The MOST Controversial Manga EVER?...

[@musicf3b]

This is a weird one. I feel like there’s not enough context to say how we’re meant to interpret their actions. It could be a Death Note or AOT situation. Where it’s meant to be a commentary on human nature (maybe the consumption of meat). If we’re meant to agree with the MC’s then the series is at best wildly tone deaf and at worst a cringy xenophobic self insert for the manga writer.

[@mossysaur7561]

Yeah, with two chapters, most of the actual meaning has not been uncovered.

[@mrstrangeworld5977]

I don't have an issue with this manga these people could simply be villians

[@camronstroud2320]

​@@mrstrangeworld5977 U think 🤔

[@teddavis7032]

Eh I like it whatever path it takes I'm black I'm Christian so I preach love while not condoning sin My favorite living aunt is gay My favorite cousin is mixed My 2nd favorite cousin is a boy who dresses as a girl and sleeps with both 😂😂 My 3 bffs are black, European-Puerto Rican, and white MERICA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 LOVE YOU NICK YOU'RE AWESOME DUDE

[@EctocoolerEI]

Sure but its awful by default until such context is given. Going at the mangaka and publisher may be premature but anyone enjoying the content at this point is sus.

[@TheGreekWeeb]

I think the only reason this manga is so high up on ranking is the same as how Velma was the most streamed original series on Max. It’s either people checking out if it’s as bad as it is or people just doing it for memes. or just hate reading it it is incredibly likely

[@Nightsaber-fu8rk]

Like your youtube video

[@RougeLino]

the "people just doing it for memes" are not doing it just for memes... they mean it

[@TheGreekWeeb]

@ that’s the scary part but I don’t think I that’s a most of the views of the manga I think it’s just mainly people who are curious or hate reading it

[@Nightsaber-fu8rk]

@@TheGreekWeeb I watch your videos am.not lieing I love your videos

[@tristansylvester1079]

​@@TheGreekWeeb I'm sorry but it you think that people are reading this manga because they're hateful racists or that they want to be hateful about it you might genuinely want to take a break off social media. I do enjoy your content but it doesn't seem like you're even giving this manga a chance and are convinced it's just some right wing hate story.

[@MatthewUchiha-hg2fl]

It was lierally made to call people out. Also this comes out right after japan had the worst tourism period ever.

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@MatthewUchiha-hg2fl this. I adore the irony of him kvetching about it,right after Johnny Somali is literally wanted by most of Asia as a “t word”

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@MatthewUchiha-hg2fl >ignores Johnny Somali

[@dylan-5287]

Japan definitely seem to value social cohesion and maintaining their culture. Can't blame them, it's their country they can do as they want.

[@MatthewUchiha-hg2fl]

@@KingOfhearts72 Johny Somali is nothing compared to all the other tourists not to mention, all the braindead tiktokers. Johny Somali could have been the catalyst. But what he has done was lightwork compared to what others were doing. And bros potentially getting locked up so he's irrelevant. The wave of tourism just in September. Was really terrible.

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@MatthewUchiha-hg2fl that’s why I bought him up. He was the start.

[@lando7756]

Everyone attacking Nick for “jumping to conclusions” obviously didnt watch the video. Yes during the beginning and middle he said his opinions to keep you interested and watching but towards to the end he LITERALLY says it can be interpreted in different ways and it could be a rage bait and switch to get ppl locked in. Geez ppl come on

[@Allahsword225]

still jumping to conclusions is it not

[@lando7756]

@@Allahsword225 was there a solidified final opinion on it? Nope, just what he thought of it SO FAR and even said he’s going to read more to see exactly how it goes and gave alternative opinions

[@Allahsword225]

@@lando7756 than said if its bad hes going to use his platform for something i can't rmb word from word idrc he said more bad than good am i wrong

[@lando7756]

@ LOL youre running on a “IF” . IF it turns out to be a manga with undertones of putting down minorities/racisim, political views that are harmful and colonialism THEN he would use his platform to say this isnt a good manga.

[@chrisgodfrey1880]

He still jumped to the conclusion of calling every right wing person a racist who wants to murder every minority. If that isn't a delusional and crazy conclusion, I don't know what is. Doesn't matter with him ending on a potential note of the story maybe changing, he still made his claims regardless.

[@blazonglover8192]

0:36 saying one punch man is currently bad in the manga is actually a nuts take. Is it frustratingly infrequent? Yes. Is it hard to know when new chapters release? Also yes. But when the chapters do come out they are phenomenal.

[@kingofsaltt3836]

Yeah seems like he saw no ones been talking about it and went its probably trash not knowing its been on break for awhile

[@GreenFuMan]

Its been coming out with manga. AOT had like 12 parts ​@kingofsaltt3836

[@glaxysilver4389]

This last chapter was short but dope, and even talks directly about Blast's Powers.

[@blazonglover8192]

@ yea the whole backstory of the ninja training program and blast has been awesome.

