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Comic is honestly cringe but having a (jap) character look like a gorilla is a long running gag in their media. Which is why despite being a
and that striking my mind first I thought it wouldn't feature too much in the discussion. Ofc that's not the case, redditors are convinced its about Africans.
Again, off the top of my head I can remember three gorilla characters in popular mangay, I've probably seen more just forgotten but it doesn't come into their mind
I don't understand how anyone can be on /r/manga and not have come across this trope in some obviously non racist context in the past. !anime
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To be fair it's very weird how the comic states he's actually human. It would unironically be less weird if it did not bring attention to it
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I agree. Like whats the logic behind a human literally looking like a gorilla
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It's funny
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Its a running gag, Gintama did this for over 200 episodes, outright nicknaming the character Gori-san as in gorilla, while also making references to him looking like one. They even arrange a marriage between an actual gorilla and him. Japs just really like gorillas.
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