/ It’s midnight over here so I’ll be honest I’d blow my head smoove off if I had to write a deeply analytical essay about Megaten. Essentially what I’m getting at is that I adore the eastern aspects of the franchise a lot and it’s probably my favorite part about the franchise.

ルサルカ@EwigkeitMagick14 Jul 2025

/ Well, tbf MegaTen does a lot. So for the sake of brevity here, I need to deliver the general ideas of the series because we'll be here all day like a Type-Moon subreddit

Jul 14, 2025 · 4:26 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ It encourages me to engage with a culture that I otherwise wouldn’t bother with and makes me want to educate myself.

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Jul 14, 2025 · 4:11 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ I’m not trying to state that what it does is novel or anything. I agree wholeheartedly with you, I just think it’s a little more than just the humanitarian questions and I don’t think the grand scope of the games takes away from that.

ルサルカ@EwigkeitMagick14 Jul 2025

/ MegaTen, at the core of the series' soul, always presents the thesis of what it means to be human. When you strip away the structure of a society, what becomes of humanity? The Raidou games are very specifically designed from a Japanese history POV. Raidou is just taking a -

Jul 14, 2025 · 4:11 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ I think both aspects carry equal weight within the storytelling of the series. To me, it’s the same way Final Fantasy’s Japanese influence plays a pivotal part in the franchise’s identity even when some games approach a high fantasy medieval setting.

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Jul 14, 2025 · 3:06 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ For some games certainly but I don’t think all of them. Again that’s why I think the Raidou games are good examples. A majority of the character’s main struggles center around the state of Japan in the 1930s and the general paranoia surrounding the rapid growth of technology.

ルサルカ@EwigkeitMagick14 Jul 2025

/ It tackles more humanitarian forms of politics than strictly Japanese ones. It's not like Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa, where they have a huge critique of the WW2 era Japanese government, and how the promise of freedom from the western hegemony was broken for capitalistic greed.

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Jul 14, 2025 · 3:06 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ As well as the sudden influence of western customs and ideas blending into their own, like something as simple as wearing black to a funeral. And while I’m no expert myself I’ll admit, the game truly does hinge on your understanding of Shintoism and the people at the time.

Jul 14, 2025 · 3:06 AM UTC

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍⸝̲⸝̲ ✦ * ne┄͡𝐦𝐢͟𝖘͟𝖘͟𝐚. ‍ ‍ ‍@ROMAFULMEN14 Jul 2025

/ It goes at length about how they view Japanese tradition, the government, the use of resources, and the uncertain future of their nation at the time.