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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting

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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting	comment	When the Standard Fantasy Setting spread to Japan, it picked up a few quirks and lost some others along the way. Japanese fantasy writers tend to draw less on Western fantasy Literature, and more on Video Games and Tabletop RPGs (specifically "Replays", as explained below). While still influenced by Dungeons & Dragons, it tends to take more cues from the original writings of Gary Gygax and less from those of later designers, combined with elements from games like RuneQuest, Ultima, and Wizardry. The first Trope Codifier of Japanese Medieval European Fantasy comes from 1986, when the video game/manga/video game manga magazine Comptiq began publishing "Replays" — transcripts of a Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest, and Tunnels & Trolls fusion campaign titled Record of Lodoss War. Lodoss became popular enough to receive paperback compilations and even be edited into a novel series, which would go on to become some of Japan's first domestic High Fantasy literature. Pressure from lawyers at TSR would force Lodoss to switch from D&D to a homebrew system, which would eventually become the basis for Sword World RPG (a.k.a. the 2d6 System), produced by Group SNE (translators for many Western tabletop RPGs at the time). That year also marked the launch of the Dragon Quest series, the first three entries of which would have enormous cultural impact and become the Trope Makers for the Eastern RPG genre. Similar settings can also be found in Chinese and Korean fantasy, albeit with a heavier injection of Wuxia themes. Common elements include:
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_1215a23d	comment	Genshin Impact is a sandbox RPG which took some influence from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild plus most of the contents of this trope, including a protagonist that is Trapped in Another World, characters with common anime stereotypes, enemies like Slimes and Hilichurls, and a I Will Find You main plot that will lead him/her to wondering all the new world looking for "The Seven". It's very "Japanese Fantasy Setting" but it was made by Chinese company miHoYo, the creators of Honkai Impact 3rd.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_1c649ab3	comment	The Rising of the Shield Hero begins when multiple everymen from Japan are summoned to be "Yuushas", equipped with four separate sacred weapons. It takes place in an RPG Mechanics 'Verse where beastkin are discriminated against and often sold into slavery. In addition, later arcs reveal that there are four massive Kaiju which double as expies of The Four Gods.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_291e9857	comment	Dark Souls was originally inspired by a Japanese guy reading and only partly understanding Western fantasy novels. As such, it has many of the hallmarks of this trope, including complex and fallible deities of Light (not entirely good) and Dark (not necessarily bad), deities of Life and Death (the flaws in both of which give rise to tormented demons and soulless undead hordes), Knight Templar priesthoods and holy warriors who draw on the Light to perform miracles and morally suspect offensive magic (divided into scholarly sorcery and primal pyromancy).
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_3de35022	comment	This trope is best demonstrated with Final Fantasy XIV which, in addition to establishing its own complicated lore and setting, is heavily inspired by previous games in the series. For example, part of the backstory is that there are multiple generations of Precursors, as an Eternal Recurrence is that the world gets repeatedly destroyed during multiple eras of prosperity. Further, Hyur (Humans) are the most widespread race, but there are also the Elezen (Elves), Lalafell (Halflings/Dwarves), Rogaedyn (Giants), as well as the cat-like Miqote and Hrothgar. Most races from older Final Fantasy installments also return, such as the Bangaa and bunny-like Viera. There are also groups of "Beast races" which receive varying degrees of discrimination. There's an evil empire wielding advanced Magitek, a religious kingdom doused with heavy Anime Catholicism and fighting a Forever War against dragons, multiple stand-ins for Japan, an eternal struggle between entities of Light and Dark, and even giant Kaiju and Humongous Mecha. And naturally, the series has most of its usual character classes, such as Paladins, Bards, Monks, White Mages, Black Mages, and of course, Ninja and Samurai.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_410978c2	comment	Interspecies Reviewers is a Deconstructive Parody that bases the setting on Rule of Sexy. Humans, demihumans, angels, orcs, elves, undead, and every other fantasy race you can think of all exist, but they're more concerned with having sex with each other than fighting. Most magic and Magitek also has a sexual use (primary or not) in this universe.