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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In the world of Japanese superhero manga and anime - from My Hero Academia to One-Punch Man, and from the classics like Astro Boy and Ultraman to newer hits like Go! Go! Loser Ranger! - the one common element that ties together these diverse titles is the tacit but unmistakable influence of government oversight or private regulation of superhero affairs.
In One-Punch Man, while the Hero Association is a private entity, it nevertheless acts as the government of the nation's heroes. Moreover, as a private business entity, it is still subject to the various laws and regulations that regulate those organizations. Even in Jujutsu Kaisen - where jujutsu sorcerers could be compared to superheroes - a sorcerer's practice is tightly bound to government licensure.
This all goes to show that the independent vigilante idea that is so central to the Platonic conception of the superhero is practically non-existent in the Japanese superhero storytelling tradition. Indeed, in the Japanese superhero storytelling tradition, the focus is not on the individual hero but rather on the collective effort of heroes through teamwork and camaraderie. That is, superhero storytelling in Japan should be considered a complete and distinct subgenre of the superhero tale.
To be sure, while One-Punch Man started as a vigilante, after nobody recognized him as a hero, - and in fact, many viewed him as a troublemaker - he quickly joined the legally sanctioned Hero Association. Another cultural source for the intense government oversight of superheroes in manga and anime is the cultural importance that Japan puts on the concept of teamwork, and the idea that challenges are best overcome when handled with cooperation.
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