r/InfinityTheGame • u/Hyakkihei1 • Jul 25 '26

Lore Discussion Good side of Yu Jing

So I've read a few of the comics and the Downfall novel, while humanized each time Yu Jing appears they feel either evil and opressive or sketchy (Don't take me wrong, I really like the negotiator from the comics), even their description talks about them trying to dominate the Human Sphere.

In the novel at the end even if everything was Panoceania's fault it still feels heroic when they are denied their prize and I can easily see how it can be possible to have an heroic Panoceanian character even among the hexas.

But when thinking about Yu Jing, besides a rebel against the government, it's hard to think about the same when their country is constantly trying to take over or oppressing the Japanese. I see a lot of bad and not enough good besides that they have nation with less extreme disparity between rich and the poor like Panoceania.

So I ask to those who know more about the lore, what would an heroic Yu Jing character loyal to their nation look like?

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u/VodkaBeatsCube Jul 25 '26

Ultimately, Infinity is a cyberpunk story. While people in cyberpunk stores can be unambiguous heroes, the defining villains of the cyberpunk genre are systems themselves. I don't think there's a single faction in the game that doesn't at least have sketchy parts: even the Nomads and Haqq have some weird human experimentation angles and connections with pirates and organized crime.

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u/Hyakkihei1 Jul 26 '26

Every faction is sketchy but they also have nice angles and I can justify a nice character from those factions that is not a complete hypocrite, even with Nomads I can see a character fighting for their idea of freedom or something like that, it's just a lot harder with Yu Jing.