Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25730832-20160122165904/@comment-26574811-20160130004843

220.255.3.208 wrote: Vcharng wrote: Kaiserhorn wrote: I'd like to know what are japanese players think about this. I have quoted the only negative reply from the Japanese wikiwiki page on the gun thread, basicly they are generally looking forward to the introduction of Iowa-class. As in general terms, they might be far more open-minded to Allied ships than we are.

Those who strongly express their disgust, on the other hand, are often accused of being "pre-war rightist" in the Japanese community. (note: in Japan, pre- and post-war rightists are different things, as the prior is more often accused of being reluctant of reflecting Japan's behavior during and before WWII) The same sentiment seems prevalent among the Chinese fanbase too, or at least that's what I see from the posts in the gamers.com.tw forum (aka 巴哈). Though to be fair, one would normally expect the Japanese to have a more rigorous response than everyone else. Taiwan has some of the most extreme Imperial Japanese sympathizers, so it's no surprise seeing so.

FYI, 巴哈 in particular further owns a community of particularly pan-Japanese (that is, pre-war Japanese) view.

If you want some further introduction about the Taiwanese nostalgia toward Japanese rule, you can click on my ID and go to my message wall, there's an article about it.