tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695527399731010011.post2836166304932497191..comments2024-03-23T15:19:07.016-05:00Comments on Walker's Retreat: Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: A War Story on the Edge of Nihilistic ExcessBradford C. Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810129226163375188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695527399731010011.post-43144318725613071392017-11-11T20:56:59.401-06:002017-11-11T20:56:59.401-06:00Bradford
Yeah a lot of the mecarobot shows from J...Bradford <br />Yeah a lot of the mecarobot shows from Japan (and the manga) wallow way too much in this bleak nilism. It's such a turn off to really great stories. Frankly I'd prefer to have a collaboration between Japanene illustrators and Western writers.<br />That way we can tone down the gratuitous nilism with some superversive or pulpy type heroics.<br />To me this bleak nilism permeates Japanes society and it's because they haven't come to grips of their WW II legacy or they did and figure extinction is the way to atone.<br />I wish I had an answer to to help them regain their confidence and continue to enrich the <br />xavier<br />xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924047562026242210noreply@blogger.com