The Lack of Justice in Japan

In Japan, stories about struggles for justice are hard to find, if there are any at all. However, such stories about struggles for justice in Japanese history do exist. It's just that they are being relegated to the sidelines. Some of the best examples about the struggle for justice include the Country Samurai that defied Oda Nobunaga, the ninja outlaw Ishikawa Goemon, who could possibly have been the namesake of Goemon from Konami's Mystic Ninja series, the Shimabara Rebellion that terrified the Tokugawa Shogunate and inspired Sunsoft to conceive Ikki, and more recently, Hangorin No Kai's #NOlympicsAnywhere campaign that aims to deliver justice for homeless people in Tokyo. Such stories have often been considered equals with England's Robin Hood, China's Outlaws of the Marsh, and (South) Korea's Hong Gil-Dong.

However, Japan's stories about struggles for justice have often been sidelined because such opposition against tyranny have often been considered treason by whatever ruling regime Japan had in its long history. That's why such stories are being largely ignored by the majority. This could explain why all who have wronged Ash Ketchum did not get any comeuppances by the time Ash's Journey ended. Not to mention that the late Takeshi Shudo's proposed series finale wanted the Pokemon TV series to be the dying dream of a mentally ill Ash...