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japan seems to have gone through a 'samurai were actually bad and not noble' movement, probably as a result of wwii and the suicidal mentality that the military had. ichigeki does something similar with knocking off that rose tinted romantic image people have with the caste system. but on the other hand there's ooku and all the Shinsengumi manga's that lionise the period.

reality is its probably somewhere in the middle, terrible for most people but stability has its value. just like every other culture from, knights to pirates and Vikings, cowboys and Rome