@Kostas the shark Whats funny is while the Japanese won on the sea, the Russians won on land. By the latter part of the war, the Japanese land army in Manchuria was outnumbered, out-gunned, and low on ammunition. The only thing that saved them was how over-cautious general Kuropatkin was. And that Tsar Nicholas 2, so humiliated by Tsushima, sueing for peace
"The samurai may be gone, but their spirit never died." Not least in how to Japanese media, samurai may be their equivalent to cowboys in the US (and the Warring States period is as popular among their filmmakers as the Wild West in the US). And of course Samurai or Shogun is a popular element in Japanese restaurant names in the West.
its interesting becayse for many of the filmakers of the 50s 60s and 70s the stories about these times were probably things they learned from their grandparents who lived during that time
The fact that 500 men charged down a mountain to 30,000 men with guns and artillery, _and_ still manage to draw blood on the front line is.... impressive. Either impressive skill, or impressive incompetence of 30,000 men lol
The armies of sengoku jidai often used commoner conscripts to swell the ranks. The victors of the civil war didn't trust large bodies of armed men to stick around. The landowners can keep a retinue around but not recruit large amounts of dudes or start getting artillery and firearms.
Absolutely disrespectful to the glory that is Tom Cruise, I mean over the course of a winter the man single handedly became a master of boshido then served with distinction and *survived* the slaughter. That alone makes him legendary. :P
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED, FACING FIVE HUNDRED SAMURAI SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED SIXTY TO ONE THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN BUSHIDO, DIGNIFIED IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
@@piyo744 IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED, FACING FIVE HUNDRED SAMURAI SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED SIXTY TO ONE THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN BUSHIDO, DIGNIFIED IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED SIXTY TO ONE FACING THE GUN SIXTY TO ONE CULTURE UNDONE
Unpopular opinion but I loved it when those peasants who the samurai treated as garbage and killed whenever they felt like it, rose up and fought them to a man. We tend to romanticise the samurai too much from what they actually were...
Fun fact: A pretty sizeable amount of the international expedition during the boxer rebellion is made up of Japanese troops. The other great powers are starting to see Japan as part of the club at that point.
@@SusCalvin Interesting! I would really like to hear about the alliance that fought the boxers, especially because most of those powers would be fighting each other a few years later
Something similar happened to the knights of Europe. In Germany many fell to banditry as a way to sustain their lifestyle, while other countries, such as Denmark, would employ them as civil servants.
The real dying aristocracy is the heian nobles. They have been around for much longer, but were relegated to court roles and culture during the shogunate. The samurai class is upstart warlords compared to them.
@@theposhdinosaur7276 The knightly class in Europe is a bit smaller, I think. At this point there is a lot of people in Japan who count themselves as samurai.
Perhaps I was being a bit unclear. I was mocking them. Imagine being delusional enough to believe you're better than a peasant while you're dying to their bayonets even though you outnumber them. Aristocrats really are something else.
Togo, in his time, was more famous and admired than Meiji. British people, in particular, hailed him as a modern day Lord Nelson. That is high praise indeed.
A lot of the colonial powers are starting to see Japan as part of the great powers club (something they have not yet extended to the USA at this point). Germany is still publishing "yellow peril" tracts but especially after the japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War, the other great powers are starting to see them as the natural power of the region. During the Boxer Rebellion, a large contingent of the international expedition is made up of Japanese troops.
Imperial force defied! Facing 500 samurai! Surrounded and outnumbered! 60 to 1! The sword face the gun! Bushido dignified! It's the last stand of the samurai! Surrounded and outnumbered! 60 to 1! Facing the gun! 60 to 1! Culture undone!
Oh my god, this is the only series that explained one of the important turning points in the Meiji era with a level headed explanation I’ve seen so far... or even well researched... bravo, thank you for making Japanese modern history fun and not a taboo. From a Japanese American fan.
All Sabaton fans are here, but they forget that at the end, the song transitions into- IN THE NAME OF GOD FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF THE LORD FOR HOME OF THE HOLY FOR THE FAITH FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY.
It's also the last surviving British built battleship, as a majority of the Imperial Japanese fleet, up until the Kongo-class battlecruisers, was built in British dockyards including the Mikasa.
