@@NICO-gb7me well they can be summed up to mostly articles that seem a bit questionable while not really having any university or government funded website so it is a bit debatable
@@kahayashi Don't need to be Asiaphobia just enough some misinformation. The problem when somebody want to educate others and don't check his sources....
To clear up some misconceptions: 10) The criminals being cut in half were sentenced to death in this way. So it wasn’t really about the Samurai, it was the severity of the crime. 9) Of they were caught killing someone for no reason, they’d be sentenced to sepuku. 8) only the ones that were (arguably) sociopaths. 7) the term “Marriage” in Japan is not as “deep,” for lack of a better term, as it is in modern western culture. 6) This depended on the severity of the crime of the samurai, and if the wife was the main wife, or a lower concubine. 5) Bushido is a mind-set, as well as a set code, the way it is used in the video is referring to the code, which did end up ending a lot of lives, but the original Bushido, was just a way of conducting yourself socially. 4) yeah, it’s called dog-hunting, idk if you know anything about Japanese topography, or geography, but the terrain is extremely unforgiving, more so, then the Rocky Mountains, so, you shoot, kill, and eat any animal you can find, so long as there is no religious emphasis placed on it. 3) they were heavy on consent, and there is cultural differences between western civilization, and Japan. Also, I don’t support it at all, I’m just explaining it. 2) this is called, Bobby-Joe f*cked up and slipped through the cracks, and his life went to sh*t so he couldn’t find a job and be came a piece of sh*t person cause he had no choice and never got back on his feet even though he’s trying and he.... 1) Also known as “Highly Organized Crime” or even, get this, “Mafias!” This is pretty much the same as the last, except they used their stealings to loan-shark, gamble, and buy expensive, fancy, flashy clothing, like a late 40’s Italian Mobster.
@@kaijuslayer3334 He stated that the Japanese used the concept of samurai to motivate WW2 soldiers. It was fairly clearly stated. You can say that these people weren't "truly" samurai, or you could see these WW2 soldiers as "next gen samurai", but regardless, it was fairly clear.
Rich Lee No they weren’t samurai. You can’t just say you’re a samurai and then it’s true. That would be saying how the US Army using the Spartans a lot to motivate troops. And then saying US soldiers are Spartans. It doesn’t make sense. And sure they used the idea to motivate. But there were so many differences between them, it would be odd to try to lump as the same thing.
@@kaijuslayer3334 That isn't at all what I said. Not in the least. No one said that. What Simon said was that the Japanese gov't told soldiers that they were following the traditions and were basically samurai. This motivated the soldiers to be willing to push themselves to the limit including kamakazee runs, thinking that they were being samurai. No one ever said that they were genuine samurai following the ancient traditions. I'm not sure why you are arguing that. No one is saying that. The Japanese military used the concept of samurai to motivate soldiers. That's what he said, that's what I said, that's all that it is.
Ye, but i dont think theres been any real peasant uprising in japan, like in the rest of the world. So the samurai may have been a little more supreme.
Simon, your sources are bad. Firstly, an executioner killed convicted criminals (usually rapist, thieves, and murders), the others were dead already, and posted to a sand hill like cordwood. Hence the inscription on the tangs of the blades as "4 body blades, etc". You also state that Samurai women were required to commit suicide if their husbands did. Not always true. A samurai wife was a highly skilled warrior in her own right. They were highly skilled in the use of the Naganata and often fought alongside their husbands. Thus if their houses lost, they too killed themselves. And I take great issue with you saying that the Ronin were too lazy to work. Most samurai were highly skilled, in writing, numbers , the arts, and many other things. Who do you think wrote most of Japanese history? Who do you think accounted for a villages stores? And most were actors as well. I am not Japanese or Samurai, I just appreciate the culture.
+Appaloosa Hill Of course they are except Simon Whistler was born in Kent in the UK, which is nowhere near America. Also, he now lives in Prague, which is also nowhere near America.
Fun video. A few slight corrections or additions: Samurai weren't just trained to be proficient with a bow, the bow was actually the original samurai weapon, and was originally used on horseback, far before the katana was developed which is also not the original sword (that would be the tachi, a long curved sword used from horseback). It could also be argued that the wakizashi embodies the samurai even more than any of these weapons because it was the blade that they would use to cut themselves during seppuku. Speaking of which, wives were not obligated to commit seppuku, which for women was called jigai. They had the option to, but this was a far less common occurrence than a male samurai (yes, there were female samurai, it was a social class not just a job) doing so. Women were often ordered to become nuns if they had been shamed but not badly enough or in grave enough danger to commit jigai. Also women didn't cut their abdomens when they did decide to kill themselves, they stabbed themselves in the throat or would simply be ritually beheaded by a guard if possible. Wives also were not merely servants, they manahed the household, including all financial transactions, including the purchase or arrangement of consorts for their husbands. Being a wife was I'm sure not easy, but it was incredibly honorable. let's not forget that at this point in history in Japan coitus was viewed as simply a form of entertainment, release and a way to make babies, and people had a lot of sex back then in Japan, and "love" was rare and complex when it was even allowed to get in the way of Bushido.
I want to correct you and add one thing more... When the samurai commited seppuku, he could use the tanto too, and when/if he had a kaishakunin("headcutter") present the head wasn't completely cut off. If done correctely there would be a small slice left at the throat, so the head could be bowed to his chest.
i agree with fritz... tachi was only d sword of those horse riding samurai but fir those on foot it was the katana... and not all horse riding samurai rely on bows
Dan Fionte Thank You (all) for teaching me. Since childhood I was always fascinated with the samurai, I’ve learned a lot just from these few paragraphs. I know a little but you basically clarified some myths.
***** yes but that random person could be a mother that random dog is just a dog. and sometimes they used padded arrows. im pretty sure it would be a more horrific sight to see a human die than a dog die.
The majority of these points could be used to describe European knights as well. And common practice of a dowry is basically the same as the woman paying to be a wife, except it was the father who payed.
Well, should be a short comparison. Knights had better weapons and armor due to the better metal quality in Europe, were equally trained and had a somewhat equal code of honor, except they don't kill themself when dishonored. Also they were clever enough to use shields to block incoming attacks and ranged weapons. Looks pretty bad for the Samurai.
+SirGeforce the samurai where able to come up with a more powerful sword the katana and a better more accurate bow as well as a more complete sword martial art and the a lot of samurai where willing to use guns later on which goes though armor and shields and the quality of armor varied for both knights anyway. and samurai anyway. and the gear doesn't really change that the Knights also did some messed up thing like ,be sexist,also killing people when dishonored, force their religion on people, burn villages, conquer land, and of course the crusades . The main reason people compare knights is they often get a free pass cause it's heroic or honorable as for the samurai "while still treated like heroes but not as much" are treated bad cause it's from a different culture in this case and also cause their a little more popular then most warriors
Read accounts of so-called kamikaze pilots. They were typically young and had no choice and few if any were fanatical. For example: Hachiro Sasaki was born in 1922 into an upper middle-class Japanese family and drafted from the University of Tokyo in 1943. He was a fine sportsman and a brilliant student. Left-wing and idealistic, Hachiro was against the war but nevertheless felt he had a responsibility to play a part in it and eventually to sacrifice himself. He thought that Japan had become corrupt - like its enemies - and that the only solution was to build a new Japan out of the ashes. At the same time, he was resigned to his fate. He felt that, like the poet Rupert Brooke in the 1914-18 war, 'if one must die, one must die beautifully', falling like the cherry blossom. Just before Hachiro was drafted, he handed over all the essays he had written to his brother. He died on a kamikaze mission on April 14, 1945.
