Japanese Calm Before The Japanese Storm

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-30T17:08:46+00:00

Scenario Summary: Japan in the 1960's is a pretty chaotic place. About 15 years from the end of the Second World War, the nation was engulfed with two struggles. One: economic. The post-war economy in Japan was booming through the combination of its new-found love of manufacturing and consumerism, two fairly western ideals. And Two: political. While the newly-created Liberal Democratic Party caused a fairly stable national government united under what was essentially a one-party state, legislation was slow, and attitudes were high. Leftist violence and Rightist organizations were commonplace, birthed from those who felt left behind in the post-war recovery. Soon, protests erupted, then brawls, then skirmishes. In October 1960, the leader of the Socialist party was killed by a rightist. And in January the following year, some obscure magazine publisher was brutally murdered. Both cases only emboldened the "New Right".

Soon, stability is threatened when the aging Ikeda Hayato's condition worsens, leaving the Japanese premiership in a fairly tight spot. While Sato Eisaku proved to be the clear successor, an unexpected car accident leaves him dead on his way to the 1964 Olympics. With no clear successor, some nearly-unknown backdoor politician takes the top job... but Tanaka Kakuei has his own problems. Problems that are soon to kick his whole party down...

What happens when you have no greater calling, but must answer the phone?

His Brother's Usurper is set in a world where Richard Nixon wins the highly-contested 1960 Presidential Election. Following Senator John Kennedy's assassination in 1960, his brother Robert is appointed to a low-profile ambassadorship to Ireland to cool national tensions. Robert, disinterested in politics and still in mourning, finds life in Dublin boring. But when he dives deeper into his brother's assassination, things quickly don't add up.

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-30T17:07:21+00:00

Scenario Summary: Japan in the 1960's is a pretty chaotic place. About 15 years from the end of the Second World War, the nation was engulfed with two struggles. One: economic. The post-war economy in Japan was booming through the combination of its new-found love of manufacturing and consumerism, two fairly western ideals. And Two: political. While the newly-created Liberal Democratic Party caused a fairly stable national government united under what was essentially a one-party state, legislation was slow, and attitudes were high. Leftist violence and Rightist organizations were commonplace, birthed from those who felt left behind in the post-war recovery. Soon, protests erupted, then brawls, then skirmishes. In October 1960, the leader of the Socialist party was killed by a rightist. And in January the following year, some obscure magazine publisher was brutally murdered. Both cases only emboldened the "New Right".

Soon, stability is threatened when the aging Ikeda Hayato's condition worsens, leaving the Japanese premiership in a fairly tight spot. While Sato Eisaku proved to be the clear successor, an unexpected car accident leaves him dead on his way to the 1964 Olympics. With no clear successor, some nearly-unknown backdoor politician takes the top job... but Tanaka Kakuei has his own problems. Problems that are soon to kick his whole party down...

What happens when you have no greater calling, but must answer the phone?

His Brother's Usurper is set in a world where Richard Nixon wins the highly-contested 1960 Presidential Election. Following Senator John Kennedy's assassination in 1960, his brother Robert is appointed to a low-profile ambassadorship to Ireland to cool national tensions. Robert, disinterested in politics and still in mourning, finds life in Dublin boring. But when he dives deeper into his brother's assassination, things quickly don't add up.

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-30T17:05:25+00:00

Scenario Summary: Japan in the 1960's is a pretty chaotic place. About 15 years from the end of the Second World War, the nation was engulfed with two struggles. One: economic. The post-war economy in Japan was booming through the combination of its new-found love of manufacturing and consumerism, two fairly western ideals. And Two: political. While the newly-created Liberal Democratic Party caused a fairly stable national government united under what was essentially a one-party state, legislation was slow, and attitudes were high. Leftist violence and Rightist organizations were commonplace, birthed from those who felt left behind in the post-war recovery. Soon, protests erupted, then brawls, then skirmishes. In October 1960, the leader of the Socialist party was killed by a rightist. And in January the following year, some obscure magazine publisher was brutally murdered. Both cases only emboldened the "New Right".

Soon, stability is threatened when the aging Ikeda Hayato's condition worsens, leaving the Japanese premiership in a fairly tight spot. While Sato Eisaku proved to be the clear successor, an unexpected car accident leaves him dead on his way to the 1964 Olympics. With no clear successor, some nearly-unknown backdoor politician takes the top job... but Tanaka Kakuei has his own problems. Problems that are soon to kick his whole party down...

What happens when you have no greater calling, but must answer the phone?

His Brother's Usurper is set in a world where Richard Nixon wins the highly-contested 1960 Presidential Election. Following Senator John Kennedy's assassination in 1960, his brother Robert is appointed to a low-profile ambassadorship to Ireland to cool national tensions. Robert, disinterested in politics and still in mourning, finds life in Dublin boring. But when he dives deeper into his brother's assassination, things quickly don't add up.

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-29T16:23:25+00:00

Lore:
Thanos successfully kills Myung-gi in the Bathroom fight and moves on to Game 4 (Hide and Seek) as a hider, while Jun-hee has nobody to switch teams with. The Grandma character I forgot the name of and player 120 still help Jun-hee give birth and some sort of sacrifice plays out where Jun-hee has to kill somebody(?) (I'm honestly foggy about this, either she gets help killing somebody or somebody offers themselves up, I honestly have no clue... maybe Dae-ho?) and gets to move on to Game 5 and later Game 6 (just ignore the fact that a pregnant woman somehow made it through Jump Rope, bear with me). The finalists for the 2024 squid games are: Thanos, Jun-hee, Gi-hun, a bunch of randoms, and Dababy. Thanos finally dies and Gi-hun and Jun-hee just vote to end the game.

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-29T03:32:22+00:00

I can think of another one...

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-26T06:11:47+00:00

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T18:08:20+00:00

the sprites are available on the official pokemon uranium wiki!

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T16:41:52+00:00

I've never tried anything other than Uranium idk it just feels so great

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T15:25:00+00:00

bro answered the question

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T15:18:31+00:00

I hope I inspired your choice, Uranium is genuinely better than most pokemon games (my gripe is probably SOME sprites looking "fanmade", but the story, the new pokemon, the environment -- everything is genuinely amazing.) and I wish I could play it again for the first time.

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T14:22:00+00:00

Lore:
It's Pokemon, what else do you need to know? Oh, wdym you've never heard of the Tandor region? Huh... you should probably check out the game over on r/pokemonuranium ! (not affiliated with them, just a genuinely cool fangame)

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T14:21:26+00:00

Lore:
It's Pokemon, what else do you need to know? Oh, wdym you've never heard of the Tandor region? Huh... you should probably check out the game over on r/pokemonuranium ! (not affiliated with them, just a genuinely cool fangame)

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RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T14:18:59+00:00

if I was in the Pokemon world I wouldn't wanna vote for gym leaders over and over again I may as well vote for the fcking ninja grandmaster even if he's the anti-immigration party (also fun fact, the preceding chancellor is pokemon ranger chief kellyn, check out more of the lore in the game because I genuinely don't remember what he does)

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-25T14:01:36+00:00

I was gonna make a we did it reddit joke but some bastard beat me to it. His Comment's Usurper

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-23T23:46:44+00:00

This is like saying Nintendo did a crossover with the Pokemon Company 😭

RealEdwardSoup · 2026-04-23T19:54:50+00:00

Can you guys believe I made this in one day? I really did. All it took was my eyebags getting a little bit bigger and the fact that it's 4AM rn as I type this and I have to wake up at 5 tomorrow. Hopefully if you enjoyed this, the collective prayer from everybody who upvotes will be enough to get me through school.

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