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Friday Fun Thread for February 17, 2023

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Is gundam strictly anti-war? I'm not all that familiar with it, but the bits I caught looked like the traditional Japanese "war is the worst thing in the world except all the things that are worse... Like foreigners in your country" moral

I would definitely say that it's not that kind of moral. Rather, in Gundam, war is generally depicted negatively, warts and all, but there is the undertone that, when war is already all around you, it is still necessary to fight to live and to bring forth a better tomorrow.

The deeper message of many Gundam stories, in addition, is "we must learn how to truly and honestly communicate with one another, regardless of if it brings conflict or peace."