Books in an Imperial regime

[Zenomew]

Warning the plot is lengthy

Basically the idea is that in an alternate earth Japan remains under Imperial regime and rules over colonies like Vietnam, Korea,parts of China and Russia

Nationalism is at all time high with discrimination,racism,gender stereotypes and way too much focus on honour , military and tradition

Art is looked down upon and Manga and anime are strictly boring propaganda

MC decided to bring a flow of creativity and introduce popular mangas from our world to this place

So how do I proceed with this idea what are the challenges and opportunities in this world

Here is the link to the story

Storyteller bringing manga to another world

All she knows is that this alternate world is too stiff and boring with no imagination or wonder or manga As a storyteller she has her duty to bring stories to this dull world no matter the cost

www.scribblehub.com

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

Warning the plot is lengthy

Basically the idea is that in an alternate earth Japan remains under Imperial regime and rules over colonies like Vietnam, Korea,parts of China and Russia

Nationalism is at all time high with discrimination,racism,gender stereotypes and way too much focus on honour , military and tradition

Art is looked down upon and Manga and anime are strictly boring propaganda

MC decided to bring a flow of creativity and introduce popular mangas from our world to this place

So how do I proceed with this idea what are the challenges and opportunities in this world

Here is the link to the story

Storyteller bringing manga to another world

All she knows is that this alternate world is too stiff and boring with no imagination or wonder or manga As a storyteller she has her duty to bring stories to this dull world no matter the cost

www.scribblehub.com

What are you doing there?

MC gets sent to working camp in Malaysia and dies. End.

 

[Zenomew]

What are you doing there?

MC gets sent to working camp in Malaysia and dies. End.

MC:- Fools I have plot
Plus I am a girl so I have to stay at home since girls can't fight

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

MC:- Fools I have plot
Plus I am a girl so I have to stay at home since girls can't fight

Oh, so you think you have anything like rights, an education, or drawing material? A dubious assumption. Back to the kitchen then.

 

[Zenomew]

Plot armour read the story in the link MC is not human

 

[Seaspecter]

This plot makes my Merica itch, I'm going to have to eat some bacon and shoot a gun now.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

So, the assumption is that the US never intervened in the Sino-Russian war (and thus Japan became the superpower here that Russia did in our world)?
You could check out Phillip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle" for some ideas on this (that assumes the Axis won WWII ... or did they?)

 

[Seaspecter]

So, the assumption is that the US never intervened in the Sino-Russian war (and thus Japan became the superpower here that Russia did in our world)?
You could check out Phillip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle" for some ideas on this (that assumes the Axis won WWII ... or did they?)

I was thinking more of the demilitarization of Japan after WW2, after that happened Japan couldn't have been an imperial power. Also, I have read The Man in the High Castle I love alternative history novels.

 

[Cortavar]

Wow, imperial Japan winning WW2 and ruling East Asia with an iron fist seems to be way too heavy a topic to be fought by the power of love and manga. That leaves you with two options :


- 1) Taking the setting seriously.
So you have an hyper-racist government willing to fund human experimentation on POWs, organize large-scale sexual slavery an be proud of it and you want to fight it with Naruto and Dragon Ball? You'll need to infiltrate the layers of power to get even considered for publishing, make some morally questionable compromises, and then, once you start to push your alternate morality stories, have either enough dirt on basically everyone to keep your head on your shoulders or find a nice place to hole down to, possibly joining the internal resistance. And that's the nice scenario. I wouldn't recommend taking the setting seriously, but if you try to do it, please do some research before on what exactly Japan was doing during WW2...

- 2) Going all out on the absurdity.
As we've seen, the premise is ridiculous enough to go all-in on the ridiculousness. Give the Imperial Japanese the Hogan's Heroes treatment! The scary military police is after you? They're bumbling idiots! You can't find a publisher for your stories? Some zany schemes, an infiltration mission or the old briefcase switcheroo and bing! Your manga gets published and distributed instead of the usual propaganda! Oh no! You've finally been arrested by the big bad general? Turns out he's a big fan and just wants your autograph, and to read the next chapter before everyone!