And as far as I know it wasn't even Bushido but Hagakure they got to read! Much more self-sacrificing etc. I like Bushido very much because of the Martial Arts I do. But Hagakure was kinda different and very difficult to read.
Anachronism and ethnocentric. For example, we would be barbaric for putting our parents into a home. In fact its almost unimaginable in Honor and Shame cultures to just cast your parents to a home. It pretty much the lowest thing you can do to them.
Weeb and Japanese are being so salty that they finally get exposed, lmfao! Next thing you know, they claim Nanjing rape and killing millions of innocent Asian civilians never happened... Internet 1 - 0 Japanese.
The ideals behind the Samurai were great. In practice, they had their flaws like most people do. The Knights of Medieval Europe were pretty much the same way if not worse.
eh, yeah about the same, feudal systems are feudal systems after all, but alot if caste system duchebaggery happened all over the world, Europe, Asia, middle East, that's kinda just how the world was then, funny how now matter how different a society was fro. another back then, they still had certain similarities, hell that usually had more in common with a completely different region then a society would have with its own modern day counterpart.
zee339 have you gone through the extensive list of Musashi's vanquished? or are you simply conjecturing that a percentage of his "victims" were "innocent" people... in a warlike state all men are responsible for defending themselves... Isn't this the spark of orgin for the ninja?
Regarding the first fact. When knowing that their death sentence was to be carried by a samurai who wanted to test their new sword some criminals swallowed smooth pebbles or long steel bars in order to ruin the blade.
Samurai did not exactly get away scot free by murdering peasants. Remember, peasants were the property of a daimyo (a Japanese feudal lord). Wanton random killing of the lower cast meant you were basically committing vandalism by destroying a daimyo's property, something I'm sure many daimyos would not take too kindly...
That is only IF said Daimyo was insulted enough to divert enough time and men to find and punish said vandal. And some Daimyo did not have a competent warrior contingent. Good killing machines were hard to find and control somtimes, you know, just like modern times.
Redpoppy True enough. Although, I'm pretty sure more than one troublesome ronin ended up riddled with arrows... or even bullet holes, depending on the period...
That's what people retain from this video, sex, the horrible evil sex, not the violence, not the murders, not the women treated as inferiors but the only natural of all their actions and endeavors, even if controversial in how they did it. Sad!
While you are certainly right about what happened in Japan back in those day, there is something in the way you say things that implies "hey we now are so great, so civilized, so wise, we know it all, right from wrong etc..." While not as crudely barbaric as those people were, we are still a bunch of messed up civilizations, judgemental, self-centered, elite-centered, violent, brutal etc...
Why do you consider barbaric violent traits to be messed up? Isn't that how we all are? Maybe it would be messed up if you compare those traits to how you want things to be, but the world is how it is. you would call the world messed up when you compare it to your delusion, but your delusion does not exist. I don't think there is duality at all. Even if you do not like the state of the world, that does not change how things are. Now if you states your original comment, while also proposing a solution that would change the world, that would be an insightful comment. Anyone can point out a problem, but that isn't helpful.
@Eugene Miyelis During the samurai time period? Warring states or going up to the Meiji Revolution? I thought they were more insular during the time period under discussion here, but I could be wrong. World War II would make sense, but that was only briefly mentioned in the video and doesn't really pertain to the discussion.
***** could you in the future do a video on medieval armours from around the world, or the top ten communist of today, or upcoming political groups. either of those would be cool. or about nuclear winter.
It's not a specifically Japanese trait. People are nasty as a whole. There's also some good in all cultures, of course. It's just never black and white, that's all.
+Gedrean Fyrestrom ok, the shinomi. Yes they were mercenaries and thought to be dishonorable so little interest was taken in Japanese historical documents of the time.
Ninjas or shinobis aren't just those ultra cool, black pijama wearing kun-fu masters you see in movies, mangas, or anime kicking ass... you idiot ¬____¬ *Points at Gedrean*
No those were just like todays intelligence. They were dressed like peasants and tried to steal dokuments most of the time. Those dark clothes and stuff is influenced by western media as well as those cool fighting moves.
@Tim H my mans just responded to a year old comment Anyway, many points in this video (such as the WWII and dog hunting “facts”) are very similar to the practices of European cultures. Replace dogs with foxes and kamikaze pilots with many unfortunate soviets and you have practically the same thing. A dog doesn’t deserve to live more than a cow, but we eat cows and not dogs. Other cultures have different views. The same logic applies to the topic of seppuku. Women of the lower class would generally not be the wives of samurai. Even then, a dowry was a normal thing for any wife to give to her husband for thousands of years. It’s been the same in Mesopotamia, Rome, France, and any other nation. Ronin were not necessarily bad. They just had no lord of master. You could compare them to mercenaries during the Middle Ages. Samurai that killed peasants for such small reasons were usually punished severely, and most would not risk their honour to kill a random civilian. I don’t have the time to cover all the other points, but hopefully that clears things up a bit.
@@whatsthedealwithairlinefood24 I have deep Samurai roots and you need to get the facts straight. If I have time, I'll pick thru the video and point the errors. But you should realize that you present your 'opinions' (which is fine to have) as 'facts' (which for the most part is wrong)
JVM3 actually he didnt, he used “Usually” quite often to specifiy these wherent facts. But frankly they are. “Roots” matter very little when you can have a phd and be a historian. Look up Mettatrons video on debunking this video
Tim H Well to clarify that these “facts” arent constants that happened as if according to a law or code is Debunking I atleast would say. Simon bringing up that Samurai would kill people by testing their weapon creates a false narrative of “Samurai where allowed to kill random people for sport” when in fact it was a crime that was severely punished. Or thst they switched to different arrows to save money when in fact it was due to preassure from monks and them simply realising its “bad to their karma” Regarding his credentials im trying to find them. Its a little hard to find much on him as alot of his information is in Italian. I do know that he has some kind of degree or job relating to language at the very least. Please allow me to dig a little firther or attempt to get a full view of his education
@Tim H yea, I have bloodlines tracing back to that history but I'm no expert like you. The difference is I don't shoot my mouth off making videos with 'fake' facts.
It is kind of funny that if you study the sengoku, warring states, period, you will find that the steriotypically disloyal ninja were far more loyal than ninjas.
Remember that not all the samurais were like that, saying that the samurais were not so honorable would be same if i said that all american people are fat idiots. im not insulting anyone, just saying that things like this should not be generalized. Get it?
+Hank Hill Is you comment a troll as well lol? Calling someone an idiot when you dont even know of the Sengoku Jidai, ergo the Japanese warring states period? Where after a civil war, multiple clans vied for control of the Shogunite? The time period of the brutal Oda Nobunaga? Its an intereting historical event, would recommend looking it up.
"A retainer taking an enemy is like a hawk taking a bird; though he may be in the midst of thousands, he will only give attention to the one he has first marked" --- Hagakure. (I do the same thing with doughnuts.)
Replay Bro Don't watch Metatron's video. (or rather, don't listen to it) It's almost completely wrong. Not saying this video doesn't have it's errors (though it's mostly accurate ...as Metatron actually _confirms,_ in his video), but... And I usually like Metatron's video.
That part about Samurai having sexual relations with teenage boys, I learned about that just today, before watching this video, and man was it surprising. What was even more shocking was when I found out one of my favorite Sengoku Era warlords, Nobunaga Oda, also participated in this act with one of his aides. Perhaps even more weird is the fact that it was so normal back then for them to do this that they would have no problem getting married to a woman when they felt like doing so. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "ugly truth"
The Spartans also did this as well as with each other. It was common to seek the bottoms of boys as well as girls. In combat Spartans were often assigned a "battle buddy". This was another Spartan warrior that was just as manly but the two would engage in sexual acts when on away from home campaigns.
