the system by making him a black man, now the discourse is about how people are racist and are defending Ubisoft's decision somehow. They really figured out how to hack your brains, huh.

[@SuperSilver316]

Clicks click clicks

[@mskiarma2u1]

​@@Lds198what

[@Lds198]

@@mskiarma2u1 I'm comparing the title to Kanye's song. N words in Paris

[@Tohfool]

Yeah yasuke was never a samurai and the British white guy who "studied" Yasuke made it up and Japan fired and scrubbed his work of lies

[@vanesslifeygo]

Hey actually it turns out this story is fake and Japan is now going after the guy who faked this story

[@werderlork9056]

Regardless of what political alignment y'all are, I hope we can agree that Ubisoft kinda sucks ass

[@hi123452008]

Totally. Having to pay an extra $40 on an already full price game or get 3 day late access?

[@paranidherc]

Their UI is a headache-inducer. And they are smh proud of it. I remember Dead Space coming out and thinking "Boi, they gonna step up their UI game so hard, I can't wait how crazy it will get" Now we get straight up noise everywhere on the screen

[@VixYW]

No one disagrees.

[@elinator8889]

kinda?

[@TrueGamer22887]

What frustrates me is that when the anti yasuke side doesn’t go overboard, that’s the main criticism. Ubisoft isn’t picking yasuke for a love of his cultural impact or to lovingly mythologize him, it’s a very vocal and transparent choice with really lame motivations

[@flowdane5139]

I keep on forgetting this man was a history teacher

[@roge2342]

There ain't no way, I only remember the bit of lore that he worked in a call center before saying fuck it and starting youtube

[@shepherdsson]

He’s a pretty uneducated one if that’s the case. He left out a lot of information that would make his statements collapse, like for starter, the game is supposed to take place around the Ashikaga shogunate or could be the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Yukase wasn’t even born then

[@micheleduritto]

@@shepherdsson Not to mention the fact that he literally only talked about opinions, not historical facts, which is ironically the same thing that the only guy who wrote books about Yasue did as well, his books are just about fiction at best, if you read a little bit of them, you should immediatly tell.....also, the same guy was caught lying multiple times and he was also the main guy writing and updating the wikipedia page for Yasue (under a different nickname).

[@JackHugeman]

Apologize to Japan.

[@StrelitziaVA]

farfa using his history degree for his yugioh channel wasn't what i was expecting

[@DuelistKoi93]

Farfa has a history degree?

[@screwdriver69420]

Farfa has a degree?

[@veszeljko7645]

​@@DuelistKoi93He used to teach history yes

[@Chaosfly10]

@@veszeljko7645 Farfa used to teach?

[@fatpandaman4563]

Farfa?

[@vaylantz_enjoyer]

I saw the notification and thought this would be a video about Seereax when he went to Japan

[@garfrockbreadtroll]

Farfa talking about general internet drama on yt was not on my 2024 bingo I cannot lie

[@UziOmega]

Ok, but at what point of this timeline history will Circular be freed from the banlist????

[@supermerio8335]

Thankfully never

[@UziOmega]

@@supermerio8335 literally the Maxx C of our era...

[@HUser20123L]

Definitely aged well. Now knowing Japanese official confirmed he is not a samurai. Never use wikipedia is first thing i learn in highschool lol. The guy who made it the fuck up has been citing himself on wiki. Thomas lockey is on the run now lol

[@g3n3ric_gam3r]

Oh boy! Can't wait to read these comments and not hear about Arabs and great replacement theory.

[@m7md_mns923]

who tf cares about fucking assassins creed

[@SpencerCJ]

Apparently a billion white supremacists gamers, in a month, nobody.

[@net173h]

@@SpencerCJ How are gamers white "sumprescist" when the issue is that the character isn't JAPANESE? Are we just throwing buzz words?

[@SpencerCJ]

@net173h Easily. First I never said all of them, because I'm a gamer and not a white supremacist. Secondly these people just don't want to see a black guy, it has nothing to do with the other guy being Asian. Nobody complained when Nioh had a white protagonist and yet they are all pissing themselves over this. It ain't buzzwords is an observation that the only people getting mad at a black man on a game are all the usual suspects

[@net173h]

@@SpencerCJ Oh okay. Thanks for clarifying

[@zenbear9952]

@@net173h Dude it wasn't that long ago we had a white samurai in Nioh and these guys didn't care. It's because the character is black

[@HoundOfFarron]

I don't care who the main character is, Ubisoft won't get me to buy their games until I start getting paid for my potential suffering.

[@shootout-shinobi6672]

Or maybe if they’d stop trying to shift games from a product to a service.

[@fatpandaman4563]

This is literally the only correct answer lmao, stop fucking buying shit games. Complaining some black guy in a video game is embarrassing. This game wouldn’t suddenly be good if they replaced the MC

[@darkprince7133]

Things I am shocked by: Farfa making a video about something serious Farfa talking about another game/ franchise (bold move and can be risky) Farfa actually knowing stuff about dbz and not just shitting on it like every non anime watcher or making fun of it Bonus points he made some good points Well structured and Entertaining video. Keep it up man we love this shit!

[@heartlessnobody1143]

Nagoryuki is just looking at this and going "damn. i personaly wouldnt have let that slide"

[@Sassaparilla]

He would never sugarcoat it.

[@lost8320]

I find the choice of using Yasuke to be odd, but like it doesn’t matter as long as the character is good. The big issue is how anti-consumer the game is

[@maarin9184]

Regardless of whether or not Yasuke was chosen to be the protagonist to check some inclusivity checkbox, imo it's fair for people to be disappointed that it's not a male japanese ninja when we've been waiting years for that. Personally I really don't mind. But if they're going with Yasuke I hope they make him have a unique place in the story that actually acknowledges his background. Wonder what the dynamic is between him and Naoe and how they tie to the Assassins. Not that I'm interested in an AC game post Syndicate. Especially with that price tag.

[@CaptainBritog]

That was a really good video. I hope you’ll do more of these.

