Like, think about if there was a savior complex story written where a Japanese soldier "saves" a comfort woman and gives her freedom. These are real events that happened to real people, not some fictional made-up fantasy in your own head!!
Yeah no I really think she wanted to follow fetishes of racism cuz the line from the mc or ml where he says something like ur my master is just…
Also, the people disliking my comment are concerning af. Basic human sympathy is nonexistent in this world anymore. This is sad.
Right, that threw me off so badly. The story itself was progressing so badly that the line at the end was the cherry on top.
Ik the same with my comment.. and I saw some people say « yall are being dramatic » or justifying its not that bad because they are black and didn’t feel attacked like please good for u but it is RACISM at his peak cuz I’ve already saw TONS of TikTok edits of this shit and it only has ONE chapter
she would not do that because then the backlash from Korea would be insane. She would get backlash not only from the people consuming yaoi but all the other people who are made aware of the romanticization of comfort women and blatant ignorance of their pain and grief. Plus since it's not a bl, it prolly wouldn't sell. Everything is directed towards profitization not representation.
hoping on this discourse bcs you're so right. after reading chap1, i went there to see how ppl reacted only to be welcomed by a big ass account defending this shit, emphasizing how mc freed them out of slavery and how he is anti-slavery. a white ass woman at that and the comments agreeing with her. IT'S SO ABSURDDD im actually disgusted with the way they accept this lousy white savior complex
Yeah, a lot of people overlook that this is pure racism in the making. Many readers wouldn't see a problem in it because ml is seen as someone against slavery and is helping out the "poor Black Americans". It really does make white people at the time seem not so bad when the majority of white Americans let racism prevail, even after the passage of the 13th Amendment. It's also disgusting that promotion of this manhwa is spreading like wildfire because it's from the same author as Under the Green Light.
I know it’s disgusting to see people on TikTok saying poor mc « he came back, from a war he didn’t even want to go, to no one since all his family died » YEAH that happened to mostly ALL slaves during that SAME exact time, oh sorry either they got separated and hardly ever survived long enough to see family members again or just died themselves due to how badly they were treated. I am GENUINELY pissed at how stupidly people are reacting even tho it doesn’t impact me, we are revolving that and woman not being « feminist », this generation is brain dead
that's exactly how those people see ittt. they don't even care how the whole thing got glossed over as long as they see two men fucking by their favorite author. i thought we're already progressing as a society but we're still stuck as long as ppl stay ignorant, insensitive, and support this kind of shit
Ikr it’s insane how gullible uneducated people are, you don’t need much brain cells just a little education to know it’s once again a « story » putting white people in a glorious position while the slaves are the « poor victims » in need of saviour being saved, yes white people helped slaves BUT we should NEVER make them the center of the history
Yeah, it's really sad to know that many consume and support manhwas even if they have racist undertones. As long as it's BL and they see two hot boys fall in love, they can do whatever they want. But if it's based on a history that hits closer to Korea, then backlash would be heavily spread. This manhwa is really no less than the discrimination against a minority, just like how Koreans were treated during the Japanese control, and it's really sad to see many Koreans fans support and promote this, not knowing how much Black Americans fought for basic human freedom in the US.
fr its so sad to see people glorifying the BARE MINIMUM, like obviously you're supposed to treat everyone as an equal its not something worth glorifying ml for just because he showed basic human empathy. This really is just because people want to see "the heroic white person 'saving' a poor black man" like be soo fr
Im soooo tired of dumb fucks setting us back I hold a grudge at « it’s not racist » people, I’m not a feminist woman’s AND mf tr*mps/ICE supporters we a revolving (legit the meme is me rn)
Holy fuhhh exactly « but he let the slaves go, how is it racist» AS HE SHOULD, is it not clocking to you that it’s the bare minimum to put everyone in equals rights no matter the time? Fine he lost his family but so does almost every slaves you saw in that chapter
I don't understand why a KOREAN person, who has this limited awareness of American history, would write a BL surrounding the American Civil War. This time period consisted of a lot of grief and injustice against Black and Native Americans. On top of that, to make a white savior complex story over this is like making a savior complex of a Japanese soldier towards a Korean civilian during the Japanese colonization of Korea (1910-1945). Making your perpetrators bask in a glorified light will NEVER bring true justice to the thousands of victims affected by them and keep racism alive both inside this nation and around the world. Disgusting behavior should be called out for repeatedly, not just boycotted!!