Is there a reason the story is set in faux Mesopotamia? Why are there horses in a faux Mesopotamia? Why are there so many white people in a faux Mesopotamia? Why is everyone's name not Mesopotamian?
I cannot keep watching this because of the above questions. Why is it set in a faux Mesopotamia? Is there a reason that justifies this, or is it just cultural appropriation?
Do you mean Mesoamerica?
Probably to try something new that isn't the same fucking generic setting as quite literally everything else?
I like it.
That's just there for just the fluff and eyecandy. They never even delve into the mesoamerican lore or anything.
God how fucking disappointing.
>>136019583
What is the point of setting it in Mesopotamia when the characters are not aware that they are in Mesopotamia and the setting, aside from the buildings, is not Mesopotamia? It feels surreal. I'm on episode three, and I just can't continue.
>Mesopotamia
>>136019511
>>136019626
You do realize Mesopotamia pioneered the step pyramids and brick construction, right?
>>136019682
step pyramids and bricks were invented multiple places and times because they're like the simplest and most obvious things emerging civilizations can start building in their city-states.
they are definitely more broadly associated with mesoamerica than mesopotamia since semi-modern europeans were around to see them being actually used.
>>136019629
He just told you, dumbfuck. It's not necessarily supposed to emulate the real world; quite the opposite, in fact. Would you prefer another shitty Japanese high school setting?
>>136019763
Maybe it would have sold more if it had been
>cultural appropriation
fuck off tumblr scum
>>136019763
So there is no point to it being set in Mesopotamia aside from "look at that pretty building and feathered dress, but don't get confused and think they hold any relevance to the story."
There is a reason high school romances take place in high schools. It makes fucking sense.
Imagine Mouretsu Pirates except remove anything related to sci-fi plotwise, but keep them on a space ship.
>>136019479
>Why are there horses in a faux Mesopotamia? Why are there so many white people in a faux Mesopotamia? Why is everyone's name not Mesopotamian?
Because it's not Mesopotamia, it's just faux Mesopotamia
>Is there a reason the story is set in faux Mesopotamia?
Maybe the author liked step pyramids. Why is every fantasy setting faux European Middle Ages? Because people likes castles.
>>136019479
How fucking autistic are you, OP? It's flavor.
>>136019814
And that's why anime is going down the shitter. Feels bad, man.
>>136019682
>You do realize Mesopotamia pioneered the step pyramids and brick construction
yea cause Mesopotamians taught the Aztecs how to make temples, right?
>>136019682
Not like what's pictured in the OP which is clearly late pre-columbian America.
Mesopotamian step pyramids mostly sport a baked brick work finish (no outer stone layer) like early Egyptian examples.
I think the setting is Mesoamerican as >>136019511 pointed out since the design on the demons seemed quite like the gods they had there.Nashetania a best
>>136019894
What do you think the setting should be then?
>>136019980
They did it before than Aztecs, so they are pioneers. They obviously didn't teach them, but as other anon said, step building designs and bricks are like the Naruto of civilization, the first steps, the gateway.
Season 2 next year anons!
>>136020105
Have you never thought about a story before?
You do not just tack on a setting. You build a story around a setting. With this story we have a Sengoku shooter, a Medieval lancer, a modern trapper, and all of them fill a faux Mesopotamia.
>>136019479
Why is every high fantasy story ever set in faux Europe? Why are there [anachronistic thing] in a faux Europe? Why is everyone's name not Saxon or Gothic or Gaelic?
You are aware there were horses in Mesopotamia right
It's mesoamerican you fucknugget
>>136019479
Its Mesoamerica inspired. Its just the setting, don't get all autistic about it.
>>136019748
>step pyramids and bricks were invented multiple places and times because they're like the simplest and most obvious things emerging civilizations can start building in their city-states.
THIS
>>136020322
>don't get all autistic about it
>>136019479
>>136020301
Horses became extinc in America around 10000BC when the first humans arrived, if there's horses then it's faux Mesoamerican (Olmecan, Mayan, etc).
>>136019479
>Mesopotamia
Anyway.
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Flamie is cute even though her show didn't sell well
>>136019682
>You do realize Mesopotamia pioneered the step pyramids and brick construction, right?
Bricks maybe, but ziggurats... mmm.... big ones, yeah, small and medium ones, I'd check Western Europe megalithic cultures (France, Ireland, Britain, Spain, etc) before making that assumption.
Anyway, there was not enough contact between European, Mesopotamian and (much less) Mesoamerican cultures to influence each other in this matter.
>>136020624
I can buy a fucking pizza pie in China: C H I N A. Don't tell me that Europe doesn't influence Mesoamerica, as well.
>>136020232
No, you just tack one on a lot of the time, especially if ninety percent of your show's going to take place in a room and the surrounding square mile of forest.
>>136020751
Not before 1492, during the height of Mesoamerican culture.
>>136019479
They liked the general aesthetic of the architecture and clothing, also fuck you.
>>136020162
>Obviously didn't teach them
Are you denying Atlantis?
>>136020232
>Autism
I guess that's why you only thought about a story rather than actually making money from creating them.
>>136019479
I think you just like typing 'faux Mesopotamia'
It does kinda roll off the tongue
>>136021086
Of course not. But they didn't teach Aztecs. They all learnt from aliens.
>>136020232
Yeah, who would do something as ridiculous as mixing samurai with shaolin monks and put them in a science fiction setting. It's stupid.
>>136019682
And what does "Mesopotamia invented step pyramids" have ANYTHING to do with Rokka being based on South American civilizations?
Your argument is as retarded as saying "this fictional world with samurai and ninja is actually not based in Japan, but China, because they use chopsticks and the Chinese invented those".
>>136021787
Based on OP's image they could easily be either.
>>136019479
Do you even Mayan temple bro?
>>136019479
>>136019511
>>136019682
It's mesoamerican.
While it's true that both cultures used megalithic ziggurats, there are differences in how they actually built their structures.
In this case the stairs give it away.
The aztecs and similar cultures devised their temples in this way so that while going up one would have to bow down, and also so that when throwing someone off the top he would be torn to pieces and splatter at the bottom.
The mesopotamians of course, not having such traditions, had no need for such steep stairs.
>>136019479
>Mesopotamia
American education everyone.
>>136022412
>American education
>knowing about Mesopotamia
>>136023227
>implying Americans don't talk about Ziggurats at bible study
>>136019894
>remove anything related to sci-fi plotwise, but keep them on a space ship.
That could actually be pretty cool.
Imagine a whole feudal society inside a massive space ship, perhaps it would be better to upgrade it to a station like Babylon 5 scale ... and I just remembered where I'd seen that done before, Gundam ZZ.
>>136019479
>Mesopotamia
Is this a troll try?