[@gamersreactions9267]

They made the MC controversial to camouflage their insane price for this game 😂😂😂

[@paranidherc]

Nah, they made him black because Ubisoft is bleeding money and they need some blackrock / vanguard juicing for DEI.

[@Yukooo108]

@@paranidherc Yes, they made up Yasuke too, not like the guy was a real person in Japan, they just made him black for the DEI, sure buddy

[@elinator8889]

maybe, ubisoft has been bleeding cash as they’ve been releasing mostly garbage

[@colt1903]

​@@Yukooo108 I think he means they chose a black protag for those reasons. Which isn't unlikely given the kind of company we're putting up with here. Or he could just be a dumbass, who knows.

[@TheIain531]

@@paranidherc DEI boogeyman is the funniest thing you guys have come up with recently

[@Alrange_5]

It's good to see kanye go somewhere other than Paris for once

[@payne9682]

Why do I feel like this video is geting demonitized cause of the title....... Hope you make more :)

[@crosstrigger1]

And nothing of value was lost

[@nusben3.085]

At least the man is in Japan and not Paris.

[@Yukooo108]

@@crosstrigger1 Facts don't care about your feelings buddy

[@lolproblem1732]

@payne9682 day 116 of waiting on snake eye hits and bonfire reprint for my volcanics

[@crosstrigger1]

@@Yukooo108facts are that a tool carrier isn't a samurai

[@bearson4075]

heelvsbabyface jump scare. Gotta warn me next time.

[@GigaDawn]

NOOOO KARATEMAN IS BALD

[@YetAnotherDUFCouple]

It is racist in the fact that it continues to suppress Asian and Asian American men protagonists in big franchises. It’s not racist in story, it’s racist in avoiding representation. Beyond dynasty games (made in Japan) America is very good at shitting on Asian men protags. That’s why it’s racist.

[@RyufArt]

Might be the first farfa video I was completely interested in, very good job on the script i look forward on more, might look into the transitions tho

[@YetAnotherDUFCouple]

I would fully forgive this choice if an Asian American man voiced this black dude. It’s only fair since Samurai Jack was a Japanese man voiced by a black man.

[@NeonRunes]

Naoe might be the stealthiest assasin in all of the Assassin's Creed series considering that no one seems to be noticing the playable, native and ethnically japanese woman that's arguably even more of a protagonist than Yasuke

[@TrueGamer22887]

Why would anyone have an issue with the duel protagonist they threw in and barley talk about to make sure they could pad some backlash with comments exactly like this? There’s press releases that are a paragraph about playing as yasuke and then “oh also fictional shining naoe”

[@NeonRunes]

@@TrueGamer22887 If you really think they'd write an entire protagonist just to cover their ass you are a tourist to the franchise

[@TrueGamer22887]

@@NeonRunes probably played them before you were born lmao

[@Sassaparilla]

​@@TrueGamer22887 I was willing to accept your somewhat possible conspiracy theory until you brought out the "before you were born" shit. Bro, Assassin's Creed came out in 2007, you don't even need to be a legal adult to be born before the series began. It's such a piss poor statement to make that can easily be refuted, to the point that I can't take you serious in any capacity. Also, some corrections for your first comment. You edited it and somehow still failed to proofread with the proficiency of at least an eighth grader. "dual", not duel (that's a battle of some variety) "barely", not barley (that's a grain) "there is press releases" is not proper English, which is what your last sentence reads out as. The correct contraction is "there're" which is short for "there are". "There are press releases" actually reads like a sentence not written by a twelve year old on a bender.

[@TrueGamer22887]

@@Sassaparilla farfa viewers are majority 6 or 7 years old

[@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin]

Even from a literary sense it's a probably great choice. The Oda Nobunaga period is one of the most important parts of Japan's history, and Nobunaga being easily top 3 important historical figures in Japan, so the period choice makes sense for an Assassin's Creed game which usually only spend 1-2 games in a given locale/period. Yasuke being the black retainer (still a samurai) to Nobunaga not only places that playable character near to the central intrigue of the time, but also immediately establishes some level of "fish-out-of-water" element that can be used to help on-road the player into the setting. The game will probably have clunky writing and awful pacing, because it's a Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed game, but it's still a fantastic literary choice. Also, like, there are two protagonists, right? It's not like you don't get to play as an ethnically Japanese character for like at least half the game I'm pretty sure.

[@Darkyan97]

My only disappointment that it's the Sengoku period yet again. We have many games now that deal with that era. Personally I would've been much more interested in an Edo period, specifically Bakumatsu game (dealing with the Shinsengumi would've rocked hard).

[@P3TER_Official23]

After this gamers will never beat the racist allegations 💀

[@deadman9160]

Hey look a ghost reference

[@lordbored7006]

video continues to age like milk. Do your due diligence next time Farfa

[@nintenx1235]

Tbh while I consider immersion to be priority number 1 if the MC is their own character that you play as it can be even more immersive than a traditional silent protagonist. FFS my favorite game series is Drakengard/NieR and every main character is distinct with their own baggage and trauma. I'm not _that_ clinically insane nor am I a sexy pale skinned white hair high heeled android. As long as you can see the world from the protag's perspective it doesn't matter if they're black, white, Asian, male, female you can be immersed.

[@megamaniak27]

Karate mans baldness is the kind of representation we need as yugioh players

[@kingcasual-casual-gaming-5366]

The problem for many people is not that he is black, but the inaccuracy of how he is handled alongside the genderswap of another famous samurai. Endymions video explains it pretty good.

[@stoeptegel4382]

That's also very accurate to japanese culture actually. They LOVE genderbending famous historic people. And it's AC. Not really the game you should play if you want historic accuracy.

