I didn't know anything about Nioh before wokies brought it up to complain about the white guy on the cover, but learning more about William Adams' story, he was a true legend. To go from being suspected as a pirate to becoming a samurai with your own Japanese name is one of the most impressive things I've ever heard of, and there's reams of documentation attesting to it.
Btw, the reason he was suspected as a pirate? The Westerners who translated for the Japanese when he landed tried to have him executed. Those Westerners? Portuguese Jesuits. The Japanese were like, "why though they didn't do anything?"
At some point, I'm going to have to learn how much of Shogun was pure fiction, and not just "fictional interpretation of real historical events," as this scenario is straight up Shogun.
I didn't know anything about Nioh before wokies brought it up to complain about the white guy on the cover, but learning more about William Adams' story, he was a true legend. To go from being suspected as a pirate to becoming a samurai with your own Japanese name is one of the most impressive things I've ever heard of, and there's reams of documentation attesting to it.
Btw, the reason he was suspected as a pirate? The Westerners who translated for the Japanese when he landed tried to have him executed. Those Westerners? Portuguese Jesuits. The Japanese were like, "why though they didn't do anything?"
At some point, I'm going to have to learn how much of Shogun was pure fiction, and not just "fictional interpretation of real historical events," as this scenario is straight up Shogun.
It is no coincidence that the current Pope is a South American Jesuit.