Blue eyed samurai breakdown and problems
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- “The Blue Eye Samurai” is a Netflix original series that premiered on November 3, 2023. The series is set in Edo-period Japan and follows a young warrior named Mizu who seeks revenge against those who made her an outcast. The series features a diverse cast of characters, including Mizu, who is half-Japanese and half-white, and Akemi, who is Japanese.
Mizu is a skilled fighter who is able to hold her own against trained samurai. She is also a mystic, which gives her an edge in battle. However, it’s unclear whether her abilities are due to her mixed heritage or something else entirely.
The series has been criticized for its portrayal of white saviorism and for making Mizu a Mary Sue character. Some viewers have also pointed out that Mizu’s mixed heritage is used to explain her fighting abilities, which perpetuates harmful stereotypes. Additionally, the series has been praised for its strong female characters, including Mama, who runs a brothel, and Madame Kaji, who is a powerful figure in the criminal underworld.
Keywords: The Blue Eye Samurai, Netflix, Edo-period Japan, Mizu, Akemi, Mama, Madame Kaji, white saviorism, Mary Sue, female characters, samurai, mystic, mixed heritage, diverse cast, strong female characters, brothel, criminal underworld.
There's also an anime about an african guy who became a samurai in japan. He can almost defeat all pure japanese samurais.
That show was Trash and had literal robots and magic. This show didnt. Eveyone was Normal Except for Mizu and some how the european fellow she was tryna kill the whole time
that is not true
Definitely agree about the villain, but I think it's easy to forget that Mizu had like a whole married life and fought samurai and killed already one of the 4 white guys before the dojo so I think the OP argument is somewhat flawed.
It isnt hard to forget. She never dealt with a naginata before. Took it from her Ex-Samurai husband and became a god with it. Not only that the weights became a staff that she swung around like it was a stick. C'mon now.
Like The differences are stark. No one else was doing the shit she was doing. Not even Taigen which would've made complete sense.
The white man that its implied she already killed doesn't explain none of that. If we had saw her training with someone then It wouldnt be suck a bother but homegirl is doing hand stands. Jumping 40 feet in the air and 10 year old trees in half.
Home girl a whole ass Luke Skywalker in episode 1. lol
@@afronomenonstudio is really sad that you don’t read how much you keep canceling yourself
@@afronomenonstudio the entire show develops her to the person she is in episode 1 dude. She didn’t front flip out of the womb. She was just beginning the mission (episode 1) she had trained for, paused, then picked up again. Luke trained and she trained like what are you not getting….
I think Mizu was going easy on her husband the first round. That wasnt a sudden improvement. She was already a great fighter at that point. I also think the point was to show that she wasn't regular due to her abusive upbringing which was way worse than Taigen's. She also enjoys fighting which doesnt make her inhumane. Her husband was just insecure and couldn't accept that she was better than him. Obvious sexism and the fact that he lost everything due to not being good enough of a fighter if i remember correctly.
Look. In a grounded story. GROUNDED. You do not pick up a weapon for the first time and beat a trained person WITH SAID WEAPON. No matter how bad they. It just doesn't work. Its like if Rocky was never a boxer, idk maybe he does Karate and beat Apollo in BOXING.
Ok maybe the husbands is bad. Thats Rocky beating Clubber Lang after never boxing a day in his life.
Now if she beat him Katana only. Normal. Ill buy it. If she just kept dis arming in. Ill buy that with a nickel but she took a weapon she has never held and wielded it like she has. Girl was even doing monkey shit flippin on trees lol
That is a good point about the sexism and his insecurities. Which ultimately led to his down fall. (I believe it was her "mom" that turned her in not him.) That played a part. Its just hard to buy she doesn't have super powers. Even people who're geniuses at fighting don't pick up a new fighting style that quick. lol
Thanks for responding i am having fun with these convos if you haven't noticed.
@@afronomenonstudio Fair point that she shouldn't be as good as she was with it. She clearly has superpowers throughout the whole show. Alot of it was inconsistent. Her strength, Taigen's initial loyalty to her for no reason, and the plot progression after that had my eyebrow raising increasingly higher.
@@thatlittlelight2420 she has no superpowers. All that is a result of constant training. she's even training when she's just walking (with her metal bands on her arms and legs) she is not op, as she gets beat a lot of the time. She almost got killed and sustains lots of injuries after her fights. She's that good with the blade because she's been training her whole life for this, and has tons of experience by being out there fighting for her life and honor of her mother.
