I've dealt with a lot of Japanese media, including a shit ton involving the nukes in horrific terms. You know what never comes up when they discuss it?
That it was unnecessary. They will drone on about the power and evil of it, how truly fucked up it was and what it did to people. But never once will they pretend they don't get why it happened.
Because even they understand how fucked up their nation was during WW2, and public sentiment has gone from "woe is us, we are so broken" to "we were fucked up and broke ourselves in a lot of ways." But not once have I heard them cry victim about it being unwarranted.
I'm sure there is some talk of it, its completely valid to feel that way as it truly was a huge loss of innocent life. But its not an open and common sentiment.
Japanese culture tends to view the US in WW2 as an instrument of karma, rather than as a villain. Almost like we were a force of nature sent by the gods to humble them. So the nukes are more of a cosmic tragedy than a crime.
I've dealt with a lot of Japanese media, including a shit ton involving the nukes in horrific terms. You know what never comes up when they discuss it?
That it was unnecessary. They will drone on about the power and evil of it, how truly fucked up it was and what it did to people. But never once will they pretend they don't get why it happened.
Because even they understand how fucked up their nation was during WW2, and public sentiment has gone from "woe is us, we are so broken" to "we were fucked up and broke ourselves in a lot of ways." But not once have I heard them cry victim about it being unwarranted.
I'm sure there is some talk of it, its completely valid to feel that way as it truly was a huge loss of innocent life. But its not an open and common sentiment.
Japanese culture tends to view the US in WW2 as an instrument of karma, rather than as a villain. Almost like we were a force of nature sent by the gods to humble them. So the nukes are more of a cosmic tragedy than a crime.