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I’m not entirely too sure if that was Bernina in the last episode. I could be wrong, it might just be another JNR OJT in a different career path.
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Interesting I didn’t happen upon this review until now.
The main thing that I was bothered by in Rail Wars was their usage of a “privatization” group as “terrorists”. Sure, perhaps a privatization group might try to stir up incidents to make the government-run system look bad, but this made them look more like jihaidists in their actions. The group were too self-sacrificing in their behaviour, while mooks and henchmen in a privatization group would be very centered on self-preservation.
I’ve thought, in a fanfiction variant (no, I’m not writing one, although I’ve thought of having them make an appearance in another story) that the whole privatization thing was a cover story, and that the henchmen are actually being mind-controlled by the villain I made for another series. The alternative would have been to make them members of Aum Shinrikyo (or a similar group).
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It’s been some six years since I watched Rail Wars!, and I think on my initial watch, I didn’t pay much mind to the politics – the series appeared to concern itself more with the various situation Naoto finds himself entangled in more than the bigger picture. If I may be truthful, I’m not entirely sure why this post suddenly became more interesting to readers: I don’t feel that I’ve said anything particularly useful about the anime in my final reflections.
On an aside, I think that the story could work better as you describe: a radical extremist group seeking to sabotage rail lines in Japan would give the protagonists an equal amount of opportunity for their adventures while at the same time, yielding a much more plausible premise for things. If there is a wish for it, I would go back and and discuss Rail Wars! in my current style, as well as with a selection of screenshots from the BD, which are rather more…interesting than their equivalent moments from the televised broadcast 🙂
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