[ SECRET POST #2595 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2595 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But Mikasa's the strongest in the class because she's Asian (Japanese, of course), which is a whole other problem.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol I agree that Mikasa's Japanese-ness is portrayed as super special snowflake and is an example of typical Japanese back-patting in manga... but I wouldn't say it's a problem, per se? The idea that she's the last "Asian" makes no sense, but the series is written by a Japanese person so I'd hardly say it's a fetish thing or whatever. (and I'm not sure how Mikasa's strength is directly tied to her Asian-ness in the manga? it doesn't even seem to be an important point, aside from her kind of cringe-worthy backstory)

[(Anonymous)]

I think if "Asian-ness" meant strength, her mom wouldn't be dead. It might be that he wanted to make the one Asian character strong?

[(Anonymous)]

No, it's not a fetish thing, it's a nationalism/ethnocentrism thing. The Japanese character is superior because the author is Japanese. That's what I meant by it being a whole other problem.

[(Anonymous)]

And I agree, Japan does have an ethnic-nationalism problem. Absolutely. I just mean, isolating how it is portrayed in the manga, is it a problem? She isn't even the protagonist. She isn't even a likable person by her comrades (except in that Jean has a crush on her). It's a weird backstory, the "last Asian" thing, but she's not even been the hero so far, and everyone else is presumably White. The strongest character isn't even her, it's Levi. So... yeah. I agree with what you're saying in theory, I just don't see it as inherently problematic in the manga itself.

[(Anonymous)]

lol mte