[@benzoladlam]

I hate bros takes on all media because if enough people mention it to him, he’ll start talking about the dimension slash and power scaling it and crap

[@Megumi-dz1mm]

I'm just expecting Death Note 2.0 at this point. The new character seems to be another L style detective, but like, the mc's are bumbling idiots and clearly out of their depth. So, instead of evading the detective through geniusly crafted master plans, they're going to do it through sheer dumb luck. I feel like if the author didn't want us to sympathize with the aliens, he wouldn't have drawn the missing posters of the five young aliens that were brutalized. It shows that they have families and people who care about them. I don't get the sense that mc's actions are being glorified, if anything, it feels like a horrorific tragedy unfolding before our eyes. This might end up being an anti racism manga. Showing a cautionary tale of where those xenophobic and racist sentiments can ultimately lead. All the drama surrounding this manga can also be an argument for why media literacy is important. If we can't explore and criticize these sentiments in fiction, then how the hell else are we supposed to reconcile with them? Or even understand them? I will only drop this manga if the killing of aliens is somehow glorified or justified in some way that makes you want to root for the mc's. So far, I don't see that. If the author is employing horror manga style shading during a murder scene, it's not meant to be taken as a good thing, imo.

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

Found another Kamala Harris voter

[@evanfuller6095]

Yeah, the glorification of killing is what made me drop overlord after the lizardmen arc. Like we got to love these characters just for them to die, 2 get revived and what was the point. Right? Like if we glorify killing and especially of the killing of minorities it’s horrible. But seeing through the veil of racism and seeing it as a cautionary tale is a great way of looking at it, and might be true. We also have to look at the people jumping to conclusions, and then people jumping to conclusions about people jumping to conclusions it snowballs into a problem.

[@Jetfury-v2x]

Imagine we find out all this is happening Nomamoto's head because she's lost so much blood and is starving

[@sircorny2894]

I think the implication that everyone on your opposing political side want all minorities gone or dead is insane theres insane people on both sides but to grab the insane opinion of the minority of that group and say they are all like that is disingenuous and low-key malicious

[@ManiacDub]

👍 word

[@Q2Qool]

Minority? It’s the literal platform they run on.

[@Du5t0ut]

It's not like conservative platform ran on mass deportation, continuously claimed the biggest issues for Americans is illegal immigration, claimed there's a crisis at the border, created false narratives about Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants, is ready to deport legal citizens, and countless other lies over the last decade to the inception of this country. But yeah it's pretty crazy to lump in those only lightly racist right wingers with the extremely racist ones.

[@Sllatt]

@@Q2Qoolmmm wrong but you do you

[@diefty94]

If you vote for a candidate who says they want to get rid of minorities you are supporting that position with your vote.

[@GN_SapoVerde]

If this manga is pooular is because it resonates with the japanese right now...

[@japroject1]

Just read the first chapter of Drama Queen and I definitely like it? Like obviously these characters aren't meant to be glorified or celebrated but I like how human they feel, flaws and all. I feel like stories like this and Mujina: Into The Deep that deal with polarizing topics like racism and immigration within our society but in a fictitious way are necessary. I want to see where this goes, let them cook!

[@yoyu1001]

I get what you’re saying i’m down to let this cook i’m js worried for when twitter incels get to this like they got to dandadan and misunderstand that these characters aren’t meant to be glorified. But we manga readers aren’t well known to have reading comprehension so it is what it is

[@flummy1692]

I like and people who are so politically correct and look at anything that isn’t like it’s the Antichrist are just not gonna like it. Like sure it can seem edgy but I think that’s really only if you’re chronically online.

[@Azazel-uv3sx]

@@yoyu1001 The only drama I've seen about Dandadan are people trying to say race swapping them is ok but doing it the other way around isnt ok through mental gymnastics I would hate to be the studio that has to manage PR because some dumb ass employee posts hot takes on twitter lol

[@hadrianhexe9603]

@@Azazel-uv3sx It's literally not mental gymnastics, ya'll just lack common sense. Theres a reason you're ok with someone you're dating kissing you but not a stranger, theres a reason you're fine with a father playing games with his daughter but not a random man approaching a little girl. It's context. You don't erase and whitewash characters for /decades/ and then when people decide 'fuck it, i wanna see myself represented so i'm gonna draw my fav character as a different race', you turn around like a child and then start whitewashing the FEW darker skinned characters that do exist because you wanna be a petty over shit that harms no one.

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

You being racist because the past was “mean” isn’t good justification you clown

[@Trent110000]

Nick going full unhinged in this one. The chainsaw man chapter would of been cool..

[@diefty94]

How dare he be critical of racism. He's unhinged!

[@JayHosh]

I expect regular chapter reviews for drama queen

[@AndyLeeVlogs]

Likewise

[@ArmageddonAngel]

On a lighter note, you know what new manga I've been enjoying? Ichi the Witch Sure it follows the formula of "Person who doesn't fit into the power system gets power" but Ichi's simple world view has been making me enjoy the story. And Descarras and other witches are great supporting cast.

[@trixtheghostwalker6634]

I don't think we're supposed to agree with the protagonists were supposed to think sometimes there kinda of a little right, but pretty much all the time, they are absurdly wrong they aren't good people

[@kammelo569]

Or japanese people are pissed at the west pop culture and as a counter reaction they all like this. And the best part is if Japan likes it we are getting an Anime no matter who tweets what

[@Du5t0ut]

Do you think conservatives have the same thought when they see an MC stand up for marginalized groups or respect another character's pronouns?

[@Sllatt]

@@Du5t0utbro get over yourself.

