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[โ€“] Poogona@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a great Shogun-esque novel waiting to be written about Yasuke, with the same appeal of imagining the political intrigue surrounding a person who literally has nowhere else to go in the world (since he would return to being a slave)

Credit where credit is due, the goofy Nioh series of games had Yasuke

[โ€“] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Where he was a giant axe wielding dude with a bear guardian spirit, it's hype as fuck