Cocoon adapts a manga that draws inspiration from a true story. Of course, as it transitions from real life to written form and then to animation, some things are lost or altered. Despite this, I feel that Cocoon actually conceals something.
A story like this often takes sides, but in the manga, the philosophy leans heavily toward "our allies aren’t always good, and the enemy isn’t always evil." Naturally, the conclusion is that war is awful, but Cocoon is great and, of course, it takes jabs at common sense.
In the animation, however, everything becomes subtle. You can sense the hesitation to state outright that the Japanese
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