The Forty Seven Ronin and the Shinengumi would be perfect topics to discuss during the Edo Period as well as Rurouni Kenshin

Excited to hear about book plans :)

I actually was wondering not long ago how you were able to post videos so often given that they are so well-researched (and most informative)! I'm glad to know you're taking care of yourself, though. I'd hate to enjoy your videos at your expense rather than for the mutual enjoyment of everyone. Speaking from experience, burnout is pretty awful, so don't feel bad about cutting down on your postings or taking breaks! I'm totally here for it!

Dude whatever you do in the future I’ll be here you’re one of my favorite KZfaqrs!

KZfaq shorts is a great idea giving out information like shogo does should get you out there even more!

I am still happy that I found your channel. I wish you the best of luck! and will happily stay and continue to watch all the videos I haven't seen yet.

These plans sound good. Most importantly, take care of yourself. We understand, these videos can’t be rushed.

I thank you for your content so far and look forward to your future work!

Best of luck with your new plans. personally my favourite videos are the evolution series and the smaller one off videos like the recent ones on famous helmets and masks. Glad to hear they will continue!

I can't wait to see what's next. This channel is like a love letter to all who have a passion for samurai history.

All sounds like great plans! Also you already got me sold on that historical fiction idea. I'd love to do the same one day.

I always look forward to you videos , I’ve listened the Sengoku Jidai twice now start to latest

Good luck my friend and i love your channel and thank you for the samurai history

Congratulations. Happy to hear of all the developments. All the best

I'm so happy to hear that you're taking the time to take care of yourself and putting more focus on things that make you happy! We will always be here as your loyal fans and I'll still look forward to your uploads 😄

Wishing you all the best in your new ventures. Evolving is part of life. It is wonderful thing when you can evaluate old goals and be aware that an adjustment is needed. Looking forward to your book!!

Living in Japan and visiting are somewhat different experiences. I think as long as you're free though, in the sense that you're not working under someone like at an office, then its wonders truly shine. Being in any foreign country though, while in an unstable situation (globally or personally) is tricky though, so it's for the best you went with your gut on this one. Perhaps another time. I'm debating moving there too. I'm half, so the language and culture are a seamless transition for me, but being raised in the UK, I am slightly more western in my way of thinking... I know I wanna die in Japan though haha, I'd wanna surround myself with the gorgeous nature there in my waning years.

Would you possibly be willing to cover naval warfare in the sengoku jidai \edo period ?

Covid is when reality meets anime, it is literally the 1st timeskip I've experienced. In 2yrs so much has happened with me personally, so I can only imagine how others were affected. Thanks for the update, 頑張って！!

All of your plans and ideas sound absolutely fantastic! I'm especially excited that you're thinking of remaking some older videos because, in my opinion, the early Sengoku Period is super under-rated; a lot of really interesting stuff happens, especially in the Kanto and Chugoku. Keep up the great work and take care of yourself!

Best wishes for your new endeavors. Your videos are very informative and enjoyable, and I'll be watching regardless of how often they arrive. Keep up the good work!

Congratulations on finding a more steady place for yourself and laying out a path forward. Such a pleasure to hear how many plans you have for the channel and beyond - and how obviously excited you are about them. It’s an honor to be along for this journey!

Thank you so much. good luck to you

Good luck, may you collect many heads.

Even though you didn't tell us anything I feel like you told us a lot in what's happening in your life and I want to say congratulations, I hope one day you will review certain mangas like vagabond demon slayer and berserk but whatever you decide to do I will be here when it comes out no matter how long it takes because when it comes to samurai and Japanese history you are the best on KZfaq.

Onwards and upwards, bud. Excited for the experimental stuff you mentioned 😁

I definitely support your interest in writing historical fiction. The talents that you have shown in your videos and your passion on the subject can be shared with a wider audience in the years to come.

Thanks a lot for all you do man

Good luck with your life man. Love your channel.

videos about edo period sounds amaizing. i already was a fan of sengoku period but i know pretty much nothing about edo era so i am eager to learn and about taking longer to make vidoes i only have this say easiest way to burn you self from the things you love is to over do it until you just can not do it. so best thing is to take some space let yourself breath slowly ease back into it. starting slow again to gain momentum and to find the things that are so great about it. this happens whit creative writing all the time.

