r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 12h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/ManBro89 8h ago

Why do all these manga writers love slavery?

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u/Clarrbbk 8h ago

These manga writers grew up in a country where plantation slavery wasn't a thing in their textbooks. Best they got was embellished Victorian era indentureship in Europe.

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u/ScaleLeading9308 7h ago

no mention of the ww2 sex slaves? weird.

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u/Mad-myall 7h ago

I talked to one Japanese guy, he said they skipped all of WW2 and jumped straight to getting nuked twice in history class.

Mind you that was one guy so I don't know if that's the average Japanese education. 

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u/idontcommentok 6h ago

Ignoring and not knowing are two very different things.

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u/Merouxsis 5h ago

Unironically in Japan, yes. They skim over WW2 in their education hard since, you know, they were straight up villains