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** In the manga, none of the special forces have night vision. The only advantage they probably have is they are on their home turf and have assistance from the command center with drones and stuff. Though, why the Americans or the other nation did not have the same assets at the time is another matter.
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** The Diet hearing wasn't organized as a comprehensive multipartisan (or, in the Japanese case, multifactional) effort to comprehend the Special Area situation and/or to brief the [=MPs=] on it. It was basically a private effort of Senator Kouhara to bash the JSDF — both [[StrawmanPolitical to stroke her personal anti-military bias]], and to advance her faction in the political games of the Diet. Given that she's not entirely rational on the first point, it's no surprize that it [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]].
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** The Diet hearing wasn't organized as a comprehensive multipartisan (or, in the Japanese case, multifactional) effort to comprehend the Special Area situation and/or to brief the [=MPs=] on it. It was basically a private effort of Senator Kouhara to bash the JSDF — both [[StrawmanPolitical to stroke her personal anti-military bias]], and to advance her faction in the political games of the Diet. Given that she's not entirely rational on the first point, it's no surprize surprise that it [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]]. spectacularly]].
* I don't know how this was handled in the manga and light novels, but why do the foreign SF operators in the anime lack standard things such as night vision when the JSDF SF has proper kit? I understand this story is a JSDF wank but, for the [[YanksWithTanks Americans]] especially, [[CriticalResearchFailure who have all the assets necessary located in Japan already]], undertaking a politically risky operation without the right gear and aerial/orbital observation to identify hostiles like the JSDF does with their observation helicopter feels ham-fisted.
* I don't know how this was handled in the manga and light novels, but why do the foreign SF operators in the anime lack standard things such as night vision when the JSDF SF has proper kit? I understand this story is a JSDF wank but, for the [[YanksWithTanks Americans]] especially, [[CriticalResearchFailure who have all the assets necessary located in Japan already]], undertaking a politically risky operation without the right gear and aerial/orbital observation to identify hostiles like the JSDF does with their observation helicopter feels ham-fisted.
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** The Diet hearing wasn't organized as a comprehensive multipartisan (or, in the Japanese case, multifactional) effort to comprehend the Special Area situation and/or to brief the [=MPs=] on it. It was basically a private effort of Senator Kouhara to bash the JSDF — both [[StrawmanPolitical to stroke her personal anti-military bias]], and to advance her faction in the political games of the Diet. Given that she's not entirely rational on the first point, it's no surprize that it [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]].
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* How do USA, Chinese, and Russian leaders think they will actually be able to achieve their plans with the world on the other side of the Gate? Either of them would require a military invasion of another planet, and to that would also require an illegal invasion and occupation of Japan. I hear that the author is a Right-winged Japanese political so making other countries seem insane wouldnt be unexpected.
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** The Russian Prime Minister seems far more reasonable. He just wants to close the Gate. His reasons are selfish as they are based around keeping the possible new market of resources cut off so they dont damage the Russian economy. Its actually a decent idea when you think about something like the God Hardy coming through and wrecking Earth. However its unknown how closing the Gate could be achieved and it doesnt change the problem that another gate could be opened and leaving the other side undefended. That was why the JSDF send forces in through it in the first place.
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** The Russian Prime Minister seems far more reasonable. He just wants to close the Gate. His reasons are selfish as they are based around keeping the possible new market of resources cut off so they dont don't damage the Russian economy. Its actually a decent idea when you think about something like the God Hardy coming through and wrecking Earth. However its unknown how closing the Gate could be achieved and it doesnt doesn't change the problem that another gate could be opened and leaving the other side undefended. That was why the JSDF send forces in through it in the first place.place.
* The Diet hearing doesn't make sense for multiple reasons, from an apparently complete lack of information about the witnesses beforehand for the Diet members, leading to multiple misunderstandings, to the Diet member who just can't stay on topic (her assertion that unnecessary civilian casualties were incurred during the dragon attack). This is despite a multiple day delay due to the intervention at Italica and knowledge of who the witnesses would be well in advance.
* The Diet hearing doesn't make sense for multiple reasons, from an apparently complete lack of information about the witnesses beforehand for the Diet members, leading to multiple misunderstandings, to the Diet member who just can't stay on topic (her assertion that unnecessary civilian casualties were incurred during the dragon attack). This is despite a multiple day delay due to the intervention at Italica and knowledge of who the witnesses would be well in advance.
