5 Things Ghost Of Tsushima Gets Historically Right (And 5 It Doesn't)

If you've played GOT for any length of time, you may be forgiven for scratching your head at Jin, the brutal Samurai warrior, scourge of Mongols and Ghost of Komoda, taking spa days and writing poetry.

After all, you'll never see Geralt playing the flute, or Joel explaining to Ellie why chrysanthemums are ecologically important before shooting a looter in the face.

Yet these activities, seen today as the furthest thing away from the masculine stereotype, were part and parcel of the Samurai lifestyle.

Although the Samurai spent a lot (read: A LOT) of their free time fighting, they were also lords and educated rulers, for whom philosophy and gardening were just as viable pastimes as bowmanship and brutally putting down peasant revolts.

The Samurai, like many cultures around the world, believed their spirit was just as important as their body, and strove towards keeping both healthy, either by creating music or relaxing in a hot spring. Of course, whether any actual Samurai looked as good as Jin does while taking a bath is still heavily academically debated. Well, maybe not, but it should be.