Japanese Professor PLAYS Ghost of Tsushima part 2 ゴースト・オブ・ツシマ

[@CynicalL3NS]

He spreads his wings yet again.

[@obiwanshinobi87]

This guy speaks japanese at a faster pace then native japanese people

[@fangornthewise]

Trying to flex

[@metatronyt]

@@fangornthewise I'm not "trying" anything, took me a decade to get fluent I dont see any reason to slow down myself since all Japanese youtubers speak that fast anyways.

[@FELSENBUCHT]

@@metatronyt Of course you are still awake😂 Love goes out

[@jb_lofi]

@@metatronyt They definitely do. If I ever want to feel self conscious about my progress in Japanese, I watch a video by a native speaker and cry about my lack of understanding. Some day, though.

[@SiD19884]

@@metatronyt f L e X ! XD

[@duchi882]

I'm guessing Metatron will choose the, *_"There's no dishonorable way. Just k!ll them"_* style of playing.

[@xyon9090]

16:38 - "We see an idiot. A movie version of Bushido" Yep, he's definitely going to go with the Ghost Gameplay after hearing that.

[@dejism]

ah sush a good quote frin that guy haha

[@HiopX]

All is fair in love and war

[@AsianTrix]

-Quote by Ebihara Sensei

[@mrk45]

I saw the 'real samurai plays Ghost of Tsushima' video too. Was good.

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

It’s not surprising that Sucker Punch went with the movie version of Bushido for plot reasons. In reality, Jin would likely be considered an idiot by his uncle for fighting “with honor”, because in real Bushido (and chivalry as well), the main point of what was considered honorable was loyalty to your liege and how to best obtain your liege’s goals. In reality, Jin or any other samurai in his situation would have gone full on ghost without hesitation right off the bat if that was the best way to save his uncle and drive out the Mongols.

[@darthplagueis13]

I mean, what he is doing is just stupid even by modern idealized perceptions of honour. I think part of the game is Jin learning to abandon those gullible ideas and instead starting to fight more cunningly and effectively. At this point in the story, Jin still hasn't gotten over the death of his father and is still blaming himself for just hiding and not doing anything to save him, so I guess it kind of makes sense that he's be unreasonably hesitant to take the sneaky approach.

[@shawngillogly6873]

Any except his Uncle, who is so hidebound to his concept of external honor he charged 80 samurai into the Mongel invasion force. And then will continue to think headlong charges are the only way to win. Shimura made Jin read Sun Tzu. But he didn't internalize any of it.

[@muhanna1071]

Actually the shinobi way of fighting is considered cowardly and dishonorable, but no one would care if u used poison

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

Ausaf Kalokhe As historical ninjitsu was actually the study of espionage and not a martial art, shinobi were spies who could be recruited from any walk of life (the concept of a ninja as a distinct class of warrior is a 20th century invention. If you’re curious, Metatron here has done several videos on the topic) and on those occasions where a shinobi with combat skills was needed, a leader would usually chose a samurai or ashigaru to be the spy for that mission. Thus the “shinobi style” of fighting was often “sneaky samurai” fighting. As far as Jin being dishonorable, since samurai judged what was honorable was what their lord wanted them to do, and judged that dishonorable things were only things that their lords disapproved of, Jin’s actions would only be judged as dishonorable by other samurai only because Jin was going against his uncle’s wishes in being the ghost. Most lords who weren’t “romantics” like Jin’s uncle would fully approve of Jin’s stealth tactics as being fully honorable if that was what was needed to get the job done, especially since the opponents the tactics were being used on were mostly foreign invaders and bandits rather than other samurai.

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

Ausaf Kalokhe However, if you’re going by the rules of “movie Bushido”, you’re absolutely correct.

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

Finally episode two from our favorite roman samurai knight angle person being

[@feketeputty]

Fun fact. The Sky above Japan is made of leaves...

[@ErebosGR]

Only in the autumn. If you visit in the spring, it's sakura (cherry blossoms) everywhere.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Or are the leaves in Japan made of sky?

[@feketeputty]

@@a-blivvy-yus Or is a Maid Leaving Japan? 🤔

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@feketeputty Why would the maid leave Japan though? She's busy cleaning up all those leaves that keep blowing in...

