Talk:Big Man Japan

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Wasn't one of the larger themes the changing position of sumo wrestling in Japan? With it's lover level of importance many athletes find they've dedicated there lives to something that doesn't have the importance it had to previous generations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.94.28 (talk) 16:42, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

While you aren't wrong, I think the bigger picture, of which sumo wrestling is somewhat relevent, is the changing position of Japanese nationalism. To begin with, if you think of Dai Nipponjin respresenting Japan iteslf or Japanese nationalism, the main character mentions his grandfather was very well liked, and then they also showed you footage of parades (some looked like military parades to me) with him with lots of people waving Japanese flags. He also mentions there were lots of monsters back then, which could represent other nations, and Japan had come out victorious in the past with wars such as the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. And then his father had tried to become too big, which could refer to the Second Sino-Japanese War, in which Japan had atomic bombs dropped on it. So you're left with the main character, whom nobody likes. There aren't as many monsters (enemy states) and some people think he's wasting resources, Japan, after the war, has become quite pacifist but they are in the top ten for military spending. Anyway, Japanese nationlism has also gone down in Japan, I saw a poll once showing that not many would die for their county, though I was not able to verify it. There was also that bit with the interviews were he ran away from the red monster, how some found it fun to watch only because he was being defeated (Japanese self-hate) and how running away is not honourable (Japanese sense of honour declining). Then there was the Korean news broadcast, Koreans love to hate Japan. There was a film recently about a Korean (naval, I think) victory over Japan in the past, which had become a hit in Korea because people enjoyed seeing Japan defeated.14.201.8.199 (talk) 13:01, 7 November 2014 (UTC)