First and foremost, I'm not some hyper patriotic American who can't take type two Eageland depictions. No, my issue is with the fact that the author seems to not just to be a right wing supporter, but an imperialist. Japan in this world requests large territorial concessions and money (maybe I'm wrong there, but looking at the Headscraters I don't seem to be), and if people in this new world don't do what they want, they will use their superior military to force it. In other words, exactly what this author seems to be imply the US would do to Japan.
Morality in this story is INCREDIBLY black and white. There is no question who the good guys are, and no question who the bad guys are. The good guys are the Japanese and anyone associated with the Japanese, and the bad guys are anyone not Japanese. I say that, because until some of the fantastical characters meet with, and become part of the Japanese group, they are depicted as being either in a bad situation, or morally wicked. In our world, every country that isn't Japan is depicted as being out solely for itself. Aside from the beginning, we barely even see a Japanese soldier so much as shot, and yet we see American, Russian, and Chinese soldiers being very violently butchered.
Political hypocrisy aside, the story is decent, but not particularly engaging. The author's main goal seems to be to espouse his political beliefs, and as a result, he sacrifices opportunities to tell a more intriguing story that could get the readers to think. An example being when they challenge the fire dragon for the second time, the one that destroyed the elf girl's home, this could've been an opportunity for a potentially talking dragon, who offered its own perspective on the attack, which could give the characters something to think about. But nope, the dragon is evil, no question about it.
The characters aren't awful, but they're kind of blank slates, again, just there for the author to preach.
So all in all, while the fantasy world is at the very least interesting (if not somewhat routine), the story and characters are just there for the author to scream his hyper right wing beliefs, and espouse his hypocrisy. I wouldn't recommend it.
Literature Even Kaji Kawaguchi Would Cringe
First and foremost, I'm not some hyper patriotic American who can't take type two Eageland depictions. No, my issue is with the fact that the author seems to not just to be a right wing supporter, but an imperialist. Japan in this world requests large territorial concessions and money (maybe I'm wrong there, but looking at the Headscraters I don't seem to be), and if people in this new world don't do what they want, they will use their superior military to force it. In other words, exactly what this author seems to be imply the US would do to Japan.
Morality in this story is INCREDIBLY black and white. There is no question who the good guys are, and no question who the bad guys are. The good guys are the Japanese and anyone associated with the Japanese, and the bad guys are anyone not Japanese. I say that, because until some of the fantastical characters meet with, and become part of the Japanese group, they are depicted as being either in a bad situation, or morally wicked. In our world, every country that isn't Japan is depicted as being out solely for itself. Aside from the beginning, we barely even see a Japanese soldier so much as shot, and yet we see American, Russian, and Chinese soldiers being very violently butchered.
Political hypocrisy aside, the story is decent, but not particularly engaging. The author's main goal seems to be to espouse his political beliefs, and as a result, he sacrifices opportunities to tell a more intriguing story that could get the readers to think. An example being when they challenge the fire dragon for the second time, the one that destroyed the elf girl's home, this could've been an opportunity for a potentially talking dragon, who offered its own perspective on the attack, which could give the characters something to think about. But nope, the dragon is evil, no question about it.
The characters aren't awful, but they're kind of blank slates, again, just there for the author to preach.
So all in all, while the fantasy world is at the very least interesting (if not somewhat routine), the story and characters are just there for the author to scream his hyper right wing beliefs, and espouse his hypocrisy. I wouldn't recommend it.