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i watched the movie and knew what i had to do

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Save me Law ily

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We finish this together.

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Sanji finally found Zoro and is furious with him, Zoro is only thinking about kissing him and taking him somewhere else…

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speaking of halloween- if you don’t know what the fuck this is, i am begging you to educate yourself<3

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[COVERED IN BLOOD, EYES LARGE] i have been working. On my resume

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I feel like a lot of things are being presumed while we know incredibly little about the game so far.

We know Atsu's name, her character design, her va, (most probably) her primary weapon, and the fact that she's a woman. What we don't know is her story, how she came to become the character we play as, how she acquired her weapon(s) of choice, if she has any willing relation to the Ghost, or anything else really.

I can completely understand wanting historical accuracy in a game series that used it previously, but Ghost of Tsushima isn't entirely accurate. There was no 'ghost' who wiped out the Mongol forces. It was two natural disasters. A lot of the historical facts are true for a later time period, for example Jin wouldn't have used a katana, but rather a precursor to it which was fastened differently. The armour he wears is also inaccurate, as it didn't match the aspirational look they were going for.

The game devs wanted to play into the fantasy of a wandering samurai, but still use enough historical aspects to keep it in a certain aesthetic. There are plenty of inaccuracies, but the game isn't meant to be a one to one historical recount, it's meant to be a video game. Sometimes history doesn't translate all that well and creative liberties and decisions are made.

Even though it may not have been the intended tone (trust me i get it, text tone get me every time), the very obviously negative intent while referring to the feminist movement comes off as a 'i dislike women' thing. Also why do people dislike Erika Ishii? I don't know her outside of a five minute wiki scroll but she just looks like someone living their life, blocking people who harass her online.

But, for the final time, one of the many beauties of video games is that if you don't like the premise, no one makes you pay for it. No like, no buy. It's not that deep. Like, knee deep at most.

Ghost of Yotei Summary

They made her a female samurai, which did not exist. At all. It's not like Northern Europe that had rare but extent shield maidens.

And they hired a Feminist cunt to play her. While Disney is still reshooting Snow White, because they hired a Feminist cunt to talk about how terrible the original was, and are regretting it.

Some people say to give it the benefit of the doubt, but nowadays, games do NOT get the benefit of the doubt. They have to prove they are not girlbossing.

They also have her dual-wield, because of course she has to be better than Jin Sakai.

Addendum: And "if you don't like it, don't buy it" does not work in convincing us it will be good. Especially after all of the other times it's been done, and then we're called -ist for not buying it.

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Genuinely wondering, has it ever been said that Atsu is a samurai? Like, correct me if I'm wrong but I can't recall anything like that.

Not to mention that my point wasn't to pin down the whole samurai thing. It was to squash the misogynistic tone and show that maybe an onna-musha protagonist would be kinda kickass. It was to say that this game won't be shit because we play as a woman. There are many things that can make games rubbish, it isn't often the gender of a character. Their personality? Sure! Views? Absolutely! Genitalia? Not so much.

(hot tip, this is true all the time, btw)

Naginata, while iconically used by onna-musha, was not exclusively their weapon. They were originally used by samurai, and also ashigaru and sōhei. There was a particular sōhei, or warrior monk, to use a naginata in Ghost of Tsushima: Norio.

Once again, there is no-one telling you that you have to like or even play the game. There is no gun to your head. If you no like, no touch. Just quit trying so hard to ruin it for others.

Anyone trying this hard to make their hate for a female protagonist and a feminist va so known should really take a long look in the mirror. Bc I doubt it's about the game.

Anyway, it is one in the morning and I'll sleep easy knowing I'm fucking pumped for this game with a female protag.

Ghost of Yotei Summary

They made her a female samurai, which did not exist. At all. It's not like Northern Europe that had rare but extent shield maidens.

And they hired a Feminist cunt to play her. While Disney is still reshooting Snow White, because they hired a Feminist cunt to talk about how terrible the original was, and are regretting it.

Some people say to give it the benefit of the doubt, but nowadays, games do NOT get the benefit of the doubt. They have to prove they are not girlbossing.

They also have her dual-wield, because of course she has to be better than Jin Sakai.

Addendum: And "if you don't like it, don't buy it" does not work in convincing us it will be good. Especially after all of the other times it's been done, and then we're called -ist for not buying it.

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and now some famous onna-musha (or female warriors)

- Tomoe Gozen (1157 – 1247 assumedly)

While Tomoe Gozen* was mentioned in the Tale of Heike, she may have only been a character, as she doesn't appear in any primary sources on the Genpei War.

*'Gozen' is not a name, but rather an honorific title, thpically translated to Lady

- Niijima Yae (1 Dec 1845 – 14 June 1932)

Born Yamamoto Yae to Yamamoto Gonpachi, a samurai and official gunnery instructor in Aizu Domain. Her family claimed descent from Takeda clan's retainer Yamamoto Kansuke, also known by his formal name Haruyuki, who was a brilliant strategist.

Yaeko was skilled in gunnery having been taught by her father, which is fucking sick. A legend is told of her dressing in her brothers garb in order to fight, though I couldn't find much on that.

