I feel like sensei was protraying/addressing racism without actually full on saying so in Kuroneko's story and whether it was intentional or not I felt that. https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mori_no_animal_company/mf/v01/c006/12/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mori_no_animal_company/mf/manga/mori_no_animal_company/v01/c006.2/pg-44/
I really love Shiroshiji & Kuroneko's story the best. I appreciate Shiroshiji's genuine appreciation of something different and that he did not fetishize Kuroneko. The other couple was the same garbage you can read anywhere compared to my fav couple their story was not impactful at all.
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