@Ja-y JTBD For the usual representation in manhwa, they don't have to explicity say "american, european" etc etc because they make it quite obvious with the wardrobe, physical features, architecture, and cultural customs etc. For example, a ton of manhwa have dukes, counts, marquis etc. So, it doesn't take a genius to realize that the setting of the story is medieval europe; therefore the characters are white.
However, these darker skinned characters are also in the same setting and their character design is ambiguous, so it's not so obvious to know who they're supposed to be modeled after in real life. There are no setting, language, or cultural cues to suggest when characters(including these characters) are black or not.
In one rare story I read where they actually used cultural clues, architecture, and wardrobe with the darker skinned characters, it was obvious that some of the characters were modeled after indians and some characters were modeled after black people...and no, there wasn't the usual "obvious" racism in the character design...though they were still called barbarians and slaves which irked me. That story made it far more obvious because they gave more obvious clues to the characters. The average manhwa doesn't do that, so it's much, much harder to tell.
Have you ever seen dragonball z? Sometimes, when they portray black people(which is very rare in dbz and anime in general), they use the very racist, stereotypical huge lips etc etc. That's what I mean when I say, "obvious to the point of being racist" because that's how a lot of asian cultures see black people. When it's not ambiguous(like this story has), they make it very obvious bc their racism comes out in their media.
Culture is a huge part of this because they use their standard of beauty in their media. Did you read my comment properly? The way they portray people of dark skin(just darker skin, not necessarily black) is in generalizations, and asian media heavily stays away from portraying black people at all because of cultural beauty standards and the homogenous population of their society etc.
Tbh, from the first sentence I got irritated, because I don't think you read my comment properly, and you're misunderstanding me, and I hate being misunderstood. Let's just end it, because I have a feeling that we're going to keep missing each other with this topic. It seems like you're taking your initial belief of what you think one of my comments meant, and you're not getting off of that. So whatever, just forget it.
However, these darker skinned characters are also in the same setting and their character design is ambiguous, so it's not so obvious to know who they're supposed to be modeled after in real life. There are no setting, language, or cultural cues to suggest when characters(including these characters) are black or not.
In one rare story I read where they actually used cultural clues, architecture, and wardrobe with the darker skinned characters, it was obvious that some of the characters were modeled after indians and some characters were modeled after black people...and no, there wasn't the usual "obvious" racism in the character design...though they were still called barbarians and slaves which irked me. That story made it far more obvious because they gave more obvious clues to the characters. The average manhwa doesn't do that, so it's much, much harder to tell.
Have you ever seen dragonball z? Sometimes, when they portray black people(which is very rare in dbz and anime in general), they use the very racist, stereotypical huge lips etc etc. That's what I mean when I say, "obvious to the point of being racist" because that's how a lot of asian cultures see black people. When it's not ambiguous(like this story has), they make it very obvious bc their racism comes out in their media.
Culture is a huge part of this because they use their standard of beauty in their media. Did you read my comment properly? The way they portray people of dark skin(just darker skin, not necessarily black) is in generalizations, and asian media heavily stays away from portraying black people at all because of cultural beauty standards and the homogenous population of their society etc.
Tbh, from the first sentence I got irritated, because I don't think you read my comment properly, and you're misunderstanding me, and I hate being misunderstood. Let's just end it, because I have a feeling that we're going to keep missing each other with this topic. It seems like you're taking your initial belief of what you think one of my comments meant, and you're not getting off of that. So whatever, just forget it.