[@kingcasual-casual-gaming-5366]

@@stoeptegel4382 While I agree, I also disagree. The way japan genderbends a character is more a recreation of a person in another setting. Like, for example: In Fate (any actually) King Arthur, who was undoubtedly a man, is a woman as a re-creation to fight for the fate of the world. But Fate does not take place in the Medieval times where he would exist as a genderbend version of himself (flashbacks excluded because they only serve narrative purpose and to not confuse the viewer they kept the appearance consistant). Other characters in other anime, like in Vinland Saga, are very accurate in their depiction and their appearance. The core take away, from my pov about this, is more of: "Does it take place in the time the person existed or not. If not, no one cares. Otherwise, genderbend a named character in their story is kinda odd". Maybe I miss some anime where that actually happens, if so you can name me some because I cannot remember in my 20+ years as an anime consumer that there was an Anime that depicts the life of a person of historical appearance as a genderbend version of him-/herself that wasnt a comedy, satire or a skit.

[@ilhammaulana2690]

The timing is too odd for them to try that kinda 'creativity' right now, people feels like there's something bad hidden behind it lol

[@Onedepressedgamer]

I don’t mind the black mc i mind the price tag

[@antasma1699]

Honestly, it just feels like Ubisoft just wanted to rage bait hoping to gain attention to their sinking franchise by reviving this can of worms. It's the whole "Was Cleopatra a black woman ?" all over again....

[@lament22]

what are you on about lmao 😭

[@gligarguy4010]

​@@lament22 Having encountered him in the past, this is sorta his gimmick.

[@lament22]

@@gligarguy4010 oh hes one of them...

[@micheleduritto]

@@lament22 one of them?...wtf?

[@micheleduritto]

@Kirby6970 no, because you are talking about it, so it is not only for "them" whoever are those "them" you are referring to

[@rambaldt1719]

Another point is that Yasuke is one of two playable protagonists, the other being a Japanese female shinobi called Naoe. But apparently that's not good either. I wonder why that is.

[@BlkStar99]

The people that are super up in arms about this had to choose who they disliked more black people or women. If Yasuke was replaced with generic white male, the Japanese woman would have caught slander.

[@tehy123]

I'm not disagreeing that people might have felt differently but a generic white male instead of Yasuke is equally re*arded. Come on now.

[@ryanhall5360]

Nobody's really complained about Naoe...? Maybe bc she's an actual native who represents the culture?

[@TrueGamer22887]

Have you seen how Ubisoft is marketing her “play as real life legendary samurai yasuke taking out japans oppressors, oh and fictional shinobi naoe is also there I guess”. The problem myself and a lot of people have is it’s very transparent why ubi went with yasuke, and the reason is not a love for his mythology or history like so many Japanese studios have done before

[@maverickrx8]

​@@BlkStar99 Paramount did this with Ghost in the Shell, except it was Scarlet Johansen as the MC and not an Asian woman. Yes, people were pissed about it. Yes, it was a big deal. Yes it didn't end well for the movie. They can have an Asian woman as an MC in their game based in Japan. They can have Yasuke in it as well. However, make it make sense instead of it being there because it's Ubisoft and their woke shit.

[@BeardSous]

My issue is not that its Yasuke, but that its Ubisoft finally doing a Japan AC game, a decade after everyone wanted one and after we got arguably the best open world Japan game in Ghost of Tsushima. Get ready to play the same game theyve released for the past decade.

[@moodypessimist5375]

Farfa made like a yang zing and MISSED

[@dhanyl2725]

​@@moodypessimist5375 Farfa the youtuber, unlike the BA card, still has "When...: You can..." clause :(

[@lucasalarcon3230]

Well the fact that Ghost of tsushima is new i thing there also another samurai Game around is a good excuse to pull a bold move

[@FatherSleaze]

I think videos like this suit you as a creator. Would love to see more of this style of content.

[@GainUng]

I am definitely not seeking historical accuracy,from A FREAKING OVERPRICED,UBISOFT,GAME. Like I get that people want to shit on Ubisoft or play as a Japanese character(which there definitely is) in Japanese AC they have been asking for. But if you really want accurate history in Assassin Creed franchise,you might as well just play Metal Gear at this point,it all happened trust me.

[@Pinekiwi]

Spends nearly 10 minutes on how one side has an ridiculous reaction. Ends on "BoTh SiDeS BtW". Classic

[@blackbody3151]

classic “safe” centrist moment

[@Howardax]

Nah, Farfa's clearly in favour of the decisions made by.Ubisoft - every time he characterised critics of the change, he'd use childish tactics like a baby voice and strawmanning, oh and he's deleting any comments critical of his stance that aren't just stereotypical/easily countered.. Whereas for the people defending the changes and for the reasoning behind selecting Yasuke, he'd speak credibly about them and steelman their points. Farfa's not neutral lmao, he's clearly in favour of the character selection (Japanese cultures can just get stepped on I guess) and wants more games like this, pricing be damned. Normally I love his content but here he's acting like a yugioh equivalent of Hasanabi - loud, extremely left-wing and disingenuous, deleting or misrepresenting anything that would counter his viewpoint.

[@xX5UCK1TUPXx]

@@Howardaxwaaaaaa waaaaa 👶

[@toetoe8196]

@@Howardax ok conservative king

[@Howardax]

@@xX5UCK1TUPXx gibberish attempts at mocking instead of offering anything remotely intelligent? Wow, must be a leftist 🕵

[@tidus1212]

After reading multiple articles, history papers, and web pages, I have come to the conclusion that it’s truly unclear if he was a samurai. What is very clear is that he was made to carry weapons; that doesn’t make you a samurai, it makes you a Kosho. We will sadly never know if he truly was a samurai or not, but I think people want to believe one way or the other solely based on their feelings.

[@lesibalto1016]

I find it really wierd. When the anime came out a lot of people were excited and hyped about his story, thoght it was heavily criticized because it wasnt hisorical but just a random show with magic shoved into it. And now its the complete opposite. Youd think gamers and anime fans are in the same ballpark

[@TrueGamer22887]

It’s because 1. That anime didn’t sell itself as a historical piece 2. That anime was made by people who love the figure and want to mythologize him like the Japanese often do. That is not why Ubisoft chose him and they’ve been very transparent about that. Their using him more as a political pawn to start controversy just like is happening now.