[@feketeputty]

@@a-blivvy-yus She cleans up the leaves while she leaves.

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

Gotta love it when Metatron can flex on the subtitle writers for being inaccurate... and then proceeding to correct them with his own subtitles.

[@Just_Varick]

Would love to watch you play through the entire game lmao. This was genuinely entertaining.

[@eatenbyghouls1849]

I love how instead of English subtitles for his viewers he just dubs over the speech

[@PyrusFlameborn]

"The translations provided by a professional team of translators are wrong so I'll do it myself live" Such a massive flex!

[@Halfdanr_H]

The video should have been titled “Multilingual Professor plays GoT in 3 languages simultaneously”. He’s just having a laugh 😆

[@RexusprimeIX]

It's like those poorly dubbed tv shows where there was no attempt done to remove the original dub so you just hear the original language and the dubbed language at the same time. I mean, I've seen some shows where the guy literally (just like Metatron) is translating in real-time instead of having a script.

[@Vitalis94]

@@RexusprimeIX Or it's just how dubbing is done in some countries. To be fair, they don't call it that in Poland or Russia, its rather something between a fully fledged dubbing and subtitles. Having watched it for the half of my life, I still can't comprehend, why they can't go either with full subs or dub. My grandparents say thay they wouldn't be able to read the subtitles and follow the action at the same time, basically what the Anglophones say to justify their negative stance to subtitles.

[@aguywithgames3135]

Pyrus The thing is, it’s very possible that the “translations” aren’t translations at all, just straight up subs of the english dialogue.

[@fattiger6957]

The combat in this game does need practise, but you get better the longer you play. By the time you finish all the optional duels, every other fight (including the final bosses) are cakewalks. Max out all your talents and get some nice armour, find all the hot springs and do all the bamboo cutting, and you are a killing machine. As for Bushido, yes this is movie bushido and that's what the developers were going for. They were never shy about the fact that this game is based off Kurosawa and other period movies. So, like the arms and armour being centuries too early, this overblown idea of honour was totally intentional.

[@shawngillogly6873]

And yet they build a narrative around that overblown conviction of uncle's honor, such that other samurai are, and were, willing to critique it. If not contradict the Jito to his face.

[@AnonEMus-cp2mn]

Currently playing the game for the first time on Hard Difficulty. Once I mastered the techniques by the end of Act 1 I was relieved to have very challenging enemies through my progress in Act 2. If the ending gets too easy I may attempt a NG+ on Lethal Difficulty.

[@mikelurbin]

This is amazing niche content, I highly suggest you continue this series, you will earn much recognition from this.

[@KA-yg7km]

時代考証が正確で良いですね。 次も楽しみにしてます！

[@zacktodd2001]

I’m already half way through my second play through but I’m going to watch this let’s play anyway just because it’s so fantastic and interesting! Please do a whole series!

[@parnmonkuma5461]

pleeeease make your playthrough a complete series. This is FASCINATING.

[@tiramin]

Something cool: Jin usually sheathes his sword without cleaning the blood for the sake of keeping the game flowing. But if you swipe the touch pad to the right, you'll trigger a draw/shealth animation that, if his blade is wet with blood, he'll either clean it with his arm or do some cool trick like cleaning the blood by cutting the air. Better yet, if he cleans with his arm, it'll get bloody. If he does the swing trick, the blood will fall on the floor.

[@locococo8961]

13:24 They do all come at you at once on hard mode, they are more aggressive and do more damage on hard!

[@456MrPeople]

And then on lethal your sword and your enemies’ weapons are actually deadly

[@Retr0Rinzler]

You bring such an original way of playing through a game especially this one and I can’t wait to see more, just wish the episodes were longer but nonetheless, loved the video and keep it up

[@duongbinh211]

About time I was waiting so long for this.

[@mati12554]

This is great! But I would prefer, if possible, a little longer episodes, as someone who has finished the game and got 100% achievements, if you keep releasing about 20 min episodes it will take a REALLY long time to finish the game. :D (Unless you have already finished it and are dividing the material into 20ish min long episodes, fair enough). Also listening to your Japanese is really cool, I like to listen to it while I learn the language myself :). Great idea with the Japanese commentary!