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

@Du5t0ut thank you for helping Trump get reelected

[@Du5t0ut]

@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b no problem. I too, thought it was a great idea to run a campaign void of any actual leftist policies and become indistinguishable from the Republicans. I mean, why should they run on policies that actually benefit people when they can offer $50k in tax breaks for new businesses? That's just great policy for everyone, ya know? And don't get me started on the flawless plan for G*za. Their plan to not change our supportive efforts was very popular, and no one has ever said anything against it, ever, especially recently, so that was also fail proof. Plus, everybody loved Biden's presidency, so it was the best move to make the American people feel like nothing was going to change if we elected his VP to president. I really can't understand why the Democratic party failed, but it's definitely the commies fault.

[@huneylove5]

People are really going masks off in these comment section

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

Shocking amount of Marxists

[@MikeHawk-c5t]

Yup complete Marxists

[@beheam]

I can’t believe he is having a hard time going back to read Kagurabachi. Dude needs to force himself to pick Kagurabachi back up. It is so good right now. Very interesting plot developments.

[@-_Impact_-]

The "drama" surrounding Drama Queen is what made me check it out in the 1st place. The story is interesting and I think everyone should check it out for themselves

[@LeoBeastmode]

The Streisand effect. When you go out of your way to "deplatform" and censor, it attracts more attention. And when you force creatives to coincide with a particular messaging to be "accepted" and to get rid of hate, you create more resentment and frustration. One can argue it's better to stand up against racism and xenophobia but not at the cost of castrating human expression. There is a difference between being racist and writing a racist story.

[@Bluedragon-sr2wz]

I disagree with it being left wing, right wing, that's putting Westernization on everything Japan has had a really hard time accepting foreigners to the point where even if you marry in you aren't considered Japanese, neither are your kids from what I've been told. This manga just feels like a heavy representation of what happens when Japan actually starts accepting foreigners. I think looking this much into something that doesn't directly involve the Western civilization and politics is ridiculous and only happening because of the recent presidential election. I could be completely wrong and new chapter shock that explained that yeah no it is a right-wing left wing comparison but it doesn't seem like that

[@TobiasFunke_]

The main characters are the bad people. Murder and racism seem kinda bad. Its calling out the people who think similarly to them irl

[@korbytheorby6151]

Damn, this comment section is NOT it

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@korbytheorby6151 cope

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@korbytheorby6151 c0p3

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@korbytheorby6151 Reddit is that way

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@korbytheorby6151 wah

[@jaelenwithane1548]

what im sayin

[@Neuviletteiudexofmemes]

One the lines associated with it is that Hate Destroys the the world, so not only is it SUPER intentional, I would say it’s clear that the author is trying to villainize what’s being depicted. Which means, quite frankly, I’m interested to see where they are going with this.

[@mitchellmincey6654]

The aliens are obviously the "villains" in this story, clearly taking advantage of the position they hold to bully and disadvantage humans.

[@christopherjeter4356]

Thats what I'm getting from the story so far.

[@jckun100]

Dude complaining about HunterxHunter card game in the same sentence where he say it's a shame Boruto is only monthly...what universe is this?

[@SiresOrbwits-oi8mz]

I personally love these kind of philosophical 'deal with the devil' like stories. Would you rather, have your planet destroyed by a giant meteor or be saved but be forced to live as a second class citizen on your own home world?

[@daralic2255]

How is that even a question?

[@scratchykoala545]

ok so half of these arguments are "if you look at it from this direction then..." I feel like that argument is kind of too much of an umbrella argument don't you? Like take any anime with a monster race of intelligent beings (like AOT, Dandadan, Bleach, and even something like hunterxhunter) and you can make similar arguments right? In hunterxhunter a foreign race comes from a far off land and make a settlement that is under threat now from the settlers who don't like the minority group taking their land. later on the king of these minorities decides on peace but a white old man stuck in his ways kills him and dooms his whole race to be disposed of. That is the chimera ant arc summarized in the same language. I mean no disrespect to people who think it is bad but how is this any different from serial killer manga? It is just a different species being murdered. I think that maybe we should give it time to cook as the idea is cool and I want to see where it goes. try to remember that non-murders make murder stories and non-racists make racist characters as well. I mean no offence and all this comes from love for art and fairness.

[@Jerao]

I mean, it's lazy. Its a lazy, uncritical premise for a story. Either the main character learns theyre a racist piece of shit and become better or they stay awful and the reader roots against them. Theres absolutely no nuance that can be added because the entire premise is that the protagonist is overgeneralizing. I think its fine for bad manga to exist, but i think one has to be honest about what they signed up for.

[@anarchond]

Twenty bucks based on these first two chapters that this organization is secretly doing the same thing as them and want to recruit them. This will become a weekly manga in the Japanese underground 😂

[@YujinH]

Literally thought the same thing

[@The_Primordial_Demon]

I hope that happens lol 😂

[@fabiopauli420]

I can not share the opinion on Kagurabachi: the last 3-4 chapters where ALL hype af

[@Atomic_Femboy]

Immigrants in western country's have more rights then a born citizen, New York, the UK (Not western but massive expample, some dude graped a 13yr old and got off free cuz he did know it was illegal) France, canada, usa etc

[@leanio8740]

They dont have more rights stop acting like a victim. They pay taxes just like you and dont benefit from social security, while risking being deported. Yes there are cases of bad ones, but youll find that in any demographic and its statiatically shown that immigrants, illegal or otherwise, commit less crime per capita and as a pure number.

