Is Yasuke a PROBLEM in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has sparked ALOT of controversy as of late because one of the main characters is Black. The Black SamuraiYasuke will make an appearance in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows this year which is causing certain “fans” to be upset about it.
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#assassinscreedshadows #Yasuke #Ubisoft

[@803slimm7]

This game is the #1 preordered game in Japan. Japan loves Yasuke

[@NerdStorm92]

It's so confusing as to why they're so mad about yasuke?!?

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 there mad about clear political pandering and that companies like Ubisoft get paid to force diversity

[@803slimm7]

@@NerdStorm92 it’s really not confusing……understanding what western culture thinks about Africans and Blk people. It’s only American whites and a few Asians that’s not from any Asian country that feels this way. People in Japan love and respect Yasuke as a samurai. who cares what anyone else thinks.

[@Shane_111]

@@803slimm7 there is no evidence saying that he was or wasn't a samurai. The title of samurai wasn't given out to anyone who just showed up you know. Actual Japanese historians like the KZbinr Metatron has made loads of videos discussing this.

[@crazynthree]

The Japanese trailer has 5k likes and 50k dislikes.

[@UnchainedEruption]

How self-obsessed and race-obsessed do you have to be to think this is about you? It's about common sense and historical accuracy. It doesn't make a lick of sense for there to be black people OR (caucasian) white people in Japan. It's feudal Japan. The country literally was in isolation for centuries until Commodore Matthew Perry opened up trade relations. It just breaks immersion and is such obvious DEI to throw in a black character where it makes no sense. If you think this is the first time a black protagonist has been in AC you must have never played this series before. It respects history and culture from all over the globe. Newsflash, not every culture and history is about black people.

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

Not mention people back in the days were racist as fck 😅 Especially in jp

[@NerdStorm92]

It was in isolation but they were literally trading with Portugal in this era…are you dumb or stupid? Pick one!

[@dingdongdang3944]

@@NerdStorm92 You said,It’s an assassins creed game, when has historical accuracy ever mattered that much?

[@nurpiet]

way to cherry pick and not adress any of the actual criticism. bozo

[@NerdStorm92]

How am I cherry picking when the main reason for the video was talking about the racism?!?

[@Shane_111]

​@@NerdStorm92 no one had a problem with a black protagonist in watch dogs 2, they have an issue with Yasuke because it's so clearly a decision to pander to modern day radical progressives.

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 "racism" or clear political pandering

[@Cole_Zulkowski]

@@Shane_111 nice wording dude nicely done how is racism political at all you people make zero sense on anything to do with racism

[@Shane_111]

@@Cole_Zulkowski have you seen nerdstorms comments on this post? He has called everyone a racist for providing actual criticism. Sadly in modern times race is very linked to politics and you can thank people like Joe Biden for that, "If you don't vote for me then you ain't black" is pretty much his slogan. No one had an issue with watch dogs 2 having a black protagonist, no one had an issue with every other assassin's creed game having a racially diverse character that related to the setting of the game. Clearly you live under a rock if you haven't noticed that most modern media has pushed racial diversity to the point of ridiculousness.

[@cheeselover8511]

It’s not a problem at all. But if you think this is anything other than appealing to woke culture you’re crazy. They had thousands and thousands of much more prominent samurai in Japanese culture and they just happen to pick yasuke the single black samurai

[@NerdStorm92]

What is “woke culture”?

[@cheeselover8511]

@@NerdStorm92 racial justice warriors

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

​@@NerdStorm92 bigoted rangers

[@tuomashuuhtanen8680]

​​​​@@NerdStorm92 DEI, affirmative actions, intersectionality, identity politics etc. In entertainment industry it presents itself as check-box art. Companies have wrote Inclusion Policies for everyone to read, at least Prime has, so you can go count those boxes yourself. In this case I doubt they picked Yasuke because they thought his story was interesting, they picked him and the woman because they check two high-value boxes. Rumor is they made them both gay, and that means even more valuable boxes will be checked. More boxes filled, better the ESG score. Better the ESG score, cheaper loans from entities like Blackrock investment group, who are openly talking about forcing this check-box mentality to companies, who then force this virtuous ideology to their customers. It feels inauthentic because it is, it is purposefully suppressing freedom of expression and change it to mandatory virtue-signalling. Some people see right through it though, but those people are racists, no matter their skin color or orientation. Right? "Woke" is a vague term, but that's how I understand it.