[@arshieh7767]

Loving this series. Hope you do the whole game. Or at least the story set pieces

[@GDNCorp]

A good trick for standoffs is to always look at the legs because the legs give it away

[@platinumspider7859]

That was my tactic, just watch out for tall grass.

[@itsjonesh]

Your japanese is so legit and comprehensible that even me, who's a complete beginner in japanese, could understand some of what you said without the need of a translation. Practicing my listening with these playthroughs is beeing awesome! I hope you do other games like this in the future, in the same vein (i recomend an overlooked classic from the PS2 era - Shinobido. Great Ninja game as far as the stereotypical ninja are concerned). ビデオありがとうございました！

[@wgk4845]

Damn, Shinobido was a fun game wasn't it?

[@SirToby1076]

Be prepared to do a full video series ;-) These are excellent, keep 'em coming.

[@balladofthewindkid1545]

It’s actually so amazing how you can translate dialogue between two languages that aren’t your native tongue. 🤯🤯🤯 As an English person, I was shocked when I found out you were Italian, i would never have guessed from your accent

[@metatronyt]

Thank you I appreciate your kind words

[@balladofthewindkid1545]

Metatron honestly it’s my pleasure, you have been such an inspiration to me

[@drogothunderson8343]

Metatron, I know that these videos take a lot of effort and time but I really love them, so it would mean a lot of you can continue with the series, thank you for all of your content.

[@noscams9732]

You sir are amazing! Please keep this series going. I am starting to pick out japanese sentences instead of just words. Thank you for all your content!

[@dovahgwyn_]

That Eminem level of speed talk at the start of the video was amazing! You know Italian, English, Japanese, and you’re fluent in all of three! You are the chosen one

[@metatronyt]

Ahah thank you

[@marklaurenzi1609]

Arigatou Metatron Sensei.

[@dejism]

This is really helping me with listening comprehension. I understand you want to practice translating for this series? How about having the games text in Japanese? It might be added fun to point out interesting or difficult kanji. I enjoy when you point out peoples way of speaking, like how you said the khan must have majored in Japanese at college for his use of big words. I wish we could slow down and dissect some of those types of sentences, but I know this isn't exactly intended to be a Japanese lesson

[@jeanMvang]

Thanks so much. I've always loved your history knowledge. I knew that Samurais were not just blindly following honor and that last bit about practicality in context of their code makes a lot of human sense.

[@johntziannis359]

Japan has one of the coolest histories in the world.

[@parabelluminvicta8380]

yes but not the richest. :) Italy has the richest history all of them.

[@ragnarlothbrok1045]

I am absolutely loving this game, I’m sure I speak for all of us noble ones when I say I’d really enjoy seeing you do a full play through, even if it takes years as I’m sure you’re a very busy man.

[@doyouevenpraise189]

RIP Series 2020 to 2020

[@itachi6336]

Indeed

[@kuromaruTV]

敵が一斉に攻撃してこないのは時代劇的演出だからかもですね。 時代劇は複数の敵に囲まれても基本一人づつ攻撃するので

[@Halfdanr_H]

I got the platinum trophy for this game in 13 days. I really enjoyed the whole game, BUT I wish it was longer because it felt like it was a very short game even with the extras. I hope Sucker Punch do some DLC for this game, I'd most likely buy it.

[@dustinakadustin]

The ending definitely sets up a potential sequel I think.

[@khal7702]

You must rushed through the game, if you think it's short...

[@Halfdanr_H]

Dustin Caldwell I thought so too

[@Dja05]

@@dustinakadustin Well... IRL there was a second invasion 7 years later, so...

[@dustinakadustin]

@@Dja05 yeah exactly!

[@El_Rey_247]

Just wanted to say that I finally got around to see this and the previous video, and I've really enjoyed them. It's taken so long because I don't speak Japanese, so I can't listen to the video while working, as I'd normally do. It's hard to find the time to sit and watch something that demands actually visually paying attention the entire time.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Be sure to check out some of the collectibles in this game Mettatron! Most of them are actually fun to do like Bamboo strike or Reflecting in a fountain or writing a Haiku

[@VitorML34]

Great series! Looking forward for your comments about historical accuracy and bushido!

