Part 9/13:
Cultural and Political Implications
The Japanese people’s rejection of the game is rooted in a broader dissatisfaction with how their history and culture are being handled. Many view the inclusion of a Black protagonist in a historically Japanese context as an outright erasure or distortion of their identity. The fact that the game deliberately seeks a non-Japanese actor for a period-specific role piqued feelings of cultural disrespect and colonial insensitivity.