Hahaha, 'Asian' would not be what an american who's being racist would say. We'd say an actual slur. Probably one for Chinese, tbh, rather than Japanese.
This is incredibly different from most stories in this genre. I like the fact that the 'main character' isn't some irredeemable douchebag, that was always really weird. She actually has a driving force besides 'ME MAIN CHARACTER ME CENTER OF UNIVERSE'
I think a lot of the people complaining about the fight length aren't actually annoyed purely at the length of the fight. There have been some decent cutaways during it, and quite a bit of story development happening around it. The fight is long, sure. But it's the fact that the fight is long...