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GATE (TV).

All I have to say is typical yanks. Do they always have to stick their noses into everything all the flipping time?

Well at least these days if you see an unflattering portrayal of America you can think to yourself "This must be a universe where Donald Trump became president."

... Which might possibly be our universe, come to think of it...

However, the President of the United States in Gate cannot be Donald Trump. He's too thin, and he actually has decent-looking hair.

But seriously I hope Americans at least understand why the rest of the world doesn't have the highest opinion of them. Especially the country you nuked twice.

So Itami's ex-wife loved him so much that she divorced him? Even if it was to prove how hurt she was that he didn't seem to realize how much she loved him, or that she felt he didn't love her back sufficiently, or whatever, that's a really weak reason to divorce someone you love.

Just as we hope that the author remembers that there is a pretty good reason why the rest of the world is not exactly enthusiastic about Japan expanding it's military outside of it's current defense based role.

So Itami's ex-wife loved him so much that she divorced him? Even if it was to prove how hurt she was that he didn't seem to realize how much she loved him, or that she felt he didn't love her back sufficiently, or whatever, that's a really weak reason to divorce someone you love.

I get what you're saying, but is that really the case? I've said this in the Kancolle thread, but Japan's acts in WWII aren't something we dwell on here in Canada (I suppose that might be because of how terribly we treated our Japanese descended citizens during the time) and outside of the US and China I'm not aware of other countries still resentful towards Japan for WWII.

I get what you're saying, but is that really the case? I've said this in the Kancolle thread, but Japan's acts in WWII aren't something we dwell on here in Canada (I suppose that might be because of how terribly we treated our Japanese descended citizens during the time) and outside of the US and China I'm not aware of other countries still resentful towards Japan for WWII.

It's something that happened a long time ago and plenty has changed since there. If Japan expanded it's military power, would they immediately go back to their old ways just because? I highly doubt that. It's not like Germany has tried to take over Europe recently.

The US, on the other hand, has continually been involved in several incidents up to the present time that reinforces their negative image. I've seen plenty of stories of American soldiers stationed in Japan up to no good so some resentment is pretty fresh.

I know it's easy to dismiss the author as some right wing crackpot and ideally all peoples should be portrayed with a certain amount of respect, but it's important to look at the personal and social situation to try and understand a person's attitude.

The attitudes that lead to WWII are thankfully not as prevalent in the modern world, how ever Japan expanding it's military increases the likely hood of small scale conflicts with China as they both claim a lot of the same territory in the South China Sea. With luck, armed conflict can be avoided but if one does happen then...

If he died she'd get the insurance money as his wife, so she divorced him to show that getting that money wasn't as important to her.

And then proceeded to take alimony? If her goal was to prove the marriage wasn't about money, she's doing a terrible job.

Point of clarification: Japan has no territorial claims in the South China Sea proper. However, Japan is strengthening military ties with nations in that region, namely the Philippines (which does have territorial disputes with the People's Republic of China).