History YMMV / Yasuke

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Even if you find the dialogue or writing [[{{Narm}} cringe-inducing]], there's no denying the absolutely ''jaw-dropping'' soundtrack by [[https://youtu.be/TEgF9OhC7p8 FlyingLotus]] makes everything 100 times more bearable that without.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Yasuke himself, despite being the TitleCharacter, has been relegated to a side role while the story revolves around Saki developing her psychic powers, making him a DecoyProtagonist in a show that is named after him and leaving behind a lot of potential to show more of his character development and backstory, which was only shown in flashbacks. This may or may not have been lampshaded in-universe where Yasuke asks Saki why she even needs him around if she can defeat the enemies easily in which Saki answers that she actually doesn't need his help and only wants him around so she won't be lonely.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An article [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-05-26/history-is-overshadowed-in-netflix-yasuke/.173174 from Anime News Network]] pointed out one of the common criticisms of the show, that Yasuke and his historical role in Oda Nobunaga's court is a fascinating story when the narrative focuses on it. However, the relegation of it to the B plot along with the addition of historically inaccurate elements such as robots and magic muddles the storytelling and makes it far less effective. Had the story focused on the man and his role in history, rather than making him an interchangeable protagonist in a story set after Oda's historical death and divorced from the Sengoku period wars, the end result would have been far more interesting. Instead, it acts as mere window dressing for a far less interesting main story.
** Some of this disappointment could also be blamed on the marketing, which emphasized the historical aspects while downplaying (though by no means hiding) the more mystical and science-fiction aspects, which play a much larger role than many might assume. Those hoping for a more grounded historical series will inevitably be disappointed by the widespread presence of mecha suits and magic.

** Despite this being [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Haruto, and said character subverting the BlackDudeDiesFirst trope to survive to the end alongside Yasuke, the significance of Achoja being ''another'' black combatant apparently living/working in Japan at the same time isn't explored whatsoever, and on top of his own plights as a black man in Japan being under explored (much like with Yasuke), the two don't share much dialogue, and none that acknowledges this implicit similarity.

** Despite being [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Haruto, and said character subverting the BlackDudeDiesFirst trope to survive to the end alongside Yasuke, the significance of Achoja being ''another'' black combatant apparently living/working in Japan at the same time, isn't explored whatsoever, and on top of his own plights as a black man in Japan being under explored much like with Yasuke, the two don't share much dialogue, and none that acknowledges this implicit similarity.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Both this series and Anime/AfroSamurai are based on the same person.

** Despite being [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Haruto, and said character subverting the BlackDudeDiesFirst trope to survive to the end alongside Yasuke, the significance of Achoja, ''another'' black combatant apparently living/working in Japan at the same time, isn't explored whatsoever, and on top of his own plights as a black man in Japan being under explored much like with Yasuke, the two don't share much dialogue, and none that acknowledges this implicit similarity.

** Despite being [[Lampshade Hanging lampshaded]] by Haruto, and said character subverting the BlackDudeDiesFirst trope to survive to the end alongside Yasuke, the significance of Achoja, ''another'' black combatant apparently living/working in Japan at the same time, isn't explored whatsoever, and on top of his own plights as a black man in Japan being under explored much like with Yasuke, the two don't share much dialogue, and none that acknowledges this implicit similarity.

** Despite being Lampshaded by Haruto, and said character subverting the BlackDudeDiesFirst trope to survive to the end alongside Yasuke, the significance of Achoja, ''another'' black combatant apparently living/working in Japan at the same time, isn't explored whatsoever, and on top of his own plights as a black man in Japan being under explored much like with Yasuke, the two don't share much dialogue, and none that acknowledges this implicit similarity.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: As simple as the story is, it is told with solid animation and music (some [[SpecialEffectFailure obvious computer graphics robots]] not-withstanding) and a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic killer soundtrack]] (see below).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: As simple as the story is, it is told with solid animation and music (some [[SpecialEffectFailure obvious computer graphics robots]] not-withstanding) and a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic]] killer soundtrack (see below).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Even if you find the dialogue or writing [[NARM cringe-inducing]], there's no denying the absolutely ''jaw-dropping'' soundtrack by [[https://youtu.be/TEgF9OhC7p8 FlyingLotus]] makes everything 100 times more bearable that without.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: As simple as the story is, it is told with solid animation and music (some [[SpecialEffectFailure obvious computer graphics robots]] not-withstanding) and a [[AwesomeMusic]] killer soundtrack (see below).
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Even if you find the dialogue or writing [[Narm cringe-inducing]], there's no denying the absolutely ''jaw-dropping'' soundtrack by [[https://youtu.be/TEgF9OhC7p8 FlyingLotus]] makes everything 100 times more bearable that without.

* AwesomeMusic: Even if you find the dialogue or writing [[Narm cringe-inducing]], there's no denying the absolutely ''jaw-dropping'' soundtrack by [[https://youtu.be/TEgF9OhC7p8 FlyingLotus]] makes everything 100 times more bearable that without.

* AwesomeMusic: Even if you find the dialogue or writing [[Narm cringe-inducing]], there's no denying the absolutely _jaw-dropping_ soundtrack by [[https://youtu.be/TEgF9OhC7p8 FlyingLotus]] makes everything 100 times more bearable that without.

* TearJerker: Haruto's slow realisation of Ishikawa's death by BoomHeadshot, resulting in his subsequent HeroicSacrifice, even if the development of their relationship was unclear. Ishikawa is implied to be the first person to refer to Haruto as a [[OnlyFriend friend]].

* Tearjerker: Haruto's slow realisation of Ishikawa's death by BoomHeadshot, resulting in his subsequent HeroicSacrifice, even if the development of their relationship was unclear. Ishikawa is implied to be the first person to refer to Haruto as a [[OnlyFriend friend]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Yasuke himself, despite being the TitleCharacter, has been relegated to a side role while the story revolves around Saki developing her psychic powers, making him a DecoyProtagonist in a show that is named after him and leaving behind a lot of potential to show more of his personality and backstory, which was only shown in flashbacks. This is even lampshaded in-universe where Yasuke asks Saki why she even needs him around if she can defeat the enemies easily in which Saki answers that she actually doesn't need his help and only wants him around so she won't be lonely.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An article [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-05-26/history-is-overshadowed-in-netflix-yasuke/.173174 from Anime News Network]] pointed out one of the common criticisms of the show, that Yasuke and his historical role in Oda Nobunaga's court is a fascinating story when the narrative focuses on it. However, the relegation of it to the B plot along with the addition of historically inaccurate elements such as robots and magic muddles the storytelling and makes it far less effective. Had the story focused on the man and his role in history, rather than making him an interchangeable protagonist in a story set after Oda's historical death and divorced from the Sengoku period wars, the end result would have been far more interesting. Instead, it acts as mere window dressing for a far less interesting main story.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tokusatsu fans may recognize Yasuke's Japanese voice actor, Jun Soejima, as MC Che.ck-It-Out from ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne''.