Vam The Anomaly Yeah, I knew about that. Man, all these warrior cultures are made to look really badass and honorable and cool and such, but once you get into the little details, you see the real ugliness behind what the media makes them out to be. Quite a rude awakening to say the least
Let's right a script for a movie called "Warrior Secrets". We will recount these types of relationships throughout history. I wonder if Indian warriors had similar relations. You know the Rajput which is one of my favorites.
Here's a fact: The Ronin (masterless samurai) often banded together to defend villages from bandits in exchange for food and shelter. This led to them eventually taking over the villages and towns, forming criminal gangs called the Yakuza. There, the "noblest" aspects of feudal Japan ended up creating its most corrupt.
Yakuza has historically done more to aid/rescue/and repair Japan after earthquakes, Tsunamis, and nuclear reactor spills than the Japanese government. Was a popular discussion in my household.
I Could elaborate on this statement but I think I am going to say this very bluntly and if anyone rads this than just think about it for a while... There is a lot of racial and cultural bias in this video. If you have the time I'd recomend you to a video by "Metatron" that talks about this.
Samurai were awful, medieval knights were awful, most people throughout history with any power were awful. No matter who we're talking about could we please stop fetishizing murderers, rapists, etc?
How does Bushido in WW2 relate to samurai? Also how can you judge a culture without understanding it from the perspective of someone who lived in that culture.
My father fought in the American Army during WWII (he was born and raised in Hawaii). He received the Silver Star for saving in excess of 600 lives during the close of the war in Okinawa. He was part of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and had to break and interpret coded messages by the Japanese military; HOWEVER, my family is from the Samurai class, with our family name given many centuries ago by the Tokugawa Shogunate. I am here to say that you know NOTHING about the history of the Samurai and the meaning of Bushido and how it affected the daily life of the Samurai.
You are correct. Both sides of my mother's family were samurai and shogun of the Matsudaira and Seiwa bloodline. We have 400 year old artwork passed through the generations. The Etchu Sword and Etchu Samurai Armor carries her father's family history. She is still alive and has a sharp memory. She calls out the top 10 facts to be as fictional as the book Shogun. The top 10 horrifying facts in the video are marginalized liberal fantasies that have no understanding of Japanese culteral history or honor. The ancient samurai practiced Shinto, from which Bushido arose. If you look up the Shinto beliers, the mentioned facts are as polar opposide as hot and cold. This info video is a discredit to the ancient customs and honor of Japanese people and my mother's families.
this video is exceptionally biased and needlessly judgemental over a totally different culture and a different time. There are countless examples of what would pass for brutality nowadays in all Western culture and it is extremely easy to compile a list of "horrifying" facts about Christian soldiers in the Middle Ages, the Spanish Inquisition and its torture methods, the witch hunts in Salem, MA, and the list can go on forever. what videos like these seek is but casting a moralist judgement over non-western cultural traits of other peoples disregarding the relative perspective one must always keep when analysing historical facts. it is biased by modern Western morals and ultimately disrespectful of the diversity of human culture. the only "horrifying" thing about this video is that someone made it.
To quote a comment by the user "Holret" in Metatron's debunk video: "Let's do our best to demonize a foreign culture, it will give us views and clicks!" - TopTenz
Not only I despise these "Top 10" lists, how about offering real facts, instead of distorted, sensational information, out of context. Sad to think how many people actually believe this crap.
This is the first I've heard of cleaving a torso in two to test the sharpness of a blade. However, I have previously read of criminals being lined up and BEHEADED to test a katana. The higher the number of heads taken off cleanly the better the quality of the weapon. Other than types like the Odachi/Nodachi ( a 2handed sword with a blade 4 - 5' long ) most Japanese weapons are quite light and could not possibly slice through a torso without hacking at it for a while. Even pole arm type weapons wouldn't likely be able to do it since most of their size is made up of the pole rather than any blade. So anything short of a massive blade would make a huge gory mess. A neck on the other hand is very possible to sever with a single neat stroke.
Proper sword tests were conducted by tying at least three prisoners together front to back and trying to do a swipe through all of them. Sadly, many swords were lost in this way.
if that ruins your childhood you suck. also hoplites, spartans and roman soldiers also big on the screwing your fellow soldier. hope i ruined it even more. and for those who are interested: love between soldiers was in ancient times o0ften retgarded as a very good thing by military leaders cause the soldiers would fight that much harder for their lover.
+TopTenz It doesn't matter if you have sources, because the facts are still wrong. The sites you used for this video are not credible, hence making your video deceitful and dishonest. The UA-camr, Metatron has already debunked your video.
+TopTenz He's technically right. You put half the story out and told it as the whole truth. Have you heard of Metatron by the way? He explains every single point in this video, along with the one about Knights.
***** I don't hate you guys, I just want honest information. I've been a sub since 2014, and I won't unsub because of this hiccup, everyone makes honest mistakes. I'm looking forward to video Metatron is writing for you. :)
I'm 42 years old....i was interested in old japonese culture...I read many books about Japan...i never heard none of these 10 things.....I'm skeptical to these ,,facts"...
+S7Robin Fox hunting=Dog target practice. Mind. BLOWN. The video in no way implied that Fox hunting doesn't happen or isn't as bad. People from all periods of history, all countries have been dicks to cool animals.
+Rob Boone I'm just saying I don't see a point in putting on a list where they talk about using living people to test how sharpe their weapon is. It's just an odd pick for the list to me
Man rockstar needs to hurry up and make a samurai game set back in the day. Red dead is cool and all but samurai era had horses too, and guns and arrows and ninja,
If I remember my textbooks, only a few Ronin did become wanderers due to either being blacklisted or have no other jobs that a few desired such as a Town guard.
James Clavell's novel SHOGUN was a great piece of historical fiction, and had many of the ideas presented in this treatise. Hence the term "historical FICTION".
This is a horribly inaccurate video, obviously done for clickbait purposes only, with misinterpreted facts and huge overgeneralizations. If you are interested in the japanese history, there are many renowned books or other, more accurate videos for that.
They were a exactly 10,000 person strong loyal bodyguard force for the Persian Emperor if one died or retired etc. another one was recruited keeping it at exactly 10,000 I'd hate to be the one who had to count them all
So you are saying that Samurai are just like the Europeans Knights, Greek Spartans, Roman Legions and other high ranking warriors of almost every other culture in history. LMAO I am not surprised. Using modern liberal beliefs to criticize ancient peoples and cultures is pretty pathetic.
Here's a neutral view I believe all or most can agree upon.throughout ancient civilizations greeks..spartans Romans Viking Norse all had a few things in commen. The fact they were pure as a mind could get as of never back down fight to death ....etc. hannible for example could have had time he stopped at rome over 6 hour fight distance decimated thousands of times best..then bewolf....even the indie civilization that created the karma sutra book had warriors weapons that where advantage winners
SO much of what we in modern times romanticize about were in reality, not glamorous or nice in the least bit. These romanticized renaissance ideas; Samurai, medieval knights, bohemians, burlesque culture, the first hippies (the list goes on & on)--the beauty is all in our heads. Movies, TV, & pop-culture have twisted the truth beyond all repair.
+Brendan Esguerra Lol dude are in the u.s.a?cuz u make it sound as if there was ninjas fighting in the revolutionary war,No disrespect though :) u make good points
"...often screaming." That makes the quality of the video already clear. What is the source of the probability of screams exactly? This video is deeply racist homophobic etc. This is the ugly side of content farming
There’s a fair amount of misinformation in this video, not to mention the poster’s obvious unfamiliarity with the language and culture . I encourage people to research for themselves.
