I can't understand...

[SHADOW KNIGHT]

I saw it on Youtube, why main character is black samurai in Japan ?!

I don't know if it's a good idea or a joke?

[Stakanov]

Publicado originalmente por Grimbor:

Guys, stop listening to the racists. This is translated right from Japanese sources:

The mighty Diamo Yasuke arrived on our shores in 1679 of great size and strength. Warlord Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a this mighty black man. Subsequently, Nobunaga took him into his service after realizing his great intelligence and wisdom and gave him the name Yasuke. As a samurai, he was granted a sword, a house and a stipend. Yasuke introduced many new concepts to the Japanese and invented sushi, the use of chop sticks and music and and poetry to the Japanese people. He also fathered many children within the Japanese royal family including the bloodline of the current Emperor. He accompanied Nobunaga until his death and fought at the Honnō-ji Incident where he slew 10,000 soldiers. After the death of Oda Nobutada, his captors were so in awe of Yasuke that he was offered the Emperorship or he could leave freely. He chose to leave.

Yes, racists are so angry to see a black Japanese man having such status that they preferred to belch out the lie that he was only a slave. It is truly filthy and sad that even in 2025 this same type of racism persists.

[AnhCao]

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

It's up to you whether you want to believe random people on Steam or experts on national and media channels... There's also a very interesting anime about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LlqSxViFSI

Yasuke is considered Musashi's equal, no less; he's an exceptional samurai, so have fun playing the game.

One of your “sources” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke) stated that Yasuke was of African origin and, based on some unpublished “extant” document, that he was given a house, a sword, servants, and a stipend. Is he really Japanese and a samurai?

[GuerillaTactix]

Trust everything you see on the internet. That is all.

[Stakanov]

Publicado originalmente por AnhCao:

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

It's up to you whether you want to believe random people on Steam or experts on national and media channels... There's also a very interesting anime about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LlqSxViFSI

Yasuke is considered Musashi's equal, no less; he's an exceptional samurai, so have fun playing the game.

One of your “sources” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke) stated that Yasuke was of African origin and, based on some unpublished “extant” document, that he was given a house, a sword, servants, and a stipend. Is he really Japanese and a samurai?

Yasuke is 100% Japanese. Saying he's not Japanese is like saying all Black people in the United States aren't American...

Do you think that then?

Yasuke sacrificed himself for Japan. He lived and accomplished great things. He's not just Japanese, but a figure in Japanese history. Without him, Japan wouldn't be what it is today.

[mipi123]

ah I see, Mr Stakanov is just baiting now

[GuerillaTactix]

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

Publicado originalmente por AnhCao:

One of your “sources” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke) stated that Yasuke was of African origin and, based on some unpublished “extant” document, that he was given a house, a sword, servants, and a stipend. Is he really Japanese and a samurai?

Yasuke is 100% Japanese. Saying he's not Japanese is like saying all Black people in the United States aren't American...

Do you think that then?

Yasuke sacrificed himself for Japan. He lived and accomplished great things. He's not just Japanese, but a figure in Japanese history. Without him, Japan wouldn't be what it is today.

He's not Japanese. He's an African who found himself on Japanese shores before immigration was a thing. He was not born there, he did not hold citizenship there. Ubisoft even acknowledges this in the game with the line of being "An outsider among outsiders.".

[Grimbor]

Japan would still be eating only white rice with their hands if it was not for Yasuke. They would have gone into the modern era with no art, science or literature without his guidance. They would still be a small and weak people if not for his DNA which persists in all Japanese people now at a high % thanks to his virility. Japan owes much to him.

[GuerillaTactix]

Man even tells Nobunaga that where he's from everyone has black skin when Nobunaga asks him about his skin colour. The first 10 minutes of this game destroys the notion that Yasuke was Japanese.

[Crunchy[Daz]]

Publicado originalmente por Hyper1onZ TV:

Because a couple of months ago they purposely edited a wikipedia page stating the actual history of Yasuke so they can fit a narrative into this game. You can use archive.org for evidence and you'll see how they've changed it. Simply put, this game just like a lot of recent Ubisoft titles were made for a political message.
Anyone saying this is accurate doesn't either know what's going on and went along with what Ubisoft said, or is paid by Ubisoft to defend this messaging.
This in turn is why everyone is also mad at this game despite the positive reviews.

Imagine actually caring. You do understand that most gamers are just going to play the game, have a really fun time and then move on right? They don't look for stupid reasons like this to ruin games for them.

[Grimbor]

Publicado originalmente por Monk Enthusiast:

The man lived in Japan for a year and a half lol

Obama won his Nobel peace award within days of his Presidency. So what's your point? Great men can do great things very fast.

[AdahnGorion]

Publicado originalmente por SkidaRu:

Yasuke is NOT Japanese, he wasn't born there dumb a$$.

He's of African origin.

