Germany is beautiful, sure, so are most countries, you can find similar rural beauty in Africa, the fact that the country that Japan was allied with for WW2 is the go-to for this isn’t a coincidence. I’d love to see an arc that alleviates my suspicions, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
I’d rather believe they chose Germany because it’s dead center of europe with mashups of all kinds of influences from surrounding regions, densely populated like Japan is, and has wild ancient forests along with long-standing organized institutions (scientific academies, churches, military) that jells with the conservative Japanese obsession for order, custom, and Nature.
Germany is beautiful, sure, so are most countries, you can find similar rural beauty in Africa, the fact that the country that Japan was allied with for WW2 is the go-to for this isn’t a coincidence. I’d love to see an arc that alleviates my suspicions, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
I’d rather believe they chose Germany because it’s dead center of europe with mashups of all kinds of influences from surrounding regions, densely populated like Japan is, and has wild ancient forests along with long-standing organized institutions (scientific academies, churches, military) that jells with the conservative Japanese obsession for order, custom, and Nature.
(…But, yeah - it could just be axis-love)
It’s entirely possible that you’re right, we’ll see