Necromancy?

[MikkoAkure]

Necromancy is frowned upon in Japan culturally and outright banned in China. As others have said, any reference to necromancy in FF has been in the form of a "voidmagic blue mage of sorts, not raising the dead. By all accounts, FF necromancer = Thaumaturge

TLDR it ain't happening

Palace of the Dead is straight up about a necromancer lich coming from another Square property (Tactics Ogre) and raising the dead. The lorebook also outright mentions necromancy and that ashkin arise through any means of outside magic, not necessarily just voidsent.

Plus if it was banned in China, then Blizzard (partly owned by Tencent) wouldn't have brought the necromancer back for Diablo 3.

[Lambdafish]

Palace of the Dead is straight up about a necromancer lich coming from another Square property (Tactics Ogre) and raising the dead. The lorebook also outright mentions necromancy and that ashkin arise through any means of outside magic, not necessarily just voidsent.

Plus if it was banned in China, then Blizzard (partly owned by Tencent) wouldn't have brought the necromancer back for Diablo 3.

Yes, and in that case the necromancer is depicted as the antagonist. There is a huge difference between having an evil necromancer that we have to defeat, or an evil undead dungeon for us to overcome, than promoting the practice by allowing it to be playable as a job.

To me and you, there is seemingly little difference, but we have to think about the impact in more sensitive cultures.

As for Diablo 3, I did some digging and I used the term "banned" harshly. Essentially, if we got necromancer, then XIV would be given the highest age rating in China, and it would need to be censored heavily.

Here's something to look at: https://www.techinasia.com/diablo-3-china-censorship