Why is this toddler in the army???
Such a tonal whiplash to get a scene like this after a cutscene where a rebel faction is doing a pogrom on an ethnic minority, with fleeing civilians being shot on-screen
I know the reason is that most Japanese media is aimed at the youth and all these school-age protagonists are meant to be relatable to the target audience. (They also romanticise the fuck out of high school over there for various reasons)
The older I get the weirder it feels watching cutesy anime kids going to literal war. Idk, maybe I'm overly sensitive or something. It also always has vaguely fascist undertones to me
Lol i know. I played the fuck out of the gba ones and recently decided to check out the recent installments. I got three houses and i was like wtf is this high school dating sim shit. Why are all the characters school kids.
The older ones had young characters sure but there wasn't this military academy subgame.
A shame because i really like the fire emblem ttrpg style, dunno what else to get for switch really
Advance wars rebooted is on switch, which has similar gameplay and none of the romance. There's also FE engage but that has dating kids too.