ok so uh this. a masterpiece. be it consent (on so many levels; the first time that becomes an actual issue, exploring your partners’ fetishes...), character dynamics and chemistry (the back and forth/banter, how the couple is so fucking complementary) which extends to let us see how polished the characters are (every one of them vibrant, memorable, bursting off the page). which, for the last point i said, links back to how great the art is—expressive down to a tee for the facial expressions, body language—choreographing a brilliant tango with the writing thus visual metaphors with character development/solution of problems etc.
in chapter 4 at the end when the dad reprimanded yuuki about his hair the translation says masato but masato is yuuki’s brother’s name. yuuki’s given name
is masumi (真澄). his surname is yuuki.
ok i love this manhwa so much like,,, THEY JUST SOMEHOW MAKE EVERYTHING SO SATISFYING LIKE THE gradual building up of emotions and everything—you could see yoonseol asking this and just the way yoonseol changed and how we’re learning more about jungsoo to just *chef’s kiss* this manhwa is great
ok i know this is just at the bottom of the chapter but it makes me so uncomfortable. look, this is a korean webtoon. and the mangaka of aot has literally said that he’s pro-japan imperialism. he’s pro-japan colonising korea. and it’s not even fucking subtext it’s the text itself. aot is anti-korean and nationalistic. mangaka admitted that dot pixis is based on akiyama yoshifuru responsible for the first sino-japan war and numerous war crimes against the... you guessed it... koreans... and talking about wars,,, don’t you know he also denied that the rape of nanjing happened? and this was right after his admittance about yoshifuru btw when he was getting ratioed (as he should) by koreans. yeah that same nanjing massacre where thousands of civilians were raped and murdered by japanese soldiers. so idk about you but personally, it makes me so incredibly uncomfortable knowing that this mangaka, no, this japanese person, is not an isolated case in japan where they obscure and censor their own history. a bloodied history. sorry if this sounds grim but i think it’s necessary to say this. thank you for reading (oh plus as a lot of people know aot is anti-semetic too)
( http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2007/02/korea-japan-relation-saga-part-iii-wwii.html)( https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2019/6/18/18683609/attack-on-titan-fascist-nationalist-isayama-hajime-manga-anime)( https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/06/attack-on-titan-inspiring-post-apocalyptic-adventure-or-japanese-military-propaganda/) ( https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2017/06/going-attack-on-titan/) ( https://archive.is/QhmLJ)
I do not like aot anymore (⌒▽⌒)
aot isn’t anti semitic
That didn't happen. Look it up for real, not by linking people taking interviews out of context.
There is no record whatsoever of Yams ever saying any such thing. People just assumed he was pro-imperialized Japan because of the subject matter of AoT, but that's not the case, nor is it what AoT is actually about (as it's actually scathingly good war horrors commentary).
Don't take people's secondhand accounts and blog/tumblr posts as gospel, guys. If you link me anything that is not factual first hand accounts of Isayama Hajime saying that he agrees with Japanese Imperialism or saying that The Rape of Nanking didn't happen, then you're still full of sh*t. It. Did. Not. Happen.
And in other news, the translator's use of the meme was dead on and hilarious.
Guess I don’t don’t like it anymore (و✧-+)~
go look at his twitter. perhaps read what jewish people and korean people are saying. just,,, idk the way this anime has a hold on people even despite the evidence piling up is ridiculous.
there are five links and one of them is a tumblr post. and the tumblr post is just a summary because people actually spot this shit/are critical thinkers or just listen to koreans and jewish people. basically stay pressed if this makes you feel angry but the meme being there is quite inappropriate.
no record?! i literally said he. tweeted. it. out. he announced it. via. twitter. korean people were mad. they called him out. and there are five links, one of them is a summary but the rest? all articles. this isn’t new just because you seen it on tumblr wwwwww
No. He. Didn't.
That never happened. No such tweet exists, nor has it ever. LMAO. Child, please.
Here. Actual information on some of the actual discourse on what he ACTUALLY posted "confirming" to Twitter (not that the the Rape of Nanking, a horrible historical event never happened) and the wild speculation and baseless rumors this has led to over the years against an author with a solid outlook and masterful commentary on war, quite frankly.
https://kotaku.com/a-thousand-death-threats-against-a-popular-anime-creato-631792221
By the way, the character of Dot Pixis is not a hero. There are no heroes in AoT, that is kind of the author's entire point. In fact, SPOILER::: the main protagonist becomes the main antagonist because war is horrifying and there are no good guys, quite the opposite of the claims of an Imperialist loving mangaka. The people that spread this nonsense have neither basic critical reading skills nor critical thinking skills required for navigating life.
