Assassin's Creed Shadows is already being labeled as "woke" and "disrespectful" following its announcement trailer, primarily due to main characters Naoe and Yasuke, the latter of whom is historically considered Japan's first black samurai.

Ubisoft has finally lifted the lid on the next mainline Assassin's Creed, revealing that Assassin's Creed Shadows will be available on November 15 later this year. While we didn't get any gameplay, we did get a lengthy cinematic trailer going into the backstories of the game's two main protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. Naoe appears to be a Shinboi from the Japanese provinces, while Yasuke is considered to be Japan's first black samurai, and came into contact with several prominent figures in Japanese history.

That means Assassin's Creed Shadows will center around a woman and a black man, and some people on social media have reacted with exactly the kind of behavior we have come to expect nowadays whenever a protagonist isn't a straight white man. In the replies of Ubisoft's announcement tweet, you don't have to look very hard for people decrying the game as "woke" and "disrespectful", with a sprinkling of DEI in there for good measure.

Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke Is Somehow "Disrespectful" To Japan

Most of the vitriol revolves around Yasuke, with some people taking issue with the fact that they're being made to play as a black man in a Feudal Japan setting, despite the character being a key figure in Japanese history. Some claim that it's inappropriate for Ubisoft to have someone who isn't native to the country as one of the main characters, though I don't think these same people take issue with the fact that the incredibly Welsh Edward Kenway was sailing around the Carribean in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.

You've also got some stating that Yasuke wasn't actually a samurai, but was a retainer to Oda Nobunaga, and that this somehow "disrespects" Japanese culture. However, people are already pointing out Yasuke was Nobunaga's Kosho, which is essentially the bodyguard or personal servant of a general or lord and is considered a samurai in Japanese history. Just because Yasuke didn't belong to a Samurai clan, it doesn't mean he wasn't one.

!nooticers that last line lol

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!chuds which one of you made this film

Orange Site:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40383029

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1cu3u18/the_90s_favorite_media_player_winamp_is_going/?sort=controversial

https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/100511521

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I'm still looking but according to the 9chuds this is an actual company in the same vein as SweetBabyInc

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2024

Reddit soys are already out with their predictable film-pseud defence "Duuude, this is going to be spectacularly terrible, I'll love it ".

These are the top comments.

Sounds like it has all the ingredients of a cult film, but not a financially successful one

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Darn these Reviews are all over the place, people who like it are praising it highly, and people who don't are thrashing it.

Sounds like it's gonna be fun love polarizing films

So basically Coppola lost his sanity and made an unmarketable 120 million dollar epic. I'm so hyped!

120 million dollars to create something you truly love that others absolutely hate… That's the dream baby ! Cinema is back !

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Can't wait. It's either going to be beautiful, or a beautiful disaster. Either way, it sounds worth watching.

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The reality is even the positive reviews are handling this film with kids gloves. They struggle to articulate what's good about it and are basically going "uhh...this film is ambitious and Coppola(an industry legend) took a lot of risks and we must respect it for that"

Yeah sure

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Marjorie Taylor Greene ROASTING AOC is the highlight of the night so far 🤣

AOC: “She has to apologize”

MTG: “I’m not apologizing. Why don’t you debate me?”

AOC: “That’s self evident”

MTG: “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence”

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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 17, 2024

Fight fight fight:

Previous exchange:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/bubba-pollock-britt-leroux-online-harassment-windsor-london-1.7204881

An innocent man took a selfie and is now being charged under the Trudeau Regime

!leafs things have hit a new low

It's been almost a year since the crime occurred, but Britt Leroux of Windsor says she's still haunted by the selfie photo that Bubba Pollock took and posted while in the hospital room of her terminally ill father.

Pollock had clashed with Leroux — a Pride activist — on Facebook over a drag event and 2SLGBTQ+ issues.