Why Japan Hates Assassin's Creed Shadows

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows had a target on its back since its trailer came out with accusations of forced DEI and blackwashing, but the backlash wasn't warranted... right? What did Japanese people think? Why are politicians talking about it? Why is Asmongold everywhere!?!?

Shout out to ‪@masakismc‬ and his community https://progreztribe.substack.com/about, as well as ‪@kanatime1023‬ , Soshi Matsuoka https://x.com/ssimtok, https://unseen-japan.com/ , and Jeffrey J. Hall https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall

00:00 Intro
02:59 Part 1: The Assassin's Creed Problem
10:51 Part 2: The Yasuke Problem
22:26 Part 3: The SlopTube Problem


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Books, Articles, and Videos Referenced

Thomas Lockley's "African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan" , Published by Hanover Square Press

IGN article: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-prim...

Sadataro's comic: https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articl...

Wikipedia pages: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Ubisoft:    • From Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six Siege...  
   • Assassin's Creed Shadows: Official World P...  

WIRED video:    • Japanese Historian Answers Samurai Questio...  

Ghost of Tsushima Interview:    • Ghost of Tsushima (対馬の幽霊) - Director's Int...  

Game File: https://www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubi...

Nippon TV:    • Foreigners become a major issue for Japan'...  

Megumi Hayashibara's Controversy: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...

(Will be omitting direct links to politicians' YouTube channels and other pages I don't want to send traffic)