[@MisterGuyMan]

The problem is that they’re breaking series conventions just to have a black MC. Altair was half Muslim and Christian in the Crusages. Ezio was an Italian Medici during the Papal peak of power. Connor was half native and half European in Colonial Revolutionary war. Kenway was a European Pirate in an era setting dominated by European pirates. And when we got a setting where we freed slaves we played as African Adele who IMO was better than Kenway. Etc etc. All of them were made up fictional characters. No one batted an eye when Bayek, an Egyptian, was the main for AC Origins. And let’s be real if a Sub Saharan AC game released would people complain if the MC was some known historic white guy? Yes. It would be just as dumb. Or if Connor was Chinese in AC3? Yeah… that’s stupid. But Yasuke is fine because he can play the race card which is lazy. FYI Chinese soldiers served in the American Revolutionary War so we have more info on them than Yasuke. And EVEN THEN it would still be stupid. Seriously ask yourself what your kneejerk reaction would be if ACIII was announced all those years ago and it was a Chinese guy. FYI I’m Asian and even I think it would have been dumb AF.

[@NerdStorm92]

It’s as if Yasuke isn’t an actual historical figure just like any other historical figure in previous games. Stop projecting your obvious racism onto this game!

[@MisterGuyMan]

⁠@@NerdStorm92 You literally ignored all my valid points just to play the racism card. Gotta love that victim mentality. Altair, Ezio, Connor, Kenway, Shaye, the Frye Twins etc etc. are based on no real historic figures. Yasuke is. Be honest, if the Revolutionary War starred a Chinese guy you’d think it was dumb. We all would. But if it’s black then suddenly it’s ok. AC ALWAYS followed these conventions for their main character. It’s not racist guy to just want the normal expected thing. I also complained when Ezio was the main character in Constantinople and I disliked how they did that for Ezio but didn’t allow Connor to go to Paris for Unity. So your racism attacks don’t work on me when I have actual consistent logic whereas you just keep playing the race card with no actual counterpoint.

[@NerdStorm92]

@@MisterGuyManyou ignored the points in the video

[@MisterGuyMan]

I didn’t ignore them, they’re just don’t apply to me. You believe the only reason anyone can dislike Yasuke in AC must be racism. I’m offering you a valid viewpoint you missed and your kneejerk reaction was to call me a racist. Here’s a real life example. Ubisoft has a game called For Honor where Vikings, Knights and Samurai fight each other. When a Roman fighter, Gladiator, was announced for the Knight faction, I complained. Why? Because Romans are not Knights. Instead I said they should have had an Aksumite Epire warrior since the gladiator’s trident and shield could be an Aksum light infantry spearman. Aksum was a medieval Ethiopian Empire of African Warriors that was Christian and helped in the Crusades. So was I racist against White people when I said Rome didn’t fit the Knights but the African Aksumite Warrior would? But now that I do the same for Japan I’m racist the other way.

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 man used real logic and you still childishly call it "racism". Get help man, you're defending the most corrupt and greedy game developers in the industry because they were paid to force diversity rather than add well written and diverse characters naturally. Everyone loved the watch dogs 2 protagonist, everyone loved bayek from AC origins. They notice the clear pattern that all modern media is doing of forcing racial diversity in places that make no logical sense like in ac Valhalla where there was randomly Asian and black viking NPCs. Yasuke was a real person in Japanese history, there is no definite proof saying he was or wasn't a samurai, and Ubisofts all white development team are getting a fat paycheck because of it.

[@user-qy9ov8rc8x]

