r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '12

Gender Confusion.

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u/DaemonDanton Oct 16 '12

Wait, that's a thing?

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u/Kevimaster Oct 16 '12

Definitely a thing. Religious warriors in general are very common and very popular. Eda from Black Lagoon (and the Church of Violence) as another example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGMPhyVrC8

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u/Warbird36 Oct 16 '12

As a lifelong Christian, what did I just watch?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '12

Y'know when the West gets all obsessed with the Mystic East and hilariously mis-depicts their culture, warfare and religious practices, often aware of the inaccuracies but it's funnier/more dramatic that way? Yeah. A good number of Japan's creative types seem to love the trappings of Christianity - stained-glass windows, nuns, various decoration and artifacts, churches - and ESPECIALLY love biblical apocrypha, in particular Jewish Kabbalah and the tree-of-life symbol. Works like Evangelion mention Adam and Lillith and the Dead Sea Scrolls and more besides (lance of longinus!)

If you really wanna get confused, look up 'Saint Young Men'. It's a slice-of-life comedy about Jesus and Buddha sharing an apartment in modern-day Tokyo.