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try to make video about yakuza series dubing if its authentic and other trivia about red light districts in japan similiar to those that are models for districts in games
Yeah, I wanna know Oni No Hanzo's Story, I heard a lot of stories about him, I want to know which were facts and which were not. Can you make a video about the most popular ninjas in Japan?
oh wow this was really helpful! i wanted to learn more about him since there’s a Yakuza (Ryu Ga Gotoku) spin off game with him as the protagonist! hearing about his story makes the choice make so much sense! the whole idea of leaving the clan and dealing with changing political tides - that’s the RGG story. now we need a video on the other characters in the same 🤣
Fun fact is that in the game, sakamoto's other name was saitou hajime, the third division captain of the shinsengumi. But historically, Saitou and Sakamoto were totally different people.
Fun fact, Sakamoto Ryoma is the inspiration for Sakamoto in Gintama, and the Ryo at the end of his name means dragon, just like the Tatsu in the Gintama Sakamoto.
Also another theory on his assassination was carried out by the Mimawarigumi leader Sasaki Tadasaburo and Imai Noburo, and they blamed Shinsengumi leader Kondo Isami, only to admit they killed him later
From what I read in the book: "Samurai Revolution" by Romulus Hillsborough, Ryoma also carried a revolver (a Smith & Wesson to be more precise) because he believed that it saved him from a previous assassonation attempt.
@@stoopid136 well that time window was also for quite a long time. There so many documents and images of samurai with guns and rifles well before the bakumatsu.
After being introduced from the West, Japan mass-produced guns on its own. At the end of the Sengoku period, Japan owned 500,000 It was the country with the largest gun ownership at the time.
there's an interesting story about this man. If I recall correctly, he always carried a pistol so that he could protect himself when being attacked. However, one day, he wasn't carrying a pistol, but instead he was carrying a book. When his subordinates asked him why was that, he answered that while carrying a pistol may help me to defend myself, reading a book may weaponize myself to defend myself.
My mother-in-law is Japanese and she is from Kochi, she told me their family is related to Sakamoto Ryouma. She is very proud of it so I wanted to learn more about him. Thanks for the video!
I know it sounds like I'm insincere, but I really think that's cool. Most of us are just the descendants of farmers, or something else equally as boring.
Is it true there are 5 different Kamon for the Sakamoto Han? I'm watching the NHK Taiga drama Ryomaden and Ryoma Sama wa smentiones to wear a formal hakama with them.
@WareforCoin your ancestors made it possible for those of higher status to survive, farmers have always been the most important part of civilization, not boring at all
Apparently my mothers side is also related to Sakamoto Ryoma. I'm not sure if I believe my grandmother (Japanese side) but they don't like to talk about it and try to keep it a secret
Sakamoto Ryōma also scaped an assassination attempt a year before his actual death thanks to Narasaki Ryō who overheard the assassins outside the inn where she worked and Ryōma was staying the night. They scaped together and visited many hotsprings in Kagoshima prefecture that were believed to have healing properties and it is considered to be Japan's first honeymoon. They married afterwards.
I always hated history in school, it's nice to catch up on these subjects later with how interesting it actually is. I never heard of Sakamoto Ryoma, but now I did and I glad
I actually never heard of this dude and have a very big interest in both history and historical figures, and have a great love of popular historical Japanese people. If you want to talk Japanese History with a global audience, I am totally down for this and would very much like to see you get around to the following people eventually; Ishikawa Goemon, Gozen Tomoe, Musashibo Benkei, Minamotos Yoshitsune, Yoritomo, Yoshinaka, and Yorimitsu, Oda Nobunaga, Masamune Date, Amakusa Shiro, Yagyu Jubei, and the blacksmiths Masamune and Muramasa.
Practically a decade ago from now I took a college course on modern Japanese history and learned about Sakamoto Ryoma and read a book about him for class, and he is also one of my main favorite Japanese historical person.
I'm so happy to see a video about Ryoma! I've known and read all about him after learning about the version of him in Gintama. He definitely is one of the greatest reasons that the Meiji Restoration happened successfully, even though he was never considered one of the Three Great Nobles of it. Speaking of which, any interest on doing one on Katsura Kogorō? Keep up the great work as always!
The story of Sakamoto Ryoma must have inspired the Ryu Ga Gotoku studio to make Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin, featuring a character that has a name named Sakamoto Ryoma, with many similarities in the game! Although the game never went outside of Japan, it would've gained more interest overseas to learn more about Sakamoto Ryoma.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin is an adaptaion of what Sakamoto Ryoma went through IRL. It's just natural that there are lots of similarities. The same applies to Miyamoto Musashi(Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan).