[@kuroshinko427]

Funnily enough, it's the bushido culture in the Japanese workplace that's a big cause why most Japanese people won't start families nowadays as most Japanese live for their work and company.

[@iglusmulmus5171]

I really enjoy these videos!

[@ayan8233]

That Japanese is pretty legit

[@AAArnold]

It should be for a linguist.

[@matheusmterra]

I got everything I asked for in this video. Now (no spoilers) looking at the latter part of the game keeping in mind this valuable lesson about bushido, it is a bit clearer on why events unfold the way they do.

[@michelguevara151]

i speak no japanese, but have heard much japanese spoken. your japanese is aurally perfect, a pleasure to hear

[@terrylandess6072]

I just got this a week ago. As I close in on the completion of Act 2, I feel the tutorial is almost finished. Thought I'd mention the PC release added a new menu in the options for mouse and keyboard. I found it humorous they chose the player in 'Traveller' gear for the image. Fitting for PC users in a console world.

[@TheRunningComedian]

I love this game soooooo much. It satisfies my itch for historical Japanese samurai games, makes me want to learn Japanese and go to Japan soooo badly. I watch Eric surf 6 a lot, one of the first channels I ever subscribed to. What is the Raman like where you live?

[@Zlx1]

Daaaamn, that on-the-fly translation is sick...! I could only register in my head what the words meant, not what they actually translates to. I'm genuinely in awe of your linguistic prowess.

[@metatronyt]

Thanks!

[@sergiotorresdiazdecevallos5657]

Pls do the series. I know this is not Gameplay channel but i would LOVE it

[@KairosSusurri]

You have soooooooooo much to look forward to Nobelist one🙏🏻

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

Is part 3 still coming?

[@BDizzleMySchnizzle]

Cool video. Love how you do the cut scenes in English.

[@tiawheeler1153]

I can only dream of having this level of fluency in Japanese.

[@leo86channel]

Are you alright? You have a face that says “I’m sick”

[@doyouevenpraise189]

No, Thats the face that says "I been Playing GOT All Day"

[@oiurehj]

We're having an heat wave in Italy...temperatures go from 104 to 118 in almost every major city.

[@leo86channel]

oiurehj Lo so che c’è caldo. È solo che mi sembrava più la faccia di un appestato che di una persona che ha caldo.

[@RexusprimeIX]

@@oiurehj Why are you using Fahrenheit when you're Italian (or at least lives in Italy)?

[@hollyjaw3303]

@@RexusprimeIX because a lot of people here are from usa and he was being polite

[@Kekke7100]

OMG! Your Japanese is impressive! at some points you speak like comic hero though😂ほぼ正確にこんな時代劇みたいな日本語を同時通訳できるなんて凄すぎです。ある意味日本人より日本語ができるかも…

[@metatronyt]

Thank you so much! Domo arigatou!

[@Galaxy-ds4lw]

Awesome stuff!

[@zameme383]

About enemies attacking you one by one, it's because of normal difficulty. I'm on hard, and they don't take turns. Lethal level enemies will be even more aggressive.

[@thomasvanhorssen8278]

Im trying to understand his japanese and i know that im just beginning to learn japanese BUT YOU SPEAK SO FREAKING FAST.

[@STARKILLER15100]

What do you use to learn Japanese? I wanted to for the longest time but can’t find anything and Japanese people aren’t common in the U.K so I can’t go out and talk to anyone

[@thomasvanhorssen8278]

@@STARKILLER15100 youtube and the books from japanese from zero. Where i live in the netherlands are almost no japanese speakers to.

[@STARKILLER15100]

Thomas van horssen can you send a link to some books and I’ll start looking on yt for Japanese teachers

[@AForestatNight]

If you increase the difficulty to hard which isnt that hard really the enemies will attack you closer together instead of 1 at a time as much. You are really suited for this title really enjoying your gameplay, excellent translations and added commentary.

[@LeSpicey]

Just finished the game, and love it to bits. I can’t wait to have your reactions to the whole story. Tanoshinde kudasai Metatron-san 🙏

[@JKMlive]

Black horse kage was my choice for the horse.