Movie: greedy businessmen have the samurai outlawed because all that duty and honor stuff gets in the way of their profits. History: samurai throw a fit because they can’t kill peasants any more.
Amazing as always! Have you guys aver thought about doing a series about the Hussites? Very interesting piece of central-european history. Also: SHIROYAAAMAAAA
Samurai: No private property rights? Right to murder lower classes for perceived offenses? Maintaining a strict class system where upward mobility is frowned upon? Wanted to a weak disarmed populace? What else did i miss lol
You guys are great. The presentation, the short to the point history tidbits that don’t leave people bored, and what might be the greatest art on TH-cam. Thank you.
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED FACING 500 SAMURAI! SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED 60 TO 1 THE SWORD FACE THE GUN! BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED! IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI! SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED!
Saigo: I'm really worried about private land ownership causing wealth disparity for the peasants ;( Also Saigo: wHy cAn'T SamUraI jUsT mUrdEr pEasAnTs?!
Everyone knows that Ookubo was killed by a secret assassin sent by Makoto Shishio taking advantage of the threath the ex-samurai sent to ookubo. When the ex samurai ambushed the carriage of ookubo, they found him dead but they claim the kill
You guys should have mentioned the Battotai, the imperial police force of ex-Aizu Samurai, who were sent on a suicide mission armed only with swords and surprisingly won against Saigo Takamori's forces in a famous battle.
I've loved this whole series. I particularly liked your even handed handling of the different groups in the Gangs episode, as I notice the Shinsengumi are often romanticized by the Japanese and those outside of it.
America never had the intention of making Japan modern, they just wanted Japan to open its border for trade, without limitation, which was a negative thing for the economy of a non-industrial country like Japan. America probably never predicted that Japan could develop itself, the Russian defeat at the Russo-Japanese war was a shock for western nations, because up untill that point Westerners believed that no non-european nation could develop enough to contest with western powers.
Japan kind of underwent a condensed form of what the west had slogged through- the internal fighting to unify into one state, the modernization, the phase where they colonize everything, then bam, 1945 and there’s a new state
@@gnaskar They could have definitely saved Saigo. Imagine being a Japanese soldier, expecting a Samurai charge and you are charged by 17th century cavalry that was dissolved a century ago on the other side of the world
It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin When the new meets the old it always ends the ancient ways And as history told the old ways go out in a blaze Encircled by a vulture, the end of aincient culture The dawn of destiny draws near Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun Bushido dignified, it’s the last stand of the samurai Surrounded and outnumbered As a new age begins the way of the warrior comes to an end As a new age begins the ways of old must apprehend It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin An offer of surrender, Saigo ignore contender The dawn of destiny is here Until the dawn they hold on Only 40 are left at the end None alive, none survive Shiroyama 60 to one, facing the gun 60 to one, culture undone
This was a solid series. I'm going out on a limb and suggesting a series on Louis Riel, a figure who's still talked about to this day in Canada. I feel like he'd fit in well with the Simone Bolivar and the Ned Kelly series you guys did.
I imagine you guys will circle away from Japanese history for a while, but when you come back, a miniseries on Nogi Maresuke and his legacy would be wonderful.
Fun Fact: Members of the former Shogunate (including Aizu) joined the Imperial Japanese Army in order to avenge their fallen comrades who died fighting against the now rebellious Satsuma.
🎵 Imperial force defiled, facing 500 samurai, surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword meets a gun. Bushido dignified, it's the last stand of the samurai, surrounded and outnumbered...🎵 Shiroyama by Sabaton BANZAI! BANZAI! BAAAAANNNNNZZZZAAAAIIIIII!
Ware wa kan gun wagateki wa Tenchiirezaru choutekizo Teki no taishou taru mono wa Kokon musou no eiyuu de Kore ni shitagou tsu wa mono wa Tomo ni hyoukan kesshinoshi Kijinni hajinu yuuaru mo Tenno yurusanu hangyaku wo
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai Surrounded and outnumbered 60 to 1, the sword face the gun Bushido dignified It's the last stand of the samurai Surrounded and outnumbered
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai Surrounded and outnumbered 60 to 1, the sword face the gun Bushido dignified It's the last stand of the samurai Surrounded and outnumbered
Sometimes I like to think that Pearl Harbor wasn't a surprise attack, because Matthew Perry opened Japan through force. See if he didn't go to Japan, there would be no Imperial Japan. No Imperial Japan, no attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus *technically* Pearl Harbor was not a surprise attack, just unfinished business.
