Original leaks stated we would get a Vietnam map (ashes Dempsey EE) an Afghanistan map (astra Nikolai EE) Nuked NYC map (Totenreich Richtofen EE) & lastly a space station map (which most of us would say hey that's Astra, even though it isn't a space station & doesn't answer every other leak only matching the side eggs for the OG 4)
The Japanese temple "map" is probably a flashback for Takeo to explain why he's talking to his sword.
The "Place of Fire" Dravokar mentioned could literally be a hellish domain ect. A map featuring fire. & Idk if it's just me, but a map centering around a Japanese temple doesn't reek of fire to me, even with a volcano... It comes off more like a jungle map. Which isn't a place of fire.
You know where Takeo could've claimed his sword? A Japanese temple. They aren't gonna make us play JUST takeos side egg story while the rest of the og 4 got small bits and pieces.
I mean ask yourself, why did the big group of map leaks fit only with the OG 4 backstory? Why didn't they mention a map with the Origins Robot fighting an ice giant shadowsmith outside a fishing town? Where was PJ leaks during all of this?
Look. If we get a volcano map that's fine but everyone is coming off like a TGR thumbnail. We literally have no clue what's coming.
Everyone is so sure we're headed to a Japanese temple when nobody had a fucking clue we'd be in a fishing town with group 935 lore + Norse mythology