@ShdoopDoop
8man, I don't think anyone doesn't get that in some other cultures the swastika is a symbol of peace and whatever, but here's a cultural newsflash: You aren't talking to anyone that's a part of that culture. You're talking to a bunch of people who know it for one thing, and one thing only, and it's the fucking Nazis. Saying, "Oh, but in China it's a symbol of peace" is probably the weakest justification you could possibly try for. We aren't in China. I'm not one for people crying "cultural appropriation" over banal shit like hairstyles or clothes, but Hitler absolutely culturally appropriated the shit out of the Swastika, and it has stood for genocide and hate for decades longer than you've been alive. Stop defending it.
You're reading a Japanese comic made by the Japanese for the Japanese, and set in Japan. That it's been translated by fans for our convenience doesn't change that fact. That "the Swastika is a symbol of peace in Japan" is absolutely relevant. This is called: "context". Look it up in a dictionary some time. Attacking the symbol in this context is just plain ignorant and shows a profound lack of culture, as is mistaking "Japan" for "China". It would be quite a different story if this were a comic marketed towards the Western market, but it's not.
This one is. Buy it, read it, and get off your high horse.
When you're reading Asian comics, saying: "Oh, but in the West it's a symbol of the Nazi" is actually the weakest justification for your ignorance.
Do you really expect the Japanese to stop using a symbol they've been using for millennia, just because a single madman abused it?
Would the West stop using the crucifix if another madman abused it? They wouldn't. In fact, they're using it precisely
because it symbolizes one of the most cruel killing methods known to man during Antiquity. How droll...
You're free to act on the principle that racism must be fought, but no matter how righteous it may be, it's never an excuse for turning off your brains.
