Ubisoft f*cked up..

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[@xHandymanx]

Ubisoft is really making a black samurai with stolen goods lmao

[@quackduckquack]

They are accurate in one thing at least

[@dbn1f]

Historically accurate ☠️

[@angel373bcn]

🤣🤣

[@iller3]

it's a good thing Bicycles weren't being imported there yet

[@battlesheep2552]

What did they mean by this? 🤔

[@DaShikuXI]

- Hip hop for a black character in like 1580 - Merchandise is cheap anime convention knockoffs, and also blatant copyright infringement - Copied a modern day real life banner, which was also blatant copyright infringement - Geisha's didn't even exist until like 1750, so why is there a geisha statue? They're really nailing it.

[@JustSomeChatter]

Japanese assassins creed game is a dream for me and it still will be because of this. I can't believe they used black guy instead of native japanese guy. Call me racist all you want but Ubi just butcher it like it's doesn't even matter. 💔😢

[@Rifky809]

Hip-hop for a black character? Do Ubishit forgot that he's a African-African not an African-American?

[@andresgonzalez5676]

Peak "How do you there fellow kids?" mood.

[@spectralassassin6030]

@@JustSomeChatter Best I can say is try Ghosts of Tsushima. The people who worked on that game actually cared about what they were working on.

[@Broformist]

@@JustSomeChatter Yo das be rayciss n shieeet.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

Netflix: "Black Cleopatra. A documentary!" Ubisoft: "Black Samurai. Historical!" Cultural appropriation, for some reason always with Black person.

[@thengkheyzhu6609]

Wait till they introduce oda nobunaga as Indian or Abe no seimei as skinwalker

[@grovy52]

Who the h said AC is historical lmao it was always just a game with "fantasy" elements...

[@proxnoob6177]

@@thengkheyzhu6609 Dw they might just introduce gadhiji as japanese some day before Oda Nabunaga as Indian.

[@nethrowpk]

I'm just waiting if Ubi also has to pay 2 billion to Japan for this

[@elitegamer8351]

Disney: "The Force is female!"

[@geapow]

Ubisoft had the audacity to tell people that they are filling the "blanks" in Japanese history, when all they do is pulling things out of their ass.

[@IAI-cm8os]

Like what your mother does

[@christianlabetoria7167]

@@IAI-cm8os no yours

[@Oof_2nd]

​@@IAI-cm8os You high bro?

[@IAI-cm8os]

@@Oof_2nd no i'm low

[@Oof_2nd]

@@IAI-cm8os Yeah, hitting rock bottom

[@Samael2198]

Smartest Ubisoft employee typed Oda's sword into Google, but confused Nobunaga with Eiichiro.

[@MauZangetsu]

Holy shit that actually may be what happened

[@fernandobarbosa9727]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at how plausible this sounds.

[@CharDhue]

The possibility is high

[@kitsuneforyst]

This is hilarious. I don't doubt this. Hahah.

[@Ka_tari_na]

Bet they just typed “Oda’s sword” not even his full name. I think they don’t even know which Oda to search… smart 😂

[@Heavenly_Father]

A black man carrying Zoro's sword is peak irony, if you know you know

[@jackbower9087]

Ultra based zoro

[@claudematthieubayemi4276]

The minority hunter

[@Dr.Infin8ty3810]

@@Heavenly_Father Minority Hunter Ronoroa Zoro

[@jakob3044]

@ktpp123 Zoro burner account found

[@xblackwindxiii]

Maybe zoros sword just got lost?

[@RR-pm8ie]

ubiが弥助は日本で伝説的な英雄として尊敬されてるって言ってるけど、現実では誰も弥助のことを詳しく知らないよ。だって、授業でわざわざ触れるような重要人物じゃないんだから、存在すら知らなかった人も結構いるよ。

[@ryangray600]

黒人として、彼らのしたことは無礼だと思います。黒人のアサシンクリードを作りたかったのなら、それはそれで良かったのですが、アフリカの黒人文化を舞台にするべきでした。それなのに彼らは西洋の理想を日本文化に投影し、それを事実であるかのように述べました。

[@gs1371]

@@ryangray600 せめてオリジナル作品で弥助を主人公にしてたらもっとポピュラーな存在になってたと思う。このゲームが無配慮なせいで凄く駄目な認知のされ方になってしまった。

[@kuronosu424]

日本の歴史を黒で塗りつぶす野蛮な行為をやめろ

[@amanosatoshitranslates]

@@gs1371 それどころか　ほかの人が作った剣のデザインまで嘘をついて使ってるって　性格悪すぎだろう

[@user-uf6wy8ob8q]

個人的には弥助の存在って戦国時代の中ではすごく異質だから、オリジナルのストーリーを作ってゲームにするってのは面白いと思うし、いいと思うけど、黒人を奴隷にし始めたのは日本だみたいな話を広められてその上、それを信じ始めている人たちがいることが許せない。

[@df_5565]

This problem started with Thomas Lockley

[@qtaro-7097]

tom foolery

[@Oshadorin]

Rot in Hell Ubisoft, Sandai Kitetsu is a cursed sword

[@partridgeluke]

I didn't even think of this 😂

[@tamas9554]

I think their brains already rot

[@LumenPsycho]

lol, so true

[@felixmustermann790]

@@v44n7 they didnt tamper with anything of that, they simply deny all wrongdoing xD also different topic, who cares

[@patrickfrost9405]

​@@v44n7 Implessive

[@Ph3r0]

I can't stop laughing, they seriously used Zoro's katana!

[@epictoe7179]

Toei animations ain’t gonna be happy with that.

[@dr3ad698]

@@epictoe7179 Oda*

[@Dr.Infin8ty3810]

You mean they gave a black man the sword of Minority Hunter Zoro

[@Feljo]

@@dr3ad698 Pretty sure Oda wouldn't care as much as Toei though.

[@Rogue-a-Pogue]

Yasuke was actually Zoro, but instead of being black he was actually using haki all over his entire body the whole time.

[@shinichi9do]

from Japanese source: Thomas Lockley manipulated wikipedia to sell/support his book back in 2015. He's the culprit behind "The legendary black samurai".

[@ToxicIdeaStorage]

RESTORING his Name as Kurosan "Rei" Yasuke, Retainer of the Black Dragon. known as Zero...

[@Ktsjay187]

“From Japanese source”. ok bro.

[@GiganticTumor]

Considering records of Yasuke predate Thomas Lockley by a good four hundred years, he didn't create Yasuke. He did sell bullshit though. Yasuke's existence has been attested by different PRIMARY sources. He lived and was a "samurai" of Nobunaga, but his status as a samurai wasn't based on being a warrior, (which should be evident given that he was just a servant for someone else before being raised to his position) it was based on fascination. He was just a unique looking (in japan) individual who interested a very powerful man who decided to keep him around.

[@Ktsjay187]

@@GiganticTumor this is correct, but what is the issue in fictionalising this into a coming of age story where he was an outsider and rose to samurai?

[@ToxicIdeaStorage]

@@Ktsjay187 Double Cross Check: Passed: 115: Betrayed by his own Family. Zoro.

[@Noble.6]

나는 한국인이기 때문에 일본 역사에 대해서는 자세히 모릅니다. 하지만 저는 사무라이가 그냥 카타나를 든 전사가 아니라, 귀족 계급이었다는 것은 압니다. 또한 사무라이는 아무에게나 칼을 휘두르지 않았습니다. 사무라이는 귀족 계급이기 때문에 카타나를 휘두를때에는 상대측 사무라이와 마주보고 서로의 가문 이름과 귀족 작위 등등을 소개한 후 격식을 갖춰 결투했다고 알고 있습니다. 어쎄씬크리드 섀도우의 야스케처럼 그냥 마구잡이로 사람들을 살해하고 다니는건 사무라이가 아니라 그냥 야만인입니다. As a Korean, I do not know much about Japanese history. However, I do understand that samurai were not merely warriors wielding katanas but members of the noble class. Additionally, samurai did not wield their swords against just anyone. Being of noble status, when samurai drew their katanas, they would face their opponent, introduce their family names and noble titles, and then engage in a formal duel. Acting recklessly and killing people indiscriminately, as Yasuke does in Assassin's Creed: Shadows, is not the behavior of a samurai but rather that of a barbarian.