Whats with all the passive aggressive replies from TopTenz? Is your pride hurt or something? Why do you care, you know you are not a legit history channel that did any research pass reading random articles. You make click baity top ten videos, nothing more.
@Pa Tero How do you know if an robbed your house? A: your homework is done and your computer is upgraded, but two hours later he is still trying to back out of your driveway.
yes it makes sense... If you know anything about banishment or psychology this is very plausible....... when you fight your whole life what else are you going to know? Stuff all.....
They were basically mercinaries being that what they learnt was fighting and especially in time of war they would roam around other places where they are needed.
@@aiman_oofed8186 The thing is that is a big difference. It is same as a knight that does not have a duke or master to protect. Similarly they all become mercenaries since what they learn are fighting.
Lots of misinformation here. Taking what a few criminal samurai did and making it look like all samurai did the same.
Applying 20th century ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and gross generalization, to civilizations 500 years ago. Just dumb.
That’s what I was thinking, there were criminals in all military’s across history. Over generalized 🤦♂️
Ik. It still makes uo as an interesting video, which is their goal tho
I can practically taste your neckbeard
Z I agree
Man Ghost of Tsushima is really making me watch videos like these
Sameeeeeee
Pedro Sousa only a few more days! I hope you have an awesome experience when it comes out man
@@tommyg7668 you too samurai 💪🏽
Same
Omg saaame!
Retitle: Top 10 HORRIFYING Fact I want to exaggerate about SAMURAI.
Ah, I remember the days when Metatron and other history channels tore this video apart. It was glorious.
Bro where are you getting these junk info
Bro the source are on description omg
@@NICO-gb7me well they can be summed up to mostly articles that seem a bit questionable while not really having any university or government funded website so it is a bit debatable
@Dáyno :D
Asiaphobia from a white guy.
@@kahayashi Don't need to be Asiaphobia just enough some misinformation. The problem when somebody want to educate others and don't check his sources....
To clear up some misconceptions:
10) The criminals being cut in half were sentenced to death in this way. So it wasn’t really about the Samurai, it was the severity of the crime.
9) Of they were caught killing someone for no reason, they’d be sentenced to sepuku.
8) only the ones that were (arguably) sociopaths.
7) the term “Marriage” in Japan is not as “deep,” for lack of a better term, as it is in modern western culture.
6) This depended on the severity of the crime of the samurai, and if the wife was the main wife, or a lower concubine.
5) Bushido is a mind-set, as well as a set code, the way it is used in the video is referring to the code, which did end up ending a lot of lives, but the original Bushido, was just a way of conducting yourself socially.
4) yeah, it’s called dog-hunting, idk if you know anything about Japanese topography, or geography, but the terrain is extremely unforgiving, more so, then the Rocky Mountains, so, you shoot, kill, and eat any animal you can find, so long as there is no religious emphasis placed on it.
3) they were heavy on consent, and there is cultural differences between western civilization, and Japan. Also, I don’t support it at all, I’m just explaining it.
2) this is called, Bobby-Joe f*cked up and slipped through the cracks, and his life went to sh*t so he couldn’t find a job and be came a piece of sh*t person cause he had no choice and never got back on his feet even though he’s trying and he....
1) Also known as “Highly Organized Crime” or even, get this, “Mafias!” This is pretty much the same as the last, except they used their stealings to loan-shark, gamble, and buy expensive, fancy, flashy clothing, like a late 40’s Italian Mobster.
Most of the statement have been deliberately distorted ,
Sounds like generalizations gathered from a few extreme cases.
yeah you hold onto that stupid. Embrace it. Hug your stupidity.
“Facts about Samurai”
*adds fact involving WW2*
you're not particularly bright are you? alternatively, willfully ignorant. same difference lmao
Sid Vyas The samurai were nobles and were disbanded before WW2. So no, they’re not the same.
@@kaijuslayer3334 He stated that the Japanese used the concept of samurai to motivate WW2 soldiers. It was fairly clearly stated. You can say that these people weren't "truly" samurai, or you could see these WW2 soldiers as "next gen samurai", but regardless, it was fairly clear.
Rich Lee No they weren’t samurai. You can’t just say you’re a samurai and then it’s true. That would be saying how the US Army using the Spartans a lot to motivate troops. And then saying US soldiers are Spartans. It doesn’t make sense. And sure they used the idea to motivate. But there were so many differences between them, it would be odd to try to lump as the same thing.
@@kaijuslayer3334 That isn't at all what I said. Not in the least. No one said that.
What Simon said was that the Japanese gov't told soldiers that they were following the traditions and were basically samurai. This motivated the soldiers to be willing to push themselves to the limit including kamakazee runs, thinking that they were being samurai.
No one ever said that they were genuine samurai following the ancient traditions. I'm not sure why you are arguing that. No one is saying that.
The Japanese military used the concept of samurai to motivate soldiers. That's what he said, that's what I said, that's all that it is.
You got your sources, where exactly?
So basically, they were exactly like the upper class everywhere else in the world at any time ever.
exactly XD
eeeyyup.
Ye, but i dont think theres been any real peasant uprising in japan, like in the rest of the world. So the samurai may have been a little more supreme.
Pretty much
yep who would konw it.
They also didn't put the toilet seat down after urinating. Savages!
Toilet didnt exist in that time. 😂
More than likely they didn't put the seat up because that act of courtesy would have been beneath them.
Shut up you trash
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@@maulaie9079 no u
poor samurai didn't have gta at that time...
nope just young boys!
Lmao 😂😂
+Ninjanomikz only for the victim ^.^
Young boys for sex is much better???
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Simon, your sources are bad.
Firstly, an executioner killed convicted criminals (usually rapist, thieves, and murders), the others were dead already, and posted to a sand hill like cordwood. Hence the inscription on the tangs of the blades as "4 body blades, etc".
You also state that Samurai women were required to commit suicide if their husbands did. Not always true. A samurai wife was a highly skilled warrior in her own right. They were highly skilled in the use of the Naganata and often fought alongside their husbands. Thus if their houses lost, they too killed themselves.
And I take great issue with you saying that the Ronin were too lazy to work. Most samurai were highly skilled, in writing, numbers , the arts, and many other things. Who do you think wrote most of Japanese history? Who do you think accounted for a villages stores? And most were actors as well.
I am not Japanese or Samurai, I just appreciate the culture.
+Appaloosa Hill Of course they are except Simon Whistler was born in Kent in the UK, which is nowhere near America. Also, he now lives in Prague, which is also nowhere near America.
¡Asian Culture has been so over-hyped in this Age of Multiculturalism!
+thegreeenbeast ¿If Humanity is barbaric back then and now, then what is your basis for comparison?
"Your sources are bad" and then you proceed to cite none of your own.
Weeb detected.
All you did was give exceptions and toptrens gave us the general idea of how samurai were. they cant cover everything is such a small period of time.
Fun video. A few slight corrections or additions: Samurai weren't just trained to be proficient with a bow, the bow was actually the original samurai weapon, and was originally used on horseback, far before the katana was developed which is also not the original sword (that would be the tachi, a long curved sword used from horseback). It could also be argued that the wakizashi embodies the samurai even more than any of these weapons because it was the blade that they would use to cut themselves during seppuku. Speaking of which, wives were not obligated to commit seppuku, which for women was called jigai. They had the option to, but this was a far less common occurrence than a male samurai (yes, there were female samurai, it was a social class not just a job) doing so. Women were often ordered to become nuns if they had been shamed but not badly enough or in grave enough danger to commit jigai. Also women didn't cut their abdomens when they did decide to kill themselves, they stabbed themselves in the throat or would simply be ritually beheaded by a guard if possible. Wives also were not merely servants, they manahed the household, including all financial transactions, including the purchase or arrangement of consorts for their husbands. Being a wife was I'm sure not easy, but it was incredibly honorable. let's not forget that at this point in history in Japan coitus was viewed as simply a form of entertainment, release and a way to make babies, and people had a lot of sex back then in Japan, and "love" was rare and complex when it was even allowed to get in the way of Bushido.
