Talk:EMIYA (Alter)/@comment-30308390-20190302201151/@comment-30308390-20190303060219

@LazyCat zzz I don't have a problem with how his design is personally but,"it’s not a problem unless you think it’s a problem", for better or for worse, is how social norm always work. What you think may be a problem or offensive might not apply to the other person and vice-versa. I'm sure you know that. And so, even if you never thought Demiya could ever be racist to some form, doesn't mean other people haven't. From his nicknames alone it's already obvious many people picture him or joke about him being a stereotypical african-american guy. "Bob" may not be a common nickname for him in the west but I've seen it quite a few times on japanese Twitter. And again, while americans may not always relate the name Bob to a black guy, it sure denotes it on japanese.

All this is what _my_ presumption on what the heckie was going on when NA took this decision: they wanted to avoid getting in trouble with people who saw this guy, thought he seemed to be a black guy, but then turned out to be the insert-lore-reasons-alternate-possible-future of a japanese young man with apparently no black descendency, and thought for themselves: "could Japan be making some sort of joke black guy character?". Yes, even if he's a serious character there are people who are gonna think he hasn't been made with the best intentions in mind. Cultural clash is constant eggshell-walking business.

Of course in the end people are entitled to be mad at the NA team for doing this, but shouldn't disregard their reasons or how other people feel about him. All in all this was a minor incident. If I seem angry about people getting angry about this change it's mostly because I'm probably getting tired of otaku senseless bashing people because they lack sympathy or respect for the other person lol. I hope this fandom never forgets how Aotsuki Takao was treated.

@FGOHikaru I only know about the Detroit thing from CCC you mentioned and the one remark during Shinjuku saying he looks like a (drug) dealer. I checked the JP TM wiki and Google and Tamacat calls him Bronx there too, as well as being called Detroit Archer in the 2017 April Fools' shenanigans TM does, apparently. If that's all, then maybe NA didn't even change text like me and Kiruxxiruk mentioned, but I can't keep track of all this.

I approve of them censoring the witch hunting if it means Mr. 男の魔女 won't die lol