all 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 31 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

Karoitan (?) and Movoiri (?) here are apparently 2.18 and 2.12 meters tall, which is huge even by modern standards, so if those measurements are accurate, the height difference between them and their captors might not be that much of an embellishment as it looks.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Do we have independent confirmation on those measurements?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    I looked some things up. This drawing depicts the Golovnin Incident and the person in front is Vasily Golovnin. Not sure how they got "Karoitan" from that, but anyway.
    I can't find anything about his height, but I imagine if he really was 2.18 meters tall, it would be written down everywhere, so it's probably exaggerated.

    EDIT: I misread, it's not Karoitan, it's Kahitan, meaning they thought his name was "captain".

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    For real? I am tiny compared to them. XD

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Why don't the Russians, the larger of the two, simply eat the Japanese?

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    I immediately thought this was some Star Trek parody. Those Russian uniforms are very similar. ☺️

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Hard to tell which ones the captive 😅

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Reminds me of some kind of Japanese propaganda book I found washed up on a beach, the illustration style was tge same but with more gore! I should really try to dig it out.

  • source
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    This is quality mildly interesting

  • source
  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    This explains the first boss in Sekiro

  • source