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[โ€“] ksynwa_from_lemmygrad@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Someone dumb this down for me please

[โ€“] kot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

"Samurai" mostly just means retainer. Gamers arguing that Yosuke wasn't a samurai because he was "merely" a retainer would be like arguing that some medieval dude wasn't really an knight, but merely a vassal of the sovereign monarch, i.e. it's saying the same shit with different words.

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