[@farafyn2770]

Same

[@servantapashia7724]

Black horse Nobu for me

[@SwordofLigth]

So when is episode 3??

[@leandrobotchkarev7693]

In my first playthrough, I also choose the white horse and named him sora

[@brandonramirez4347]

Bro at this pace he’s gonna be done with the play through sometime around the heat death of the universe.

[@d.mat.zero6525]

this game is really fun i have been playing it for a while now

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

My favourite Italian Vtuber is back.

[@takutakutakkunn5498]

This is good presentation to prove your language skills.

[@jacquessabri7745]

When you translate do you go from Japanese to English or from Japanese to Italian to English?

[@roobit]

Good question

[@metatronyt]

I skip my First language entirely

[@roufas7595]

Its an interesting question, but once you are fluent in a second language you already connect the new words directly to ideas, you hardly if ever need to think about your base language.

[@TheWolfgangGrimmer]

Multi-level translations are to be avoided at all costs, no exceptions. Direct translations already can't be completely accurate due to conceptual differences between languages, so adding unnecessary layers is guaranteed to erode most of the original meaning.

[@ACM1PT95]

Have you lived in Japan to get this fluent ?

[@Al4beef]

Will you make a post-game review? Maybe detailing if the game was realistic/accurate/fun/bad/good?

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

I wish he had

[@Mug3nXK]

hell yeah more please!!!! awesome

[@raymorin7726]

Your translation seems much more engaging then what is in the game

[@gakezfus]

Where episode 3?

[@debilita9999]

"Here you see an idiot. A movie version of Bushido" Ohhh man that killed me :D laughed so hard. Excelent video. Translating, describing the accuracy etc. Ahh man it would be awesome if you finished whole game like this, but you prob wanan enjoy it in peace. But still I'll be selfish and kindly beg for more. Please Metatron this is such a good series already and with just 2 episodes :)

[@all5stars]

The video title should have been : One man flexes on an entire team of video game translators.

[@julianperfetti3464]

Man, I'm torn. I don't want to spoil the game cuz it looks amazing but on the other hand I want to watch you play it!

[@KillerTacos54]

I love that you are speaking Japanese in this game!

[@chataignevendemiaire]

The title of the video shows briefly how I try to appease the math teacher.

[@juliahenriques210]

Oh... Just you wait for the rest of the game. Lots and lots... and lots... of history and culture to comment on.

[@johnnylams3948]

Its funny to call a "cut schene" in this game. Cut indeed!

[@cecilrhodes1057]

Is there a difference between old japanese and new japanese like with european languages?

[@AAArnold]

There was way less foreign influences in japan, so I'd reckon that it remains at least inteligible to modern speakers, similar to how 15th century English is still understandable.

[@EternalLife91]

Good game.

[@UnagiMonk]

... dude your fluency in Japanese is something aspire to every damn day

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

Hey Metatron, since you understand the spoken Japanese dialogue, can you please evaluate the authenticity of their vocabulary? That is, are they using words that would've been used during the time period, or are they mixing in modern slang and prose into their speech?

[@Goldenleyend]

Yes, that was epic

[@koryonos-geheim-einherii]

Yep, here we go again.

[@sikamaru666]

This was great. As someone who is learning japanese, I would really appreciate it if you could make it like slightly more educational, like maybe break down some 2-3 sentences per vid if they use some grammar that you find more interesting or maybe highlight a few vocabulary words that are both relevant to this game but also useful in getting native content related to this era (like how I learned about 陣笠 from a previous vid of yours). I guess, ideally for me it would have been like Japanese Professor TEACHES Japanese while playing Ghost of Tsushima.

[@mal1362]

Are you gonna do video on the new Knight hero Warmonger in for honor?

[@LockMacFly]

I love this 💪

[@haslo_]

If you swipe right on your touchpad after a fight, you'll sheathe your sword.

[@MrHandss]

and get rid of the blood on it first

[@Kip7300]

The subtitles are based of what they say in english leading to a slight inaccuracy if you understand japanese

[@sevenproxies4255]

Did the samurai really "protect" the people though? It seems that the japanese have a different view of the samurai clans in that they operated more like a mafia, whereas the "noble" aspects of the samurai seem to be more of a western artifact. At least those are the impressions i've read about. So that's why i'm curious if the samurai had some "heroic" and noble aspects to Bushido, centeref around being protectors of the peasant class or not.

