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* SurpassedTheTeacher: Komai expresses such sentiment if Guangdong outcompetes Manchuria economically. When he is asked by the press if Guangdong is the new model Sphere economy, Komai replies that he has perfected what was started in Manchuria and coolly drinks a glass of sake, knowing that he will be remembered for this achievement.
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* PetTheDog: Even though Komai is really only useful to them as a proxy to control Guangdong, the Manchurian bureaucracy still invites him as a guest of honor if Pujie takes over Manchuria and hosts a coronation to celebrate, where Komai is allowed to attend the entire event with Pujie's court.
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* AssholeVictim: The manager running Yamauchi's love hotels is a Yakuza member and he eventually gets caught by the Kenpeitai, dragged half-naked from the waist down into a police van, and hauled away with the other employees and three customers.
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* UndressedForTheOccasion: The main Yakuza operative running Yamauchi's love hotels is caught by the Kenpeitai and dragged half-naked from the waist down into a police van, alongside the other employees and three customers.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Seeing the smoke of a burning factory, Yamauchi knows that Nintendo isn't going to survive the riots and, in the best case scenario, he's only delaying its doom. 100 days later and Nintendo finally shuts down.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Seeing the smoke of a burning factory, Yamauchi knows that Nintendo isn't going to survive the riots and, in riots. Hitachi was already delaying it fate by selling its old stock and manufacturing equipment to Japan, and now there is a high chance of rioters destroying whatever Yamauchi has left. In the best case scenario, he's only delaying its doom. 100 days later and Nintendo finally shuts down.
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* NothingIsScarier: One morning, Yamauchi doesn't hear a sound from the normally bustling streets and sees no morning commuters, street vendors, or police patrols. The only individuals present are the Kenpeitai officers, which creeps Yamauchi out and convinces him to clock off early.
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* NothingIsScarier: One morning, morning after the Hitachi coup, an unaware Yamauchi doesn't hear a sound from the normally bustling streets and sees no morning commuters, street vendors, or police patrols. The only individuals present are the Kenpeitai officers, which creeps Yamauchi out and convinces him to clock off early.
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*TooDumbToLive: Yamauchi insists on keeping the love hotels, but his partners ignore the advice and give the buildings more creative architecture. The Kenpeitai end up noticing the hotels and shut them down, arresting the perpetrators for an unpleasant fate and leaving Yamauchi to helplessly watch from a bar across the road.
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* UndressedForTheOccasion: The main Yakuza operative running Yamauchi's love hotels is caught by the Kenpeitai and dragged half-naked from the waist down into a police van, alongside the other employees and three customers.
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* AvoidThisAreaEffect:
** One of Komai's first responses to the Riots is to roll out no-go zones around government buildings, corporate offices, and a handful of manufacturing plants, which are enforced by the Police and IJA.
** Cordons are generally used to isolate the rioters to weaken them, which may also be extended to Hitachi's assets in an aggressive response.
** One of Komai's first responses to the Riots is to roll out no-go zones around government buildings, corporate offices, and a handful of manufacturing plants, which are enforced by the Police and IJA.
** Cordons are generally used to isolate the rioters to weaken them, which may also be extended to Hitachi's assets in an aggressive response.
* BecauseISaidSo: Komai denounces the rioters' cause as an injustice, simply because he and his allies are in positions of authority and that any protest against them is wrong.
** The potential show trials during the Riots are intended to delegitimize the convicted as monstrous traitors, but almost nobody buys their guilty verdicts, which are handed out like candy in the courts.
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** If the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance fails to pass, Lam lets out a sigh of relief whilst overhearing the announcement on the radio during a late-night shift. However, any respite is lost under the volume of paperwork he must go through ever since the Kenpeitai started mass dumping prisoners onto an already underfunded system in what Lam suspects is [[LoopholeAbuse a deliberate effort by Komai to get the Legislative Council to reconsider “easing” the situation]].
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** If the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance fails to pass, Lam lets out a sigh of relief whilst overhearing the announcement on the radio during a late-night shift. However, any respite is lost under the volume of paperwork he must go through ever since the Kenpeitai started mass dumping prisoners onto an already underfunded system in what Lam suspects is [[LoopholeAbuse a deliberate effort by Komai to get the Legislative Council to reconsider “easing” "easing" the situation]].
* ChekhovsGun: The many cuts enacted during the Oil Crisis become relevant again during the Riots, as the spare money can be redirected into funding the security services and authorizing aggressive measures to end the conflict.
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** Komai's strategy to suppress the riots is to set up cordons and curfews that disallow groups of protestors to meet each other, making them easier to suppress.
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** Komai's strategy to suppress the riots is to set up cordons and curfews that disallow groups of protestors to meet each other, making them other. Then, they will be encircled and driven to the poorer districts to further limit their movement and make it easier for them to suppress.
* DramaticIrony: As he reassures them that the Riots are winding down, Komai calls the IJA his esteemed allies, unaware of just how close they were to initiating a coup and handing him a death sentence, had they got their hands on him.
* EnemyCompassion: {{Defied}}. Komai knows that some members of the Police are sympathetic to the rioters and may join in, so he forces them to adopt a hard stance against the mass movements.
* EvilGloating:
** The last three focuses of the Riots tree begin with the same first paragraph, in which Komai boasts about his own achievements.
--->''Our Chief Executive is Guangdong's strongman. His authority over this delta is not to be questioned by anyone, let alone by traitors whose rightfully ordained place in life is to do what they are told, not bothering to question why or how. Nor should his ability to protect this glorious, beautiful State of Guangdong and her welfare and prosperity be held in any doubt.''
** Victorious in the epilogue and more arrogant than ever before, Komai calls himself "the strongman of the State of Guangdong, the sole guarantor of her beauty and prosperity".
** The last three focuses of the Riots tree begin with the same first paragraph, in which Komai boasts about his own achievements.
--->''Our Chief Executive is Guangdong's strongman. His authority over this delta is not to be questioned by anyone, let alone by traitors whose rightfully ordained place in life is to do what they are told, not bothering to question why or how. Nor should his ability to protect this glorious, beautiful State of Guangdong and her welfare and prosperity be held in any doubt.''
** Victorious in the epilogue and more arrogant than ever before, Komai calls himself "the strongman of the State of Guangdong, the sole guarantor of her beauty and prosperity".
** Guangdong bursts into chaos during the Guangdong Riots and Komai tries to reassure the people that they have nothing to fear if they obey the government. What he doesn't mention is that some of his suppressive measures will put them in harm's way, regardless of how loyal they've been to the regime.
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** Shortly after Komai’s takeover, Chun counts the number of Kenpeitai checkpoints on the way to work, noting that the increase is larger than he expected. All he and everyone else try is to avoid making even the slightest sign of disobedience on front of these checkpoints, not wanting to be dragged off for “questioning” and be unable to support their families. The only thing keeping them going is a basic sense of survival and the vain hope that things won’t get worse that most know is unattainable.
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** Shortly after Komai’s takeover, Chun counts the number of Kenpeitai checkpoints on the way to work, noting that the increase is larger than he expected. All he and everyone else try is to avoid making even the slightest sign of disobedience on front of these checkpoints, not wanting to be dragged off for “questioning” "questioning" and be unable to support their families. The only thing keeping them going is a basic sense of survival and the vain hope that things won’t get worse that most know is unattainable.
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** A stricter curfew is enforced during the Guangdong riots, with violators arrested under suspicion that they are aiding the dissidents.
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** A stricter night curfew is enforced during the Guangdong riots, Riots, with violators arrested under suspicion that they are aiding the dissidents.dissidents. Not only does this help encircle the rioters, but it also means less popular support from those who obey the new law.
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* FrameUp: In a blatant show of injustice, some people are arrested in Hitachi's Guangdong on trumped up charges.
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* FrameUp: FrameUp:
** In a blatant show of injustice, some people are arrested in Hitachi's Guangdong on trumped upcharges.charges.
** If show trials are organized against the rioters, the police will falsify evidence against the prosecuted, supposedly proving their treason and securing their guilty sentence.
** In a blatant show of injustice, some people are arrested in Hitachi's Guangdong on trumped up
** If show trials are organized against the rioters, the police will falsify evidence against the prosecuted, supposedly proving their treason and securing their guilty sentence.