I'm Japanese, so I use the translation function. This game is really influential, and facts are altered and plagiarized. Japanese people are angry and complaining because the main character is black. This is racism in Japan! Or white people pretend to be Japanese and post racist comments. I learned that there are such opinions and articles from overseas. And that there are people who mistake it for fact. I understand that it's too late to stop selling it now. There may be people who want to buy it at this stage. The original good thing about games is that people who want to enjoy them can enjoy them. There are many Japanese people who don't mind if the main character is black. I wish they could just enjoy it. But there were too many problems that I couldn't forgive. There are many plagiarized images on the screen. People from old photographs of historical Japanese people are appearing as non-player characters without permission. The screen shows all four seasons at the same time, cherry blossoms blooming in early spring, out-of-season rice planting, plants that only exist in autumn, and when I found it, I thought it was a comedy game and laughed. In Japan, a torii gate is a barrier that separates the sacred world of a shrine from the secular world where humans live, and indicates the entrance to the sacred world. It is definitely not a village gate. Moreover, in an advertisement for the game aimed at Japanese people, the subtitles displayed on the screen were in Chinese, not Japanese. It was also strange that the catchphrase of the advertisement was written in another language. Some people felt that they were being mocked. If this game is based on historical facts and the real Japan, it is unacceptable that the content is full of misunderstandings and prejudices, the creators have no intention of learning about Japan, and the distributors have a bad attitude towards the game. Also, I just don't want the game company to treat the content of this game as if it were real information, intentionally spreading misunderstandings and prejudices against Japanese people all over the world. But in reality, Japanese people are just pointing out mistakes and facts, and for some reason they are called racists. They keep being called that. They just pointed out plagiarism. They just checked the history. They just pointed out something strange on the screen. For many Japanese people, the fact that Yasuke is a black protagonist is no longer relevant. Our voices as Japanese people are being ignored so much that some people are starting to mistake us for racists. This is because the game company is directing the world in this way by answering articles and interviews. Also, Yasuke certainly existed in Japan for a short period of time before Oda Nobunaga died. I couldn't find any records of him as a samurai, but he was definitely one of his subordinates. There are few documents about him, and he wasn't well known in Japan until recently. But it's an undeniable fact that he was with Oda Nobunaga, who is famous in Japanese history. When I first found out about Yasuke by chance, I thought it was a romantic story of history. If the game company had at least said from the beginning that it was a Japanese-style parody fantasy game, I don't think Japanese people would have been so angry. I don't really care if Japanese people are killed on screen or not. It's just that people who enjoy it can enjoy it. It's fiction after all. But the game company is intentionally stirring up Japanese anger. If this game is based on historical facts and the real Japan, it is full of misunderstandings and prejudices, the creators have no intention of learning about Japan, and I don't want the game company to treat the content of this game as if it were real information and intentionally spread misunderstandings and prejudices against Japanese people all over the world. Just by pointing out mistakes and facts, some people are starting to seriously misunderstand Japanese people as racists. Japanese people want to preserve the facts and history left by their ancestors as accurately as possible. And above all, they absolutely do not want to be treated as a race that has discriminatory opinions. And yet, I read in an interview that the production team made statements that made it seem as if Japanese people were racist. The production and sales teams said that this is a historical fact, and that Japanese people who complain are racist. The production and sales teams repeatedly made statements that could be interpreted as discriminatory against Japanese and Asian people, revealing the dishonesty of the creators one after another. Even these are only a small part of the problem. There are even tweets from the official website that hint at punishment for Japanese people. But if we Japanese don't speak up now, discriminatory behavior that denies humanity just because of skin color is truly incomprehensible from a Japanese moral perspective. I hate being treated as a racist who does such incomprehensible behavior the most. I also find it very unpleasant that Yasuke's name is used just to cover up the terrible treatment of the game as a whole. I feel like it's denigrating the people who lived through that era. It's just a game. But the attitude of the game company distorts the identity of Japanese people. So at the very least, please do not believe that Japanese people are a racist group. Please, that's all I ask. I apologize if there are any typos.

[@deenman23]

imagine if in origins,a game set in africa,they made a buttery white smooth white man as protag LOL

[@jameswatson5807]

No big deal.

[@tuomashuuhtanen8680]

​​​@@jameswatson5807 It shouldn't be a big deal, just like this game shouldn't, but look at IGN's reasoning why they think RE5 couldn't be re-made. If they made a white guy the main character in a Sub-Saharan AC setting, we'd never hear the end of it from the media. I'd argue that is the reason why Shadow's backlash is as big as it is, this is not equal treatment, there's a massive hypocricy behind the thought process of those who call everyone bigots. White man killing African zombies? Baaad. Black man killing hundreds of Japanese? Gooood! Both of these should be fine or neither, I'm personally for team both.

[@jameswatson5807]

@@tuomashuuhtanen8680 But the black guy is not the main character. You folks are getting hung up about 1 person opinion on ign. Shadow's backlash is because there are many white Americans who are just racist. That is why they are pretending to be Japanese and being upset for Japanese people. I remember looking into it a few year back, resident evil 5 did play into some old stereotypes, they had a cut scene a black man dragging a screaming blonde white women. And some of the Japanese mad over a black killing Japanese people, don't even know about the resident evil controversy.

[@NerdStorm92]

It’s crazy because there were white people in Egypt at that time, and they were even in origins. Did you not play the damn game? The Roman’s/greeks, plus cleopatra is half white herself lol. Y’all just love making up stupid points to fit your narrative.

[@jpdlb8743]

Yasuke was not a samurai or even a warrior a pet nothing more(Historically faithful)

[@NerdStorm92]

The use of punctuation is lacking from your hate fueled mind 💀 Also he definitely was a samurai, you’re just racist 🤣

[@dingdongdang3944]

@@NerdStorm92 Samurai Yasuke is an illusion created by Rockley. Samurai is not a job but a status. When a commoner becomes a samurai, he is given a surname, but Yasuke has no surname. No surname = not a samurai.

