OUTRAGE Over “Shiga Maruta” - My Hero Academia’s Dr. Ujiko
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- The Shiga Murata Controversy is different... In My Hero Academia Chapter 259, we learn All For One's Doctor Ujiko is actually named Shiga Maruta, and this has sparked controversy on twitter among fans of Boku no Hero Academia. Today we explain the Dr. Ujiko and Shiga Maruta controversy and why some of the outrage is justified, and what we can learn from all this.
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I think people should be able to name characters as they see fit, and no threats are justified, but this does cut deep for many people and I hope I've conveyed that effectively. I believe it was a mistake and the greatest lesson here is forgiveness :) What are your thoughts on this Shiga Murata controversy? @ me below!
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THE FOLLOWING IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC
For those wondering about the Nanjing Massacre Museum:
You enter through a giant room with a reflection pool in the middle. The number 300,000 is reflected in the water which causes you to look up where it is illuminated on the ceiling. Often times numbers, when used in statistics and don’t capture the true tragedy. You notice the stone walls are 15 feet high and covered from top to bottom with Chinese characters, 6 inch by 2 inch blocks, each a name of a victim. There are so many names that the average Chinese person can find someone with their name who died in Nanjing. I myself have a Chinese name （夏文轩) given to me by my teacher, very obscure, yet I found someone with it, further personalizing each victim to everyone who learns of this atrocity.
You’re led into a room full of binders, again stacked on shelves towering over you. Each binder contains pictures, registries, certificates, and anything else relating to the people that perished. Only a few are open for observation, but It might as well be a library with the sheer amount of records.
After this, one is able to proceed into a series of exhibits and has the freedom to move to different ones. One learns the true meaning of “Rape” in the “Rape of Nanjing”, where women (and children) were kept in hospitals as sex slaves for the Japanese army. Accounts from comfort women being raped 40-50 times per day were common. Records detailing how Japanese soldiers would eventually lose interest because the women were “not tight” enough or not “pleasurable enough” due to the repeated violence. One soldier even noted how he became disgusted when it turned out a woman’s vagina had festered due to disease and neglect.
One particular exhibit showed a board game soldiers would play to pass the time. It was marked with different spaces, each relating to an aspect of the conquest of Nanjing. Dice, cards, and pieces all moved around the game based on kills or prisoners taken. A dark monopoly if you will… just a game
Another exhibit showed a photo of a few Japanese soldiers holding a banner and a trophy next to a few dead bodies. It was an award ceremony to a soldier who killed the most civilians in one day, with just over 170 confirmed deaths. Samurai swords were used in place of rifles since it was a more “sporting” way to play this contest… just a game…
This is only some of what is shown in the museum, and only some of the history that took place and claimed the lives and spirits of some 300,000 people in Nanjing - in just six weeks.
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I now it justified and crap like that but I don't want to do see mha go on but I read up on this and it horrible
Truth Hero if Hori named a black character the N-word (first name) Slave (last name) I think the United States would definitely have a similar reaction.
Glad I could share it
He is not a hero.. he is a character made to be despised.
Why is this a bad thing? its an acknowledgement of past evils not a celebration of it.
Sowel 44 I don’t think the name should be removed. He’s already proved that he is evil and does evil things. The name just helps seal that. Totally agree dude.
People are so damn soft it’s mind boggling.
@@House_of_Green I don't think they are soft, those who complain, just people that wanted to be angry at something, they don't even relate to the subject
The issue is that he is not named after the military group responsible for the acts, but the victims.
I saw someone explain it as how Jewish fans would react if DC or Marvel created a Neo-Nazi Villainess and then revealed her name to be Anne Frank.
Jake Collins what
I believe showing history in recent pop culture is an important thing to do.
I know right
@@jamessyrette700 I didn't even know that this had happened. I don't think it's much of a problem but for Japanese people they probably feel a little bit awkward about it.
MOHAMED Ezubeik For Chinese and Korean people are even more awkward about it, it’s not like Japanese are the only “PEOPLE” here.
@@vincentsun886 yea but U.S. also put Asian people in camps during WWII
lighting fire I’m talking about him not considering Chinese and Korean at all. He only sees Japanese people.
The thing Chinese and Korean people are mad about is that since the word "maruta" was a word war criminals from unit 731 used for their test subjects, to use it for the name of a villain could be viewed as disrespecting the victims.
Like Naming your hero “Hitler”, same thing
He apologized and he going changed the name
Some people consider this will be END of the series
I doubt obviously
Thank you
I hope not. I like this manga.
lol..people really thought this would be the end of mha?
Just Jams yup they thought China would ban all manga and related content in their market because of this
Ridiculous I know but hey people going be crazy on that
Superthor c to be fair they have. Banned more for less
*Waits for Nux Taku to say Horikoshi flexed on China*
lol yes, I need that video in my life.
you have 69 likes - ill end it
Razzeru That’s not very Plus Ultra of you.
My God yes!😄
He probably wouldn't
My only issue are the people wanting a " proper apology". Horikoshi already had a lot on his plate with the main manga, 2 side mangas, and the anime. Now he has shueisha on his ass, 2 countries pissed off sending a bunch of threats on twitter and faxing his office. Then they expect him to give some "proper apology" asap, can they give him by the time of the next chapter to get stuff in order.
Also what do they even want as an apology, a simple sorry because some dont think thats enough, a bunch of sketches, a fucking essay. They have no clue what they want just saying" proper apology".
Hell some of the people I've seen still outraged are people not even fans of the series just jumping on the hate train because they dont have context or they just hate mha all together
I agree, he apologized and that should be that, he's even changing the name. I understand the outrage, but beyond changing a name Hori should be left alone
Robert Hughes “sorry i tried to publicize an evil act my government committed and got away with. I shouldn’t have tried to raise consciousness around it. I’m sorry”
Sorry, but i kind of disagree with this one, the original twitter from the author himself, means "i dont think i m wrong, but if you guys think that why then ok. I will change it." people aint mad about Shounen jump, we are just mad at the author himself. Because thats definitely not a formal apology, not even a truthful one.
@@popejpv There were better ways to go about it
The biggest insult is that he's a JAPANESE MALE. It may not offend me, despite my race, but others deserve an apology. A proper one. Not a "Sorry but not sorry, I don't know why it offended you, but I'll change it."
KIDS UNDERAGED HERE PLEASE dont go looking this up it very disturbing, some you can't handle this just talk about it with family.
True
@@TruthHero yeah had to throw this out there, i know alot of kids watch your videos, just looking out for them, but i appreciate your awareness.
And don't look up the Nazi O-O
True tho
Ok I won’t
Twitter Western outrage is almost always unjustified.
western fandom is not even reacting that bad except your resident sjw, its the eastern fandom this time, thinking the guy represents the japanese government or something
@@spacecat925 Not fans
The Chinese government is the only one crying because they are still a dictatorship.
ricky l Shove it up your ass, US biggest dictator.
l back to your 19th centry man
I am Japanese.
