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I’d say that the German aesthetic prevails in anime largely because it’s got those idealistic ruralist one-with-nature mountain vibes, rather than the love for fascism.

Southern Germany especially is a beautiful idealistic landscape (warst su schonmal in…), though you’d see the “old europe” more in places like Bosnia than in Germany, but Bosnian culture is less accessible

Frieren’s fascism seems to be largely a personal thing specific to her, rather than something that all the other characters exhibit. I’m hopong there’s an arc that proves her wrong in her beliefs about demons

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Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Germany is beautiful, sure, so are most countries, you can find similar rural beauty in Africa, the fact that the country that Japan was allied with for WW2 is the go-to for this isn’t a coincidence. I’d love to see an arc that alleviates my suspicions, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

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- tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’d rather believe they chose Germany because it’s dead center of europe with mashups of all kinds of influences from surrounding regions, densely populated like Japan is, and has long-standing organized institutions and customs (scientific academies, churches, military) that jells with the conservative Japanese obsession with order and institution.
  
  But yeah, it could just be axis-love
  
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  - Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s entirely possible that you’re right, we’ll see
    
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stray@pawb.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I’m hoping there’s an arc that proves her wrong in her beliefs about demons

I’m told there is not.

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- tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  well, dang.
  
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