[@amirgarcia4162]

it's not about being racist, look at it like this, we played ac origins but the main character was American and white, wouldn't that shit suck? we just want a person that is a local on the settings of the game, we just want an assassin that is Japanese because we are in japan, that's all it is

[@amirgarcia4162]

and japanese people like yasuke is irrelevant here, plus if you look at the ubisoft japanese, it has more dislike than likes

[@NerdStorm92]

Was he or was he not part of Japanese history? Plain and simple. The conversation ends there. They can literally pick whichever historical figure they want!

[@LostLokiYT]

Way to shill for a company wanting $130 for a game. L take.

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

If only the content was worth even half the price 😅

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

Not to mention for a game set in Japan they got a whole bunch of things wrong from the cultural point of view also. Like a torri gate leading to a village and not a shinto shrine to start with 😂

[@NerdStorm92]

Where’s the hate for any other game that does the same thing or is this exclusive for Ubisoft and the fact that the main character is black? 🤔

[@LostLokiYT]

@NerdStorm92 dude you're such a grifter. No one gives a shit that you're black and I think you know that. If you really think the world hates black people then you're dumber than ubisoft 😂

[@kabayakiunagi3936]

It has already been proven from historical documents that Yasuke was a servant, not a samurai, but among the Japanese, this issue has already moved to the next stage. It’s about Ubi’s criminal image theft, copyright infringement, historical fabrication, a tremendous amount of incorrect images and settings, racial discrimination, and recently, incitement of hate towards the Japanese by the CEO. However, the Japanese bear no ill will towards Yasuke. It is a fact recorded in historical documents that he was loved by Nobunaga and his family, and he did nothing wrong. I would like to tell everyone in the black community that he is not the ugly murderer depicted in the game.

[@NerdStorm92]

Which documents because literally every factual source says he was a samurai 🤣 nice try

[@dingdongdang3944]

@@NerdStorm92 The basis for those who see Yasuke as a samurai is Rockley's fantasy novel and the Wikipedia page edited by Rockley. There is no mention of Yasuke being a samurai in any contemporary historical documents remaining in Japan. As I said before, knowledge picked up from the internet has no academic value.

[@kabayakiunagi3936]

It’s already clear that the Wikipedia entry on Yasuke, which those brainless DEI folks quote, was rewritten by Thomas Lockley in a self-serving manner. Apart from Lockley’s fraudulent fiction, there’s no mention anywhere of Yasuke being a samurai. Live a meaningful life.

[@NerdStorm92]

@@dingdongdang3944 a retainer is a samurai 🤣 coping is hard ain’t it

[@dingdongdang3944]

@@NerdStorm92 Perhaps it's a translation problem and you can't understand the correct Japanese. Retainer includes samurai, but also other servants and lower-ranking people who work for their lord are all retainers.

[@mysterOrel7924]

I feel like this was a back lead... I feel like having Yasuke as a Samurai plus mains character as not the best move. If you are Japanese I feel like it's actually normal to feel rob here. I'm black btw and when you make a game like this some key point about the actual history matters to people. Like I'm African and lets say Ubisoft make a AC about the colonialism in Africa and the main character is Chinese... so you see it doesn't make sense at all. But No body would complain if that main character was black because it make sense. AC is a game that talk about group of people throughout history. So people have got the sense of having the main character been a local of the region and time the game is happening. I honestly was super hyped about Yasuke been an assassin and all but the more I think about it the more I believe that this was a bad move. I'll get the game though and play it if it's not a crap of the same stuff again.

[@NerdStorm92]

Japan loves yasuke and they talk about him ALOT so what are you talking about?!?

[@Hoboken90]

@@NerdStorm92 Ubisoft Japanese channel are 800Likes vs 16 Thousand dislikes. So you got debunked not only by maths, but my the general and majority of the global opinion

[@NerdStorm92]

@@Hoboken90🤔I wonder where those dislikes actually came from?…… Critical thinking skills are important.

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 "everyone who disagrees with me is racist" 😭😭 Ubisoft sees you as a box to tick

[@NerdStorm92]

@@Shane_111when did I say that?

[@masametal29]

As a Japanese, I don't hate Yasuke but Ubi made fake his story and I hate Ubi. Yasuke worked under lord for 1 year. Maybe It is not enough time that Yasuke learn Japanese culture for example language, life style, military skill and more, and he could not become samurai. Do you know famous white samurai William Adams? He became samurai after He worked under lord for 7 years, married woman of samurai family and was given territory and Japanese name Miura Anjin by lord. Maybe Yasuke didn't become samurai because his experience was not enough. And his great achievements, surname and territory is not recorded. So Japanese students is not taught about him.