@@jingle1833 Its just all assumptions ....we are led to assume that she is fighting/ training from day 1 that too with proper form and technique without any accessible means , we are forced to assume that she is capable and strong for no reason other than for the sake of it rather as to why ....the show never makes a habit of elaborating her struggles that fairly compensate her exploits and prowess ..... because its all left to assumptions which in itself is a cheap form of overbearing self assured invinciblity that you can offer to your characters as writers
I think its super demeaning to say "just pirate it", especially after the writers and actors strike gave us a look of how many people can work on a production. Youre not just punishing the creators, yoir puninshing a whole team of people who are just trying to live through their art. Pure ethical consumptiom is simply impossible. Might as well pirate eveyrthing because you dont think there arent Zionists amongst Netflix execs? Everything down to the food you eat and the clothes on your back has been touched by slavery, greed, and exploitation one way or another.
Netflix doesn't even pay thier creators thier money for a successful series. Netflixs made Billions on squidgames while the creator made only like 500k. The ppl working on the series are already paid for, our viewership is giving netflix money not the artist/VA. they got a fixed pay.
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Real. If people truly want to help, they shouldn't have Netflix in the first place
the team doesn't get paid per view. The month post-release has already passed which is said to be netflix's metric for a show's success so realistically it isn't going to hurt anyone but Netflix to pirate it.
Hell I pirated it, I eventually got Netflix to show it to my parents; but if something is produced and exclusive to any streaming service I would say there are 0 ethical qualms in pirating it.
I RESPECTFULLY disagree.
While Mizu's sudden mastery with a blade and fighting from nowhere is understandably rushed and in need of further development. I do disagree on how this is supposed to be white-centralism.
Her whole arc is to kill the remaining three white men who could be her possible father. But also suffering from the consequences of her revenge. If anything, the series is painting foreigners in a bad light. But that's kind of the point. Japan at this point in time sealed itself away from the rest of the world. As a result, those of mixed race would be perceived as non-human.
May I also remind you that the series is also based on one of the creators' own backstory and her struggles as a mixed child. How is this contributing to "White centralism"? Btw a little correction (just to be extra cancerous haha) The main baddie, Fowler, is Irish. Not British. Mizu herself is an original character and from what I could gather, was NOT based on any historical figure.
I could go on and on with what I agree and disagree with your statement. Though let me clarify that I am, if anything, intrigued that such a well received show also got some criticism. If anything, your arguments are interesting an dare I say have it's points. But this constant "White-centralism" just doesn't make any sense to me.
Please, Im not trying to be rude, I just wish to understand your point.
Please excuse me if my typing and writing is all over the place. Ive had to write this three-time bc my browser at work is garbo. Ok first thank you for remaining respectful and unaccusatory. The review is just a compilation of video that was done by my partner answering questions on tiktok that did well, so we just posted them on youtube.
Now, A small example of "white centralism" for example is the name. "Blue eye'd Samuari". The name is there to grab a certain crowd. For example, if they named "Yasuke", "The Black Samurai" you know what crowd is being targeted. Funny thing is that would have the opposite effect because the society we live in general is EuroCentralist, there for more people are going to watch it if it was named Yasuke. Back to the point. If It was named "Onryu" that would be centralizing Japan and its folklore.
However, it was named like that for a certain demographic to tune in. This is common by the way. Our whole media format is based around this. Another example of this is the manga/anime "Naruto", a story that follows him but that's mainly about the village, its dealings, dark history and the Uchihas. However, Musashi, knowing what we all subconsciously know, the west is more likely to embrace it if the main character "looks like them". Shoot even act like them and have the whole hero complex and everything. Why do you think the three of the first 5 hit Animes in the west all feature blonde hair, blue eyes mains. That wasn’t by accident. Our society is very Eurocentric.
Ok now, to the rest. Mizu whose character is based upon her being mixed. She want revenge from the people who made her a “monster”.
The problem here is Mizu is often shown to have powers in a story that is supposed to be grounded in reality, even if it’s a “legend”. It goes far beyond the toughest kid is the kid with the tougher upbringing.
They do not explain anything about her training except that she mimicked Samurai who came to get Katanas made and she wears Rock Lee weights. No genius is that good. That’s like Luke picking up Obi-wans lightsaber in Episode one and matching Vader.
Now I’ll buy that the sword itself its OP because its Vibranium (Joke) and that’s why she cut the tree in half but she also jumped 20 feet in the air to do it.
The sparing with her husband also doesn’t help that she picked up an unfamiliar weapon and was able to wield it like she been doing it for years. Not only that she was jumping up trees and flipping around like a monkey.