"I have dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country, strong, independent, and modern. Now, we railroads, and cannons, Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are, or where we come from..." -Emperor Meiji, The Last Samurai movie
Nice animation! But Saigo never used swords. He had a serious injury in the shoulder when a young kid, and after this he was not able to practice and use swords.
Fun fact: the fax machine was made before the end of the samurai,
what
What the fax?
That feels equivalent to “Wooly Mammoths were around when Egyptian Pyramids were built.” Dam
Teeth decay was just a trend at this time
Was die rich or fight poor
Americans: "Wow, that sure is interesting, glad we'll never have to fight a suicidal Japanese military force"
Ww2 comakazee pilots in the pacific war American naval forces
*TENNO HEIKA BANZAAAAAAI!!!!*
@@weldonwin *World at War flashbacks intensify*
@@weldonwin Long live the emperor!
@@alienmorality Idk if thats sarcasm or ur actually a Japanese Nationalist. 😅😂
Tsar Nicholas II:
1904-We're at war with Japan!
1905-Hey guys, we're losing the war...
Oversimplified?
BOOOO
@Kostas the shark Whats funny is while the Japanese won on the sea, the Russians won on land. By the latter part of the war, the Japanese land army in Manchuria was outnumbered, out-gunned, and low on ammunition. The only thing that saved them was how over-cautious general Kuropatkin was. And that Tsar Nicholas 2, so humiliated by Tsushima, sueing for peace
Boooo! (Oversimplified FTW!)
The Tsar learned his lesson, and vowed to only face commanders stupider than he was like Conrad von Höztendorf.
"The samurai may be gone, but their spirit never died."
Not least in how to Japanese media, samurai may be their equivalent to cowboys in the US (and the Warring States period is as popular among their filmmakers as the Wild West in the US). And of course Samurai or Shogun is a popular element in Japanese restaurant names in the West.
Speaking of cowboys, the movie The Magnificent Seven is based on Akira Kurosawa's movie Seven Samurai.
its interesting becayse for many of the filmakers of the 50s 60s and 70s the stories about these times were probably things they learned from their grandparents who lived during that time
@@EricStelzman And Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the cowboy films of John Ford.
Their tactics and ideals might have not stood the test of time, but at least culturally we can recognize that they were badass
Samurai are the equivalent to that of European Knights
The fact that 500 men charged down a mountain to 30,000 men with guns and artillery, _and_ still manage to draw blood on the front line is.... impressive.
Either impressive skill, or impressive incompetence of 30,000 men lol
well, they were just peasant conscripts.
@@ZanathKariashi true, but with that many men its kinda hard to miss lol
Like a shotgun firing 30k pellets xD
Shock value, they didn't expect a Suprise attack when Beseiged, so they weren't prepared, and they were taken down easily
These are 500 extremely well trained warriors, dont let the 60:1 ratio fool you. Though yeah, they stood no chance
Battle of Okehazama : am I joke to you
Samurai: “What?! No! You can’t just unfairly give peasants guns!”
New Japanese army: “Haha. Guns go pew pew.”
Haha
Gatling go BRRRRRRRR
The armies of sengoku jidai often used commoner conscripts to swell the ranks. The victors of the civil war didn't trust large bodies of armed men to stick around. The landowners can keep a retinue around but not recruit large amounts of dudes or start getting artillery and firearms.
Sh*t up løser!
Hey I think I’ve seen you before, do you listen to anthems?
Boom boom*
Ah, the glorious Samurai, fighting for their right to kill peasants they don't like.
Samurai where basically American cops.
I feel Nanking would argue that right wasn't under threat of removal so much as adjustment.
@@qwellen7521 American cops have nothing to do with that.
