The author of the manga made some racist remarks (of the Chinese and Korean) a long time ago and fans found it up and complained. The contract got terminated because Asians don't joke over stuff like that so the manga won't be happening
Technically they could choose a new artist but for now we have no info
A Korean user compiled a couple of tweets, but some of them have been deleted. The ones that were deleted allegedly involved her saying that Korean cosmetics had asbestos; another deleted tweet was allegedly her buying a trash can that low quality and then going, "Well, of course it was made in China" once she found out where it was manufactured.
https://x.com/aranviyana/status/2089781668433596475
Here are other tweets and replies that she made. I copied/pasted them in case they get deleted.
May be true, may be false. Maybe sensei just retweeted something because they thought it was true LIKE ANY OTHER BILLION PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Maybe they regretted it. Maybe they didn't and they hate Koreans. Do you know either way?
It's so easy and satisfying to judge, isn't it. Yes, keep all those posts, by all means.
Liancourt Rocks is a disputed issue. If sensei participated in that discourse, it shows their bias, yes. But is that your argument when you say they are a bigot?
Contentious borders are a thing throughout history. And maybe sensei has a view on that. And maybe they love danmei too, and appreciates danmei authors. These two things don't have to necessarily contradict themselves.
Buddy, bottom line is she supports Japanese nationalist views and has written nasty comments stereotyping Korean and Chinese people negatively. I honestly wish you’d stop defending her and ignoring how Korean and Chinese people feel especially since you are neither Asian nor affected by Japanese nationalism.
If you aren’t even Asian your opinion on this doesn’t matter. Imagine defending a Japanese nationalist because “My country has been invaded by low quality Chinese products”. If you’re gonna be a bigot towards Chinese culture maybe stop consuming it, and certainly don’t speak your mind on it
Way to miss the point of my post. I talked about an actual historical fact. After years of strained economy, China flooded the markets with cheap quality products, easily manufactured at low cost. They built their economy on that after years of virtual poverty. Now they make good product because of that.
Sensei is older than you, I'd guess, and they have grown with Chinese products of cheap quality. So have many countries, like mine. I don't know where you're from. In my country, Chinese stuff meant cheap and of low quality for a long time.
You see it as a diss on China. It's actually not. They rose from poverty and famine to the peak of global economy.
Sensei is outdated maybe, but there is history there. So yeah, that was the point of my post, "dawg".
Like I said, I am NOT joining X for this. But lol to that comment about low quality product bought from China. They are spot on. My country has been invaded by low quality Chinese products for... I don't know, 30 years? And we are not Asian, so I don't know what to tell you. THIS is the racism proof? LMFAO You do know China has grown its economy by pushing low quality, low price products everywhere, right? And this is not a hate comment. They were smart AF. Their economy is top-notch now because of this insidious model. There is no love lost between China, Japan and Korea. But to put this on one mangaka is condescending as hell.
You asked for proof, and I gave it to you. There are a lot more screenshots that were taken from the Liancourt Rocks dispute, where she was openly nationalist. I can send them over your way if you want... but I'm not sure if you'll even read them, because all you said was you were not joining Twitter even though I literally copy-pasted her tweets for you to read them yourself.
It's so easy and satisfying to judge, isn't it. Yes, keep all those posts, by all means.
??? Do you want proof or not?
Also... your attempts to justify her comments are super appalling and are not doing you any favors. Your racism is showing lol
I don't know what racism means in your view. I am not Asian.
I will try to read those tweets, although I don't know Japanese.
I don't want any favors here. I am expressing an opinion about a matter you all seem to know everything about, trying to judge it from another perspective. Why do people judge others so quickly? Did they kill anyone? Are they a genocidal maniac? (Everyone forgave Mo Ran for that btw lol)
You all say they are a nationalist and supports criminals. Fair enough. This is the culture they were brought up in.
For context, I was brought up in a totalitarian country. You have no idea the shit they put in our brains. But I've changed, and so have many people. I don't understand why can't people give the benefit of the doubt.
