Editing Japan (section)

==Description==
The Japan of [[Earth Bet]] was a nation in shambles,<ref name="17.3">An Earth where Japan was in shambles, a different president led the United States of America, there were a thousand times the number of parahumans, and Endbringers threatened to crush humanity in a merciless, unending battle of attrition. - [[Migration 17.3]]</ref> considered ground lost to the Endbringers in their war on humanity.<ref name="I13">The world waited to see if Brockton Bay would become another Switzerland, another Japan, another region that simply couldn't recover.  Ground lost to the Endbringers in their relentless campaign of attrition against humanity. - [[Interlude 13]]</ref> It was dependent on international assistance.<ref>Japan isn’t a world power and it’s still dependent on international assistance 12 years after Leviathan’s visit to Kyushu. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/colony-15-5/#comment-5639 Comment by Wildbow]</ref> It no longer has many dedicated heroes,<ref name="Khonsu">Behemoth had come from deep underground.  Leviathan had emerged from the ocean.  The Simurgh had approached from the far side of the moon and descended to hover just above the tallest building in Lausanne.<br/><br/>The fourth, it seemed, was appearing in plain sight.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>"Oh god," Cuff said.  "Why isn't anyone stopping him?"<br/><br/>"There's no heroes on scene," Tecton said.  "Japan doesn't have many dedicated heroes anymore." -[[Scarab 25.4]]</ref> on the other hand wildlife in the destroyed area has seen a resurgence.<ref name="16.9 c1">Well, you could say that there isn’t ‘Japan’ as a country, what with the ramifications of the Kyushu attack, but the island with its flora and fauna is basically still there. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/monarch-16-9/#comment-8136 Excerpt] from [[Monarch 16.9]]</ref><!--
hmmmm heroes in japan [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/scourge-19-6/#comment-12405 Wildbow comments]
Not sure if you’re genuinely curious or just trying to set up a joke…

But the Shounen hero tends to be immature, often blends bravery and stupidity into a kind of diehard optimism and has an unwavering belief in good and humanity. It’s common for them to be energetic to a fault (often to help explain how they can fight on with seeming unending stamina) and to eat a lot. This is basically the protagonist of Now & Then, Here and There (N&T, H&T)

You can add a strong bromance (shounen-ai, or boy-love) element (often a rival) that trumps any relationship or desire for a girl (but not in a gay way- just a super-friendship way), and a steady series of ‘train for a week, double in strength’ exercises coupled with a chain of enemies that escalate steadily in power and you’ve pretty much got the recipe down for a shounen series. Super appealing to boys 8-30.

The elements in that last paragraph don’t really happen in N&T, H&T though. Maybe the bromance bit. -->