@@qwellen7521
Bro what-
@@qwellen7521 grow up. Do research of facts before you spit idiocracy.
Yeah The Last Samurai kinda glossed over the fact that the "good guys" wanted to be able to murder peasants with impunity.
I think they wanted more than that.
@@htoodoh5770 but its basically the point
@@belenerenio9079 no
Who wouldn't enjoy that perk?
The last samurai is soooo far off from the historical narrative.
Wait this isn't Tom Cruise
Great movie tho
I was just thinking that
Probably because that movie was BS made to stroke his ego and make Americans feel like they were special.
@@Darkdjinn79 Every Tom Cruise film is to stoke his ego
Yeah, Tom Cruise kind of took over that movie!
Anyone else notice Japanese Peasant Gritty in the background when they're talking about private ownership and wealth disparity??
@Angel Fox he is eternal.
Gritty will lead the Revolution
Sure I did, I'm certainly not rewinding the video the check right now, no sir...
Liberté
Égalité
Gritté
Is Gritty somehow a symbol for socio-economic equality? Im European, so the symbolism is a little unclear to me. I though he was a hockey mascotte?
So inaccurate... Didn't even mention Tom Cruise's role...
Yes
Not even mentioning his accomplishment in saving Japan
Fun fact: there were westerners in the side of the samurai during this battle. Cruise's character is based on French officer Jules Brunet.
Absolutely disrespectful to the glory that is Tom Cruise, I mean over the course of a winter the man single handedly became a master of boshido then served with distinction and *survived* the slaughter. That alone makes him legendary. :P
@@johnhenryiii3070 Bushido isn't hard to grasp, he was an accomplished soldier by that point a few times over.
The Sabaton fans: "The time has come." Plays Shiroyama.
Dont attack me
@@TheRedneckBudha TENNO HEIKA BANNNNNZZZAAAAIIIII!
Yes yes YES
@@boyscouts83712 omg. That was good
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED,
FACING FIVE HUNDRED SAMURAI
SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED
SIXTY TO ONE
THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN
BUSHIDO, DIGNIFIED
IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
Nice another sabaton fan 😎
Till the dawn they hold on, only 40 are left at the end.
@@yeller212wmj7 NONE ALIIIIIIIIIVE NONE SURVIIIIIIIVE
SHIROYAAAAAAMA
🤘
@@piyo744 IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED,
FACING FIVE HUNDRED SAMURAI
SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED
SIXTY TO ONE
THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN
BUSHIDO, DIGNIFIED
IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED
SIXTY TO ONE FACING THE GUN
SIXTY TO ONE CULTURE UNDONE
"Until the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
None alive, no survive
*SHIROYAAMAAAAAAA"*
Can we have a series about The Spanish Inquisition
NOBODY WOULD EXPECT THAT!!!
NOOOOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
@Kevin the idiot *(Thinks on that statement...)* CARDINAL BIGGLES! PLACE THEM IN THE COMFY CHAIR!!! *(Dramatic Music Sting)*
Chief weapon was surprise and fear...fear and surprise..
i didint expect that.
Sabaton Fans:
Hipety
Hopety
This Commentsection is our property.
Yeah, I'm not disapointed.
SHIROYAAAMAAAAAA
yes ^^
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED!
How about ppl who watched the last samurai?
Unpopular opinion but I loved it when those peasants who the samurai treated as garbage and killed whenever they felt like it, rose up and fought them to a man. We tend to romanticise the samurai too much from what they actually were...
I would love to see an episode about the boxer rebellion next
Fun fact: A pretty sizeable amount of the international expedition during the boxer rebellion is made up of Japanese troops. The other great powers are starting to see Japan as part of the club at that point.
@@SusCalvin Interesting! I would really like to hear about the alliance that fought the boxers, especially because most of those powers would be fighting each other a few years later
Meanwhile on the Boxer's side: red clad plebes, hesitant metropolitan military policemen & mounted Hui mujahedeen
Boom boom boom boom boom boom
Where were all of the Sabaton fans when the Bismarck episodes came out?
The Song wasen t out then ;)
🤦♂️🤷♂️
True shall we storm now?
@@vmae21 yes
@@vmae21 ja
Imagine unironically being part of a dying aristocracy.
