Heroes in History: Orochi 

So in other words, Orochi is the pop culture guy while Kensei is a little more grounded historically?

Samurai lasted so long in history that they had both ultimate badasses and those who just used it as a status symbol. Knights were the same way. When an organization lasts for hundreds of years, they're going to have ups and downs.

I would say that is one very informative video from you, dear sir. Thank you for breaking down not only the Orochi, but also the media's projection of the samurai as a whole. Now that's finished, all we're left now is Warlord, Raider, and Jiang Jun.

Ever been trash at a game but you know there's a character you WANT to be good at? That's me and the Orochi. I suck at this game but the Orochi is so fun to play it makes me want to get better.

Well as they say BANZAI!!

As an ex orochi main I've never clicked a youtube notification so fast (I was typing this comment before I got the discord notification 😂)

just spent the last couple hours binging this series, getting hyped for the warlord video i feel like that ones gonna be interesting as hell

I really enjoyed watching the series and learn who the beloved characters we play were based off on. I started playing as an Orochi just recently, and I've seen they got a backlash of hate (which I won't run away from a fight). But seeing this video, it made me want to play both as an Orochi and as a Kensei as well. Keep up the good content!

I've been waiting for this video for so many months now! And as a rep70 non-spammy Orochi main, this is great.

11:24 ha, badger reference. nice

This was SOOOO good! Your compassion is a sharp as the blade of ur intellect. Well done, bringing a sense of understanding to such an enigma of a class. Roach is by far my favorite, and main class to work with. I connected to this passion, and that is hard to capture....I MUST admitt. Thank you for this

This completely earned a like and sub from me. I love the passion that went into this!

Saving the best for last. I understand your misgivings, but I'll take what I can get. Thank you, Raven Knight.

On note about orochi's armor that you mentioned. While it is likely based off of the tosei gusoku there are some sets of his where the shoulder plates are segmented downward as opposed to upward. This is more of a European style so I wonder if it's kind of a nod to the nanban gusoku samurai later used during the sengoku period.

Aweasome video, i loved your words at the end man.

Whenever I play a Samurai hero. *BANKAI!*

To be fair in universe the Japanese faction live in lands that had small amounts of iron ores, that’s why they only have metal for there weapons.

Idk Raven I love playing Orochi he is fun I’ve waited awhile for this video but I can see your point

As a Portuguese man let me say, when we ask for your wakashu we want your wakashu

Orochi to me feels like an alternative representation of what a Shinobi could've been (Correct me if I'm wrong, but we're not sure what the Shinobi really looked like and if they really existed?). Weren't they basically assassins with a lot of tools in their arsenal? Maybe the Orochi may be what a Shinobi could've been in an actual battlefield.

The Shakespeare quote was good writing.

Remember though for honor is alternate reality and they've been fighting for 1000 years. (The cataclysm took place in about 1000ad and the game is set in present day) This is why everyone's armour has regressed. After all vikings wore chainmail not leather. Samurai wore lamellar not wood and knights wore steel not cloth.

The lore also says they were the emperors champion so it cud mean they could be very close as a samurai wud be with their lord

You deserve more subscribers

Insert shiroyama by sabaton here.

NEXT PLEASE for honor jiang jun

Is there 2 versions of the orochi myth? the way i remember Susanoo slaying orochi was by getting it drunk then slitting its belly open

"... Does he have too much in his tool kit." 😐yes

YESS

1:54 is that supposed to be a reference to Miyamoto Musashi?

Who would have thought orochi was based off of samurai

WARE IS THE EXUTION

Light spam

I heard he is also based on Samurai General that ran away from enemies and led them into ambush and because of that they didnt lose any soldiers. Thats all i heard about orochi from for honor community.

Orochi, Just a samurai

Is that a Russian badger reference!?! Pog + entertainment + all the bitches + lol + 69

Soo youre saying orichi is jin sakai from ghost of tsushima.

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samurai back then where capping B flag against warden

Samurai might be fast? Yes but have you fought a guy with an Italian longsword?

I know exactly which anime/manga you are talking about.

Another great episode I love your heroes in history. Also, have you heard of the RU-vidr called OverSimplified. Link to the channel: ru-vid.com

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Kapanak

tenno heika banzai

muh nipon steel has been folded 10 thousand times and is ooobviously better than some europea- *gets murderstroked into oblivion via longsword*

I hate these guys because of that light spamming bullcrap they do!! I even uninstalled the game and left after the second samuari dlc, the one with the axe. I was curious 2 weeks ago about For Honor and looked up the game trailers. (I had barely kept up with the Wu-Lin’s first dlc, that general with the most boring trailer of him popping lanterns.) I had 0 ideas that this game had continued and I had come across the Unsung Knight and this Season 8 and all the various dlc after that. But THESE guys are the sole reason I had left, but now I redownloaded the game and have been playing for the last 2 weeks.

Fun Fact Katana was never used in battle apparently, as the samurai preferred to ride on horse back with bows only when they exposed and on the ground they would resort to their swords kinda like a final stand.

The ocean defeated the Mongols not the Japanese

Raven: trash talk katana and the orochi Literally every weeb on this earth: "have you heard about some divin wind ?" 🤣

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Orochi based off the samurai?!?!?!?! Never woulda guessed in a hundred years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At first I thought he was a Persian, thanks so much for clarifying!!!!!!

Unfortunately For honor made it where the classic use of the Katana is seals and made another character that’s better. Tbh Ubisoft is terrible at balancing the game and making sure heroes don’t over power the other. Unfortunately they do. Not many wants to play Orochi bc of of Kyoshin have so many openers and points of counters over Orochi and many others who has more options than Orochi which unfortunately for Orochi has to spam a certain combo now.

You didn’t talk about Kensei

The medji period was the period that the sword ban took place not the edo period. In this period owning a sword wasn't illegal but being a roming samurai was. This was actually a time of very strict laws and a mixture of the shogun and Damiyo becoming one centralized government. Instead of several damiyo fighting for power. Thanks to oda nobunaga, and Tokugawa layasu and the power they gained during the warring states period. This period was called the edo period becouse there was very strict laws enforced on government officials and daiymos. One of the biggest was forcing them to reside in edo every year, as well as to do away with multiple castles per territory and only allowed 1. This Era ended by a American ship being found off the coast of Japan that forced Japan to open there doors to foreigners. As such a thing was not done before. The katana was a sword that was thin and curved. Which made it a treat choice for calvary as it allowed the rider to cut downward with the blade using the momentum of the horse to cut open there targets easily. It is a one sided blade that was used both for cutting and stabbing but more so for cutting. It was the main weapon of the samurai. Sorry it was that much in concrete in history. There is many myths about the blade and many truths about it. Such as the samurai practicing to draw it in a sitting position is true, but them being able to wield it with super speed or break another blade is false. It was revolutionary becouse of how sturdy something so thin was. It was also hardened in a very long and unique process. The reason katanas have so much of a reputation with the samurai wasn't becouse of how beautiful or anything like that. The katana was the most common weapon along with the Japanese spear found on battlefields by archeologist. Suggesting it's widespread use by samurai. This misinformation seems to be one of the things that historical enthusiasts meaning people who don't actually have a degree or work in history, gets very confused about. A historical enthusiast would be shad, Megatron, this youtuber ect. Also one thing that seems to confuse them greatly and most of the west for that matter is the edo period. Which is weird to me becouse they can understand the warring states period just fine which I think was way more confusing. And midevil politics and warfare in Europe seems even more confusing then that. My theory is how little this is talked about in western schools.

Could onna-bugeishas be male as well? Or were they female only? This question is about nobushi's historical counterpart.