I think it is important to know the right history.
Although this case was not malicious, I think it was a misleading expression.
What I want foreigners to know is that the author was not malicious and japan had such a history, Instead of saying bad things to the author.
I agree, I don't think he meant harm by it, it was a mistake and due to his apology I agree that he knows the severity of the history
I said this on another video but I don't think it's even required to apologize over. It's not like the doctor was being glorified. He's literally potrayed as a sick man and a villain who will pay for his crimes soon . It's rather an acknowledgment of the fact that the real doctor did those vile things and we can see a version of him facing justice . Has anybody ever said we should not potray Hitler in any movie even as a villain ? No . We enjoy watching him die .
It's obviously intentional . But it wasn't malicious .It was actually genius . But you can't help the SJWs . They even have problem with a fictional representation of a real villain facing justice .
@@lancevance6346 God helped it was just the SJW's. The chinese goverment has taken Ujiko's name... quite seriosly. And although I understand it comes from an open wound that just (unnintencionally) was poured salt into, they are pulling it over the matter of moral responsability. The manga of BNHA has been blocked all over chinese internet are there are talks of the same happening with the anime.
There is a wory that not only people have get offended, but that BNHA migth be permanently banned from China and this could put the series existense at grievous risk.
Very much agreed. I only google searched it, but the name Murata seems to mean "rice patty". Not sure what meaning the name had for Horikoshi, but I know hes not a malicious writer. This was a mistake and clearly had no ill will. Unfortunately, those who want to be angry will stay angry
mistakes made in the past must remain there. it is up to everyone to not remake those mistakes, the author i believe wants to make the villains evil and names can express that hence why i believed he gave that evil doctor in his manga said name
So, he named a villain, potentially with a name that involves an evil act similar to the villain. Sounds like a good way to spread some awareness of the fact that this happened in the first place.
Ikr I'm so confused, it's not like he's make the doc seem like a good guy.
Yeah, i didn't even know about all of that until this whole mess started.
That’s because they don’t talk about this stuff. Japan has never apologized or acknowledged it’s actions during WW2. They don’t even teach about the Holocaust. Horikoshi sometimes thinks too much like a Westerner and it gets him in trouble.
@Kevin Temple
The people that are pissed off at horikoshi are the Chinese, Koreans, and Americans (because we always get involved in everything). Also Shueisha since they’re corporate
@@kevintemple9890 guess thats true, theres a cultural difference and I think thats why us americans (including myself) have a hard time understanding why hes willing to buckle under preasure, I personally dont think there was anything wrong even if the name was intended to be a reference to that horrendous act, but like I said its a cultural line, americans most of the time dont know when to shut up, which is a problem I have too hahah
*Here’s a section of an article about Unit 731 that relates to Maruta*
Unit 731 started out as a research unit, investigating the effects of disease and injury on the fighting ability of an armed force. One element of the unit, called “Maruta,” took this research a little further than the usual bounds of medical ethics by observing injuries and the course of disease on living patients.
At first, these patients were volunteers from the ranks of the army, but as the experiments reached the limits of what could be non-invasively observed, and as the supply of volunteers dried up, the unit turned to the study of Chinese POWs and civilian prisoners.
And as the concept of consent went out the window, so did the restraint of the researchers. It was around this time that Unit 731 began referring to confined research subjects as “logs,” or “Maruta” in Japanese.
Study methods in these experiments were barbaric.
Vivisection, for example, is the practice of mutilating human bodies, without anesthesia, to study the operations of living systems. Thousands of men and women, mostly Chinese communist prisoners as well as children and elderly farmers, were infected with diseases such as cholera and the plague, then had their organs removed for examination before they died in order to study the effects of the disease without the decomposition that occurs after death.
Subjects had limbs amputated and reattached to the other side of the body, while others had their limbs crushed or frozen, or had the circulation cut off to observe the progress of gangrene.
Finally, when a prisoner’s body was all used up, they would typically be shot or killed by lethal injection, though some may have been buried alive. None of the Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, or Russian prisoners assigned to Unit 731 survived their confinement.
allthatsinteresting.com/unit-731
There were American Prisoners too. NONE survived. NOT ONE prisoner.
*send the authores death threats*
"Why isn't he apologizing REEEEEE"
Facts lol
This is so crazy! I'm so sad Horikoshi is getting so much hate! He's my idol since I want to be an artist.
Yeah I don't think he should get threats and such, but I understand offense
@@TruthHero, Of course, I looked up the incident, and it truly was a horrendous act. People who were affected by this have every right to be upset, and I love the way you addressed it in this video. Thank you so much.
He has all my support and I love his MHA series very much.
Sarah Allston you are precious and deserve to be protected for that speech I agree with u OwO
Truth Hero part of the rage are due to the SJW fans who are protecting him from the “Cyber Bulling”.
These are my thoughts on the matter. I believe that Horokoshi chose the name intentional to bring parallel to those horrible events that happened. He's not a ww2 apologist, that seems like a extreme stretch in thought, I believe his intentions were try to being light to a event that the Japanese government try's to shy away from by making a non redeemable/non sympathetic villain that's doing the similar things in his story. Though I believe he chose the name on purpose I don't think he had any ill will by doing so and is truly sorry for offending people. I completely understand why people are offended/hurt by the name, especially those in Korea and China who which have sore spot about event (that phrase is also a understatement) and to my knowledge the Japanese government hasn't really apologized for, but he apologized and has changed the name. There's nothing more he can do and those who are demanding him to apologize again aren't going to be satisfied if he does. I recommend those who can't move forward from this situation is to just drop the series and I hope those are able to move on. The part of the situation that pisses me off are the "fans" that think it's ok to send death threats and/or racist remarks to Horokoshi. Those people are no better than what their claiming Horokoshi to be. Not just to Horokoshi but whoever does this to anyone, that type of behavior is unacceptable and those people should feel ashamed for partaking in those events. Those my thoughts on the situation.
I agree with your sentiment on this matter. Horikoshi naming who aside from AFO can be seen as the real antagonist of MHA after something that is a very dark piece of Japanese history is rather fitting, with it being said time and time again that MHA can be viewed as a social commentary. Those of Korea and Chinese have every right to be angered over this .
Horikoshi did make a blunder revealing the Doctor's name, but it is never okay to send someone death threats. The same thing happened during the pro hero arc in the manga, and you can bet people are going to make a big deal of it again when the anime gets to it.
@@jordanholt9170 anytime I bring up season 5 of MHA I always say it'd be the season where controversies are brought up again
I can agree with that. It's horrendous what these people went through, and he may have wanted for people to know about this. I also think it's good to be careful with what you name characters in stuff.
@Alex Alexander
I’m Jewish but I don’t send Marvel death threats because they created Red Skull as an SS officer and Hydra a part of the Nazi science division or that they made Magnito a Jewish Auschwitz survivor, these people didn’t get offended, they just got an excuse to vent
I just hope that the lack of a Chinese consumer base wont give My Hero Acadamia Anime the Seven Deadly Sins treatment.
Nah,its anime and manga in official get take down already, now we can watch it for free in some random site and won’t spend much money on it.
Damn. I didn't even consider that happening.
What happened to Seven Deadly Sins ?
Sheldon S. nothing just use its subhead as translated name
@@s.boundless3163 They didnt make enough money and the anime production was sent to a studio that butchered the current season.
...Well isn't this guy supposed to be a villain? Aren't we supposed to hate this guy regardless?
I agree, the name is fitting
@@TruthHero I have to tell you that "Maruta" stands for the victim's name, no one seems to get this
@@TruthHero Tell me, will any American writer will named a black villian"N-word"? or A evil German doctor named "Yid", or an Asian Villain named “Chink"? How about calling an Arab "911"?
Get it?
@@100M20o we get it, its a fucking reference, get over it crybaby
Denkyu M still japan is trying to hide it cause they were doing it
Now i think i understand
By naming the bad guy 'maruta', the name of the victims of those awful experiments, it's like basically naming a fictional dictator who massacred countless people of a certain race inside poison gass filled rooms 'Jew' or 'Anne Frank'.
Unfortunately it's far sillier than that. Maruta (丸太) is a normal Japanese word, known by every Japanese person, that means 'tree log'. The word is also written with the characters for 'round' (丸) and 'chubby' (太), which is probably the meaning Horikoshi intended when he named the villain (who is small and obese).
Hardly any Japanese person knows the word was used by some scientists to denote subjects of human experiments 70 years ago. This is not a 'sensitive word' by any means; it's literally equivalent to naming a character "meat sack" and someone figuring out that the term was used by some random evil military leader during WW2 to denote prisoners of war. It's literal insanity.
@@VVayVVard It's not just some "random" evil act: they were war crimes on the level of Joseph Mengele, arguably worse. The Japanese used the term "Maruta" as a code. For example, "How many logs were cut today?" was code for "How many people did we kill today?"
Don't pretend that Horikoshi named him Maruta just because it can be interpreted as fat. It's clear he was making a connection between Unit 731, an evil unit that conducted human experimentation, with his character, an evil scientist that conducted human experimentation.
Also, the fact most Japanese people do not know the connotations of the word is part of a bigger problem in their society. Namely, that their leaders deny Unit 731 happened, refuse to apologize, and don't teach it in schools. Imagine if Germany denied the Holocaust happening, removed it from their history books, and refused to apologize for it?
@@VidiaReePhoenix Do you know what terms soldiers in your country have used to refer to their enemies in the past? Or do you know any terms that have been used by murderers in your country to denote their victims?
Probably not. Probably, you don't even care. If so, and if you think Japanese people _should_ care, you're a hypocrite and you know it.
The word was only used by a handful of random Japanese scientists, and them choosing the word 'log' is 100% pure randomness. There's no objective relevance linking the term to what they were doing. Put that in a history book and any intelligent student is going to forget it in an instant; literally no one cares what the scientists called the test subjects. Not you, not me, not your average Japanese student. That knowledge is 100% a waste of brain capacity, and I'm sure most history teachers wouldn't teach it in class since the information is so useless. You pretend like you care, but you're also going to forget about it within a year or two. I'd wager >99.9999% of Chinese people don't know about it either.
Also, Maruta is a given name in Japan. It literally means 'round' / 'chubby' and it's considered to be a cute name for male children. Again, Horikoshi probably had no clue about the word 'log' being used by 731 scientists to denote their test subjects. Nor does he have a reason to, either.
And about the "bigger problem in their society": you don't seem to understand how history works. First rule in history: never trust what the winning side says about the losing side. They're absolutely going to lie to make themselves look better. Here's a nice thought experiment: what if Japanese soldiers had behaved in an exemplary manner throughout the war, helping people the best they can in all the areas they colonized? We know this is true in the case of Taiwan, for example. Now, do you think the CCP would agree to portray the Japanese, who invaded the country and represent American presence in Asia in the modern day, in a historically accurate manner in this case?
The answer is no. In fact, they'd actively try to forge evidence of atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in China, to delegitimize the invasion in any way they can. And we KNOW the CCP has a strong tendency to rewrite history in a way that it deems convenient: e.g. this is what they did with the infamous student protests in the 80s, and what they've done with Hong Kong in the past year. On the other hand, there's no record of the Japanese government ever having tried to bend historical facts. Now, which one do you think is more likely to be telling the truth: the Japanese government or the Chinese government?
Both Germany and Japan held war crime-related trials after WW2. Former officials of Nazi Germany confessed to having contributed to the holocaust, in addition to there being tons of relatively solid evidence to corroborate their testimonies. Of course, testimonies can be forced (via blackmail) and evidence can be forged, but still, the facts seem to add up, which is why we believe the holocaust did actually happen. On the other hand, in Japan, they found *zero evidence* of the war crimes written in Chinese history books. And we both know the CCP has a tendency to rewrite history to advance nationalist causes. At this point, it seems more likely that Japanese invaders behaved much like they did in Taiwan: they took control of the land, but did their best to maintain public order. There were no massacres nor unnecessary torture. Probably some soldiers got out of line and went berserk, but this is something you see in all armies, be it the US army, the Iraq army, the Russian army, the Chinese army, the Korean army... all armies have soldiers who individually decide to take advantage of the war and engage in criminal activity.
@@VidiaReePhoenix Also note that in the Tokyo trials, a Japanese military official testified that much of the murder and pillaging in Nanking was actually conducted by locals, who supposedly took advantage of the war to loot homes, and that Japanese soldiers were actively trying to stop this type of looting. Of course, there's no evidence either way; however, if this was indeed the case, do you think the CCP would admit it, or do you believe it would try to place the blame on the Japanese army instead?
We both know the answer is the latter. The CCP is extremely nationalist, and would never, EVER portray actions by Chinese nationals in a negative light, nor those by Japanese soldiers in a positive light, when it comes to WW2.
Similarly, I can easily see how Russian, American or Chinese military scientists may have used 731 as a convenient scapegoat for their own experiments, forging evidence to escape prosecution. Try to research the subject, and you'll quickly find that there's no proof either way.
So again, you can believe what you will, but personally I'd take all claims regarding WW2 by the CCP with a grain of salt.
You mean Hitler?
The fact
・Horikoshi named the Doctor 志賀 丸太(shiga maruta).
・志賀(shiga) is not created by Horikoshi but Japanese family name, these are about 34,900ppl in Japan.
・丸太(maruta) is commonly used as word reminiscent of trees in Japan.
・Maruta is a word that refers to the victim of unit 731.
・Many modern Japanese don’t know 丸太 indicate the victim of unit 731.
・It harts Korean and Chinese to named the villain who conducts human experiments 丸太(maruta).