* LawmanBaton: Police officers are encouraged to use batons against the rioters, beating and arresting them without hesitation.
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* TheMole: During Komai's pragmatic response to the riots, Chun's truck is stopped by an an armored police van, forcing Chun and his comrades to open their boxes of firebombs and fight back. As he wraps his lacerated hand in bandages, Chun is suspicious that someone gave the slip to Hitachi because the Police would have no reason to expend resources into patrolling a quiet part of the city that they were traveling through. The recent uptick in recruits to the resistance gives him more reason to suspect that some informants slipped through.
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* TheMole: MiseryBuildsCharacter: Countless innocent people have suffered under Komai's fist by the turn of the decade and the Chief Executive doesn't care. He remarks that their pain will build character and those who succeed will do so on what he deems a merit, whether it be their ethnic origin, monetary skills, or sheer luck.
* MisplacedRetribution: To combat the Riots, Komai closes businesses and emergency services in the areas where they are strongest. Many law-abiding citizens will suffer in the process, but Komai deems the collateral loss to be worth it.
* TheMole:
** Komai can use moles to leak information from the rioters and identify leaders within the CCL and GFT.
** During Komai's pragmatic response to the riots, Chun's truck is stopped by an an armored police van, forcing Chun and his comrades to open their boxes of firebombs and fight back. As he wraps his lacerated hand in bandages, Chun is suspicious that someone gave the slip to Hitachi because the Police would have no reason to expend resources into patrolling a quiet part of the city that they were traveling through. The recent uptick in recruits to the resistance gives him more reason to suspect that some informants slipped through.
* MisplacedRetribution: To combat the Riots, Komai closes businesses and emergency services in the areas where they are strongest. Many law-abiding citizens will suffer in the process, but Komai deems the collateral loss to be worth it.
* TheMole:
** Komai can use moles to leak information from the rioters and identify leaders within the CCL and GFT.
** During Komai's pragmatic response to the riots, Chun's truck is stopped by an an armored police van, forcing Chun and his comrades to open their boxes of firebombs and fight back. As he wraps his lacerated hand in bandages, Chun is suspicious that someone gave the slip to Hitachi because the Police would have no reason to expend resources into patrolling a quiet part of the city that they were traveling through. The recent uptick in recruits to the resistance gives him more reason to suspect that some informants slipped through.
** Even the non-lethal police measures to the Riots will involve breaking the rioters' bones and inviting Nissan security forces to aid the crackdowns.
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* PropagandaPiece: After the riots, Hitachi produces a propaganda cartoon called ''Huli and Friends'', following a band of characters searching for treasure and praising the Samurai, an allegory for the Japanese, as valiant protectors who fight scary pirates and giant sea monsters.
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* PropagandaPiece: PropagandaPiece:
** In the epilogue, there is a general propaganda push by Hitachi to promote their products and associate them with Guangdong patriotism.
** After the riots, Hitachi produces a propaganda cartoon called ''Huli and Friends'', following a band of characters searching for treasure and praising the Samurai, an allegory for the Japanese, as valiant protectors who fight scary pirates and giant sea monsters.
** In the epilogue, there is a general propaganda push by Hitachi to promote their products and associate them with Guangdong patriotism.
** After the riots, Hitachi produces a propaganda cartoon called ''Huli and Friends'', following a band of characters searching for treasure and praising the Samurai, an allegory for the Japanese, as valiant protectors who fight scary pirates and giant sea monsters.
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* RedScare: Komai insults the rioters as communists and foreign agents trying to unlawfully depose him.
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** {{Defied}} in Komai's response to the Riots. He knows that some will try to escape the crowds when confronted with government security and explicitly orders that they be arrested too.
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** Letters and telecommunications are surveilled during the Riots, in coordination with [[TheInformant informants]] serving the Hitachi regime.
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* BlamingTheVictim: When three Chinese men are kill for merely breaking a curfew, Komai justifies that they had no place being on the streets at night and that they brought their deaths on themselves.
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** One of Komai's potential responses to the Oil Crisis is the Guangdong Business Warrant Act, requiring all foreign businesses to get a warrant and pay a tax, if they don't integrate into Hitachi's economic restructuring program. It's by far one of his most restrained and mundane ordinances, but it's a strong legislation to control who gets to do business in Guangdong.
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** One of Komai's potential personalist responses to the Oil Crisis is the Guangdong Business Warrant Act, requiring all foreign businesses to get a warrant and pay a tax, if they don't integrate into Hitachi's economic restructuring program. It's by far one of his most restrained and mundane ordinances, but it's a strong legislation to control who gets to do business in Guangdong.
* BringIt: When the Oil Crisis starts, Komai calls it an endurance trial that will further legitimize his legacy, even comparing it to the legendary Battle of Austerlitz.
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* ConfidenceBuildingScheme: Once the Oil Crisis hits and investments from Japanese businessmen are threatened, Komai can attempt to pass the Capital Investment Security Ordinance and provide guarantees on said investments.
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* ControlFreak: The censorship of the Kanton Fujin Koron gets even worse in Komai's pro-Manchurian response to the Oil Crisis, where Kenpeitai men start controlling what Yoshiko can write about and will not tolerate any complaints about it.
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* ControlFreak: The censorship of the Kanton Fujin Koron gets even worse in Komai's pro-Manchurian response if Komai responds to the Oil Crisis, Crisis by empowering the security forces to censor the media, where Kenpeitai men start controlling what Yoshiko can write about and will not tolerate any complaints about it.
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* CuttingCorners: When Komai lets go of all restraints to stop the riots, Lam's lieutenant gives him a stack of confession record forms to review and send to the courts. He tells Lam that the jails are overflowing and need to fire these cases as quickly as possible, so Lam should skip the regular legal procedure and do anything with the forms, as the courts will accept whatever they're given.
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* CuttingCorners: CuttingCorners:
** Komai can encourage companies, who are not under government oversight, to save money by lengthening shifts and skipping benefit payments to maximize production.
** When Komai lets go of all restraints to stop the riots, Lam's lieutenant gives him a stack of confession record forms to review and send to the courts. He tells Lam that the jails are overflowing and need to fire these cases as quickly as possible, so Lam should skip the regular legal procedure and do anything with the forms, as the courts will accept whatever they're given.
** Komai can encourage companies, who are not under government oversight, to save money by lengthening shifts and skipping benefit payments to maximize production.
** When Komai lets go of all restraints to stop the riots, Lam's lieutenant gives him a stack of confession record forms to review and send to the courts. He tells Lam that the jails are overflowing and need to fire these cases as quickly as possible, so Lam should skip the regular legal procedure and do anything with the forms, as the courts will accept whatever they're given.
** In the Oil Crisis, Komai thinks that his people are assets he needs to control rather than sapient beings.
** Even though everyone recognizes how dire the Oil Crisis is, Komai gives a half-hearted speech that they need to remain calm and stay united during these trying times.
** Further restrictions on movement can be placed in a pro-Manchurian response to the Oil Crisis, with all violations deemed a serious legal offense.
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* ForWantOfANail: Komai's attempt to shield the Mangyō delegation from the riots will depend on how much Manchurian aid he received during the Oil Crisis. If he asserts enough independence, the delegation will land in a distant airfield away from Kōshu. If he was too dependent, the delegation lands at the Kōshu airport to witness the violence firsthand.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Komai's attempt to shield the Mangyō delegation from the riots will depend on how much Manchurian aid he received during the Oil Crisis. If he asserts enough independence, the delegation will land in a distant airfield away from Kōshu. If he was too dependent, the delegation lands at the Kōshu airport to witness the violence firsthand.
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** Desperate to stave off the Oil Crisis in his personalist route, Komai orders Tsuchida to cross off any departments of government funding to funnel them to the police, regardless of what consequences may arise. Tsuchida thinks it's an awful idea, but he follows his orders so that his name doesn't get crossed off the list too.
** During the Oil Crisis, Komai freezes the budget as a desperate means to prevent financial catastrophe, in spite of its potential short-term ramifications. If he's even more opportunistic, he can also turn to Nissan and Mangyō for help, even though it could risk him becoming their puppet.
** During the Oil Crisis, Komai freezes the budget as a desperate means to prevent financial catastrophe, in spite of its potential short-term ramifications. If he's even more opportunistic, he can also turn to Nissan and Mangyō for help, even though it could risk him becoming their puppet.