But keep on believing in internet rumors. ::eyerooooooooll::
Done. Thanks for the opportunity to call out these idiots still passing this around nearly 10 year old busted ass rumor.
well said. i've known this a while and as such was never part of the Shingeki no Kyojin hype. it didnt look to my taste but it was SO popular i almost tried it out until i read more about it and was like NOPE. the irony of seeing a graphic for it on the botton of a korean webtoon was not lost on me. anyway idc what people watch but they need 2 keep their shit elsewhere.
sorry for my mistake, he actually had a blog post about it. there was a baseless rumour that he had a twitter so once again, i’m very sorry for the mistake
there are screen shots of his blog posts. anyways, i still find it alarming if people were able to read anti-semitic sentiment as well as fascist subtext. read this for the rumour though it should be said that the blog post is the one in question.
( https://www.google.com/amp/s/seldomusings.wordpress.com/2013/10/19/migiteorerno/amp/)
ugh just- it’s my favourite series ever and i own &read all the volumes related to this series and- just- reading again via the translations is- damn i’m emotional,,, this is so beautiful
yes there’s subtle forms of homophobia. gay couples can have children; be it adoption, IVF (in-vitro fertilisation), third party anonymous donors/surrogates, those related to you genetically providing the sperm/egg etc. if gay couples don’t want children, it’s their choice but you shouldn’t ever say “yeah but they can’t technically produce a child”—that’s just reducing what a child can be, not to mention, it’s so fucking insulting and again, subtly propping up the nuclear family. so, don’t say this because trust me, there are countless families where the children are all queer.
oh plus, just because a person is likes men, this doesn’t mean that they are gay. liking men ≠ gay. we literally do not know taehwan or yeonwu’s sexual orientation and both of them may be bisexual or exclusively gay idc (that’s not to say any of them will end up with women) (just,,, stop being homophobic thank you)
as much as i love this story, the homophobia for gays (in this case referring to mlm and enbylm) made me quite uncomfortable: there was 2 instances where the first was early in the story—manseok thought that chase was gay, chase denied it, then manseok said something along the lines of then i don’t want you to meet my sister, even more so!—and the second one was when chase said come with me to france and then they both fake vomited. for the second one, though it was played as a joke, the thing is rooted in homophobia wherein coming across as too cheesy or sincere somehow alludes to you having feelings for the other person.
now on the victim blaming, so at first i thought that it was somewhat like that, that really the story was using the excuse of chase hurting other as justification for him being hurt since it is known that chase’s previous muse, gina, spread a lie that destroyed public perception of chase then continued to stalk. but really that was foolish and dismissive, the issue is complex.
the thing is that due to constant berrating and disapproval which could be seen as neglect to tend to the needs of the child’s well-being, chase stopped wanting to have a relationship that isn’t contractual. instead, he now values a person based on their worth/value to him, completely dismissing their personhood. a very unequal relationship. therefore the overtly belligerent attack by gina made him wake up, but he only opened his eyes for a fraction of a second then used it as an excuse to reinforce his world view at least that’s how i interpret it.
that is why it is so significant when chase, in a bid to protect manseok from the white capitalist asshole, decided to not associate with his muse since this act has no benefits to him—he is cut off from his main source of inspiration and work partner potentially forever if there was no intervention—thus we can see that he has transformed; realising his mistakes and not simply using people. rejection of the white asshole—representing capitalism, thus money and individualism and ridiculous notions meant to induce us into wage labour like “a need for competition is inherent in individuals”—is so important too. it rejects the capitalistic approach of treating relationships as transactional (which is somewhat mandated in capitalist society due to the need of HAVING A JOB SO WE DON’T STARVE TO DEATH :) ) instead, of love aka mutual respect, genuine interest to get closer, to bring happiness to whoever is in the relationship etc etc.
and you know why????
because chase actually!!! enjoys!!!! his fucking!!! job!!! he doesn’t want to get paid an exorbitant amount by trading his art/craft for something empty; a product, something tied to money only, looking to get capital while sacrificing his craftsmanship.
(ok i do get that he, as a member of the bourgeoisie having the opportunity to again, enjoy his fucking job is something that is restricted by money, and the luxury goods industry is extremely elitist and horrible in thinking that luxury = rare goods)
(but i’m extremely happy that this sentiment is conveyed in media that’s easy to read not like those white elitist academics (since those in the global south usually have text that are succinct and not overly dense) which have like 900 pages and 3 volumes)
Ok so you have said excellent things but in the future, if you don't mind, please include a TLDR for us stupid people (aka me, tbh I'm just lazy but you wrote good stuff so I made myself read it, but at the sametime I'm lazy lol)
I am proud of you, for being progressive and well read. Are you prehaps studying sociology or something of that nature? Or are you intrested in such topics? A lot of the words you used are the ones used in that subject.
ww thank you!! and sure, realised i didn’t add a tldr like a second i posted it
yeah, planning to study sociology plus i’m also a socialist so ╰(*´︶ `*)╯
Your political views give you an advantage. I study sociology (along with religious studied and psychology) and we studied marxism (feminism, functionalism etc.)
so in a way, you're a bit ahead :)
and i don’t just mean how attractive they all are, it extends to the facial expression—how versatile and varied they are, the little details like how they would scrunch up their noses or the jaw would tense when they’re mad just uGH SO GOOD