To give a summary of the manga .

>manga with genderswapped Denji protag working a wagie job.

>Society where aliens saved humanity from a meteor, then integrated (i.e. they hold jobs and relationships with humans)

>protag is mistreated by some aliens

>Protag joins up with another dude to commit hate crimes against the aliens

To give a bit more context. Here's a comment from an /r/manga user pointing out some "problematic" stuf from the manga .

"17 million," "they don't even speak our language," "I don't even see this thing as a human," "clear this city."

MC hates gendered terms like partner and commits hate crimes against "alien" immigrants (I think it's important to note that they aren't really portrayed as colonizers here so much as they are immigrants).

Either it's satire or Xenophobia the manga, lol.

So as you can guess redditors aren't taking it well .

/r/twobestfriendsplay reactions .

Not gonna lie, the description on the site alone sort of set off some alarm bells for me

If the description set off alarm bells, the actual manga will have you losing your mind because this is the most blatant it has EVER been. The manga is straight full of barely-hidden dogwhistles and far right anti-immigrant talking points.

Like MAYBE later chapters can subvert it by making the mcs straight villains and deconstructing all the blatant hate in the first chapter, but it REALLY doesn't seem like that's the case and anyone saying it does is coping unbelievably hard.

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Gintama but what if Gintoki hated the immigrants

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I keep seeing people claim thus is anti-colonial because the aliens are the population majority but that part just kinda reads like a Great Replacement Conspiracy dystopia to me.

It's 100% ripped straight from great replacement theory style conspiracies..

The thread on /r/weeklyshonenjump is locked because y'all can't behave

Comments are starting to become more political and insulting so locking this now.

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They can't seem to agree on whether it's chuddy or satire .

Ill try to give the author the benefit of the doubt since its only the first chapter and the art is good.

That being said im unsure if the manga is meant to be satirical, wish-fulfillment, anti-colonialist, or anti-immigration (might be all of them, idk).

I'll stick around for the ride though since their previous oneshots are appearently pretty good + its rare for Jump to release something this unhinged

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It felt extremely clunky to me. I kept thinking if it was a seinen manga doing the same premise, the MCs would be way more intriguing or likeable, while the racist undertones would slightly more subtle or overtop black comedic to make the viewer uncomfortable to root for the protagonists or follow their story.

The MCs just came off as boring buttholes to me, made it hard for me to care what happens to them. Its only the first chapter so who knows what will happen.

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It is incredibly racist and xenophobic. People can say it's "anti colonialism" but the Aliens are not in power enough for that to be the case. They are essentially on the same level as Humans. It goes into all the racist and Xenophobic red flags this kind of media has. Blaming an entire race for the death of your family, being conspiratory about the meteor, and saying they are "taking our jobs and women" is certainly a choice.

Now that being said, if they portray the Main Characters as clear bad guys moving forward, I think it can work as a commentary on being a right wing conspiracy nut. But the First chapter doesn't do enough to say "hey these guys are clearly the bad guys of the story"

It's dangling on a tightrope and we can only hope it turns out to be more "Cosmos/Tokyo Aliens/Aliens Area" and less "Tokyo Shinobi Squad"

And no even if the Aliens faked the meteor attack in order to peacefully immigrate to planet earth and that is used to justify their deaths, it would still be racist but in a different way.

Even /r/VaushV is talking about it for some reason .

New fascist manga just dropped (Drama Queen)

/r/animecirclejerk has a similar reaction.

I made this after reading Drama Queen chapter 1.

Even the SRDines are discussing it.

Insular nation famous for its lack of friendliness to immigrants and low migration rate makes a manga that could be interpreted as xenophobic and anti-migration

Redditors: How could Japan do this?!?!

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Honestly I think it's simply not good enough in the modern day to continue relying on the "non-humans as substitute for minorites" trope, even if the takeaway is that discrimination is bad.

So what do you guys think? Satire or Chud ?

!anime !kino

Edit: /a/ is discussing it too but they seem to be pushing for a console wars with chainsawman.

https://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/273758257

https://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/273731668#p273750453

https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/s/rcijEpriam

Good evening thugs,

I'm on an extended trip over the holidays and effectively just sitting at home reading and watching tranime like a highschooler. I started reading that cuckQueen one from a post earlier this month (https://rdrama.net/h/anime/post/327424/based-japs-marseykamikaze-do-it-again) and thought that while it was short, it was quite a banger and decided to unearth more girl cuck love triangle from the trough that I had never finished: Domestic Girlfriend.

As an aside, the premise for the Domestic Girlfriend is reminiscent of Japanese incest slop (TL;DR, some guy has a crush on his teacher and to get over it, sleeps with this random girl that lets him hit for no reason. End of the first chapter reveals that his dad is getting remarried and that he has 2 new step sisters: the teacher he has a crush on and the girl who just let him clap - love triangle ensues). Surprisingly, the author for this is a woman, which IMO really dampens the hornyness of the story and makes it a lot more enjoyable.