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_50cb8af5	comment	The Vision of Escaflowne is set in a world that, at first glance, seems like Medieval European Fantasy, but is actually much closer to this trope, between humans as a dominant species (complete with katana-wielding knights), mystical and obscure elf-lookalikes, numerous beastfolk species, the Atlanteans as precursors, and nature spirit-like dragons. Oh, and there are, of course, Humongous Mecha, which are powered by the Mana Crystals formed from dragon hearts.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_5301b842	comment	Chrono Trigger is all over the place with this trope. Because the game revolves around Time Travel, it creates a hodge-podge of many different tropes, from both Fantasy and Science Fiction. The three main protagonists are a Master Swordsman with Divine Magic, a Rebellious Princess with both archery (and a rare crossbow at that) with healing and Ice Magic, and a Gadgeteer Genius Gunner with Fire Magic. They are joined by a Magic Knight cursed with the body of a Frog, a robot from the future with a variety of weapons, a female cavewoman that fights with her bare hands, and a literal Maou that once led the demihumans to war against humans. The time periods they travel to vary from a post-Industrial early modern society, a medieval kingdom, an ancient magic society of Precursors, a prehistoric society, and a ruined future.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_55145659	comment	So I'm a Spider, So What? is set in an RPG Mechanics 'Verse that features morally-complex gods, a Hero, demon-lords, religious and abyssal magic, and the corruption and destruction of its denizens' souls in a cycle of reincarnation. Later revelations also indicate that the world is slowly dying thanks to overuse of The Lifestream — a problem that drives the underpinnings of the setting. In a parody of traditional isekai, the protagonist is reincarnated as a weak spider-monster in a labyrinth instead of as the Hero — with that honor eventually going to one of her classmates. Humans live in medieval-style kingdoms, most elves live in a Hidden Elf Village, and Monstrous Humanoid species like goblins and ogres live in isolated villages and are often regarded as being just another type of monster.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_58feb3ca	comment	Maoyu takes place in a standard JRPG setting where Hero travels alone to take down the Demon Queen in hopes of ending the Human-Demon War. What he doesn't expect is that the Demon Queen is personable and would prefer to discuss economics and sociology to fighting. She then pulls apart the typical notions of an Action Hero and how killing her and ending the war wouldn't make anything better for humans or humanity before inviting Hero to help her work toward a world "beyond the hill" past simply ending the war.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_638624c8	comment	Slayers starts out parodying every trope on the list while still playing them relatively straight. Nominal Hero Lina Inverse, reluctant leader of a party of heroic adventurers, is a Black Magician Girl who has mastered a Fantastic Nuke spell, the Dragon Slave, which usually ends up destroying the very town she's been hired to protect. Monsters and mazoku are one and the same, and include many kinds of beastmen, with greater demons being higher-level mazoku, all the way up to Shabranigdo, God of Darkness. At least one clan of Shinzoku are Physical Gods who take the form of dragons.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_6e954e57	comment	The world of Ivalice, as seen in Ivalice Alliance games (starting with Final Fantasy Tactics, later appearing in a numbered entry in Final Fantasy XII), is perhaps the straightest example, a densely historical setting of war and political intrigue. While Hume (humans) empires control most of the setting, there are many prominent beastfolk characters, from the lizard-like Bangaa and Pig Man Seeq to the furry, masked Garifs and aloof, rabbit-eared Vieras, who live in secluded forest villages.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_74f7210c	comment	The Legend of Zelda is another Trope Codifier, originally drawing heavy inspiration from The Lord of the Rings and other western fantasy. Over time, the game has also incorporated many other elements of Japanese fantasy; Ganon was conceived as a "Maou" from the beginning, but the fact that he, Link and Princess Zelda are destined to eternally reincarnate to battle each other was added in later games, as were concepts like different brands of Precursors, which are more explicitly magical in earlier games but tend to leave much more technological legacies in later ones, and a variety of deities, spirits and demonic entities. The series' mortal races don't fit into either the Western or Japanese archetypes very closely, as they tend to be original creations, but there are usually a variety of the Nature Spirit sei races (such as the Kokiri/Korok forest children, the fairies, and the wise and ancient Great Deku Tree), the monstrous hordes of the ma races under Ganon's thrall, and holy shin beings (such as the goddess Hylia and a variety of lesser deities and immortal dragons).