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** Desperate to stave off the Oil Crisis in his personalist route, Komai orders Tsuchida to cross off any departments of government funding and halve the public service budget to funnel them to the police, regardless of what consequences may arise. Tsuchida thinks it's an awful idea, but he follows his orders so that his name doesn't get crossed off the list too.
** During the Oil Crisis, Komai freezes the budget as a desperate means to prevent financial catastrophe, in spite of its potential short-term ramifications. If he's even more opportunistic, he can also turn to Nissan and Mangyō for help, even though it could risk him becoming theirpuppet.puppet, but also later allows him to remove the freeze and draw a new budget later.
** In his pro-Manchurian route, Komai will call up his Mangyō superiors to funnel more backing into his unstable regime. It wounds his ego and he knows that his superiors will try to maneuver a one-sided deal in their favor, but he prioritizes recovery above anything else.
** During the Oil Crisis, Komai freezes the budget as a desperate means to prevent financial catastrophe, in spite of its potential short-term ramifications. If he's even more opportunistic, he can also turn to Nissan and Mangyō for help, even though it could risk him becoming their
** In his pro-Manchurian route, Komai will call up his Mangyō superiors to funnel more backing into his unstable regime. It wounds his ego and he knows that his superiors will try to maneuver a one-sided deal in their favor, but he prioritizes recovery above anything else.
** For the Oil Crisis, there is some benefit from rationing electricity to maintain factory production during the day. But Komai goes the extra mile by purposely cutting off electricity to the poorer neighborhoods, suspicious that they contain many dissidents and gleeful that the darkness means police raids can be more easily conducted.
** Potentially scrapping all welfare for the Chinese people during the Oil Crisis also comes with Komai making a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain vile]] remark about what the Chinese even deserve.
** Potentially scrapping all welfare for the Chinese people during the Oil Crisis also comes with Komai making a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain vile]] remark about what the Chinese even deserve.
* LongGame: In a personalist response to the Oil Crisis, Komai cuts back Hitachi's production to match reduced product demand, giving up short-term profits to save their money for Guangdong's long-term investment.
** In his pro-Manchurian route to the Oil Crisis, Komai can exploit loopholes and commissions with fixed outcomes to scrap all welfare for the Chinese citizens, tightening the eligibility and general restrictions on resource distribution.
** A personalist response to the Oil Crisis will offer rewards to loyal citizens and write off large portions of their debt to weather the storm, even if this will anger Komai's superiors. Those who stay defiant and refuse the offer will be forced to undergo fewer rations during a terrible economic period.
** Even in his personalist response, Komai recognizes that he's still somewhat dependent on his superiors during the Oil Crisis. Though there is a risk that his superiors will try to cheat him, Komai may ask for a bailout or try to emulate Manchuria's industrial model to stabilize his dictatorship.
** ZigZagged if nationwide taxes are raised during the Oil Crisis. Komai reckons that the Chinese people are too poor to just upend their lives and leave, so his new tax policy on them is of little concern. What's more problematic is the capital flight of Zhujin and Japanese citizens who can afford to leave, so Komai needs to consider offering incentives to stay.
* ShelteredAristocrat: As Komai potentially mentions during the Oil Crisis, the senior bureaucrats of the Hitachi regime haven't gone outside for years, which he mocks them for while reviewing their payrolls.
** The use of surveillance is expanded during the Oil Crisis, as more security cameras are installed to crack down against crime.
* TemptingFate: Komai slashes wages to mitigate the Oil Crisis and dismisses the risk of them joining the protests. It's a sentiment that does not age well with the more intense Guangdong Riots.
** Once the Oil Crisis hits and investments from Japanese businessmen are threatened, Komai can attempt to pass the pro-Manchurian Capital Investment Security Ordinance and provide guarantees on said investments. It's a last-ditch move to save his office after running out of every other option.
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* VictimBlaming When three Chinese men are kill for merely breaking a curfew, Komai justifies that they had no place being on the streets at night and that they brought their deaths on themselves.
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* TheWarHasJustBegun: After completing his Oil Crisis tree, Komai receives a positive report that Guangdong is on the road to economic recovery, but he recognizes the growing demonstrations protesting his regime and that more work will need to be done to put them down.
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* TheWarHasJustBegun: After completing his Oil Crisis tree, Komai receives a positive report that Guangdong is on the road to economic recovery, but he recognizes the growing demonstrations protesting his regime and that more work will need to be done to put them down. Notably, he is the only possible Chief Executive who recognizes the simmering discontent from the workers and correctly predicts that it will blow over soon.
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** {{Discussed}} as Komai imagines the Legislative Council as anothe rtool for Hitachi to expand its operations, having total financial domination to cow its members into unquestioning obedience.
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** {{Discussed}} as Komai imagines the Legislative Council as anothe rtool another tool for Hitachi to expand its operations, having total financial domination to cow its members into unquestioning obedience.
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** Overcrowing in the prisons can be addressed by dispersing the inmates to remote confidential locations, dissuading any common sense of resistance organizing among them.
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** Overcrowing Overcrowding in the prisons can be addressed by dispersing the inmates to remote confidential locations, dissuading any common sense of resistance organizing among them.
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To the excitement or dread of many, Komai Kenichirō has taken over Guangdong and laid the groundwork to transform the country under a brutal Manchurian labor system, with all dissent crushed by his hand.
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It's 1966, just moments after a successful Hitachi coup. To the excitement or dread of many, Komai Kenichirō has taken over Guangdong and laid the groundwork to transform the country under a brutal Manchurian labor system, with all dissent crushed by his hand.
** In the focus "One Million Is a Statistic", Komai dismisses the widespread cries of tyranny and oppression, claiming that he came to Guangdong's aid against the "ghastly and all-devouring night". He further boasts that he's ascended Guangdong to new heights from its once-emaciated form, completely apathetic to his long list of crimes and vices.
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* KangarooCourt: If Komai calls off restraints during the Guangdong riots, many will be arrested and tried in a special court hosted in any grand-enough hall, such as a repurposed boardroom of a former Cheung Kong subsidiary. In one trial, all sixty defendants found guilty and invariably sentenced to death, regardless of their crime and with no defense attorneys to appeal for clemency. Yoshiko is horrified by the sight and doesn't witness the actual sentencing because of it being a ForegoneConclusion, but she ultimately remains silent so she won't be next.
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* KangarooCourt: KangarooCourt:
** Show trials can be conducted against anyone deemed an enemy to Hitachi, rallying the public against them and striking fear in everyone else.
** If Komai calls off restraints during the Guangdong riots, many will be arrested and tried in a special court hosted in any grand-enough hall, such as a repurposed boardroom of a former Cheung Kong subsidiary. In one trial, all sixty defendants found guilty and invariably sentenced to death, regardless of their crime and with no defense attorneys to appeal for clemency. Yoshiko is horrified by the sight and doesn't witness the actual sentencing because of it being a ForegoneConclusion, but she ultimately remains silent so she won't be next.
** Show trials can be conducted against anyone deemed an enemy to Hitachi, rallying the public against them and striking fear in everyone else.
** If Komai calls off restraints during the Guangdong riots, many will be arrested and tried in a special court hosted in any grand-enough hall, such as a repurposed boardroom of a former Cheung Kong subsidiary. In one trial, all sixty defendants found guilty and invariably sentenced to death, regardless of their crime and with no defense attorneys to appeal for clemency. Yoshiko is horrified by the sight and doesn't witness the actual sentencing because of it being a ForegoneConclusion, but she ultimately remains silent so she won't be next.
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* PoliceState: With the Kenpeitai's backing and top position in the Legislative Council, Komai takes Guangdong to new levels in terms of police surveillance and suppression, all under the guise of advancing the pan-Asian cause.
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* AppealToTradition: Komai argues that there is no need to diverge from past ventures because they have been successful in the past. This justifies his attempts to emulate Manchuria and lead Guangdong to a [[BelievingTheirOwnLies "similarly grand future"]].
* BeneathNotice: {{Defied}}. Komai vows that no corporate entity will escape his gaze and that they will either become Hitachi's subsidiaries or become fully integrated.
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** Komai's first order of business is the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to officially recognize his new position, ostensibly so that he can cut down on "uninterrupted growth". However, it's very obvious that it's just an excuse for Komai to centralize his authority even further, made all the more obvious when Komai extends the state of emergency.