[@Noble.6]

또한 이 게임은 엉망인 점이 한두가지가 아닙니다. 1. 일단 벚꽃은 봄에 핍니다. 그리고 쌀은 가을에 수확하죠. 그런데 트레일러에서는 벛꽃이 피는 배경에서 농부들이 쌀을 수확하고 있습니다. 2. 트레일러에 학으로 추정되는 새가 등장합니다. 동아시아에서 학은 겨울 철새입니다. 겨울에 한국과 일본으로 날아오죠. 근데 벛꽃이 피는 계절에 학이 보이네요? 3. 논밭의 구조가 베트남에서나 볼 법한 구조입니다. 4. 쿠노이치가 카타나를 들고 다니네요? 닌자는 기본적으로 정체를 숨기고 다니는 밀정입니다. 카타나를 들고 다니는 순간 "내가 바로 닌자다!" 라고 선언하는 거나 다름 없습니다. 5. 중세 일본 사회에서 카타나 같은 무기를 소지할 수 있는 계급은 사무라이나 귀족 계급 뿐이었던걸로 알고 있습니다. 그런데 사무라이 계급도 아닌 니오에가 카타나를 들고 있다? 그것만으로도 중범죄입니다. 그녀는 즉시 체포되어 어떻게 카타나를 소유하게 되었는지 추궁당하게 될 것입니다. 나는 한국인이지만, 이 게임은 기본적으로 제대로 된 조사와 고증을 거치지 않은 전형적인 와패니즘의 결정체입니다. 이 게임은 일본을 배경으로 하고 있지만, 한국, 중국, 일본, 베트남, 미얀마 등등 온갖 나라의 특징들을 가져다가 섞어놓은 역겨운 흉물입니다. 일본인들이 이 게임에 대해 어떻게 느낄지 모르겠지만, 아시아 인으로써 아시아에 대한 이런 형편없는 오리엔탈리즘은 솔직히 매우 불쾌합니다. UBI는 좀 더 제대로 일본에 대해 연구하고 조사해서 어쎄씬 크리드 섀도우를 제작했어야 합니다. Additionally, this game has more than a few glaring issues. 1. First of all, cherry blossoms bloom in the spring, and rice is harvested in the fall. However, in the trailer, farmers are shown harvesting rice with cherry blossoms in the background. 2. The trailer features a bird that appears to be a crane. In East Asia, cranes are winter migratory birds, flying to Korea and Japan during the winter. Yet in the trailer, cranes are shown during the cherry blossom season. 3. The structure of the rice paddies resembles those found in Vietnam. 4. The kunoichi is carrying a katana? Ninjas are essentially spies who conceal their identities. Carrying a katana is practically announcing, "I am a ninja!" 5. In medieval Japanese society, only samurai and nobles were allowed to carry weapons like katanas. Yet Nioh, who is not of the samurai class, is shown carrying a katana. This alone would be a serious crime, leading to her immediate arrest and questioning about how she came to possess the weapon. As a Korean, I can say that this game is a prime example of poorly researched and inaccurate "Weeaboo". While it is set in Japan, it mixes elements from various countries such as Korea, China, Vietnam, and Myanmar, resulting in a grotesque mishmash. I cannot speak for how the Japanese might feel about this game, but as an Asian, I find this kind of shoddy Orientalism extremely offensive. Ubisoft should have conducted proper research on Japan before creating Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

[@Noble.6]

유럽과는 다르게 동아시아는 고도로 정교한 행정 시스템을 갖춘 국가가 일찍 등장했습니다. 또한 복잡한 정치 체제가 일찍 자리 잡았죠. 동아시아에서의 살인 사건은 그냥 단순한 살인 사건으로 끝나지 않습니다. 그건 정치적인 파장을 불러일으킵니다. 특히 수많은 다이묘들이 정치적 긴장상태를 유지하고 있는 중세 일본 사회에서는 살인은 곧 전쟁으로 이어질 수 있습니다. 오부나가의 사무라이가 다른 다이묘의 사무라이를 살해했다? 그럼 바로 오부나가와 다른 다이묘들간의 전쟁이 시작됩니다. 동아시아는 그냥 트레일러에서 나온 것처럼 쿨하게 악당을 죽이고 다닐 수 없는 사회였습니다. 일찍이 중앙집권체제를 갖추어 모든 권력이 중앙 관료체제로 일원화되어 있던 조선에서조차 살인은 그냥 단순한 살인으로 끝나지 않고 살인에 연루된 관료 파벌 세력의 완벽한 몰락으로 이어집니다. Unlike Europe, East Asia saw the early emergence of states with highly sophisticated administrative systems and complex political structures. In East Asia, a murder is never just a simple crime; it has significant political repercussions. In medieval Japan, where numerous daimyos maintained a constant state of political tension, a murder could easily escalate into war. For example, if a samurai under Oda Nobunaga killed a samurai of another daimyo, it would immediately trigger a war between Nobunaga and the other daimyos. East Asia was not a society where one could nonchalantly kill villains as shown in the trailer. Even in Joseon Korea, which had an early centralized system where all power was unified under a central bureaucracy, a murder was never just a simple crime. It led to the complete downfall of the bureaucratic faction involved.

[@Anti_Plot_Armor]

You dropped this Crown King

[@user-eh9op4mq4s]

@@Noble.6 thanks for doing more research on this topic than Ubisoft

[@Palestine4Ever169]

​@@Noble.6 👍👍

[@pokemaster2185]

Apparently, the person trying so hard to push the narrative that Yasuke was a samurai on Wikipedia is also the author of a book about Yasuke that basically just made up his backstory out of nothing. Look up the user tottoritom, he apparently cited his own book as a source before he even released it.

[@Nowhy]

ahh thanks for the info.. ahh well, Wikipedia...

[@kgosch1]

He really pulled a “source: trust me bro” hahaha

[@mothbreeder641]

He's also a ✡ named Thomas Lockley and not Japanese.

[@justarandombluebird8222]

​@@kgosch1Nah he did the my source is that I made it the f up

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

Interestingly in a 08:27 Sept 12 2015 edit of the Yasuke article on Eng Wikipedia, Tottoritom cited Thomas' 2016 paper. Fascinating.

[@Honyakusha]

So let me list it a tad bit if you guys are interested, 1) Yasuke had three pages of documents about him in history: one from a samurai serving Oda, one from his former owners, and lastly, a historian. In all of them, Yasuke is treated like an exhibition animal. Oda is far mildest, as he is genuinely fascinated by Yasuke's skin color and artistic capabilities. Others, not so much. Even his life was spared because the enemy leader perceived him as a clueless animal. 2) So where does this Yasuke hypes come from? The answer is a white male "author" who has ties with a Japanese university wrote a 400-page or something book about Yasuke and got popular with western folks; however, it revealed that he also "edited" the wiki page numerous times with his alt accounts to elevate Yasuke and put some bullshit "facts" in there. Currently, he has deleted his social media accounts and has gone hiding while Japanese people bombard the university with questions and contempt. 3) Ubisoft stole a banner art from a non-profit organization in Japan and used it in their game and videos without asking permission; they probably thought this was the historical one. 4) Ubisoft stole the katana art from One-piece. 5) Ubisoft messed up many common details, such as "Tori gates," which are temple entrances, and used them as village gates (They found it cute, perhaps?) or Sakura blossom season and Japan's silver grasses bloom were completely different while they put them in the same timeline. 6) Also, some of paintings and artwork belong to different eras, glaringly obvious in some cases. 7) Then, there are Ubisoft higher-ups who claim they were filling in Japanese history while their mission is to help players "learn history," which goes against the "Historical Fiction" perspective. 8) Lastly, there are also other mess-ups, such as promotion goodies they sent to streamers and content creators, that are total garbage, have simple writing mistakes, or are completely irrelevant, and it is exhausting to list them all. Here, thanks for reading, and have good luck, potato. This is not a copy-paste, so yeah, fml, I guess.

[@spk1121]

Thanks for the info, I appreciate the breakdown 👍

[@BygoneT]

Point 7 is wrong. Ubisoft always grounded their stories in very real people and events and built their stories around them to strengthen their point that they were telling "hidden truths" in history, that's the point of the first games. They even had in game tours in origins, precisely to help in learning real history, with no reference to AC, just real historical facts. The teams might have changed but them using history for their narrative is neither new nor bad, it only turned to shit because of their writers, researchers and scenario writers.

[@nicknevco215]

Ubisoft is shit

[@alexejvornoskov6580]

@@BygoneT They have tours in both Odyssey and Valhalla too. I actually love this mode. But its implementation varies strongly. And this is exactly why its sad, that they do so many things wrong in Shadows, as i would love to play it as tourismus simulation(like i did other AC games).

[@yondaimesin]

@@BygoneT exactly why the japanese are so angry. You look at the beauty of the last 3 games and the geological and historical research they did was insane. even if i dont like AC's gameplay the worlds they created in those two (oddy and origins) were some of the best representations of a landmass to date. especially historically accurate to the information we have currently.

[@Noble.6]

내가 아는 일본인들은 이렇게 공개적으로 마음 속 불만을 표현하지 않습니다.. 암튼 그런 일본인들이 이렇게 드러내놓고 마음 속 불만을 겉으로 표현한다는 것 자체가 일본 친구들이 화가 많이 났다는 게 아닐까 싶네요.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 솔직히 개웃기면서도 일본인들을 응원하고 싶습니다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The Japanese people I know don’t usually express their inner dissatisfaction so openly. Anyway, the fact that these Japanese people are openly expressing their inner dissatisfaction like this suggests that our Japanese friends are really angry... . Honestly, it's hilarious, but I also want to support the Japanese..

[@Noble.6]

나는 이 게임이 일본에서 발매가 금지되길 바랍니다 ㅋㅋㅋ 유비소프트가 야심차게 일본을 배경으로 만든 게임이 정작 일본에서 발매 금지 처분을 받는다면 그것만큼 유비소프트에 대한 통렬한 응징이 또 있을까요? I hope this game gets banned in Japan lol If Ubisoft's ambitious game set in Japan ends up being banned from sale there, could there be a more fitting punishment for Ubisoft?

[@ShepsAI]

Yes, We hate people doing that. Many ”URIginals” are available already.

[@superball4921]

やっぱ隣人はよく俺らのことを知ってるな Damn, our neighbors know a lot about Japan after all.

[@user-st8dw2ut4h]

なにわろとんねんwwでもありがとう😊

[@ghostlandered]

Remember when they used assasins creed as reference for rebuilding Notre Dame due to its historical accuracy, now we have this.

