39624 (community total) + 59 (my reviews) = 39683
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39683 (community total) + 81 (my reviews) = 39764
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39764 (community total) + 24 (my reviews) = 39788
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39788 (community total) + 32 (my reviews) = 39820
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39820 (community total) + 55 (my reviews) = 39875
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39875(community total) + 45 (my reviews) = 39920
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39920 (community total) + 20 (my reviews) = 39940
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39940 (community total) + 11 (my reviews) = 39951
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39951 (community total) + 29 (my reviews) = 39980
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39_980 + 18 = 39_998
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39 998 (community total) + 22 (my reviews) = 40 020
I just joined Bunpro, glad to be a part of this challenge ! 
That’s quite a huge number, congrats everyone !!
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40020 (community total) + 9 (my reviews) = 40029
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40029 (community total) + 24 (my reviews from yesterday) = 40053
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40053 (community total) + 94 (my reviews) = 40147
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40147 (community total) + 40 (my reviews) = 40187
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40187 (community total) + 106 (my reviews) = 40293
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40293 (community total) + 27 (my reviews) = 40320
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40320 + 29 = 40349
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40349 (community total) + 77 (my reviews) = 40426
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40426 (community total) + 48 (my reviews, few days) = 40474
About 110 years in: Early 1670
The Ainu people are considered the indigenous people of Japan, and largely controlled the northern part of the country until they were continually pushed back during the Sengoku period further north and into small patches of land. They had control of much of Hokkaido right up until the end of the Edo period. At around 1670, there was a three year long revolt against Japanese control on Hokaaido. The Matsumae clan was in charge with keeping the Ainu in check (and even exempt from taxes for doing so) and the two groups even had a trade agreement. However as resources depleted for the Ainu, they tried one last ditch effort to regain land and autonomy from the Japanese. Fighting went over a period of years but of course they could not maintain this against the numbers and resources the Shogunate forces had, and so they ended up surrendering. A new treaty was established, along with trade negotiations, but the Matsumae had a hidden agenda. Once settled, the Ainu leaders were all killed by Matsumae troops.
Still in northern Japan (a little further south), the famous Date clan went through a power struggle that ended up become the subject of a number of Kabuki plays and puppet shows. In 1660 Date Tsunamune (son of Date Masamune, the “One-eyed dragon”) was arrested in Edo for drunkenness and poor behavior, and accused of not being fit to lead. Some high-ranking vassals of the clan thought that Date Tsunamura (great-grandson of Masamune) should rule, and thus he was placed in charge. This caused over 10 years of violence and in-fighting, until in 1671 a relative of the clan complained directly to the Shogun of the mismanagement of the province. What followed was a long political drama of inspections, interviews, investigations and interrogations. This came to a head when one of Tsunamara’s supporters got heated and attacked and killed a member of the Date clan. This crime was made all the worse as it happened in the home of a Shogun official. The instigators whole extended family was killed as punishment, and Tsunamune was finally appointed back as Daimyo. I can only imagine this gained such popularity at the time as now peace was the accepted norm, a big political drama like this gave people something to talk about and basically made into a ‘drama series’ of the time (on stage!)
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