Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri review

RisingRah7
Apr 02, 2021
Oh boy, oh boy, where do I even begin?

First of all, people love the fact that the modern army curbstomps the fantasy army. Logical? Perhaps. You can easily make it logical by downplaying the magic element the fantasy side has, like this series do. Magic is fiction after all.

However, we have a problem if we're going down that route. First of all, the modern army is the good guys here. It's fine if the modern army is the bad guys. It can be a story about the fantasy side losing and then slowly finding ways to hit back by researching new magic. Finding ways to creatively use the magic they have. Unfortunately, it's the opposite. The fantasy side is bad guy, full of slavers (the most overused method in fantasy LNs to portray fantasy folks as bad guys) and bloodthirsty conquerors. And thus we have the modern side playing heroes as they gun down the inferior medieval era barbarians. And for some reason, for some people this is a really riveting thing. But for me, it's just sad.

Fine, perhaps the evul fantasy folks are outgunned. But surely, they can compete in the match of wits, right? Well, nope. Their wits are only there to feel awed against the overwhelming might of the modern army. The villains are all SAO-tier bad. Heck, I take that back. SAO actually has Quinella, which was decent with her evilness. This? Just a bunch of caricatures to be punched down by our heroes.

You know what this lopsided situation reminds me of? Those terrible Naruto fanfics at FF.net where Naruto gains OP powers out of nowhere and steamrolls his enemies. And what a surprise, those have their own audience too.

Fine, perhaps the conflict isn't interesting at all. But surely the characters will carry the show, right? Ahahahahaha, no. They're written terribly too. No interesting inter-character conflict and no likeable character. They're your generic harem tier characters.

So, what else is there? Well, some folks argue this show is about the "culture clash". Well, sure, they are some "culture clash", but it consists of the modern folks complaining about the fantasy folks being jerks and the fantasy folks being awed at the modern folks. Truly a riveting societal tale.

Oh, and about the portrayal of foreigners in this? Cute. Japan still got a long way to go until it lost its xenophobia. There's also the negative portrayal of Japan politicians as bumbling idiots, which eerily reminds me on how the military usurped control from the government in WW2 before they went on their crusade to "liberate" their supposed Asian brothers from Western colonialism.

Overall, this is a disappointing story. The more I read the manga, the more I realized the story isn't going to get any better.

I might as well read something that is already good from the beginning.
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