[@rakeshchowdhury202]

Sweet Baby influence

[@caesarczech7920]

@@rakeshchowdhury202 Zionist influence, look up Larry Fink

[@ano_nym]

@@rakeshchowdhury202 while true, they are just one player in this game. The whole industry is infested with these people. Ubisoft themselves are forcing this stuff in too, from the coders, to the designers, to the bosses, to the board. In every leve these people exist, and those who are against it just keeps quiet to not lose their jobs.

[@Mister-Tea]

It's actually a very good idea, and I don't think they changed (correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't touched an AC game since Unity), the way they use megascan to import a very accurate version of a building or structure into their game engine, and they make much "correction" after on it. So when you see Notre-Dame, or Venise, the Florencia house, Rome Coliseum... It is actually a very accurate version of the real building. A friend of mine played again AC II Brotherhood before going on a trip to Venise, and he told me how he 'was "familiar" with the city and didn't get lost at anytime. We can ofc argue that Venise is an exception, since the very particular state of this city makes it inalterable in time. You can't build or transform radically any building in the city. So the Venise of the XVth century is pretty much the same city today. Something that you can't say about any other city like Florencia, Paris etc... In those city, only a very few historical building and structure haven't changed with time, but the rest is very different from what it used to be 1 century ago, and even more 5 century earlier (French Révolution, wars, baron Haussmann...).

[@NatoVSChina]

How far ubisoft has fallen

[@oswaldstudios8587]

No way Zoro's Sword got lost too...

[@deatheater5212]

😂

[@lucasvega4216]

Good one

[@Nephelis]

And got picked up by a black man... Oh no...

[@Shiirow]

this is why Zoro gets lost, he is instinctually trying to find his sword that Yasuke stole.

[@MegawackyMax]

Underrated comment.

[@TOMOAKI_U]

海外の人に尋ねたい。封建時代のヨーロッパで、黒人奴隷が14ヶ月で男爵、子伯、伯爵になる方法ってある？ 弥助が侍になるというのはそういうことだ。 信長のお気に入りかつ、後に天下統一を果たした豊臣秀吉さえ、小者から足軽組頭になるのに7年かかった。

[@RedBarbaronGG]

Stupid people still in power in the West, they have so much power and stupid idea, and nobody dares to say it's wrong.

[@Sapiential]

Holy hell, I felt obliged to translate this Japanese comment, because this was a pure gold. But I found out that KZbin translation is solid enough and my assistance is not needed. Feels a bit sad that my skill’s value is lower than ever, but I’m happy that language barriers are becoming less of a problem to discover thoughtful words across borders. 🎉

[@midknight9715]

​@@SapientialDon't worry, with how bad western companies have become with purposefully mistranslating stuff to fit their weird activist/political agendas, It's becoming more important than ever to learn the language so we can call out this nonsense.

[@Ressuu]

Technically yes, all it takes is for a senior noble to grant you land and title. Is it probable or realistic? Did it ever happen in history? Absolutely not and I find it ridiculous considering Japan was such a closed society. I'm not sure there were even any white samurais or even samurais from other Asian countries like China. Yasuke wasn't even a samurai to my knowledge, just an elite bodyguard akin to Bysantine Varangian guards.

[@whitemouse2460]

@@RessuuWilliam Adams, aka Miura Anjin, was very much a white samurai, proper fief including. But Adams already arrived with a wealth of knowledge and skills and it took him 5 years of service, civil war included, to get proper, real samurai title. Abram Petrovich Gannibal was a black slave gifted to Peter the Great, who was adopted as Peter's godson, became a noble and rose to the rank of a chief military engineer and general-in-chief. Of course, it took him around 18 years to climb his career ladder, not 14 months.

[@byungjooman]

유비소프트는 백인과 흑인만 '우리'라는 울타리에 집어 넣고, 동북아시아인은 우리가 아닌 타자로 정의했다. 게임의 주인공을 일본인으로 설정하면 '우리'는 그 캐릭터에 몰입하기 힘들다는 유비소프트의 고백이다. 즉 유비소프트가 동양인을 보는 관점은 자신과 같은 인격체로 보기 보다는 외계인이나 게임의 NPC 정도로 보는 것이다.

[@KorisnikBr1]

Black samurai with stolen sword come on Ubisoft

[@NerdRate]

listening to hip hop KEK

[@johnjack3578]

Ubisoft is based.

[@finfrog3237]

"Gangster rap made me do it"

[@ToxicIdeaStorage]

@@finfrog3237 No, Envy did...

[@edman9953]

The jokes write themselves

[@LonewolfProd_]

It's not that people are crying. It's that people are justifiably dunking on historical revisionists, especially when said revisionism is ideologically driven.

[@TheNightman.]

Oh supporters of this horseshit are definitely crying

[@danieln6700]

Ppl are mad u cant play as a Japanese man too. Like it's intentionally done so u cant.

[@ImmDev]

​@@danieln6700 its 100% intentionally

[@detectiveluck2899]

And a lot corporate greed. Ubisoft’s gotten too greedy these days.

[@Rifky809]

​@@danieln6700But why yasuke tho? Why not just make up a new japanese character then?

[@saisei-rz1sv]

俺日本人なんだけど、悲しいよ。差別に盗作、謝りもしない。心底舐められてるんだろうなあ

[@rei-777]

だね、フランスの大企業から見たら日本なんて軽蔑したり無視してもいい存在なんだろうな　まじで悲しい

[@blackchimp]

The French don't do anything special for the world except worship blacks all day​@@rei-777

[@RedBarbaronGG]

They are fundamentally stupid. Stupid opinion and idea is popular in the West and nobody dare to say "they are wrong and it was a stupid idea". Ubisoft tried to impress one group of people who have power in the West right now. By doing this, they will have fund and other benefits

[@luxeadawnlight5745]

私、西洋の人です。本当にごめんなさい。DEIについては大反対ですが、西洋の会社は私と同じ意見の声をずっと聞いていませんでした。本当にごめんなさい！　T_T

[@HI-cc6jf]

フランス人のデンベレが日本人差別してたから、まぁ何となく分かった気がするね、そのような環境なんだろう。

[@user-ys6jq3xi2y]

I’m Japanese. I'm really glad that there are people who understand this case correctly in the comments section here. I don't want you to believe Japan's wrong history.

[@user-dt3rl4vy7d]

ほんまそれな

[@JK-pc7ny]

I'm Japanese and it feels like UBI threw a goofy rice ball at me and said "Enjoy this authentic sushi we carefully researched‼︎".

[@zetset8098]

So why you making so many animes and games about white people... You guys are hypocrites. Why nobody was offended becasue "Super Mario" or why nobody was offended because "Afro Samurai anime"? Why only you have some problems? Why you still killing so many dolphins? Japan country is good only in Hollywood movies that's the fact.

[@Kydrou]

More like they threw you a corn dog, and told you it was onigiri

[@wolfeloma]

@@Kydrou lol

[@gurugurumawaru7869]

​@@KydrouOr jelly-filled donuts

[@Xero013]

@@Kydrou Nothing beats a nice Jelly-filled Donut

[@FakeAdirTV]

"ubisoft fucked up" "Every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes"

[@johnjack3578]

Rising AOC in Japan. Game, anime and manga industries being rapidly sanitized to appeal to white, western prudes. Said whites destroying Japanese streets IRL as we speak. Japanese: I sleep Ubi showed you a black man Japanese: *GLOWING RED EYES* NIHOOOON! AAAA! BANZAAAI!

[@ToxicIdeaStorage]

The three Monkeys again. THEY ENRAGE ME!!! -ZERO

[@user-en9vo8gw6k]

We Japanese are angry not because they put black people in the leading roles, but because of the lack of respect in many aspects and the attitude that they don't even think it's wrong. We are so overly concerned about poly-college, but you didn't think this was a bad idea? That is my honest impression. Do they look down on Japanese people without recognizing discrimination? Because if you're dealing with a scary senior, you don't do anything proper, you do it right. If I saw them as equals, it would mean the work was fucking adequate. I wonder which it is.

[@user-gg7nv2ee8y]

この動画に来た様々な国の人々が日本人と一緒になってUBIやロックリーに怒ってくれるのが嬉しい 怒りを表す日本人コメントに「差別主義者の白人のコメントだ」「日本人はこのゲームを心から称賛している」なんて返信が来る話ばっかり聞くから我々の味方は日本人しかいないんじゃないかと思ってしまったけど、こんなに沢山味方がいるって分かるとすごく心強い 皆でポリコレ改めアジア人差別主義者に抵抗しよう

[@icabod3374]

"And then the box with the shit in it." 🤣🤣

[@seanritchie91]

Dude I was dying

[@danieln6700]

Lol amazing descriptions

[@JolamaOmunye]

W translation

[@anonisnoone6125]

I need more people to describe Kanji based on what they see. 💀

[@Tamashi656]

that line fucking killed me

[@DaimonAnimations]

I've seen Japanese people saying they are ok with this game as long as they call it "Isekai" "fantasy" or none historically accurate. But since Ubisoft continues to say that this is historically accurate is when people are having an issue. They even mentioned that the sad part of all this is Ubisoft only see's Yasuke as just a "Black man" not even as a human being. That's the saddest / ironically part. Ubisoft gives 2 shits if this is accurate or not, they are trying to bend the knee to the woke movement to make money because their games ain't selling.

