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what i wanna know is how one piece (a story that is literally about fighting for equality) is being produced by a studio that white washes its characters and has a fan base that is arguing why SOUL KING isn’t black.
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Anonymous 2w

If the mangaka made them white to begin with, it’s not whitewashing

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Anonymous 2w

Why do people even care about the race of a character bruh

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

i’m not just talking about robin

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

I’ll be the devil’s advocate for the studio though since a lot of people don’t realize this for whatever reason. Japan doesn’t have the same values or tv standards as the west. For example, the JJK episode where Maki fought back against the Zenin clan was EXTREMELY poorly received in Japan despite being praised over here, and Naoya is a very popular character there

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

So here’s the devil’s advocate part for the studio. For One Piece to run for so long and for it to continue to run smoothly, they what washed it because of the dislike for foreigners 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

People gotta remember that the western market is not who or what these shows were originally made to air on, so the business expectations and implications are drastically different

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

I’m not excusing it in anyway, that’s just how TV business works

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

any way* mb

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

white washed* didn’t realize I missed that one either my b

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Or they wasn’t intended to be pale and they can’t draw darker skin. If u don’t practice or even around enough darker ppl it’s gonna be harder to convey that.

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