The game celebrates the personalities, quirks, and overall communal impact of these everyday men who may not be so every day in the eyes of the town’s kids. There’s a card featuring the 74-year-old Mr. Honda, a former fire brigade chief. There’s a card for 68-year-old Mr. Fuji, a former prison guard. Fuji’s card is so popular that kids are asking him for autographs.
The cards all come with unique attacks, stats, and element types, all dealing varying levels of damage. In an interview with the Fuji News Network, Eri Miyahara said, “We wanted to strengthen the connection between the children and the older generations in the community. There are so many amazing people here. I thought it was such a shame that no one knew about them.”
They live until like 114 yo, so what are they considering middle age?
The 2 guys listed are 74 and 68 respectively, so I think they would be late middle age. That fits with your theory.
One of the dudes mentioned was 81! At least in the article from when this was posted a few days ago. Calling an 81 year old “middle-aged” might be a bit too generous.
It is definitely generous, but they are dudes in their community. I wouldn’t want to break it to them that they’re old. Japan has a serious problem of depopulation, I’ve seen a show where they were calling the guy a kid and he was 70. Compared to everyone else working at the festival, he was.
That’s mostly BS. A lot of follow-ups to studies on supposed long-living areas have found that there are a few common things: