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\'\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \'\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \
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\\\'\\\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \\\'\\\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\\\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \\\"white\\\" instead of \\\"Asian\\\" is the background noise, so to speak, people from Western countries are more likely to perceive that the characters look white because that\\\'s what they\\\'re used to.\\\'\\\'
I\\\'ll got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerners seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
I\\\'ll got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerners seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
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\'\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \'\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \
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\\\'\\\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \\\'\\\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\\\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \\\"white\\\" instead of \\\"Asian\\\" is the background noise, so to speak, people from Western countries are more likely to perceive that the characters look white because that\\\'s what they\\\'re used to.\\\'\\\'
I\\\'ll got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
I\\\'ll got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
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\'\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \'\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \
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\\\'\\\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \\\'\\\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\\\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \\\"white\\\" instead of \\\"Asian\\\" is the background noise, so to speak, people from Western countries are more likely to perceive that the characters look white because that\\\'s what they\\\'re used to.\\\'\\\'
I\\\'m got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
I\\\'m got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of a post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The author even admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible.
Lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
Changed line(s) 1 from:
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\'\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \'\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \
to:
\\\'\\\'Reasons behind the presence of mukokuseki is to diversify the character roster and distinguish between individuals, \\\'\\\'but it can have cultural implications when looked at with a Western eye. It\\\'s also been suggested that, living in countries where the demographics are different and \\\"white\\\" instead of \\\"Asian\\\" is the background noise, so to speak, people from Western countries are more likely to perceive that the characters look white because that\\\'s what they\\\'re used to.\\\'\\\'
I\\\'m got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of they own post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The even author admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible. lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
I\\\'m got a fair amount of white guilt myself but the link\\\'s[[http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/faceoftheother.html]] article argument ([[EverythingIsRacist that\\\'s westerns seeing white traits in Japanese art is a reflection of they own post WWII superiority complex]]) is well bullshit. The even author admits it\\\'s not very convincing.
There is a lot simpler and less offensive explanation: Manga was influenced a great deal western cartoons and that artists use as many [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] and [[CommonEyeColors colours]] as possible. lets stick to them and leave out FlameBait.
