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Genuine left wing Japanese creators are so rare, that most people think they look like Eiichiro Oda and not the mangaka for Witch Hat Atalier.

It’s still sad to be reminded the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh was the exception, not the rule

at one time an unbelievable 90% of Americans were evangelicals who wanted to privatize Social Security

"FF7 Rebirth director praises Sanae Takaichi" Oh, I'm sure.

I am still not certain if its really at all meaningful to make any assertions about Japan's politics as being any whichway when it seems like a lot of it is just layers and layers of vibes.

I think I saw a tweet from Tokita also saying something like that recently too

Most Chinese people don't realize Uyghur concentration camps are a huge deal for Westerners, and most Westerners aren't aware that one of China's biggest celebrities is Uyghur. I get "no you're making that up" to both facts when I explain it to the corresponding groups, it's very startling!

I've seen so many so called "leftists" and liberals use racism against brown people to fight racism because they believe that brown people are the major component of white supremacy. I understand that lots of brown people fall for that shit, but it's still white people who do that, blame them not us

This is especially funny in the context of ResetERA, the forum that banned and drove out a bunch of Palestinians and Palestinian sympathizers simply because of those posters' criticism of the New York Times' abysmal Gaza coverage.

I’m not surprised anymore but I am still consistently disappointed.

(Googles) Am I crazy for thinking that drawing doesn't particularly resemble Shinzo Abe? Feels very bizarre to draw a portrait in honor of somebody that doesn't actually look like the person you're trying to honor.

Woooof. I similarly stopped watching Ranking of Kings cuz they glibly used imagery of the imjin wars as a positive plot point. Empires gunna empire, even as they uwu