・Horikoshi got severe criticism and said he will change the name
・The episode using 丸太(maruta) is not officially published in Korean and Chinese yet
The Interpretation
・志賀(shiga) comes from 志賀 潔(shiga kiyoshi) found Shigella and Shigella is one of bacterias which be used in unit 731.
・Horikoshi named the doctor 丸太 to
associate the victim.
・Horikoshi blasphemed and tried to provoke the victim to use 丸太.
・丸太 refers 丸太ん棒(maruta n bou) means unless in Japanese just like 木偶の坊(deku no bou) in the case of Deku.
・丸太 comes from 木(trees) it linked 木偶(Deku) 死柄木(Shigaraki) and 八木(Yagi).
・志賀 丸太 refers 死柄木. 木(trees) is ki in Japanese. So “SHIGA(志賀) ra KI(丸太)”.
・志 comes from 志村(Shimura).
・達磨(daruma) is semordnilap. It becomes the doctor’s real name. だるま→まるた.
・志賀丸太 refers 氏賀Y太 who Japanese manga artist for ADULT. We use ◯ instead of * just like f***. ◯ is MARU in Japanese and 氏 can be read SHI. 氏賀Y太(ujiga waita)→氏賀◯太(shiga maruta)
These are just opinions about naming I found on Twitter.
Please don't force your "interpretation" on others and don’t assume that your "interpretation" is correct.
Only Horikoshi knows the true.
By the way 志賀 丸太 is clever name because we have many interpretations IF WE DON’T CARE ABOUT HISTORY tho.
Sorry for my poor English and thank you for reading!!!!
It’s like to have a villain name “Hiroshima Nagasaki” with its ability called nuclear radiation ☢️.
Something to add, I live in the city ningbo and back to wwII, unit 731 spread Yersinia pestis (plague) in the downtown of ningbo, which results in thousands death. That’s cruel, but probably there are millions of victims in China back to that time. People have the rights to comment on history, no matter it’s horrible or not, but artistically recreation from my perspective, should at least respect those most foundational human rights. As a Chinese, It hurts so much to see him condone such a devastating deed.
Not really. 'Maruta' (丸太) in Japanese means tree log, i.e. 木头 in Chinese. Most Japanese people, including Horikoshi, have no idea it was used to refer to experimental subjects in WW2. To them it just means 'log'.
And the reason the villain was named that is because he's round (丸) and obese (太っている means 'chubby' in Japanese). Again, nothing to do with WW2.
I Understand why people are upset with this, but I think people should have expected Horikoshi can be extremely dark sometimes. I really do respect that he will change the name, not because i was offended or upset with the name but that he actually cares and listens enough to change a character he made in his own story
That can be a double edged sword however
Animezing Man In the end is history I can’t stay mad at shit for too long im just gonna end up feeling worse, in the end it’s history bro.
Im not asian but I have race groups or ethnicities to be mad at but. what was done was in the past is the past
I think its a fitting name but eh
Change who
I think he should have apologised.
Nah the company told him to change name due to sales
It’s a mistake, he apologized, I literally didn’t even know about the whole shiga murata shit. Plus Murata is a villain, you shouldn’t like him cause he does horrible things
Chris Artis
I think it’s Maruta*
Murata is the name of the One Punch Man manga illustrator
But how was it even a mistake? Did he make light of it? Was it a hero name? No it was a villain's name.
Bingo!
E Cano it was a mistake to use it cause I’m now in the mindset he did know of the history. But it’s like we’re both saying, the guys a villain, he does terrible shit and the name should just add to the dislike
I was thinking the same thing. Like i get why they'd be upset but they shouldn't be going "cancel culture" on the poor man.
Literally opened RUclips the same exact time you uploaded
Ayyee
It's totally understandable where Chinese and Koreans are coming from. It's very justified on why they are upset. So I'm glad Shonen Jump and Horikoshi immediately apologised and decided they should change the name and yes that's for the best.
But, even after they did, SOME Korean and Chinese fans are still mad about it and want another apology from Horikoshi and are starting to send him death threats and uploading videos of them throwing the manga volumes in trash. While them being upset is very understandable, harassing Horikoshi and telling him to kill himself is taking too far. He apologised and said he would change the name immediately so I don't know what they want anymore. They are even harassing other Koreans and Chinese fans who are still supporting the series. You don't wanna support the manga anymore? It's okay, you have the right to not do so but harassing Horikoshi and sending death threats is not okay at All.
Again it's very understandable why Koreans and Chinese are upset and don't wanna support the series but there's no need to tell Hori to kill himself.
I have no sympathy for these people who tell Horikoshi to kill himself. He doesn’t deserve this.
The Chinese and Koreans need to shut the fuck up and worry about the Coronavirus instead of being little bitches over something that clearly was used to help support the fact that event was evil and relate it to the Dr. that is similar in what he does and is. I'll go find all those bitches complaining and spam them with "Maruta" and get more of their bullshit fake outrage.
@@DeltaDrifter2201 But do you know what the word "Murata" means. In that context.
Cocona**Melon \Gore Sesame No problem Horikoshi has my support and yours too.
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His apology was a "I don't know why, but I'll change it, so sorry, but not sorry." Which is more disrespectful. And don't forget he's a Japanese male.
One mistake here, Maruta isn't common in Japan as a name at all since they usually use ganta instead, which is written in the same kanjies, cause' they know what maruta refers to.
I swear to god if they cancel My Hero Academia i'm gonna be pissed
I feel you man, put so much love and time into my hero academia!
I think thats not going to cancel My hero Academia
Perhaps, it will only cancel on china
Edward Cha and that’s bad which means my hero gets way less money now
@@Kenzuki7 I'm pretty sure Attack on Titan has been cancelled in China for a while now, and it's still doing fine.
@@Kenzuki7 yes, china has money, but you don't need it, some mangas are banned in china and they are still popular
Yeah what Japan did in WWII was messed up. Although the name fits well for the doctor for what he has done.
@!!!! he made the nomus and he's a bad guy
In a sense having a villain based on a historical monster (especially one that your nation produced) is brilliant but having a character in Japanese media being based on shiro ishi would be like if marvel or DC based a villian on josef mangale
I don't understand why people are still *ANGRY?!* He apologized and Shounen Jump issued a statement and it is still not enough for them. 😔
Anime Lover because people are little bitches
You won't see people getting triggered for holocaust and war crimes in europe that much
These people feel entitled to feel offended bro it’s ridiculous
Bruh they have a guys quirk (Mustard) named after a gas used in WW1 killing millions but they get mad at this smh
Tofainda mustard gas was also used in WW1 and was was so bad that no one wanted to use it again in WW2 because it was too deadly if a slight mistake was made.
I hope this doesn't end My Hero Academia.