[@YujinH]

This somehow feels like a metaphor of the distain that some Japanese people have for foreigners Is the author simply utilizing the MC as satire way of showing the ridiculous hate that some foreigners get by natives , or is this the authors way of simply showing their own personal distain…? You decide, overall the manga is weirdly angsty but I don’t hate that I just don’t know if i genuinely enjoy the premise enough to try and stick to it after the next chapter

[@Latrinecleaner]

Talking about zero evidence based conspiracy theories , Yikes brother.

[@kirillguliaev7662]

kagurabachi and kaiju both cooking

[@benzoladlam]

Same with sakomoto days but Nick only talks about stuff that generates him money and views

[@skiffy8121]

​@@benzoladlamwhen youtubes your job thats just how it works.occasionally you can work a shoutout video in but mans got bills

[@PhylusMo5]

I don’t know about Kagura Bachi, but let me just say this: Kaiju No. 8 is not cooking anything. That’s got to be one of the worst things Shonen Jump has put out in the last decade, and I’m dead serious. I’ve read about 70 chapters, so I know what I’m talking about. From an educational standpoint, please enlighten me-what exactly do you enjoy about it? Because I don’t get the hype at all. The anime was decent at best for its first 12 episodes, but the amount of glaze it gets from NPCs is insane. I genuinely can’t find a single redeeming quality in that entire manga.

[@animekinganimekingdom8732]

I'm actually looking forward to seeing what this story does, is it like AOT or Death Note where the MCs are evil and need to be stopped, or do we actually see what they see with manipulating aliens Either way it will still be divisive, I do kinda see things from the MCs' point of view at least with the main boy since we actually see the scene where his family dies and we do see an alien driving off and the whole thing about cops not wanting to do anything does have some standing like how tourists seem to get away with some of the stuff they do or how in the US in some states are safe for some section of people are given immunity no matter what they do For a main girl tho I do see the whole racism part as we never see it happen and it could be she has a tumor or something wrong with her that causes her nose bleeds and makes her act childish and irrational So between the two they do kinda show the two sides you could see this I mostly think the manga is about asshole tourists who do a lot of bad stuff like Johnny and the other braindead morons who follow in his footsteps and how Japan and it's people are tired of it But I'll have to see how it goes from here maybe they will be bad, maybe the aliens will be, maybe both, we'll have to see

[@YujinH]

Erin was right

[@lazy2335]

I really can’t get behind people jumping to conclusions and attacking this series for being racist or hateful. Cause there just isn’t anything concrete that shows the author or team working on this series holds any type of view. It’s a new series about aliens kinda assimilating into earth and The main characters don’t like aliens for a few reason and view it as an invasion of sorts. It’s not exactly a one in a million story, there are countless stories about aliens and invasions and conflict. Tbh with what is available right now I feel all that can be said is that it released at an unfortunate time. Manga aren’t made over night and this series just happened to start publication when the series can lousily parallel irl situations. Maybe that was intentional on the authors part maybe it’s just an unfortunate coincidence but blatantly saying it’s racist without any real evidence is just not right. As nick said, there only two chapters and everything is just people’s interpretations rn. So maybe it’s racist or maybe it’s just a very unfortunate edge lord story.

[@yoyu1001]

i mean it could be a breaking bad situation with a villain protagonist that the audience is supposed to understand isn’t the good guy

[@diefty94]

I don't know dude, this manga wears it's politics on it's sleeve. Unless there is some crazy twist this manga is pretty much just racist propaganda.

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

Or maybe people are allowed to want to maintain their national identity 🤡 globalist scum

[@MikeHawk-c5t]

Did you ever think that maybe you’re the bad guys?

[@cornerIV]

I think its too early for us to have a say on this story. Give them more time and it might become interesting Edit) also, I don't like that he wants to de-platform someone just cause their opinions might be different, I think even opinions I disagree with should be heard out

[@cookie8162]

You assume all options are on equal footing? Some don't deserve the attention especially the "this racial, sex, ect group is lesser than me bull. Why give it a platform? Your not a bad person because you didn't let bad actors say their piece, grow a spine

[@cornerIV]

@cookie8162 please do not put words in my mouth. All opinions aren't equal, but I don't agree with muting someone just because you think they're a "bad actor". Plus, there isn't a universal way to decide which opinions are valid, so trying to simplify people down to right and wrong just seems tyrannical. And lastly, I'm adult enough to not be swayed because of a manga. So if Drama Queen does turn out to just be racist, then I'm able to just ignore it instead of ruining someone's livelihood for the sake of my feelings.

[@Joe-iq1bu]

@cookie8162 you make it very difficult to not view you as lesser

[@Razredge]

I'm pretty sure if Death Note came out nowadays people would call it Right Wing Propaganda.

[@matthewmoore2289]

I liked this video except for two part the part where he talks about all trump supporters wanting to racially cleanse is just stupid and not something I would expect him to say as it is blatantly false and the missionaries part which is just dumb

[@battlerushiromiya651]

Well it is not like media literacy is something widespread in the US.

[@NinjaxPrime]

Mass deportation is ethnic cleansing. Revoking asylum claims is ethnic cleansing. Revoking citizenship is ethnic cleansing. And the right doesn't even bother to hide it.

[@paperknigth2263]

I don't think that is clear that the Manga is racist just by that. Like, the protagonist are racist. But it dosn't really states that the protagonist are right. They could be bad people. Nobody watch Dexter or Death Note and thinks "Oh this show is promoting murder and justifying being a killer." You know, or at least you *should* know, that the protagonist is not a good person. This Manga dosn't really speaks to me as trying to convince the reader than the aliens truly deserve to die. I don't know, I have to see where the story is pointing at, and if it really is a hate on Immigrants propaganda, or if is just adressing a quite real and not much talked problematic in Japan with their perception towards foreigners. So far to me it feels like saying "Schindler's List is incredible racist, it has Nazis on it".

[@Kaizen-.-]

How dare youtube keep this from me for 1 minute

[@animeandgames6397]

Story is simple, aliens do a non violent invasion of earth, and are treating the earthlings like lesser lifeforms without any justice. So the protagonists want to get rid of these invaders.

[@dylan-5287]

That doesn't sound that controversial lol.

[@ManiacDub]

Yeah exactly perfectly fine imo

[@yoyu1001]

media literacy is dead💀can y’all not read between the lines

[@diefty94]

@@dylan-5287 ​@ManiacDub I don't know if you guys are dumb or playing dumb.

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

Anyone crying about media literacy literally is always illiterate

[@SangoProductions213]

Not gonna lie. It's really strange how every strange looking creature, from orcs to bugs to literal aliens are somehow related back to "minorities," by a particular group of people.

[@Slaphappygrandpappy16]

Who? The Japanese?

[@NoFairiesAllowed]

Don’t bring black people into this they definitely talking about y’all 😂

[@fernandoquintero9823]

Facts

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@NoFairiesAllowed the irony of Johnny Somali being wanted by all of Asia

[@HenrikH98]

​@@EternalExposureMedia couldnt agree more

[@VirgilHawkinsIs]

@@KingOfhearts72 Not only him, but those black dudes annoying ppl on subways…as much as I’d like to remove black ppl from this convo…I get it. 😂 I wouldn’t deal with that shit either.

[@SWIFT_NINJA47]

@@KingOfhearts72that’s just one guy this story is clearly about white colonization

[@WildClaps]

Idk man I love Nick but the white American saying he’ll use his platform to deplatform a Japanese artist making manga that specifically targets Japanese people who don’t like white people is just kind of cringe. I don’t think the story really means anything yet and trying to immediately label it “possible right wing incel propaganda” when you’re also considering it could be the most “based manga ever” just seems really short sighted man. I expect better from Nick.

[@fernandoquintero9823]

Fr

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@WildClaps he’s not white.

[@KingOfhearts72]

@@WildClaps he’s 🧃

[@kaimanthelizardwizard1248]

Media literacy is dead

[@aaronl4935]

he never said that he would deplatform them???

[@blazedj]

I’ve been here before. For whatever reason, you find yourself reading something “interesting“, only to regret it. You think about never having anything to do with it ever again, but is it your reasoning that it might actually do something “interesting” with the aspects and concepts you didn’t like, or is it a stubbornness to stop now that you’ve come so far? It helps a lot more when you don’t have to wait and see where the story is headed and where it’s true nature lies.

[@TheGreekWeeb]

Dude read manga from Kodansha and Jump+ So many amazing series that don’t get enough love

[@endikaaspeurrutia1013]

is this ends up being an anti-colonialist story im dying of laughter

[@cookie8162]

Considering media literacy is dead. If this series is just 95% depictions of hate crimes, then at the last minute, try to flip it. Most people will just ignore it and opt for the 95% being in the right. Look at starship troops i bet you got friends that play hell divers and dont realize the humans are the bad guys in the film that inspired it or won't believe you.

[@PowerninjaPlays]

​@cookie8162 Certain people would like it more if it was just hate crimes and call it a statement. "Japan just owned the left" ahh manga 😂.

[@VirgilHawkinsIs]

@@cookie8162 Anyone who doesn’t realize humans are the bad guys even from just playing the game is dense af. 😂

[@Femtoisbackandbetter-g1b]

The first to say media literacy usually is the least literate. You think men can be women tells others

[@somewhitemexican5918]

Racial cleansing is also a contemporary left wing position, Nick

[@adamstriebich530]

They also seem to agree with North Africa when it comes to genital mutilation.

[@NinjaxPrime]

This is a wildly unserious statement

[@NinjaxPrime]

Let me guess, you think white genocide is a real thing lol

[@somewhitemexican5918]

@@NinjaxPrime no, it’s serious. Look at what has happened to the farmers in South Africa or when activist cheer every time they see a decline in white population

[@demidaygo]

You know what’s weird about it? Is the timing with the race swap art being controversial for no reason rn. But these both being popular at the same is soooome coincidence. Outside of that I still think there is space for this especially if it’s comedic OR if it’s presented as meta conscious of someone having that outlook on life’s PoV to observe its radicallity

[@hilgigas09]

Third option: It's going in the direction of the MCs being massive edgy POS and spiraling into a chaotic bloody mess. Like Ana Satsujin or Mirai Nikki.

[@Lostlife656]

Don't put politics in anime vids. Its inescapable now I guess

[@Kratoctavi0]

@@Lostlife656 yeah anime and Manga definitely NEVER talk about politics lol.

[@Lostlife656]

Not relevant politics to current day

[@saleb13]

@@Lostlife656art is almost always relevant.

[@xmoragorax]

Lol, why is he projecting...

