Will FF16 throw a stone into the second generation of religion, the feud problem with parents?

A piece of religious second generation problem seen in the characters of FF16

In recent years, the problem of second-generation religions has reignited, triggered by child abuse by the former Unification Church in Japan.

Religious leaders and systematic abuse and bullying are also reported, but the majority of abuse is caused by parents imposing their own religious views on children.

It's commonly called spiritual abuse, but for the sake of clarity, I'll call it religious abuse here.

By the way, the trial version of FF16 was released the other day, and many streamers shared their impressions with viewers.

The first broadcaster I watched was Otsuichi.

I've been away from FF for a while, but I went to see the reactions of various broadcasters and viewers because of the high degree of perfection.

What I felt here is that the characters in FF16 are in some kind of bondage.

The catchphrase is "This is a story to cut off the protection of the crystal".

Cutting off a divine protection is a very strange phrase.

Normally, blessings are something to be thankful for and do not want to part with them.

Cut it off.

Ther are prepared to never trust it again.

What does it mean? We can't understand the real intention unless we play the main story.

But this little piece of the story reminded me of the religious abuse and those who suffered from it.

As a Knight, the protagonist Clive tries to stay true to his own duty to protect his dominant brother.

Is it as a knight or as his older brother, for the sake of the dominant or for his younger brother?

When his younger brother's life is really in danger, he will be confronted with that contradiction.

His younger brother, Joshua, asks his father, "In this country, dominants are born only to grand dukes. Why the hell?"

To this the father

Humans cannot live without the protection of crystals.

Dominant can spread the protection of the crystal to the people

(The duty of the grand duke is to govern and protect the people.)

That's why the blood of the grand duke who protects the people is chosen as the dominant.

he will list the most plausible reasoning.

Perfect as a literary theory.

However, from a scientific point of view, even if it is expressed through genes, it is not possible to be selected just because of noble blood.

Of course, it's a fantasy world where magic and summoned beasts live, so it wouldn't be surprising if there was an effect of choosing blood.

However, after that, there seems to be some adult situation in the fact that his father is trying to forcefully end the question with a mental theory, saying, "You should do your best."

I'm also worried about the inarticulate way of saying, "You will be chosen."

This conversation between Joshua and his father reflects the sharpness of the innocent (in some sense scientific) questions of a child about God and religion, and the painstaking effort to make sense of them. There is a part that leads to adults who do.

Plus Crave, Joshua's mother is more overt.

When the children die, her mother doesn't change her complexion, and she declares, "I'm just entrusting everything to the new world that the new emperor will create."

I don't know if this new emperor is a new religion in this world or a foreign religion.

Religion comforts bereavement and gives hope of renewal.

But sometimes religion can create a state of mind that takes someone's life lightly.

Loving God so much can make a person a fanatical fanatic who despises not only people's lives, but their words, opinions, and values.

Of course, this is misleading, and at the very least I hope that in the end, for some reason, the mother has such a cold attitude, and that she really loved Crave as well. 

FF16's protagonist Clave and his younger brother Joshua struggle with their raison deter, and so do the children of Religion II.

They wonder if parents really love him as a child, or if he is just raising them because their religion tells them so, or if children are just tools.

In addition to the easy-to-understand forms of abuse such as beatings and threatening people with verbal abuse, the problem of religious abuse can also be seen in the fact that it causes such mental deficiencies.

Of course, it is not only about religion, but it can also be described as a feud with parents.

Parents who want their children to be famous athletes, parents who want their children to go to famous universities and be proud of them, and parents who entrust (force) their children with dreams that they couldn't fulfill.

They say, "For the sake of our children's future," but isn't that just telling their selves not to be the villains?

FF16 throws up a theme that can't be answered in a single answer, "What will that justice save?"

Development of FF16 began before the current second-generation religious problem reignited.

So, I think it's a little difficult to adapt such a big theme to the trends of the world.

Even so, I caught a glimpse of FF16 becoming a presence that throws a stone at the issue of feuds with parents and the second generation of religion these days.

You could call it a permanent problem.

The FF series has dealt with the issue of religion several times before.

FF Tactics and FF10.

Religion, which was ostensibly a symbol of people's salvation and purity, was actually a mass of human struggle and greed, and an existence that exploited people's happiness.

I don't think religion is bad per se, but I still think it's necessary to provide knowledge to help people see it objectively.

Let me add one more thing: I will not defend or view as a hero the culprit of Prime Minister Abe's attack, which is one of the factors that reignited the topic of second-generation religion.

I will write about this another time, but I believe the culprit's motive is not to retaliate against his religion, but to satisfy his personal need for recognition.

Of course, even if there are some religious issues involved, his upbringing is different from what people generally call a religious second generation.

The reason why he committed the crime was the bravado caused by the gap between being an honor student up to high school and failing to go on to college, and it is believed that he used religion to justify the dissatisfaction he felt in the world, especially in the workplace.