Blackthorne speaks English, Dutch, Latin, and Portuguese. He was in possession of rutters (written sailing directions)…
John being an english man on a dutch boat should not be in possession of documents that allows him to find passage to the Japans, as only portuguese people were allowed to have them, as in, if you have them and are not allowed to, it's a death sentence. Those papers being in his possession are enough to assume he is an enemy, even without reading his journals, and should therefore be put to death.
Priests could speak many languages back then, they travelled a lot for religious reasons. The big nations of europe back then had a lot of trade relationships so it's not surprising that they could speak english. They might not speak it fluently though, since it was assumed that translation the whole book would take a very long time (I only assume). The priests only translated the part of John's book that could incriminate him as his pesence could ruin their plans in Japan. When Mariko is looking at the book she scans the page really fast because she can't read english and then she finds the one page. One of the sentence she reads is about an island that John and his crew burned down (Tidore), that page is translated in portuguese (or latin I don't remember). In any case, that little page is the one thing that allows Mariko to understand that John and his crew sacked Portuguese bases, which makes him a pirate. As to believing that the translation is reliable, she is a christian who trusts the church more than the dude who just arrived. She accused him and he could have lied and maybe she would have had doubts about the translation, but he didn't.
Swap gender is also heavily criticized in the west anyway so it doesn't shock me. But there are others who complimented the show in China. I mean, it's like everything, there will always be good and bad reviews but to see swap gendering as a critic... well not shocked because men love to bash on us but still annoyed.
well there are only 3 white people, the cast is mainly composed of poc. but poc or white it doesn't matter, they are not Asian and some people are bothered, others don't care
I stand by me previous comment, this is a Kim Dong hyun hate account.
That pillar game was unfair on women because there was no way they could have win, the men are physical beasts! I mean, thanos ??? They need a season with just women because I'm tired of them just getting the crumbs that men allow them to have when some of them are strong af!
Not people on chinese social media bitchin about the gender swap of the main character in the netflix adaptation lol, people really love to be misogynistic for the fun of it
I mean, sure FL can outsmart Harin in her little school tricks, but she's going after someone really powerful in real life. I don't see how she can win against someone with that much influence and money in the society. Except if her parents find a way to get rid of her, there's no way FL can really win with no damage done to her personal life. That's literally how korean society works, if you have money, you have power and if you don't then you're nothing. Just like FL's dad said, hierarchy is everywhere. And sure conglomerates want to avoid rumors and scandal, but that's not enough to bring them down lol.
Priests could speak many languages back then, they travelled a lot for religious reasons. The big nations of europe back then had a lot of trade relationships so it's not surprising that they could speak english. They might not speak it fluently though, since it was assumed that translation the whole book would take a very long time (I only assume).
The priests only translated the part of John's book that could incriminate him as his pesence could ruin their plans in Japan. When Mariko is looking at the book she scans the page really fast because she can't read english and then she finds the one page. One of the sentence she reads is about an island that John and his crew burned down (Tidore), that page is translated in portuguese (or latin I don't remember).
In any case, that little page is the one thing that allows Mariko to understand that John and his crew sacked Portuguese bases, which makes him a pirate. As to believing that the translation is reliable, she is a christian who trusts the church more than the dude who just arrived. She accused him and he could have lied and maybe she would have had doubts about the translation, but he didn't.
It wouldn't surprise me if it was really true, east Asia is really misogynistic.
That pillar game was unfair on women because there was no way they could have win, the men are physical beasts! I mean, thanos ???
They need a season with just women because I'm tired of them just getting the crumbs that men allow them to have when some of them are strong af!