[@jackbower9087]

I wouldn't even really consider him human

[@Soundwave1900]

Its also important for an AC game to be historically accurate. The whole setting stands on a fundament of "this is the history you've seen in the story books, and its all true... but there was actually more than that happening behind the scenes." Inserting fantasy bs invalidates the setting and they've been doing it since Origins. Which is also why I haven't played the series since origins.

[@ryujin9568]

@@Soundwave1900 Exactly right. I personally believe that the point of the series died with Desmond, but at least the games post AC3 pre Origins still held onto the spirit of the originals. Origins just turned the series into blatant cashgrabbing slop. Then again, that's mainstream entertainment in general since 2013

[@hirotakasugi4891]

Don't forget that their marketing is different in the two regions. They claiming fiction in Japan and in Western they're claiming it's historically accurate, and my peeps found out.

[@JayceCH.]

LOL. "Its okay if you label it isekai" is the utmost shade especially coming from Japanese people.

[@shinichi9do]

Yasuke is a shield. Anyone who criticizes the game can just be called racist now. Regardless of their criticisms.

[@user-jh5dq9vc1v]

Like people give a fuck about being called racist nowadays

[@RedBarbaronGG]

It's a honor

[@dominikadamek2443]

being called a racist by these rapscallions, nowadays just means - you are just a normal human being

[@JasperJHNS]

bingo

[@adamaunya69]

Just broke the shield,who cares?😮

[@PixelleHearts]

I asked my cousin in Ueda, Japan what he thought about this (he's not a gamer). He replied something along the lines of "I like the fact that the game is about historical Japan, but it looks like the whites are at it again", in reference to taking a foreign persective on Japan. It's a shame how far the AC team has fallen. AC Origins had this really neat history tour you could do in the game that was pretty much a full on Egyptology experience. It was so good even Egyptologists were giving it praise and some teacher used snippets of the game to actually teach some of the topics... Now we have this sad excuse of a game.

[@JoyBoyy7]

Even Zoro's swords are getting lost now

[@sukho01]

1. it got lost 2. minority hunter sword is in the hands of a black man lmfao

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

It's looking for a minority to hunt

[@stronensycharte64]

​@@mozzarellamaniac6300oh nah yasuke boutta commit seppuku

[@Hajisholehbanget]

Yasuke finally so relatable for their people😂

[@Nightwalk444]

Joji Furoido stole some swords and now he's unable to breathe after getting arrested by Dereku Shavuinu

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Listen, there’s a difference between accuracy and authenticity. Ghost of Tsushima wasn’t accurate, but it was very authentic that’s why people loved it. People don’t necessarily need accuracy they want authenticity. When you have actual talented creators, putting their sorrow, passion, and beauty into art, it has no choice but to show itself. But when you see something like Ac shadows. It’s not only inauthentic, but it’s inaccurate and disingenuous. There is no soul put into it so it shows immediately. When art doesn’t have any sorrow, passion, or beauty. It has no soul. After all, what is Art if there isn’t any sorrow, passion or beauty? Without those things you have nothing.

[@marcosdheleno]

the biggest irony is, they could literaly do what onimusha 4 did, with hideyoshi as the big bad. but make it ninjas(assassins) vs samurai(templars). OR do the rorouni kenshin route, and make it set, kinda like AC3, but focus on when the samurai fell. with your work being in the shadows, assassinating important templars to push the meiji restoration foward. the fact they fcked it up so much. for no good reason is insane to me. what makes it worse, is how for YEARS people asked ubisoft to just make AC in japan, and they kept saying they wouldnt because it would be boring. even though, their story was the literal ninjas vs samurai down to the T.

[@spectralassassin6030]

Small thing I know but you could just say emotion. Art needs emotion.

[@JayceCH.]

Yea. They just DIDNT need to make freaking hip hop music, make Yasuke gay, and make him the "written out of history hero" role with this game.. But they couldnt help themselves.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

@@JayceCH. Lol I get ya. I’m Persian, and Ubisoft did the same thing with new Prince of Persia. Hiphop music and made the Persian look like miles morales 😆

[@npcimknot958]

And it didn’t feel liek they were shilling.. like i mean.. they’re killing chinese and Mongolians in that game.. and you don’t’ really see peopel complaining. Cause it is part of history but they’re not doing anything virtue signalling.. again, at least they did research to know not everyone bows when people walk by😂😂 and not everyone is wearing a fricking rice hat

[@maryt-jf1fu]

I lost my only chance to play Assassin's Creed as a Japanese male. UBI is really stupid. 日本人男性としてアサシンクリードを遊べる唯一の機会を失いました。 UBIは本当に愚かです。

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

It's a shame people weren't like this for Valhalla. That game was so ridiculous I gave up ever playing an assassin's creed game again

[@PeferG17]

The minute I saw the black vikings I was like nah I'm not even gonna try that game for free

[@adamaunya69]

Yep,but maybe just because ain't much scandinavian themselves were talking about it,most of em were/are woke themselves 😅

[@boreopithecus]

@@adamaunya69I’m Scandinavian and I never played it but I heard they named the player character Eivor. If I had any interest in playing it I wouldn’t for that reason because it’s just so ridiculous. That would be like if they made a game about an English knight named Lucy.

[@adamaunya69]

@@boreopithecus Sorry for generalizing...But as you know these woke arse nonsense just spreading anywhere...

[@boreopithecus]

@@adamaunya69 No it's fine, I don't disagree with you. I have lived in other countries so I'm aware that most people here are beyond help.

[@Joji047]

Ubisoft is so incompetent bro

[@dionysusmclaren12]

They couldn't even got someone making a Katana for him... They went cheap as fuck.😂

[@Anti-Trans23]

That’s what happens when you’re a woke corporation that cares more about pandering than getting anything right smh

[@Ignazo1]

Along with Sony and Blizzard

[@Khann_2102]

​@@Anti-Trans23They only crave for that DEI and money 😂😂😂

[@tiellimilin6622]

Effect of DEI hires

[@Hobo-jo]

They are also crying because ubi keep saying “historically, factually” and it is not right 😂

[@deovan98]

Yea exactly. Ubisoft are literally trying to change Japan history with their game.

[@Sharkwedge]

And then they still buy it and cry so much louder I love this stupidity because it's cute already

[@CyrusMcWin-bd3sl]

Whats even cuter is that woke "people" just cant accept the fact that they are indeed the MOST VICIOUSLY RACIST groups of "people" on planet Earth.

[@anonisnoone6125]

Seriously. Ubisoft gets the historical settings of its AC games bang on almost every time but the one time they have a game set in Japan, they suddenly can't even get the sword deigns right and copied One Piece. These people man.

[@DonJuanDM]

IGN losers still claim it's factual.

[@WolfHeathen]

From what I've read about this Yasuke, I understand both sides. Ubisoft does what they've always done which is to get the historically documented portions of their games as correct as possible then inject their own fiction into the gaps. However... Ubisoft clearly didn't do their due diligence this time around. There are so many inaccuracies regarding things that are blatant fact. Judging from the fact that Yasuke only stayed in Japan for 3 years, he would've most likely been an honorary samurai at best (if there even was such a thing). It took a very long time to become a samurai. Children born into this status and profession receiving their first real weapon at the age of 5-7. A 13-year-old at an academy would train for 12 hours/day. A day's training would involve things like Kendo, archery, horseback riding, Jujitsu, calligraphy, literature, general studies, mental and physical conditioning, and combined Kendo/Jujitsu practice. If Yasuke only stayed in Japan for 3 years, this would pretty much mean he basically had to become a samurai almost over night which wouldn't be possible.

[@kennethlai6364]

0:44 Chinese words: earth water fire wind and the last one could mean air or emptiness.(from left to right) Which both pictures write the same words.

[@fqgmiqnwmio]

Future UBISOFT said."Queen Cleopatra was black."

[@Golghrom]

And Hitler 😂.

[@jonsku6662]

Ubisoft: "Hattori Hanzo was a lesbian of color!" Everyone: "... But.. he was a Japanese man?" Ubisoft: "Racist!"

[@brettchorley5203]

Netflix already did that

[@GameshinbunTV]

Cleopatra appeared in Ac origins, and she's esthetically historically accurate (I think)

[@davidanthony3177]

I don't want to wait if AC release a continuation of Ratonhn as an anti-colonizer with a rainbow mohawk

[@ryangray600]

As a black person if they want us to be represented, cool! Make an assassin creed in Africa or America based on our culture. What they did is beyond disrespectful to the Japanese people, and after doing my own research the black samurai is not even the biggest issue. This game is fucked up all around. I will say tho it’s Ubisoft so I don’t know what expected anything different.

[@Rockstarmade224]

@@ryangray600 yasuke was a real person in Japan

[@Chris-nk7mq]

no black samurai is the biggest issue.

[@nuhni-no4ks]

Bro there are so many cool african empires you could make an assains creed about. If they really cared about black history, they would make a game about it. Not slap a black character in a japanese setting. Or if you want it to be explicitly african-americans, make an Assasins creed during the US Civil War. Now they butchered two cultures at once.

[@TheWay413]

The AC Shadows is suppose to be the opportunity for an Asian Male to shine. But the spotlight is taken by a Black Male that didn't earn it. And the History of Yasuke isn't real.

[@lobsterare]

Funny how ppl overlook the historical inaccuracies within the trailer and head straight for a character that has existed within that period of time and has been recognized by the Japanese media(even makin up new stories while using him) choosing to draw the line when it comes to a ubisoft game😂.

