<p>Alright, so in AKIRA the big psychic explosion causes WW3. My question is: why did WW3 ensue afterwards? Did the Japanese government cover it up as a nuclear explosion? It seems counterintuitive to start WW3, even if it is to cover up your psychic program.</p>

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2016-08-03T01:09:57.733Z
Someone might come up with a good, sensible reason, but my default explanation for anything in the Akira movie is that the story just makes no sense.
Torisuda
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2016-08-05T08:25:03.483Z
You can't be sure to 100% the ww3 starting wa just a key element to getting a decent story going, there are probably multiple reasons that we don't know about in which the countries were wanting an excuse to go to war for.
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Why did WWIII happen because of the explosion?
# Why did WWIII happen because of the explosion?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-08-02
Alright, so in AKIRA the big psychic explosion causes WW3. My question is: why did WW3 ensue afterwards? Did the Japanese government cover it up as a nuclear explosion? It seems counterintuitive to start WW3, even if it is to cover up your psychic program.
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> **username_1**: Someone might come up with a good, sensible reason, but my default explanation for anything in the Akira movie is that the story just makes no sense.  
> **username_2**: You can't be sure to 100% the ww3 starting wa just a key element to getting a decent story going, there are probably multiple reasons that we don't know about in which the countries were wanting an excuse to go to war for.  
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