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****** At that point of time, there is no information about thw enemy besides what is initially shown. Since the enemy are riding wyverns, there is no guarantee there is nothing more dangerous in the mix. There is no information about magic either. The JSDF fought defensively and only engage after the enemy proved to be aggressive and have entered into threatened territory. All countries will put their people, and by extension soldiers, first before other countries. Especially if said country just raided your cities.
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****** At that point of time, there is no information about thw the enemy besides what is initially shown. Since the enemy are riding wyverns, there is no guarantee there is nothing more dangerous in the mix. There is no information about magic either. The JSDF fought defensively and only engage after the enemy proved to be aggressive and have entered into threatened territory. All countries will put their people, and by extension soldiers, first before other countries. Especially if said country just raided your cities.
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** In war reparation negotiation, there is a need to keep ones dignity. Asking for less sometimes result in being looked down upon. The JSDF most likely wants to avoid it.
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** If you compare how fighting has evolved in the real world, a black belt jiujitsu practitioner should be able to win against knights of the dark ages. This is because of our more in depth understanding of the human body.
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****** At that point of time, there is no information about thw enemy besides what is initially shown. Since the enemy are riding wyverns, there is no guarantee there is nothing more dangerous in the mix. There is no information about magic either. The JSDF fought defensively and only engage after the enemy proved to be aggressive and have entered into threatened territory. All countries will put their people, and by extension soldiers, first before other countries. Especially if said country just raided your cities.
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** The United States of America President wants what you would expect. He wants to invade the planet and strip it of resources. A more lighthearted objective is to find fantasy creatures which makes him seem AffalablyEvil.
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** The United States of America President wants what you would expect. He wants to invade the planet and strip it of resources. A more lighthearted objective is to find fantasy creatures which makes him seem AffalablyEvil.AffablyEvil.
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*** I wouldn't call it TooDumbToLive. Remember, his nation was the only super power in the world and wins pretty much every war. Thinking he could win by a blitzkrieg of knights, monsters, and dragons isn't that hard to see.
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*** I wouldn't call it TooDumbToLive. Remember, his nation was the only super power in the world and wins pretty much every war. Thinking he could win by a blitzkrieg of knights, monsters, and dragons isn't that hard to see.see.
*How do USA, Chinese, and Russian leaders think they will actually be able to achieve their plans with the world on the other side of the Gate? Either of them would require a military invasion of another planet, and to that would also require an illegal invasion and occupation of Japan. I hear that the author is a Right-winged Japanese political so making other countries seem insane wouldnt be unexpected.
**The United States of America President wants what you would expect. He wants to invade the planet and strip it of resources. A more lighthearted objective is to find fantasy creatures which makes him seem AffalablyEvil.
**The Chinese Prime Minister is even worse. He wants to do the same, but also move half the population of China to the other wold and conquer it as a New China.
**The Russian Prime Minister seems far more reasonable. He just wants to close the Gate. His reasons are selfish as they are based around keeping the possible new market of resources cut off so they dont damage the Russian economy. Its actually a decent idea when you think about something like the God Hardy coming through and wrecking Earth. However its unknown how closing the Gate could be achieved and it doesnt change the problem that another gate could be opened and leaving the other side undefended. That was why the JSDF send forces in through it in the first place.
*How do USA, Chinese, and Russian leaders think they will actually be able to achieve their plans with the world on the other side of the Gate? Either of them would require a military invasion of another planet, and to that would also require an illegal invasion and occupation of Japan. I hear that the author is a Right-winged Japanese political so making other countries seem insane wouldnt be unexpected.
**The United States of America President wants what you would expect. He wants to invade the planet and strip it of resources. A more lighthearted objective is to find fantasy creatures which makes him seem AffalablyEvil.
**The Chinese Prime Minister is even worse. He wants to do the same, but also move half the population of China to the other wold and conquer it as a New China.
**The Russian Prime Minister seems far more reasonable. He just wants to close the Gate. His reasons are selfish as they are based around keeping the possible new market of resources cut off so they dont damage the Russian economy. Its actually a decent idea when you think about something like the God Hardy coming through and wrecking Earth. However its unknown how closing the Gate could be achieved and it doesnt change the problem that another gate could be opened and leaving the other side undefended. That was why the JSDF send forces in through it in the first place.
