before I say anything else, I just want to put in that I'm not looking for a fight, most of the things I ask are out of genuine curiosity or confusion, so please don't think I'm trying to be rude.
(be gentle I'm just trying to understand)
so, on one side, I can see your point. on the other, it doesn't make much sense...? I say this because it would be understandable if they had made jokes and verbally disrespected Native Americans and such in the manga, however, it's not meant to be disrespectful. but I'm quite confused... are you upset that they made him seem like a cave man not knowing about technology, or maybe that it seemed like they were sexualizing his race? I can understand a bit then.
but... in the end it's just a fictional story. I mean there are stories with dragons and other realms and unicorns, all made up. this could have been set in another universe, who knows?
also, stereotypical misunderstandings in fiction are near the bottom of the "messed up things in bl manga" list, to be honest. not that it's not bad, it's still on the list, but it's not as bad as abuse being love or normalizing rape. ugh.
well, in conclusion, I'm just really confused. you might be right and I'm just being an ignorant American, I don't know, but either way, I humbly respect your opinion. (also wow at the people being so aggressive, it's not like you said the manga was garbage, chill.)
I love the comments on mangago. I can't say that of anywhere else on the net! Only complaint is that the "annoying" button can't be unpressed. I'm on my phone! I'm always hitting the wrong button.
But you go, Katt and Martian. Having the big postcolonial theory conversation like graduate students in a Starbucks. (Pats self on back.)
So I have read all of Enzou's previous works and have loved them not only for the art but story and very real character development. Enzou just has a way with drawing the finer details in human expression that many other artists don't have and these stories benefit profoundly from it.
WITH THAT SAID, I am greatly displeased with this story. Not only is the Indigenous Americans portrayed incorrectly but we are written off as uneducated superstitious stereotypes that all walk around with tribal marks on our faces. I am Cherokee and Monacan on my mother's side and belong to the Eagle moiety. On my father's side I am strictly Iroquois in the Wolf moiety. I have been to many celebrations and tribe gatherings at it is ONLY on these occasions that you will find us walking around in buckskin garments, feather hair pieces, and face paint.
Outside of these powwow's we look just like everyone else. We understand that cars are a thing and we drive them too (SURPRISE!!) and that face-time is a technological advancement that allows use to use our cell phones (yeah, we have those too. ANOTHER SURPRISE!!) to visually communicate with loved ones. Yes, we have moved along at a normal pace with the rest of the world but does anyone depict that? Nope. The world slaps horribly incorrect headdresses on us and says it's accurate.
So yeah, not only is this manga incredibly offensive (and I can list a million reasons as to why if you'd like to take me up on that), but it is a spit in the eye of Indigenous Americans everywhere. We are not stupid uneducated beef-heads that don't know a thing about the modern world. We have casino's on our property and shopping centers too for God's sake! And we do not like the Hell's Angel-Running Wolf love child depicted in this manga here. We are normal. You are normal. You don't want us to stereotype you well, don't stereotype us.