I want to correct you and add one thing more...
When the samurai commited seppuku, he could use the tanto too, and when/if he had a kaishakunin("headcutter") present the head wasn't completely cut off. If done correctely there would be a small slice left at the throat, so the head could be bowed to his chest.
Thank you for not being outragiously butthurt about a video pointing out the dark sides of Samurai culture and actually adding something constructive.
Paragraphs.
i agree with fritz...
tachi was only d sword of those horse riding samurai but fir those on foot it was the katana...
and not all horse riding samurai rely on bows
Dan Fionte Thank You (all) for teaching me. Since childhood I was always fascinated with the samurai, I’ve learned a lot just from these few paragraphs. I know a little but you basically clarified some myths.
I didn't know uptill now that Jonny sins had a top 10 UA-cam channel.
LMFAO!!
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Abhishek Awasthi that’s his little bro
Hahahahahah
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"Flees from restaurants without paying" :0 gintoki -san
yup
yup and raped teenage boys sounds legit.
What I was thinking when I heard that phrase
Didn't know Samurai favored "Dine and Dash"...
And they talk about honor and respect. . . .
why is samurais killing dogs more terrifying than samurai randomly killing people?
*****
noice bait
*****
would you rather have you dog killed or your mum murdered?
*****
what about your dog and your mum.
*****
yes but that random person could be a mother that random dog is just a dog. and sometimes they used padded arrows. im pretty sure it would be a more horrific sight to see a human die than a dog die.
what im saying is that the beheading of a human causes much more distress to other people than the killing of a dog does.*****
The majority of these points could be used to describe European knights as well. And common practice of a dowry is basically the same as the woman paying to be a wife, except it was the father who payed.
+joel george It's just the point that, very little of this video can only be applied to Samurai. The entire time period was shitty across the board
Why does everybody have to compare knights and Samurai? Why not add Zulu warriors and Eagle warriors aswell?
+SirGeforce It's because it's two of the most well known and popular warrior classes of the time period
Well, should be a short comparison. Knights had better weapons and armor due to the better metal quality in Europe, were equally trained and had a somewhat equal code of honor, except they don't kill themself when dishonored. Also they were clever enough to use shields to block incoming attacks and ranged weapons. Looks pretty bad for the Samurai.
+SirGeforce the samurai where able to come up with a more powerful sword the katana and a better more accurate bow as well as a more complete sword martial art and the a lot of samurai where willing to use guns later on which goes though armor and shields and the quality of armor varied for both knights anyway. and samurai anyway. and the gear doesn't really change that the Knights also did some messed up thing like ,be sexist,also killing people when dishonored, force their religion on people, burn villages, conquer land, and of course the crusades . The main reason people compare knights is they often get a free pass cause it's heroic or honorable as for the samurai "while still treated like heroes but not as much" are treated bad cause it's from a different culture in this case and also cause their a little more popular then most warriors
Read accounts of so-called kamikaze pilots. They were typically young and had no choice and few if any were fanatical. For example: Hachiro Sasaki was born in 1922 into an upper middle-class Japanese family and drafted from the University of Tokyo in 1943. He was a fine sportsman and a brilliant student.
Left-wing and idealistic, Hachiro was against the war but nevertheless felt he had a responsibility to play a part in it and eventually to sacrifice himself. He thought that Japan had become corrupt - like its enemies - and that the only solution was to build a new Japan out of the ashes.
At the same time, he was resigned to his fate. He felt that, like the poet Rupert Brooke in the 1914-18 war, 'if one must die, one must die beautifully', falling like the cherry blossom.
Just before Hachiro was drafted, he handed over all the essays he had written to his brother. He died on a kamikaze mission on April 14, 1945.
And as far as I know it wasn't even Bushido but Hagakure they got to read! Much more self-sacrificing etc. I like Bushido very much because of the Martial Arts I do. But Hagakure was kinda different and very difficult to read.
Anachronism and ethnocentric. For example, we would be barbaric for putting our parents into a home. In fact its almost unimaginable in Honor and Shame cultures to just cast your parents to a home. It pretty much the lowest thing you can do to them.
+Christopher Miller calm down plebe
Weeb and Japanese are being so salty that they finally get exposed, lmfao!
Next thing you know, they claim Nanjing rape and killing millions of innocent Asian civilians never happened...
Internet 1 - 0 Japanese.
+*CONOR McGLORIOUS* that didn't if if did they all be dead long ago lol
The ideals behind the Samurai were great. In practice, they had their flaws like most people do. The Knights of Medieval Europe were pretty much the same way if not worse.
eh, yeah about the same, feudal systems are feudal systems after all, but alot if caste system duchebaggery happened all over the world, Europe, Asia, middle East, that's kinda just how the world was then, funny how now matter how different a society was fro. another back then, they still had certain similarities, hell that usually had more in common with a completely different region then a society would have with its own modern day counterpart.
the knights were worse...at least samurai would perform seppuku
Alf Jones how does that mean anything? Musashi was a brute who killed innocent people, he didn't commit seppuku
zee339 have you gone through the extensive list of Musashi's vanquished? or are you simply conjecturing that a percentage of his "victims" were "innocent" people... in a warlike state all men are responsible for defending themselves... Isn't this the spark of orgin for the ninja?
The samurai also bathed more often. I'm surprised toptenz didn't mention that bit. At least as a notable mention. A lot of folks don't know that.
I think there should be a top ten oddest stereotypes
This is that list.
exactly
says the balless Nazi.
Black people who don't have jobs... that's a stereotype that appears to have come out of nowhere and exploded just this summer, from alt-righters.
Regarding the first fact. When knowing that their death sentence was to be carried by a samurai who wanted to test their new sword some criminals swallowed smooth pebbles or long steel bars in order to ruin the blade.
Samurai did not exactly get away scot free by murdering peasants. Remember, peasants were the property of a daimyo (a Japanese feudal lord). Wanton random killing of the lower cast meant you were basically committing vandalism by destroying a daimyo's property, something I'm sure many daimyos would not take too kindly...
That is only IF said Daimyo was insulted enough to divert enough time and men to find and punish said vandal. And some Daimyo did not have a competent warrior contingent. Good killing machines were hard to find and control somtimes, you know, just like modern times.
Redpoppy True enough. Although, I'm pretty sure more than one troublesome ronin ended up riddled with arrows... or even bullet holes, depending on the period...
Turn over son, it's training time lol!
That's what people retain from this video, sex, the horrible evil sex, not the violence, not the murders, not the women treated as inferiors but the only natural of all their actions and endeavors, even if controversial in how they did it.
Sad!
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Turn over Richard, it's training time...
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+Richard Cee now turn over!!! he said.
While you are certainly right about what happened in Japan back in those day, there is something in the way you say things that implies "hey we now are so great, so civilized, so wise, we know it all, right from wrong etc..."
