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Why Do You Always Kill Gods in JRPGs?
If you’ve ever played a Japanese Role Playing Game, or JRPG, you’ve likely encountered this trope before -- why exactly is the final boss, or secret mastermind, always some kind of evil god? Is there a reason for this trope beyond the obvious? Why is the evil god often some kind of alien?
Let’s take a very deep dive into Japanese history together, and figure out this mystery together. We will start with the roots of Japanese religion in Ancient China, move through the conflict-filled religious history of Japan, and then finally conceptualize a historical religious cycle now coming to a climax in the contemporary experiences of the Japanese people, as expressed through the medium of video games.
This is the first video I’ve made over an hour, and so there are a few hiccups in audio here and there! Please excuse this first experiment: I will strive to improve the quality for you, as more videos of this nature are released.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Spoiler Alert
00:17 - Intro, God-Slaying in JRPGs
02:28 - Sponsored by NordPass Business
03:43 - Intro, Pt. 2, Western Games vs. Eastern Games
05:02 - Roots of Japanese Religion in Ancient China; Immortality
11:14 - Japanese Religious History Introduction
14:32 - The Historical Cycle of Religious Conflict, Buddhism vs. the State
21:18 - The West Reaches Japan, the Shogunate vs. Westernization
26:06 - Forced Westernization and the Rise of State Shinto
35:17 - Kokka Shinto and its Consequences for Japan
38:13 - Intermission: Summary of Japanese Cycle of Religious History
40:30 - Modern Perception of Religion in Japan, A New Deity Arises
43:40 - The Postwar Economic Miracle, Rise of Keiretsu
45:58 - What is a Keiretsu, the Mistubishi-Shinra Example, the Peak of the Bubble Era
53:51 - The Collapse of the Japanese Economy, Intro to the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
56:21 - The China-LDP Example
58:45 - The Struggle of Japanese Life in a Stagnant Economy: A Cruel Angel Investor’s Thesis
01:06:15 - Intermission 2: The Miyazaki Transition, Summary of Japanese Experience as it Pertains to Cycle of Religious History
01:07:41 - Application of Context to Video Games, FF7 Case Study
01:10:13 - Other JRPGs as Case Studies
01:11:40 - Persona 5 as a Case Study (SERIOUS SPOILERS)
01:13:48 - Kirby as a Case Study, Reminder Not to Get Too Conspiracy-Minded
01:15:42 - Other Japanese Media as a Case Study, Godzilla, Dragon Ball Z, Transition into East v. West Discussion
01:18:20 - Eastern vs. Western Religious Context, With Regards to Trope; Cultivation vs. Apotheosis
01:21:52 - Why Do JRPGs Borrow From Some Western Religious Themes Then? Norse Religion, Jewish Mysticism, Christian Gnosticism
01:25:34 - Japan as a Canary in the Coal Mine for the West
01:27:34 - Conclusion
01:29:48 - Post-Credits Gag
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Additional Reading:
To Be Added
(The description is breaking the character limit and I need to work on it)
All 63 Japanese Prime Ministers Sing Baka Mitai:
World Bank Warns of ’Lost Decade’ for Global Economic Potential
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The Track List
To Be Added
(The description is breaking the character limit and I need to work on it)
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Subtitles by: James Hugh
(Thank you, James!)
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