I'm literally so confused right now by the constant arguing in the comments. I dropped this in the past because I couldn't keep up with the updates, but from what I remember, and from reading through the comments, this manhwa doesn't encourage racism. yes, the author INCLUDES racism and the manhwa is quite heavily centered around it, but it's obviously portrayed as WRONG. the Estian kingdom uses stereotypical and racist terms to label Ishakan and his people, but from what I remember, the author only ever portrayed the Kurkans in a positive, superior light. The author is showing us, the readers, that the Estian kingdom's claims are false; the Kurkans are loyal, intelligent, reliable, complex, glorious, diverse and powerful. The art really does them justice, they're all divine. And might I add it is ISHAKAN who continuously saves the FL, not the other way around. also, I'm sorry but I just don't view their relationship as some sort of fetish. you're telling me a pale woman can't be with a strong man of color without people screaming "fetishization!!!"? all stories exist. a white couple is okay. a couple where both people are of color is okay. but when we get a white woman and a brown man suddenly there's an issue? I don't think that should cause an uproar. and again Ishakan is falsely labeled as beastly and animalistic or whatever but I'm pretty sure the author has shown him to be civil, controlled, respectable, brave, caring, compassionate etc. but any of my takes in this paragraph could be questionable atp I haven't read this in a long time I just remember loving the diversity
I'm literally so confused right now by the constant arguing in the comments. I dropped this in the past because I couldn't keep up with the updates, but from what I remember, and from reading through the comments, this manhwa doesn't encourage racism. yes, the author INCLUDES racism and the manhwa is quite heavily centered around it, but it's obviously portrayed as WRONG. the Estian kingdom uses stereotypical and racist terms to label Ishakan and his people, but from what I remember, the author only ever portrayed the Kurkans in a positive, superior light. The author is showing us, the readers, that the Estian kingdom's claims are false; the Kurkans are loyal, intelligent, reliable, complex, glorious, diverse and powerful. The art really does them justice, they're all divine. And might I add it is ISHAKAN who continuously saves the FL, not the other way around. also, I'm sorry but I just don't view their relationship as some sort of fetish. you're telling me a pale woman can't be with a strong man of color without people screaming "fetishization!!!"? all stories exist. a white couple is okay. a couple where both people are of color is okay. but when we get a white woman and a brown man suddenly there's an issue? I don't think that should cause an uproar. and again Ishakan is falsely labeled as beastly and animalistic or whatever but I'm pretty sure the author has shown him to be civil, controlled, respectable, brave, caring, compassionate etc. but any of my takes in this paragraph could be questionable atp I haven't read this in a long time I just remember loving the diversity