While not as crudely barbaric as those people were, we are still a bunch of messed up civilizations, judgemental, self-centered, elite-centered, violent, brutal etc...
preach
right
^agreed^
Why do you consider barbaric violent traits to be messed up? Isn't that how we all are? Maybe it would be messed up if you compare those traits to how you want things to be, but the world is how it is. you would call the world messed up when you compare it to your delusion, but your delusion does not exist. I don't think there is duality at all. Even if you do not like the state of the world, that does not change how things are. Now if you states your original comment, while also proposing a solution that would change the world, that would be an insightful comment. Anyone can point out a problem, but that isn't helpful.
true, but nothing like them still, you are just a crybaby that most likely has no idea of what real violence looks like, we are far better now.
I’d believe it if it was being told by a Japanese History Professor.
Same. You know how Europeans love twisting stuff.
I take what white people say with a grain of salt.
@@alphamalenetwork3491 but it was the europeans who gave them the myth of being honorable. In reality they were assholes.
@Eugene Miyelis During the samurai time period? Warring states or going up to the Meiji Revolution? I thought they were more insular during the time period under discussion here, but I could be wrong. World War II would make sense, but that was only briefly mentioned in the video and doesn't really pertain to the discussion.
@Gregster The theoretical professor that doesn't exist? Definitely.
I love Samurai so thank you for making this video Simon.
***** could you in the future do a video on medieval armours from around the world, or the top ten communist of today, or upcoming political groups. either of those would be cool. or about nuclear winter.
Is the plural Samurais or is Samurai plural?
+KevinACarroll1996 I think Samurai is both singular and plural
Well now you can love and admire such great qualities even more!! im kidding those people were fucked up and I want nothing to do with samuri
***** ok, and sorry for the loaded potato questions.
Kabukimono : Samurai Pimps. Lol
Swagalicious Samurai
GokuInfintysaiyan The Kabukimono Samurai, pimping way before the Niggaz even thought of of the word pimping. Lol.
Think a lot less Ice-T and a lot more Rupaul.
+zaberfang I second that,the original pimps
Samurai drag queens lol Japan was fuckin weird
Thank you for keeping Otakus in their place in the course of this video. It made it so much more watchable.
Screw those culture fetishists. Seeing Japan through rose-colored glasses while ignoring how nasty it was in many areas.
"How nasty it was and is" you mean.
It's not a specifically Japanese trait. People are nasty as a whole. There's also some good in all cultures, of course. It's just never black and white, that's all.
Milen Semkov BLACK? you mean african american , fool!
***** please accept my profoundest apologies for this outrage.
My '88 Suzuki Samurai randomly tried to kill me.
Don't let me get started on my Suzuki Katana...
Post of the day
Well of course it did. If you weigh more than 120lbs it will make it dangerously unstable. I weigh 235, so it probably wouldnt even crank for me.
This is so inaccurate it's laughable
Yes how so
Still waiting how so
Also waiting how so
Ok neckbeard
Bruh we all still waiting
there's a reason the ninja existed, they were REALLY fed up with the samurai treating them no better than a pile of dung.
Ninjas weren't real... they were an invention of the Japanese theater.
+Gedrean Fyrestrom ok, the shinomi. Yes they were mercenaries and thought to be dishonorable so little interest was taken in Japanese historical documents of the time.
+Gr3nadgr3gory whoops, shinobi is the word I was looking for
Ninjas or shinobis aren't just those ultra cool, black pijama wearing kun-fu masters you see in movies, mangas, or anime kicking ass... you idiot ¬____¬
*Points at Gedrean*
No those were just like todays intelligence. They were dressed like peasants and tried to steal dokuments most of the time. Those dark clothes and stuff is influenced by western media as well as those cool fighting moves.
Master Betty!!! Kung Pow!!! I got the movie reference! :D
wee-oh wee-oh wee-oh waaagh!
I didn't. Could you explain?
+Mihayan1 Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
I too am a man. I go pee pee standing up.
+TopTenz my nipples look like milk duds!
completely inaccurate
@Tim H
my mans just responded to a year old comment
Anyway, many points in this video (such as the WWII and dog hunting “facts”) are very similar to the practices of European cultures. Replace dogs with foxes and kamikaze pilots with many unfortunate soviets and you have practically the same thing. A dog doesn’t deserve to live more than a cow, but we eat cows and not dogs. Other cultures have different views. The same logic applies to the topic of seppuku.
Women of the lower class would generally not be the wives of samurai. Even then, a dowry was a normal thing for any wife to give to her husband for thousands of years. It’s been the same in Mesopotamia, Rome, France, and any other nation.
Ronin were not necessarily bad. They just had no lord of master. You could compare them to mercenaries during the Middle Ages.
Samurai that killed peasants for such small reasons were usually punished severely, and most would not risk their honour to kill a random civilian.
I don’t have the time to cover all the other points, but hopefully that clears things up a bit.
@@whatsthedealwithairlinefood24 I have deep Samurai roots and you need to get the facts straight. If I have time, I'll pick thru the video and point the errors. But you should realize that you present your 'opinions' (which is fine to have) as 'facts' (which for the most part is wrong)
JVM3 actually he didnt, he used “Usually” quite often to specifiy these wherent facts. But frankly they are. “Roots” matter very little when you can have a phd and be a historian. Look up Mettatrons video on debunking this video
Tim H Well to clarify that these “facts” arent constants that happened as if according to a law or code is Debunking I atleast would say.
Simon bringing up that Samurai would kill people by testing their weapon creates a false narrative of “Samurai where allowed to kill random people for sport” when in fact it was a crime that was severely punished. Or thst they switched to different arrows to save money when in fact it was due to preassure from monks and them simply realising its “bad to their karma”
Regarding his credentials im trying to find them. Its a little hard to find much on him as alot of his information is in Italian. I do know that he has some kind of degree or job relating to language at the very least. Please allow me to dig a little firther or attempt to get a full view of his education
@Tim H yea, I have bloodlines tracing back to that history but I'm no expert like you. The difference is I don't shoot my mouth off making videos with 'fake' facts.
Not so honorable as they are portraided to be, I see...
Neither are Knights, mind you. They were douche bags too.
It is kind of funny that if you study the sengoku, warring states, period, you will find that the steriotypically disloyal ninja were far more loyal than ninjas.
Remember that not all the samurais were like that, saying that the samurais were not so honorable would be same if i said that all american people are fat idiots.
im not insulting anyone, just saying that things like this should not be generalized.
Get it?
According to this video, anyway.
+Hank Hill Is you comment a troll as well lol? Calling someone an idiot when you dont even know of the Sengoku Jidai, ergo the Japanese warring states period? Where after a civil war, multiple clans vied for control of the Shogunite? The time period of the brutal Oda Nobunaga? Its an intereting historical event, would recommend looking it up.
"A retainer taking an enemy is like a hawk taking a bird; though he may be in the midst of thousands, he will only give attention to the one he has first marked" --- Hagakure. (I do the same thing with doughnuts.)
all this time I've been acting exactly like a samurai and didn't even know it.
Dammit, You win the internet for a day -_-
Replay Bro Don't watch Metatron's video. (or rather, don't listen to it)
It's almost completely wrong.
Not saying this video doesn't have it's errors (though it's mostly accurate ...as Metatron actually _confirms,_ in his video), but...
And I usually like Metatron's video.
natethehuman so ur in jail and still have ur divice huh
Top 10 HORRIFYINGLY misleading statements
That part about Samurai having sexual relations with teenage boys, I learned about that just today, before watching this video, and man was it surprising. What was even more shocking was when I found out one of my favorite Sengoku Era warlords, Nobunaga Oda, also participated in this act with one of his aides. Perhaps even more weird is the fact that it was so normal back then for them to do this that they would have no problem getting married to a woman when they felt like doing so. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "ugly truth"
The Spartans also did this as well as with each other. It was common to seek the bottoms of boys as well as girls. In combat Spartans were often assigned a "battle buddy". This was another Spartan warrior that was just as manly but the two would engage in sexual acts when on away from home campaigns.
