https://old.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/18cnis5/disc_im_dating_a_gorilla_by_kou88450_oneshot
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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The funniest thing is how these people equate gorilla and black people and obliviously say the manga is because of Nip racism(not that they aren't), unaware of their own prejudice and premature judgements that lead to these assumptions. There's no reason to equate black people and gorillas.
I mean, a Japanese person would never date black people.
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