[@VixYW]

For starters... people ARE actually mad at everything, not only the character in question. Second, there has been a lot of prejudice against Japanese and Asian culture in general in the gaming industry. Asian games are being looked down upon, getting banned in multiple platforms for content tamer than AAA releases, forced to change to "adhere to western standards" even tho fans are not looking for that in those games (otherwise they would be playing western games instead). Then comes AC, which had been relatively accurate with their protagonists over the years, up until the Japanese one. Why is it? Why did they pick the Japanese game to not have both protagonists be Japanese? Had they done that with Victory, Syndicate, Odyssey, etc, it wouldn't be as bad. A little bit silly, but not as bad.

[@Aaronrules380]

I mean it's not like there's any shortage of games set in Japan with Japanese samurai protags. That's probably the biggest reason, because it's a setting that's been done to death both by Japanese and western devs and they wanted to stand out. Hell, the AC teams has clearly been resistant to doing a game in Japan in the past probably for this reason.

[@VixYW]

@@Aaronrules380 And yet they made use of a shit ton of overused ideas in Vahalla without feeling the need to shake it up. If that's the reason, I find it to be disingenuous at the very best.

[@VixYW]

@rickmel09 You are probably not aware about what happened to Devil May Cry V, Senran Kagura, Chaos;Head Noah, and so many, many, many others over the last 8 or so years.

[@carlosroo5460]

@rickmel09 Yes, but how much western interference did they had?

[@kauanjos3199]

I'm sure pokemon, shin megami tensei series, all bandai anime games, Yakuza games and all gacha games are suffering from prejudice lol

[@ApollousasBear]

Ubisoft looked at that one AI image and made an entire game out of it. Wild.

[@mitchellwoodhouse2777]

Does anyone know the effect of Negate Attack?

[@exLightningg]

I’m going to be honest I have zero intention of buying an ubisoft game but I know people have been asking for an Assassins Creed game set in Japan since forever ago (back when Ubisoft actually had respect). Just feels weird to finally do something people have been asking for and then make a main character so controversial.

[@ilhammaulana2690]

"Alright, you annoying people. Here's the game that you want. What? You guys only ask it to be set in Japan, right? No one asking about the protagonist's races. So suck it up lol. We're making a game we don't want to make, so it's alright for us to at least use it for our personal agenda, right?" -just a joke, maybe

[@Phlyo]

This was a cool and unexpected switch-up. Very much enjoyed it!

[@sanae99.9.9]

Yasuke (弥助) is a combination of 弥 (meaning far away in distance) and 助 (meaning helper) so we can understand Yasuke's name meaning is a helper from far away. But in unusual opinion, Yasuke (in hiranaga is やすけ) is a combination of 闇 (in hiranaga is やみ - Yami) means darkness and suke (a common end in Japanese males name) which mean his name is just a wordplay and it's means dark-skinned man (because darkness is dark color and he is a man).

[@SpencerCJ]

Works pretty nicly for a guy who was probably one of maybe 10 black people in Japan

[@absoul112]

6:05 At this point, I'm convinced the man did that to become immortalized as a meme.

[@thetruth3068]

Yasuke is NOT a samurai. All of Nobunaga's samurai commited sepuku with him. It was a form of honor for them Not Yasuke though. They let him go because he is not considered as a Nobunaga's samurai.

[@team6kdl]

Origins definitely isn't the same as everything that came before though aye -undead

[@VOLTSmotion]

do you think farfa thinks of karate man every time he walks around the city?

[@tcoren1]

These guys don't want ghost of tsushima. They want nioh

[@janjakubiak7441]

Wait, if Yasuke was the retainer or squire of Oda Nobunaga and Great Shogun Shien is based on Oda Nobunaga, is that why Shiens Squire is a... oh no...

[@Saixjacket]

We wuz monkeys and shhieeet

[@berserkerciaran]

Indeed, it is a reference to Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

[@netcat22]

@@berserkerciaran Correct answer

[@paranidherc]

Japan as based as ever

[@huybo3214]

@@paranidherc its a reference to Hideyoshi Toyotomi who's nickname was monkey. He's even depicted with a monkey like appearance in other media esp in Samurai Warriors. Not everything has to do with race my guy

[@AbysmalRandomn3ss]

Didn’t even know another assassins creed was coming out.

[@Max35P]

even if there wasnt historical precedence, there is still nothing wrong with fiction making up such a story. its fiction after all and someone from outside japan becoming a samurai is just a really cool trope imo

[@TrueGamer22887]

The way their marketing it is not like that though. This is Ubisoft and people are just pointing out how transparent it is why they chose yasuke

[@cd6xc]

Tom Cruise can be a Samurai, goddamit.

[@TrueGamer22887]

@@cd6xc “I have never seen the last samurai”

[@warrior8034]

I would like that Farfa focus more on the fact that the "Black man in Japan" is just a scapegoat for hiding the price structure of this game. Like their fuckin' Star Wars game, everyone is losing their head because the protagonist is a woman, but not on the fact of the pricing structure. This is working TOO good for Ubisoft, and it should be called out even more.

[@lament22]

maybe people should just stop being racists and incels?

[@relinquished6974]

As a Yugioh fan I loved how AC Origins portrayed ancient Egypt... it's beautiful and with crazy attention to detail. Same with Odyssey although that game is too big. Yeah as far as gameplay goes, it's mostly just servicable, but the worlds they make are amazing and fun to experience

[@taxllax2104]

I feel like people are missing the mark. As we speak Wikipedia along with dozens of historical sources are being edited for a narrative, which usually involves getting rid of the word retainer. Should we really let a corporation re-write history for a shitty 130 dollar game?

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

Truly, the bigger picture issue.