[@timnorton7669]

Two questions for those in the comments that are more versed in life in Japan. Nomamoto’s paycheck of 100,810 yen, how much is that compared to the cost of living? Sub question, would that paycheck be for a week, two weeks, or a month? It doesn’t say in the manga, but what is common for Japan’s workforce? Mainly I want to know for better context. The note said the pay was roughly equivalent to $1000, but that doesn’t tell me enough. Where I live $1000 a would be barely scraping by money for a month. However for a week it would be decent enough pay for a modest but comfortable living.

[@And3rSmith]

Oh wow, another youtuber I like calling me a racist for have more conservative beliefs that dont align with the left. Thanks for drawing the line between me and my friends with different beliefs as me. The right isn't the only group that has political extremist its important we find what brings us together as a people instead of what separates us or assuming everyone on the other side is a terrible person

[@ReistDraconis]

Ok nick you had me till you started bashing current day missionary work showing you have no clue what your talking about. Nothing is required of the help that they bring and they are sometimes even asked to come to help in times of disaster. You are projecting a bit too much on this one.

[@frostcloud18]

I also think this is warning not to let hatred infect a person and they shouldn't go around hurting random people who don't look like you

[@cookie8162]

I really need the attitude to let everyone have an equal space to say their piece no matter the content to end. Not all arguments are on equal footing, shouldn't have to say that when it comes to supremacist ideology. Have a spine, your not a bad person for telling people "no thats messed up i dont need to give you my time"

[@Joe-iq1bu]

@cookie8162 no it’s because you can’t actually defend your own ideology

[@frostcloud18]

Idk man a lot of this is a mirror when it comes to the UK and over here in the US as well like the Daniel Penny case and Japan watches this and sees the hypocrisy because it's obvious but people in the UK and in the US just don't want to be called racist or other names instead of just pointing out the hypocrisies.

[@KyleDGrizzly]

This manga is great. Can’t wait for the anime. 🔥👍

[@tuumef1799]

It's a mixed bag. On one hand, I can easily see the aliens having used non violent means to conquer or influence Earth and how that has led to mild social stratification. This is worrying. On the other hand, we're viewing this story through the point of view of two people who are clearly xenophobic assholes who seem to care more about hating the aliens than the well-being of other humans. Just because someone is the protagonist doesn't make them a hero. Everything is up to interpretation at this point because it feels vague still. But I guess we'll see. Thanks for the video.

[@thefc9890]

it's certainly controversial as a series, and the main characters are not good people quite the opposite, but it's not like every story has to have good people as protagonists. but the ability of Americans to have to see an oriental work necessarily in an American vision of the world is ridiculous. It's quite evidently a story of colonialism, more inparticular than the American one after WW2 it seems to me, even if certain things can be seen from two different points of view, technological supremacy can only be made to make sense in one of them. the boss who doesn't know the language of his employees, a person who was put there to expand the company abroad. the neighbors, western people who moved without knowing the social norms of the place. etc. then they are not put together in the best way, it would be necessary to see the original text that some lost in translation is probable, but this ambiguity seems quite intentional to me, wait at least one volume before judging the narrative direction. I won't talk too much about the speech at the beginning about the manga situation, although it is true that with manhwa the competition has increased, the manga world is anything but downward, maybe things at the top a little but if for example you read something a little more niche, not super niche, you would find a lot, a zatchbell 2 a Helck and its sequel (on hiatus for now), kengan omega etc. Shonen Jump is no longer the end of all manga fortunately.

[@chrisleans]

Don’t listen to some of the triggered people in the comments. They’re just mad when something bad that leans right wing gets spoken on it makes them ashamed of it. The left and the right wing have bad things about them and anyone would be biased liars if they denied it. This is very much comparable to all those topics you are mentioning. While it’s still only a speculation; things like this need to be discussed in general.

[@Dean8Doc]

It’s a bit extreme for everyone to dog pile this yet with only two chapters, I think this take is bad faith and a little volatile we don’t know anything about this world or what’s happening if anything. Everyone should just chill on this until there’s more to digest, I haven’t heard anything about the author yet either

[@roblusk8988]

I hope it shows all the sides, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Those are the best books.

[@zoebrennan799]

If the author goes back on it, he’ll get so much backlash from the anti-woke crowd

[@archietal]

YOUR SLEEP ON KAGURABACHI‼️ I give no gas when I say it's probably better than JJK and Demon Slayer. And it is 💯 better than MHA Chainsaw Man, and whatever else they doing right now.

[@benwallace5041]

"No gas"

[@PhylusMo5]

Bro, there’s no way I’m taking you seriously when you say Kagurabachi is probably better than Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer, but then hit me with '100%' for Chainsaw Man. Like, are you high? Chainsaw Man cooks both JJK and Demon Slayer, and it’s not even up for debate. You clearly haven’t touched the Chainsaw Man manga, and it shows. Kagurabachi is cool, yeah, but don’t act like it’s some revolutionary masterpiece. Stop trying to sound trendy and actually read something before talking outta pocket.

[@archietal]

@@PhylusMo5 Chainsaw man is COMPLETE GARBAGE after Makima dies. I don't care what you say. Demon Slayer, JJK (until they kill Gojo) are way better. If we talking real, AOT, Solo Leveling and Hells Paradise are all better than Chainsaw man too. It's a B+ anime but I could probably put 10 animes in front of it easily.