Something similar happened to the knights of Europe. In Germany many fell to banditry as a way to sustain their lifestyle, while other countries, such as Denmark, would employ them as civil servants.
The real dying aristocracy is the heian nobles. They have been around for much longer, but were relegated to court roles and culture during the shogunate. The samurai class is upstart warlords compared to them.
@@theposhdinosaur7276 The knightly class in Europe is a bit smaller, I think. At this point there is a lot of people in Japan who count themselves as samurai.
You can buy a square foot of land and become a Scottish Laird for like $50
Perhaps I was being a bit unclear. I was mocking them.
Imagine being delusional enough to believe you're better than a peasant while you're dying to their bayonets even though you outnumber them. Aristocrats really are something else.
I haven't been this early since the shogun was still in power :P
Hehehe... wait
Which shogun? I’ve been here since the Kamakura were in power
I came so early, tom cruise is still killing native americans
nice
It's cool, he's still killing native americans. It's how he stays young.
Lol he haven't met Katsumoto yet
are you sure that isn't Kevin Costner?
Damn
I adore your work everyone! Thank you for bringing such wonderful content to this world. You all are beacons of light in seemingly dark times.
2:10 I was not expecting Gritty. I burst out laughing and nearly airburst my soup all over my desk.
Indeed, I was expecting the Spanish inquisition, but not that!
Nobody expects the Philadelphian inquisition
@@valtteriahokas6238 except the Pittsburghian Inquisition to remind us that the Flyers suck
Togo, in his time, was more famous and admired than Meiji. British people, in particular, hailed him as a modern day Lord Nelson. That is high praise indeed.
A lot of the colonial powers are starting to see Japan as part of the great powers club (something they have not yet extended to the USA at this point).
Germany is still publishing "yellow peril" tracts but especially after the japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War, the other great powers are starting to see them as the natural power of the region.
During the Boxer Rebellion, a large contingent of the international expedition is made up of Japanese troops.
If I remember correctly, he accepted that he was equivocal to Nelson, but stated that Yi Sun Sin was still an even greater admiral
@@Something2doWith7 Yi Sun Shin is comparable to none - the greatest hero any nation can produce
He was known by his nickname, “Nelson of the East”.
“Imperial force defied, it’s the last stand of the samurai!”
SURROUNDED, AND OUTNUMBERED
60 - 1 THE SWORD FACE THE GUN
Bushido dignified it's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered *sick guitar beats*
No
Imperial force defied!
Facing 500 samurai!
Surrounded and outnumbered!
60 to 1!
The sword face the gun!
Bushido dignified!
It's the last stand of the samurai!
Surrounded and outnumbered!
60 to 1!
Facing the gun!
60 to 1!
Culture undone!
Let’s gooooooo
Oh my god, this is the only series that explained one of the important turning points in the Meiji era with a level headed explanation I’ve seen so far... or even well researched... bravo, thank you for making Japanese modern history fun and not a taboo. From a Japanese American fan.
All Sabaton fans are here, but they forget that at the end, the song transitions into-
IN THE NAME OF GOD
FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF THE LORD
FOR HOME OF THE HOLY
FOR THE FAITH FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY.
2:09 is that... Is that Gritty?
I fucking hope so.
Gritty is the natural predator of those who hoard wealth, of course he's there.
Thank god you saw that too
OH MY GOD I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HIM
Hahaahahahahahahahhaahhaaha
How TF did u see that :l
9:24 Fun Fact:Togo Heihachiro's beloved ship still survives today,the HIJMS Mikasa,the most powerful ship of her time
It's also the last surviving British built battleship, as a majority of the Imperial Japanese fleet, up until the Kongo-class battlecruisers, was built in British dockyards including the Mikasa.
@@NewtypeCommander yes
Do you smell that? No?
Do you see that? No?
Well do you hear that? Yes it’s the sabaton fans we have arrived and we shall never back off
We shall make references until our last dying breath.
False
You can in fact smell Sabaton fans
@@TheMcgreary not through a screen
I don't even know who you are.
I shall defend against the sabatons on the beaches on the city streets and on land
Now I want to see Admiral Togo Heihachiro on the next episode of Extra Credits!
