Yume Maboroshi no Gotoku - Vol. 11 Ch. 80 - The Power of the Katana

[MangaDex]

 

[josua070]

As much of a fun read this series is, it's really thick on the Japanese supremacy. Like, REALLY thick.

Besides, for what Nobunaga has as of this chapter, it'll be straining the so-called empire because of the sheer size of it, as in terms of maintaining communications throughout the territory, and by proxy, maintaining cohesion and unity as a whole.

They can brag about having such a large empire, but it means jack when they can't even maintain reliable, stable communication lines to disseminate information and orders.

 

[Grimmycoffee]

As much of a fun read this series is, it's really thick on the Japanese supremacy. Like, REALLY thick.

Besides, for what Nobunaga has as of this chapter, it'll be straining the so-called empire because of the sheer size of it, as in terms of maintaining communications throughout the territory, and by proxy, maintaining cohesion and unity as a whole.

They can brag about having such a large empire, but it means jack when they can't even maintain reliable, stable communication lines to disseminate information and orders.

Rather than "thick on the Japanese supremacy", I would say it's more about really really fanboying Nobunaga. I don't think they say anything about Japanese supremacy until recently with the katana comment.

It's pretty clear that realism is never this story's main goal anyway.

 

[jeezits]

There's a, uh... certain segment of the Japanese population that was disappointed the Greater Asian Prosperity Sphere didn't last.

 

[SystematicChaos]

There's a, uh... certain segment of the Japanese population that was disappointed the Greater Asian Prosperity Sphere didn't last.

If you think Motomiya is part of that segment, I've got news for you, buddy. He wrote a whole manga critiquing the fascism of 1930s-1940s Japan which pissed off the Japanese nationalists so much they got it suspended.

 

[jeezits]

...that makes me wonder if he did this as parody of them. Because it feels just completely ridiculous at times.

Nah, that happened way after this series. Well, it could still be a parody of the mindset.

 

[Doomroar]

Ok i made it 80 chapters, but really i think i will drop here, i get it, the author has the hardest hard on for Nobunaga, but that's really not my thing, i just can't dick ride, call me a hater, but i just can't, fanboying is just, na son

But no one can't say i didn't try

Edit: ok fine we are one volume away, so i will make the effort, but geez

 

[jeezits]

Come on, ride that Nobadick to the end, bro.

 

[SystematicChaos]

...that makes me wonder if he did this as parody of them. Because it feels just completely ridiculous at times.

Nah, that happened way after this series. Well, it could still be a parody of the mindset.

There's actually not a lot of overlap between Nobunaga fans and nationalists in general, either. Nobunaga is seen more as a maverick who bucked Japanese tradition, who admired and tried to emulate Europe, favored the Christian missionaries over Buddhist monks, made a former African slave into a samurai, etc. To the contrary, the curriculum of Imperial Japan reified Hideyoshi, who first banned Christianity and made an invasion attempt on Korea, and more recent Japanese nationalists tend to identify more with Ieyasu, who instituted the isolationism that lasted over 200 years (Yukio Mishima even claimed descent from him).

Say what you want about Nobunaga dickriding, but it's got little to do with Japanese nationalism, and one of the upcoming chapters will make that pretty clear.