[@archietal]

@@PhylusMo5 AOT, Solo, Naruto, Shippuden, Demon Slayer, Hells Paradise, Kaijuu 8, TYBW SHI if I being real Fog Hill of the 5 Elements got better fights. The whole show is just HANDS. I didn't even mention America animated shows that could top it. Invincible, Castlevania just to name a few. I'm not saying Chainsaw man isn't good. I definitely 🖕🏽with it. But Kagurabachi probably TOP 10 anime all time right now and it's only 60 chapters in.

[@Not____Applicable]

We will see eventually if this mangaka actually wants to make a valid point or is just a racist. Magazine won’t keep it around if it’s trash which it seems like it will be.

[@quamdahbomb1645]

People not analytical enough to think like this , but we need the Chapter 17 Boruto predictions STAT !! SARADA pulled out the SUSANOO ‼️

[@txmothy]

I'm still holding out hope it becomes a Death Note-esque story, with the protagonists being the villains. Or maybe like AoT, where Nomamoto finds out she's part-alien (though hopefully she doesn't completely go the Eren route). But yeah, these first few chapters had a ton of readers just blatantly exposing themselves as racist online.

[@malumkishin8608]

Or it's a story about people being oppressed by their government fighting back........

[@wisdom3416]

This is an interesting manga. I seen the drama on Reddit. An a minority myself living in a more affluent community I can see the value in a piece of media like this. The whole read I’ll be hoping to see them get what they deserve but I will see this one through.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

I'm calling it now. They're both part Alien, which is why they get nosebleeds around aliens. And its called Drama Queen, specifically because they're overreacting oddballs.. They are going to learn they are the thing they hate and how it goes from there could be one of two ways...either the aliens are behind it and they're evil, or humanity is behind it and were secretly plotting against a species that saved them from extinction.

[@jacobdisalvo2886]

I'm just saying i enjoy your videos, but I'm not a big fan of you putting your political views in them. Just want to hear about the mangas and animes.

[@xechsmarquise]

Maybe it’s a Deathnote situation? Where the “protagonists” are actually the bad guys but we still kind of root for them.

[@carolina_reaperx]

Kagurabachi has been killing it tbh, and there's a new fun one called Ultimate Exorist Kyoshi

[@freddymartinez2674]

Been a day 1 drama queen fan and I cant say it’s peak

[@ManiacDub]

Nah this manga is wild but its not that serious though guys. Racism against a species that doesn't exist is not racism. Internet warriors can cope 😂

[@youdontwantthesehands4961]

Ret@rded

[@Draco20240]

@@youdontwantthesehands4961Bruv it’s a fictional work based on aliens. U good my man?

[@Draco20240]

Not to mention Japan is a mostly conservative country. No sh!t it’s going to have similar talking points

[@yoyu1001]

@@Draco20240ye it’s not rlly surprising tbh

[@grinchkd]

23:36 are you implying right wing people are nazis L take y can’t people disagree and just be people why does someone who disagrees have to be a nazi

[@justg0witit49]

Calling right wingers nazis and fascists is kinda their whole kit. Nothin more enjoyable than being insulted and called an incel or being equated to Hitler just because of my beliefs. But hey, these are the same people who want to deplatform anyone who disagrees with them (even people in a different fuckin country) and thinks a country should just be wide open to anybody who wants in, regardless of the content of their character.

[@Warriorten10]

Not all right leaning people are nazis or fascists, but yes, nazis and fascists are typically right wing. That's not an opinion, just a fact of history

[@justg0witit49]

@Warriorten10 And not all kid diddlers are leftists, but they typically are. Does that mean I can go around calling every lefty a pedo without repercussions?

[@justg0witit49]

Also my original comment got deleted. Gang. Sure do love that deplatforming people you don't agree with and deleting any opposing comments is the way things are. Who doesn't love a good echo chamber amirite?

[@yoyu1001]

all nazis and fascists are right wing not all right wing people are right wing and fascists

[@kidd__meech9837]

I have a feeling if it does do a rage bait switch the mangas popularity will drop

[@9-5Slayer]

One punch man is doing great stop the cap 🧢

[@MrSpider-qb1ud]

17:40 Oh yeah i forgot about the whole BASE part of the manga, I was to busy getting hit in the face with the racist part

[@connor6994]

It all comes down to who you think is the stand in for Britain. It seems we just have to wait until more information gets published. If the bait and switch really comes, that would be fire!

[@chuckokoye6464]

Like I'm all for speaking against racism and hate, but this feels awfully political. In which the video went, it seems to hold some disdain for the "right" like in both "left" and "right" there is racism, classicism, and sexism so forth and so on and also good individuals on either that sincerely wish to end these things. Just my personal opinion, can't we end the "who can piss the furthest" between the two, but staying on track I believe most people have taken a history class and seen hate don't do no good. I just hope for less political and more "hey let's not be hateful and understand we are all human regardless of skin, gender, height, weight and so on"... I want to stress, its my HOPE for less political not a demand, this is Weebs channel he post what he wants. Cause I know someone will see this and say "he can do whatever he wants ".

[@musicf3b]

Wildly disingenuous to say both parties are racist when only one party is consistently dealing with racist and nationalists in their ranks.

