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bobdole3-2 t1_ja817c0 wrote

Reply to comment by josenight in Returnal is an underrated game by KikiBrownLove

I don't even think it's that niche. Returnal sold more than 500,000 units despite launching as a PS5 exclusive at a time when it was impossible to buy PS5s. It's not Elden Ring or COD of course, but more than half a million units without being backwards compatible is definitely nothing to sneeze at.

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bobdole3-2 t1_j66472p wrote

Reply to comment by ialsoagree in TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup

This is an argument that's super popular with tankies, but it's not really supported by many serious historians. The loss of the troops on the Asian mainland was almost completely irrelevant by the time of the nuclear bombings. The IJN no longer existed by that point, and it was completely impossible to relocate for defense of the home islands. They could have had a billion troops in China, and all they could have done was watched as their home burned.

On a more basic level though, we don't really need to speculate on the driving causes of the surrender. We can just look at what the Japanese actually said about it. The most succinct explanation probably comes during the Emperor's surrender broadcast, where he explicitly states that the nuclear bombs are the primary cause.

>Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization.

If anything, the entrance of the Soviets might have prompted the Americans to be more willing to just accept a Japanese surrender with terms rather than an unconditional surrender. But the Japanese themselves were most certainly throwing in the towel either way.

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bobdole3-2 t1_iu7h506 wrote

Reply to comment by Bongo1020 in TIL about anti ninja floors in Japan. They were purposefully made to squeak as to alert people of intruders. by tpb01

Even if the floors were built that way on purpose, I sort of doubt that it was to stop ninja. The modern idea of a guy dressed in black sneaking into a castle in the dead of night to assassinate someone is a comparatively new idea. It's basically the Japanese version of James Bond, it's not what ninja actually did.

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