JRPGS, and God-Slaying (Patreon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzaWM9tpLxE

[Have some music while you read!] 

The history of Japan is a repeating cycle of new gods rising up, said gods becoming corrupted, and being overthrown as false, old gods. This is, essentially, how its even taught in Japanese schools! 

The next video is going to be a very deep-dive into just this topic, to explain the trope of god-slaying in JRPGs.

You, my kind patrons, get an interesting sneak peak. Did you know that Mitsubishi, the car manufacturer, is also the largest corporate entity in Japan? 

The heart of Mitsubishi isn't it's car manufacturing though... Mitsubishi is the world's 6th largest bank by total assets. The top four banks are Chinese state owned banks; number 5 is JPMorgan Chase. This means, Mitsubishi is a larger bank than HSBC, or Citigroup, or Bank of America. 

Mitsubishi also has its own chemical company: Mitsubishi chemical. And it's own power company: Mitsubishi Power. And it's own Space Division: Mitsubishi Electric Space Systems. And it's own nuclear power company: Mitsubishi Atomic Industry.

The photo above is one of Mitsubishi's many industrial plants. If you're a JRPG fan... does this all remind you of anything? 

The meaning of the name "Shinra," the company in FFVII I've been alluding to in this post, requires a good understanding of Japanese business practices. 

The Kanji are as follows: "神" Shin. It means, god, or almighty, or divine. "羅" Ra. It means, literally, net -- but, here, it is more of an abbreviation that signifies "all-encompassing" or "conglomerate." In other words, its a keiretsu -- not dissimilar... to Mitsubishi. 

The God Conglomerate -- a false god, building a false heaven: the entire story of FFVII, isn't it? A story told time and time again in Japanese history. 

I think this video is shaping up to be my favorite one yet! I hope you will also find it compelling! 

- Moony