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** Komai's first order of business is the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to officially recognize his new position, ostensibly so that he can cut down on "uninterrupted growth". growth" and centralize power to [[EmergencyAuthority combat the "threat" of instability]]. However, it's very obvious that it's just an excuse for Komai to centralize his authority even further, made all the more obvious when Komai extends the state of emergency.emergency.
** In his broadcast after the coup, Komai proclaims that it was his benevolence that led to his ascension and that he wishes nothing more than for stability and prosperity to return to Guangdong. Given his brutal tactics, everyone knows what he truly is, however.
** Guangdong is a corporatocracy that already offers significant lenience in terms of corporate regulations, so Komai's complaints that said rules are asphyxiating is an obvious lie to maximize profits.
** Numerous events show workers being horribly maimed or killed, yet Komai spins that they don't need further protections and are compensated by their meager wages.
** In his broadcast after the coup, Komai proclaims that it was his benevolence that led to his ascension and that he wishes nothing more than for stability and prosperity to return to Guangdong. Given his brutal tactics, everyone knows what he truly is, however.
** Guangdong is a corporatocracy that already offers significant lenience in terms of corporate regulations, so Komai's complaints that said rules are asphyxiating is an obvious lie to maximize profits.
** Numerous events show workers being horribly maimed or killed, yet Komai spins that they don't need further protections and are compensated by their meager wages.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Some of Komai's foci uses blood to convey the horror of his policies, whether it be the worker abuses or the authorization for dissidents to be gunned down on the streets.
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* {{Dehumanization}}: Hitachi’s rule of Guangdong frequently dehumanizes people as disposable tools to be discarded at a moments notice. Factory workers are compared to cattle, slaving away in nightmarish factories until they break. Dissidents are hoarded on to boats to Manchuria like sardines as they get seasick or panic and plead. As Komai guts safety regulations, he compares people to coal in a furnace being fed enough to keep the flame lit up.
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* {{Dehumanization}}: {{Dehumanization}}: Hitachi’s rule of Guangdong frequently dehumanizes people as disposable tools to be discarded at a moments notice. notice, with Komai's favorite insults being comparisons to dogs, rats, and maggots:
** When extending the state of emergency, Komai calls the opposition an infestation of maggots who must be exterminated.
** Factory workers are compared to cattle, slaving away in nightmarish factories until theybreak. break.
** The authorization of torture or executions will come with comparing the dissidents to rats.
** To publicly suppress his opposition, Komai insults them as dogs who are either being frightened into obedience or using pack mentality to attack.
** Dissidents are hoarded on to boats to Manchuria like sardines as they get seasick or panic andplead. plead.
** As Komai guts safety regulations, he compares people to coal in a furnace being fed enough to keep the flame litup.up.
** In reaction to the press reporting on his industrial abuses, Komai calls them rats.
** When extending the state of emergency, Komai calls the opposition an infestation of maggots who must be exterminated.
** Factory workers are compared to cattle, slaving away in nightmarish factories until they
** The authorization of torture or executions will come with comparing the dissidents to rats.
** To publicly suppress his opposition, Komai insults them as dogs who are either being frightened into obedience or using pack mentality to attack.
** Dissidents are hoarded on to boats to Manchuria like sardines as they get seasick or panic and
** As Komai guts safety regulations, he compares people to coal in a furnace being fed enough to keep the flame lit
** In reaction to the press reporting on his industrial abuses, Komai calls them rats.
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* EvilColonialist: Komai can invite Nissan executives to begin investing in Guangdong industry, exploiting the labor of thousands of people to satiate their wealthy lifestyles and slowly overtake the country with their capital.
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* EvilColonialist: Komai can invite Nissan executives to begin investing in Guangdong industry, exploiting the labor of thousands of people to satiate their wealthy lifestyles and slowly overtake the country with their capital. There are a couple of specific actions that significantly benefit these invaders:
** Komai can give Nissan greater control over Guangdong's industry, slashing regulations on foreign influence and either handing government contracts to Nissan or sell them the government's debts.
** Nissan can be granted influence over the country's financial institutions, including the stock market, so that any assets not bought by Hitachi will go to them. This also includes Nissan's bureaucrats entering the bureaucracy or the company seizing control of Guangdong's public services.
** Komai gives significant power to Nissan representatives in the country's security services.
** Komai can give Nissan greater control over Guangdong's industry, slashing regulations on foreign influence and either handing government contracts to Nissan or sell them the government's debts.
** Nissan can be granted influence over the country's financial institutions, including the stock market, so that any assets not bought by Hitachi will go to them. This also includes Nissan's bureaucrats entering the bureaucracy or the company seizing control of Guangdong's public services.
** Komai gives significant power to Nissan representatives in the country's security services.
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* {{Lockdown}}: As the riots intensify and the police cordon off the streets, the staff of the Kanton Fujin Koron lockdown the building for shelter. Unfortunately for Yoshiko, she can't bring her possessions to the lockdown, since her apartment is cut off by a cordon and the Kenpeitai patrol refuses to let her pass.
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** Many people avoid going outside, except to gather their necessities, leaving the streets eerily quiet. Komai thinks this is acceptable, since it discourages organized opposition to him.
** As the riots intensify and the police cordon off the streets, the staff of the Kanton Fujin Koron lockdown the building for shelter. Unfortunately for Yoshiko, she can't bring her possessions to the lockdown, since her apartment is cut off by a cordon and the Kenpeitai patrol refuses to let her pass.
** Many people avoid going outside, except to gather their necessities, leaving the streets eerily quiet. Komai thinks this is acceptable, since it discourages organized opposition to him.
** As the riots intensify and the police cordon off the streets, the staff of the Kanton Fujin Koron lockdown the building for shelter. Unfortunately for Yoshiko, she can't bring her possessions to the lockdown, since her apartment is cut off by a cordon and the Kenpeitai patrol refuses to let her pass.
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** To subjugate Guangdong under Nissan's boot, Komai will weaken the other companies through economic restructuring measures and buying them up when they're most vulnerable, while technically not taking them over with force.
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** To subjugate Guangdong under Nissan's boot, Komai will weaken the other companies "irritating corporations" through economic restructuring measures and buying them up with state funds when they're most vulnerable, while technically not taking them over with force.force
* OpenSecret: If Komai orders a quiet euthanasia of all dissidents, everyone will figure out what's happened to them, but no one dares speak out in fear that they'll be next.
** One of Komai's first initiatives is to clear the streets of perceived dissidents and raid their homes.
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** Komai is happy to make use of incarcerated prisoners as labour for his resource extraction programs in the hinterlands. Under the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance, thousands of dissidents are either enslaved in the Guangdong factories or loaded onto ships like sardines and used as forgotten, forced laborers by Nissan in Manchuria. He can also offer Matsushita or Ibuka to take in some of the prisoners as labour in exchange for political support, which Matsushita or Ibuka may or may not accept.
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** Komai is happy to make use of incarcerated prisoners as labour labor for his resource extraction programs in the hinterlands.hinterlands, rather than leaving them to rot in the prisons. Under the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance, thousands of dissidents are either enslaved in the Guangdong factories or loaded onto ships like sardines and used as forgotten, forced laborers by Nissan in Manchuria. He can also offer Matsushita or Ibuka to take in some of the prisoners as labour in exchange for political support, which Matsushita or Ibuka may or may not accept.
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** To gut government control of the economy, Komai fires most of the civil service, especially those who manage building standards and inspections. In turn, many of the Zhujin bureaucrats will lose their status and be marked as Chinese again to work and die in the factories.
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** To gut government control of the economy, Komai fires most of the civil service, especially those who manage building standards and inspections. He specifically targets those who are too sympathetic to workers' rights, vowing to team them [[DeadlyEuphemism "the errors of their ways, willing or unwilling"]]. In turn, many of the Zhujin bureaucrats will lose their status and be marked as Chinese again to work and die in the factories.
** {{Subverted}}. Contrary to his usual lies, Komai can give Nissan greater control over Guangdong's industries and share the credit for Guangdong's economic growth between himself, Hitachi, and his bosses.
* VictimBlaming When three Chinese men are kill for merely breaking a curfew, Komai justifies that they had no place being on the streets at night and that they brought their deaths on themselves.
