G*mers: We’re not racists. You’re actually the racist for making Yasuke who was black, black.
Whatever site that is really knows their audience. Not only is Yasuke, famously a real human being who actually lived and was black, “originally depicted as a black man”, the mod also apparently turns him into an “authentic Japanese character”. Which is apparently a more fitting description for whatever generic Japanese dude the modders think up than an actual historical figure. Christ.
— “According to our survey across various platforms, it was revealed that certain modders are actively developing a means to transform Yasuke, originally depicted as a Black man in the latest Assassin’s Creed installment set in Japan, into an authentic Japanese character.”
[Trivial: Success] — The run-on chaff breezes past you, leaving only the core conceit. “Depicted as”. Changing him “into an authentic Japanese character.”
— Certainly takes far less imagination to view a Black samurai as a Black samurai than the tone of this article would suggest.
[Challenging: Success] — I need you to not listen to what your instincts are about to tell you. Ignore them and walk away from this. Close the tab, close the article. It isn’t worth your time.
— Pull your gun.
meanwhile gamers are getting mad that female leads look normal
Further analysis revealed the modders shared the same profile picture:
I heard he got doxxed so he did “this is how I would look like if I was asian or black”
But he was a Japanese man! He lived in Japan for years and years!