[@noone12748]

​@@lobsterare People have a right to not buy games they don't like, cope

[@al6243]

Meanwhile lead developers of Ghost of Tsushima was appointed as the tourism ambassadors of the real-world Tsushima islands because they, to qoute the mayor "spread the name and history of Tsushima to the whole world in such a wonderful way". Get rekt Ubisoft.

[@stoat5591]

Dude that game is amazing! I'm still playing it on PC right now. I have literally no reason to buy assassin's creed.

[@starrynight8709]

The difference between them are the ghost of tsushima devs actually gave a fuck and send over a team to learn and study local history

[@kuyagab4444]

Petition to give the dev team of Ghost of Tsushims the moniker GOATs of Tsushima for what they did to for the island and it's history.

[@leila13dnd]

Ghost of Tsushima is a masterpiece for the ages tbh.

[@seifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@starrynight8709 Oh totally, I love how they got mongols being pyromaniacs right. They really studied the history behind it and got those small details 100% right.

[@caretakercat7176]

Ubisoft: Search Oda's sword. Google: Shows up Eichiro Oda's swords.

[@ero-samairianto625]

now that you mention it, that actually make sense ..wow

[@draatrom]

It really seems as if they have let an intern do all the research

[@Dayfitnl]

@@draatrom Ubisoft only has interns to wokr on games, thats why the quality has been declining for years.

[@caretakercat7176]

@@Dayfitnl I don't think only the Intern work on the game, but they surely let them work on this exhibition.

[@arielquelme]

Perhaps they though Oda Eiichiro (author of OnePiece) is descendant of Oda Nobunaga

[@Dfathurr]

This went as f***ed up as Netflix' Cleopatra. If Egypt can won the lawsuit. So does Japan

[@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472]

In Japan, when people want to show their opposition to something and start a signature campaign, they are told that they will be lucky if they manage to collect 100 signatures in a day, and that collecting 3,100 signatures in a month is very difficult and practically impossible. However, this signature campaign to prevent the release of Assassins Creed Shadows is on an unprecedented scale. In 50 minutes, more than 200 people came together to sign the petition to stop the release of Assassins Creed Shadows and, in one day, more than 2,917 people joined the petition, which collected 90,449 signatures in one month. A huge number of signatures, which would normally take as long as 29 years to collect, were gathered in just one month. We hope that the anger and passion of the Japanese people who made this possible will be conveyed to people overseas. Many Japanese who have not yet joined the petition campaign have also expressed their indignation on the Internet. This is a story started by Thomas Lockley and UBI Soft, right? Don't shirk your responsibility for trying to alter Japanese history and make it absurd. Tomas Lockley, UBI Soft and all those abroad who believed their lies and continued to criticise Japan should be aware of the anger and indignation of the Japanese people. Don't ignore the anger of the Japanese people. People all over the world should know the full extent of what this fraudster and his gaming company have done to Japan's history. The Japanese Internet is full of these cries. Please, tell the world why we Japanese are angry with Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft. We Japanese who are not good at English need the help of people from overseas. Please join us in signing this petition to express our anger and let others overseas know about it. Tell the world about Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft's bizarre obsession with altering Japanese history. Please protect our country, Japan, from this kind of alteration and fabrication. Please help us. We never thought that foreign people with such a terrible plan would quietly sneak into Japan from across the sea. Every time I watch the daily news updates about Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft in Japanese videos, I feel fear. In the Japanese language video I saw today, it said that Tomas Lockley has been found to be hiding the fact that Jesuit missionaries planned with merchants from Europe to take 50,000 Japanese people to Europe as slaves. And while concealing this fact, Thomas Lockley falsely announced the number of African slaves in Japan as 6,000, which was none other than Yasuke, who was an attendant to manage and carry small tools such as parasols and shoes owned by Oda Nobunaga, and said that buying African slaves was fashionable in Japan at the time. It was written that he claimed to foreign media that buying African slaves was fashionable in Japan at that time. Tomas Lockley is also said to have told these lies. It was not the Jesuits or other Christian missionaries who started enslaving Africans. It was the Japanese who first started trafficking and enslaving Africans in the world. He claims it all started in Japan, he says, a lie. Thomas Lockley also ignored the contents of the missionaries' trafficking contracts and diaries preserved in Japanese history museums and libraries and wrote: "The missionaries never bought a single slave, neither in Japan nor in any other country. So Yasuke was not a slave but a bodyguard. The missionaries were against human trafficking and slavery because they saw the Japanese buying many slaves. The missionaries were opposed to a world without trafficking and slavery." It has been found that. Japanese people are angry that Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft are trying to mess up the history of our Japanese ancestors. Because we have found out that Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft are planning to rewrite all the wrong actions of the European people in the past as if they were done by the Japanese. Please, anyone who reads this text, let people in all parts of the world know about this terrible plan by Tomas Lockley and UBI Soft. Please help Japan. The Japanese language we Japanese use may seem unique and unusual to the rest of the world, but as Japanese we absolutely cannot allow Japanese history to be twisted by people abroad with lies like this. I feel like crying. I feel like my heart is going to burst.

[@Ky2-420]

Ain't nobody reading all Dat goofiness

[@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472]

@@Ky2-420 I am very sorry if you believe what Tomas Lockley wrote in his imaginative fill-in-the-blanks book about Yasuke. Tomas Lockley told the foreign media that he had read and researched the vast number of history books on the warlords that remain in Japan. But to the Japanese media he said the exact opposite. Tomas Lockley told the Japanese I came to Japan as an English teacher at a primary school in Tottori Prefecture and worked at a Japanese primary schools. I then went to work in the law department of a Japanese university as a professor teaching law, but I still cannot read Japanese very well after living in Japan all my life for more than 20 years. Because I don't want to learn Japanese. I thought it would be a hassle to learn Japanese. But five years ago I came across Yasuke on Wikipedia and decided to write a book about him. I wanted a lot of money. So I filled in the blanks of Yasuke's life with my imagination and transcribed the feats of Japanese warlords, turning him into a legendary Samurai that no one in Japan knows, winning battle after battle. Everything was rewritten to make it look like the Japanese used Africans as slaves in large numbers, and as if Yasuke was known in Japan as the great Samurai. Few people abroad can read historical documents written in Japanese as well as I can. There is a huge amount of historical material in Japan, but only Japanese people understand Japanese, so few people overseas know that Yasuke was not really involved in Japanese history at all. So the five years of preparation all went well. Thanks to that, my book was accepted as interesting all over the world, sold a lot and made me a huge amount of money. Japanese people who are not good at English won't be able to stop me. I've already written my next new book. Just like when I wrote about Yasuke. I am sure that this new book I wrote will also sell well all over the world. I will get a lot of money again. Tomas Lockley laughed in front of the Japanese. This is the man you believe Tomas Lockley is, a self-proclaimed historian studying the life of Yasuke and Japanese history.

[@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472]

@@Ky2-420 I would like you to listen to Isn't that Thomas and yasuke ya naikai, which are becoming very popular songs in Japan these days. The songs were written by Japanese people in response to a number of statements made by a foreigner called Thomas Lockley about Japanese history. This Thomas Lockley is the most well-known foreigner in Japan at the moment, with 91063 Japanese chasing him in just one month, and many more chasing him in X. It is a miracle if he is known by 3100 people in one month. He is a very rare foreigner.

[@Ky2-420]

@@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472 ion gaf bout nun of dat bruh

[@siti-hon-asi]

@@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472 日本人から見ても長すぎて読む気失せるわ。校長先生の話かっての。

[@koultunami9013]

This ain't even the latest controversy, the guy Ubisoft was using as an expert who wrote a book about Yasuke has admitted to making literally everything up, he's now deleted *everything* and abandoned the internet. (Yasuke's wikipedia references this now garbage book constantly)

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

What’s this guy’s name? I haven’t heard anything about this, and I’d really like to know more about it

[@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX]

@@antoniotrivelloni8191 Thomas Lockley

[@PineappleBaconPizza]

He took roughly 13 sentences of primary source material and made "research based assumptions" and ended up with a 480 page book.

[@Ted_Kenzoku]

he took "a black man was in japan for a year" and turned it into "there was a valiant warrior samurai who fought with oda nobunaga and protected him, who went from slave to respected samurai....

[@hihijetstar]

@@antoniotrivelloni8191tottoritom

[@user-lu6rc3ue3w]

欧米の人に分かりやすく例えるなら、 「貴族に使えていた記録があるからその人は貴族」 って言ってるような物なんだよね

[@user-jz8hr6iq4t]

Man, this is not about westerners being disrespectful to Japanese national history and culture, this is about some cultural Marxists spraying their woke message trying and intentionally pushing their narratives on everything and everyone. They did this shit to European culture without hesitation, there was a series about an English queen, and they made her black, despite her literally being white historically. These people do not give a shit about anyone's culture.

[@Aminako]

I see. Or should I say "Naruhodo"? I'm still learning so please correct me if I am incorrect.

[@deshidratar-metauranocircita]

@@Aminako it's fine bro

[@Aminako]

@@deshidratar-metauranocircita Thanks

[@user-oo9ul4ds7t]

それな。 あと翻訳が貧弱で誤解されてる。 武士(bushi)と侍(samurai)はどちらも(samurai)に翻訳されるが、武士(bushi)は傭兵もしくは兵士。侍(samurai)は貴族であり司令官。 弥助は刀持ち(porter)の可能性が高いようだ。

[@Katsunai]

Holding the cursed blade comes with a plethora of problems which ubisoft was not ready for.

