Inspired by playing a MEIOU and Taxes campaign as Portugal and my anime fantasies. Also read several Portugal and Japan-based threads.
In this Portuguese Asia wank, Portugal has the Ryukyu islands in the 1570s as a protectorate and then a colony a century later and has Nagasaki and Hirado as concessions like Macau in China. From there, Jesuit missionaries have spread all over Kyushu and the Otomo clan becomes predominant in the island. Meanwhile, the Uesugi clan dominates Japan instead of the Tokugawa or Oda and imposes sakoku except for Kyushu, where the Portuguese get to keep their concessions and have a monopoly there with the Spanish due to their cultural and religious influence.
I was wondering how this would impact Japanese culture, especially pop culture like anime. I can definitely see:
In this Portuguese Asia wank, Portugal has the Ryukyu islands in the 1570s as a protectorate and then a colony a century later and has Nagasaki and Hirado as concessions like Macau in China. From there, Jesuit missionaries have spread all over Kyushu and the Otomo clan becomes predominant in the island. Meanwhile, the Uesugi clan dominates Japan instead of the Tokugawa or Oda and imposes sakoku except for Kyushu, where the Portuguese get to keep their concessions and have a monopoly there with the Spanish due to their cultural and religious influence.
I was wondering how this would impact Japanese culture, especially pop culture like anime. I can definitely see:
- A larger Japanese presence in Latin America an the Philippines from Kyushu
- Syncretized Catholicism with the old Japanese Shinto beliefs in the countryside
- Intermarriage and a creation of a Luso-Japanese class in Nagasaki
- Strong regional mentality in the island, especially if the Meiji restoration still happens. Expect Japan A and Japan B based on this concept.
- Probably a more rigid separation of the Kyushu dialect from the rest of the Japanese dialects with some Portuguese and Spanish influence?
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