Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Japanese reviews reframe the historical accuracy debate

From the moment it was announced, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ interpretation of feudal Japan was met with immediate blowback — mostly from the West. The usual suspects were up in arms over the general identities of the protagonists, while others questioned the historical accuracy of the African samurai Yasuke, or the mere idea of having a non-Japanese protagonist when Naoe — a Japanese woman — was already in the mix as one of Shadows’ main characters. Despite...