Both the fictional Japan in Boku no Hero Academia and the real Japan have what can be called a tight culture—a term by Michele Gelfand, a professor of Psychology and author of the book Rule Makers Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. “Order” sits at the foundational structure of the country, systematically implemented through extrinsic social-political restriction and coercion. Within a tight culture there can be elements of looseness and vice versa. But generally cultures exist on a spectrum of tightness to looseness, and post-superpowered Japan falls on the tight end of that spectrum. Unfortunately, tightness of culture can result in repression of individuality. And Lady Nagant is the evident symptom of an outdated and failed system.
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I had tons of fun writing this one! I’ve been anxiously waiting for us to delve deeper into Nagant’s character and we finally got her backstory. Unfortunately it seems like we won’t be seeing Kacchan anytime soon *cries in bkdk*
