you actually are giving us a good general information and history lesson
its good to keep ourselves informed about what happened in the world
before reading your comment i had no idea that japan had indigenous people and i recently discovered the existence of comfort women with asian boss i believe their youtube chanel name is
plus its nice to know facts that are not of the US, Canada or europe
plus we are hearing your opinion on a topic so its a plus
I'm glad you were able to learn some Eastern history! I'm Korean and French, so I was lucky to grow up hearing about both Eastern and Western history.
Japan has a really really ugly history we don't often learn about because of their entertainment (anime and manga). A lot of comfort women had to eat grass in order to survive their enslavement and would loose hair in addition to weight. It's sad that a lot of people in the world don't know about this, but also that a lot of Japanese people don't know about it. A Japanese government official wanted to teach more history in schools and was forced to quit because it was seen as not patriotic. Japan has a really awful history. The author of Attack on Titan is actually very nationalistic and very anti-Korea. Quite a lot of people are, actually. It's very sad.
yeah the game of politicians trying to erase history to preserve “honor”
I can understand the game since i’m lebanese, lets say that my government is less than ideal at this point but i’m glad that i have a dual citizenship (canada) and out of there studying
though i do want to go somewhere else after graduating for a while (maybe france since my mom is there)
and i believe the frensh did something similar to hide that they were a minority fighting against the nazis (les résistants) if i’m not wrong the rest were either pro vichy or just were bystanders
and i did feel like attack on titan had some sort of genocidic message/history in the plot
at first i was thinking it was the cold war period because of the wall or the jews genocide
but him being very nationalist and anti korean and then the role of japan in the war makes more sence since the eldians could be the koreans and marley the japanese or vice versa unless i’m reading too into it
honestly i’m so done with attack on titan and just want to arrive at the ending
I am very glad you have duel citizenship! France is a very nice country. I live in the West part of France, in Bretagne. We have wonderful Apple Cider and Caramel! I'm also a duel citizen - America and France! Right now I live in France but I was born and raised in the United States.
My grandmother lived in France during World War II and had PTSD from it. German soldiers lived in their houses with them. The fountains stopped running water and Nazis would stay in them. One time my grandmother looked outside and a bullet was shot at her window to force her to stay indoors.
The german soldier living with her had a niece my grandmother's age, and the two became best friends and penpals until they died.
A lot of French government workers worked with the Nazis, but the citizens climbed up the Eiffel Tower to break the elevator so Hitler would have to walk up the stairs. It was a really tough time. My grandma couldn't watch war movies during certain months. I think she was in college during that time.
A lot of French military people also worked with the Nazis. Even those who didn't still disliked Jews. Anti-semitism was very popular in a lot of places in Europe, and in America. My grandmother's family was left-leaning, and it was mainly conservatives who disliked the Jewish. So not everyone disliked Jewish people, but it was a common idea that Jewish people were "sneaky" or "evil." I never understood that. I grew up with Jewish friends and went to school on a Jewish temple - we actually got a bomb threat. I try to do my best to educate people about Jewish history so they don't get the wrong ideas.
I can't wait for Attack on Titan to finish! I have a lot of the merch and love the show. It's just sad that he hates Korea. And you're right, a lot of the roles of characters are referring to Korea versus Japan. But it's such a good story so I still read it :P
to be fair, historically Japan doesn't really like acknowledging their past mistake, and they also have a strong sense of patriotism... Most importantly tho, it's usually the westerners that exoticize and glorify Japan's history that have created this false narrative? Like a lot of asian countries have issues with Japan, but nobody international cares,,,
I don't know, something just feels iffy about Japanese students idolizing Korean entertainment because like,, most Japanese schools don't teach Korean history. And by that I mean, a lot of Japanese students are unaware that Imperial Japan took control of Korea, made it illegal to speak Korean, burned libraries and museums and stole historical artifacts, sold women into sex slavery and men into labor slavery and still to this day haven't paid those still alive for their labor. It reminds me of Hetalia, where they wrote Korea to be obsessed with Japan and want to imitate him. A lot of Japanese people genuinely think that K-Pop was inspired by J-Pop and the like.
My aunt was a member of a Korean singing group after the Korean War, and she and other young women would be sent all over the world to perform traditional Korean dances and sing in Korean to make money and to help preserve their culture. There's a reason why K-Pop is so cutthroat, why Korea is so capitalist, and that's because after Japanese Imperialism, the only thing you could do to survive was make money and hold on tight to your culture.
It'd be like Native Americans creating a bunch of pop bands and then Europeans or white Americans idolizing it and wanting to imitate it.
Maybe I'm just extra sensitive because I grew up hearing stories about the atrocities that Imperial Japan committed, and I think I would be more okay with it if Japan didn't censor their history or actively refuse to admit their war crimes and pay Korea back, or if the entire boycott Japan event didn't happen, but like,, I don't know,, it's so weird to me.
Like, did y'all know Japanese people aren't even the native people to Japan?? Yeah, there's an entire indeginious race called the Ainu. It's just weird. Are there any other Koreans here who feel the same or even different? It's just really surreal to be seeing a Japanese comic about K-Pop and idolizing Korea when like,,, Japan fUCKED up Korea. And even recently continued to do so (making trade bans, working with North Korea to hack into South Korean government, refusing to unveil the comfort woman statue or pay back workers, etc).