Movie: greedy businessmen have the samurai outlawed because all that duty and honor stuff gets in the way of their profits.
History: samurai throw a fit because they can’t kill peasants any more.
Reality: *B O T H*
Both can be and are true at the same time.
Amazing as always! Have you guys aver thought about doing a series about the Hussites? Very interesting piece of central-european history.
Also: SHIROYAAAMAAAA
Samurai:
No private property rights? Right to murder lower classes for perceived offenses? Maintaining a strict class system where upward mobility is frowned upon? Wanted to a weak disarmed populace? What else did i miss lol
*IMPERIAL, FORCE DEFIED, FACING FIVE-HUNDRED SAMURAI*
@Enlightened Pigeon 60 TO ONE THE SWORD FACE THE GUN.
BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED
@@rizumaizhar2746 ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
*SURROUNDED ,AND OUTNUMBERED*
*60 TO 1,THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN*
2:10 the hell is that thing in the crowd?!
Noted Japanese statesman Gritty-san.
That's the gritty, the mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers
lol, yeah i came here wondering the same thing
It's gritty
@@imagineloosing what's a gritty?
You guys are great. The presentation, the short to the point history tidbits that don’t leave people bored, and what might be the greatest art on TH-cam. Thank you.
'TIL THE DAWN,
THEY HOLD ON
ONLY FOURTY ARE LEFT AT THE END , NONE ALIVE
NONE SURVIVE
SHIROYAAAAAMAAA !
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED
FACING 500 SAMURAI!
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED
60 TO 1 THE SWORD FACE THE GUN!
BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED!
IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI!
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED!
60 TO 1, FACING THE GUN!
60 TO 1, CULTURE UNDONE!
Meiji: ((sigh)) no you can't just murder people for accidentally bumping you
Samurai: *BANZAI! BANZAIII!*
Ha stupid samurai
Meiji: (sighs 😒) nevermind
@@chrisalexanderwalker2727 Please... it's pronounced "FOOOOOLISH SAM'RAI"
Total war shogun 2 should be a sponsor, especially fall of the samurai
The greatest Total War...
After Empire.
No one can change my mind.
Strange learning about all of this how the Boshin War was the big centrepiece of FOTS, yet the Satsuma Rebellion cost far more lives.
@@parthiaball
In other words, would recommend changing unit counts in Shogun 2 FOTS for a more... Historical force count.
2:10 angry rural working class Gritty is here to redistribute land
the sabaton horde is here , well might as well join in
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED
Good.. * lifts sword from there chest *
FACING 500 SAMURAI 60 TO 1, THE SWORD FACE THE GUN
BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED, ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUBERED
@@polarhack222 50 to 1 one the sword meets the gun.
@@unga_bunga6004 nope, 60 to 1, check the lyrics inline
The sun shall never fall ‘picks up samurai sword’
The Russian Second Pacific Squadron should be a series, or at least a one-off. It would be hilarious.
Saigo: I'm really worried about private land ownership causing wealth disparity for the peasants ;(
Also Saigo: wHy cAn'T SamUraI jUsT mUrdEr pEasAnTs?!
2:10 hello Gritty. The Flyers’ mascot has become such a meme outside the NHL community
Everyone knows that Ookubo was killed by a secret assassin sent by Makoto Shishio taking advantage of the threath the ex-samurai sent to ookubo. When the ex samurai ambushed the carriage of ookubo, they found him dead but they claim the kill
Everyone is singing Shiroyama, but is no one going to talk about Gritty hanging out with the peasants at 2:13
Extra history is really just giving context for sabaton songs, I’d really want to see attack of the dead men
Agreed.
You guys should have mentioned the Battotai, the imperial police force of ex-Aizu Samurai, who were sent on a suicide mission armed only with swords and surprisingly won against Saigo Takamori's forces in a famous battle.
'TIL THE DAWN
THEY HOLD ON!!!
ONLY 40 AT LEFT AT THE END
NONE ALIVE, NONE SURVIVE
SHIYORAMAAAAAAAAA
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED, FACING 500 SAMURAI
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED
60 TO ONE THE SWORD FACE THE GUN
Thanks for posting such a great video on my birthday!!