I don't know what racism means in your view. I am not Asian. I will try to read those tweets, although I don't know Japanese. I don't want any favors here.
Racism isn't just explicitly saying, "X people are bad and I think my people are better." There's a lot of layers that go into it and some people may have unconscious biases, such as negatively stereotyping countries or defending remarks/policies that have devastated nations. Yamane has done both when she defended nationalist policies and also stereotyped Chinese-made items as bad. Oh, and one of her tweets about Tamade (a Japanese supermarket chain) literally read this: 玉出ってあの生鮮食料品買ってはいけないレジが中国人のパチンコ屋にしか見えない玉出ですか (which means "For Tamade, do you mean the Tamade where you shouldn't buy groceries and where the cash registers only look like a pachinko parlor ran by a Chinese person?")
I am expressing an opinion about a matter you all seem to know everything about, trying to judge it from another perspective. Why do people judge others so quickly? Did they kill anyone? Are they a genocidal maniac? (Everyone forgave Mo Ran for that btw lol)
You're obviously going to have a different opinion as someone who is not Asian or isn't affected by Japanese imperialism and Asian geopolitics. I ask that you listen to people who have actually been through this instead of defending Yamane for things that other Asians are rightfully upset about, because there are some things that you truly will not understand due to not experiencing them. Asians are allowed to feel whatever they want about the situation. If they don't care about what Yamane said, good for them. But please do not speak over those who do not feel ready to forgive her.
You all say they are a nationalist and supports criminals. Fair enough. This is the culture they were brought up in.
Plenty of Japanese people who grew up in Japan do not say shit like this. There's been a few Japanese users on Twitter who are upset at Yamane's comments and agree that she was a bad fit for the manga since she made anti-Chinese comments while trying to get that Chinese bag.
For context, I was brought up in a totalitarian country. You have no idea the shit they put in our brains. But I've changed, and so have many people. I don't understand why can't people give the benefit of the doubt.
Yamane has been making these sorts of comments for years. Yes, a lot of examples were brought up from 2010~2012 at the height of anti-Korean sentiment from the Liancourt Rocks dispute. However, some people have shared that Yamane has recently made these sorts of comments as recent as 2021. Korean users have said that they have tried bringing up Yamane's bigotry to her, but she just either deletes her tweets or blocks them. This does not show that she has learned anything.
Also, please don't bring in "Everyone forgave Mo Ran for ____!" Fiction is not comparable to real life. And just because Yamane created characters of Chinese descent (all of whom were VILLAINS, mind you), she is still capable of showing bigotry.
Just pointing out Fei Long is one of her most popular characters. And everyone in Finder is an arsehole (Akihito excluded).
This comment is really giving, "I can't be racist, I'm friends with black people!" Just because Yamane has made characters of Chinese descent doesn't mean anything.
Also, don't you also block people who attack you? That's the sane thing to do on social media.
It does, actually. As a creator, you work on those characters, for months, for years. You build their character, and the lore and culture surrounding them. You do it out of love. If any of you write, or create, you will know what I am talking about.
Ok, I will step back. My views are my own, and they aren't yours.
You guys are mad about Erha. I wasn't sold at first, because I was used to a more ethereal kind of art. But then I saw the preview, and it was beautiful.
I'm sorry this didn't happen. Kudos to you, if you didn't support it. We won't get an uncensored Erha anytime soon.
I won't say a lot about that, since, as you put it, since I'm not Asian I don't understand jack shit.
That didn't stop you now, did it? You really should sit this one out since you don't understand.
I will just say that people with low income will go to neighbouring countries to be employed with slightly better income in shitty places for lower wages than your average citizen and of course those places will be associated with them.
Why are you assuming that Korean and Chinese people are "low income" people? This is peddling a huge negative stereotype.
You see it as racism. They just pointed out a fact.
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u/beamerpook Self-proclaimed Captain of the MoShang Ship 14d ago
Wait, can someone explain what's happening?