[ SECRET POST #6054 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6054 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Anime is not a good indicator of normal Japanese skin color, FYI. Jdramas are closer, if you pay attention to the minor characters and not just the leads, who tend to be cast in part because they're very light-skinned by normal standards.

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da

I keep hearing people assert this on F!S and in fandom spaces in general, but I interacted with many Japanese college students, grad students, and teachers when I was in university, and all of them were on the really white side of the skin color spectrum. This was not at Ivy League schools or in especially large, fashionable cities. So I'm skeptical of this repeated assertion that "oh, most Japanese people do not really look like that". Tt seems like an attempt to assert that anyone who was born outside of western Europe, the US, or settler Australia is some shade of brown. Which might simplify "whiteness" discourse, but oversimplifies reality.

[(Anonymous)]

DA Yes, I lived in Japan and there's a ton of variation, but light skin is fashionable, so most people, especially women, tend to try to stay as white as possible. Especially younger generations in cities who are unlikely to have outdoor work of any kind, which self-selects for "college students" who you've met. But there really are dark-skinned Japanese people, curly-haired Japanese people, brown-haired Japanese people etc.

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AYRT

I'd certainly believe there's variation, and might keep that in mind for creative character redesigns in fanart. But foreigner's impressions that the Japanese can be very white is not a stereotype from anime. People can get exactly that same idea just from interacting with students and expats.