Theres the scene where shes being crushed by the door and 30 ninjas ontop of her. She escaped and turned the weights she hands on her arms and ankles into a Naginata and swung it around like it was as light as a broom stick.
The fact that any time she got messed up was because she lost focus not because anyone else was good enough to get her. Nope. Her mistake.
Everyone else in the series chalks it up to her being a “monster”. Nonhuman. WHITE in their estimation. Not even ours. Whats also crazy is there is a trope in media about how white men are just better at fighting because their smarter and more cunning.
This is why we came to this conclusion. Now in the future when we find out how she got trained or why shes able to jump hire than Vince Carter. We definitely would pull back on the "she didnt train" excuse or the whitemen being better at fighting trope but that still wouldnt explain her super human ass feats lol
Home girl was on it. Don't get us wrong we liked the series but it did have stuff that made us go
@@afronomenonstudio Ah, my pleasure. This does sort up the things that confused me. Even though I still disagree with some of your statements I can see now what you mean. Thank you.
Though come to think of it. Her being a superhuman could also be a result of her being the main character, hahaha.
But fr now. Since this is an era where foreigners are shunned and forbidden. The sight of a white dude from a Japanese's perspective would be almost considered mythical (haha, of course not to the point where they are full-blown elves or something but I'm sure you know what I mean) Heck, some at this time wouldn't even know what a white person was.
Also, Fowler mentioned his struggles in his past around EP 7 (I think) where his home of Ireland had to suffer the Tutors who invaded Ireland. I some ways we could draw similarities with him and Mizu. Both grew up in harsh environments and had to fight on to sustain themselves. Growing up like they did. Knowing how to fight was probably a have to.
I get what you mean with this trope of "whites fighting better" and everything. Now, Fowler did state that "We invented the worst first" and all that. But after all he's been through (which I hope we get to see more in season 2) it sort of makes sense for him. Besides, He's thus far the only white dude we met in the series. If he wasn't such a good fighter he wouldn't be much of a challenge for Mizu which brings me to my next statement.
Both Mizu and Fowler are hellbent on getting on whatever they want at the cost of everything around them. They are both so viciously determined to achieve their goals that they would ignore every wound set upon them. Physically AND socially. In Mizus merciless pursuit, she lost the trust of Ringo, Taigen and Akemi who could almost be considered her only friends and allies aside from Sword-father AND desperately threw a candle at Fowler, resulting in the whole city burning because of her thirst for revenge.
As for the main topic. Watching this series myself. There was barely any mention of anything white related safe for a few lines as it didn't feel so relevant to me. Even when her blue eyes was brought up she was associated with demons and monsters and yada yada. To me personally, This series was anything BUT White-centric. This far it's just one man who is white and he's the main baddie.
Funny you should mention the other anime stuff with blonde hair and blue eyes. You may be surprised but it's actually the more modern day Japan's fascination of the west. The fact that it became a hit to western audiences is just a coincidence. Japan has had a fascination of Europe around WW1 and WW2 and even after that. There are whole videos going into more detail with this.
To top this off I can say I still disagree with your statement. But arguing about these things in a non-hostile manor is indeed a breath of fresh air. I hope you have a nice day and watch good stuff. Though this you may not like. But if Mizu is going to London in the next season. It's gonna be a whole lot whiter MOHOHOHAHAHAHA!!! Nah but take care.
Fowler chooses whether he is Irish or British based off how despicable he wants to be at that moment (If we want to get technical he shouldn't be saying the word British yet, but this is has characters saying Oh my gosh so i can't be too much of a pedant).
It's a really cool portrayal, and Kenneth Branagh kills it in the role.
I agree that it's unclear how Mizu reached such great skills compared to the real masters of her craft, but the fact that Mizu is not a representative of the Japanese just because she is only half-Japanese... is stupid. This is like saying that Japan absolutely did not have the historical time period that is described in the animated series. I’m also cringe that people don’t understand the concept of hafu. For many years, the Japanese did not accept half-Japanese people and it did not matter at all whether they were beautiful or not. The series even explained this throughout the episodes, but people decided to be deaf to history and historical facts because “whites again took up most of the screen time.” They also find fault with the white guy, saying “how did he master the Japanese katana if he is disgusted by Japanese culture in principle?”. But again it was said in the series that he lived for many years in Japan and he devoted himself to various kinds of art because the Japanese were trying to entertain him with something. Not to mention that he is a good warrior once he was able to survive through all the difficulties in his life. The manufacture and supply of cannons was just one of his successes. I'm not even talking about the fact that you can learn something with great skill but still hate it.
