The 19 28 train bombing, what do we call it, the chang solin explosion death incident? The timing of that is not coincidental. It comes at a time when there's a lot of rising anxiety in the south manchurian area about events happening in china. If they go a certain way, maybe to cut off the supply of manchuria at some point in the future. And there are people who begin to make the argument that that can't happen. We're already hooked.
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.