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

Yasuke is Japanese, he is black-skinned but that does not change the fact that he is Japanese, he has largely contributed to the history of Japan, Oda Nobugana himself depended on Yasuke and spoke of him as the best samurai he had ever known.

Nobody know what he was as there are not many records about him and his timespan in Japan is extremely short. After his capture, nothing was ever written about him again.. he had no impact on Japan from a historical point of way.

Scholars guess him to be Portuguese Mozambique of origin. He went there with the Portuguese Jesuits and his name was Diogo

[Why Hello ☻☻☻]

Publicado originalmente por Grimbor:

Publicado originalmente por Monk Enthusiast:

The man lived in Japan for a year and a half lol

Obama won his Nobel peace award within days of his Presidency. So what's your point? Great men can do great things very fast.

Haha, you mean that meme where he gave himself the award? So what did Obama did to get the Nobel peace prize?

[Caduryn]

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

Publicado originalmente por AnhCao:

One of your “sources” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke) stated that Yasuke was of African origin and, based on some unpublished “extant” document, that he was given a house, a sword, servants, and a stipend. Is he really Japanese and a samurai?

Yasuke is 100% Japanese. Saying he's not Japanese is like saying all Black people in the United States aren't American...

Do you think that then?

Yasuke sacrificed himself for Japan. He lived and accomplished great things. He's not just Japanese, but a figure in Japanese history. Without him, Japan wouldn't be what it is today.

You are spreading desinformation... Yasuke was born in Africa.

[DreamFree]

I am a big fan of the anime Afro Samurai, so the concept of black+samurai isn't something that I dislike, and many Japanese anime fans liked it too. (because it was really awesome)


But the claim Ubisoft made a while ago that what they were doing was ''historically accurate'' rubbed me and many others the wrong way. (including the Japanese government lmao)

So I aint buying it

I played it at a friend's house for about an hour, and the game is average, nothing to write home about 6/10

BUT The game is a TRAINWRECK if you consider it comes from an AAA studio+budget that gave us AC1+2+3

[Sheiriff Woody]

Publicado originalmente por Stakanov:

Publicado originalmente por LARA CROFT:

I understand, thank you :crashthumbsup:

These are false ideas spread by fascists who cannot stand the fact that Japan has a black samurai. They base their words on hot air, whereas I have sources proving what I say because all the experts on the subject talk about it. Don't let yourself be manipulated by the haters:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke
https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/06/24/la-legende-retrouvee-de-yasuke-le-premier-samourai-noir-du-japon_5320526_3212.html
https://www.science-et-vie.com/science-et-culture/yasuke-le-premier-samourai-noir-au-coeur-du-japon-feodal-137028.html
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/yasuke-kurosan-l-esclave-africain-devenu-samourai-6870147
https://www.shogun-japon.com/blogs/blog-japon/yasuke
https://www.fascinant-japon.com/kurusan-yasuke-samourai-celebre/
https://africa.isp.msu.edu/news_article/22285
https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/yasuke-who-first-african-samurai-japan/
https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/
https://katana-sword.com.au/blogs/katana/yasuke
https://fr.ign.com/yasuke/53684/news/yasuke-qui-etait-vraiment-ce-fameux-samurai-noir-histoire-et-influences
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673
https://www.konbini.com/popculture/yasuke-samourai-africain-va-avoir-droit-a-son-film/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yasuke
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/02/the-real-yasuke-is-far-more-interesting-than-his-netflix-show/
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/yasuke-kurosan-l-esclave-africain-devenu-samourai-6870147
https://hitek.fr/actualite/projet-adaptation-histoire-vrai-yasuke-esclave-noir-samourai-film-mgm_19165
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-real-history-of-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai
https://www.umakrishnaswami.com/blog/histories-no-one-taught-me-the-story-of-yasuke-african-samurai
https://www.ign.com/articles/who-is-yasuke-assassins-creed-shadows-black-samurai-explained
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/05/25/digital/yasuke-assasins-creed-samurai/
https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/17/assassins-creed-shadows-yasuke/
https://www.aaihs.org/the-significance-of-yasuke-the-black-samurai/
https://kintaro-publishing.com/fr-fr/blogs/news/yasuke-the-african-samurai-in-japan

According to historical accounts, Yasuke first arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a black man.[6] Subsequently, Nobunaga took him into his service and gave him the name Yasuke. As a samurai, he was granted a sword, a house and a stipend.[3][7][8] Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga until his death and fought at the Honnō-ji Incident until the death of Oda Nobutada. Afterwards, Yasuke was sent back to the Jesuits.[9] There are no subsequent records of his life.

Japan's RECORDS, from them, there is only 1 Page documented of Yasuke as stated above. Everything else is Theory. The AC franchise is Built on Historical accuracy. There wasnt alot to go off of, so every thing is made up.

To sum up the doccument, he arrived as a Slave, Nobunaga like him for the Color of his Skin, treated him well, then when Nobunaga died, Yasuke was then Deported back to Jesuit.