[@capskey666]

Yasuke was indeed a fascinating figure, but his life and story have been severely misunderstood and misrepresented. Yasuke was brought to Japan by Portuguese traders as a slave, not a voluntary traveler seeking adventure or glory. His life in Japan was marked by his service to Oda Nobunaga, who was intrigued by Yasuke’s unique appearance and strength. However, the claim that Yasuke was a samurai in the traditional sense is historically inaccurate and misleading. By portraying Yasuke as a black samurai without proper historical context or research, Ubisoft is contributing to the ongoing misrepresentation of non-European cultures in the media. This simplification and romanticization of a complex historical period are not only intellectually lazy but also culturally insensitive. It is an affront to those who value historical accuracy and the respectful depiction of cultural heritage. Furthermore, the response from Ubisoft regarding the criticism - claiming that the backlash is due to racism or that Japanese people do not care - is not only dismissive but deeply offensive. This response shows a complete lack of understanding and respect for the voices of the Japanese community. Ignoring the concerns of the very people whose history and culture you are depicting is arrogant and unacceptable. The petition calling for the cancellation of the game has garnered significant support, with over 50,000 signatures. This is not a movement driven by ignorance or racism, but by a genuine desire to see Japanese history portrayed with the dignity and respect it deserves. Your dismissal of this petition as the work of "white people" further alienates your audience and demonstrates a shocking level of ignorance.

[@NerdStorm92]

He was never a slave 🤣 nice try. Bro was already free by the time he got to Portugal.

[@ParallelUniversity]

It's not because he's black, it's because he's NOT Japanese. And before anyone tries to bring up Nioh and Last Samurai, those did get criticism, but Nioh was made by an Eastern developer to sell to Western audiences. They can do whatever they want with their own culture. Last Samurai did not refer to Tom Cruise (he was not one of the "last samurai" in the movie). When you make a game about another culture, it is important not to insult that culture, and Japan is insulted by this game where a giant foreigner kills hundreds of them to save the country from themselves and fix their problems. If you don't think they are insulted, try to find Japanese comments praising the game. You might find one for every 20,000 negative comments.

[@NerdStorm92]

JAPAN LOVES YASUKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!?!?

[@ParallelUniversity]

@@NerdStorm92 They don't appear to like this characterization of him as a high ranked samurai butchering people in a town and crushing heads with a club to protest taxes. If they do, where are the positive comments about it? Nothing but negative comments across the board.

[@NerdStorm92]

yea from racist people. I have not seen one "negative" comment from ANY Japanese people or Japanese historian. On top of that IT'S AN ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME!!!! WHY DOES HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTER ALL OF A SUDDEN?

[@ParallelUniversity]

@@NerdStorm92 I've seen thousands of negative comments from Japanese people, and no positive comments. I don't care about historical accuracy personally. I don't want to speak for the Japanese or explain what they are complaining about, but check out the comments on the Ubisoft Japan channel gameplay reveal. And it is 800 likes and over 16,000 dislikes. And you're right, there is a LOT of racism out there, and that is not all coming from the West. There are unacceptable video thumbnails being put up and memes, and for some reason KZbin isn't taking them down.

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 everyone who criticises is "racist"?

[@Shane_111]

I dont understand this. Do you actually feel satisfied and represented by big developers getting paid to pander by companies like sweet baby inc? Do you feel happy being seen as a token box to tick? Does the entirely white development team at Ubisoft who added hip hop music that plays whenever Yasuke gets into a fight make you feel validated? Instead of assuming everyone who criticizes a UBISOFT GAME is racist, ask yourself why no one was against watch dogs 2 having a black protagonist. Or you can mindlessly preorder another uninspired, saturated, stale Ubisoft game for over 100 dollars.

[@NerdStorm92]

Who cares? On top of that how are they pandering which assassins creed has always been about “pseudo-history”? Monkey D Luffy needs to hit y’all up to learn how to reach like y’all are doing 🤣

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 who cares? Well lots of people actually. If you haven't noticed for the past few years almost everything that used to be well regarded and loved has greatly deteriorated in quality at the exact same time as this massive push for forced diversity. Star wars and marvel are the main ones that come to mind. The quality of those two has greatly decreased in recent years after Disney have massively saturated the formula and have do exactly what you're doing now which is calling anyone who criticises them a racist/misogynist. It's simple pattern recognition and please do some research into what sweetbabyinc is. There are lots of videos talking about what they are and how they are bad for the industry.