Option 2 makes for some light-hearted comedy, option 1 for some very serious alternate history drama. They mix like oil and water. Choose one, and stick to it. You may sneak a dark joke or two in option 2, but I'd keep them at "history buff bonus treat" level.

 

[Zenomew]

So, the assumption is that the US never intervened in the Sino-Russian war (and thus Japan became the superpower here that Russia did in our world)?
You could check out Phillip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle" for some ideas on this (that assumes the Axis won WWII ... or did they?)

Not really the east and west have isolated each other

Timeline of Events

1925: Japan and the Indian National Army successfully liberate Delhi from British rule, leading to an independent India aligned with Japan.

1930: The Sino-Russian War intensifies without U.S. interference. Japan strengthens its hold in Manchuria while China pushes back Soviet advances.

1937 China, with Japan's indirect support, wins the Sino-Russian War. The Soviet Union loses territories in Central Asia and Siberia, focusing on internal stability.

1939 Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe. Japan declares neutrality, focusing on consolidating its control in Asia.

1940: Japan forms the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, dominating Southeast Asia and aligning with an independent India and a stronger China.

1941: The East-West Isolation Pact is proposed after Germany’s expansion in Europe and Japan’s dominance in Asia. Both sides agree to avoid interference in each other’s spheres of influence.

1942: Germany consolidates control over Western Europe, Britain retreats to its colonies in Africa, and the Soviet Union withdraws from European conflicts, focusing on Eastern rebuilding.

1943: Japan annexes French Indochina and expands into the Pacific, while the U.S. avoids direct conflict, solidifying isolationist policies in the Americas.

1945: World War II ends in Europe with Germany dominating the continent. Japan controls most of Asia, with India and China as cooperative allies.

1950 The East-West Isolation Pact is formalized into an agreement where the East (Asia and parts of Eurasia) and the West (Europe and the Americas) agree to non-intervention in each other’s regions.

1960: Economic and technological rivalry intensifies between the East and West. Germany and Japan lead their respective blocs, while the U.S. and Soviet Union play secondary roles.

1970: A stable balance of power emerges, with minimal interaction between the East and West, creating two distinct world systems focused on regional dominance.
Ps she is not trying to actively bring down the Imperial regime her only goal is to bring stories to this world

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Sounds like you've put a lot of thought into this - cool. I was actually thinking as much on the Amazon Prime series based on The Man in the High Castle, as that got a bit more into how life looks under Imperial Japan in the 1960s (with flashes of modern influence as well), but the novel is ... well, until the last two chapters or so, excellent. It kind of falls apart at the end (according to interviews with Dick, he claimed he used the I Ching itself at each "decision point" to determine how the story would progress, and it just kind of crapped out on him at the end).

 

[Zenomew]

Sounds like you've put a lot of thought into this - cool. I was actually thinking as much on the Amazon Prime series based on The Man in the High Castle, as that got a bit more into how life looks under Imperial Japan in the 1960s (with flashes of modern influence as well), but the novel is ... well, until the last two chapters or so, excellent. It kind of falls apart at the end (according to interviews with Dick, he claimed he used the I Ching itself at each "decision point" to determine how the story would progress, and it just kind of crapped out on him at the end).

I should point out that US is actually not under Nazi or Japanese control they are a strong force which led to the east-west isolation policy in the first place


Europe is really screwed up though you can read it in my third chapter I released today

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I should point out that US is actually not under Nazi or Japanese control they are a strong force which led to the east-west isolation policy in the first place


Europe is really screwed up though you can read it in my third chapter I released today

Oh I get that from the description - but the stratification of society would still be similar. Would probably have the odd linguistic quirk of the Chinese - foreigners are expected to know a few words out of courtesy, to speak them flawlessly, and to not be able to communicate past those words. A foreigner who makes no effort, or worse, says anything wrong, is worse than dirt. A foreigner who speaks competently is viewed with suspicion - unless they can "show" they actually have, well in this case it would be Japanese but the person who described this to me had to claim he had a half-Chinese ancestor in order to stop being pestered by one guy.