[@hatimitudesu2]

UBI ＂We made the true history !＂ ＂Japanese hid the black history. so, they are racist !＂ ＂We found the true samurai ! Japanese is Not."

[@Direwolf13PS3]

- People walking through the center of a Torii gate. In Shinto religion Torii gates mark entrances or pathways into sacred land. You are meant to walk under either side of the gate but not the center, as that is where Kami are meant to pass. Even though I do not practice Shinto religion I know that much, and I'm also not a Japanese historian. - Chinese Lanterns and questionably un-Japanese architecture in feudal Japan. - Naoe is wearing a katana on her back. to wear a sword in public was to mark yourself as a warrior or samurai, if the intent is to remain inconspicuous this is like slapping a giant target on her own forehead. As women were extremely rare as warriors or samurai. -Naoe is confirmed to be an ahistorical daughter to Fujibayashi Nagato, who only had a son. Fujibayashi Yasumasa. They've blatantly inserted her into the game as his daughter as he is considered one of the most famous ninja in Japan. - Yasuke is wearing full battle armor in a town when there is no combat taking place. Full battle armor is not typically worn outside of established battlegrounds or during assaults on enemy positions or parades. Considering he's just standing around in town it makes him stand out even more than his complexion. - Stereotypical hip hop for a black guy. Hip Hop wasn't invented for another 220+ years and that doesn't really fit for someone who would've been natively African, not African-American. - He is supposedly a super experienced warrior despite only working as a servant (likely a laborer who moved things around for his boss) despite his service to Nobunaga only being about 15 months. Despite this he has no recorded combat record other than surrendering to Akechi Mitsuhide's forces. The time to train a man who is not perfectly fluent in Japanese in both reading and writing, and also teach him horseback riding and the skill to utilize several weapons would be frankly absurd considering he was tasked as Oda's sword caddy. There would've been little time for him to train in the first place. - Ninja and Samurai were not disparate or separate groups, many clans operated both ninja and samurai. Sometimes working together. Many of the most famous ninja were both. The TL:DR on this is Ubisoft's historical advisors are morons, and all I can say to them is *CITATION NEEDED* P.S. The anger toward the ashitorical nature of the game's setting and characters is that despite the fantasy and sci-fi elements in previous Assassin's Creed games if you took all of that out the settings were genuine to the history of each place. Shadows though...💀

[@draatrom]

Perfectly summarized

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

Naoe and her dad performed a Shinto prayer while there was incense smoke before them which would only appear in a Buddhist temple. (Ubi: our cultural experts only care about justifying woke characters in our games.)

[@fs0cieety]

Weeb detected

[@RookMeAmadeus]

Honestly, you could forgive the "Naoe being Nagato's daughter instead of a son" thing, and the "Yasuke's a samurai instead of a retainer at best, if he actually existed" issue. This is a universe where the Catholic Church has control over a bunch of supernatural/alien artifacts. Historical accuracy is already out the window, in the air, and approaching escape velocity. Everything ELSE, however...Yeah...To say nothing of the fact that it's a clear half-arsed cash grab. More importantly, it's a Ubisoft game. Nobody should be pre-ordering this. After all, look at the last few games they've released. Their trailers show SOME promise, but I wouldn't touch this at all until it's released and we've seen the actual game firsthand. Just keep in mind this is a $130 game they wanted everyone to pre-order before showing ANY actual gameplay.

[@CJ-wh7ik]

Very nice post but unfortunately having your sword on your back is way cooler than anything else thus in a VIDEO GAME that's the best choice from designer perspective. It's pseudo historical game and this nick picking is dumb if you don't take into context the fact the product in question has to be fun first and foremost then historically accurate

[@partogihutapea8632]

Ubisoft : I don't care what your teacher taught you in school. Yasuke is a Samurai.

[@BigBoss-gb4cx]

He's actually a servant to a samurai...

[@JoeOvercoat]

Nails it.

[@David888833]

​​@@BigBoss-gb4cxservant is not a samurai...

[@halsaufschneider1446]

So servants to Samurais are now also considered Samurais good story bruh. I guess that makes every Squire to a Knight and Lord also Knight or Lord. The amount of mental gymnastics some wokee defenders have to undergo, my god.

[@jackripper4419]

​@@David888833 yeah, that's what he mean, servant to a samurai, not servant as a samurai😅

[@sonohanabira9703]

A lot of Korean fanbase of this franchise really wanted to see another series with the era of ancient Korea as a setup. After UBI dropped this abomination, all that voice muted. They just simply wouldn't acknowledge that they don't give a damn and that they messed up. It is hilarious to see them displaying temper tantrums because others are pointing out their incompetence.

[@ahmedanubis]

I miss the AC origins team, as an Egyptian I thought it was the only proper Western media portrayal of Egyptians, and I appreciated the rebel storylines in the game that showed the conflicts between Egyptians and the Greco-Roman elites. That game showed what UBI is capable of. I hope they go back to actually caring about their games

[@user-lk4wv6fk6g]

Now I'm imaging Zoro chasing Yasuke screaming "Give me my sword back!"

[@civis2935]

"Give me my sword, black !"

[@ano_nym]

An old vid/gif about a bike being stolen comes to mind XD

[@gannielukks1811]

​@@civis2935Zoro is racist

[@aaggroberlin19]

​@@gannielukks1811 He was referencing dragon ball super 😂.

[@gannielukks1811]

@@aaggroberlin19 But Zoro is unironically racist

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

Lol, They gave their black character a stolen design, The jokes write themselves

[@dinosaurwithcake1256]

I guess you can say they were gonna "run with it"

[@hirotakasugi4891]

Don't forget 13-50 attacking asians. Just look at the past 6 years : P They've been physically harming and even more so claiming Asian cultures as their own.

[@ManCheat2]

@@hirotakasugi4891 past 6 years? shits been crazy forever hell even 30 years ago.. do you not remember the LA riots? shit was against asians.

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

Those japanese characters on the katana stand represent five elements from left; earth, water, fire, wind and idk the fifth one. It just proves that Ubisoft just doesn't care.

[@zedus4042]

Accurate to real life ☠️

[@Horzinicla]

Choosing to steal an item from one the biggest anime in the world is crazy dumb

[@johnytan971]

If they truly want inclusion, why didn't they use Japanese protagonist in AC Origins or Mexican protagonist in AC Valhalla

[@eyelove_owlcity]

Ubisoft really should've just made another Rayman game.

[@Bos_Meong]

I want new splinter cell !!!

[@halsaufschneider1446]

They turn Rayman into a Gay Potato, watch my words.

[@akr12877]

They will make Rayman gay in the next game.

[@grandmarquee]

@@Bos_Meong I just don't want games like Splinter Cell in this era. You know for fact it will be Samantha Fisher.

[@ken6056]

bet they'll fuck that up too

[@TuhljinTampergauge]

"Social justice" is actual injustice.

[@gigachad6885]

And only targeted at high IQ, monocultural countries

[@IcyTorment]

"Justice" is one of those words that takes on the opposite meaning whenever you put anything in front of it.

[@MimyRoo]

​@@IcyTorment to quote avatar tla "that's why it's called Justice, because it's 'Just-us'" 😅

[@kidcoma1340]

"Justice for those particular groups we are catering to" Noone cares about asians because they don't complain, they just play the game as it is and they excel naturally.

[@QQQ-eo2gp]

social justice only matters when it's not Asian, apparently.

[@user-rq1mv4mr1o]

I’m Japanese. Ubisoft play with my culture, make up the Yasuyuki as a respected Samurai and brain washed the entire world as true history. This is not acceptable!!!! Why they do this?? I have never taught Yasuke from my school because He was just a servant not Samurai.

[@Datoda]

They clearly dont even care about public opinion anymore, at this point the only thing that could somehow someway save this game would be a lawsuit by Japanese authorities for cultural heritage (or any cultural heritage organization really). Either they end up titling it as fiction instead of praising the historical accuracy or they change the mistakes and actually make it more historically accurate

[@Bandit2033]

Don't forget, they also stole his flag from a local Japanese samurai reenactment group

[@CalicoCatSam]

ゲームの内容にも言いたいことは沢山あるが、ゲーマーでもない日本人が懸念していることは「弥助が偉大な侍」だったという風説が海外で流れていることなんだよね。そして、それに気が付く切っ掛けが今回のACだったというだけ。 だから、トーマス・ロックリーが１０年で作り上げた偶像を訂正する流れが日本で起こったわけだが、UBIは「弥助が偉大な侍」であったことを訂正するつもりはないようだね。それどころか、それを求めた日本人をレイシスト呼ばわりするんだから狂ってるよ。

[@doorknob5223]

I can only imagine how disrespectful it would be to not only adapt a country's history for your own modernized tastes, but also call that country racist when they get rightfully upset about it.

