The Island of Japan finds itself bowing before the Restored Power of the Emperor for the first and final time. They gather themselves, heading back to their homes, and realizing their shame and guilt. They were a proud people, the Japanese. But like all humans, they can be blinded by their sense of rightiousness, their greed for wealth, or their natural inclination towards ignorance. Put them in a corner, take away their pride, take away their hopes, take away all that matters to them, and they easily succumb to preserve what they have left with honorable hara-kiri. But the Emperor's death and sacrifice was a wake-up call that reminded them, that what had made Japan the great nation that it is, wasn't the individualism of the west, not the capitalism of America, not the blind obedience of the communists. It was their belief in true Bushido. Of being part of a community of people that watch out for each other, and a society that treats every citizen like valuable blood, necessary for the continuance of the body's beating heart.
The Magitek System
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