[@petmyfurrykitten]

Yo Farfster, legit a great vid! Structured very cleanly for your points you wanted to get across. Weird how passionate people are about one of the dullest game series from the worst AAA developers out there though, like this is the series where you had to pay to level up faster in single player, that’s how ass it is

[@Glitterkrieger]

The only Relevant part i took from this Video is that Karate Man has a lore and that hes bald

[@kitetenjo4246]

why are people mad claiming that it doesn't make sense wasn't one of the previous versions of the game about killing gods with melee weapons and bows

[@UmbraBree]

Assassins are meant to blend into the population. Thats why every previous protagonist was the same ethnic group as the people who live in the place the game takes place in. The only black man on the islands does not fit in lol

[@More-kx6zo]

I am Japanese. Only upper class bushi was called Samurai before Edo era. You need to have a surname and a long sword to become a bushi in feudal Japan class system. Yasuke had only first name and a shortest sword. So he was most likely not even a bushi. If he was a samurai he would have died fighting for his Masters when they were attacked. And after his master died he would have committed seppuku but instead he surrendered. He was never injured which means he never fought for his master when the enemy was using guns and arrows. So this is cultural appropriation with history falsification.

[@charlierohlfing9847]

Ohhhh it's called shadows because there is a ninja.

[@miep3934]

Frankly, I don't give a fuck if Yasuke was or was not a Samurai historically. I do not give a fuck if he was even a real person. What I do care about is the reason as to why, out of all possible people they could have chosen to be a protagonist...they picked him. Japan, was one of the ethnically least diverse countries at the time...and you make the protagonist a black man? I suppose my question wouldn't be "Why does it bother you he is black?", my question would be "Why did it matter to you so much that he is black that you went out of your way to make him that way?". Because let's be real here, they knew what they were doing. This isn't an innocent little creative decision that people are reading too much into. And I think it's at least understandable with how preachy modern-day entertainment has gotten, coupled with its general lack of quality, that this pissed people off. This move was tone-deaf at best and antagonistic at worst. Plus, you know, Ubisoft releasing buggy messes of games really didn't do them any favors either. And the high price point is just the kick in the dick on top of this whole debacle.

[@RoseTheGuy]

So is the argument "The country had a very small number of minorities, so why did they pick the minority?" As if minorities aren't allowed to be playable characters in the setting they're in? Don't you think there could be stories about discrimination in the story? Around the fact that there's so much racism. I haven't read the script at all, but yeah, there's probably a reason for picking the guy, and the fact you made a weird conspiracy theory instead of just thinking, "Huh, wonder what type of story they want to tell with him" is weird. Especially because your idea of the fact they intentionally picked a black guy filled you with anger. Like, I don't know if you see the irony, but you getting mad and ranting that he's a minority makes you racist by definition, and I hope you approve on yourself cause that's not a normal thing to ranting about.

[@Karmenson]

​@@RoseTheGuyUbishit is not known for creating interesting stories. As the original comment said, they know what they are doing.

[@miep3934]

@@RoseTheGuy First of all, I would like to thank you. Despite your disagreements, you kept your comment remarkably civil. And I appreciate you hoping that I improve myself. You wishing me well, not ill is a breath of fresh air in internet discourse, I have to say. But it seems like you didn't understand my point. I am fully in favor of using stories to explore racial themes. Just recently I watched Blue-Eye Samurai and the show was in a word "excellent" and deals with the theme of racism and identity very well. My point wasn't that this story shouldn't be told or doesn't deserve to be told. My question and the underlying implication of my question was why this specifically was the story they chose to tell and why they announced it in a way that would obviously spark controversy? I mentioned preachy media for a reason. The trend of using stories to convey a message and preach to your audience your virtue has been going on for a good while now. And people are sick of it. It's definitely possible that this isn't going to be the for this game. But I don't think you can blame people for their reaction to this kind of thing when there has been a consistent trend of stories using race as a marketing gimmick and those stories being bad. I'm sure there are many people out there who just want a Japanese person as the protagonist of this game. I'm sure there are many who do for racist reasons. I just want a good story and a good game. And if this really is a creative choice rather than a choice made for political reasons, they better make damn sure they give Yasuke his due and not turn him into yet another criticism shield.

[@RoseTheGuy]

​@@miep3934 Hey man, again I just want to begin by wishing you well, I hope you'll continue having a wonderful day. I do think it's okay for Ubisoft and other corporations to want to spread the message that racism is bad, it's a pretty good message, and I don't think there was an executive meeting in which they thought the game was going to turn out bad, so they made a black character to try and shield the game from criticism, even a bad corporation like Ubisoft doesn't try to make a bad game on purpose. I'm pretty sure someone in the company just thought it could be cool. But I can also say, I think we all know this isn't going to be a good game. As cool as it would be for Ubisoft to explore the concepts of racism in general, the comment section made me realize Ubisoft has a history of not really tackling the subject well. I think that's really the only thing we should care about, is if the game is going to be good or not. I still kinda disagree with you man, but you did make me think about the situation a bit more and I thank you for that. Hope you have a great day!

[@netcat22]

Let me preface this comment with the following: I'm not against black characters or even protagonists in videogames. I adored Bayek, Adewale, Aveline and even Achilles (at least, in AC3, before they turned him into a psychopath in Rogue). Each of these characters served a specific purpose in their stories and narratively worked within the stories that were being told. With that being said, the most noteworthy aspect of Yasuke's character is, quite literally, the colour of his skin. It is the entire reason why Nobunaga was interested in him. That's the whole point. This makes Yasuke quite possibly the first "token black guy" in history. Can Yasuke fit in the story they want to tell? Sure, I guess, but in a story about feudal Japan, some guy who was given samurai status just because Nobunaga thought it was funny, isn't going to be very interesting. Like Farfa said, the game being good or bad doesn't hinge on Yasuke being the protagonist. But he simply was not an interesting historical character. Having him specifically as the protagonist of the game is a very deliberate and obviously politically charged decision, and already opened the doors to aggressive historical revisionism. (Just take a look on the wikipedia page for Yasuke).