[@toucane2124]

May I ask, what is he known as in Japan?? the only sources I can really find are, as you said, inspired or written by Thomas Lockley

[@anchan009]

⁠​⁠@@toucane2124 ほとんどの日本人は弥助の存在を知りませんでした、一部の歴史マニアを除いて。 歴史の授業でも彼の名前は出てきません。 弥助についての歴史的資料が少なすぎる。 ① 日本史の専門家でさえ弥助の立場について結論は出せていない。 侍か召使いか？ ②ほとんどの日本人は授業でも習わないので弥助のことを知らない。 ③トーマスロック・リーが、伝説的な黒人侍弥助の物語を勝手に創作。 彼は自分の本を売るためWikipediaの改竄も行っています。 ④その本は日本では出版されなかったので、日本史の専門家に見つからなかった。 ⑤無知な日本人や、偽の日本史専門家が海外から黒人侍についての知識を得る。 誤った逆輸入😂 ⑥ＡＣ騒動←now!

[@CalicoCatSam]

@@toucane2124 結論から言えば弥助は織田信長の荷物持ちだった、というのが一番有力な説だと思います。しかし、彼に関する一次資料は極端に少なく断言できるものはありません。原稿用紙で言えば一、二枚に収まる程度しか記録がないのです。ですから、武士であった可能性はゼロではありません。 ただし、侍は西洋で言うところの貴族に近い存在です。それを奴隷だった弥助が１５ヶ月という短い期間で成れるのか、と問えば自ずとその可能性は低いことが分かっていただけると思います。 もし、興味があるなら「Einfach Japanisch」という日本人KZbinrが解説している動画を視聴してみてください。彼はドイツ在住なのでドイツ語で語っていますが、一次資料を交えて解説しているので参考になると思います。

[@user-ye4wu8iu5s]

​@@CalicoCatSam結局、「良く分からない」というのが実情だよね。 曖昧なことを断言するからおかしなことになる。

[@illuhe9657]

He stole your bike ? No he stole your katana

[@lowkeyarki7091]

some people will still defend it saying its "historical fantasy" lol, bruh they took a historical character and gave him the sword from a pirate themed anime

[@Spartan536]

Here is the problem with Yasuke himself... Not much is known about him, no one even knows his true name, only the one he was given by Oda Nobunaga. Oda was only impressed by him because he was about 6"2 and Black which he had never seen before. Yasuke's military "career" was one of utter shame.... he fought for BOTH Oda Nobunaga and his son Nobutada and LOST with BOTH of his Daimyo's committing Seppuku. This part is a DIRECT HISTORICAL QUOTE from Mitsuhide Akechi, the Daimyo that defeated Oda, his son, and Yaskue: "A black man whom the visitor [Valignano] sent to Nobunaga went to the house of Nobunaga's son after his death and was fighting for quite a long time, when a vassal of Akechi approached him and said, "Do not be afraid, give me that sword", so he gave him the sword. The vassal asked Akechi what should be done with the black man, and he said, "A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in India" That was the last thing anyone has recorded about Yasuke.

[@snowshock8958]

To be fair about the height thing, Oda Nobunaga already met and fought multiple times the giant samurai Yoshitatsu Saito, his family and son. Yoshitatsu was 6ft6/197cm.

[@Ms666slayer]

No there's actually one more record about 5 months after that that confirms he actually arrived to Nanba-Ji with the missionaries but afte rthat no one knows what happened.

[@Kensuke0987]

I believe that Akechi said that because Yasuke gave up his sword - likely the one that Oda gave him - just because he was asked. Yasuke didn't know what it all meant. He probably just fought because he was told to, and not out of loyalty. His head wasn't worth as a trophy, he would have been treated like a common prisoner to be sold off as a slave, but he apparently was already a slave and he never rose from it. Akechi gave Yasuke back to the Jesuits to try to gain their favor.

[@npcimknot958]

Japan all things considered don’t really gaf.. it can be about anyone.. doesn’t hae to be accurate but its obvious its fantasy.. There is a visual novel game that is about historical figures who are hot.. we all know those guys, weren’t hot japanese characters lool 😂 . Japan has made stories abotu nobu naga switching places with a high schooler cause he wanted to dip the entire war lol.. It’s OBVIOUS its fantasy Only a bunch of white pepole who calls everyone racist would do something this blatantly inaccurate.. its like ai could do a better job

[@blahblahboii]

The idea that yasuke couldve possibly fought alongside both nobunaga and his son, nobutada on the same night is laughable. they were both isolated and surrounded, and most likely occurred simultaneously, if not within a few hours of eachother. Your quote is also not a direct quote from mitsuhide akechi- it is the records of Luís Fróis, who was not even present at the night.

[@catgod4484]

"the box with the shit in it" LMAO thats how im going to remember that character now

[@kalashx123]

Ambatukam's Creed

[@NostalgiaNet8]

There's still so little known about Yasuke, even the Japanese don't have much on him. The author who popularized him, named Thomas Lockly, had "creative freedom" when writing his books on Yasuke. A lot of it never happened, nor happened in Japanese culture. Yasuke wasn't a Samurai.

[@wykydytron]

Pretty much everything he wrote was fantasy and fiction. Sasuke is mentioned in historical documents 3 times, on all occasions as animal to be looked at and one mentions him escaping from battlefield. That's all, he was not samurai not even retainer. He was sword barer aka he just carried swords behind his master.

[@dominicijavier1575]

@@wykydytron yeah and Naruto still has not brought him back to the village. and he wasn't a samurai. he was a shinobi from the leaf village.

[@autemsicarius]

⁠@@dominicijavier1575ok, I’m lost. How can a ramen topping gains sentience?

[@dominicijavier1575]

@@autemsicarius that's what happens when you eat too much of it.

[@Ecclesia_]

Well if we do not know anything about Yasuke, then we also do not know what we do not know!

[@lolomgwtfbbqqqq]

This game is the best possible advertisement for Ghost of Tsushima 2.

[@parabalani]

GoT was overrated sh

[@Sofus-fu4ro]

Got is a Terrible game played 10 mins and got bored

[@johnboylan3832]

They'll mess that up too. Sony is based in California now; everything that began planning since the move is woke garbage.

[@thegamingbean953]

@@Sofus-fu4ro Womp womp

[@thegamingbean953]

@@parabalani Stop hating just to hate

[@WalterPowerbright]

UBISOFT: This is historically accurate. EVERYONE: No, it isn't. UBISOFT: Bruh, chill. It's just fantasy, just like your animu and stuffs.

[@orcshardy]

My greatest criticism is the implementation of yaske, he is in the perfect position to be the fish out of water character. He could have been an assassin sent to Japan to get close to nobunaga. But if they did that he should act and fight like an assassin we are familiar with. Then have local new characters that fight like locals.

[@paulsteward9582]

Somehow Zoro's katana got lost, not Zoro

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

The katana got more lost to the level of Ryoga from Ranma 1/2.

[@kentinson1670]

They deadass stole a sword from the minority hunter and then gave it to a black man

[@zondor8123]

Zoro jokes on getting lost is the best out there in the verse. Nothing can topple that 😂 not even the minority hunter joke

[@starrynight8709]

His sword even ended up with a black man. I almost can't believe it

[@Arradiryan21]

@@zondor8123ña fax they have become famous in video games too😂😂😂

[@tangroro]

One of my favourite Japanese comments: "Even if Yasuke was a real samurai, he's so useless he has zero achievement in his life that there's no historical evidence of him being a samurai, why would we want to play as him?"

[@ishinomorileon]

Issue here is that, if the Assassin Creed franchise prides itself as a purely fictional fiction then it'd be fine. People would disregard it and still have fun playing the game - as it is understood as "pure fiction". But the franchise has earned itself as a reputation for its "historical accuracy" - where the plot and story are, allegedly, based on the plot's setting's relative actual history and culture. And this is where we have a problem - they're taking some guy's fiction novel as basis. And how they fact checked it? Wikipedia. And it was the same guy who edited the Wikipedia page numerous times to sell his own fiction book. A huge L to Ubisoft.

[@NerdGlasses256]

I never really understood why Jasuke made people mad, it seemed interesting to me. Now I know why XD It's not gonna be a story about the interesting (potentially true) phenomenon of Jasuke, it is going to be a character of color shoved into the story by all means necessary, but with only as mutch care and attention to detail, as absolutely necessary XD

[@NecrontierGoBrrrr]

Finally a country that defends their legacy.

[@spk1121]

Egypt, too. NA and Europe desperately need to start doing likewise.

[@thegreatgonzales6813]

And Egypt, they’ve sued Netflix over the Cleopatra documentary

[@parabalani]

Against a video game? Lmao

[@endgalaxy1321]

​@@thegreatgonzales6813 shit was funny, they really said Cleopatra was black because my mom said she was 💀

[@luism8130]

@@parabalaniYes, because Ubisoft was claiming that it was historically accurate. They could’ve just called it a fantasy and no one would care.

[@Zzplys]

Ubisoft is taking L's left and right

[@Mojaveknight17]

Only Ls

[@chaosxepsilon6833]

*left and light

[@Hadeez2]

Left,right,centre,top,bottom,north-west,south west,north east,south east

[@brunogamesbr1]

​@@Hadeez2ubisoft is taking a fatality combo at this point

[@Hadeez2]

@@brunogamesbr1 ye

[@dylandang7365]

Ubisoft dev 1: lets take a katana from one of the most popular series and from a fan favorite character as well Ubisoft dev 2: good idea he has three of them, no one is going to notice

[@thevoicesaregettinglouder16]

Remember when video game companies put actual effort and heart into their creations?

[@FriendlyGoblinWasTaken]

You already know someone is going to keep defending the game with "But its historical fantasy".

[@Herrkrampus4764]

Nah, they’ll just call everyone a racist for not agreeing with them.

