[ SECRET POST #3155 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3155 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

02. http://i.imgur.com/wjtpKvh.png

[ill_omened]

The whole 'oh no this is terrible, I hope we the Japanese don't end up committing horrific war crimes like the Chinese" does sort of suggest a certain approach to things. Along with all the standard 'Nippon stronk, imperialist Americans trying to interfere' stuff.

From what I've heard though the anime has an absolutely tiny amount of nationalism compared to the webnovel which is the sort of extended love letter to imperialism and the army that seems to only exist in nationalists who've never served.

[iggy]

oh no this is terrible, I hope we the Japanese don't end up committing horrific war crimes like the Chinese

Holy shit.

[(Anonymous)]

the Japanese equivalent of two of the Beatles?

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Obnoxious but weirdly honorable military sci-fi writer with a love for big guns and staunch soldiers. Best-known for the "Oh John Ringo No!" review of a series even he admits is pure self-indulgence. (For what it's worth, he approved use of the phrase on a shirt to raise money for charity.) Has an incredibly childish feud with John Scalzi because he didn't think Redshirts deserved a Hugo. (Scalzi posted a pic of himself with the Hugo and the caption U MAD, BRO?) Last heard of siding with the Sad Puppies and then deleting the post.

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[(Anonymous)]

I know. I was joking.

Re: OP

[hiyami]

I had never heard of him and thought the same, so I was really wondering if that anime was about 4 characters, and the least prominent / popular one ending up being the savior of the day or something.

[iggy]

Nationalism is really big among male otaku isn't it? It seems natural, if disturbing, that anime would capitalize on that. I know I've felt like it's grown more prominent in anime in recent years, though that could be me just becoming more aware of its presence.

(Apparently Irregular at Magic High was just horribly Japanese nationalistic, though I haven't seen it to confirm. Heard it was awful so....)

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[(Anonymous)]

I didn't think it was all that common. Zipang, High School of the Dead . . . Basically the same kind of stuff American nationalists write.

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[iggy]

Eh I didn't mean to imply that this was something exclusive to Japan. Nationalism is a problem in a ton of countries.

But I do think it's pretty common in anime, albeit not usually as... extremely presented as it is in some of the above given examples.

[(Anonymous)]

Irregular at Magic High was... nationalistic is an understatement. Awful is also an understatement. Best example of a trainwreck I ever saw in my life - I kept watching because I thought it couldn't possibly get worse, but it kept getting worse.

I don't know if it's just prevalent, or if it's just becoming more overt than it used to be. There's some older anime that's fairly nationalistic, but hid it a little better, I think.

[(Anonymous)]

How did you even get past the "I want to fuck my brother" in the first episode?
How does it get worse?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

By closing my eyes and going la-la-laaaa at those bits ugh. <-- Actually, not sarcastic. It's so predictable you know when it's gonna happen so it's easy to avoid.

How it gets worse... oh god where do I begin. Glorifies violence, vilifies pacifism, classist, racist, incredibly victim-blamey, and all of this is presented as completely normal - not even just normal, but desirable. Also the MC is basically Jesus. I'm not even joking. He gets fatally injured and basically just... reboots and comes back to life. Also he has the power to bring other people back to life but obviously only the people on the right side (aka his side) and everyone else gets terminated with extreme prejudice.

I was basically hatewatching it after the first ep, but the depths to which it sank astonished even me. @__@

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know anything about the author or his work, but that soldier and tank look like they were photoshopped in from a different series

[ariakas]

Lol this is exactly what I came in to say.