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William Adams
[edit]Currently the lead says "the plot follows the journeys of William Adams, an Irish sailor named after and inspired by the historic Englishman who became one of the only ever Western samurai." which is a mouthful, but surely 'named after and inspired by' is just a convoluted way of saying that the character is [[William Adams (pilot)]], albeit fictionalized? The same way Edward Kelley is listed in this article as [[Edward Kelley]] and not some other character named after and inspired by him? Or John Smith from the film Pocahontas, for comparison? What I'm driving at it that it seems like someone has inserted a disctinction without a difference. It doesn't read well and is needlessly confusing. The IGN article just says "Yasuda said the main character is based off a real-life person that came from Europe to Japan and later became a samurai." so perhaps we can just rephrase it "the plot follows a fictionalized [[William Adams]]" or more indirectly "the plot follows William Adams, based on the [[historic European sailor who became a samurai]]" (incidentally there's an entire article on foreign-born samurai, so 'only ever Western samurai' is unsourced and basically untrue, or at the very least contentious). Thank you! 2600:8800:239F:A900:4C11:2C7A:40EB:752D (talk) 07:53, 25 May 2022 (UTC)