Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "Reject Modernity; Embrace Tradition: The Type 95 Shin Gunto" video.

  1. Chrysanthemum with was a common motif in the army and navy regulation swords is the symbol of the Imperial house, if it was a cherry blossom then those are usually associated with the nation by the Japanese, a bit like how they think black eyes and black hair mark them out (it doesn't, it's literally the most common and widespread colours), when referring to the country it will inevitably be either with reference to being an eastern island or as the land of cherry blossoms.
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  2. There was some pretty horrific sexual violence during the occupation and it happened on quite the scale, if he were to have encountered or had to deal with that then it would make sense for him to be deeply affected, especially as very few perpetrators were ever brought to justice.
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  3. There was actually a lot of sword fighting in China so these did in fact see plenty of use (the Chinese knowing they had limited ammunition would shoot it off in an ambush before going in with swords, or sometimes they only had swords).
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