[@Rawrshuga]

It'd be naive to consider either one or the other narrative completely true. One has to remember that this was in the past, before anything like the sort of stable government with state-funded police forces we know today. And even in the present day, there are police officers who oppress the people rather than protect them. Furthermore, if you look at any country with civil unrest, where policing is done by soldiers under a warlord instead of a government-run police force, you'll see much more oppression of the people than what anyone living in a peaceful state is used to. Just look at some third-world nations. Just look at what's happening in the United States at present. Unrest changes how policing appears. However, none of these discounts Jin's attitudes. Note that in the game this topic is discussed several times by Yuna, and, in this episode, is mentioned by his uncle, when he corrects Jin that a samurai's duty is to their lord and the shogun. Protecting the people is Jin's concept of honour. Though protecting the state can be synonymous with protecting the people when states are stable and economically healthy.

[@sevenproxies4255]

@@Rawrshuga What's happening in the U.S right now is a result of violent people using political protests as a pretence to commit violent crime, and the protesters themselves being radical extremists thinking that violence and destruction of property are acceptable methods to get some sort of message across. The Police in the U.S have been nothing but professional in response to these protestor antics. In other countries, the authorities would've dealt with the protesters with live firing machine guns and not give it a second thought. The "protesters" in the U.S should be grateful that all they've had to experience are truncheons, teargas and rubber bullets.

[@ds22342]

@@Rawrshuga samurai were a social class,there were bad people among them, there were heroic dudes,and some others who just got by

[@Rawrshuga]

@@ds22342 my point, exactly. The OP, however, asked if they really protected the people. Samurai answered to their Lord, and were not a "for the people" group. If the Lord was benevolent, the Samurai probably reflected that. If the Lord was tyrannical, then the Samurai would have to enforce his tyrannical laws.

[@manonthemoon5335]

@@sevenproxies4255 "The "protesters" in the U.S should be grateful that all they've had to experience are truncheons, teargas and rubber bullets." lmfao clown shit I've been to a couple of peaceful protests where the protestors didn't do anything violent, and the cops still tear gassed and attacked protestors. The police were the instigators of violence Maybe actually go out and see what's going on for yourself instead of having some news anchor spoon feed you opinions?

[@Ainomato]

This game is good. Wanna play but country is on lockdown. No money for digital release. Also metatron uses "boku" I don't know why but I find that cute. Young man at heart.

[@unmessable12]

Even if this is movie bushido, it does kind of make sense paradoxically. Jin's lord is Shimura, and Shimura as well as his father seem to have these odd ideas of samurai etiquette so service to his lord could mean to follow that code. Other samurai like Ishikawa or the straw hat ronin if they count don't seem to have as many qualms.

[@joshuagale1395]

Can you do a review on all the armors sets in the game what era they would be from and how realistic they are and your favorites

[@Micah1998]

I would like more of this but would recommend hard and above

[@jealousy7883]

If you play at that speed you gonna play in two years

[@Voronza]

Could be cool to watch cut-scenes.

[@anubrakahn2970]

This game is great. I do recommend the new Lethal mode. The enemies don't attack one at a time and every move is lethal. Spears and heavies will one shot and swords will kill in 2 hits. However, your attacks are more damaging as well. The game gives you a ton of check points so you don't lose progress from death.

[@ShagadelicBY]

Yes! And it gets easier the more you upgrade your character. I hate games where it feels like you're just getting weaker and weaker the further into the game you get.

[@Gorzagorz]

So far I would describe the game mainly as "flashy" and "a lot of exposition". But curious to see more and especially what other samurai gameplay there is besides combat.

[@JackShen]

been watching you on and off, for several yrs now. How many languages are you fluent in? I've heard English, Italian, Japanese, and Mandarin (your tones are flawless by the way).

[@anastasisparastatidis5479]

Khotun doesnt die no matter what

[@aliaflow6877]

Impressive. You speak so many languages and I can't even speak mine properly hahaha