Vam The Anomaly Yeah, I knew about that. Man, all these warrior cultures are made to look really badass and honorable and cool and such, but once you get into the little details, you see the real ugliness behind what the media makes them out to be. Quite a rude awakening to say the least
Which is ironic, considering the way homosexuality is viewed in "modern" society.
Vam The Anomaly Indeed, it's very ironic
Let's right a script for a movie called "Warrior Secrets". We will recount these types of relationships throughout history. I wonder if Indian warriors had similar relations. You know the Rajput which is one of my favorites.
Here's a fact: The Ronin (masterless samurai) often banded together to defend villages from bandits in exchange for food and shelter. This led to them eventually taking over the villages and towns, forming criminal gangs called the Yakuza. There, the "noblest" aspects of feudal Japan ended up creating its most corrupt.
Yakuza has historically done more to aid/rescue/and repair Japan after earthquakes, Tsunamis, and nuclear reactor spills than the Japanese government. Was a popular discussion in my household.
Power corrupts
Some ronnin had more honor then their samurai counter parts
how is shooting a dog different from any other animal?
Exactly, I don't get why people are shocked with that....The English with the fox hunting is better right?....nope not really.
+Alex Atrocity wat
+Rich Piana no they dont. I think it would be a win win. they trained and had what you would call "orange chicken" or "broccoli beef"
Dogs generally trust us.
btw I bet they used some small species of dogs because they were scared not to get wrecked by a big doge
This title of this should be "10 True Facts About Samurai That You Already Know If You've Been Watching Anime For Years."
The real reason many Samurai refused to work was because it was illegal for them to do so during the Edo period....
1:48 turn on captions
Samurai kills human: meh
Samurai kills dog: NOOOOOO!
I Could elaborate on this statement but I think I am going to say this very bluntly and if anyone rads this than just think about it for a while...
There is a lot of racial and cultural bias in this video. If you have the time I'd recomend you to a video by "Metatron" that talks about this.
Metatron is king
Samurai were awful, medieval knights were awful, most people throughout history with any power were awful. No matter who we're talking about could we please stop fetishizing murderers, rapists, etc?
They're people. People who do stuff because they can.
+Orl Cal You're an idiot...
***** Nice...
Look at pirates. They were peasants that robbed and raped. So basically people are just plain awful.
just think in 500 years the Thug life gangsta will be romanticized
The Kabukimono the very first Trap Queens
Don't forget dine-and-dashers.
Everyone: ghost of tsushima
Me: Samurai Champloo
How does Bushido in WW2 relate to samurai? Also how can you judge a culture without understanding it from the perspective of someone who lived in that culture.
My father fought in the American Army during WWII (he was born and raised in Hawaii). He received the Silver Star for saving in excess of 600 lives during the close of the war in Okinawa. He was part of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and had to break and interpret coded messages by the Japanese military; HOWEVER, my family is from the Samurai class, with our family name given many centuries ago by the Tokugawa Shogunate. I am here to say that you know NOTHING about the history of the Samurai and the meaning of Bushido and how it affected the daily life of the Samurai.
You are correct. Both sides of my mother's family were samurai and shogun of the Matsudaira and Seiwa bloodline. We have 400 year old artwork passed through the generations. The Etchu Sword and Etchu Samurai Armor carries her father's family history. She is still alive and has a sharp memory. She calls out the top 10 facts to be as fictional as the book Shogun. The top 10 horrifying facts in the video are marginalized liberal fantasies that have no understanding of Japanese culteral history or honor. The ancient samurai practiced Shinto, from which Bushido arose. If you look up the Shinto beliers, the mentioned facts are as polar opposide as hot and cold. This info video is a discredit to the ancient customs and honor of Japanese people and my mother's families.
this video is exceptionally biased and needlessly judgemental over a totally different culture and a different time. There are countless examples of what would pass for brutality nowadays in all Western culture and it is extremely easy to compile a list of "horrifying" facts about Christian soldiers in the Middle Ages, the Spanish Inquisition and its torture methods, the witch hunts in Salem, MA, and the list can go on forever.
what videos like these seek is but casting a moralist judgement over non-western cultural traits of other peoples disregarding the relative perspective one must always keep when analysing historical facts. it is biased by modern Western morals and ultimately disrespectful of the diversity of human culture.
the only "horrifying" thing about this video is that someone made it.
What I like best about this channel is:
1: No computer voice
2: No beating around the bush for 2 or 3 minutes to get to the content
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And a dumb 80 iq libtard degenerate host
It would have been funny to see a Samuri jump up behind Simon at the end and yell Liar, waving his sword at him.
To quote a comment by the user "Holret" in Metatron's debunk video:
"Let's do our best to demonize a foreign culture, it will give us views and clicks!" - TopTenz
Not only I despise these "Top 10" lists, how about offering real facts, instead of distorted, sensational information, out of context.
Sad to think how many people actually believe this crap.
This is the first I've heard of cleaving a torso in two to test the sharpness of a blade.
However, I have previously read of criminals being lined up and BEHEADED to test a katana. The higher the number of heads taken off cleanly the better the quality of the weapon.
Other than types like the Odachi/Nodachi ( a 2handed sword with a blade 4 - 5' long ) most Japanese weapons are quite light and could not possibly slice through a torso without hacking at it for a while. Even pole arm type weapons wouldn't likely be able to do it since most of their size is made up of the pole rather than any blade. So anything short of a massive blade would make a huge gory mess.
A neck on the other hand is very possible to sever with a single neat stroke.
Proper sword tests were conducted by tying at least three prisoners together front to back and trying to do a swipe through all of them. Sadly, many swords were lost in this way.
I left when dogs came up at no 4...and human killing was back at 8 or whatever.
Yea um Humans are worth more to Humans then dogs... WAOW
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Gay's & Cross dressing.... Thanks Top Tenz you just ruined my childhood.
For that comment i think i'll give a few thumbs down loll...
oh no please don't I have no clue how he would manage
if that ruins your childhood you suck. also hoplites, spartans and roman soldiers also big on the screwing your fellow soldier.
hope i ruined it even more.
and for those who are interested: love between soldiers was in ancient times o0ften retgarded as a very good thing by military leaders cause the soldiers would fight that much harder for their lover.
+HolyMaryFullOfShit much respect
I don't know where this bald guy got these facts from but more than half of these facts are inaccurate .
+TopTenz
It doesn't matter if you have sources, because the facts are still wrong. The sites you used for this video are not credible, hence making your video deceitful and dishonest. The UA-camr, Metatron has already debunked your video.
+TopTenz
He's technically right. You put half the story out and told it as the whole truth. Have you heard of Metatron by the way? He explains every single point in this video, along with the one about Knights.
*****
I don't hate you guys, I just want honest information. I've been a sub since 2014, and I won't unsub because of this hiccup, everyone makes honest mistakes. I'm looking forward to video Metatron is writing for you. :)
nice TopTenZ the guy didn't even reply!
Are you one of those fat fedora wearing weeaboos?
I'm 42 years old....i was interested in old japonese culture...I read many books about Japan...i never heard none of these 10 things.....I'm skeptical to these ,,facts"...
So killing dog for sport is different than fox hunting I guess? That's all I got from this, why even talk about that?
Well considering dogs have been helping man in many ways for thousands of years, yea it's a little harsh.
because they had 9 and they needed 10.
