In the show he's working as an ace pilot for alternate universe Britain despite being a colonized Japanese citizen. I think the armband in this context is for a funeral, but still, I'm discovering a lot of fascist apologia in anime lately.
Japan never came to terms with the fact they lost the big one.
I mean, come on, Space Battleship Yamato? Give it up, people. It was a white elephant from the moment it was built. We put 14 bombs and 16 torpedoes into it and it sank like a rock.
Is he in some kind of paramilitary? Collar tabs? Shoulder boards? A freaking armband? Does the writer not know the dark history of the armband?
Armbands are fairly common in anime, they don't have the same connotations in Japan, I believe.
I’m discovering a lot of fascist apologia in anime lately.
In the show he's working as an ace pilot for alternate universe Britain despite being a colonized Japanese citizen. I think the armband in this context is for a funeral, but still, I'm discovering a lot of fascist apologia in anime lately.
Japan never came to terms with the fact they lost the big one.
I mean, come on, Space Battleship Yamato? Give it up, people. It was a white elephant from the moment it was built. We put 14 bombs and 16 torpedoes into it and it sank like a rock.
armbands are not just a nazi thing. He is working for a colonizing government that believes in racial supremacy though, so it's not unwarranted.
Any kind of character (or real person) wearing an armband screams Nazi.
Vietnam war protestors screams nazi to you?