Attention all Sabaton fans!
The time has come, execute play order Shiroyama!
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED FACING 500 SAMURAI
@@mypiang surrounded and outnumbered...
@@boyscouts83712 60 to 1 the sword face the gun
@@mypiang Bushido dignified, it's the last stand of the samurai
@@boyscouts83712 surrounded and out numbered
I've loved this whole series. I particularly liked your even handed handling of the different groups in the Gangs episode, as I notice the Shinsengumi are often romanticized by the Japanese and those outside of it.
AN OFFER OF SURRENDER SAIGO IGNORE CONTENDER THE DAWN OF DESTINY IS HERE
We sabaton fans are here and here to stay for this video
I've got to know, what is Sabaton???
@@misplacedpotato7962 a Swedish band that sings about stuff like war and it’s really good
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED IT’S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
@@TheGamer-vx5go Thanks for enlightening me
@@misplacedpotato7962 You are welcome
Finally I have been waiting for this episode.
Americans-let’s make Japan a modern country to trade with
Japan in 1941- Attack America
America- who had that dum idea
America never had the intention of making Japan modern, they just wanted Japan to open its border for trade, without limitation, which was a negative thing for the economy of a non-industrial country like Japan.
America probably never predicted that Japan could develop itself, the Russian defeat at the Russo-Japanese war was a shock for western nations, because up untill that point Westerners believed that no non-european nation could develop enough to contest with western powers.
Japan kind of underwent a condensed form of what the west had slogged through- the internal fighting to unify into one state, the modernization, the phase where they colonize everything, then bam, 1945 and there’s a new state
Sometimes i think we butt into other countries business too much.
@KKK Revolution 'Western countries' doesn't really work for WWI though.
Saigo Takamori: the free market will create wealth disparity.
Also Saigo Takamori: Lets return to the feudal system.
*Sabaton fans insert Shiroyama lyrics [here].*
Then the WINGS HUSSARS ARRIVED!
Oh, wait...
@@gnaskar They could have definitely saved Saigo. Imagine being a Japanese soldier, expecting a Samurai charge and you are charged by 17th century cavalry that was dissolved a century ago on the other side of the world
Samurai: We are highly trained in hand and melee combat, you can't stop us!
New army with Rifles, Gatling guns and artillery: *Get a load of this guy*
Reminds me of my age of empires matches
TILL THE DAAAAAWN
THEY HOLD OOOOON
ONLY 40 ARE LEFT AT THE END
None alive!
None survive!
S H I R O Y A M A!
IMPERIAL FORCES DEFIED FACING 500 SAMURAI
Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 with a sword face to guuuuun!
BUSHIDO
DIGNIFIED
ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI!!!!
SURRUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED!
60 TO 1, FACING THE GUN!
60 TO 1, CULTURE UNDONE!
It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in
It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin
When the new meets the old it always ends the ancient ways
And as history told the old ways go out in a blaze
Encircled by a vulture, the end of aincient culture
The dawn of destiny draws near
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified, it’s the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
As a new age begins the way of the warrior comes to an end
As a new age begins the ways of old must apprehend
It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in
It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin
An offer of surrender, Saigo ignore contender
The dawn of destiny is here
Until the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
None alive, none survive
Shiroyama
60 to one, facing the gun
60 to one, culture undone
Thanks for the lyrics sir. Sabaton fans would really love it.
Japanese history: The Last Samurai
*play epic star wars intro*
Plays Shiroyama
This was a solid series. I'm going out on a limb and suggesting a series on Louis Riel, a figure who's still talked about to this day in Canada. I feel like he'd fit in well with the Simone Bolivar and the Ned Kelly series you guys did.
I imagine you guys will circle away from Japanese history for a while, but when you come back, a miniseries on Nogi Maresuke and his legacy would be wonderful.
They have guns, we're on the runs
And here we are drinking beer and eating buns
Until the dawn they hold on
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Only 40 are left at the end
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None alive none survive
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SHIROYAMA!