I was thinking about the same. Although in game, Sakamoto and saitou has shown as the same person playing both people's role, while historically, they're different people who played two different roles. So, I think both sakamoto ryoma and saitou hajime are inspiration for ryu ga gotoku.
All Japanese people know that when they play That's how famous Shinsengumi and Ryoma Sakamoto are. It's like having ryu ga gotoku characters cast in a Shinsengumi movie. Japanese people see it that way.
I love the Bakumatsu period in Japan, and love love love it's history! I especially always found Sakamoto Ryoma to be really interesting, so I'm really happy to see this video! Thank you Shogo!
Actually, I think Himiko got super popular last year because of Fate's GudaGuda event that brought her into the game. She also broke a few sales records in jp due to that event.
Really nice video. Funny, I first heard about Sakamoto Ryoma after watching "Girls und Panzer". In this anime there are four reki-jo, girls who love history and like dress up as their favourite historical figure. One of them is named after Narasaki Ryo, who worked at the Teradaya Inn in Kyoto, and warned Sakamoto Ryoma when she noticed some assasins coming to kill him. Sakamoto survived and they both got married.
Thank you for this video! I came here to study him not because of any game or anime but we share the same last name, Sakamoto. Now I am really proud of it
I love your videos Shogo. As a long time sumo fan I had dreamed of coming to Japan. With your videos it has taught me so much of your people and culture. Thank you Shogo.
Came for Tatsuma, stayed for Ryoma san. I wanted to know more about Sakamoto Ryoma only because of my love/crush for Sakamoto Tatsuma from Gintama. Im in love with his humble yet strong personality and hilarious laughter Edit : thanks for the video, Shogo san!
Loved this vid! I love learning about Japanese historical figures 🤩 i would love to hear about some famous female warriors like Gozen Tomoe, Gozen Hangaku, empress Jingu etc 🥰❤ love love love your vids and content. Keep up the amazing work! ❤❤
Thanks for the informative video! I first learned about him from fate grand order and it prompted me to look him up but google still left me confused, this video made it much clearer.
Came here from another video that explains the similarities and differences between Sakamoto ryoma in real life and Sakamoto of like a dragon ishin. But this video gives me more an insight into the real life ryoma Sakamoto great video man
I forced all the gulag residents to subscribe him......turns out all of them had already done it a long time ago......they also turned out to be big fans........so i forced them to make an extra account and then subscribe him again....
The first ime I heard about him was thanks to Fate Grand Order, he is a very lovely character alongside his wife Oryou, it is safe to say that both are my favorite couple in FGO and I do love to know their stories.
I first learned about Ryoma Sakamoto from the Super Famicom game Live A Live after it got a fan made English translation patch. It's so cool that you did this video so close to the announcement of a full Live A Live remake that's going to have an international release, maybe this game will get more people outside Japan to discover Ryoma like I did.
Thank you for your videos that provide many insights into the history of Japan. I would appreciate a video about the famous swordsman and zen master,Yamoaka Tesshu.
i first learned about him from the Game touken ranbu which has Ryoma's famous Sword Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki personified. it's cool to learn more about him not mentioned in the game or anime series here. thank you for the video.
I must also add that Ryomaden was one of the best J Drama I have watched and I had watched hundreds J Dramas at least. I literally cried my eyes out at the last episode when Iwasaki Yataro (Teruyuki Kagawa) confessed how Ryoma had influenced him throughout their long friendship after Ryoma was assassinated. It was then I became a fan of Kagawa.
Very interesting - and cool! I knew about him but not that much, so that was a very nice way to learn more! I love your videos about history, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for all of your hard work and such informational and interesting videos! I greatly enjoy and look forward to them! I am excited to hear you are considering a video on Sengoku warlords! I have been interested in that particular period of Japanese history since my middle school days (I am a working professional now). I apologize in advance for the many suggestions I have for your consideration on future videos: Sanada Yukimura/Sanada Nobushige, Masamune Date, Goro Masamune, Sengo Muramasa, and Lady Murasaki Shikibu. I hope you will consider them! Much appreciation and admiration from the USA!
I lived in Japan for seven years in the late 70s and early 80s trying to learn as much as I could about pre-20th century Japan from people as well as books but had never heard of Sakamoto Ryoma. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the NHK Taiga Drama "Ryomaden" when it debuted several years ago. It would be interesting to ponder what course Japanese history would have taken had he not been assassinated.
