Lol it's really laughable people calling this yaoi racist. Why can't they just read it normally like most of us do and not interpret or associate it to real life. It's really stupid if you think about it.
it may blaze a trail for further racially and culturally inappropriate works, until such misconceptions gets normalised. this is inappropriate in terms of the ignorance it had in its vision of "tribes" and its going to be worrying if more works spawn out from being influenced by this. At the very least, it should be discussed and addressed instead of just being stagnant and indifferent like today's generations of teens, just let everything spoonfeed you, don't even know what you are eating.
plus, if a manga like otoyomegatari (by a japanese author) can avoid the tribal stereotypes and do an excellent job.... I don't see any excuse for this manga to slack off if it is going to use a tribal theme. This is just pure ignorance and laziness.
In terms of ignorance, you my friend is one of them. Don't lump everyone with your own ideology. In the first place, do you think all people read yaoi because it's educational? I don't know about you or other people but I only read this for FUN. I don't condone an author who likes to be creative to attract more readers, there is no rule that states they are not allowed to do so.
they are allowed to delve into themes, just do a good job. If other mangas can do so, I don't see why this has an excuse to slack off and be ignorant. If not, people are going to bitch. Plus are you sure its just only my "ideology"?. Like i told you, even if its fun, at least know and address what you are fed. This manga clearly (probably through ignorance and lack of knowledge that the author has when trying to milk out a plot line) proliferated the idea that isolated tribes are primitive and needs to be contacted and educated. So its kinda sad if don't care about the messages, don't care about the treatment and representation of contacting uncontacted tribes, don't even care if tribes exist and see tribal themes as smthg to spice your sex life. Its a shame. What a waste. It's not just about trying to gain knowledge from a work, its considering the ethical nature of a work with our cognition and mental judgement. Its like saying people read Mein Kampf for fun and shouldn't bitch about it. People don't get influenced because they purposefully look for ideas in a story. Stories impart ideas subconsiously through having the reader experience its world and the values in these worlds.
its easier to influence people who do not think much of works and accepts them easily. You are an embodiment of what you read and how you read them.
Sorry, I didn't read all your reply because it's too long and might be annoying( ̄∇ ̄")
In any case, I hate long argument so I won't debate with you anymore. Let me just tell you something....I totally agree with you that the author could have researched more about tribal and stuff, but what's the merit of it? The author will get paid the same way so why the trouble right?
Another thing is that, if the author did the research and all, don't you think the copyright policy of the manga would be very stricIt (translators will have to pay for the copyright of the manga just to have it translated to other language)? You think if you're an author of a quality yaoi you'd like to share your hard work for everybody to read for free? If you look at the authors perspective you'll understand.
So ciao my friend. Keep up your hypocrisy lol
you didn't even read all my comment and want to argue against me. hypocrite much. plus if he or she is going to dumb down her work to that level, why is the author even doing it. Now you're not making sense going into the economic and financial stuff. Its not about whether he or she can, its whether he or she should do it (the addition of tropes that they are not familiar with).
the famous parody slogan "Yes We can!... But we probably shouldn't"
As an artist he or she should be open to such criticism especially since this is going to advertise works that the artist is going to sell. I've supported mangas that are worthwhile and when I see lazily done up storylines to the point of offensiveness, it just gives the author a bad impression. didn't think there'll be ppl who scrounge around
So I probably think your sentences wants to return back to you
"So ciao my friend. Keep up your hypocrisy lol"
and thus the result have been decided
You
They're going on circles ( ̄Д  ̄)