Ok I could have used a better word but if you deadass look at there twitter mostly old western music car racing things (idk what it call) shit even when you look back before this story was even a thing they even made OCs that our american they even given a character dreadlocks (white character) if they was so influence about the western people they will know danm well that poc don't like that type of shit
I don't have to look at THEIR (ffs) twitter I know it very well as I follow them and the western music car racing etc is all for the author to get in the mood/vibe so to speak (I do the same while writing helps me get in the zone) and provides the readers with extra experience while reading. I find it very cool and whish more authors would do that. And cars are THE thing they're writing about. I cannot comprehend where do you have an issue it seems to me you make a lot of assumptions.
Second point they didn't go with the dreadlocks so what's the problem?
Also we seem to be living on different sides of the globe it's awkward timing having a conversation .
I'm not an american never been to NYC but the setting for now is very industrial and run down periphery of the city not countryside, where Shin lives seems ungentrified (I did a quick google search of NYC industrial areas and it checks out).
He's not only poc his friend in ch 4 is also asian and the manhwa just begun give it time before you judge.
You not so why should you care as a American I can have a opinion on people who are non american using america as a setting there he live in Manhattan Chinatown even though Asian make least of the population in Manhattan yeah it call Chinatown they don't even make more there either shin isn't rich he on poor side you know who else is on poor side poc (long history have to do with racism and white supremacists) so he would be surrounded by poc I'm also referred to black and Hispanic also who family originated in new York I find it very disrespectful that you have the balls to tell a new Yorker not to feel uncomfortable about the how this author handle setting of new York Manhattan and industrial and run down periphery you just described most city in America
JFC how are you not getting it? It's not america thing, it's not set in the 80s, it's an aesthetic thing, it's setting a mood/vibe thing. Are you unaware how popular the 80s aesthetics, the music, the retrowave, the synthwave, neon noir etc are right now. They are going after a very specific vibe with this work. Go take a look at the lezhin trailer for it (lezhincomics IG) you'll get what i mean.
Who do you think made it fucking popular like omg who do you think created the whole 80s things like bruh the story deadass take place in America Like do you understand how much impact america in 80s did to the world (better or worse) like we even made rap pop r&b even rock it all tie down to america or western culture like it have to come somewhere I don't understand why you see where it came from shit are you not using the internet that also came from america isn't author on twitter isn't that made by a American I'm not pro america but I'm not going to act like american people didn't impact whole world that why we dominating geo political spear

If it was the op all i have to say keep away from the furnace if you're afraid of the heat and don't make up stupid shit if you don't want to be called out