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_86814cd0	comment	Final Fantasy IV introduces summon magic, and the Land of Summons — powerful magical creatures/spirits which can be magically called to the caster's aid. These appear in every subsequent entry, sometimes by names other than Summon or Eidolon — on several occasions as the Kaiju-sized threat which levels a city or castle.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_8910a978	comment	In Another World with My Smartphone ticks several boxes: One of the first things the protagonist Touya does is join an Adventure Guild. Beastkin and beast races exist and are looked down upon by certain elitist groups of humans. The protagonist encounters expies of The Four Gods and eventually makes them his familiars. There is a Japan-analogue called "Eashen". There is an ancient civilization of precursors that were wiped out eons ago. The protagonist eventually discovers the means to create Humongous Mecha called "Framegears".
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_9db821ee	comment	The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World: Red is dropped into one of these after his climactic battle with the Ender King, complete with a Maou the Demon King and previous examples of Summon Everyman Hero. His abilities befuddle the people of Idola's world, whose powers revolve largely around magic, and a bulk of the comedy is built around how badly his Stock Shōnen Hero personality and Toku hero sensibilities clash with the setting he's been thrown into.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_a5f267ff	comment	The joke of Kemono Michi is that it takes place in a Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting, but the tropes involved are completely demolished by the idiosyncrasies of the protagonist, Genzo — an animal-loving pro wrestler named "Animal Mask". He (and his pet dog) are summoned by a princess during his last wrestling match before retirement. After learning that the task he was summoned for was to destroy the "demon beasts" plaguing the kingdom, he instead suplexes said princess and escapes. At the local Adventure Guild, he learns that this world has no concept of "pets", as all demon beasts are considered malevolent at best or pests at worst. With his insatiable (and often creepy) love for all things animal (including beastfolk), he decides instead to open the first-ever pet shop in this new world, using his ridiculous might to subdue and tame the various beasts the Guild would otherwise order destroyed. Along the way, the rival of one of his allies in turn summons his rival, Manchurian Ogre (aka "MAO") to act as the Maou to his Yuusha. All these, and many other standard tropes wind up completely turned on their head by the introduction of both pro-wrestling as a form of combat, and Genzo's unpredictable behavior.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy is not one world but many, with some entries being more standard than others. The series is the Trope Maker for standard RPG magic classes, and its Job system includes at least one of each class on the list, sometimes combining them into character in games with a smaller cast. Magic crystals are omnipresent, and usually significant to the plot. Elves and orcs are rare, but there's usually a few goblins as early enemies, Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors slime enemies in the form of Flans, and at least one beastfolk race. Actual demons and gods are rare, with the role of religion typically instead going to otherworldly spirits or beasts (most commonly known as Eidolons) and their summoners. Final Fantasy is much more of a Standard Western Fantasy than the later games, fighting D&D specific monsters like liches and mind flayers which became less common later in the series. But it did introduce the standard classes of Fighter, Thief, Monk/Black Belt, White Mage, and Black Mage, and included some then-unusual additions such as a Humongous Mecha as a late-game boss and a Cool Airship. Moogles first appeared as forest-dwelling cute mascot race in III and have served in that capacity in every main entry from V onward. Final Fantasy IV introduces summon magic, and the Land of Summons — powerful magical creatures/spirits which can be magically called to the caster's aid. These appear in every subsequent entry, sometimes by names other than Summon or Eidolon — on several occasions as the Kaiju-sized threat which levels a city or castle. The world of Ivalice, as seen in Ivalice Alliance games (starting with Final Fantasy Tactics, later appearing in a numbered entry in Final Fantasy XII), is perhaps the straightest example, a densely historical setting of war and political intrigue. While Hume (humans) empires control most of the setting, there are many prominent beastfolk characters, from the lizard-like Bangaa and Pig Man Seeq to the furry, masked Garifs and aloof, rabbit-eared Vieras, who live in secluded forest villages. This trope is best demonstrated with Final Fantasy XIV which, in addition to establishing its own complicated lore and setting, is heavily inspired by previous games in the series. For example, part of the backstory is that there are multiple generations of Precursors, as an Eternal Recurrence is that the world gets repeatedly destroyed during multiple eras of prosperity. Further, Hyur (Humans) are the most widespread race, but there are also the Elezen (Elves), Lalafell (Halflings/Dwarves), Rogaedyn (Giants), as well as the cat-like Miqote and Hrothgar. Most races from older Final Fantasy installments also return, such as the Bangaa and bunny-like Viera. There are also groups of "Beast races" which receive varying degrees of discrimination. There's an evil empire wielding advanced Magitek, a religious kingdom doused with heavy Anime Catholicism and fighting a Forever War against dragons, multiple stand-ins for Japan, an eternal struggle between entities of Light and Dark, and even giant Kaiju and Humongous Mecha. And naturally, the series has most of its usual character classes, such as Paladins, Bards, Monks, White Mages, Black Mages, and of course, Ninja and Samurai.