Of course, it’s stupid to figure out for the director all the details that he left out, but the movie was not created to chew on every detail in order to be absolutely accurate and people could sleep peacefully, knowing that the character was hit in the face with a ball as a child, which is why he has a crooked nose.
Literally everyone else in the show, Japanese folk, are all normal. No one else seemingly have super powers but she does. THATS THE POINT. Don't go trying to change our point with what "they said".
My partner only pointed out inconsistencies in the story that point to this feelin like another "The Last Samurai" type thing.
We never said that Mixed folk didn't exist or their experiences but when you take that and make her so OP when its unnecessary you start to wonder why she is even able to do this and look for why and the differences. Literally the ONLY DIFFERENCE IS SHES WHITE. Its not crazy to think because the implication are all there. Maybe they did a poor job at writing that part or fleshing out why but Rock lee weights and mimicking other samurai IS NOT A GOOD EXPLAINATION.
Yes the time period they are talking about existed. However if you're going to indulge in that and keep it grounded. KEEP IT GROUNDED. Which they did not when home girl jumped 40 feet in the air and cut a tree in half. lol
Theres a few things i have to disagree with you, the isolation of the Edo period leds to era typically being very xenophobic. Mizunalos enjoys combat so i think its a mixture of her rage and dedication that helps her hone her skills. A single focus over serveral years, i dont remember her age. Also if i remember what Lady Kaji said a samurai should know all forms of art, including sex, war, painting, music. I think thats a moment that tries to imply that Fowler has expanded his training to a far degree. I myself do HEMA, Historical European Martial Art, and there are a lot of similar techniques and skills between a katana and a longsword. (Though with Fowler being Irish i would guess more of a broadsword). I realized Ive been ranting for a bit but i think you might have missed some aspects by hyperfocusing on on their ethnicity making them "better" than those around them. Thats my major ire.
I totally disagree.
Thanks for the comment.
I think I see your point, but I disagree with it. First things first, this show is about a legend. It says so in the opening title card. Mizu is raised by a blind swordsmith and makes a sword out of a literal meteor, and then proceeds to go on an impossible quest. It's meant to be mystical. I disagree that it's her whiteness. I think the mysticism comes from the general framing of the story itself. I do agree that Fowler is definitely wearing a thick set of plot armor which makes him untouchable. But Mizu herself? Nah. We see and experience her hardship and the physical/emotional toll on her quest for vengeance.
The onryo is a spirit of vengeance. I think her renown and mystical element comes a lot from her blue eyes and skills. Those eyes are her cause for vengeance, and culturally, they are seen as inhuman in the show. And again, its a legend. Larger than life story and action. I think her mystical powers come from her unrelenting hatred. We see the same in something like Kill Bill. Both characters have been wronged and betrayed, and they will stop at nothing to get their vengeance. And they complete impossible feats to achieve their goals.
As for sword skills, i kinda agree. And i think the show will explore more of her training and the killing of violet in season 2. But again, i dont think it's her whiteness. I think her discipline and skill are driven by hatred.
I think Mizu's story so far can best be described by the African proverb "The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth." Her mysticism comes from a life of neglect, abuse, and shame that has molded her into an unstoppable force.
Thats all I got. At the end of the day, we see it differently. Im here for the discussion, and I wholly accept that our opinions share very little common ground. Have a good one 👋
Agree to disagree was a fun read. Had some points in there but i don't see it because they don't even give us hints or subtexts about any of it. Not only that "she's mystic because she's an outcast"... Ok why is she an outcast? she's white...
@@afronomenonstudio it's absolutely, BAFFLING how you are somehow, constantly missing these story elements
@afronomenonstudio I feel like you're dumbing down what I was getting at. I gave multiple ideas that contribute to her mysticism. The framing of the story, the cultural hatred that she receives and reflects back, pure vengeance as her goal. She is sacrificing everything to right the wrongs of the 4 white people in Japan.
Yes, she's an outcast because she is half-white. But it is not her race that makes her mystical. It's the deeper treatment by society and upbringing that has caused her nothing but misery and hatred. It is her unwavering conviction towards a single goal. She has nothing to lose, and that makes her dangerous. And this is a common character trait in revenge media. John wick, Kill Bill, The Revenant, Joker. Even some video games like Ghost Of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part 2. All these stories show the collective fear of these "inhuman" characters. But we see in all of them the dauntless conviction of getting their pound of flesh.