I love that you recommend to speed up the video speed at the beginning of the video. Although, personality, i prefer your natural speed and cadence. It's great that you let people feel ok speeding up the video of they feel it's necessary.
Thank you so much for making a video on my favourite historical person from Japan! Sakamoto Ryoma is actually the reason I really want to visit Shikoku and especially the Sakamoto Ryoma museum in Kochi prefecture. I'd also love to do the Shikoku temple pilgrimage one day so I can enjoy the natural landscapes there.
Respect to Sakamoto Ryoma. Thanks for explaining who he was to me. Seriously, I agree! He should be more well known outside Japan. A contemporary of history and a patriot. The man was a reformer but a devout Nationalist and those two things immediately make me respect and admire him. He was opposed to feudalism and advocated for Japanese social, cultural and political modernization while still retaining their cultural values. He admired western values (especially economic and political) while also maintaining his love of Japanese culture and heritage.
Another excellent video.Thank you for all of your hard work to make this incredible history and information accessible to a western English speaking audience. That said, If you would be so kind, I , and I am sure many others, would love to see deep dives into the characters of Sanada Yukimura, Honda Tadakatsu, Oda Nobunaga , Azai Nagamasa etc. But while we are in the Bakamatsu , why not Isami Kondo and perhaps , lesser known, Kawakami Gensai , whom some will know as the inspiration for Himura Kenshin
Thanks so much for your work on these videos, I've recently become a fan! :D I especially enjoy these historical figure-based videos. You may have done so already, but I would love to see a video like this one about Sakamoto Takamori if you have the time and interest in covering him. I would love to see you cover other prominent Samurai from Japanese history if you ever feel that it's a subject worth turning into a series. I hope that you and your family are doing well in all aspects of life. Thank you again for all that you do and for being the person you are.
Not sure if you still making videos but one on Akira Kurasawa would be awesome. Love the channel and thank you for informing me on your country. I hope to one day visit.
Sakamoto Ryoma is also famous in video games as well such as FGO or Fate/Grand Order as there are 2 version of servant such as the 4 star rider and the 5 star lancer version of him.
Great video. Maybe you could do one on Jigoro Kano. I understand why he is important to judoka, but it is unclear as to why many martial arts groups revere as well--especially sword schools. It might be interesting to others. Thanks for all the info.
My wife is Japanese and she's there, pregnant with our first baby due in September- We met 5 years ago in the jungle of Mexico. I am in/from the USA I will travel there, to Japan before the birth. Japan is best for us and a baby at the moment with the current state of the world. And I will meet her mother and father for the first time. I am kind of nervous to meet her father Any advice on meeting a Japanese father for a white boy??? Thank you so much
Awesome video and thank you! As a Gintama fan I'd love to see one about Yoshida Shoin or Takasugi Shinsaku especially since I'm not quite if the former truly is the basis for Yoshida Shouyou
First of all, thank you for your informative videos. They are done very well. Second, I have not watched your videos in a while, and the last time I watched them, you had half a million subscribers, and now you are you have over 800k !! Congrats on your success!! I have a lot of videos to watch now to catch up !!
Thank you for this video, I watched a TV series on my roku channel Viki depicting the life of Sakamoro Ryoma and I absolutely loved it. I'm very happy to learn more from your video. Thank you
Seems like its a strong possibility that he was murdered by a member of his own clan. Maybe it wasn't his mentor, jealously stems a long way. Also, its funny how Oda Nobunaga has taken so many forms in anime that we hardly recognize him. The opinions segment at the end of the vid helps a bunch, thanks.
Thank you for your amazing work ❤️ I really like to get to know more about Japanese culture thanks to your quality content 🤓. I hope you can make more videos of this format ☺️💝🎁
Thank you for this video, Shogo! I hope those books about Sakamoto Ryoma will be available in paperback, soon. Looking forward to the next video. Is there are suggested books about the Shinsengumi in paperback, because I've seen reviews where people state that the info is inaccurate.
Sakamoto Ryoma has so much in common with Hashirama Senju from Naruto. Both of them were talented fighters but preferred peaceful solutions. Both of them are known for their greatest accomplishment of uniting two bitter rival clans and thus changing the face of the entire land. It sounds like both of them had a kind of friendly, jovial personality. And finally, both of them died mysterious deaths.
