God, I’m recording this history book and the connections it makes are insane

Essentially it tires to show how the Napoleonic Wars affected the entire world, not just Europe, from the US to Japan, which means we can link Napoleon to anime as thus:

Russian campaign, Russia calls back troops from NE Asia, japan moved in, Russo-Japanese war, which encourages japanese imperialism, which leads to ww2, then American occupation, adaptation of America culture into japan, anime

Furthermore, Napoleon took power from the French Revolution, which was partially caused by Louis XIV’s extravagant spending

In short: