Talk:Overlord Volume 10/@comment-66.30.94.139-20161212064234/@comment-4664737-20161218104803

A very thorough analysis, my good man. I do tend to miss out these kinds of things but to each her own poison. For me mostly, the entire New World is like a psuedo-tribute to the Ancient Astronaut theory. When Players arrive on NW, they jumpstart the growth of civilization or herald destruction. A good example of this is the Theocracy's gods and the Eight Greed Kings. Maruyama's depiction of the human civilizations, and recently of the dwarven civilization as well, to be at the brinnk, if not already, of stagnation either as a culture or as a nation. I would cite the Re-Estize as a very fine example. I can't really help it becaise the novels do put it in fine print of how inferior NW races are. While you may be right that not everyone in the Theocracy believes they're in the right, I think that may have low chances, my dear. Years and years of beating religion into you one way or another can result to brainwashing. We've already seen people from the country and they give us a fine picture of Nazi-like fanatics. While the intermission of the ruling body of the Theocracy can be up to debate, they still hold a semblance of reverence for their gods. To put it bluntly, the Theocracy is all about "Everything inside our bubble and everything outside our bubble".