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**** Plus, you'd really only have to check the humans. The other species are, well, other species. The viruses that effect them wouldn't effect humans.
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*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis Not necessarily.]] It's also not clear that they aren't just different races of human.
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** [[spoiler: Hardy opened a portal in Alnus and the Emperor mostly thought [[TooDumbToLive "hey look! let's conquer the unknown other side!!"]]]]
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*** I wouldn't call it TooDumbToLive. Remember, his nation was the only super power in the world and wins pretty much every war. Thinking he could win by a blitzkrieg of knights, monsters, and dragons isn't that hard to see.
*** I wouldn't call it TooDumbToLive. Remember, his nation was the only super power in the world and wins pretty much every war. Thinking he could win by a blitzkrieg of knights, monsters, and dragons isn't that hard to see.
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**** Plus, you'd really only have to check the humans. The other species are, well, other species. The viruses that effect them wouldn't effect humans.
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**** What do you think Zorzal's guards specialized in? Archery?
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*** I believe it was mentioned before that she specialized in hand-to-hand / close-quarter combat. If anyone can take on Special Area's best fighters, it would be her.
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*** I don't see what's honorably honorable about killing thousands of people.
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***** But you don't have to kill them. If killing them is the cost of being polite, then don't be polite. I agree that the objective isn't to kill people, which is exactly why they should be taking more precautions to make it so they don't have to kill people.
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**** "When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." And besides, the objective of Japan going to the special region isn't to kill people, but rather find someone who could be brought to negotiation table.
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*** I don't see what's honorably about killing thousands of people.
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** [[spoiler]]Hardy opened a portal in Alnus and the Emperor mostly thought [[TooDumbToLive "hey look! let's conquer the unknown other side!!"]][[//spoiler]]
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** [[spoiler]]Hardy [[spoiler: Hardy opened a portal in Alnus and the Emperor mostly thought [[TooDumbToLive "hey look! let's conquer the unknown other side!!"]][[//spoiler]]side!!"]]]]
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** I thought they were the ones to open the gate.
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** I thought they were the ones to open the gate.gate.
** [[spoiler]]Hardy opened a portal in Alnus and the Emperor mostly thought [[TooDumbToLive "hey look! let's conquer the unknown other side!!"]][[//spoiler]]
** [[spoiler]]Hardy opened a portal in Alnus and the Emperor mostly thought [[TooDumbToLive "hey look! let's conquer the unknown other side!!"]][[//spoiler]]
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** Because the author's portrayal of the JSDF is that they are honorable and would not do such things. This is proven by the fact that the prisoners on the JSDF side is treated humanely.
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** I always assumed that those with him weren't his guards but his personal entourage. Noble sots with next to no combat experience who hung out with him for prestige and influence (Note that one of them didn't even have ''clothes'' on, which would be inexcusable for an actual bodyguard).
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* How did the Special Area forces that invaded Ginza learn of the Gate's existence and mobilize to attack through it before anyone in Ginza noticed it? The Gate is located on top of a completely featureless hill in the middle of nowhere in the Special Area, and opens into ''Tokyo'' on this side.
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*** It takes time for a disease to develop symptoms. You can't just check for it instantly. They also don't even know what disease exist in the Special Area. Also, they'd still need to quarantine everyone present during the initial invasion, as the invaders could have been contagious.
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** Maybe she took [[BayonetYa bayonet training]] REALLY seriously? At Italica, her first instinct was to charge headfirst into the mass of raiders and Rory, bayonet fixed and all.all.
* How did the Special Area forces that invaded Ginza learn of the Gate's existence and mobilize to attack through it before anyone in Ginza noticed it? The Gate is located on top of a completely featureless hill in the middle of nowhere in the Special Area, and opens into ''Tokyo'' on this side.
** I thought they were the ones to open the gate.
* How did the Special Area forces that invaded Ginza learn of the Gate's existence and mobilize to attack through it before anyone in Ginza noticed it? The Gate is located on top of a completely featureless hill in the middle of nowhere in the Special Area, and opens into ''Tokyo'' on this side.
** I thought they were the ones to open the gate.
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** Everyone allowed to pass through the gate is checked out for anything even remotely contagious beforehand? It might not have been brought up because it's simply not a major concern for any of the protagonists beyond routine health checks that tend to be mandatory when operating long-term in foreign countries anyway.
