>don’t care at all about Amakusa Shirou
>random posts about the Shimabara Rebellion appears on my twitter feed (likely because I liked that FGO boosting Divine Comedy post)
>Amakusa and a bunch of peasants numbering 30.000 took control and fortified the defenses of a castle, fending off the attack of 120.000 japanese soldiers
>japan had to request Dutch protestants for help, bombarded them with cannons, Amakusa mocked the Shogunate for requiring foreign aid questioning if there were no brave warriors of Japan
>they cut off foreign aid ashamed
>still lasted a few months in siege before they started running out of supplies and decided to go on a final offensive knowing they’d die over starving out
Okay I have got newfound respect for him. I also understand why Higashide likes him so much cause he is seemingly a sucker for heroes that went in defensive warfare