#ac yasuke

[ramshackledtrickster]

Colored some Yasuke doodles !

[beaulesbian]

ASSASSIN'S CREED: SHADOWS

Feudal Japan Sneak Peek (x)

[troythecatfish]

[aanimations36]

I'll be playing as Naoe the greatest stealth assassin in the series!, this took a while but here's my art of her (: |PLEASE FOLLOW!❤️|

(click for Better Quality)

彼女を無視しないでください

[demigoddessqueens]

Rotating them in my brain with “buddy-road trip” antics until AC Shadows debuts

[dandylion-virtual-adventurer]

I knowwwww it’s Ubisoft

And I knowwwww it’s just a cinematic trailer

BUT DAMN I haven’t been into an AC game so instantly since Bayek. I’m already 100% into these two!

[delightfulkingtyphoon]

All this man did was be handsome and hot and you guys HATED him! 😭

[cow-rants]

Fair warning: this post is in regards to the recent Assassin’s Creed: Shadows trailer. I will talk about my thoughts and feelings regarding race. Thank you.

I’ve been a massive fan of Assassin’s creed (AC) since I first saw my uncle playing it at 7 or 8 years old. I’m a massive history buff and the idea of being able to experience the past through the eyes of an ancestor is such a brilliant idea. Not mention the concept of a secret war being fought through out the centuries is always fun. But as of late, I haven’t been really excited for a new entry. Odyssey was the last game I really played and it was alright, but I’m personally not a huge fan of the new RPG mechanics (although I do understand why they were implemented).

Valhalla looked interesting, but didn’t really feel like an AC game to me. So I put it on my “to play later” list. Mirage looked far better and I definitely do want to play it, but I honestly just haven’t felt a super big pull to pick it up. But when I saw that AC was finally going to Japan, I was ecstatic. I adore Japanese history in general and the Sengoku period is full of interesting conflicts and characters that would fit perfectly with the assassin’s and the templars.

Although they went with some pretty standard people to showcase, such as Oda Nobunaga, I still think they have a chance to do something really interesting story wise (of course, reserve all real judgement for the gameplay reveal. But I’m mainly just talking about the story). Especially with the portrayal of Yasuke. From what I could tell, it seems like his story will be one of disillusionment, possibly betrayal, and redemption. Certainly a story we’ve seen before, but it’s still interesting to see Yasuke in something as big as AC.

Before I get into the more unfortunate discourse regarding Yasuke, I absolutely have to talk about Naoe. See, what caught my eye about her was how she and my OWN AC OC have very similar stories. Well, I don’t know for sure. But they certainly share a similar experience, which is watching their families be butchered by Oda Nobunaga’s armies. It’s not much, but by the gods does it make me pretty happy. My OC’s name is Minori Kishimoto and she’s one of my favorites, so seeing a canon character with some similar traits is kind of exciting for me (okay, very exciting).

Anyhow, back to Yasuke. As soon as I saw the trailer, I knew I was going to see people saying something stupid. So I checked both the comments on the video and twitter. And I was certainly not mistaken. So so so many bad takes and ridiculous arguments that, honestly, only go to show either mild racism or straight up hatred toward African people. Not to mention the fact that they completely ignore Naoe as a protagonist. I guess she must be the greatest assassin of all time.

From what I understand, a lot of people are upset that for a Japan centered AC game, there is a black protagonist. Which, again, ignores Naoe entirely. The biggest argument I have heared against Yasuke being one of the protagonists is that he wasn’t actually a samurai. To which I say: False. Incorrect. Mistaken. Wrong. Factually incorrect.

The primary issue here is the fact that many people refer to him as a retainer. A title that he never officially held, as far as I’m aware, but even so that still makes him Samurai! Looking just at the facts of his life, he was respected by arguably the most powerful Daimyo of that time, earned his trust, received a pension, received a sword, and received property. So then the question becomes: what exactly makes a person a samurai at this time? Because I can tell you one thing, it isn’t noble blood.

