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Mortal combat (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Or maybe the character is historically accurate, and yall are just being racist...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So was he a samurai or not?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Yasuke was a retainer. And Retainers were loyal and trusted individuals who served a lord, such as a daimyo or the shogun, in various capacities, especially in military matters.

In other words, a warrior. And Samurai are the warrior caste.

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