[@user-uy1vj4lp1d]

もう、それしか言えないだけだから 一方、批判する側は証拠を揃えて反論する どちらが正しく賢いかは一目瞭然

[@Shuriken-lmao]

The problem is essentially trying to make it feel realistic by also kind of doing the whole "research" and "real black samurai existing" stuff.

[@patty4449]

I actually was defending the game till I saw this... I'm ashamed and I accept that I am a disgrace... Like I knew a bit about Yasuke beforehand because I researched the f*cking folklore of Japan for a while cuz of a book I was working on, but goddamn I didn't know they were going to f*ck it up this badly... I tried to avoid spoilers but I couldn't stop when even Asmon is sh*tting on it... What a terrible development...

[@justaserbiandoomer497]

The worst part is, is that the series had already well defined which parts of history are altered. Ancient civilizations and secret world orders are those parts, but individuals, places and events have remained as accurate as possible. Also not even gonna get into how rude it is to Japanese people

[@SammEater]

Good, hopefully this is gonna be another Netflix's Cleopatra vs the actual country of Egypt situation again.

[@kevbocat5621]

"The box with the s**t in it". Hahaha.

[@landonrivers]

Mainland china turned it into the box with the x in it 风

[@culturalist]

the symbols on the sword stand are the 5 elements if anyone is curious

[@ApocalypseGuy1]

The catana is also upside down on the stand. The blade of the sword in the scabbard should be pointing up while resting on the stand, not down. This is because real katanas were made of crappy metal and the blade could become dull inside the scabbard if it grinded against the scabbard's interior. As insignificant as this detail may sound, it's just another thing that shows how little Ubisoft cares about representing Japanese culture.

[@Azura2910arpg]

Wtf is “catana” ? “Real katana were made of crappy metal” are you for real ? A simple google is not hard, mate.

[@user-et5vl2gf9z]

its also facing the wrong way the handle is supposed to be on the left side

[@sayny]

@@Azura2910arpg What the hell are you on, first of all, "Catana" is the name for Katana in many languages, like Spanish or basically any language that uses C instead of K. He probably is not a native English speaker, so I wouldn't say this is a massive mistake as to "accuse him of being wrong" rather than just a miss-translation. Second of all, this is true, Japan steel was quite impure, traditional Japanese katanas were made using a type of steel called tamahagane, which was produced from iron sand in a smelting process. Tamahagane is not uniformly pure and contains both high and low carbon steel. This resulted in steel with varying quality, which some might consider "bad" compared to modern homogeneous steel. Needless to say, this meant that the maintenance for them was high, including doing what the guy you're replying to said.

[@OnigiriKewn]

Actually. In more modern times, katana were put in the stand with the tip down too! Since they had become mostly symbolic and were rarely used in a fight. But yeah, I doubt Ubisoft took that into account😂

[@jorgepacheco9180]

​@@Azura2910arpg what is blud going on about. Man did a small misspelling of a word, and yes Katanas were made of pretty bad metal, it had a lot of impurities hence why the metal was folded in forging, but they could be easily damaged.

[@divinitygaming8673]

1200's Jerusalem - Arab protagonist 1500's Italy - Italian protagonist 1800's USA - half native half European protagonist 1800's Carribean pirate age - British protagonist 1800's Victorian England - British protagonist 400 B.C. Greece - Greek protagonists 50 B.C. Egypt - Egyptian protagonists Medieval/Viking Age Norway & Britain - Norwegian protagonists Feudal Japan.... African protagonist based loosely on the singular arbitrary existence of a Portuguese slave... Why ? Why not have a Japanese Samurai ?

[@icephoenix3565]

Because there is a conspiracy to dehumanize Asian men in media. Look up "the slanted screen movie"

[@dely9999]

They could have made the game about Hattori Hanzo the most famous NINJA on the history of Japan BUT NOOOOO "let's make it a bout the black guy because we found disgusting thouse chineses" -Ubisoft probabilly

[@gannielukks1811]

Because this portuguese slave was actually an african-american, father of hip hop

[@johnjack3578]

Why not? What's the problem?

[@ThePopo543]

Freaking Samurai of Hyuga has more historical accuracy at this point.

[@baphometslayer]

"the box with the shit in it and the one that looks like a piranha plant" killed me

[@majRFan]

One Piece is Real......

[@ravaszvorosroka]

EVERYONE needs to do their part, and refuse to buy this game at all costs. Otherwise these studios will just keep spewing out shit.

[@dvvass]

I still refuse to buy ANY Ubisoft game. Laughs in Rocksmith+

[@mygamechannel2300]

Watch most streamer will stream the game and some of their subscriber will play it too.

[@Retinaplays]

I won't buy it but I will play it wink wink

[@db5094]

@@Retinaplays arrrrrrr its a pirates life for me

[@cheesecake6945]

💯

[@mdmn-ARCA]

Asmon missed them stealing a banner from a re-enactment group. They're just grabbing stuff from wherever they can with no regard for whether or not it makes sense.

[@redrag0n_]

If Yasuke was a real Samurai he would've committed sudoku

[@BloodrealmX]

That actually is genuinely one of the pieces of evidence that demonstrate that he wasn't granted samurai status: when Oda Nobunaga died at Honno-ji, Yasuke would have offed himself as well if he were a samurai serving him. Other pieces of evidence include Yasuke not having a family name and the fact there's no record of him ever receiving the status even though there are many records of other foreigners receiving it during the same time period.

[@superseniorgojo-z8w]

ironically ubisoft tainted yasuke’s name more than ever with this 💀

[@NineTails_sphere]

Associate Professor Thomas Lockly, Nihon University, Faculty of Law, allegedly edited the English wikipedia page on Yasuke from 2015 to 2019 under the username 'tottoritom'. Tottori is the name of a place in Tottori Prefecture where he first taught as an English teacher. The user page suggests it is him and gives a detailed edit history It would be too dumb if it really was him, but some of the editorial details include things that would be impossible for anyone but him, such as Thomas's 2016 paper being cited as the source in 2015 (before peer review, of course) There have also been ridiculous moves such as promoting his own book and creating his own wikipedia article, which was noted and removed as a result.

[@machinedieselx4767]

So this entire character was based on a lie??

[@taags]

Its always greed.

[@Shiirow]

@@machinedieselx4767 well they took a person of very little historical significance and tried to make him a Nobunaga level historical figure.

[@esra013]

@@machinedieselx4767 Yasuke do exist in history. He is mentioned in historical letters from missionaries and nobunaga biography.

[@NineTails_sphere]

@@machinedieselx4767 Without seeing the actual AC:S, it is impossible to say for sure, but it is possible, as Yasuke's characterisation in the West is almost entirely under his influence. However, Thomas Lockley has denied any involvement in AC:S (although I don't know if this is true). My point is that Thomas himself may have used wikipedia to authorise himself and Yasuke. That the rise of Yasuke content was largely due to his novel in 2019, and that he himself laid the groundwork for it. There seems to be no doubt here, at least circumstantially.

[@Shlepp]

Ubisoft-“ what’s up my original gangsters! We are representing the neighbourhood with this fire game”

[@Revolution5268]

Insert cringe hip hop rap music that unborn Japanese will relate.

[@林阿鋒]

The latest news is The English WIKI page for this black samurai was heavily edited by a UK professor teaching in Japan who is writing a biography of this black samurai and is also an advisor to this new UBI project. He tries to edit with multiple accounts and even add his own content to make his stories more relevant to the WIKI content! (Japanese page included! He secretly shut down social media and deleted WIKI when everyone was angry at UBI! Bad shit is that his edits are quoted by many people.

[@AdmiralBeethoven]

Just give us a fucking good game man! AC died with Unity, RIP AC, RIP

[@Abc-vm4wt]

Zoro got lost again 😂

[@Nick-mp1zh]

The problem is not the inclusion of Yasuke, it’s the fact that they are blatantly and condescendingly pandering in their execution while also trying to claim historical accuracy.

[@viscera9579]

Not only this, but accusations(that have not been verified as of yet), have been thrown around that the entirety of Yasuke's story and how it got popularized has been misconstrewed by 1 guy basically reading a wikipedia article that was falsified, quoting it in a book, and the book getting popular.

[@SeraphArmaros]

More specifically, some historian did all the necessary research, determined there wasn't much to go on, and decided to fill in the blanks with his headcanon. Then he wrote what's essentially historical fiction around the guy, and everyone cited it as the source material for the research afterwards as if it was non-fiction. A lot of the Wikipedia articles cite him as if he's a legit source.

[@viscera9579]

​@@SeraphArmaros yep, some law professor in japan, the university that hired him is getting flak for basically covering up the fact that he basically revised history just to get some money out of people.

[@Ted_Kenzoku]

that's a fact not just an accusation. Thomas Lockley took 3 sentences from historical writings and made a 400pages book out of it. yasuke was never a samurai and he barely stayed in japan as a slave for a year then got sold somewhere else

[@esra013]

@@Ted_Kenzoku No he wasn't a slave. There's a mention in Nobunaga's biography that he has a wage like other retainers. Then after Nobunaga's death, he went to Nijo Castle gets defeated, then gets spared to be sent back to a temple.

[@Ted_Kenzoku]

@@esra013 he was brought to japan as a slave. oda bought him as a slave because of his skin. he then dressed him up and put him as a bodyguard close to him to show him off to guests as a freak show. after oda died, he was sold back off and was shipped out of japan