I love this channel, so much...I have seen a big progress and even if there will be larger delay, I don't care. I will be as usual very excited after new upload and be patient, because it's always worth it:)

Great to hear about your ideas. Love this channel. It's quite common that people who love Japan come to realisation of living there may not be the thing. I still love going there every few years 😍

Thanks for the content man one of the best channels out there

This is great! I do not know much about the Edo period, except some things like the 47 Ronins, the last days of the Samurai, Shimabara Rebellion, and the dramatic internal issues (especially regarding Tsumayoshi's successor), which inspired the TV series Ooku. Keep up with the great work, my friend 👍👍

Can't wait to see what else you come out with man

Man you were originally planning on moving to Japan, bro you’re hardcore! Can’t wait for you to do the shogun 2 dlc Boshin war stuff.

I'm glad to here that things are moving along well for you in your life- although it's a shame you were not able to move to Japan, it's good that you were able to find an alternative road. Good luck with your future projects man. I just rewatched Setting the Stage and I'm stoked to hear that you will be updating that and your Sengoku Jidai series, as well as what follows that chronologically. Your channel is top tier- the most entertaining in the genre of Japanese history and culture.

Take care of yourself first. We appreciate your videos very much. Personally they make my drive home from work much better

Like a good sword, you forge yourself patiently. Big ups to you dude!

Whatever you decide I know it's going to be informative for all people who are interested in learning. 👍🏻

Definitely can't wait for the Edo Period videos. That's the one period I feel like people don't talk about in detail that much or is full of speculations/misinformation I think.

Hey man, this channel is awesome and I love it. We share the same passion. Only, you are even more passionate about this than I am. Continue at your own pace that doesn't stress yourself out. There's no need to get burnt out over this and it would be much worse, if production would stop completely.

peace out chief these videos might have helped me more than someone would think

Hey man, awesome to hear you’re going back to school. Do it! Cheers!!

You're a legend, man!

I think that would be a very interesting topic

8:53 last samurai 👀 (I know it’s not historically accurate)

I really wish you all the best for your private life! I guess most of us will survive, even when we just have 1 video every 2 weeks xD

I’m a history nerd and anime enthusiast and because of that I was drawn to want to learn more about Japanese culture and history outside of stereotypes often depicted in movies and shows I wanted to appreciate Japanese history and culture the way it should be appreciated as a kid I had a fascination with samurai and shinobi well mainly because how they’re depicted in entertainment, but now learning about the real history of the samurai and shinobi it has truly opened up my eyes a lot it’s really amazing and I really have to thank you for that your passion and extensive knowledge are amazing you do phenomenal work and I will always support your channel! Do whatever is best for your, but myself and I’m sure everyone who watches your content will be here whenever you put out a new video I look forward to what the future will bring for you!

We want a serie about kamakura shogunate .

Awesome to know :]

@The Shogunate. Bro all of your videos and series completely stomp on anything I have seen on the history channel or Netflix. These productions need to hire and pay you b/c the history professors they get are mediocre compared to you, when it comes to the Sengoku period of Japan this channel is amazing. Never say never tho as I also wanted to move to a different country but now maybe I will when I'm much older and have a bunch of disposable income. You never know maybe you can move at a different stage of your life. Cheers M8!!!!!

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Nioh 2 is actually easier and you can wave away the Yokai ability element because it ties to the folklore and comes with a compelling English encyclopedia attached revealing aspects of their ancient culture.

I'm actually glad to hear that you will be slowing down a bit. We've all been stressed and anxious lately. Take your time. We are willing to wait for your content. There is no need to work at a feverish pace.

@The Shogunate You should a bio of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, Sasaki Kojiro, and Yodo-giri.

Just to let you I love all of your work and wished had more time to view them all. Do you plan one day to do the history of the various Iaido Ryu? Your health always comes first.

I think The Tachibana clan would be a good topic of Discussion especially more stuff about Muneshige Tachibana, and Lady Ginchiyo

(Estou com preguiça de escrever em inglês hahahah) Seria incrível uma série spin off de Sengoku Jidai, assim como sei que vai ser incrível a série do período Edo... E seria incrível também uma serie sobre o Bakumatsu, que apesar de ser no período Edo é cheia de detalhes... E as rebeliões de samurais do início da era Meiji (como a Rebelião de Saga; as Rebeliões Shinpuren, Akizuki e Hagi e claro a Rebelião de Satsuma e o assassinato do ministro Okubo...) Me empolguei hahahah Seu canal é um dos meus favoritos, parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho

One old game you should take a look at is Sword of the Samurai. Available on both Steam and Good Old Games, it's an MS-DOS game that got me into samurai history. If it wasn't for this game, I likely would not have the same passion for Japanese history and culture that I do. I recommend the GOG release, as GOG optimizes the games on their platform for modern computers. Steam, to my knowledge, does not always do this. Sword of the Samurai is a combination RPG, hack-n-slash, and strategy game. It has duel segments where it's you vs one opponent, melees that pit you against multiple foes, and battles between armies that actually seem like a precursor to the Total War battle system. Framed around this is a menu system where you manage your land, visit other samurai estates, and even get married. You start as a retainer to a hatamoto of the clan you select, and you can eventually take their place, becoming a lieutenant to your clan's daimyo. Eventually, you can replace them as well. Once you do, your true goal begins: uniting Japan under your banner. All this sounds like it can be a long game, but I've completed games in under 3 hours. I've played it for years, admittedly, but I'd be more than happy to lend you my expertise if you want to do a comprehensive review of the game.

I can't believe I been following your channel for over a year (I came a bit late but right up to Sengoku period), it sure was a fun run thru those time period although sadly I am not a Patreon as I don't really trust using credit card info on Internet. Anyways sometimes, life can be like Ronin, just follow the wave and let the wave take you wherever it brings you. Beside warfare, maybe look into the life of ancient Japan or famous Japanese people that lived thru the war period but are not warriors or samurai or Daimyos. People like Ikkyu a famous Buddhist monk in the early Muromachi period and later become popular from a 1970 cartoon that made him beloved character in Japanese and even in Chinese kids called Ikkyu-san or Tea master Sen No Rikyu or even Imai Sokyu a rich merchants in Sengoku period who become rich as middle man of selling European wares and Chinese wares, especially tea items. For me, you are way better than John Turnbull in terms of the ancient Japanese samurai. Anyways good luck in the future and rest well. Looking forward to see you again

OK now this is the time to do what I really hate, but must be done ' Fan boy out" about this channel and you. First you have one of the greatest voices for narration that I have ever heard. It makes what ever you talk about something I want listen to. Second from the first video I discovered of yours, I have been impressed by your scholarship and overall knowledge of this channels subject matter. The thing about history is that sources can be wrong or mistaken and new sources and scholarship, can effect interpterion's on formally settled matters. The fact that your making your episodes updatable just makes the episodes more impressive. As a bit of a Japanese history buff I know a fair bit about some of these topics, but I always learn new things. This gives me the ability to do deeper dives into areas that I never really explored in the past. Third for selfish reasons I'm sorry that you won't be living in Japan, because walking the ground where the actual events so often makes the how's and why's of what occurred more understandable. I was looking forward to your footage and live interpretations. Fourth I'll still get those from your travels to Japan, it just won't be the amount that living nearby would allow one to get. Fifth I hope you do write both historical fiction and scholarly books as I want to buy them. I believe your ability to tell a story has already been established. I'm going to wrap this up so I'm not any more overly obsequious than I already am. You deserve to have a life and me wanting more of your content is not a reason to stress you out or lesson your high production values. If it goes to one or two episodes a month I get to look forward longer to your next release. Your breadth of information and subjects make watching and supporting your channel important to me. Thanks for the update.

Coverage of the end of the shogunate from 1850s to 1870s would be interesting

I would also like to have a videos on Tskuhara Bokuden and Yagu Munenori and there written work.

Suggestion of two games set in the Edo period:Way of the Samurai 2 and 4.

When will the next "clan history" video be coming out (could you do a monthly video roadmap or something)

It’s a shame the ambition to try living in Japan died out for you. Living in a country for a period is probably the best way to understand a country and its culture, the good, and the bad. And it allows you to find things buried under the surface that is hidden from foreigners and tourists. That again, can be both good and bad. But I’m glad you have other wishes to fulfill to replace that old ambition.

Makes sense as Edo period doesn’t have much content to put out a video every week .

Just a heads up, you marked the chapters on the video, but didn't include the headings, can see the chapter breaks on the time bar but when hovering the cursor over a segment, no title appears. Thanks for the update, though, only recently discovered this channel, through Shogo - can't remember if it was a specific mention by him or one of your videos just happened to show up in the suggestions feed after watching his. Either way, haven't regretted following the link, been slowly working my way up through your archives. Great work, keep it up.

Maybe you can go into Minecraft and build some samurai castles!

