No, everything is East of Japan. Because fuck you, that's why.You could effectively claim "everything" is West of Japan, if we're going with the fact the world is round and not square.
Your point being?Yes. BUT: Consider this.
Other nations that are directly to the west of Japan: China. Korea. India. Pakistan. Afganistan. Turkey. Greece. Italy. Spain. Syria. Italy. Portugal. Saudi Arabia. The United States of America.
The mechanical justification is fuck you, got magic.Yeah I get that, and that's all very well and good. But reading things led me to believe that there was a mechanics justification for it.
I want to know what that mechanical justification is.
Good enough. I am satisfied.My headcanon is that Einzbern realized that out of remaining four Masters, there is a good chance that most of them will be from Japan, and they didn't want to make it easy for them to get powerful catalysts AND get home country advantage.
But yes, foreign=cool is actual reason.
She would have been a little young for the Third War... And given that the von Einzbern family is German, are we sure their representative wasn't some Reich noble?
When was the last time the English were ruled by some one who was actually English? I can only think of Harold Godwinson.The British royal family is German. Like, really, really German.
When was the last time the English were ruled by some one who was actually English? I can only think of Harold.
Bah, forgot about that. I guess I'm not using a very educated definition for what I mean? It just seems like whatever the population of Britain at the time, they've always been ruled by people from other countries.Alas, as a Saxon, he too is a German.
All joking aside, what do you even mean by someone who is English? You're going to get a very different answer depending on the criteria that you choose to use.
Okay so I just got into this thing, and I have a question.
Apparently the Fuyuki System dictates that only heroes of "Western" origin can be summoned to Fuyuki. But Gilgamesh is Mesopotamian, which was roughly in Iraq. As were the Assassins.
I mean the socio-political concept of the "West" has always been extra-bullshit. And that's understandable. But how do they justify that?
Bah, forgot about that. I guess I'm not using a very educated definition for what I mean? It just seems like whatever the population of Britain at the time, they've always been ruled by people from other countries.
Actually, so far as this is defined, it might have been Jubstacheit von Einzbern himself (aka, the current head of the family) for the Third War. I can't nail that down definitively though.She would have been a little young for the Third War... And given that the von Einzbern family is German, are we sure their representative wasn't some Reich noble?
It's not that "only heroes of 'Western'' origin" can be summoned. It's more like "the system has a bias in favour of heroes of Western origin". Also, remember that Catalysts can override things too (the Assassin Class itself serves as a catalyst to pull one of the Hassans, unless an alternate catalyst is provided. Gil was summoned using a catalyst very specifically associated with him and him alone among heroes...).Okay so I just got into this thing, and I have a question.
Apparently the Fuyuki System dictates that only heroes of "Western" origin can be summoned to Fuyuki. But Gilgamesh is Mesopotamian, which was roughly in Iraq. As were the Assassins.
I mean the socio-political concept of the "West" has always been extra-bullshit. And that's understandable. But how do they justify that?
It's not that "only heroes of 'Western'' origin" can be summoned. It's more like "the system has a bias in favour of heroes of Western origin". Also, remember that Catalysts can override things too (the Assassin Class itself serves as a catalyst to pull one of the Hassans, unless an alternate catalyst is provided. Gil was summoned using a catalyst very specifically associated with him and him alone among heroes...).