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* YesMan: Komai is surrounded by sycophants who laugh along with him and support his every decision, no matter how inhumane it is.
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* YesMan: YesMan:
** Komai is surrounded by sycophants who laugh along with him and support his every decision, no matter how inhumane itis.is.
** {{Discussed}} as Komai imagines the Legislative Council as anothe rtool for Hitachi to expand its operations, having total financial domination to cow its members into unquestioning obedience.
** Komai is surrounded by sycophants who laugh along with him and support his every decision, no matter how inhumane it
** {{Discussed}} as Komai imagines the Legislative Council as anothe rtool for Hitachi to expand its operations, having total financial domination to cow its members into unquestioning obedience.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Komai isn't sure why Zhou is so willing to let Hitachi run wild in China, whether it be out of genuine belief that Hitachi is helping China, personal gain, or another unknown motivation he's not aware about. Regardless, Komai enjoys turning China into Hitachi's latest domain.
* ApatheticTeacher: A Hitachi employee hates working in the Amazon because of the heat and humidity, so he's not in a cheerful mood when he and his colleagues are teaching the workers how to use a Hitachi bulldozer. He's especially jealous that his colleague is teaching inside of the bulldozer's air-conditioned cabin and feels nothing when the bulldozer tears away a part of the Earth to the workers' cheers. At most, he just wants to wrap things up and leave before the Hitachi crane is delivered.
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* BadBoss: Lam's Hitachi boss during the Guangdong riots does not take kindly to delays, punching Lam when he fails to translate a phone intercept sent among the dissidents.
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* BadBoss: BadBoss:
** Lam's Hitachi boss during the Guangdong riots does not take kindly to delays, punching Lam when he fails to translate a phone intercept sent among thedissidents.dissidents.
** The CEO of PEMEX hates the time of year when annual production reports are handed in because the president will likely ask for unrealistic production increases the next year. When PEMEX starts using Hitachi computers and sees a 12% annual growth in operating profits, the CEO remarks that he might finally be happy for once.
** The bosses at a Chilean mine are unsympathetic to their workers, forcing them to gather copper ore under dangerous conditions and at risk of losing their fingers from explosives. When Hitachi trucks drive by a miner and spew dust at him, he contemplates that his boss is getting computers made from the same copper he's mining and that they will decorate his office while his workers continue to squalor outside.
** Lam's Hitachi boss during the Guangdong riots does not take kindly to delays, punching Lam when he fails to translate a phone intercept sent among the
** The CEO of PEMEX hates the time of year when annual production reports are handed in because the president will likely ask for unrealistic production increases the next year. When PEMEX starts using Hitachi computers and sees a 12% annual growth in operating profits, the CEO remarks that he might finally be happy for once.
** The bosses at a Chilean mine are unsympathetic to their workers, forcing them to gather copper ore under dangerous conditions and at risk of losing their fingers from explosives. When Hitachi trucks drive by a miner and spew dust at him, he contemplates that his boss is getting computers made from the same copper he's mining and that they will decorate his office while his workers continue to squalor outside.
** Komai's plan to exert influence over a Speer-run Germany is incredibly mundane and effective, all at once. Hitachi first sells Germany a variety of construction equipment and becomes a prominent construction company there. Then, Komai starts buying up German construction companies, possibly with subterfuge, to be merged with Hitachi and builds a corporate empire off the newly loosened market regulations in the country. By the end of the decade, Hitachi has a controlling share in 53 German construction companies and minority shares in over a thousand European companies, making them the most prominent construction company in Germany as hundreds of buildings and even Hitler statues are built by them. Their presence in every German city has also boosted brand recognition which has allowed for Hitachi's consumer electronics to take hold and diversify their portfolio. Komai considers this to be a case of HistoryRepeats, believing that the Manchurian-style war machine won Germany the war and now Manchurian-style products will benefit Germany again.
* TheCon: Hitachi can potentially offer the Argentinian government a deal to modernize their railway systems, which have been historically unreliable and stifling business opportunities. Appealing to the notion that the Manchurians know how to make trains run on time, the Hitachi Rail subsidiary brings Guangdong-made equipment and Manchurian labor to change the railway gauges, as well as taking every opportunity to swindle the Argentinian government, adding triple digit markups for their help and forcing them to pour in more money than they should.
* EveryManHasHisPrice: Komai exploits Zhou's corruption to expand Hitachi to the Republic of China, letting Hitachi take up various construction contracts and sell their construction equipment, in exchange for Zhou getting a bribe and a personal cut from the profit. With Hitachi's generous offers overpowering the Chinese government's feeble demands for Zhou to stop, the corporation takes over China's already uncompetitive market.
* HateAtFirstSight: Komai takes an immediate dislike towards Zhou Fohai, based on his appearance, but he keeps his disdain private so that he can better exploit his corruptible nature.
* HopelessWithTech: An Italian shipping overseer buys Hitachi computers in the hopes that they will make his job easier. Unfortunately, he struggles to train his employees with a new technology that doesn't use punch cards. He develops a bad headache from having to explain things up to ten times.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: ZigZagged. If he asks for Nissan’s assistance in drafting a taxation revision for the Taxation and Economic Relief Ordinance, Komai is impressed at the level of detail in the report handed to him and how it will squeeze the Chinese and Zhujin from their wealth. However, he is frustrated that the whole thing was drafted without any of his input and takes greater offense at the fact that they added a list of suggestions of how to pass it through the Legislative Council, as if he couldn’t do that himself.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: InnocentlyInsensitive:
** ZigZagged. If he asks for Nissan’s assistance in drafting a taxation revision for the Taxation and Economic Relief Ordinance, Komai is impressed at the level of detail in the report handed to him and how it will squeeze the Chinese and Zhujin from their wealth. However, he is frustrated that the whole thing was drafted without any of his input and takes greater offense at the fact that they added a list of suggestions of how to pass it through the Legislative Council, as if he couldn’t do thathimself.himself.
** While talking about the embargo lift and Hitachi's offer to supply construction equipment, Erhard accidentally offends Komai during their potential meeting with a remark that, even if he thinks the proposals are sound, the equipment will have to go through qualification testing before being approved on government projects. Komai takes offense that they doubt the quality of his products, believing that they are better than their German counterparts. However, he maintains a polite tone so as to not jeopardize the talks.
* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: Hitachi's unwelcome presence in China is communicated when their assets are destroyed. Despite this, Komai remains calm, as he sees China as a mere stepping stone for future expansion.
* JerkassHasAPoint: A lot of American politicians and business leaders decry Hitachi's expansion into the United States, pointing out that their low prices are the product of the slave labor they use to mass-produce them. They're mostly arguing against Hitachi's presence out of xenophobia, but they are absolutely right; out of any Chief Executive, Komai is the most prolific in his exploitation of Chinese laborers, actively oppressing them to extract as much work out of them before they drop dead.
* JobStealingRobot: In Bormann's Germany, a group of operators in a Reichswerke steel plant are responsible for managing the computers, making them replaceable when Hitachi's 8100 series mainframe hits the scene. The former employees are replaced with a group of computer specialists and their complaints fall on deaf ears.
** ZigZagged. If he asks for Nissan’s assistance in drafting a taxation revision for the Taxation and Economic Relief Ordinance, Komai is impressed at the level of detail in the report handed to him and how it will squeeze the Chinese and Zhujin from their wealth. However, he is frustrated that the whole thing was drafted without any of his input and takes greater offense at the fact that they added a list of suggestions of how to pass it through the Legislative Council, as if he couldn’t do that
** While talking about the embargo lift and Hitachi's offer to supply construction equipment, Erhard accidentally offends Komai during their potential meeting with a remark that, even if he thinks the proposals are sound, the equipment will have to go through qualification testing before being approved on government projects. Komai takes offense that they doubt the quality of his products, believing that they are better than their German counterparts. However, he maintains a polite tone so as to not jeopardize the talks.
* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: Hitachi's unwelcome presence in China is communicated when their assets are destroyed. Despite this, Komai remains calm, as he sees China as a mere stepping stone for future expansion.
* JerkassHasAPoint: A lot of American politicians and business leaders decry Hitachi's expansion into the United States, pointing out that their low prices are the product of the slave labor they use to mass-produce them. They're mostly arguing against Hitachi's presence out of xenophobia, but they are absolutely right; out of any Chief Executive, Komai is the most prolific in his exploitation of Chinese laborers, actively oppressing them to extract as much work out of them before they drop dead.