+MADMAN SLADE it's no different than killing a wolf or fox is my point. Let's not forget Europe killed all their native wolves
+S7Robin Fox hunting=Dog target practice. Mind. BLOWN. The video in no way implied that Fox hunting doesn't happen or isn't as bad. People from all periods of history, all countries have been dicks to cool animals.
+Rob Boone I'm just saying I don't see a point in putting on a list where they talk about using living people to test how sharpe their weapon is. It's just an odd pick for the list to me
I didn't know that Nosferatu had a UA-cam channel.
shots fired
Kid Sai.. ha ha ha haaaaa no man you made my day
the amount of sssssssssssss sounds in this video is making me go insane
He is Simon Whistler, it goes with the name I'm afraid.
SAME
Sssssssimon Whisssstler
I just noticed that.
Potato Tomato ikr
Man rockstar needs to hurry up and make a samurai game set back in the day. Red dead is cool and all but samurai era had horses too, and guns and arrows and ninja,
Please post your references...seems a bit bloated mate
@@ToptenzNettop10 poooh easy mate 😂
@@ToptenzNettop10 all your "facts" are wrong lmao you racist shithead
TopTenz salt is in the air
@@ToptenzNettop10 inaccurated and throw some false information, #3 was literally fake
TopTenz start using some actual reputable sources please
Top 10 HORRIFYING Facts You Didn’t Know About knights Please!
+TopTenz Yes sir that be awesome :)
Yes please! This this this
¡Top Ten horrifying facts about liberals and lefties whom love to hate Western History - - por favor!
+TopTenz DO SPARTANS FACTS!!!
+TopTenz and Nazis everyone loves Nazis
Most unemployed Samurai did not become Ronin. Most of them became businessman, and they sent their children to the west to get educated.
If I remember my textbooks, only a few Ronin did become wanderers due to either being blacklisted or have no other jobs that a few desired such as a Town guard.
James Clavell's novel SHOGUN was a great piece of historical fiction, and had many of the ideas presented in this treatise. Hence the term "historical FICTION".
This is a horribly inaccurate video, obviously done for clickbait purposes only, with misinterpreted facts and huge overgeneralizations. If you are interested in the japanese history, there are many renowned books or other, more accurate videos for that.
Very true... I just feel sad that 2 mil + people now have a very distorted image of samurais 😟
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Harakiri?
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They acted like almost any powerful man would in almost lawless times, you usually do what you want if there are little consequences.
BUSHIDO! DIGNIFY! ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI! SURROUNDED! AND OUTNUMBERED! SIXTY TO ONE THE SWORD FACE THE GUN!
Baloney. They were going to out of a job and fought back.
Samurai are honorable people, and they don't kill just for fun 😡
can you do the immortals next.
Who are the immortals?
+THE MASTER warriors from the ancient persian empire.
+Bryce Williams you mean the ones that got their ass kicked by the Spartans and the Greeks?
+Luke Jacks yeah them.
They were a exactly 10,000 person strong loyal bodyguard force for the Persian Emperor if one died or retired etc. another one was recruited keeping it at exactly 10,000 I'd hate to be the one who had to count them all
pls do horrific facts about Roman soilders
That's already been done countless time in the media, not just here on youtube
Dude, they were Roman Soldiers, I think we know what they're renowned for.
The Romans were black. DAS RITE!
***** Uhhh, no. They were an empire. They conquered and absorbed as many civilization as possible.
Until the empire became too large for its own good and collapsed
wow... kenshin himura and his master looks different now after number 3
I don't know about samurai's very much.but after seeing this video I have come to know what class hatred is.
Damn, if this is what they determine about people, then I don't want them to make a video about German hobbies...
3: Same as the Spartans
So you are saying that Samurai are just like the Europeans Knights, Greek Spartans, Roman Legions and other high ranking warriors of almost every other culture in history. LMAO I am not surprised.
Using modern liberal beliefs to criticize ancient peoples and cultures is pretty pathetic.
deadbutmoving except they weren’t gay like the Greeks and Spartans.
Projekt6 they had sex with little boys 😣😣 them samruias
Here's a neutral view I believe all or most can agree upon.throughout ancient civilizations greeks..spartans Romans Viking Norse all had a few things in commen. The fact they were pure as a mind could get as of never back down fight to death ....etc. hannible for example could have had time he stopped at rome over 6 hour fight distance decimated thousands of times best..then bewolf....even the indie civilization that created the karma sutra book had warriors weapons that where advantage winners
Those liberal beliefs changed us into decent human beings.
@@harrymcnicholas9468 someone should tell that to the antifa freaks, sjw hipsters, feminazis, and violent globalist. maybe they forgot.
7. Simon considers all other cultures inferior.
SO much of what we in modern times romanticize about were in reality, not glamorous or nice in the least bit. These romanticized renaissance ideas; Samurai, medieval knights, bohemians, burlesque culture, the first hippies (the list goes on & on)--the beauty is all in our heads. Movies, TV, & pop-culture have twisted the truth beyond all repair.
i would like to see the source. and how do you know that this is historical correct?
Right a lot of these sound completely false
do one on ninjas please!...please.
+Brendan Esguerra Lol dude are in the u.s.a?cuz u make it sound as if there was ninjas fighting in the revolutionary war,No disrespect though :) u make good points
Fact number 1.: Ninjas were mostly women.
+Darth Maul Actually Ninja didn't fight Samurai because they weren't warriors, they were spies.
+Brendan Esguerra they used farming tools as their weapons.
Ninja were pretty much ronin except more secretive.
the most horrifying thing for me in this video was the sound quality, for some unknown reason it was too sharp for my ears!
"...often screaming." That makes the quality of the video already clear. What is the source of the probability of screams exactly? This video is deeply racist homophobic etc. This is the ugly side of content farming
All of that goes against bushido so if someone was truly a samurai he'd never do that
what a bunch of crap taken of context and raised to a daily reality in Medieval Japan
There’s a fair amount of misinformation in this video, not to mention the poster’s obvious unfamiliarity with the language and culture . I encourage people to research for themselves.
Your videos make no sense, it lag research, evidence. Most of your “topics” did happen but only 3/1000 chances.
Lag is different from lack. I believe you meant lack
Had me rolling when he said, make master Betty proud.lmao
Kiri Sute gomen translated into English as exemption to cut down and cast aside Simon. Look at Google's translation.
Ya know, Simon, I'm watching this 6 years in the future and your future self has a great beard. Grow that thing, dude!
So many facts taken out of context in this video. Sorry man.
TopTenz pretty sure he was apologizing for not realizing you were about to waste his time!
Whats with all the passive aggressive replies from TopTenz? Is your pride hurt or something? Why do you care, you know you are not a legit history channel that did any research pass reading random articles. You make click baity top ten videos, nothing more.
Nothing more than a butthurt channel. Oh I found it on the internet it must be true
@Pa Tero How do you know if an robbed your house? A: your homework is done and your computer is upgraded, but two hours later he is still trying to back out of your driveway.
@@ToptenzNettop10 😂😂😂😂😂
now the Question: is this true?
Exaggerated
@@celestialdiscord2716 that’s what we say about every historical event
@@AAquese so?It really was
Ronin were hobos? Could you imagine instead of 47 ronins it was 47 hobos wonder what that could be like 😂
yes it makes sense... If you know anything about banishment or psychology this is very plausible....... when you fight your whole life what else are you going to know? Stuff all.....
They were basically mercinaries being that what they learnt was fighting and especially in time of war they would roam around other places where they are needed.
@@seunghwanoh9505 Ronin are samurais without a master.
@@aiman_oofed8186 The thing is that is a big difference. It is same as a knight that does not have a duke or master to protect. Similarly they all become mercenaries since what they learn are fighting.