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* How did the Special Area forces that invaded Ginza learn of the Gate's existence and mobilize to attack through it before anyone in Ginza noticed it? The Gate is located on top of a completely featureless hill in the middle of nowhere in the Special Area, and opens into ''Tokyo'' on this side.
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*** That still doesn't explain the lack of concern.
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**Magic?
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**Suguwara stated that the demands are based on post-war precedents, so it may not be entirely thought out for the Empire's state of economics. Its also said that he just thought of the concessions right there as the actual conditions was "Reparations are undetermined".
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** Maybe she took [[BayonetYa bayonet training]] REALLY seriously? At Italica, her first instinct was to charge headfirst into the mass of raiders and Rory.
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** Maybe she took [[BayonetYa bayonet training]] REALLY seriously? At Italica, her first instinct was to charge headfirst into the mass of raiders and Rory.Rory, bayonet fixed and all.
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* Why was Shino able to fight off several of Zorzal's guards in close-quarters combat before she starts using her gun? Until this point, every fight had been a curb-stomp-battle in the JSDF's favor because they had modern weapons and tactics and experience with them. However, this fight was what the Special Area excels at, and Zorzal's guards should have been some of the best.
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* Why was Shino able to fight off several of Zorzal's guards in close-quarters combat before she starts using her gun? Until this point, every fight had been a curb-stomp-battle in the JSDF's favor because they had modern weapons and tactics and experience with them. However, this fight was what the Special Area excels at, and Zorzal's guards should have been some of the best.best.
**Maybe she took [[BayonetYa bayonet training]] REALLY seriously? At Italica, her first instinct was to charge headfirst into the mass of raiders and Rory.
**Maybe she took [[BayonetYa bayonet training]] REALLY seriously? At Italica, her first instinct was to charge headfirst into the mass of raiders and Rory.
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* Why did Japan ask the Special Area for so many concessions? They were asking for land twice the size of Japan, along with the amount of money the Japanese government gets in a year. This would make it take longer to achieve peace, and thus take longer for large-scale trade.
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* Why did Japan ask the Special Area for so many concessions? They were asking for land twice the size of Japan, along with the amount of money the Japanese government gets in a year. This would make it take longer to achieve peace, and thus take longer for large-scale trade.trade.
* Why was Shino able to fight off several of Zorzal's guards in close-quarters combat before she starts using her gun? Until this point, every fight had been a curb-stomp-battle in the JSDF's favor because they had modern weapons and tactics and experience with them. However, this fight was what the Special Area excels at, and Zorzal's guards should have been some of the best.
* Why was Shino able to fight off several of Zorzal's guards in close-quarters combat before she starts using her gun? Until this point, every fight had been a curb-stomp-battle in the JSDF's favor because they had modern weapons and tactics and experience with them. However, this fight was what the Special Area excels at, and Zorzal's guards should have been some of the best.
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* Why do no diseases spread? By some estimates, 95% of the Americans died from disease when the Europeans first arrived. There also seems to be no concern about diseases spreading. The people who survived the original attack should have been quarantined. The same goes for anyone crossing the portal in either direction.
* Why didn't the soldiers guarding the gate do more to scare away the invaders? They could have sent back some of the prisoners with pictures and possibly video of the attack. They could have set up a projector and showed showed the invaders what happened to earlier groups. They could have launched tear gas at them. That would be illegal to do during war, but since Japan invading anyone is illegal anyway, they were claiming that the Special Region counted as Japan, and they were just fighting terrorists, in which case tear gas is legal.
* Why did Japan ask the Special Area for so many concessions? They were asking for land twice the size of Japan, along with the amount of money the Japanese government gets in a year. This would make it take longer to achieve peace, and thus take longer for large-scale trade.
* Why didn't the soldiers guarding the gate do more to scare away the invaders? They could have sent back some of the prisoners with pictures and possibly video of the attack. They could have set up a projector and showed showed the invaders what happened to earlier groups. They could have launched tear gas at them. That would be illegal to do during war, but since Japan invading anyone is illegal anyway, they were claiming that the Special Region counted as Japan, and they were just fighting terrorists, in which case tear gas is legal.
* Why did Japan ask the Special Area for so many concessions? They were asking for land twice the size of Japan, along with the amount of money the Japanese government gets in a year. This would make it take longer to achieve peace, and thus take longer for large-scale trade.
