Japanilainen historioitsija puntaroi Yasuke-hahmoa Assassin's Creed Shadowsissa

Siitä lähtien, kun paljastettiin, että Yasuke olisi yksi pelattavissa olevista päähenkilöistä Assassin's Creed Shadowsissa, fanit ja historian asiantuntijat ovat jatkuvasti keskustelleet siitä, pitäisikö hänen olla pelissä vai ei. Ymmärrys siitä, että pelisarja ottaa usein vapauksia todellisten historiallisten ihmisten kanssa, on kadonnut, ja nyt Yasuken tarinan totuudesta käydään jatkuvaa keskustelua.

Japanilainen historioitsija Yu Hirayama otti kantaa asiaan omalla julkaisullaan Twitter/X:ssä, kun historioitsija Thomas Lockley toi esiin modernin käsityksensä Yasukesta. Viesti kuuluu seuraavasti:

"It seems like there's a lot of talk about Yasuke, a black man who served Oda Nobunaga. There are very few historical documents about him, but there's no doubt that he was a "samurai" who served Nobunaga. Regardless of one's social status, if one's master promoted one to the rank of "samurai," one could become one in medieval (warring states) society. I can say this because the historical documents state that ① Nobunaga gave him a "stipend," ② he was given a house, and ③ he was given a sword."

"Being given a 'stipend' and serving Nobunaga closely fulfills the important requirements of a 'contract between master and servant' and 'agreement to receive a stipend.' It is also important that he was allowed to carry a sword, so he was a two-sworded servant and not a servant (servants were not allowed to carry swords). And if he was given a house, there's no room for doubt. He was probably a slave until Nobunaga took over the missionary slave, but due to the above ① to ③ , he probably became a 'samurai' of his own volition. During the Honnoji Incident, Akechi's side did not kill Yasuke because he was an 'animal' or 'not Japanese', but that was only because Akechi did not recognize Yasuke as a "samurai" (probably because he had discriminatory feelings). At that time, it was common for a master to promote someone of low status to a 'samurai.'"

Hirayama myöntää todisteiden vähyyden, joten on todennäköistä, että sama keskustelu aiheen ympärillä jatkuu lähitulevaisuudessa. Tiedämme, että Ubisoft ei aio muuttaa mieltään asian suhteen, ja tulemme näkemään Yasuken samuraina Assassin's Creed Shadowsissa, kun se julkaistaan ​​marraskuussa.