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I went to check online about this, Japan was actually intrigued at first by Yasuke's inclusion but immediately went sour on it after Ubisoft mentioned how they included him to have a non-Japanese protagonist for western players' POV and how they wanted the game to be historically accurate:
>Japanese Reactions
>Initially, Japanese audiences welcomed Yasuke’s inclusion. A black retainer of Nobunaga is unique and interesting. However, many are uncomfortable with Ubisoft’s comments, poor historical research, and the spread of false history about Yasuke overseas. (https://japanese-with-naoto.com/2024/05/22/fact-checking-yasuke-the-black-samurai-in-assassins-creed)
So yeah I was right, it wasn't simply having a black samurai that tipped them off, it was the actual content of the game and Ubisoft's shitty claims of inclusion, western "pov" and their claims of historical accuracy that did.
There is also an article explaining why calling him a "samurai" isn't necessarely inaccurate (but the way he was depicted in a so-called historically accurate setting is):
>In the Sengoku period during which Nobunaga lived, anyone fighting in battles was considered a samurai. Yasuke, after Nobunaga’s death, fought for his successor, making himself a respectable “samurai” in that context, even though he would not have been a formal bushi who fought on the battlefield.He was never the black armored warlord depicted in the game, but he was a black man tossed by fate. He crossed from Africa to India and eventually to Japan as a slave. He was a tragic “samurai” who lost his lord who had valued him. (https://japanese-with-naoto.com/2024/05/22/fact-checking-yasuke-the-black-samurai-in-assassins-creed/)

Also this blog goes into Thomas Lockley. I thought he'd be far more jewish but in the end he is just another bogus english "historian". 1/4th ethnically jewish, but far from a real jew. Just say he's english, it's more honest and besides they too are part of the problem.