[@darkrider3126]

Really cool video. Great job

[@ziggystardust1973]

That they are getting so upset before they know anything about the story is telling. Who knows, maybe Yasukes status in japenese society will be a plot point in the game

[@TrueGamer22887]

40 hours of “feudal homogenous japan is mostly racist to the one black guy” doesn’t sound super compelling to me and I’m positive that’s the route the hacks at ubi will go with. I’d trust a Japanese studio to do this, not ubi in a million years ubi

[@villar2702]

I think it's more so that in assassins creed, assassins were suppose to be just that assassins which don't stand out and assassinate targets with social stealth. Having a character that is easily recognizable due to their ethnicity in a foreign land takes away from that. However, it's not like ubisoft give a fuck about their own lore anyways.

[@Eyck-head]

Yeah but for most people its literal racism

[@tehy123]

No man, it's not. It's a dumb decision they made purely so people like me could say "that's dumb" and people like you could say "that's racist".

[@GnomesPwns]

@@Eyck-head nah, that's just an easy get-out-of-the-argument free card.

[@ahmadazem4167]

pope saber

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

It's also the fact this is the first time an MC is an actual person. Because of this, you do mess with history in a way that can rub people the wrong way, especially in the context of such a fictional world.

[@VolatileVolcarona]

Is it really that bad to want to play a game based in Japan that has a Japanese main character.

[@lament22]

then play as the japanese woman who is ON THE COVER maybe? oh and maybe stop being racist too while youre at it?

[@VolatileVolcarona]

@lament22 What did I say that was racist?

[@lament22]

@@VolatileVolcarona do you actually know anything about the game or do you enjoy just pretending you do?

[@therasitismall920]

Lol wokeshit

[@VolatileVolcarona]

@lament22 I don't know man, do you maybe think that you jumped the gun by calling me racist over a simple inquiry?

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

Wasnt Samurai Jack voiced by Phil LaMarr?

[@carlosroo5460]

Ok, so?

[@Elystal]

i think it’s because they chosed specifically a black man as a protagonist in a game set in historical japan feels somewhat too deliberate? also it’s not about the historical facts too, say, if there’s a white man became a samurai too at some point in history, i don’t think they would dare to choose that white man as a game protagonist especially nowadays, so… and in case anyone start calling me names or stuff, no im not against any race or stuff, im only against corporates that uses race as a selling point of their products

[@Elystal]

also i don’t even play assassin’s creed so it doesn’t matter much to me, but i think it’s an interesting topic that can be discussed

[@anonymous71207]

There was a white guy in Sekiro and no one cared, hell Nioh is about a white man who became a samurai, again no one cared

[@elone4567]

Are the Japanese complaining?(serious question, are they complaining)

[@AngeloRosales64]

Really good critical thinking in this video that you don’t get that often in this day and age of the internet. Great video!

[@JetLagRecords]

Farfa, I really enjoyed this video, so I hit the like button!

[@MR.FOXkip]

I got an ad of assasins creed on this video

[@meltenvy]

this will be a normal comment section

[@Hades9292]

This actually blindsided me for a moment, but then it was just Farfa being Farfa. Ten outta ten would watch more.

[@paranidherc]

The dude surrendered the first chance he got. He did nothing of value and the only reason he was picked by Nobunaga was to scare people by something people saw as exotic and strange. And literally the only reason he was picked over countless native japanese Samurai was DEI. Which means that the priorities of the devs aren't with storytelling but with narrative pushing. And if it's so unimportant - why can't we have Ryan Gosling play a black revolutionary in a movie? Or have Arnold Schwarzenegger portrait an Imam? Oh, right, cause that would be at best cultural appropriation and insensitive and at worst just straight up racist. But hey. They replaced a protagonist that should've been asian with a black guy, so it's fine.

[@Howardax]

Watch, your comment might get deleted for being too viable a counter-argument lol

[@paranidherc]

@@Howardax Eh, I fully expect that. Barely anyone who defends DEI is capable of an actual conversation with pro and contra arguments. Farfa literally did a whiny-baby-voice for people who had a different opinion in this very video. Yes, AssCreed actually used to be realistic. To the point of teachers using it to show ancient cities to students. And this isn't even about realism, it's like finding a single native indian dude in a Russian ww2 army and making him the protagonist of a Russian AssCreed. Like, yes, maybe there was one, but why the fuck is he the protagonist tho...well, because of DEI and for no other logical reason, that's why.

[@Pricee123]

hey you know there's two protagonists in the game and the other one is japanese? or does it not count because she's a woman

[@elinator8889]

@@Howardax feel like it’s gonna happen, every progressive youtube section always removes oppositions with valid points lole

[@renaldyhaen]

​@@paranidherc I just want to push this comment. Maybe the KZbinr will read this, and ignore it.

[@oak3785]

Farfa really dusted off his political science/history degree (i forgot which one) for this video

[@rjose705]

I like this type of content pls make more of it.

[@Dehalove]

I adore this. Thanks for making something outside your niche!

[@daedalus5253]

Farfa going all Metatron on us.

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

Only if he could.

[@jerp1994]

All this controversy about a game that’s going to be yet another shitty Ubisoft game lol. Anyone buying Ubisoft games in $currentyear deserves what they gets. Who cares about Yaskue, he inspired some of my favorite shows like Afro samurai, he’s cool

[@awsidney]

The most riduculous thing to me is that the protagonist of an assasin game is a samurai and not a ninja. Great video tho Farfa. Would love to see more stuff like this. Chapter timestamps would be nice tho, especially since the vid is already cleanly organized.

[@NeonRunes]

How is everyone missing the other, arguably more important playable character?? She's literally the full blooded japanese ninja that you claim you wanted. You're all here for the outrage, you're either trolling or are a bunch of tourists who goes where the rest of the outrage anti-woke sheep herd takes them. Please inform yourself and form your own opinions for once.

[@awsidney]

​@@NeonRunes try reading next time ) i'm here because farfa posted a video. kinda crazy that you took such an innocuous comment like that. something to think about perhaps.

[@vsaucelover9660]

A more stupid thing is that assassin Creed isn't even the only media that portraits a black man as a samurai , look at guilty gears for example .

[@joshuasmith4643]

Don't think people cared because it was a fighting game that had no ties to ancient Japan like Assassins Creed is going for.

