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Beam Clash or Beam Struggle is a very popular `battle` in Japanese comics and animation. It usually occurs when one side launches a powerful beam of energy at the opponent, and the other side also responds with a blow.
There is a famous meme about Beam Clash that `the right side will always win`.
It is easy to see that in most cases, the `good guy` side will have a higher chance of winning.
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A hypothesis is based on the theater culture with a rich and long history in the land of cherry blossoms.
One of them is the distinction between `Uwate` and `Shitate`.
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Image explaining Uwate and Shitate in theater arts.
There is also a custom in stage plays where the protagonist enters from the `Uwate` side (right), and the antagonist enters from the `Shitate` side (left).
As for why people tend to think that `the right side is more positive`, famous Japanese animation director and creator of the hit Mobile Suit Gundam series, Yoshiyuki Tomino, thinks it’s because
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Another similar explanation lies in the order of reading Japanese comics from right to left.
In short, the joke `common sense always wins` in Beam Clash matches probably started from Japanese theater culture and comic book reading order.