A peasant man was once hired by Nobunaga to do a multitude of tasks, one of which was to hold his sandals. This man would soon prove himself to be capable of all of his tasks as well as in the art of war. He would become a powerful man and rise through the ranks until he held the rank of Taiko at the end of his life . That man was Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

If Hideyoshi’s story proves one thing, it’s that at this time anyone could rise to become a daimyo. So then, why wouldn’t Yasuke also be considered a samurai? We’re not even trying to claim he was a daimyo, just that he was a samurai. Retainer, bodyguard, slave, whatever. The fact is that the man was 10000% a samurai and was a respected one at that. To claim otherwise is to prove yourself ignorant in the history you claim to be proficient in, and incompetent at backing up your argument.

Not to mention that from a writing point of view, it’s a brilliant move. Yasuke was not super well recorded and thus is relatively unknown to others. Which makes him perfect for being a:

1. Fish out of water character

2. Real person, that can be treated written like a fictional one

All of this to say, I think that this newest Assassin’s Creed has a chance to become one of my personal favorites. As well as putting the series back on the map for many. But, with no gameplay and an already worrying pre-order package, I’m worried to say the least. Only time will tell, but I look forward to it.

[itwontstayalive]

Yasuke isn't historically accurate

Ubisoft was very clever in featuring Yasuke as the protagonist of the new Assassin's Creed. This black protagonist is being used as a shield, and any criticism of the game will be used by the developers to say, "Anyone who dislikes this game is just racist."

On the official Assassin's Creed Shadows preorder site, you can read:

"Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of HISTORICAL LEGEND…"

If you do a basic Google search, you'll learn that Yasuke indeed existed. He was an African who went to Japan under a mission with missionaries and met and served a Japanese Daimyo, Oda Nobunaga. However, he wasn't a samurai, much less a great warrior.

…DRUMROLLS… he was a retainer. He was a man who carried katanas and weapons of a Daimyo, that's everything he was. Nothing much different from a butler, an assistant.

That's because Oda was known to be a fan of outside culture, he liked different and exotic things. And when he saw a black man (by the way, he didn't believe Yasuke had black skin at first, Oda was surprised and even asked Yasuke to wash himself) he called Yasuke to serve under him but only as a retainer, that's all. And he only served for a few months, he had no training, he didn't go in any battles, Yasuke, to Oda, was a pet, a trophy that Oda was exposing to other Daimyos and other samurais.

I find it very amusing how they had all the opportunities in the world to make an Assassin's Creed game set in feudal Japan using real and accurate representations but chose the only African who was ever involved in the feudal period and had a pathetic level of importance.

[cardierreh15]

Yasuke was a real black samurai and you bitches are mad about it?

If yall wanna get mad about history, get mad about how your ancestors was eating our ancestors and using our hair for pillow stuffing.

[ramshackledtrickster]

How tall do you think Yasuke is?

According to some sources, he’s 6’2? So I think I’m gonna go with that!

Plus his armor and helmet add quite a lot of bulk to him, so he’d look taller as a result,,

Ratonhnhaké:ton in my head has him beat by 2 inches at 6’4 and I think my personal policy of no ac protagonist being taller than him is very silly

[littlemarylil]

Yasuke looks amazing in the new trailer. 😍

[troythecatfish]

When I’m in a yellowface competition and my opponents are these 2 clowns

[delightfulkingtyphoon]

First take drawing AC's Yasuke. What did you guys think? Did i cooked?

[avasugarcotton]

“信長協奏曲”(Nobunaga Concerto) is a great historical fiction manga, and I highly recommend reading it if you play AS shadows.(why not are there English version…🥲)

In this work, Yasuke is a visitor from the future, and Nobunaga, the key person of this period,is also.In other words, it is quite a fictional story, but the portrayal of the characters based on sensitive historical research and their interactions with each other are surprisingly consistent as result actual historical events,leading one to believe that Nobunaga really was a man of the future.

Now, this work is based on a manga, but it is so beloved that dramas and movie have been produced starring popular actors.Various fictions have been created about this period in Japan in all media and in many productions, and we should essentially be able to share this kind of interesting imagination.

[nanaruin90s]

I feel happy drawing Yasuke

I don't care if people hate him.