This also makes sense because Ieyasu died sixteen years later. Had he actually been running on borrowed time, he would've died a lot sooner (and possibly would have been in no condition to participate in the Battle of Sekigahara).
A Student of Life
Are we sure that William Adams in Nioh is half-Japanese? According to the Nioh Wiki: "William is an Irish-born English sailor. While still a boy, he lost both parents in the war with England.", "William grew to be a strong and capable young man and threw in his lot with an English navy privateer-a pirate ship in all but name." Also from the Koei Wiki: "William Adams is the playable protagonist of Nioh who survived a fierce storm at sea. Struggling to survive in a foreign land filled with demons called Yokai, he eventually forms an alliance with historical figures affiliated with the Tokugawa."
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The in-game encyclopedia blatantly states that William is an Irish-born Englishman (in case his accent wasn't obvious enough). However, I think I know where the confusion came from. Initially, Team Ninja wanted to make William half-Japanese so that they could have an excuse for him to know how to wield samurai weaponry and speak the language. However, they decided that it would be more authentic to make him 100% foreign. I don't really know why they made him Irish though (they probably did that when they cast the voice actor?).
I think there is a bad interpretacion of character with the "Blood from the Mouth" trope in the Ieyasu section. That trope is to suggest the character is dying and that's why they are bleeding. But Ieyasu is bleeding because he is biting his own tongue too hard. In that scene, he just gave the order to abandon Torii Mototada, one of his oldest friends, to die, but he must be cold and unforgiven to win and finally reach peace. So he bites his own tongue to avoid crying for all the sacrifices.
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