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_a81bac45	comment	Record of Lodoss War is one of the Trope Codifiers for Japanese media. Originally an After-Action Report of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, which was then published as a series of novels which would be adapted to every medium under the sun, it was the first introduction of many Japanese fans to D&D-style fantasy, later becoming the inspiration for dozens of manga, anime, light novels and video games.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_afdde82a	comment	This trope is baked right into the DNA of the premise of I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level; the protagonist maxed out her level over the course of 300 years by killing Cute Slime Mooks. Her Family of Choice is comprised of a number of Cute Monster Girls ranging from slime spirits to a dragoness to a cute poltergeist to an elf, and a demoness as a Cool Big Sis. She finds out that she's reached max level via a nearby Adventure Guild, and mazoku (translated as "demons" in English) have their own society filled with a diverse assortment including ogres, trolls, animal-themed Beast Men, and so on. There are also gods and other deities, such as the one who reincarnated the protagonist and made her immortal in the first place.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_b6d7b1e1	comment	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is set in an RPG Mechanics 'Verse that mainly draws from medieval Europe but has a cabal of demon-lords and heroes who are often summoned or reincarnated from other universes. The main character, Satoru Mikami, is reincarnated as a slime dubbed Rimuru Tempest. He becomes the leader of a village of goblins (which evolve into hobgoblins), gradually accruing more followers of different monster species — including oni (which evolve into kijin), pig-man orcs, and lizardmen (which evolve into dragonewts). He also forges dipilomatic relations with some of the neighboring human and dwarven kingdoms; befriends dragon-gods, heroes, and demon lords; and wages war against a corrupt church and the kingdoms under its sway.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_b8ec1fed	comment	The Beginning After the End, being a non-Japanese take on the Isekai genre, naturally takes place in one of these albeit with its own unique spin. In terms of races, it features the trinity of humans, elves, and dwarves, who inhabit the continent of Dicathen. It has its own take on the demon race in the form of the Vritra Clan of basilisks and their Alacryan Servant Race, who are ostensibly humans but with the blood of the Vritra making them sport various inhuman features, most notably Horns of Villainy. The basilisks themselves are one of the eight races of Asuras, the Physical Gods of the world who are essentially a Mage Species responsible for uplifting the mortal populations of both Dicathen and Alacrya, and their ranks include more esoteric races such as dragons, phoenixes, leviathans, hamadryads, sylphs, titans, and the unique pantheon race whom are the Proud Warrior Race among them. There is even a long-extinct race of Precursors, the Djinn, who not only left behind their ruins across both Dicathen and Alacrya, but from whom the protagonist and his family descend from. The setting is primarily a Medieval European Fantasy and despite not being a true RPG Mechanics 'Verse does feature several RPG-esque elements. Aside from the usual Adventure Guilds, Dungeon Crawling, and E to S rank classifications for both adventurers and mana beasts, the progression of mages can be assessed via the level of their mana core, which range from black all the way to white. Mana crystals are used in the creation of various artifacts, and there exist beast wills which not only can be used in the same fashion, but can also empower mages with the abilities of the beasts they came from. In addition, both Dicathen and Alacrya are mostly in Medieval Stasis due to Magitek having taken precedence over mundane technology, and Fantasy Gun Control is in effect with gunpowder weapons being a relatively new innovation. The story seems to invoke a Light/Darkness Juxtaposition as seen in the Divine Conflict between the Indrath and the Vritra, but it ultimately turns out to be a major case of God and Satan Are Both Jerks. The Vritra are already reprehensible enough given their warmongering, Fantastic Racism towards their Alacryan subjects, and unethical experimentation, but it is revealed that the reason for their Start of Darkness was because they uncovered the Dark Secret of the Indrath and got exiled for it. It is revealed that the Indrath committed genocide on the ancient Djinn out of petty jealousy over their mastery of aether, and even in the present prove to be no better than the Vritra given how they are still callous Knight Templars who care little for the lives of the mortals caught up in their conflict. Notably, despite this portrayal, the religious aspect is heavily downplayed as the Asuras, despite being perceived as gods, are not often worshipped.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_c2eb1b78	comment	Delicious in Dungeon is a fairly grounded, low-fantasy take on this sort of setting (for example, there are no grand metaphysics at work in the world, adventurers exist but RPG mechanics do not, magic is generally small-scale and practical) but otherwise doesn't do anything revolutionary with it. That way, the reader needs minimal preparation before being introduced to the central conceit: what if you cooked and ate every monster you defeated while Dungeon Crawling?