@@afronomenonstudio You mentioned early in the video that you came at this series from episode 4 onwards. If you haven't seen episodes 1-3 then it would explain a lot about how you have read this show and Mizu in particular (If I am wrong I apologise).
The first 3 episodes contain the majority of Mizu's childhood experiences that we see. She has the house that she lives in burnt down, Taigen and other kids treat her like a monster and almost outright kill her. At birth her death is ordered, she is saved only by the whim of one of her assassins (who still calls her monstrous). All of this purely from physical features.
Yep, I wanted to like it, too, going in. The majority of us who are of mixed Japanese and white European background are NOT blue-eyed anyway, but it’s as if we need to be camouflaged in blue-eyeness, blondeness, and sharp-angled faces to be seen, in animation and comics in particular. One stereotype begets another. The darkened glasses hiding the eye color is gimmicky at best and fetishized at the worst. It gives me the vampire trope or Kimetsu no Yaiba vibes.
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Yikes! Sorry, I garbled up my message…I hope this clarifies what I was trying to say.
What does demon slayer have anything to do with this?
I remember that while Mizu was growing up, her Swordfather got her a trainer so that she could learn properly. Also her skill up to the point where she reaches the dojo definitely comes from years of fighting for her life, especially as an outcast. I believe one of the creators is half white and half Japanese. And I've read that half white and half Japanese people really relate to the story because they too have been discriminated in similar ways. Overall I think it is a brilliant story and piece of art. We will learn more in the upcoming seasons.
They never state that she had a trainer or that the sword father go her one. Just that's she mimicked samurai who cam thru to get a sword. That's it. That's all we got.
Also, No way in hell in a story about her being an outcast because Japanese people are "racist" does she get a trainer period unless wh white or blind. I would assume the sword father was her trainer but they never show him so much as wield a sword. So that where my partners anaylsis comes in.
Also the origin of one of the creators doesnt help here. I get making thing people can relate to but doesn't change the implication put forth by the show. Subtext is a thing.
Great Anime. Great story but there are glaring issues with Mizu's past that weren't drawn out enough for her to be that OP. Homegirl Luke at the end of the first Starwars lol Womprats lmao
How is she op when she always almost dies after every fight, sustains multiple injuries and takes a long time to heal?(she takes almost half a year to heal from the castle injuries)
The show would have been 100x better without the blatant misandry
Hmm? Explain I'm genuinely intrigued about your thoughts on this.
@afronomenonstudio Akemi's whole arc was a misandrists wet dream. All the men are either incapable or downright evil with the only exception being the blind old man. The whole plot is centered around a woman who wants to kill all the white men in feudal era Japan. Not only is the cultural whiplash insane (not a single honorable man in the Tokugawa period) but all the men all suffer from retardation while the women are all sharp, dangerous killers. That's not even mentioning the general undertones of the show being "women don't need men unless it's to use them for their power" it has all the feminist cliche tropes we see in everything nowadays. Was the production value and fight scenes done well? Absolutely. But I can't over look the misandrist themes. Especially in these modern times where they try to shove this kind of nonsense down our throats. It's no secret that the main writers are a half Japanese woman and her cuck husband. It shows. She even admitted to wanting to put her political ideologies into the show. That is why I say what I say. It would have been much better without the clear patriarchy = bad message being thrust in our face every second.
@afronomenonstudio @afronomenonstudio Akemi's whole arc was a misandrists wet dream. All the men are either incapable or downright evil with the only exception being the blind old man. The whole plot is centered around a woman who wants to kill all the white men in feudal era Japan. Not only is the cultural whiplash insane (not a single honorable man in the Tokugawa period) but all the men all suffer from retardation while the women are all sharp, dangerous killers. That's not even mentioning the general undertones of the show being "women don't need men unless it's to use them for their power" it has all the feminist cliche tropes we see in everything nowadays. Was the production value and fight scenes done well? Absolutely. But I can't over look the misandrist themes. Especially in these modern times where they try to shove this kind of nonsense down our throats. It's no secret that the main writers are a half Japanese woman and her cuck husband. It shows. She even admitted to wanting to put her political ideologies into the show. That is why I say what I say. It would have been much better without the clear patriarchy = bad message being thrust in our face every second.
@@afronomenonstudio yt keeps deleting my comments.
@@afronomenonstudio I think the misandry comes in when every male (exception of blind man) is a misogynist, womanizing, ahole. Tagen (a highly trained skilled Samurai) had to be humbled in order for his character to improve. There are no respectable male characters
I find it interesting that your take on them depicting her white half as literally demonic is that it's some kind of magical white powerism or something. Ditto with the main villain.