[@robismetal]

Also Japanese people are canonically stronger then all other ethnicities in GG

[@anonymous71207]

I legitimately think it's because fighting gamers aren't the same kind of chuds. They see cool black samurai guy with blood attacks and go hell yeah Also guilty gear is so ridiculous anyway

[@vsaucelover9660]

@@joshuasmith4643 yes but the character in assassin Creed has ties to ancient Japan history

[@Ironpecker]

Besides Nagoryuki there's also Baiken that, when she's not sexualized into oblivion by the fanbase, is a disabled badass samurai woman and I haven't seen anyone bat an eye at her. Culture wars are so dumb

[@noname-vw5qw]

Whether or not this guy was really a samurai is irrelevant. Nobody really cares about historical accuracy here. In the same way nobody really cares about the effectivness of a female characters armor, they just "soyout" at the sight of fanservice, and want to complain. Its just this time around the other side is soying-out. The real reason so many people are upset is becuase it feels like these decisions are beinging made cynically to fillout a check list, rather then a being genuine creative choices.

[@UmbraBree]

This. Also he stands out too much to be an assassin in japan too.

[@SeveNStarSeveN]

It's not about realism, the reason why I feel a bit weird about it is because most AC games have had protagonists that were ethnically tied to the setting. Altair/Syrian/Levant, Ezio/Italian/Italy Connor/Kanien'kehá:ka/North America, Arno/French/France, Jacob&Evie/British/London, Bayek/Egyptian/Egypt, Alexios,Kassandra/Greek/Ancient Greece, Eivor/Norse/Norway&England. There are some exceptions to this and protagonists that have less ties to the setting, but those games are in the minority and are mostly spinoffs. I don't think ac is purposefully racist towards Asians or Japanese, but I think it is okay for us to be disappointed that it didn't follow even the ethnicities of the other duo protagonist AC games in representing two characters of our ethnicity.

[@RoseTheGuy]

So, is the argument that you can't have minorities as playable characters in a video game related to their current setting? What's the disappointment, having black skin when you were expecting Asian? This argument doesn't even make sense, because you also literally play as an Asian, but you're mad you don't get to also play as two Asians. I don't know anything about you, but it's not normal behavior to be disappointed in the ethnicity of the character you're playing as in a video game. That's an insane thing to ever say, and I hope you grow as a person. Edit: Again, just commenting just because this comment kinda worried me about you as a person, and I apologize that it sounded really dickish. Hope you continue having a good day.

[@renaldyhaen]

​@@RoseTheGuy Yes, but also no. The core problem is not the "minority". But the sudden changes in the game. Especially when the game offer you the same concept and theme before. Why not just make a new game with new theme? . Please stop using "race card" to justify this uncreative behaviour. If I join the same game and using the race card too. I think Ubisof is racist and sexist because they suddenly don't want use Japanese male in Japanese setting, while in other series, they use the native race of their game setting. Is it because we are asian, so they treat us differently? I hope Westerners can give more respect to Asian.

[@randomgenretalk8151]

Dude you know they have a japanese character who is born in japan as the other MC?

[@sulfenir2477]

Criticizing a game just on account of being different only promotes stagnation. The industry is already scared enough of trying new things. Don't make it worse. I think It's a unique premise that might lead to an interesting story. If they only did it for the sake of diversity though, they should have just given us generic samurai #10.

[@RoseTheGuy]

​@@renaldyhaen Let me get this straight, it's not the fact you're playing as a minority, but the fact this is the first game you get to play as a minority in Assassin Creed, and that one fact alone should make this entire game an entirely different series? That's absolutely racism in all shape and size, the fact there's a minority in a game makes it so it shouldn't be even considered to be an Assassin Creed game is so obviously a racist take. Edit: I do want to say again, I got no problems with you, genuinely hope you have a good day, I just don't think what you're fighting for is great reasoning.

[@Sodowver]

>First AC game in Japan, something asked since forever >Set in the most active historical period of japanese history, the Sengoku period >Dozens of historical figures that were relevant to the power struggle that was happening, with lots of records full of details about them >Chooses a woman, which is a ninja, and the only black person in the records to be the protagonists >Of all the options, they literally choose the 3 figures with less registers possible in the Sengoku period, ninjas, a woman and Yasuke Yeah, I don't get why people are mad. It's almost like they made a game for people who like japanese history with people who don't care about japanese history. Main topic aside, of course that's the only thing being discussed. Idk if Farfa stopped buying new games but the absurd price for questionable extras such as playing the game early is something that been happening for a while, people already shit talked companies about this (and still do), but the reality is that there are people who still buy these editions so the companies keep selling it (while also selling season pass, battle pass and other things later on). There is no gameplay trailer to discuss, and even if there was, it's AC, it's likely going to be just like any AAA game those days, nothing amazing but also not offensive bad to a point where you stop playing because of it. It's also been a while since the last AC game. Results aside, Ubisoft has been trying ever since the Syndicate fiasco to give more time between games. The last mainline AC game was Valhalla released in 2020. Last year there was Mirage, but that's a shorter and more in the sidelines kind of game. It's also a topic that anyone can coment on, regardless of playing Assassin's Creed or, even, games. Not much different from the discussions that ended up rising with Queen Cleopatra from Netflix. Most people likely wouldn't even watch it in the first place, but everyone wanted to say something about it. Just like me, and you, which has a YGO channel and for some reason the first non YGO content you make in a long while is this.

[@iMaytriksU]

Sorry sir u are being a wasis

[@Aaronrules380]

I mean nobody was complaining about any of the other protagonists being completely fictional. Nobody cared that the MC of the one set in the american revolution was just some guy and not George Washington or Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson. Like the choice to not use one of the big names was almost certainly intentional and to allow for more freedom for the story and characters, and nobody would be complaining if he was a random samurai they made up so this arguement seems very forced

[@lament22]

​@@Aaronrules380he copied it from 4chan, its not a serious argument its just racism

[@SpencerCJ]

Ass creed has always been about your character interacting with the famous historical figures. 2 did have you playing as Davinchi. Stop being stupid

[@amanwithaplan3873]

@@lament22”I don’t agree with what he said so I’ll just chalk it up to racism”

[@chinyang1200]

Did Farfa not read or do anymore Research ? Cause there was no Conclusion or even a fact that Yasuke was a samurai Considering the rules on a samurai . But then this is a Yu-Gi-Oh player we're talking about

[@MrZacdeath]

Neither did anyone in the comments. But hey, it's fine, all they will do is call you a bigot for pointing out history and say that you just don't want a game with a black male lead.

