People who are arguing that mob ties represents Japanese culture-
No, it really really doesn't.
Other then a few cliche scenes the comic almost never gives the impression of being set in a foriegn land. Everyone acts thinks and lives exactly as they would if they were all American. If you substituted "Mafia boss" for Yakuza boss, the story would run just as well.
The only section of Japanese culture that seems to get much attention in this comic are-
1-The legal age to get married.
2-The uniforms worn by Japanese school girls for Gym.
Other then that, the Japanese setting is almost entirely unnecessary and mostly goes unnoticed. The fact there are no backgrounds doesn't help. This blank void could exist anywhere.
I feel this is an unfair statement for these reasons.
1- Yes, the marriage age is mentioned a lot at the beginning to help explain it. Yes, it's a major plot point. And they do get married in the comic, which then makes her of legal age. It seems that you're harping on something trying to make a point. But the point is, teenagers do have sex, in our culture as well as Japan. And once you are married you are OLD ENOUGH. A 16 year old gets married in Oklahoma with the permission of her caucasion parents, she is no longer underage she is Old Enough. By law.
2- Lay off the damn bloomers. It's a style of gym uniform I've seen in many anime, along with the one piece swimsuits with the name tags on them. They've only shown up in a few early comics, it's not like ever issue, of which there are 35, has the obligatory 'Oh God she tripped and you see her gym uniform. Fetish comic! FETISH COMIIIC!!! Won't someone think of the children?'. You're acting as if it's a major theme.
The comics archive could be cut by a third if you got rid of all the filler, which gets beyond a joke. If you cant update taht much, change your schedule! Stop posting filler.
This is being addressed, filler is going to be removed to make it a smoother ride, and for your information, yes, there were about a hundred filler pictures. But considering I now have over a thousand pages, well…not exactly half. Invalid argument.
I find the authors assertion that mika is "practically an adult" to be very creepy. Does that imply he considers all 15 year olds to be "practically an adult"?
TFGM suggests that this sort of thing is common in Anime. I would say that if this is true, then this is evidence of something horribly wrong with anime!
The fact that lots of pople are doing it does NOT make something okay!
If anime was full of racism would it be okay for you to put that in your comics?
First off, no. Don't start casting accusations about me or there will be ramifications.
Second off, your racism comment is interesting. Do you know how many racist cartoons there are in America? How many have had to be removed once other non-Caucasian races started gaining more power? What about if I had a comic about the revolutionary war and it had racist content? That would suit the times but would make people uncomfortable. A better example, Family guy. How much racist, offensive and distasteful stuff do they do? What about South Park? Futurama even? Do that mean that these shows are wrong and should be pulled?
This constant argument is starting to make you sound like a bigoted zealot with an agenda.