* JobStealingRobot: In Bormann's Germany, a group of operators in a Reichswerke steel plant are responsible for managing the computers, making them replaceable when Hitachi's 8100 series mainframe hits the scene. The former employees are replaced with a group of computer specialists and their complaints fall on deaf ears.
** A Turkish steel mill manager is ecstatic by how much time he can save by using Hitachi computers to sift through his mountains of paperwork. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his many workers, who still toil away in a vain effort to compete with Reichswerke. As he leaves the factory, the manager goes as far to claim that the future for him and his workers are bright with the new technology.
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* RousingSpeech: As the Oil Crisis ails the country, the Chinese resistance balloons with new members, where they are galvanized by a speaker in an underground assembly who urges the people to fight back and risk their lives for liberation. Even before the speech finishes, the audience is so enthralled and loud that the speaker has to quiet them before they get caught.
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* RousingSpeech: ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: If Komai receives news that Hitachi has secured a majority in the Legislative Council, he joyfully thinks about what his opponents are doing in reaction to the news. He envisions Ibuka lashing out, Matsushita wandering in a daze and Morita and Li panicking. Any notion of a combined effort to undermine his position is dismissed, believing that Hitachi will be the only company operating by the time he's finished.
* RousingSpeech:
** As a large group of Reichswerke workers huddle around a Hitachi radio in their dormitory, they listen to an announcer talk about the hundreds of new jobs created and the 10% rise in Reichswerke's stock price. One of the workers stands up and exclaims that it is nonsense, pointing out how their bosses threatened to cut their wages by 10% if they didn't surpass the previous year's output and the lack of pay rises. The speech resonates with those present, as the nominal "German Workers' Party" has left the working class destitute, only spouting talk about their Aryan blood.
** As the Oil Crisis ails the country, the Chinese resistance balloons with new members, where they are galvanized by a speaker in an underground assembly who urges the people to fight back and risk their lives for liberation. Even before the speech finishes, the audience is so enthralled and loud that the speaker has to quiet them before they get caught.
* RousingSpeech:
** As a large group of Reichswerke workers huddle around a Hitachi radio in their dormitory, they listen to an announcer talk about the hundreds of new jobs created and the 10% rise in Reichswerke's stock price. One of the workers stands up and exclaims that it is nonsense, pointing out how their bosses threatened to cut their wages by 10% if they didn't surpass the previous year's output and the lack of pay rises. The speech resonates with those present, as the nominal "German Workers' Party" has left the working class destitute, only spouting talk about their Aryan blood.
** As the Oil Crisis ails the country, the Chinese resistance balloons with new members, where they are galvanized by a speaker in an underground assembly who urges the people to fight back and risk their lives for liberation. Even before the speech finishes, the audience is so enthralled and loud that the speaker has to quiet them before they get caught.
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** The newly constructed Miranda Dam straddles the border of Portugal and Spain, becoming a symbol of Iberian unity in the process. When Hitachi computers are bought for the dam and increase its energy output by 23%, the Iberian Union feels stronger than ever.
** If Hitachi expands to China, many compare the Hitachi logo, dawning the newly constructed buildings, to an all-seeing eye watching over its prey, a presence felt in places like the Yangtze river. Another interpretation is that it is a symbol of Hitachi's ensured dominance, a promise that China's leaders will fall to their clutches.
** If Hitachi expands to China, many compare the Hitachi logo, dawning the newly constructed buildings, to an all-seeing eye watching over its prey, a presence felt in places like the Yangtze river. Another interpretation is that it is a symbol of Hitachi's ensured dominance, a promise that China's leaders will fall to their clutches.
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* ShoutingFreeForAll: With Hitachi competing against the Zaibatsus in Japan, Komai and his Mangyō superiors attend a meeting with the Zaibatsu leaders. The tense atmosphere is broken when a Mitsui chief threatens to crush Komai like an insect and displace Hitachi. Komai affably and passive-aggressively wishes them luck in the competition, which leads to an uproar descending of shouting insults, ending in the Zaibatsu chiefs storming away. Once the meeting concludes, Komai promises to Takasaki that he can beat them, thanks to their economic model.
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** If Bormann is the Führer, a group of workers successfully lobby their managers to buy one of Hitachi's air conditioners, getting some relief from the heat of the steelworks. They're still working in horrific conditions with long work hours, some having worked there for decades, but they do get some respite.
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** At any moment, thousands of workers can get laid off from a business if Hitachi kicks out their employers and assimilates the company into their own, rendering them all homeless. Among the dozens of fired employees, one event shows how a Zhujin office worker loses a mediocre job he had for five years and is given a few minutes to pack up his stuff, while he contemplates where he will go now to support his parents and pregnant wife.
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** At any moment, thousands of workers can get laid off from a business if Hitachi kicks out their employers and assimilates the company into their own, rendering them all homeless. Among the dozens of fired employees, one event shows how a Zhujin office worker loses a mediocre job he had for five years and is given a few minutes to pack up his stuff, while he contemplates where he will go now to support his parents and pregnant wife. A salaryman from the Kanton Sasshin Corporation also finds this out the hard way.
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** In the dependent scenario of the Guangdong riots, Komai plots with Miyazaki to divert the Mangyō investigatory team away from Kōshu so they can downplay the violence, yet the latter rolls back on the conspiracy and lets the delegation land in the Kōshu airport. He explains to an outraged Komai that such an action is outside of the IJA's jurisdiction and that the security forces can only provide protection to visiting dignitaries.
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* CensorshipBureau: Komai has the option of creating an InUniverse example of this, founding his own censorship bureau to ensure that the press will not dare speak against Komai or Hitachi.
* {{Conscription}}: Komai often makes use of native Chinese laborers and security forcibly conscripted from Manchukuo. In relation to corporate security forces, these conscripts are more overworked and reluctant to listen to their Japanese counterparts.
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* PragmaticVillainy: Matsushita and Ibuka agree with Morita that Komai is worsening the hostage situation after his downsizing project. However, while Morita has moral qualms with Komai's stubbornness, the former two are more concerned that the situation will reflect badly on them to the Legislative Council and Tokyo.
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* PragmaticVillainy: PragmaticVillainy:
** Matsushita and Ibuka agree with Morita that Komai is worsening the hostage situation after his downsizing project. However, while Morita has moral qualms with Komai's stubbornness, the former two are more concerned that the situation will reflect badly on them to the Legislative Council andTokyo.Tokyo.
** As a show to seem more tolerant, Komai can pull back on Hitachi's surveillance and release some people who were unfairly imprisoned.
** To seem more benevolent, Komai can modify the Economic Partnership and Reconciliation Ordinance to be less harsh on the smaller firms and give them contract work from Hitachi rather than blatantly subjugate them or give greater government oversight of them.
** In a rare show of compromise and pragmatism, Komai can win Matsushita and Ibuka's support for the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance by letting them use the criminally charged as free laborers in their own factories.
** Preparing the Financial Reorganization and Revitalization Ordinance to close or subsume other companies into Hitachi, Komai can accept a deal by Matsushita and/or Ibuka to leave their corporations alone in exchange for getting the bill passed.
** Komai can let outside contractors handle the Public Safety and Stability Ordinance so they can spare Hitachi from doing the dirty work, even if it increasing their rivals' influences.
** Komai addresses the people of Guangdong once the Oil Crisis hits. While he wouldn’t normally care to acknowledge the common people, he deems the Oil Crisis to be extraordinary enough that an appeal for cooperation is needed.
** Unable to control the violence following the Oil Crisis, Komai can try to ease the atmosphere by promising tax breaks and economic benefits to those with a proven loyalty.
** Disrespected as he feels by Ibuka's denunciation of the Budget Reorganization and Responsibility Ordinance, Komai begrudgingly still hears out of his demands and compromises for his support by pulling subsidies from Hitachi. He may need Ibuka's help to pass the law, even though he silently swears to get even with him later.
** A response to the Oil Crisis is the Civil Obedience Ordinance, which could have an additional amendment suspending habeas corpus and allow security to arrest people without warrant. However, Komai may drop this amendment or moderate to just increased security funding because it may be too unpopular with the public.
** One of Komai's amendments to the Guangdong Business Warrant Act is to subsidize local businesses to stave off the Oil Crisis and improve Hitachi's public image.