Promnine YT I doubt it. This’ll blow off some time soon
@@Geha2101 You're right
It won’t I think it won’t end in America but it will probably take a big hit in China and probably be shown less thats what I think
Rori RoseGold yeah I can see that for China. I mean, they banned Lady Gaga for Pete’s sake...
@@Geha2101 China's just petty. Fuck China.
Honestly, I don't think the name should be changed because it fits with the story.
Boredfan Gerrude I don’t think u get it
@@smartdog1015 a lot of people don't care about the name. A reference is not a problem. Grow a thicker skin
Agree with you . I think the name fits as well.
He shouldn't, The guy has balls but countries ganging up on him, it would make it difficult. The way I see it he knows the history and he was gonna serve fictional justice to the doctor.
@@jomz2058 I couldn't agree with you more
It's stupid. He's a bloody VILLAIN! It's Goblin Slayer all over again
Sasquatch Studios nah fam,he should've named him something like mr.pikachu
@@nebitnonebitno1601 Or Doctor Eggman...
memorizedvisions W
@@memorizedvisions Omg lmao
Imagine for yourself, if a German cartoonist named the character in his comics dedicated to the Holocaust as the name of the victims of Auschwitz
Bruh people need to gtf over it...smh it sounds like it's the perfect name for this guy...wtf?
It is quite fitting for sure
I agree. It’d be like calling a character who’s basically a Nazi, Goerring or Himmler. It makes perfect sense to Westerners. People in China, Korea, and Japan don’t talk about this stuff though. They bury the worst parts of their past. Anybody that brings it up or references it gets demonized and attacked. It’s sad really. How are you supposed to grow if you don’t confront your flaws?
So you telling me they need to get over the fact that in the past they were experimented on without their consent and sometimes died just to get some little results??
@@kevintemple9890 Yeah and I get people would get mad at this statement and say "don't push your western views on us" but you should learn from the past instead of covering it up. In the simplest terms I can put it is if you don't want to have a high suicide rate in Japan maybe raise suicide awareness and shed light on the suicide forest rather than making stuff like that taboo make it known that it isn't the way to go. Because people will keep repeating the same mistake if they're not allowed to confront their mistakes or be told that what they're doing isn't right.
Some of my friends' relatives were involved and brutally died.
half of bnha fandom: *sending horikoshi death threats* APOLOGIZE!
that's same half: i can't wait for the new chapter to come out :)
Sad joke
It's not fun at all
@random guy on the internet. it’s ironic. it’s not supposed to be funny 🤦♀️
HORIKOSHI DID NOTHING WRONG!!!
TO THE TOXIC & SENSITIVE MHA FAN
I truly dont understand what's the BAD thing about naming a BAD character in reference to a HISTORICAL event that happened!!
It ties deeply into what NOMU are and shines light on something NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT!!
Which are Japans dark history!
Just like Slavery & Oppression in America these topics NEED to be brought up and NOT swept under the rug..
I THANK HORIKOSHI FOR TEACHING ME ABOUT THESE EVENTS.. And hope that the world can not only acknowledge it but take action into completely fixing these open cases!
I agree it should be talked about, but I guess some people don't like it in popular culture. It's hard for me to understand the memories and things that are brought up by this
@@TruthHero we live in America where we praise president and "FOUNDERS" known to own slaves.. and it's fine and dandy whenever its referenced or whenever holidays come along.. The West SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.. I just think waiting to see how Shiga plays out is more important.. because horikoshi is bringing light to this tragedy and how he goes about shiga COULD give us more understanding on the unsolved issue with Japan and China..
Like GEEZ.. WW2 was something that affected many ppl but think about it.. our grandparents were in there teens and twenties in those times.. it's time for growth
@@ChloeCC2024 horikoshi is meticulous about his naming scheme.. typically the name represents what the character is about and what they do in the story.. Dr. Ujiko literally is a direct correlation to japan's dark history of ww2.. with the experimenting of NOMU..
90% of mha readers knew nothing about that event but for the readers who love to dig and find the meaning of named characters, which some do to find the deeper meaning of r the story, this event came to be.. MEANING none cared that the story represented a tragedy in history until they found out it represented a tragedy in history.. but they thing is.. it's not praised or raised.. its represented by a villain who literally is in the midst of being taken down as we speak..
That 9/11thing you said makes no sense.. because as a collective America have tried creating opportunities to prevent things like that from happening.. in ww2 japan never apologize or anything for things like that and it was swept under the rug.. kinda like slavery in America.. AND THEIR NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT SHINED ON THESE ISSUES RATHER THAN LETTING THE WIRLD GO BY WITHIUT FIXING THEM
Amazing job bringing light to this subject in the right way!
Thank you!
"Maruta" was actually the code name for the *victims* of Unit 731, not the perpetrators. So, Horikoshi named the villain after the victims. That'd be like naming a Nazi character "Anne Frank" or a KKK member "George Floyd."
Ah yes, back to the nejire controversy..
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I think the name should be kept. I mean, I was never taught about this event or never even heard of it. The name shed light on the event and now I know. Changing the name is like getting rid of the awareness in a way. And now since its became problematic, I doubt anyone will ever mention it and awareness would shrink.
Being western, my opinion is little in the matter. But the name change is completely fine and understandable. Art is meant to detach from the real world sometimes.
They trying to appease China cause they babies about everything
BTW sure, I wish Kōhei name one of his character Type 9-11, it hurt All Might real bad and has ability to crush buildings. Now take it like a man.
@Tum Tum I think you misunderstood my statement, I agree that the name is attached to the real world with this incident, when I said "art should be detached from the real world", I meant that the name should be taken out because art IS suppose to be detached from the real world and artist should be careful of what they implement from our world in to their stories if it has no place for it. I mean the exception for shows like South Park can do it since it's pre-established that is the kind of stuff you'll see, but in MHA it does heavily fall out of place. I just wanted to state that for any confusion, but everything else, I agree with you on.
@@vincentsun886 that funny actually i wouldn't be upset as a Western
the true Star Then when the people start to be upset about it, please call them the ridiculous non-human SJWs. Because you are not the only westerner, you are probably not American😃
I'd like to remind everyone that he made the Nomu.
My issue with this is that there is nothing to apologise for.
Many Japanese youth and adults were never taught the brutal extent of their military's and Government's actions and crimes during the war, rather, they teach that Japan was a victim as well due to the bombings, which I argue are justified, as they saved Japan from impending US invasion, which could only have ended in a complete erasing of Japan. And if not by the Americans....then by the rapidly advancing Soviets.
Germany has basically made it illegal to forget the horror's they've inflicted on Europe, while Japan claims victim status. Japan will apology to different nations almost yearly, but seem to refuse to admit they did anything wrong.
They refuse to admit to the massacres and rapes inflicted upon their conquered territories. The forced death marches of PoWs. Forcing civilians to commit suicide in sight of advancing US troops. And...as referenced by this controversy...the inhumane experimentations on living people, in what is often referred to as the "Holocaust of the East", by such groups as Unit 731 and Unit 100.