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED
FACING 500 SAMURAI
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED
60 TO 1,THE SWORD MEETS THE GUN
BUSHIDO, DIGNIFIED. ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI!
Fun Fact: Members of the former Shogunate (including Aizu) joined the Imperial Japanese Army in order to avenge their fallen comrades who died fighting against the now rebellious Satsuma.
"Running out of ammunition" picture shows someone trying to breach load a modern bullet into a muzzleloaded musket.
They were so desperate that they even tried to load modern bullets into their muzzleloaders.
I think those were snider enfields, which did use metal bullets and was breech loaded.
🎵 Imperial force defiled, facing 500 samurai, surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword meets a gun.
Bushido dignified, it's the last stand of the samurai, surrounded and outnumbered...🎵
Shiroyama by Sabaton
BANZAI! BANZAI! BAAAAANNNNNZZZZAAAAIIIIII!
TILL' THE DAWN, THEY HOLD ON, ONLY 40 ARE LEFT AT THE END, NONE ALIVE, NONE SURVIVE, SHIROYAMAAAAA!
Ware wa kan gun wagateki wa
Tenchiirezaru choutekizo
Teki no taishou taru mono wa
Kokon musou no eiyuu de
Kore ni shitagou tsu wa mono wa
Tomo ni hyoukan kesshinoshi
Kijinni hajinu yuuaru mo
Tenno yurusanu hangyaku wo
Keep up the good work ec! i love your work
I like Ranger's Apprentice's take on the Samurai rebellion. Given the quasi-medieval setting, the peasants adopt phalanx tactics rather than firearms.
And then there's Pike and Shot, using withering ranged fire, then defensive pikes to fend off melee charges.
Normal people: epic story about samurai
Sabaton fans: SHIROYAMAAAAAAAAAA
Fun fact: Togo Heihachero went to Naval school of England and was considered to be the Japanese Haratio Nelson
Horatio not Haratio
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
Anybody notice the Greed easter egg at 2:08 ? Pretty "bushi" detail really 👌
How did you already get to 8 min it’s only been here for one
If I were a peasant during those times, I would be so happy that the Samurai are finally gone
2:06 wait, feudal system has less wealth inequality than private land ownership? Can you guys explain this in Lies?
Commenting to let you gus know that I absolutely love your videos.
Like how the horses still look a little bit like cows it’s a nice call back to the original Warring states video
It's the nature of time
That the hold ways must give in.
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
only 40 of them left at the end
@@vocalpelly6873
None alive, none survive
Shiroyama
Saigon was arguably the reason why Samurai are soooooo romanticized today.
Imperial force defied facing 500 samurai!!
Saigo Takamori January 23,1828-September 24,1877 Samurai and Satsuma Rebellion 1877 leader Kirino Toshiaki December 11,1838-September 24,1877 Samurai Beppu Shinsuke 1847-September 24,1877 Samurai Samurai Rebels !
You must keep moving forward...
Sometimes I like to think that Pearl Harbor wasn't a surprise attack, because Matthew Perry opened Japan through force. See if he didn't go to Japan, there would be no Imperial Japan. No Imperial Japan, no attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus *technically* Pearl Harbor was not a surprise attack, just unfinished business.
Less than a 1 minute plushies gang, keep extra history is cool AF
Dam you guys had a chance to place a Sabaton song for this episode
Until the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
None alive, none survive
Shiroyama !
"I have dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country, strong, independent, and modern. Now, we railroads, and cannons, Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are, or where we come from..."
-Emperor Meiji, The Last Samurai movie
2:09 lmao who made gritty a Japanese peasant
Nice animation! But Saigo never used swords. He had a serious injury in the shoulder when a young kid, and after this he was not able to practice and use swords.
I got thrown off when the narration didn't open with "Another Inn..."
The samurai may be gone, but their legacy lives on.
Everyone is talking about Sabaton
What about the Last Samurai movie?
but metal band that sings historical songs.
you mean that absolutely horrible piece of alternative fantasy pretending to be history?
@@wojszach4443 ik its a bad movie but there are just so much Saboton fans that we really needed something else man
@@Wet_Sandwich i dont feel a need, as long as sabaton pulls people to learning history im happy
@@wojszach4443 i agree with your statement.