After divorcing her first husband in 1871 due to him becoming a prisoner of war, she moved to Kyoto in search of her brother, and became a sub. teacher at Kyoto Women's School, acquired her tea master qualification in 1894 and became a tea master.

She re-married to Rev. Joseph Hardy Neesima [in 1875], a former samurai who lived in the US to seek higher education and promoted for women's rights. Neesima was in the motions of building a Western School that promoted Christianity (which was not appreciated by Buddhists and Shintoists). After the marriage, Yaeko was dismissed from her teaching position, and she volunteered to assist running the new school.

Yaeko played an integral part in the founding of the Doshisha English School. The couple (alongside help from Alice J. Starkweather) later opened a Joshijuku (small girl's school) named Doshisha Branch School for Girls and then Doshisha Girls' School.

After the death of Neesima (1890) shifted her focus to nursing and became a member of the Japanese Red Cross later that same year. Yaeko joined the army and was stationed as a nurse in Hiroshima during the First Sino-Japanese War. Her efforts in improving the social status of trained nurses was recognised in being awarded her first Order of the Precious Crown in 1896.

After the war, Yaeko became an instructor in nursing schools. Then she rejoined the army for the Russo-Japanese War (1904) and as a volunteer nurse in Osaka. This earned her her second Order of the Precious Crown and was further awarded a silver cup at the inauguration of the Shōwa Emperor in 1928.

This diva girl-bossed her way through history right up until her death. Hell yeah.

- Nakano Takeko (Apr 1847 – Oct 1868)

Nakano was born [in Edo] to Nakano Heinai, an official of Aizu, and Nakano Kōkō, daughter of Oinuma Kinai, a samurai in service of Toda of the Ashikaga domain. She was well educated and from a powerful samurai family.

She recieved training in martial arts, in literary arts on Chinese Confucian classics and calligraphy, and was later adopted by her teacher Akaoka Daisuke. Nakano also taught students younger than her, including her younger sister.

Nanako's certification, or menkyo (teaching license) was in Hasso-Shoken, a branch in the major of Itto-ryu*. She both served as the secretary for and taught naginata to the wife of lord Niwase, whom she was employed under at Itakura estate.

She left her position in 1863 when she was adopted by her master, but later reunited with her Edo family.

In 1868 she was in Aizu for the first time, and spent time teaching women and children naginata in Aizuwakamatsu Castle, as well as capturing voyeurs in the women's bathrooms.

At 21, Nakano participated in the Boshin War where she, alongside other women, took the front line without permission, as the senior Aizu retainers disallowed their participation as an unofficial part of the domain's army. This unit was later called the Jōshitai (Girls' Army). This ad hoc group included her 40 year old mother and 16 year old sister, and was lead by Nakano under Furuya Sakuzaemon.

In October of 1868 Nakano led these women to face enemy forces at Yanagi Bridge equipped only with their naginata while Meiji troops had firearms. When the men realised their targets were women, the commander ordered them not to be killed. This allowed to the Jōshitai to kill many enemies before the attack continued. She was downed by a bullet to the chest.

Instead of allowing imperial forces to mutilate her corpse, Nakano had her sister cut off her head to avoid the humiliation, to which she agreed. She passed with her dignity and her head was buried at the family temple where a monument was eventually erected.

*one-sword school, ancestor school of several japanese koryū kenjutsu styles.

further reading

japan's warrior women, Chris Kincaid, Aug 9 2015

a long history of japanese women warriors, Kallie Szczepanski, Jan 22 2020

samurai warrior queens, a drama documentary based on the life of nakano takeko (imdb)

nakano clan, Sumiko Nakano

in conclusion

Sure. I would have loved to continue the narrative of Jin Sakai, as it felt for me as though the end of the game was not the end of the story of the Ghost of Tsushima.

In saying that, Ghost of Yotei shouldn't be blacklisted just because it features a woman. If you don't wanna play the game due to a feminist movement that only might have something to do with the choice of a female lead, then don't play it. Simple. No one is making you buy it. No one is telling you you have to enjoy it. There is no gun to your head.

There is nothing that I have seen so far that makes me think this game should be thrown to the side. The trailer visuals look just as stunning as Ghost of Tsushima and two swords sounds mad. Just because I'm excited about a new story, does not mean that I enjoyed Jin's journey any less.

Also, eat rocks. Onna-musha are fucking awesome.

Ghost of Yotei Summary

They made her a female samurai, which did not exist. At all. It's not like Northern Europe that had rare but extent shield maidens.

And they hired a Feminist cunt to play her. While Disney is still reshooting Snow White, because they hired a Feminist cunt to talk about how terrible the original was, and are regretting it.

Some people say to give it the benefit of the doubt, but nowadays, games do NOT get the benefit of the doubt. They have to prove they are not girlbossing.

They also have her dual-wield, because of course she has to be better than Jin Sakai.

Addendum: And "if you don't like it, don't buy it" does not work in convincing us it will be good. Especially after all of the other times it's been done, and then we're called -ist for not buying it.

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reblog if you're a sick individual who's attracted to women over 30

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Reblog to make it die faster

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GHOST OF TSUSHIMA (2020) | GHOST OF YŌTEI (2025)

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GHOST OF YOTEI

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