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_d3ff3576	comment	Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger: The world is modeled much like the Final Fantasy games Shogo and Shuko grew up with. They're amazed and elated to encounter so many familiar things like chocobos (though, Shogo's encyclopedic knowledge of the games does lead him astray when he misnames some of the local races).
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_d842154a	comment	Its sorta-sequel, Chrono Cross, furthers this by introducing more fantastic creatures like dwarves, fairies and mermaids, an expansionistic empire, a holy order of knights, and a corrupt false religion. The only thing the setting truly lacks are actual gods of any kind; it's later revealed that the "Dragon Gods" worshipped by demihumans are actually malevolent creations made by the Big Bad. The entity "FATE" worshipped by humans is actually a supercomputer from the far future seeking absolute control to ensure its own existence, and the aforementioned Big Bad is an alien parasite that has been manipulating human society since prehistoric times to provide itself with sustenance.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_e22c949c	comment	Dragon Quest is one of the major Trope Codifiers of the setting. Most games focus on a Hero (Yuusha) on a quest to defeat a demon lord of some type. Almost every "Yuusha" in Japanese fantasy are thus inspired by the DQ protagonists. Amongst the many types of monsters and enemies established within the game, the franchise was the Trope Maker of the Cute Slime Mook. Several light novels take heavy inspiration from this franchise for thematic inspiration, specifically Dragon Quest III due to its wild popularity in Japan.
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Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting / int_efa22b3d	comment	The Good Hunter, a crossover between Bloodborne and Monster Girl Encyclopedia (MGE), has the MGE 'verse. Further details of the world building of the MGE 'verse can be found in the wiki here. In terms of inhabitants, aside from your typical Standard Fantasy Races like humans, elves, and dwarves, a whopping 220 types of mamono exist. Despite their variations, they generally have the desire to seek human males for companionship and reproduction. However, due to the current Monster Lord's power, the mamono have developed a strong, lustful desire for mating with said humans, with or without their consent. The succubus family, in particular, can transform non-mamono males and females into incubi and succubi respectively, again, with or without their consent. The setting of this fanfic does not work like an RPG, but elements of Character Classes can be found. For example, Cyril is a multi-melee Magic Knight, Wilmarina is a Master Swordsman, Daria is an axe-wielding berserker, Druella is a Black Mage, and Jophiel is a valkyrie that resembles a paladin. Light/Darkness Juxtaposition in a nominal sense is prevalent in the story, as shown from the conflict between the Order of the Chief God and the Monster Lord, though not to the extent of a cyclic conflict, just a very long one. The "light" side fosters human heroes via the blessings and guidance of the Chief God to fight against the mamono, while the "dark" side is, of course, more concerned about sexual intercourse than anything else. Both beings of power demonstrate Well-Intentioned Extremism. The "dark" side claims to strive for a Free-Love Future between man and monster, while using contradictory means (i.e. mating without the consent of their partner) to accomplish this vision. Meanwhile, the "light" side consists of Knight Templars who opt for a Final Solution to deal with the problems brought by the "dark" side.
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