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Originally Posted by Ickarium
Likely for the same reason in American fiction in the 80s, Russia often took over silly places. Because it's a useful method of having a strong enemy? Plus, it'd be difficult to judge how the world looks after a third horrible world war. Those often redefine political lines a great deal.
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Well, it's a real life neighbour that I'm sure most Japanese readers can imagine as being an antagonist. It's not very different from Americans depicting Chinese/Russians/North Koreans as villians in novels or movies.