Drama Queen

[G33kG0dT4und3r]

I genuinely don't get how the aliens got associated with racism instead of classism.

 

[Epsilon_Ray69]

i dont get what any of yall are saying i just think this manga looks cool

 

[mgRdr]

As much as I love participating in flame wars, I think I'll sit this one out, and I'll just read this manga as a piece of fiction without trying to engage with any subtext that may or may not be there.

 

[GuyUWishUWere]

is it still racist if we swap out the aliens for white people and change the setting from "earth" to "africa"? Probably not, by the stupid new age definition of racism.

 

[YuriKaizer]

Spent enough time in the right spaces, to see right through subliminal and subjective messages. I know a dog whistle when I see one. It's clear that the author's intention is not necessarily Anti anything other than definitely anti-Japanese. You see allegories to all kinds of things, sociology-economic circumstances, Culture and language differences, doubting the value of their existence. Let it be a lesson to all you political types. That you will always be seen differently, whether because of your race, language, money.

Just strap in rn, wait to see how the story plays out, if this is just chapter 1, the author is either going to commit or concede.

 

[Nihmandra]

So true Nomamoto-kun, I hate minorities too...

 

[lasara]

"But they gave us moon flight and tech!" Is literally the pro-colonisation argument you hear from Spaniards/Brits/French (we gave them railroads and tech!) or even what some people in Japan say about Korea.

In fact there are some left wingers that made "alien invasion as allegory for colonization of the Americas" and it feels incredibly similar to this work.

Edit:

Oh also forgot, the classic War of the Worlds by HG Wells was inspired by what he saw in Tasmania. Basically a "what if others did to us, what we did to this land" story.

 

[lasara]

Projected global frustration with black people and other dark-skinned immigrants onto White people award


Can't wait for this one to get an anime adaptation in 2-5 years and all the leftoids that hate it for being racist suddenly saying "we've always loved it"

You are the one projecting tho.
The aliens in this story have superior tech, are upper class and people say it's okay because they fear losing tech and causing diplomatic incidents.

Do you think this fits best the refugees and what not, or say, British presence in India back when it was a colony?

 

[Jayjback]

N

is it still racist if we swap out the aliens for white people and change the setting from "earth" to "africa"? Probably not, by the stupid new age definition of racism

No because it's reflective of real conditions in some of the countries in Africa. Take King Leopold III for example. Take the sustained wealth inequality in South Africa for another example. Though, Chinese force is also a part of modern extraction economics in Africa. The children of the congo that extract cobolt have it worse than an amazon worker tho.

Replace the aliens for the japanese, and the earth for Korea and youve got something analogous to 1930's-1950's Japanese occupation.

 

[SSJ4Gogeta]

So...
Is this manga some sort of xenofobic alt-right metaphor?
This whole first chapter seemed rather strange in its ideias and simbology.

"When every single alien that Nomamoto meets is rude and dismissive towards her at best.
When aliens can kill a whole family in a drunk driving incident and get away scot free.
When new housing gets built solely for aliens, who then also get free parking
When aliens can run an entire factory without speaking human language, pay their human workers a pittance, and even hit them if they don't behave how they want them to."

This shpleel is from someone else's but I'm using it to point out that if you want to draw parrelels to the real world the aliens are far closer to European colonizers than anything else.

 

[tertlz]

I love to see that xenophobics are getting some love now

 

[Cwbintn]

So...
Is this manga some sort of xenofobic alt-right metaphor?
This whole first chapter seemed rather strange in its ideias and simbology.

You have brainrot

 

[Cwbintn]

The people mad at this manga think Frieren demons can be reasoned with. ¯\(ツ)/¯

People being mad at the internet will never fail to amuse me.
I agree with this statement as well.

 

[Cwbintn]

Where the fuck does it say that the aliens are evil in this?

Aliens literally killed the one guys entire family.

 

[Monochromered]

You people have nothing better to do than to constantly bitch about fictional media that’s clearly not meant for you. How about you just not read it? Not everything has to cater to your asinine performative political narratives like “mah refugees.”
The nerve of these people, who think their meek sensibilities determined what people can create. Seriously don’t you guys have anything better to do than to complain about everything on social media?
Is your life so boring and insignificant that you have to ruin every source of entertainment you disagree with??

 

[TinyPrawnie]

Why do they think it's about xenophobia against Americans? The majority of foreigners in Japan, both as tourists and business owners, are from China or other East Asian countries, not from America or Europe. It's ironic to see 'Americans' writing about racism and xenophobia when their own country has the biggest problems with racism and xenophobia.

Pretty sure it's due to similarities with post-war Japan's relationship with America. I don't know too much about it myself, but I've heard stories about how some American soldiers post-war would rape Japanese girls or commit other crimes, and they'd get away with it due to being American.

I wouldn't give too much credence to this argument personally, but you can see why people draw the connection.

 

[unholywolf]

I got a question for everyone saying this is a "dog whistle for racist and the alt-right."

If that's true, then why can you hear it?

 

[OmbreVengeresse]

The 2 protagonists are just evil, they're just going to be public enemies of Japan and the police will do everything to stop them.

 

[same_as_usual]

Looks cool

 

[Fuzaki]

I genuinely don't get how the aliens got associated with racism instead of classism.

The irony is that this is exactly how it is in reality too, particularly against major corporations.