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More body diversity???
I may be the only one, but I feel like manga has so little chubby representation...And then when they do a chubby character the mangaka butchers them...for example Junkos famous manga that has gotten an anime, in it the chubby character magically loses weight after her favorite character dies and the shes attractive to all the pretty boys. She then regains her weight and most of them want her to lose it again except for one guy (this is where I left off from reading because I was just so done with it)...
It's not only a cultural thing, but it's a large issue in japan (specifically, but it's everywhere) where media and literature devalue body image (like whitewashing, for example). In the west, we are made conscious of the strides in highlighting the vicious, self-perpetuating cycles that hamper body image and speak openly about ridding of beauty st...... 4 reply