[@羅号光祐]

Yasuke is a character who appears only briefly in Nobunaga's story. He appears as a slave in the Catholic Church. Nobunaga had never seen a black person before, so he assumed Yasuke's skin was dyed and had him wash it. He was surprised that the color did not come off, and was amused, so he made Yasuke his servant. He was just like an English footman. A year and a half after hiring Yasuke, Nobunaga was killed in a rebellion by his subordinate, Akechi Mitsuhide. Yasuke was also captured by Mitsuhide, but because he was a servant, his life was spared and he returned to the Catholic Church. His whereabouts after that are unknown. That is all that remains in the records. In other words, Yasuke only served Nobunaga for a year and a half. To begin with, Yasuke was a servant and not a soldier, so he did not receive combat training and had no opportunity to participate in wars and accomplish great feats. By the time Yasuke served Nobunaga, Nobunaga had already become a great power. What Nobunaga needed was not an inexperienced soldier, but a living ornament to demonstrate his power, and a footman with a distinctive appearance was the perfect fit. The key point is that the historical Yasuke had almost no fighting ability, no samurai family name, and no samurai education. And the Japanese men of that time, even if they were not samurai, participated in battles on a daily basis as foot soldiers. There was no way Yasuke was a warrior. That's why it's ridiculous for the CEO of UBIsoft to claim that this game is based on historical fact. The Japanese feel respect and admiration for the existence of samurai. That's why they feel indignant that Yasuke, who is an insignificant person in historical fact, is treated as a samurai. For the Japanese, Yasuke was a blank slate until now. We have sympathized with his turbulent life. From now on, he will be an object of loathing. This game was the trigger.

[@NerdStorm92]

He was never a slave lol the people he came there with are documented saying that 🤣 nice try

[@羅号光祐]

I am not claiming that he was Nobunaga's slave. He was a slave of the Catholic Church. He was presented to Nobunaga and freed from slavery when Nobunaga made him his servant. It is recorded that Yasuke was treated naked and as a spectacle before being presented to Nobunaga. This treatment shows that the Catholic Church treated Yasuke as a slave. Yasuke was captured 15 months later in Akechi Mitsuhide's rebellion, but many of Nobunaga's samurai and servants (Yasuke's colleagues) died in the battle. Yasuke, however, survived. Akechi did not take his life, and returned it to the Catholic Church with the disdainful words, "Such an animal is not worth killing." This may be a sign of Akechi Mitsuhide's mercy, but it shows that Yasuke did little in the battle. If he had caused damage to Akechi's soldiers, Akechi would not have been able to save him. If Yasuke had the fighting ability and the will to fight, he would have died in the battle with Akechi, and even if he had survived, he would have been killed. Even if Nobunaga had given Yasuke his freedom, he would not have been obligated to die after only 15 months of association, but it is wrong to treat him as a samurai.

[@LostLokiYT]

1:50 dude what 😂😂😂

[@NerdStorm92]

It’s the truth 🤣🤣🤣 you mad about facts?

[@LostLokiYT]

@@NerdStorm92 I guess I'm just shocked a racist is so blatant on social media

[@KelvinWilliams-kf9je]

They hate us because they aint us 😂😂😂😂 i love it keep it comin

[@NerdStorm92]

Will do! I’m trying to keep an upload schedule of once a week on Sundays! Appreciate the love ✊🏿

[@marumotusima6572]

Even in a world with magic apples, if Altair starts climbing the walls, the townspeople will say, "He's crazy." Yasuke Samurai's actions in this game are so crazy that real Japanese people say, "He's crazy." What if you slurping coffee at afternoon tea in the Harry Potter world? the audience says"He's crazy." Magic is no excuse.

[@NameIsInProgress]

As a black person I don't think we look like monkeys , I think some people have a certain look and some DO NOT but that applies to all colors and ethnicities . This obviously meant to be racist joke made me chuckle for a bit the monkey in the samurai gear bruh kinda funny. PLanet of the Apes but japan that would be awesome and fun to watch. As far as historical accuracy goes the crossbows earliest recorded history was in 400bce china and Assassin Creed 1 is set in 1191 so Altair could have had it . Some believe the reason he does not have it is because he throws it away after using it in the trailer or The weapon made the missions too easy so the devs took it out. Definitely was not due to historical bullshit.

[@user-me8ye5gh8w]

I would push it back onto you and say you're the racist here for wanting your race to be the main character of a game that takes place in another country in another time period. You're being racist towards Japanese people. Congrats. You agree with a racist company. How do we know they're racist? Because their gameplay shows Yasuke riding a horse through a Torii gate which in Japanese culture is then followed by a Shinto Shrine. That is the entire point of a Torii gate. But in Shadows, they just have one that leads to an open village because clearly they just thought it looked cool, but not actually respecting the culture. How are we meant to respect your culture when you don't respect others?

[@NerdStorm92]

How is Ubisoft racist? 🤣 the amount of willful ignorance in this comment is crazy

[@rongraham2008]

It's a game and it looks to be a good one I'm. Glad to play as both characters regardless of race or gender if you like the game and it's content buy it if you are a true fan you can see in all AC games it's of all races and genders so it's the real world and this is a new era so if you don't like the game then don't buy but as a person like me I'm gonna add this to my collection

[@NerdStorm92]

Finally someone with some common sense is in the comments 🤣 appreciate the comment ✊🏿

[@elainehinton30]

He is based off a real guy in history. I will play this game. Controversies are just silly

[@NerdStorm92]

Same here! I can’t wait! I just don’t see how this is any different than any other historical figure.