Vivisections.
Bio-weapon testing.
STD and infections testing.
Simply committing rapes, or conducting rape experiments.
Field testing bio weapons on Chinese towns and villages, with remnants of these diseases and weapons still causing trouble today.
Which has literally nothing to do with the name choice, though. Maruta (丸太) is a normal Japanese word that means 'tree log'. Hardly any Japanese person knows the word was used by some scientists to denote subjects of human experiments 70 years ago.
It's like suddenly we found out that the name "Joker" was used as a codeword by US scientists conducting human experiments on test subjects with mental health issues, and then someone raising an outcry and demanding an apology from Batman's creator because it "alludes" to these experiments. It's absolutely ridiculous.
@@VVayVVard That is also a very good point.
If murata means conducting experiments with chemicals and stuff like dat then it fits Dr.ujiko perfectly I swear people need to get over it
Dr ujiko conducting experiments on people and copres.....
nobody cares.....
Dr ujiko's real name becomes a reference to what he does..... 😡😡😡😡😡 outrageous
The issue is that he is not named after the military group responsible for the acts, but the victims.
I saw someone explain it as how Jewish fans would react if DC or Marvel created a Neo-Nazi Villainess and then revealed her name to be Anne Frank.
adolph gracius it’s a word/name it’s not outrageous it’s just a word and I realize that the word has a lot of historical meaning but it’s been years so at this point people who get mad over this word need to get over it
@@fsk_solarstriker2 In that case, shouldn't christians be outraged at allmight, because the name could be taken as a reference to god???, just throwing an example out there
@@fsk_solarstriker2 What about "Mr Satan" from Dragon ball?, like, his name is literally satan, you can't possibly be more specific than that
My god people need to research before commenting, "Maruta" is the derogatory code name given to VICTIMS of human experimentation performed by the Japanese, the pronunciation was even specifically pointed out when the manga was first released. The doctor's last name is also the name of a virus used in the experiments. Horikoshi is someone who takes pride in his character names so it can be hard to believe that the name he choice for this evil doctor who DOES HUMAN EXPERIMENTS was simply a coincidence. By naming the evil doctor (the one who inflicts harm) the name given to the victims, who will no doubt be beat by the righteous Japanese heroes, Horikoshi reverses the roles and paints a bad image for the word "Maruta" while they are the ones who suffered. Keeping the name would've made people only relate "Maruta" to some evil doctor defeated in MHA and leaving many oblivious to the historical meaning behind the word. Judging from how many people already think that "Maruta" is somehow a fitting name things certainly don't look too bright now and the situation will only go downhill from here.
Osamu Tezuka (who was considered as the godfather of manga) stated on page 240 of his work "How to Draw Manga" three things that no mangaka should ever do:
1. kid about the victims of war and disaster
2. Show contempt for a particular profession
3. Sneer at a certain nation, people, and public
Whatever Horikoshi's true intentions were, his actions had consequences. While its true that some Chinese and Korean fans went to farm with their hate but I hope this can help people see where they are coming from.
Yeah, you obviously haven't done your research either. Maruta（丸太）is a very common Japanese word that means 'tree log'. It has a hidden meaning: it's written with the characters for 'round' (丸) and 'chubby' (太). This is why the short-statured, obese villain was named that way. Literally nothing to do with WW2.
It was used by a small group of scientists doing random human experiments 70 years ago to refer to their subjects. Similarly, history has had its fair share of immoral people using all kinds of random words to denote their victims. No one knows which exact words have been used this way. What if some random group of people had used "Thanos"? Or "Joker"? Or "Darth" or "Vader"? Should these names be changed ASAP, since now we know that they're actually making fun of victims of violent crime? No, of course not. No sane person would draw that conclusion.
This is especially true when dealing with an innocuous word like "log". Almost no Japanese person knows about the WW2 context. Nor should they, since it's a normal word and this isn't a particularly important point to stress in a history lesson about human experimentation in the past.
And as for "Shiga" referring to a virus... yeah, I'd love to see your reference for that. Shiga (志賀) is a basic Japanese name. I googled "shiga virus" and surprise suprise, I couldn't find anything. So I'd be interested to hear which particular virus you think this refers to.
I understand why people are upset, but this is going to far. Also, China has completely banned hero academia in the country. I hope to God that this series does not suffer because of this. It is an amazing story and good stories are hard to come by due to all the political nonsense.
Guys send Horikoshi support. We cannot let this be the end of hero academia.
Yeah, and tbh, if China's biggest concern is a manga, we got problems lol. They need to look inward at atrocities
Look inward? Where do you begin with them? The “thought transformation” camps they force Muslim immigrants to go to? The forced labor they place on their own citizens? Or how about the corona virus which has just been revealed to be a planted attack to get rid of the Mongolian population in the north of China? No one talks about this stuff and it needs to be addressed.
I completely agree
Octo-general Jones what on the Mongolian part
@@octo-generaljones8691 I wish I was as woke as you
I don’t think it was accidental to name him that
no shit, it isn't but she shouldn't change it either
As someone who knows Japanese, I'm 100% sure it was accidental. He named it that way because the character is short and obese, and that's what any Japanese person without extensive knowledge of history would think as well.
He has every right to name his character what he wants.
Facts
What name did he change
@@kacp2090 Bro watch the video wtf
Detoxive ikr I get so annoyed when ppl act stupid
I actually think the name is clever and he couldve taken it as a point to raise awareness rather than apologize, but either way, he does have the right to name his character whatever he wants, but if its something thats offensive to part of his audience, they have the right to not watch his content, and he's the one who loses in that scenario.
Some of the "outraged" people take it wayyyy too far but dont confuse rights with entitlements on the backs of his fanbase
This name is not the name of villain, its a “mark” name of the people who killed by Japanese 731 army！
That’s the code dumbass
Every race and culture has blood on its hands in one form or another. Learning from it and moving forward is the only way to wash it off.
In my perspective I think he chose that name to fit it to the character very well and besides the character is a villain so I'm pretty sure the name fits well with the character as a villain I don't know why people are mad at which I understand in there perspective but the author did not have no ill intent but I think he had a good intent in adjusting the character with the name if you know what I mean and I'm sorry I can't really explain it well I'm not good at that
The fact is that the villain is named after the victims.
Villian is named by victim code name that get killed by Japanese military
The character is a villain not a hero, however naming a character after a sensitive historical event was probably a bad idea, but there are probably still ways that those same events could have been referred and condemned.
What most people seem to forget when they make the argument that the author is trying to reflect on this history is that Maruta refers to the victims of the incident, not the scientists nor anyone in the 731 unit. If the author was trying to reflect on this history he probably would have named him after a scientist involved in this project.
