Forum - View topicForeigners / Violence
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Beni Juji
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I`m sure that a lot of people on this forum have heard about `Gaijin Hanzai File` and some recent manga like `Kenkanryu` that use manga to make gaijin / foreigners out to be criminals, threatening, or just bad people.
I`m curious about anime and manga that use the opposite image - foreigners as victims of violence / racism in Japan. Can anyone on this forum point me in the direction of some anime or manga titles that depict Japanese victimizing foreigners in Japan? I know of the following - `Go` - Korean girl murdered `Ron` - Discrimination against Koreans in Japan in the 1930s `Jiraishin` - Violence against recent immigrants `Super Doctor K` - Japanese doctors selling the organs of immigrants `Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig` - Lots of state violence and discrimination against refugees. There are lots of `war` manga / anime like `Melody of Jenny`, `Barefoot Gen`, etc. that use these types of images but I`m more interested in peacetime stories. Can anyone think of anything (either anime or manga, translated or untranslated)? |
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Supersonic Master
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I don't know why Japan is so special with foreigner-related violence. It's not like it doesn't happen in all parts of the world and soon spreads into the culturistic media. I can't really think of any Anime or Manga off the back of my hand that relate anything to this, but thought I'd add my view.
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Beni Juji
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Japan is not special in this regard. In fact, Japan has had little violence against foreigners since 1945. However, there are incidents in Japanese history like anti-Korean riots, etc. I think that it is a GOOD thing that anime/manga deals with these difficult things. My question is not critical of Japan, but I am very interested in anime/manga that are. I think that critical popular culture is a good thing for a country.
In the meantime, I`ve thought of another manga that has violence against foreign characters by the Japanese police - `Abaren Bunya`. Can anybody else help me out here? |
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fighterholic
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I have seen instances where foreign born people have been a bit "offensive" or violent towards Japanese people. This has been portrayed well in Barefoot Gen because IT REALLY HAPPENED. In fact, I even saw an attempted rape in a J-drama also. But the fact of the matter is, the Japanese committed atrocities during WWII, and it might have been seen as coming back to them as Karma.
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hentai4me
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'Cos we all know killing thousands of innocent civilians almost instantaneously was not an atrocity.
Basically it's irrelevant who commits it only that it is committed. |
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omar235
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It does go both ways, and i think fighterholic knows both things that occured were atrocities. He knows this which is why he said it was karma. I don't think it was karma though. I am sure we all wish none of it happened to begin with. Anyways no I can't really think of any, other then the ones you named about the opposite happening.
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