My dilemma is as follows: I started rereading this from beginning and it is quite long - ~300 chapters. I can't read love triangle slop with too much happenings as I just sort of get desensitized to the story and it all just kind of becomes mind numbing, so I try to keep my reading to less than 25 chapters in one sitting. I've actually read most of the story in the past (6ish years ago) but it was half completed by then so I never finished - but I remember having stuff to watch that was a bit less gynocentric melodrama and more action/mystery stuff.

The specific shows im thinking about are:

Darker Than Black - bunch of superpowered sociopaths fighting with/against shady organization. Kino, except the ending is utter trash

Ergo Proxy - very weird, can't be described well. Doesn't make sense until like episode 10, Still great

Katanagatari - Weird Artstyle, even weirder prose, about this martial artist that goes to collect 12 perfected swords with some shogun-court girl. Surprisingly brutal

From the New World (Shinsekai Yori) - Post apocolypse where everyone is an esper. Similar to Ergo proxy, harder to explain the plot without huge spoilers.

Do any of you guys know anything similar to these? I also wouldnt mind something isekai ish. Recently chowed down all of re:zero (anime) and dungeon food (comic). I really liked the first season of Mushoku Tensei, but I couldn't watch past the second season because it got wayyyy too gooner for me - if anyone has seen past it please let me know if gets better.

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Watched 'How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer', it was alright, but theres barely any development between any of the characters at the end of the season, and the two boys who arent the main dude are kinda annoying.

Then I watched the first episode of 'Kimi wa Maid-sama', seemed mid at best so I put it on ice.

Then I watched 'Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii', was decently entertaining. Also I liked the ending theme.

Watched a few episodes of 'Acro Trip', wasnt bad really but not really much comedy either so far. Will maybe finish it later.

Then I watched 'Yarinaoshi Reijou wa Ryuutei Heika wo Kouryakuchuu', it was alright. Would watch a season 2.

Then I watched 'Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo', according to the plot summary its about the girl who wants to become the greatest villain ever. Of course, she never does anything evil. That was pretty annoying, but if you go in with that expectation its an okay show.

Then I watched 'Maou-sama, Retry!', first season was alright, second season was apparently produced by another studio, and apart from changing a lot of the character designs and some switched voice actors (both of which I can deal with), they made the first two episodes of the second season nearly completely recaps from season 1 for no reason, which kinda killed the momentum for me, so Ive put it on pause for now.

Then I watched 'Hatsukoi Monster', kinda weird show, I guess its supposed to be a parody idk. Watchable I guess.

Finally, I watched 'Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji', which was pretty good. Decent romance show with good development and good characters. Recommended.

@Newvann pin pls

!anime

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— Retro Anime (@retro_twt) December 29, 2024

Salaam alaikum brothers and sisters, I don't usually post on subreddits like these but I've been having a situation that requires me to ask for some proper advice.

I've been together with my wife (Mahiru Shiina from MILGRAM) for about a year, ever since her second trial music video has been released. I've been 100% loyal and have been eating no one else's rats since then, but we've had some differences these past few weeks for the first time in our relationship.

My beloved is a shia alawite while I'm a sunni muslim, it's never been a problem in our relationship up until now, but ever since the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, there have been cracks showing up between us. I was over the moon and celebrating all day since I heard Damascus has been liberated by rebels, however my SO doesn't seem to share my enthusiasm.

Mahiru expressed concern about how Shia's would be treated under the new government, which I admit, might be a valid concern, but I tried to tell her that no matter what happens, it can only go up from here. Mahiru disagreed strongly with me and reminded me of what happened to Iraq after the US invasion, and she mentioned her friend, Yuno, who belongs to the Assyrian orthodox church, who has been worried sick ever since the news came out.

Our argument became pretty heated and the word "Kaffir" slipped out of my mouth. I am not proud of it, but I can't take it back now. Mahiru was visibly upset by my careless comment and has refused to speak with me ever since. It's been a whole week since that argument and even though I apologized profusely, she still won't talk to me. I've been crying myself to sleep every night now that I have to wake up without my sweet Mahiru plush sitting right beside me.

My Imam has tolled me there are plenty of fish in the sea, and I should go out looking for a "real" relationship, but I don't want a "real" woman, I want Mahiru.

Does anyone have experience with this? Any advice is appreciated.

!ummah !islam !anime !weebs !schizos

!friendsofaevann !beano !bharatiya

My Waifu   throughout the years.

Thoughts on my taste?

!anime !kino !bharatiya

My Waifu throughout the years.

Thoughts on my taste?

youre telling me theres not one american who would take this job? pic.twitter.com/wiLlZIjson

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Cirno is a gangster!!! Look at her go!

Now we need ZUN to develop Gensokyo Theft Auto.

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For reference

Trash.

0/10

Don't care about any of the characters. Very very boring. Didn't even get past the 3 episode.

Oooh mysteroius dollars gang, colors gang, ooooh woman without a head, ooooh.

Spliting off the mainstream subreddit to listen to a youtuber demanding more strong women in the punch harder manga is insane.

7/10

Too many episodes. Stopped watching about 10-20 episodes from the end

Starts strong then gets very boring on the like 50th episode. I don't care about the red rose mansion or whatever.

Also, turns more dark and has less lighthearted moments. Kenzo becomes more cynical which makes me uncomfortable. Monster sister plot line is stupid. Detective not as cool as he was.

1/10

Boring