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I never comment on manga cause half of you are crazy but I might as well
I was having a great time then BAM racism. As a black person I was not offended by the chibi portrayal of the lips it was how he was drawn in the normal art style. It was horrendous. I don’t know how to make you understand that they always draw black people to look ugly. Our lips aren’t lumpy like that, you can “exaggerate” the lips and still make them look flattering. Tons of artists do it by adding an extra line on the top and bottom of the lip. Hell, I draw them with two full curved lines that end at the edge of the lip. “What was he supposed to have thin lips?” I don’t want to insult your intelligence so I’m just gonna give grace and assume you’re 11. Have you never seen a character with full lips that weren’t sambo? Is your entire reference to black illustrated characters One piece and pre 2018 dragon ball.
And for those saying it’s just two panels, if without reason, emphasis on without reason, a comic throw out a slur or mocked East Asian eyes would that be fine because it takes up a small portion? Let’s be rational here, you can enjoy the media without playing devils advocate for racism. We can recognize that the author MOST LIKELY had no ill intent while still recognizing it was wrong and because it is wrong people are allowed to feel negatively towards it. In fact, you are allowed to have petty reasons for not liking a piece of media, and I’m sure there are examples where that is the case for you. Shutting down people who are rightfully upset so you can have an eco chamber of a DISCUSSION board is unproductive and puts you in a bad light to people who experience empathy or at least are socially literate.
If your response to this is “grow up” or “it’s not that deep” or petty insults don’t waste your time typing it out, I don’t care, you clearly don’t care, let’s keep it pushing sweetheart.