The author is literally giving racist undertones here, and I don’t understand why they made this change. In the first season, the ML was clearly brown-skinned, and the second ML was also dark-skinned. But in the second season, the ML has suddenly been whitewashed, while the second ML the one being portrayed as the villain is still dark-skinned. So now the darker skin is consistently associated with the villainous character, while the ML has been made noticeably lighter. I don’t know what the author was trying to convey, but visually, it really comes across as if they’re associating darker skin with villainy, and that’s honestly uncomfortable to see.
The author is literally giving racist undertones here, and I don’t understand why they made this change. In the first season, the ML was clearly brown-skinned, and the second ML was also dark-skinned. But in the second season, the ML has suddenly been whitewashed, while the second ML the one being portrayed as the villain is still dark-skinned. So now the darker skin is consistently associated with the villainous character, while the ML has been made noticeably lighter. I don’t know what the author was trying to convey, but visually, it really comes across as if they’re associating darker skin with villainy, and that’s honestly uncomfortable to see.