Recently, fans who like "Fullmetal Alchemist" have mixed feelings, because the author Arakawa Hiroshi has made two big news in a row, the first of which is that she and Isayama have a meeting on the topic of manga creation. Originally, "Attack on Titan" has become the point where everyone shouts and fights, and fans still think that Aunt Niu can teach Isayama a good lesson. However, what everyone never expected was that Arakawa Hiroshi himself collapsed first, and the second big news she broke directly surprised people, because the work "Raiden XVIII" created by this person 10 years ago contained a lot of insulting plots, which made us shocked and angry.
If it were not for Hiroshi Arakawa's reopening of the serial "Raiden Eighteen" this time, everyone might not have been able to discover her true face. Many fans will continue to wishfully believe that Hiroshi Arakawa is one of the few Japanese manga artists who is friendly to China, after all, she has repeatedly mentioned that her favorite country is China, and has always hoped to draw a story set in China. However, this is also good, Arakawa Hiroshi's collapse shows that many Japanese celebrities have various prejudices against China, and are full of stupid stereotypes, we have to be more careful, for Arakawa Hiroshi, in fact, she also has several suspected discriminatory plots and settings in "Fullmetal Alchemist".
1. The backward and barbaric setting of the new country is obviously ugly to ancient China
In terms of setting, the new country is obviously based on China, because the language used in this country is Chinese characters, and it is also a multi-ethnic country, but it is also a very backward place. As we all know, the level of science and technology in the steel world is quite developed, they already have modern equipment such as trains, telephones, and even mechanical armor, which is far beyond the current level of technology. In this technological context, Arakawa's setting of the new country seems out of place, because the emperor is about to die, so the various ethnic groups of the new country begin to fight with each other and compete for hegemony, which is obviously an allusion to and scandalizing ancient China.
2, Yao Lin became an artificial person "greedy", which may be the Chinese image in Arakawa's eyes
Setting the new kingdom as an extremely backward and barbaric country, Arakawa Hiroshi achieved the goal of scandalizing the great power, and at the same time, she was extremely sarcastic about the characters under the new country, the most obvious example being the new prince Yao Lin. Yao Lin is a funny character who can eat but never pays the bill, and he still faints from time to time hungry, which is simply a blatant irony. Moreover, Yao Lin is also very ambitious, and even made a new artificial person "Greed" by "Father Lord", perhaps greed is also the Chinese image in Arakawa Hiroshi's mind.
3. Zhang Mei is bent on pursuing the Edward brothers, which is also the inherent prejudice of many foreigners about Chinese women
Like Yao Lin, Zhang Mei is also a prominent person in the new country, but as a princess, she is yearning for hearing the legend of the fullmetal alchemist, and she also painstakingly thinks of finding "Prince Edward". After seeing Edward's true face, Zhang Mei resented that he was too short, and turned his head to pursue his brother Alphonse. Zhang Mei is so admiring and charming, but also extremely fond of vanity, which is the inherent prejudice of many foreigners for Chinese girls, do you remember the insulting nickname they call "easy girl"?
4, Lan Fang and Fu Ye always appear wearing masks, which is not a hint that they are hypocritical and insincere
In addition to the upper-class figures who ridiculed the new country in various dimensions, Arakawa Hiroshi also hinted at the personality of the new state's subjects, such as Yao Lin's two capable generals Lan Fang and Fu Ye, who were loyal to their masters and even sacrificed their own lives, which seemed to be a valuable quality, but every time these two people appeared, they wore masks, which gave people a sense of hypocrisy and insincerity, did Arakawa Hiroshi want to express that Lan Fang and Fu Ye were only a hypocritical loyalty to Yao Lin, or still wanted to say that they were brainwashed, Why is it so foolish?
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