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The Japanese videogame franchise Street Fighter, especially in its earliest versions, is a presentation of the perspective of the Japanese as regards the world situation up to that time, as well as future prognostication and an evaluation of the “Other.”

The various characters within the microcosmal scenario or context of a world tournament serve to illustrate the reality of life within the mundane plane: the reality of race war and the inevitability of conflict between the diverse groups on Earth, and their historical role, mission, and destiny.