[@lilautistico1635]

Assassins Creed is a fictional series not a documentary. There’s been many other historical characters in assassins creed that weren’t historically accurate. But they weren’t black so no one cared. Assassins Creed Odyssey’s cannoical character was a woman and women weren’t aloud to even be Spartans. It’s even depicted in the game except it didn’t apply to her but no one cared because she wasn’t black. Yasuke isn’t even the main character he doesn’t even have a hidden blade and I’m personally upset about that. Naoe is the assassin character in the assassins creed game but gets no recognition because she’s not black.

[@NerdStorm92]

You were making a good point until the end there 😒 she’s getting hate too because she’s a woman. It’s just not as prevalent because the racist are so loud with their hate towards Yasuke.

[@NameIsInProgress]

I pray the game is good not because of black this and that . I think the look works i also hope other people get to customize their character to look how they want.

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

Then it wouldn't even be a AC game at all tho 😅 Although I like ur concept But it suits rpgs like skyrim more and not games like AC

[@kimmoruohoniemi7158]

yes he is. His hairstyle does not fit the era at all, and it, and everything else, just shows that ubi, once again, is desperately trying to make the hero look cool and trendy and 'in' with the urban youth. And as always happens with such needy design, it will backfire. It's just like WD Legion. There too, they tried to make the game world super trendy with drones and 'edgy' characters and woke fashion, and everybody just hated the game!

[@NerdStorm92]

What are you even going on about? 🤣

[@j6873]

Dreadlocks on an African man don’t fit the era? Do you think that hairstyle is a new invention or something? Lol dreads are thousands of years old.

[@NerdStorm92]

@@j6873shhhhh just let them look crazy 🤣 there’s to many people with this mindset in the comments, just let them oust themselves.

[@NoRyan1983]

On May 15, 2021, I watched "Black Samurai: Yasuke, an African Samurai Who Served Nobunaga" on NHK BSP's history program. In that show, Yasuke participated in Nobunaga's conquest of Koshu (the battle in which Nobunaga destroyed the Takeda family) and the Tensho-Iga Rebellion (the battle against the Iga ninjas). Furthermore, at the time of the transformation of Honnoji, it seems that only Yasuke hid Nobunaga's head and buried it without the Akechi army knowing. Yasuke also acquired Nobunaga's death mask (some temple keeps it) If the Akechi army had discovered Nobunaga's corpse, the history of Japan might have changedYasuke left Japan with great success.

[@cya4310]

The documentary program is closed to the public in Japan. The production was directed by Thomas Lockley. He is an English teacher and novelist, not a historian. The program was created in response to the success of the novel Africa Samurai, but there is almost no historical data on Yasuke, and the program was based on the novel. A professor from the University of Tokyo participated in the historical supervision, but he recorded in his blog at the time that "there were many incorrect expressions in the historical view, so I asked the program to correct them, but it was refused due to someone's wish. This was not a problem in Japan because the program was a pay TV broadcast and had few viewers. Also, as mentioned at the beginning of this article, the video is private in Japan. Why is this? I am astonished that novels are now becoming historical facts in all media in Japan without our knowledge. It is especially blatant in Western Europe. Investigations are underway in Japan to compile a time-stamped summary of the dissemination of misinformation outside of the ACS. Unfortunately, because the information is in Japanese, it is not as diffuse as it could be. ACS is just the tip of the iceberg, and we are not talking about short-sighted conclusions because a black man is the main character. Rather, we are considering the possibility that there are people who want to take advantage of Yasuke, who is black. For the Japanese, it is about altering history, and for blacks, it is about manipulating emotions and using Yasuke for financial exploitation. It is double racism.

[@anti_weeb_imxni]

oop

[@NerdStorm92]

They’re MAD in these comments 🤣

[@user-pg8oc5si9v]

As a Japanese person, I'm asking you to please play this game as a work of fiction. Don't think you understand Japanese culture because of it. Seriously, the historical accuracy and everything else are completely messed up. Why were Nioh and The Last Samurai accepted by the Japanese? Because Nioh is complete fantasy; no one would complain even if the protagonist were an alien. The Last Samurai is quite a realistic story. Tom Cruise serves as 'our eyes' in the film, and it's not strange for a foreigner to be present during that era. The Japanese characters in the movie are authentically Japanese, and the samurai are true to their nature. A white man influenced by outdated Japanese samurai traditions, who is eventually accepted and becomes a samurai, isn't really a problem, is it? Why do we hate Assassin's Creed's Yasuke so　much? Yasuke came to Japan as a slave, and Nobunaga, who saw a black man for the first time, took him in and kept him for a year and a half. After that, he disappears from history. That's it. We have nothing against the black Yasuke; he was even mentioned in our textbooks as a curiosity, but it ended with a 'Oh, that's interesting. But some joker spun a story called 'The true story of the legendary African Samurai, turning it into something like an isekai fantasy, and made Yasuke out to be a historical hero. Then came the long-awaited Assassin's Creed set in Japan, the dream collaboration of ninjas and assassins. We finally get to play as a ninja assassin! But then, the protagonist is Yasuke, a historical figure only unknown to the Japanese. Swinging a club, he crushes and kills Japanese people like insects, and is hailed as a hero. Why, when the protagonist has always been a local before? They were looking for 'our samurai,' someone who could be our eyes, meaning not Japanese. Okay, Europeans, Chinese, Egyptians, and Native Americans are all part of the world, but Japanese people are incomprehensible aliens from another realm.

[@NerdStorm92]

Why’re you trying to fake being a Japanese person? 🤣 that’s F’D up

[@user-pg8oc5si9v]

@@NerdStorm92 いやいやいや、普通に日本人だぜ、Google翻訳使った

[@Hoboken90]

Im not buying it because the protagonis is black, and the other one is a female. If they gave me an ordinary japanese guy i would had buy it probably

[@NerdStorm92]

To bad because racist like you are the vocal minority 🤣 this game will sell just like any other assassin’s creed game, if not better because of y’all 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Hoboken90]

@@NerdStorm92 You consider that having a native japanese male protagonist is uninteresting enough to gather western audience so its better to put a black foreigner person so the Afroamerican community can have their own "Gaijin" experience where the foreigner has to FREE the japanese island. Got it 👍 So basically you are gaslighting and eclipsing Japan, you did it once with The last Samurai, and now you do it in 2024. Because its always a foreigner who has to step and save those lands right? Do you think that for beeing black you get free points? Like pls you can admit you are racist and hate asians no need to wafffle so hard XD

[@stationaryEarthrealm]

You are the racist in fact because you consider that having a native japanese male protagonist is uninteresting enough for the western audience to play so you have to Americanize it and make it so that YOU are the foreigner who steps , invades and distributes freedome with brutal primitive force The classic 🤣 posture from America... IF its not about you , then you have to step in and FORCE IT MAKE IT ABOUT YOU , right? Like with the hiroshima and nagasaki nuke.

[@kazuyakanbara1395]

​@@NerdStorm92check the sales then genius

[@WackyStew]

and they call other snowflakes lol self projection is there

[@Shane_111]

@@WackyStew keep burying your head in the sand. You do remember when the show Shogun was released and people like you complained that there wasn't any black people in it right? Think before you be a hypocrite

[@NerdStorm92]

@Shane_111 Who tf complained about that?!?!? Literally nobody! Stop making stuff up to try to make your argument seem valid.

[@Shane_111]

@@NerdStorm92 you literally nitpick any person who complains about not wanting to play as a black character while completely ignoring the majority of valid arguments that real life Japanese historians have that say Yasuke was never a samurai. You have to be completely ignorant or just too lazy to do one google search. Radical progressives were upset about the show Shogun not having any black people (look it up), radical progressives were upset that the dune movie was a racist white saviour movie (look it up) and radical progressives were upset when the movie Oppenheimer had no black characters (look it up). These are all things that happened and you don't know about it because none of those peoples takes get recommended to you, your algorithm would much rather you see all the big bad racists instead of the people criticising Ubisoft getting paid to view people like you as a box to tick.

[@WackyStew]

ubisoft shutup and take my money

[@NerdStorm92]

I’m going to play THE HELL out of this game!!!

[@rongraham2008]

Facts

[@ericblackwell70]

I honestly do feel you bro and I’m with you pushing content only for those real racist out there that I’m sure you seen those comments as I sure have. But I will be real, them making him gay I’m not cool and they could have just went ahead and used another protagonist and let yasuke had his own separate story like they do most of the dlc. I also think it’s kind of pandering as well because they absolutely did not need to include that hip hop music in his fights scene either when the dudes African. Miles don’t count because he’s clearly into music, in the modern times, in New York so that was perfect for him, but not here. I do still like the game so far tho but I completely understand everyone’s points including yours.

[@NerdStorm92]

Idk if they’re “making him gay” I haven’t heard anything about that but even if they did it wouldn’t bother me 🤷🏿‍♂️ I’ll agree hiphop music every time there’s a black person on screen does come off “weird” but again that’s a nick pick.