You know how it is lol... Yasuke is real and he is the only black samurai in that era bc Nobunaga was very amused by him as he is so big and tall.
He wasn't a samurai though. He was a servant. He was like a pet. Samurai were the nobility, like Knights. It was a lifestyle, not just a title, and not just a rank. Samurai also were required to learn the katana, it was the MAIN requirement. Yasuke was only in Japan for 15-18 months, and actual samurai spent their lives learning the intricacies of sword-play.
Even today's watered down versions of kenjutsu, take years to be considered even intermediate level at best. Yasuke was NOT a samurai. I'm assuming the hate comes from those who are angry at the obvious historical inaccuracies, and the usual nonsense with over-representing minorites that is a current thing in today's gaming.
Diversity for diversities sake is not a good thing. It needs to make sense. For example, the latest Castlevania race-swapped the female MC for absolutely no reason. Her character was already well-established with significant lore. But for whatever reason, people still continue with this nonsense.
Like the show Barbarians. It's ratings plummeted in Season 2 because of the usual tokenism that had no place in that historical time period. Then their is making that English Queen of the Tudor Period black....just why? There are other examples of course.
Then Netflix with that Cleopatra fiasco. Again....just why?
Japan has a right to be pissed. They asked Ubisoft for years to make a AC set during Warring States period, and they get an ahistorical mess with the usual identity politics stuffed in. AND Yasuke is reputedly going to be gay?
Again.....just why? For what purpose was Yasuke, the ONLY African ever to be in Japan at the time, and for such a small period of time, chosen to be the MC? They could have literally done ANYTHING...and this is what they chose? And then they had to add the LGBT crap in too for good measure? Why?
Who is this game for? It's guaranteed to bomb just like the majority of the obvious identity politics-based games have. I'm wondering which Sweet-Baby or Sweet-Baby like company was involved in "consulting" this future flop.
This is american version of cultural appropriation used by certain kinds of people, and has nothing to do with real cultural appropriation. That's where hypocrisy is.
Just say American Leftists. It's not a secret anymore. They've been at this for a little over a decade now. But they'll call you a bigot or a racist if you point it out to them. I'm not American, but I've kept up with their politics enough to know. Plus, for that brief 3-month period I experimented with having a Twitter account, I learned more than enough about their kind.
I can't say for Leftists around the world, but American Leftists are Straight Outta the Cesspool. I have never interacted with such a deluded, arrogant, and overly aggressive bunch. They Do Not like it when you disagree with them. I made the mistake of vacationing to Los Angeles with family once. I wanted to surf on the California beaches I saw from old 90's movies. I've interacted with actual self-proclaimed Neo-Nazis in my country that weren't half as intolerant and cruel as Californian Democrats. It's strange seeing actual fascists call others fascist.
But they are so convinced they are on the "right side" of history. Lol obvious pun is obvious. You Americans are a weird bunch.