Focus on yourself we can wait

You should review the video games: Shogun Total War 1 and 2. There's also an upcoming game called Sengoku Dynasty (open world survival game, not released yet). There's some fantasy samurai games such as Onimusha series, Tenchu, Shinobu (side-scroll ninja fantasy). Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (Yakuza game in feudal Japan). Nioh and Sekiro by FromSoftware are popular too. Samurai Shodown (side-scroll fighting game). Strategy games such as Age of Empires, CIvilization and Humankind (2021) also have samurai. These are niches though so the old games might get few viewers.

would you suggest watching through your Sengoku series from 1st episode or there will be remaster and that I should wait?

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I want more videos of Japan,s history. I don,t care if is after sengoku o before, i will enjoy them. Good luck with your future proyects man!

I'm hoping for a video about the black ships.

Ittosai and Sadamoto Sugawara. Have you also started training in swordsmanship yet?

I wa s wondering if you’d consider turning the Sengoku Jidai videos into like, single video compilations? Like I think all of Season 1 for example could be turned into a 2-3 hour mega video.

Would be happy to assist with any advice or assistance you might need to get through Nioh and Sekiro playthroughs more easily

Sorry to hear that you won't be coming to Japan. I think you should look for a university in the US which gives you the opportunity to do field work and field research in Japan for a semester (or at least for one or two months).

People's plans change all the time. But, it seems like you have a pretty good idea where you want to be heading at the moment.

Can you do a video on uesugi kenshin an the uesugi clan?

Have you considered doing a Japanese martial arts such as judo and order jujitsu or both?

Btw I'm subbed to you but I ain't seen any of ur vids in my feed

Can't wait until The Shogunate review Gintama :). Lmao

What painting is that in the thumbnail for the video?

I love you

How about a seri about the Genpei War?

Maybe you can story tell the Biography of the greatest samurais ever.. Specially Yoshitsune Minamoto is Luke Skywalker in Real life..

Hopefully you’ll come back to Matsumoto some time 👍

It's heartbreaking, that someone like you, who's clearly so goddamn fascinated by and in love with Japan, lost the fire of ambition to live here. I sympatize though. I also lost my fire during this pandemic and especially due to Japan's response to it. I used to aim for JLPT N1 and possibly stay here for good, but that changed and I have now decided to leave for good instead. Maybe staying here for 2-3 more years, but that's going to be it.

I did an MA in Asian Studies in a New York commuter college as part of my life path of becoming the first non-Japanese rokyoku storyteller. My gut feeling is that the sponsors have accepted my recommendation from my alma mater and that the government of Japan May fast track my application. Narrating about Japanese history will not age well, but Mega Man Battle Network will allow me to achieve instant success.

As far as the copyright issues are concerned, have you tried putting the videos in boxes and putting citation marks on top of the video where it's inserted? I know that the modifications are basically your work so therefore it's copyrighted by you with the content underneath being owned by somebody else. I mean, there has to be a (legal) way for people like news outlets to cite stuff. So maybe that's the trick.

Former Japanese English teacher here. You DON'T want it, the pay is hot garbage, your company can fire you at any moment, they won't back you if you get into any trouble and you're basically viewed as the modern equivalent of burakumin/Eta so women won't want anything to do with you. Do ANYTHING else....Also watch out for Gaijin hunters (women who date foreigners for the novelty and status then dump you for the next ornament she meets) and people looking to befriend you as a free English teacher.

KZfaq has a way of causing some kind of depression in the head of its content creators. We often times expect immediate result and base our next course of action on what the previous video did in the search rankings. All in good terms.

Damn I think my first comment may have been deleted cause I left a link in it. Sorry if it wasn’t and this is another comment, just wanted to say I love your videos and just wanted you to know about a cool game called Shin Sengoku. Ryan (founder) made a KZfaq page for it and he also has a channel called ‘way of ramen’. Come join the discord server sometime and see what it’s all about and I recommend you all do the same as well ! Ever since I’ve been involved with the game I’ve watched your videos religiously and enjoying learning about all the cool history. Also just starting sphere of influence for the first time but wish ps now would work smoother 😅

Well it was good while it lasted.

I hope that short videos don't literally mean vertical KZfaq Shorts. That would not be a good format for the channel.

Haha I was wondering what you thought about Nioh and Sekiro. They can be hard to get into. Have to get into a mindset where death's are not to upsetting. I imagine I'm in a friendly sparring match. 😂 Then it's fun and you'll git gud as they say.

Congratulations on avoiding the Weeaboo's Blunder. As a westerner, Japan is a place much better visited than moved to.