Kamehameha: the Conqueror King of Hawaii

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As a native to Kauai, I'm surprised and ecstatic that some1 has taken time to dive into the deeper history rather than the skimmed overview written in the history books. It's channels like these that make the world informed and whole

This is where Dragon Ball Z gets it’s Kamehameha from! Toriyama (the author) wanted to include the Japanese word Kame in the title of the move, which means turtle (a reference to the character that develops the move). Toriyama’s wife was aware of some Hawaiian history, and suggested this name. So this whole time, DBZ characters have been shouting the name of a Hawaiian king 👑

Whoever animated and did the art for this, mad props

As a proud Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) I want to thank you for this beautiful depiction of Hawaiian history. You’re the first person I’ve ever seen take the time to talk about Hawaiian history, mahalo nui loa. You have a lifetime subscriber now. Appreciate you.

I teach American history and taught about the annexation of Hawaii yesterday to my 8th period. It’s weird sometimes how life can have many similar events happen at the same time. Who would of thought my favorite historical narrative channel would have a video about the EXACT same subject I just taught. Life is crazy in many ways, right?

This channel is so immersive, it's unbelievable. THIS is storytelling.

Beautiful story telling of real history on my Hawaiian brothers n sisters. As a proud Samoan, I loved this. Aloha and Alofa from Oahu 🤙🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾

as someone who grew up in hawai’i and is of hawaiian descent, it’s great to see someone taking time to share our history and educate people on what was left out of the history books 🤙🏽

dragon ball comments are an inevitability

What's even scarier is that Hawaiian Chiefs don't let their ʻahuʻula (feather cape) touch the ground, and Kamehameha's cape is long and big enough to put him around 7 feet tall. There are even stories of him flipping the Naha stone, a sheet of lava rock weighing around 2.5 tons. A Chief that flipped the rock over, was said to become conquer of all the islands, basically the same as the sword in the stone. Legend has it that when he was born a "white rainbow" came down from the heavens, most likely Crepuscular rays (What happens when light shines through clouds). Dude was built different.

“The Lonely One” has got to be one of the coolest names in history

As a half Hawaiian living on the 9th island I always feel like my Hawaiian heritage has been concealed and held back from me. I love channels like these that help me understand my heritage better.

As someone who was born and raised in Hawaii, I am really excited to see this video.

Born and raised in Hawaii and I never learned about the history of Kamehameha in such detail. The things I learned was very sugar coated... this was very eye opening!!

We Polynesians are proud warriors at birth. Born as warriors with the blood flowing through us. We are few compared to other races but strong and proud.Polynesian,Native Americans,Indigenous peoples are few now. But we have so much rich history and cultures I'm also indigenous Puerto Rican taino and Cherokee,Egyptian mixed with Hawaiian and Maori.

I knew absolutely nothing of Hawaii nor have any connection to it, but this narration, music, and artwork literally made me feel like I was there. Most importantly, you have a way capturing the human experience in history that it makes me try to understand more and more. This is absolutely top notch!

Keopuolani is the highest ranking Hawaiian Monarch in hawaiian history. King Kamehameha had to take off his clothes before he could even look in her direction. thank you history dose, i needed this!

As a maōri from Aotearoa, I find this video awesome and educating. I've learnt more about my Hawaiian whanau and how alike we really are, Kia Ora to all the maoli out there. Shaka

Honestly, this is way better than social studies 7th grade in Hawaii