Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure video game by Sucker Punch Productions and produced for the Sony PlayStation 4. It focuses on the story of the samurai Jin Sakai on the island of Tsushima during the first Mongol invasion of Japan.
== The World ==
Ghost of Tsushima is based on/in 13th century Japan, and includes elements of the supernatural (such as a guiding wind, guiding animals) and elements core to the samurai/bushido theme. Jin is able to honor shrines and graves, receive charms from shrines, compose haiku, and relax in onsen (hot springs) as forms of character progression and development.
===Characters===
The protagonist and lone player-controlled character is Jin Sakai. The following characters are popular in the fandom:
* Ishikawa Sensei
* Kenji
* Khotun Khan
* Lady Masako Adaichi
* Lord Shimura
* Ryuzo
* Taka
* Yuna
== Fan Activity ==
===Controversies===
Most controversy in and amongst the fandom is currently related to what shipping options are available, implications of romantic tension amongst figures, and whether certain plotlines were resolved to players' satisfaction.
While the setting is fictitious, the developers paid close attention to fighting styles and techniques that would have been used by the samurai and evidently attained general success in replicating their accuracy,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7hr7dmfJ90 YouTube as well as finding a biwa player who plays the instrument type and style that would have been played during the time period.(https://www.inverse.com/gaming/ghost-of-tsushima-composer-ilan-eshkeri-biwa-instrument Inverse.com) The attention to accuracy and detail means that some of the more problematic facets, such as romanticizing a representation of samurai which did not yet existhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/08/14/like-ghost-tsushima-heres-what-you-may-not-know-about-samurai/ Washington Post 14-08-2020 in the historical period - a representation of samurai that is popularly used for nationalist and propaganda purposes.https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/23/21333631/ghost-of-tsushima-kurosawa-films-samurai-japan-abe-politics Polygon.com 23-07-2020
===Shipping===
The nine most popular pairings based on AO3 data as of 10 Sep 2020 are:
* Ryuzo/Jin Sakai (39)
* Jin Sakai/Yuna (24)
* Ryuzo & Jin Sakai (8)
* Jin Sakai & Yuna (7)
* Jin Sakai/You (7)
* Jin Sakai/Original Female Character(s) (5)
* Jin Sakai/Taka (3)
* Jin Sakai & Original Female Character(s) (3)
* Jin Sakai & Taka (2)
One further pairing was included due to crossovers with Ghost of Tsushima, but as the pairing does not include Ghost of Tsushima characters, it is not included in this list.
===Tropes===
* LGBTQ+ headcanons are developing with Jin being paired with other male figures in the games. These are further thematically supported by at least two discrete in-game encounters with NPCs who use language implying LGBTQ+ identities.
* Due to the bittersweet ending, fix-it or alternative endings are growing in popularity in fanworks.
==Fanworks==
=== Fanart===
The game offers a photo mode for players, allowing them to remove the in-game interface and take photos of Jin and/or the landscape around them. This has led to fanart of the landscape, not just the characters.
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=== Fanfiction ===
As of 10 September 2020, there are 108 fanworks on Archive of Our Own. AO3 Canon divergence and fix-it plotlines are popular.
== Archives and Communities ==
* The fan activity on tumblr includes art, headcanons, and small pieces of fanfiction.
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