[@chinyang1200]

@@MrZacdeath that's what I've been seeing for the past few days . Cause once you debate them and ask them for proof they just pull some American or someone else who wrote Fanfics of Yasuke . They're not giving actual proof

[@ahmadazem4167]

it doesnt really matter, machiveli wasnt as assasin

[@Bladexeno]

@@chinyang1200 both of you have a mental illness that makes you freak out when you see a black guy. I think you should reflect on this

[@UmbraBree]

​@Bladexeno what do you mean the series that has people of the ethnic group of the place its set in as the race of the protagonist so he or she can blend into crowds and lose pursuers. Yasuke makes no sense to be an Assassin. As a major supporting character with the Ear of Nobunaga however, a much better idea.

[@wyattlim1470]

If the way the main character looks doesn't matter, then the way every character looks doesn't matter. So make all the Japanese locals white, or brown, or different asian. Because it doesn't matter. That also implies that the way any character in any game looks doesn't matter. So make all the characters look exactly the same. Because it doesn't matter. If looks don't matter then people can't get angry at Eve from stellar blade being sexualised. Because the way she looks doesn't matter. It also means that after we get a model to facescan into a game, we don't have to change the way they look for diversity and representation, because the way they look doesn't matter. But according to companies like sweet baby inc. you have to make sure that people feel like they are being represented in your media or that's unfair. So do the Japanese get represented in a game that's set in their own country or not? Where they make up 99.9999% of the population? "Oh but they are being represented with all the other people in game being japanese." You know who else is the main character in every other story set in Japan? Japanese people, who are ancestrally and genetically Japanese. So which is it? Does the way a character looks matter or not?

[@gligarguy4010]

Bro really wrote giant wall of text no one will ever read lol

[@GnomesPwns]

@@gligarguy4010 I read it just to spite you lol

[@ilhammaulana2690]

@GnomesPwns me too

[@TheKastellan]

@@gligarguy4010 bro it is basically 2 paragraphs, read a book. (I mean 2 REALLY bad paragraphs but still).

[@TheKastellan]

First: You aren't arguing against the video, you just are arguing against the vague idea of the person you think you are against. When you have to do that you look crazy and dumb. Where the fuck did looks don't matter, stellar blade or sweetbaby inc come into this. Second: You say that Japanese people are main characters of most stories in Japan, you do realise that this is actually a point against you? If most stories are on way then it is arguably an upside to go against that. -_- Third: THERE IS A JAPANESE PROTAGONIST. You either just don't know what you are talking about or are willfully ignorant or....don't like they are a girl (Even though female ninjas/assassins are very culturally known in Japan). There isn't an option where you don't look idiotic. Fourth: Once again no one argued "looks don't matter" in a totality. The best I can give you is that here people are saying that it shouldn't matter Yasuke is black and you somehow conflate that to meaning nothing about appearance matters, no, a character who has the trait they are a foreigner being a foreigner is not a character flaw, and complaining about it doesn't make sense. In that sense yes, there looks don't matter since the point literally is they are different from the norm. Fifth: You literally give the point that Japan is being represented with it's culture in the setting and the vast majority of people....and never argue against it. What? Sixth: Ignoring grifters/journalists (it is a whole other issue that people like you think journalists, which profit on sensationalism must represent the whole), the annoyance at Stellar Blade is usually because there is an EXPECTATION on woman to meet unrealistic standards and sexual appeal. When your stance changes from the appreciation of beauty and sexuality to the EXPECTATION of it, such that you start to criticise other characters as being "ugly" (which hilariously they often are not which is also kind of concerning) then you are just textbook misogynistic. Seventh: And no, just because you can find one person that can meet that standard (as in a model whose whole job is try to and chase those unrealistic standards...) doesn't make it not unrealistic, do you have basic critical thinking skills. With sweet baby inc I do mostly agree that the company itself is highly questionable. Being against the practice of requiring sensitivity and inclusionary advice is kind of weird though because that really is quite normal, changing stuff to make sure you fit within your target audience is common practice, and if you are not that target then frankly, tough luck. (There is actually a more nuanced argument to this but this is already too long and I don't feel like making it here since like I said at the start, NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS)

[@MeisuMeisu23]

Yo can we get an MBT/Farfa political podcast?

[@starrk7158]

Woke enforced diversity and inclusion is the bane of video games. It needs to end.

[@kwiiin_]

You think each and every character not being a straight white person is "woke". Open your eyes, look at the world.

[@fangk5408]

I love woke enforced diversity and inclusion personally :)

[@TylerMcVeigh1]

No, people like you who cry "WOKE AND DEI" at everything they don't like are the issue. I'm sorry you are forced acknowledge people who aren't white, straight men. Cry harder bigot.

[@meltenvy]

Finally got to visit that harbor specializing in Gunkan Suships that I've been curious about for a while! The premium "Shari" here is limited to 2000 Suships a year, and uses specially developed smooth aged rice, giving it extra boldness not found anywhere else. The classy atmosphere made my heart sing, too. The Gunkan Suship served had a perfect balance of vinegar, nigiri, shine, and shape, demonstrating exquisite artisanship. The owner told me, "We are introducing rich yet mellow scented EDO-FRONT red vinegar in the near future," which I'm really looking forward to. However, I was disappointed the surrounding seas were a little noisy... so, giving it 4 stars with hope for improvements in the future.

[@RainerCozmo]

"woke" doesn't mean anything and is only used by right wing grifters to rile up people like you.