Shoukoku no Altair Gaiden - Toukoku no Subaru

[MangaDex]

 

[Question2]

This author is funny. In the original manga, the ottomans are the good guys while the austrians are the evil conquerors. In this manga, the japanese are the good guys while the chinese are the evil conquerors.

 

[WildGrizzlyBear]

Seems cool, looking forward to more.

 

[Cyro11]

Is Shoukoku no Altair really popular in japan or something?

 

[Karakuri1812]

@Question2 and you are very naive. In war, there's no such thing as "good" or "bad" guys, war itself is a mistake, so the people who fought in war are neither Hero's or villains, people from both side die, you know? And mind you, this is a fantasy manga, where whatever the mangaka wants to write and draw then that's their world, sometimes have connections with our real world but not in a complete way, because they often romanticize the story. I would suggest you to read more about fantasy and historical manga maybe like how there's many spin-off about Oda Nobunaga, or maybe Arslan, where it also taking historical events as their plot. Maybe that would broaden your view about this kind of manga

 

[afortuneforetold]

@Question2 and you are very naive. In war, there's no such thing as "good" or "bad" guys, war itself is a mistake, so the people who fought in war are neither Hero's or villains, people from both side die, you know? And mind you, this is a fantasy manga, where whatever the mangaka wants to write and draw then that's their world, sometimes have connections with our real world but not in a complete way, because they often romanticize the story. I would suggest you to read more about fantasy and historical manga maybe like how there's many spin-off about Oda Nobunaga, or maybe Arslan, where it also taking historical events as their plot. Maybe that would broaden your view about this kind of manga

That’s why this manga is funny. Because there protagonists are portrayed as heroes even though they are no good or bad guys in war. The mangaka’s fantasy is so diverged from reality and because he writes what he wants, it just gets more and more absurd.

Also it’s hilarious how overstated the power of muskets are. Historically they didn’t replace but were used alongside bows and crossbows simply because they aren’t objectively better, they carry more power but are much slower to reload, you can get 1-2 shots off a minute. The idea of standing up to a massively superior army based off of those alone is hilariously dumb.