Mizu and Rey are both Mary Sue
Then so is Luke
@@afronomenonstudio I disagree because Luke, had to train to get to that level. Luke was beat up badly by Vader in ESB. He had trained with Jedi Masters Yoda, Kenobi, and indirectly his father. Strong great female who are not Mary Sue. Ashoka, Balsa (anime swords woman leading character), Revy( black lagoon), Lady Ebonishi (Princess Monoke),etc. This is not an attack. I just wanted to explain my comment.
I'm sorry, but saying the show is white centric is ridiculous. Why? Because the protagonist is half white? Something she is not amped about at all? 😂 Because the main villain is white? So the hero can't be white cause that's racist and the villain can't be white cause that's .... I don't even know anymore.
She doesn't have to be amped about it for it to be true if that's your "argument". Every point my partner made about how Mizu is displayed is based on how every other person in the show is displayed. The comparisons are stark. If you disagree fine but "ridiculous" need facts attached.
Also, "White/euro centric" doesn't make it racist either just means its Eurocentric. Trying to trivialized the analysis to just "racism" is doing yourself an injustice. Often times a lot of media that are based in foreign land they'll focus on a white or mixed white or a person who "looks white" purely because of how westerners are VERY self-centered and are more likely to indulge.
not going to argue much of the other points here but I think calling westerners very self centred and more likely to indulge is a big generalisation. happy to talk about this further as perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are trying to say, I just think that kind of thinking isn't very productive and quite subjective.@@afronomenonstudio
@@matthewbrooke8208 Sir, If your taking that as disrespect. It say more about you than anyone else. Its like *HIT DOG HOLLER*. Think outside yourself for a moment. Its not to attack anyone. Its a observation and experience alot of Non white people have to deal with in media.
Why is it Japanese companies/ mangakas purposely make main characters Blonde and blue eyes? They've themselves have said to intrigue the west. More white more sales. That's self-centeredness and they can see it and they arent the only ones.
I, a black creator, myself am constantly prompted to draw and create stories with white characters because white people fear, for lack of a better word right now, anything too black. This is a COMMON thign in the media industry. Numerous examples of Brown main characters being brightened or whited because it tests better with focus groups.
That isnt an attack its fact of media in this country and the west. And industry iI've been trying to be apart of for damed near a decade in a half. T.aking it like its counterproductive only shows me you wouldn't want to have that conversation or seen any point anyway and its sad because you seem like an articulate person. Most people just call me "Ni99er" and run. Like its apart of the conversation. The west, particularly those of European decent are very self-centered in media, or better stated support of visual media. Its why stories like Avatar exist and why Rock n Roll is seen as "White". Like we did it to ourselves.
@afronomenonstudio don't think I phrased that as I took it as an attack or disrespect at all. I actually was trying to open things up to a conversation. I do however think that generalisations are always a huge problem, no exceptions. I actually really do want to hear your opinion and I am a little hurt that you are generalising again that I wouldn't. I very much disagree that I am not open to conversation and I never said what you were saying is counterproductive just that statements such as these may be this way. I would love to explain myself further if you are willing to talk about it.
Frankly found your whole video very interesting. I barely watch anime as its not exactly something I have interest in but I tend to find that anime is intensely stylised in all regards with most protagonists being dark haired just from what I have seen 'attack on titan', 'death note', 'Tokyo ghoul'. once again could be wrong about that its not a subject for me.
I am also a creator and an audience member and a white person. I have never struggled personally to connect with main characters that aren't my race, nor have I found that to be the case with my friends etc. I am not saying that means it isn't true or that I might be wrong just that the generalisation of all westerners not able to connect with X seems off to me and leads down a path of making aspersions.
I think there is strong examples of this such as with the Earthsea series which they made the characters white and it was universally panned for being insensitive and wrong. I am a fantasy writer and fan and I have mostly found that audience (especially the readers) tend to be extremely open minded.
I guess what I am trying to say is I think generalisations at their best not helpful and at their worst set us on a bad path. Most people when taken from behind their screen are good at heart. its not easy to be articulate and I think people get full of rage online.
I am sorry I framed my first message that came off as a way that seemed aggressive that wasn't my intention. I would really love to have a conversation further with you about this all because like I said I think you have some good points and I am always open to having my mind changed.
@@afronomenonstudioend of the day there is no need to get angry and conversation is a good thing
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