The Frost Flower Knight - Vol. 1 Ch. 2

[MangaDex]

 

[Ritsuaka]

I feel like the hair is a major contributor to the odd appearance vibe

 

[Dirt_Lord]

she's literally not even unattractive what the hell is author on about

 

[monkey123]

Bleeeeeeeerghhhhh

 

[llamallamaduck]

she's literally not even unattractive what the hell is author on about

Well they haven't really shown her face. Probably because the artist doesnt want to draw an ugly face?

But i feel like they are not so subtly implying that dark skin makes her ugly

Actually reminds me of a short manga that tried to pull something similar. This girl got blessed by the spirit of darkness, so her skin turned dark and her hair turned black. Which in this fantasy world was abnormal so people were discriminated against her. So far so good, sounds like the moral is "racism/discrimination based on looks is bad" and the mc's fight against it

Spoiler: The ending of said manga

the girl then also gets the blessing of the spirit of light. which turns her light skin. there was massive outrage and the author ended up reverting it. i think she got lighter color hair or white dots on the hair? but kept the dark skin.

 

[Dirt_Lord]

Well they haven't really shown her face. Probably because the artist doesnt want to draw an ugly face?

But i feel like they are not so subtly implying that dark skin makes her ugly

Actually reminds me of a short manga that tried to pull something similar. This girl got blessed by the spirit of darkness, so her skin turned dark and her hair turned black. Which in this fantasy world was abnormal so people were discriminated against her. So far so good, sounds like the moral is "racism/discrimination based on looks is bad" and the mc's fight against it

Spoiler: The ending of said manga

the girl then also gets the blessing of the spirit of light. which turns her light skin. there was massive outrage and the author ended up reverting it. i think she got lighter color hair or white dots on the hair? but kept the dark skin.

yeah that's pretty much exactly what happens here.

Spoiler

she breaks the "curse" and goes from being tan skin and muscular to being light skinned waifu #20304949392

. pure cowardice and ignorance on display here.