Even in the most generous allowance, he would've only been a slave to Portuguese Jesuits trying to form relations with the Japanese. And apparently the research shows that Nobunaga never even met any Portuguese until MONTHS before his demise? No goddamn way could you fit in any story of "Yasuke being bought by Nobunaga and becoming a badass warrior retainer."
"Yasuke" is the modern "Pope Johanna." A figure someone tries desperately to prop up, when there is more than enough evidence to refute their entire existence.
Edit: Yes, I bring up Pope Johanna because she just became an important figure in the latest FGO (english) chapter. Where it actually acknowledges that was all she was.
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Come on, the guy in the thumbnail doesn't look that bad.
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Kill it with fire. A goddamn lazy slob like me isn't even close to their level of obesity. That's pretty fucking bad, and I am in no shape to call myself healthy (but I'm working on it, currently running keto diet to help lose weight, about halfway to my target after two months).
EDIT: Alright, to be fair, if these guys are going for bodybuilding/strength training, it's not entirely out of the question. They need the weight to pull that off. All top weightlifters do look pretty chunky. If they aren't building muscle under all that fat, holy shit, they are NOT healthy.
Possibly. Would make sense in the timeframe. Weren't the Portuguese one of the larger slave markets?