** In his personal response to the Oil Crisis, Komai takes note of the masses of people emigrating to China, potentially threatening Guangdong’s future with a population drain. To prevent this, Komai offers token incentives for the people to stay in exchange for remaining loyal, while those who aren’t loyal get punished.
** Matsushita and Ibuka agree with Morita that Komai is worsening the hostage situation after his downsizing project. However, while Morita has moral qualms with Komai's stubbornness, the former two are more concerned that the situation will reflect badly on them to the Legislative Council and
** As a show to seem more tolerant, Komai can pull back on Hitachi's surveillance and release some people who were unfairly imprisoned.
** To seem more benevolent, Komai can modify the Economic Partnership and Reconciliation Ordinance to be less harsh on the smaller firms and give them contract work from Hitachi rather than blatantly subjugate them or give greater government oversight of them.
** In a rare show of compromise and pragmatism, Komai can win Matsushita and Ibuka's support for the Violent Crime Control and Incarceration Ordinance by letting them use the criminally charged as free laborers in their own factories.
** Preparing the Financial Reorganization and Revitalization Ordinance to close or subsume other companies into Hitachi, Komai can accept a deal by Matsushita and/or Ibuka to leave their corporations alone in exchange for getting the bill passed.
** Komai can let outside contractors handle the Public Safety and Stability Ordinance so they can spare Hitachi from doing the dirty work, even if it increasing their rivals' influences.
** Komai addresses the people of Guangdong once the Oil Crisis hits. While he wouldn’t normally care to acknowledge the common people, he deems the Oil Crisis to be extraordinary enough that an appeal for cooperation is needed.
** Unable to control the violence following the Oil Crisis, Komai can try to ease the atmosphere by promising tax breaks and economic benefits to those with a proven loyalty.
** Disrespected as he feels by Ibuka's denunciation of the Budget Reorganization and Responsibility Ordinance, Komai begrudgingly still hears out of his demands and compromises for his support by pulling subsidies from Hitachi. He may need Ibuka's help to pass the law, even though he silently swears to get even with him later.
** A response to the Oil Crisis is the Civil Obedience Ordinance, which could have an additional amendment suspending habeas corpus and allow security to arrest people without warrant. However, Komai may drop this amendment or moderate to just increased security funding because it may be too unpopular with the public.
** One of Komai's amendments to the Guangdong Business Warrant Act is to subsidize local businesses to stave off the Oil Crisis and improve Hitachi's public image.
** In his personal response to the Oil Crisis, Komai takes note of the masses of people emigrating to China, potentially threatening Guangdong’s future with a population drain. To prevent this, Komai offers token incentives for the people to stay in exchange for remaining loyal, while those who aren’t loyal get punished.
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* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Komai’s rule over Guangdong is brutal and heartless. During the Oil Crisis, this comes back to haunt him, with Guangdong’s oppressed masses rising up to destroy him.
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** When Komai proposes giving Nissan and Mangyō proportional control of Guangdong's budget allocations, Morita and Ibuka denounce this as an attempt to turn the country into a colonial experiment for Manchuria. However, Komai replies that Guangdong always has been an artificial experiment in service to foreign interests and calls them hypocrites who wouldn't complain about this, if they were on top. The room goes silent, unable to counter that retort.
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* YouHaveFailedMe:
** {{Discussed}} if Komai fails to pass the Taxation and Economic Relief Ordinance, earning him a scolding from a Hsinking phone call and their doubts of his leadership makes Komai contemplate if he is replacable while he is WatchingTheSunset.
** If Komai relied too much on Manchurian aid in the Oil Crisis, a Mangyō delegation will personally witness the Guangdong riots and expose Komai's lies to underestimate the threat they pose to their investments. Despite perceiving this as failure, they decide not to replace him because it would be too disruptive, but they still take away a lot of his autonomy, having lost trust that he could be given full rein over Guangdong.
** Komai becomes a victim of this if the Kanton Sasshin Fund's assets are frozen after Morita's personal crisis, with his superiors in Manchukuo refusing to send him more money and calling Komai out for using such underhanded tactics in the first place. This all comes after days confined within his own office apologizing and making promises to the long list of people who helped Komai in his scheme. Things get worse for Komai after the Guangdong riots and Morita and Li were successful in resolving their respective crises. Hitachi sales fall, costs rise and support from his superiors in Manchukuo is nearly entirely pulled as he receives another harsh critique on his abilities.
** {{Discussed}} if Komai fails to pass the Taxation and Economic Relief Ordinance, earning him a scolding from a Hsinking phone call and their doubts of his leadership makes Komai contemplate if he is replacable while he is WatchingTheSunset.
** If Komai relied too much on Manchurian aid in the Oil Crisis, a Mangyō delegation will personally witness the Guangdong riots and expose Komai's lies to underestimate the threat they pose to their investments. Despite perceiving this as failure, they decide not to replace him because it would be too disruptive, but they still take away a lot of his autonomy, having lost trust that he could be given full rein over Guangdong.
** Komai becomes a victim of this if the Kanton Sasshin Fund's assets are frozen after Morita's personal crisis, with his superiors in Manchukuo refusing to send him more money and calling Komai out for using such underhanded tactics in the first place. This all comes after days confined within his own office apologizing and making promises to the long list of people who helped Komai in his scheme. Things get worse for Komai after the Guangdong riots and Morita and Li were successful in resolving their respective crises. Hitachi sales fall, costs rise and support from his superiors in Manchukuo is nearly entirely pulled as he receives another harsh critique on his abilities.
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* VillainHasAPoint:
** Ibuka is outraged when Komai gives exclusive government contracts or budget allocation powers to Nissan and potentially Mangyō in the latter option. He denounces it as yet another blatant power grab by Komai, which even his hated rival, Morita, agrees with.
** In spite of Komai's talk that the Budget Reorganization and Responsibility Ordinance would rebalance the budget and cut down on welfare, Ibuka accurately denounces it as anything but another double standard where Hitachi will not be held to the same rules as the ordinance entails.
** Ibuka is outraged when Komai gives exclusive government contracts or budget allocation powers to Nissan and potentially Mangyō in the latter option. He denounces it as yet another blatant power grab by Komai, which even his hated rival, Morita, agrees with.
** In spite of Komai's talk that the Budget Reorganization and Responsibility Ordinance would rebalance the budget and cut down on welfare, Ibuka accurately denounces it as anything but another double standard where Hitachi will not be held to the same rules as the ordinance entails.
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Looking back on what he's accomplished, Komai feels proud of himself for building his own "Rome", but almost no one else can say the same. Though Morita and Ibuka continue a feeble protestation, Matsushita is hopeless that he can change the situation and submits to Komai's every order. Lam Haau-cyun is horrified by Hitachi's brutality, yet can do nothing but follow his orders. Yoshiko Yasukawa's writing is completely regulated by Hitachi, depriving her of any satisfaction with her journalism. Lee Chun, eldest son of the Lee family, bears the brunt of Hitachi's lowered work standards and seeks a means of somehow fighting back. Fortunately, many others feel the same way, with most Zhujin losing their businesses to Hitachi and most Chinese laborers working to the bone in their factories. Thus, they respectively form the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen and the Committee of Chinese Labor, who prepare for war with the Hitachi regime.
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Looking back on what he's accomplished, Komai feels proud of himself for building his own "Rome", but almost no one else can say the same. Though Morita and Ibuka continue a feeble protestation, Matsushita is hopeless that he can change the situation and submits to Komai's every order. Lam Haau-cyun is horrified by Hitachi's brutality, yet can do nothing but follow his orders. Yoshiko Yasukawa's writing is completely regulated by Hitachi, depriving her of any satisfaction with her journalism. Nintendo languishes under the dominance of the Manchurian businesses, so Yamauchi opens an illegal chain of love hotels where men can pay for prostitutes. Eventually, the business gets discovered by the Knepeitai and everyone involved is arrested, except for Yamauchi, where he's left to drink away his sorrows and sign off Nintendo's remaining private assets to Hitachi. Lee Chun, eldest son of the Lee family, bears the brunt of Hitachi's lowered work standards and seeks a means of somehow fighting back. Fortunately, many others feel the same way, with most Zhujin losing their businesses to Hitachi and most Chinese laborers working to the bone in their factories. Thus, they respectively form the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen and the Committee of Chinese Labor, who prepare for war with the Hitachi regime.
