anime tourist/invader doesnt know what "shonen" means
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Only on book 5 so I don't know the whole story, but god damn that's a delusional take.
The story reads like it was written by a jaded man reliving their thirsty teenage days, but with loads of gore and influence from various horror mangaka. (I am enjoying reading it but the definitely pushes the boundaries for my eyes. I like most how the drawn lines vary based on the scene and mood)
Isn't the author a westaboo who told his readers they should watch more gay porn?
Either way, you don't want twittertards for an audience
I'm pretty sure that was just a case of him promoting the work of one of his underlings. It's less "go watch gay porn" and more "hey, the guy who helps shade the backgrounds made something and you should go check it out".
That's just my recollection though. Someone else probably has more details.
So far the only grossly political thing I've noticed in the story was right at the beginning of the Gun Demon arc, with the whole backstory on the appearance of gun demons. It was hard to figure exactly what the author's intentions were, but it read like some anti-second amendment fantasy tripe. That's the only "Westaboo" thing I could gleam so far.
I separate art from artist, so I don't really pay attention to what writers/artists say about their personal feelings and beliefs. But the above was the only time I thought the author was soapboxing.
Well it would have been really awkward to pivot to the world's most feared boogeyman being the 99.9% Survival Rate Disease Demon in light of world events since the series' start.
Honestly, it feels less like that was him trying to be political and more him trying to pick something universally feared that could still be "banned" by the world as a terrified preventative measure. Like, you can't ban Darkness, or Sharks, or Knives even.
I understand that, it's just the details as to why it built up (media sensationalism, increasing violence) felt like it was a little political. Maybe I was reading into it too much.
When I watched CSM with some people we started guessing what thinly veiled metaphor the Gun Devil was. We guessed gun control and nukes (it is Japan and the event killed lots of people). Netflix was involved IIRC so we naturally assumed they'd want some message.
Oh wow, my mind completely forgot about the connection between "mass death in a few seconds" and that. It adds a lot more sense to the reasoning.