What are you talking about? There's plenty of media that makes Nobunaga not evil. He's generally regarded as a bad guy because he was responsible for multiple massacres, but he's also venerated as a great general and the first unifier.

The problem with dealing with an extremely conformist, collectivist society is you end up in situations like this. There being a single possible way to talk about their history or society without insulting them.

I actually wonder if that applies to the DEI nutters, now that you bring that up...

its why Nobunaga is 400% evil and literally Satan anytime they need a villain

Yes, I have seen him portrayed both in a positive (The Ambition of Oda Nobuna is one case where I've seen a heroic Nobunaga) and negative light before - according to another user on c/gaming, the same can be said of Akechi Mitsuhide, who betrayed him, but there's still a lot of respect for the guy to have made people angry about this.

but Ubisoft has no leeway or benefit of the doubt left after all the other bullshit they are pulling here.

100%. The questionable portrayal of both Nobunaga and Akechi might have been forgiven if it wasn't for all the shit they pulled with Yasuke and the upset it caused the Japanese.