What is it with the japanese rpg's and killing god?

[Basement Dwelling Dork]

Why do most jrpg's have a plot about killing god. Why would you even want to kill him? The big man upstairs is just doing his job and just chilling in the clouds, it's not his fault that protag-kuns shitty village burned to the ground and his daddy got killed by a demon army so why pin the blame on him.
It's like blaming the coffee table for stubbing your toe.

 

[Meat Target]

Because Japan is a hive of consoomerist heathen perverts. Two nukes weren't enough.

 

[OrionBalls]

But, it is the coffee table's fault. Sommabirch should have moved out the way.

 

[IceBorg]

never played a JRPG that didn't fall apart at the end by writing itself into a corner. they run out of ideas then just say "it was god the whole time".

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

It's Shinto. One god goes bad and disrupts the spirit and natural worlds, and heroes, almost always backed by good divine power. The good gods and their warriors fight the bad god and his. Slapping monotheistic names and terms on a Shinto Buddhist structure distorts monotheism, for example a JRPG deity might be patterned after the Biblical G-d, and function in the game story as one of many gods. It's a distortion similar to Engrish, but ... Theorogy.

I played Trials of Mana on the SNES and it's Shinto. Evil beings in the divine realm, players who travel the lands and gain support of the spirits, purify the lands and restore order on earth and in the spirit world.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Aside from the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series (and possibly FFX depending on your view) I’m struggling to think of that many JRPGs where you kill god. Someone wanna help an old fart out?

 

[dick brain]

There's literally a YouTube video about this with basically the same title.

 

[LifeAlert]

Because nips can't write worth a damn. They only regurgitate everything that was done previously

 

[Dysnomia]

It's Shinto. One god goes bad and disrupts the spirit and natural worlds, and heroes, almost always backed by good divine power. The good gods and their warriors fight the bad god and his. Slapping monotheistic names and terms on a Shinto Buddhist structure distorts monotheism, for example a JRPG deity might be patterned after the Biblical G-d, and function in the game store as one of many gods. It's a distortion similar to Engrish, but ... Theorogy.

I played Trials of Mana on the SNES and its Shinto. Evil beings in the divine realm, players who travel the lands and gain support of the spirits, and restore order on earth and in the spirit world.

Why did you censor God?

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

Why did you censor God?

Force of habit. Usually I use a hyphen

 

[Gog & Magog]

In many RPGs, "God" is a stand-in for the developers' mom and dad who told them to grow up and get a real job.

Why did you censor God?

He follows the laws of Moses like any decent Jew.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

JRPGs, like Western RPGs, tend to be massive 100+ long epics. The easiest way to keep that engaging is to add some sort of religious conflict in there.

 

[Scritti Politti]

Aside from the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series (and possibly FFX depending on your view) I’m struggling to think of that many JRPGs where you kill god. Someone wanna help an old fart out?

I remember it being a pretty big trope in the GB SaGa games (FF Legends in the US)

 

[TouchFluffyTail]

Aside from the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series (and possibly FFX depending on your view) I’m struggling to think of that many JRPGs where you kill god. Someone wanna help an old fart out?

Final Fantasy XIII (and its two sequels) are exclusively about finding and defeating God ("Bhunivelze", though he is referred to as both 'God' and the 'God of Light' a few times throughout the games) and defying the fate given by the Gods - this lore then extends outwards in the sequels when it starts bringing 'the Maker' (i.e. the one who created God/the universe etc.)

 

[Pedophobe]

It really should be a more popular trope in general. Nigger has it coming.