[@yoyu1001]

i get what you’re trying to say but youre quite literally moving goal posts. Whenever literary analysis is made you’d hope to connect it to the real world and if you’re a minority then you already know that fighting for the right to be even seen as human by some people is not a pissing competition. You cannot fight racism and hate by not being inherently political when political decisions decide who gets what anywhere. Open your eyes cus im not gonna sugarcoat it these conversations that are uncomfortable for you need to be had

[@musicf3b]

@@yoyu1001 I don’t fully understand the point you’re making

[@yoyu1001]

@@musicf3b tldr; you can’t fight racism and not be political when politics decide who gets rights and the policies that can combat racism. OP lives is a fairy tale where both sides are “good” and “want the best for everyone” when there are real world consequences for people. tldr; racism is political you can’t have change without having uncomfortable conversations

[@musicf3b]

@@yoyu1001 Ah I see. I agree

[@LeAndre_McCoy]

I'd say it has mostly to do with every manga since MHA getting an anime adaptation announced after like chapter 60.

[@Abonphire]

Yep absolutely f****** not definitely leaving this bs alone lol I’m goooooooooooood

[@Abonphire]

20:50 okay is that’s the case I’ll check it out lol

[@Joe-iq1bu]

Dance more monkey

[@melkybubbles]

Maybe its weak currently for shonen. But other mangas are great right now

[@malekethompson187]

Nick, big fan been watching since prob 50k on nc hammer. Obviously I’m not gonna melt down and stop watching, but this is the absolute worst video of yours I’ve seen. Not because of script or quality but because this is an anime channel. I can respect digging into the controversial new stuff but not the extreme bias throughout.Introduced as if you were gonna look fairly from both angles and let us decide, but then most of the asides was explicit catering to left ideals. I can understand being incredibly opinionated as I am, but stretching things to that degree to come off as being right is just lame to me. Ex. Comparison of the aliens having Jim Crow esque parking lots and housing, to native Americans being sequestered to the fraction of the land they have left if they wish to live their way of life. The aliens aren’t targeted as minorities by the people of Japan the way natives are in the us/canada. Bias ex. While we never saw noma moto get struck, the aliens behavior of extreme rudeness to humans, refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing and dodge responsibility (hit and run), as well as her boss clocking another guy a not caring, we can assume that he was hitting her. Skip to the cooling spray scene, she was watching her abuser die, not an innocent man. Could go on but this is already a book so I’ll just end by adding that I send no hate and will continue to be a viewer, just really wish to see less biased or just not politics at all, also targeting someone to try to de-platform them is the exact thing extreme alt ON EITHER SIDE expect and want people to do for more ammunition to use for their own side. Love and be safe

[@Compo202]

Most of the time, I’d say, “you’re looking too deep into it.” But like, what else would be the message of this…? The manga is just… Messed up.

[@Joe-iq1bu]

Cry harder

[@DemonLord_Rimruru]

bros not tuned into Gachiakuta

[@PhylusMo5]

I am still in the early phases of reading both but I think it's better than kagurabachi as of now.

[@Not____Applicable]

Aside from the garbage attempt to ironically poke fun at the far right, the story is not even good. What is even the plot? Eating more aliens? That will get monotonous quick. I read it and not only was weirded out by the racism but didn’t even feel compelled to read more.

[@Lilkolorblind]

Even if it's bad, should it be deplatformed? It might need a long while to sit in the oven. Great manga like Vinland Saga are anti-war and established a tough and war filled world for the whole first season. This manga could do something similar, and we just dont know yet.

[@dylan-5287]

@@Lilkolorblind just like how evangelical conservatives in the 90s deplatformed rap and video games, people always want to cancel things they don't like.

[@yoyu1001]

Don’t think it should be deplatformed we don’t even know what type of message it’s trying to convey. Both protagonists are very clearly categorized as the villains

[@Joe-iq1bu]

@dylan-5287 love how you don’t mention the Minnesota city that’s majority Muslim that banned the pride flag lmao 😂 shows exactly where your bias is

[@Joe-iq1bu]

@dylan-5287 thank you for helping Trump get reelected

[@dylan-5287]

@@Joe-iq1bu that was definitely an interesting story that caught many progressives off guard. I'm quite happy with the election results.

[@act452]

Based analysis and based opinions. The dog whistles make me think the manga will continue with this but also kind of crazy overt symbolism of its just “other races are bad”

[@Joe-iq1bu]

Your kind is the exact opposite of based

[@skrypto2652]

There are several good manga going on atm it sucks no one’s really talking about em unless they’re a social commentary on racism. But like, there’s MAD which has been going for a while and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT or Bug Ego(what if you could use “hacks” exploits built into reality) or Asura’s verdict could really go either way tbh but it’s not like there’s nothing at all.

[@wjm154]

100000Y is actually closer to $650 that's $650/month oooof

[@sethshepherd2191]

Wouldn’t it actually be xenophobic?? Since they aliens and what not. I know it’s splitting hairs but it bothers the vocabulary nerd in me.

[@btdtpro]

I was hoping that after eating the alien, that character was going to turn into an alien.

[@javaleroseboro6846]

I love this video nick

[@ellaser93]

Is it more racist and problematic than "Eyeshield 21?"

[@eddierivera2654]

Ima check this one out

[@captainbananayeet5697]

Icl calling xenophobia bad while saying that it's too early to judge political is crazy, racism=bad, it's not supposed to be political, I feel like we should be over this as a society.

[@basenatic]

I think it COULD turn the Nomnomoto and Killtony into sympathetic antagonists. I definitely think theyre the antagonists and we could see an attempt at a story through the villains eyes(not sure how popular that is in manga) kinda like Breaking Bad did for TV