GATE - Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Ch. 133

[HDMI1]

It's interesting Japan boldly did monopolise the gate for so long, yet now Japan is suddenly all toothless and the prime minister did adapt a rather cowardly stance. Some random rioters with no supply lines could practically deny the armed forces the control of the surroundings of the gate. Just use tear gas. Any rioter sporting a gas mask can be shot by snipers. Anyone who has experienced tear gas knows it no joke and in reality not even Batman could just man up and tolerate it for long. It's merely unwillingness to do anything about it that's now the theme of the story. The author is proud of the JSDF, but he's mocking the Japanese politicians/highest brass far more than China or any other faction.

It's a different Prime Minister than the one from the start of the story. The first PM decided to resign to stop the U.S. from trying to blackmail him with the deeds corrupt cabinet ministers did, and as such a different faction won the election and put spineless in the big chair.

 

[Kaarme]

It's a different Prime Minister than the one from the start of the story. The first PM decided to resign to stop the U.S. from trying to blackmail him with the deeds corrupt cabinet ministers did, and as such a different faction won the election and put spineless in the big chair.

Between a corrupt one and a cowardly one, what's really the difference? In either case the author is not too shy to show what he thinks of Japanese politicians.

 

[HDMI1]

Between a corrupt one and a cowardly one, what's really the difference? In either case the author is not too shy to show what he thinks of Japanese politicians.

The first Prime Minister wasn't corrupt and in fact was portrayed as pro-military, it was some jackass lower on the food chain and the U.S. was trying to use the threat of releasing that information to the public to make Japan reduce the guard around Rory/Tuka/Lelei. The Hakone Incident was the direct result of the U.S.'s first and only attempt to do that before he resigned to make that threat useless.

 

[Kaarme]

The first Prime Minister wasn't corrupt and in fact was portrayed as pro-military, it was some jackass lower on the food chain and the U.S. was trying to use the threat of releasing that information to the public to make Japan reduce the guard around Rory/Tuka/Lelei. The Hakone Incident was the direct result of the U.S.'s first and only attempt to do that before he resigned to make that threat useless.

Why would a prime minister resign if it's just some random goon below him that's corrupt? Obviously there had to be a direct connection to the prime minister himself, so he had to resign, not just kick out the corrupt one. It's the modern Japan here we are talking about. They aren't cutting open their own stomachs anymore. As a RL example, Tepco CEO barely deigned to resign after the Fukushima catastrophe (which was made possible by Tepco's negligence born out of greed). However, he quickly found a new director's role in a company whose largest owner is... Tepco. That's modern Japan.

Of course if his government was incredibly unpopular and the corrupt person was just the last straw to break the camel's back, it might have been the proper choice to dismantle it. I can't remember anymore such early chapters.

 

[HDMI1]

Why would a prime minister resign if it's just some random goon below him that's corrupt? Obviously there had to be a direct connection to the prime minister himself, so he had to resign, not just kick out the corrupt one. It's the modern Japan here we are talking about. They aren't cutting open their own stomachs anymore. As a RL example, Tepco CEO barely deigned to resign after the Fukushima catastrophe (which was made possible by Tepco's negligence born out of greed). However, he quickly found a new director's role in a company whose largest owner is... Tepco. That's modern Japan.

Of course if his government was incredibly unpopular and the corrupt person was just the last straw to break the camel's back, it might have been the proper choice to dismantle it. I can't remember anymore such early chapters.

You expect logic from this story? Most likely the author had the PM "make the noble sacrifice" to keep the "filthy American government" out of the way of the JSDF's divine mission (literally since both Emroy (in the form of Rory) and Hardy are helping them) in the other world.

 

[terranmcv]

and still not LN/WN translation to this day

Un-official/fan translation for LN GATE 2: Weigh Anchor released.
https://hanabarahana.wordpress.com/gate-season-2-novel-series/

 

[Getlolgoes]

You know what the political plot is kind of starting to come together, I think this was done the best it could be like the us obviously has greed on their mind saying give it to the United Nations knowing they have a lot of control then China comes in to try and take it forcefully and so Japan has to decide immediately give it up, get it taken away, or in less than 24 hours solve the issue too keep the gate, which seems like as good as they can do