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As time passes, the flame of the Riots goes out, as many are arrested and the others realize the futility in trying to depose Hitachi and retreat. Chun is not among those who give up so easily and, as he lies bleeding in an abandoned apartment, avoids capture by shooting himself with his last bullet. The Lee family is mortified by the death of their eldest son and, like the rest of the populace, are brought back under Hitachi's jackboot. Chun's siblings are sent back to work in the factories and Lee Hei is so disillusioned that he burns his old books and gives up hope that he'll be anything more than a laborer or consumer. Meanwhile, Lam is horrified by what he has done in enforcing Hitachi's will and, though he stays in the Police Force, will never forget the blood he's shed in the Riots. Yoshiko is just as cynical about her future, unable to pursue any higher opportunities in life beyond survival. When Lam and Yoshiko reunite, both realize how much they have changed since Komai ascended to power and have an awkward talk before departing and never seeing each other again. The only one who benefits from the situation is Hitachi, who are buying up their rivals and cornering the market with their endless number of products, built from the blood and sweat of thousands.
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As time passes, the flame of the Riots goes out, as many are arrested and the others realize the futility in trying to depose Hitachi and retreat. Chun is not among those who give up so easily and, as he lies bleeding in an abandoned apartment, avoids capture by shooting himself with his last bullet. The Lee family is mortified by the death of their eldest son and, like the rest of the populace, are brought back under Hitachi's jackboot. Chun's siblings are sent back to work in the factories and Lee Hei is so disillusioned that he burns his old books and gives up hope that he'll be anything more than a laborer or consumer. Nintendo does not survive the Riots either and a depressed Yamauchi boards a ferry back to Japan, hoping for better financial endeavors there. Meanwhile, Lam is horrified by what he has done in enforcing Hitachi's will and, though he stays in the Police Force, will never forget the blood he's shed in the Riots. Yoshiko is just as cynical about her future, unable to pursue any higher opportunities in life beyond survival. When Lam and Yoshiko reunite, both realize how much they have changed since Komai ascended to power and have an awkward talk before departing and never seeing each other again. The only one who benefits from the situation is Hitachi, who are buying up their rivals and cornering the market with their endless number of products, built from the blood and sweat of thousands.
** Yamauchi is at his lowest point under Hitachi and it starts raining after his love hotels are closed and his only way out is to sell his assets to Hitachi.
** The contractors hired to build Yamauchi's love hotels are creepy and give him toothless grins, while politely starting the negotiations.
* ForegoneConclusion: Seeing the smoke of a burning factory, Yamauchi knows that Nintendo isn't going to survive the riots and, in the best case scenario, he's only delaying its doom. 100 days later and Nintendo finally shuts down.
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** If Komai authorises the execution of dissidents to have their bodies displayed in back alleys, a group of armed guards show no sympathy for the tied up and gagged prisoner crying and pleading for mercy, telling him to shut up before executing him.
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** Under Komai's rule, Nintendo goes into decline as a result of Hitachi's ruthless consolidation of the economy, so Yamauchi is forced to leverage {{Yakuza}} connections and run barely-disguised brothels to stay afloat, before finally going bankrupt and being absorbed by Hitachi during the Oil Crisis and Riots while Yamauchi leaves Guangdong for good in bitterness and despair.
** If Komaiauthorises authorizes the execution of dissidents to have their bodies displayed in back alleys, a group of armed guards show no sympathy for the tied up and gagged prisoner crying and pleading for mercy, telling him to shut up before executing him.
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* LoveHotels: Desperate to keep Nintendo floating, Yamauchi opens at least three, tacky love hotels where customers can pimp out prostitutes who are also in need of a job. The Kenpeitai eventually discover this illegal business, shut it down, and arrest everyone in charge except for Yamauchi.
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* NothingIsScarier: One morning, Yamauchi doesn't hear a sound from the normally bustling streets and sees no morning commuters, street vendors, or police patrols. The only individuals present are the Kenpeitai officers, which creeps Yamauchi out and convinces him to clock off early.
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** Completely helpless and with no other financial avenues, Yamauchi is forced to sell Nintendo's private assets to the Kenpeitai men who demand his signature. Much as he would want to protest, Yamauchi knows he has no choice but to accept.
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* PlausibleDeniability: Komai can call for an expansion of Kenpeitai units by 50% after taking power, all under the guise of protecting Guangdong from illegal partisan activity. A newspaper article featuring Komai and Consul-General announces this measure and its justification, when it is really done to strengthen Komai’s rule.
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* PlausibleDeniability: PlausibleDeniability:
** Komai can call for an expansion of Kenpeitai units by 50% after taking power, all under the guise of protecting Guangdong from illegal partisan activity. A newspaper article featuring Komai and Consul-General announces this measure and its justification, when it is really done to strengthen Komai’srule.rule.
** There are consistent influxes in funds in the records of wire and bank transfers from Manchuria, clustering around votes in the Legislative Council. Coincidence can be used to dismiss the suspicious circumstances.
** Komai can call for an expansion of Kenpeitai units by 50% after taking power, all under the guise of protecting Guangdong from illegal partisan activity. A newspaper article featuring Komai and Consul-General announces this measure and its justification, when it is really done to strengthen Komai’s
** There are consistent influxes in funds in the records of wire and bank transfers from Manchuria, clustering around votes in the Legislative Council. Coincidence can be used to dismiss the suspicious circumstances.
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[[Recap/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope Index]] | [[Recap/SuzukiGuangdong Suzuki's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/YasudaCrisisGuangdong Yasuda Crisis]] | [[Recap/SonyGuangdong Sony's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/MatsushitaGuangdong Matsushita's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/FujitsuGuangdong Fujitsu's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/GuangdongHyperwar Opium Trade War]] | [[Recap/GuangdongHitachiCoup Hitachi Coup]] | '''Hitachi's Guangdong''' | [[Recap/IJAGuangdong Imperial Japanese Army's Guangdong]]]]-]]]
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[[Recap/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope Index]] | [[Recap/SuzukiGuangdong Suzuki's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/YasudaCrisisGuangdong Yasuda Crisis]] | [[Recap/SonyGuangdong Sony's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/MatsushitaGuangdong Matsushita's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/FujitsuGuangdong Fujitsu's Guangdong]] | [[Recap/GuangdongHyperwar Opium Trade War]] | [[Recap/GuangdongHitachiCoup Hitachi Coup]] | '''Hitachi's Guangdong''' | [[Recap/OilCrisisAndGuangdongRiotsGuangdong General Oil Crisis and Guangdong Riots]] | [[Recap/IJAGuangdong Imperial Japanese Army's Guangdong]]]]-]]]
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** After relying too much on Nissan and Mangyō's help in the Oil Crisis, Komai's conspiracy to direct them away from Kōshu airport will fail and his attempt to storm out of his office is blocked by Mangyō executives and security guards. With the walls closing in, Komai clenches his teeth and leans against the door frame in quiet resignation, knowing that he's about to be drilled for mishandling the Riots and that he's failed to seize the reins of Guangdong.
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** After relying too much on Nissan and Mangyō's Mangyō's help in the Oil Crisis, Komai's conspiracy to direct them away from Kōshu airport will fail and his attempt to storm out of his office is blocked by Mangyō Mangyō executives and security guards. With the walls closing in, Komai clenches his teeth and leans against the door frame in quiet resignation, knowing that he's about to be drilled for mishandling the Riots and that he's failed to seize the reins of Guangdong.
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** After relying too much on Nissan and Mangyō's help in the Oil Crisis, Komai's conspiracy to direct them away from Kōshu airport will fail and his attempt to storm out of his office is blocked by Mangyō executives and security guards. With the walls closing in, Komai clenches his teeth and leans against the door frame in quiet resignation, knowing that he's about to be drilled for mishandling the Riots.
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** After relying too much on Nissan and Mangyō's help in the Oil Crisis, Komai's conspiracy to direct them away from Kōshu airport will fail and his attempt to storm out of his office is blocked by Mangyō executives and security guards. With the walls closing in, Komai clenches his teeth and leans against the door frame in quiet resignation, knowing that he's about to be drilled for mishandling the Riots.Riots and that he's failed to seize the reins of Guangdong.
