@Adawal neither one of these characters are even shy. This is just the art. I'm not a fan of the ship, since they haven't said more than 3 sentences to each other

@Adawal neither one of these characters are even shy. This is just the art. I'm not a fan of the ship, since they haven't said more than 3 sentences to each other

^A ship so ridiculous you gotta post 3 times about how it makes no sense!

Kidding, but you gotta admit that Firefly is adorable enough to pull whoever she wants, including an idol that she, March, and half the universe are fans of.

^ isnt this excuse already played out, where is the proof of this ever happening?

Colorism is a pretty well-known phenomena?

god she would wear that shirt

I really scoured the Penacony storyline to figure out why this ship is so popular, so you can imagine my surprise when I reached the end of the story and realized they never interact a single time. Can't complain, though, it's cute.

Not wanting to get into dedate, but as a stupid joke, when we saw the trailer, we say no one is tan cause they are children of the pyro archon (as a people) and thus are blessed with a natural burn resistance that make darker skin and tan hard to get. It also also why all Shnezayan burn easily :D

@moglius
Chinese Audiences lashing out against black characters is so ubiquitous and wide spread I could not do justice to its full extent, and therefore refer you to the Human Rights Watch release on the topic. As per Y. Yang et al's 2022 paper, the publishing industry shows "the preference for White skin color in East Asian characters in illustrations ", which "is a reflection of widespread colorism in East Asian countries, which refers to prejudicial and preferential treatment of people solely based on skin tones, with lighter skin evaluated more favorable than dark skin".
(It is necessary to understand that the Han-chinese see themselves as ethnically white, just not "caucasian white", especially in the variant strongly pushed by the current governing body.)
Furthermore, as per Y. Cheng "a relationship between two racially superior/inferior human groups is either implied or demonstrated in the narratives and discourses of such an interaction [between the Chinese and Africans] ".

Also compare the role of skin-whitening cosmetics in the east asian market (Korea too, Japan to a lesser but still significant extent). So whilst I can't find any publicly accessible investor reports of MiHoyo where they detail earnings on each character release (do these even exist in english? If anyone can get those, let me know anyhow), Fipse's theory is more than sound.

last edited at Jul 15, 2024 4:31AM

^ well.... damn, i guess china is off of my list of countries to visit.

^ u feel me?? theyre so damn cute esp w the height gap

What are they doing?

^ ye me toooo

urghhh black haired girl is hot.

last edited at Jul 15, 2024 2:41PM

^They are making deer babies AKA Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantaning

^ Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantaning. Got it.

^^ I mean they are the OG. GGZ, IMPACT, Star Rail. They are in love in every universe.

^ I'm sorry to burst your bubble... but most Asian countries think just about the same...

oh, i knew that they are rather racist, i just didnt understand how deep into its ideology they were.

I don't play Genshin either but it's disappointing how Latin America is barely acknowledged outside of our own territory and every time we get something overseas, it's either reduced to "brown savages" or "white wearing stereotypical clothing". Yes the way "race" works here is quite complex and here in Brazil specifically it's more about how you identify than how you are physically since most of us are mixed in some way, but it won't kill anyone to have more characters with a bit more Melanin on them or even visible ethnic traits since having lighter skin doesn't mean you won't have other physical traits.

I myself am light skin but in that weird field of not being dark enough to call myself "parda" while having facial traits that makes the racist idiots here ask if I'm asian because they never looked at any of our indígena population. Me being closer to what could be considered white in the Northeast of Brazil in special does not change the fact that the majority is not like me and that even if you're "white" in one location, it might not be enough in other regions because you're clearly racialized. Yes, if you live in those rich neighbourhoods filled with I-Hate-POC-nium you aren't going to see the melanin they hate so much, but that reflects a much bigger social issue.
Also within the same mixed family there will be multiple different traits, my older sister is dark skin and considers herself to be black so it is really weird how the game will get multiple new characters and none of them has darker skin.

It really is disappointing. I do remember seeing multiple videos of "skin-whitening soap" back when I still used social media so it is a general problem. As the other users pointed out though, it's money that decides what we get. At least sometimes things like Michiko to Hatchin or even Giovanna from Guilty Gear pop around.

(My apologies if anything I said sounds weird I don't talk about those things in English so there could be some nuances I'm not aware of lol)

Summary of this card story
Kokoa gets jealous that Hayate spends time with other girls and feels alone cuz Hayate doesnt tell her that she loves Kokoa so gets mad at her Hayate. The next day her Hayate asks Kokoa out and gives a dozen of pages about what Hayate loves about Kokoa, and Kokoa is no mad anymore and blushes
Happy ending.
Here is the link to the story.
https://youtu.be/0ZrYn5W2BJs?si=DWrb6F-ngIBcuBtH

I'm Brazilian as well and I dislike when characters are all just dark skinned (like Beyblade Metal) or all just white. I like Idolmaster because it has three Brazilian characters and they're all fairly different from each other.

Also, US comic books are really bad about this as well. Almost 100% of the Brazilian characters are "born in the Amazon but moved to Rio" (which tells me either they think Rio is right next to the rainforest or they don't know any other city in Brazil) and most of them have Spanish names on top of that.

Bocchi needs touch

Trying to find a way for Marissa to live forever

Who needs air when you can just live in boobs?