Seth Vatamaris
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Ah Japan a magical and strange place with over 200 flavors for Kit-Kat bars. Okay it's not exactly magical and while some things make more sense when you understand the culture others just don't even with context.
Now the main religion of Japan is Shintoism which appears in many works I won't bore you with religious talk so I'll make it easy. Christianity is a minor religion not fully understood by the public, though there are historic reasons which will be covered later. As many of you know Christianity in the simplest of terms, supports the belief that the road to salvation is based on acceptance of and servitude towards a singular God. Japanese customs believe that the only way to life a sufficient life is through being married, starting a family, and holding a respectable job, also being very simple in description. Of course Christianity goes against many beliefs that the Japanese culture holds, while Christmas is a recognized holiday the religious aspects are not upheld.
Also in Shintoism the entirety of humankind (or maybe just the Japanese) itself is semi-divine, due to being descendants of the First Emperor, who in turn is a descendant of the Sun Goddess, who in turn is a descendant of one of the creator of the world. Furthermore, some humans can increase their divinity-level by being worshiped while still alive, they are known as arahitogami, or living-god.
Fun facts About Japanese Christmas
in Steins;Gate 0 the characters have a party with fired chicken from totally not KFC, in 1974 though clever advertising KFC Japan managed to convince people that their product was THE Christmas time meal and their sales are still going strong today.
In the first Fate Grand Order Christmas Event, Saint Martha tears into the mockery that Christmas as become citing too much commercialization and Jesus being born in October, along with the Japan-specific example of giving too much emphasis on couples instead of family like Valentine's Day.
Gun control is one of the strictest in the world to where gun crime is near non existent, not that lack of firearms has ever stopped a murder. Full Metal Panic and Amagi Brilliant Park have characters in disbelief about guns in public thinking that they are airsoft, which unlike America are not made to look like toys but as real as possible, that little feature is used in the Metaverse of Persona 5. Adachi in Persona 4 brings up how he wanted to be a cop so he could carry a gun, what is not explained is how teenage detective Naoto has an actual gun. Highschool of the Dead also has that pop up, but fun fact its not illegal to purchase the parts and assemble the gun, just illegal to buy a whole one probably some leeway considering the owner in question is the equivalent of a SWAT Sniper.
Speaking of Highschool of the Dead the main themes that got it criticized by moral guardians was while in the midst of a zombie apocalypse the teenage protagonists learn to use guns, drive without licences, steal things to survive and essentially rely on themselves rather than authority figures. Scandalous!
As discussed in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Western Dragons (and derivative sub species) are often seen are dinosaur like monsters that need to be slain by a hero, like with Saint George, Siegfried, Sigurd, Beowulf, Belerophron (chimera, yes it somehow counts) Hercules (hydra), etc. Saint Martha stands out as being a dragon tamer. In the East Dragons are more serpent like and are (sometimes) divine creatures of wisdom, with the exception of Yamata-no-Orochi (giant 8 headed snake, inspiration for King Ghidorah) who was slain by Susano'o.
Now the main religion of Japan is Shintoism which appears in many works I won't bore you with religious talk so I'll make it easy. Christianity is a minor religion not fully understood by the public, though there are historic reasons which will be covered later. As many of you know Christianity in the simplest of terms, supports the belief that the road to salvation is based on acceptance of and servitude towards a singular God. Japanese customs believe that the only way to life a sufficient life is through being married, starting a family, and holding a respectable job, also being very simple in description. Of course Christianity goes against many beliefs that the Japanese culture holds, while Christmas is a recognized holiday the religious aspects are not upheld.
Also in Shintoism the entirety of humankind (or maybe just the Japanese) itself is semi-divine, due to being descendants of the First Emperor, who in turn is a descendant of the Sun Goddess, who in turn is a descendant of one of the creator of the world. Furthermore, some humans can increase their divinity-level by being worshiped while still alive, they are known as arahitogami, or living-god.
Fun facts About Japanese Christmas
in Steins;Gate 0 the characters have a party with fired chicken from totally not KFC, in 1974 though clever advertising KFC Japan managed to convince people that their product was THE Christmas time meal and their sales are still going strong today.
In the first Fate Grand Order Christmas Event, Saint Martha tears into the mockery that Christmas as become citing too much commercialization and Jesus being born in October, along with the Japan-specific example of giving too much emphasis on couples instead of family like Valentine's Day.
Gun control is one of the strictest in the world to where gun crime is near non existent, not that lack of firearms has ever stopped a murder. Full Metal Panic and Amagi Brilliant Park have characters in disbelief about guns in public thinking that they are airsoft, which unlike America are not made to look like toys but as real as possible, that little feature is used in the Metaverse of Persona 5. Adachi in Persona 4 brings up how he wanted to be a cop so he could carry a gun, what is not explained is how teenage detective Naoto has an actual gun. Highschool of the Dead also has that pop up, but fun fact its not illegal to purchase the parts and assemble the gun, just illegal to buy a whole one probably some leeway considering the owner in question is the equivalent of a SWAT Sniper.
Speaking of Highschool of the Dead the main themes that got it criticized by moral guardians was while in the midst of a zombie apocalypse the teenage protagonists learn to use guns, drive without licences, steal things to survive and essentially rely on themselves rather than authority figures. Scandalous!
As discussed in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Western Dragons (and derivative sub species) are often seen are dinosaur like monsters that need to be slain by a hero, like with Saint George, Siegfried, Sigurd, Beowulf, Belerophron (chimera, yes it somehow counts) Hercules (hydra), etc. Saint Martha stands out as being a dragon tamer. In the East Dragons are more serpent like and are (sometimes) divine creatures of wisdom, with the exception of Yamata-no-Orochi (giant 8 headed snake, inspiration for King Ghidorah) who was slain by Susano'o.