ITS ANIME NOT REAL LIFE. let the man name his FICTIONAL character he created whatever he wants. It doesn’t matter what the name of a fake character is. Just read and enjoy
Jordan Phillips exactly like seriously nie
And for those Chinese and Koreans’ comments about wanting Kōhei to kill himself, THEY ARE JUST COMMENTING, IT’S NOT REAL LIFE
@@vincentsun886 death threats are actually serious
Xeon don’t tell it to me, I’m not one of those extremist. I came after those who trying to protect him. I’m done with Kōhei, I just hate his dogs.
Klemen Hudobreznik He apologized and choose to change the name, so shut up.
Look up unit 731 anywhere, you will understand. What makes it worse is that Japan hasn't acknowledge or apoligized for it. Sometimes we have to get down from our anime/manga high horse , and see that this is wrong. I myself am a MHA fan, but placing the word "log" for a character name is just stupid and wrong. I hope the anime/manga industry are more careful in their future productions.
I totally agree with you
1. Don't joke about the victims of war or disaster.
2. Don't show contempt for certain professions.
3. Do not make fun of the nation, the people or the public.
The above three points are the three principles that you must follow no matter what kind of work you are in. It doesn't matter if you're a professional cartoonist or an amateur, or if you're new to comics. If there is a cartoon that violates these three principles, whether it is the people around the cartoonist or the readers, I hope someone will stand up and remind him. Please don't do this.
--Osama Tezuka, "the practice of manga"
it wasn't a joke. it was a name for a villain which actually fits the character
@@AzrealTheDemon This is very serious, I think you should check what is 'Maruta' and 731. This is a name should hide in the history
@@AzrealTheDemon Maruta is victims code name ,he should use the 731 military army name not the victims code name
Who fucking cares its history and thats where it should stay china gets upset over everything and will censor just about anything so i dont Care about china.
@@AzrealTheDemon
'Maruta' is the name of victims in the 731 human experiments and they were also have Koreans and Russians.
He named a human experiment victim name to a villian who do the human experiment and that the problem.
'Maruta' is one of the spelling of the name '丸太' in Japanese，and it actually has another spelling: 'Ganta', but he chose a spelling that really make us think a lot and put it near the name.
And Korean found it first
Not 'hero' academic anymore
I'm a writer living in an asian country that was under Japanese Empirical rule and this is how I view this character name: I don't take offense at it because he gave a name that references a grave history, that even effected my great grandparents, to a character whose actions ought to be condemned. Therefore if this character represents that period of Japanese history and Horikoshi gives that representation under the guise of a character that must be condemned, I think it is him saying that these actions in the past must be condemned and punished. I believe fiction can be an outlet to speaking of issues that we normally can't because of social stigmas nowadays and if he says such things under the guise of one that seems apologetic and even critical to that period in his own history, then i don't see why this backlash is justified.
I will say that Kohei horikoshi did not mean to do that and he’s apologized for it And will do everything in his power to change that one controversy. Please do not attack him because of this one thing. Thank you for looking at my post and have a great day.
Yeah I agree, he should not be taking any more heat now
Shiga is actually a kind of bacteria that got invented during the Unit 731 in China with the rat experiment.
And also the author changed the name of the character in 10th February into 殻木球大 Kyudai Shigaki, 球大 is pronounced same as 九大 which is Kyushu University. It refer to in 1945, in Kyushu university they did living experiment to 8 American pilots that got caught from the war.
He's changing the name. But all in all, to make death threats is crossing the line.
I honestly don't pay much attention to stuff but when it kept popping up everywhere and people getting upset over it made me wonder what was going on 👀😐 I understand people getting upset over this, war is one thing that can never be justified 👀🤔
The name makes sense. How is it wrong to give a evil guy the name of another evil guy?
It’s not, people just hate being reminded of their country’s wrongdoings.
@@alexthompson8977 maruta = victims maruta were those who were in the HUMAN EXPERIMENT not the evil guys
@@itsmeyaboi9334 well it's still a reference to bad acts so it makes sense why someone would name a villian that
@@alexthompson8977 I dont want to fight
but why does it make sense? i dont really get it bc like i said marutas are the victims. but in mha maruta is portraid as the villan which is the reason everyone in south east asia is not happy about the choice of horikoshi.
i want to know the perspectif of people who think it is a good refernce, either i am dum or we have just different perspectives.
No one complaining about this went through this, he doesn't deserve backlash or a ban. TBH China bans the legit internet from it's citizens, take your problem up with the Japanese government. Not a Mangaka
Harold Alford Jr No. that’s called a war. Every time it happens the US will start selling weapons, and remember you guys took out Japan’s right to produce nuclear weapons.
@@vincentsun886 The statement doesn't really fit, but I'll put it like this. Do you make 1 person take the entire blame for something that happened generations ago, or do you ask for reconciliation from their country? Because if that's the case everyone who isn't black who's uttered the N word, should be cancelled then. Murata is a legit Japanese last name. So if Jake "Murata" goes to China should be change his name? No, because it's LOST it's context. It wasn't used maliciously, the name was to describe a character who himself is sickening and even turned his grandson into a monster. So how in the F does a war that happened with our now dying grandparents mean anything now?! Idk because China is a big Communist investor in everything. The only being cried about is the money because that billion + population money is what everyone is fighting for. This isn't about a name, it's China strong arming their sensitive world view on the rest of us.
Harold Alford Jr Man it is not because of the thing that you are talking about, and that’s not it either but I won’t fight you here. Murata, 村田, is indeed a common name, but the one he used and the one we are talking about is Maruta, a totally different name. And the one he used is 丸太, the actual common one is 丸田, and it is a surname. He did not just do this one time, he made too much “coincidence” that does not even seemed like “coincidence” anymore. He made the same birthday of Hitler and Bakugo, Tomura and Isoroku (one of infamous Japanese war criminal, died at the Battle of Pearl Harbor), named one of the enemy Meta Libration Army (Only Chinese army are known as People’s Libration army) Too much coincidence, it really is making him seemed like he’s enjoying fooling people with hidden scripts. And now we see it, yet he did not said a single sorry. This is disrespectful.
By you commenting on this video I assume you read Horikoshi's work correct? So if that's the case you know he uses puns, historical context, and the meanings of names and Japanese characters to attribute to his characters. So with that being said then every thing you've brought up, yes has been a plan. A plan to entertain his fanbase. Idk whether you're Asian yourself, but I'm pretty sure the name of this character is to show how much of a POS he is. The Paranormal Liberation Front holds the opposite matter fact NONE of the ideals of the real PLF who kill innocent Chinese citizens just for protesting. Just like how South Park gives a disclaimer, I guess we need them for comic books now too.
Also he apologized the moment he found out people were offended, get the hell off my comments if you aren't going to be current... IT EVEN SAYS HE APOLOGIZED IN THE ABOVE VIDEO😂😂😁😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️
Very comprehensive and insightful video, thank you for providing this.
Old wounds never heal for them. Also with your Conversation with your family shows Difference in perspective.
One side believe the other are cruel for what they have done and believe they never change.
