Noizumi: What’s interesting about that era is that it was in 1633 that Japan closed its borders completely, saying no outside influence. It’s still heralded to this day as the “golden age of Japan.” I found it very interesting that what they call their golden age was when it was the most homogeneous. It’s kind of like people here maybe saying “the good old days,” when it was more white in America. So that was just an interesting time, and obviously, there’s a lot of beauty and historical elements that were captivating to write a story about. But I think the fact that it was the golden age — and that it wouldn’t have been a golden age for somebody who looked different — was really the main element that we wanted to explore.
on turbo. There were 4 degenerate cacs in Japan before they closed their borders and one of them could be Mizu's father, he blames them all for his miserable life.
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