While your side is about Change in people and that Everyone has done evil before no matter the race. It the new generation to change the future.
People are upset because he used the keyword to reference a horrible event. Obviously we all know that name refers to the victims, but it isnt intended to mock anyone, it is referencing the event, not the victims. Thats where the chinese/koreans get wrong.
No one should be upset about this. I'm not saying that what happened to all those people should be taken lightly, but you shouldn't be upset about something you didn't go through. It's almost like how black people shouldn't be upset over slavery. They didn't go through it.
But this is just my opinion.
That's the thing about it. Most black people understand slavery is bad, but they don't get upset over it.
the true Star but japan never addmitted it
Your video was nicely done and very informative on the issue!
I understand China’s feelings on the matter. It calls back to atrocities that Japan still hasn’t publicly apologized for. That said, I personally think a lot of the anger towards Horikoshi as a person is misguided. He clearly is using this event to show Ujiko’s depth of depravity. The man set up orphanages across the country just so he could always have children (possible his own grandchild as well) to experiment on. He’s the right hand man of the Symbol of Evil in this series. We’re supposed to view his actions as vile. Plus it also keeps in line with Horikoshi’s use of trees/wood as a symbol for quirkless people. It’s natural for creators to use past atrocities to influence their stories. We see it from Star Wars to Harry Potter. It would be one thing if Horikoshi used this as a callous way of minimalizing or lionizing the issue, but that isn’t the case. I know that China can be very sensitive to these issues and bans many things that they find to offend the country, so my opinion really doesn’t matter.
@Amy Zou
You are actually from China? Anything more that you can mention about the Chinese perspective? I’ve only talked to one Chinese (someone actually from China not just Chinese descent) person and that was ten years ago.
@Amy Zou
I’m familiar with the Nanjing Massacre as it was taught back in high school. As I understand there is still a lot of tension between China and Japan to this day and that is one of the reasons why. Is MHA seen as a bad series now because of this or have things cooled down? Thanks for your time by the way.
A very mature take on this topic. Excellent video. Will be subscribing. More good news, this video had ads. Not demonitized!
Thanks Truth Hero for keepin' it real. There are a lot of toxic fans bitching about stupid shit but I agree that some outrage is justified. We as Americans need to educate ourselves about this while at the same time not add to the outrage because its not our culture.
Meanwhile in drifters : Jesus is a super villain trying to kill everyone and Hitler is respected
And no one gives a shit
Sometimes people need to grow up and tear the wool from their eyes and see the world how it truly is. He should not have changed the name, yes terrible things happen in the past but we need to learn from the past to prevent it from happening again. Changing the name is basically censoring the readers and not letting people learn.
My man
MC L yes it does reveal history. Most people today don’t look up shit unless it’s in some forum of movie, cartoon, or anime.
The most unforgivable thing is that the victim's stigma has become the name of the perpetrator. This kind of naming will obscure our history and make others remember that when it comes to 'maruta', this is a key character that runs through in a popular animation. Over time like this, it will dilute our history. Another important point is that this is a story about "heroes". It is inappropriate to name such an important character with such a name.
Yeah, the Japanese did some horrible things during WW2 but that doesn't erase what the Chinese Communist Party does to its citizens everyday.
Furthermore Horikoshi used the name to refer to a VILLAIN. If it were in reference to a hero it would be more messed up altogether.
using victim name to name a hero?
Except that Horikoshi didn’t apologize. You see that’s the problem. Saying ‘I take your words seriously’ is the farthest stretch from an apology even though Japanese is a subtle language. In fact this expression is often used to go around an apology and that’s why people are upset with Hori’s crappy attitude. But I agree that death threats are too far though just the tiniest bit portion of people would go there.
I’m nervous that My Hero will be ended because China might force them to stop the publication of My Hero.
Nah, America will by all the issues
Exactly
Fxxk the China market.
We still got others region people love this manga and anime.
Haha, now China has banned it, no doubt.
I'm pretty sure this is far from the first manga to be banned in China.
Thanks for this video! I learned a lot and definitely see how serious this is.
To anyone who thinks this is overreacted by Chinese and Korean, please tell me, will any American writer will named a black villian"N-word"? or A evil German doctor named "Yid", or an Asian Villain named “Chink"? How about calling an Arab "911"?
What Horikoshi did right now touches the bottomline to the people in China and Korea. It shows him and many young people in Japan that they don’t know and don’t respect the history that Japan did to to many Asian countries during the WW2, that’s why many Korean and Chinese are so angry about this. We are talking about Anti-human war crimes here people.
There’s too much anti-Chinese sentiment in the world at this point there’s literally no way for people to relate these feelings. Japan invaded Asia but got to walk away as a victim with a clean slate and millions of online backers because they were forced to accept being rebuilt by the west as a result. There’s only war coming and we all know it. US is having a hard time keeping it in its pants.
gna104191 thank you for your understanding
It was really brave of you to talk about this, and I totally respect what you said about there being a fine line between evil and good. Totally true, Truth Hero
Well！Hi！Im from China. First I saw the news I thought is a coincidence. But when I know more about this news. Im same as you，I dont know is accident or intended（I wanted to believe its accident）.
In twitter people are hurting each other.
Maybe for you guys that is apologize.
But in China they dont think that is a apologize，it just a excuse. Even I learn Japanese. I cant feel about apology in it. And the Chinese and Korean are attacking the Jump and author. I feel bad to.First its not Jump‘s fault I dont understand why they attacked Jump. Second some of the attacker they use some mind way to attack the author. I think that is not the healthy way Chinese Japanese and Korean's relationship.And I feel so bad because I really love Japan. I dont wanted Japan and China‘s relationship get worst.
i discovered your channel trying to find out about this situation, i watched a couple of videos before finding yours, mpst were uneducated or bordeline exploiting for the views, im subscribing because we need more channels that dont just insult but are willing to have a healthy discussion that seeks resolution and a positive outcome
I for one am glad Hirokoshi's use of the name for the doctor sparked this controversy, because I would have NEVER known about the war crimes perpetrated by unit 731 during ww2. I think my hero academia can use this to address issues regarding dehumanising and inhumane experimentation and force their government to actually take responsibility for these crimes. I would definitely respect the anime more than I already do if it not only serves as entertainment, but also addresses important matter as this. I'm African, and I can sincerely say reading this history hurts more (i would never compare).
Unit 731 is largely forgotten about to the west as it did not affect us but, little is known about unit 731 because most of the records are held by the US because after the war we took in the top scientist in exchange for pardoning them so the soviets wouldn't get them, and the project lead shiro ishi had the whole team make a vow of silence to never talk about it and they took their notes with them.
Allot of the guys from unit 731 rose to prominence in Japanese medicial fields and allot of them got japanese military awards aswell.
Ik this comment is a year old but still.
Thank you very much for making this video and letting more people know about it.
2:00 But it's natural for humans to abuse power like that
I’m confused what happened exactly?
Edit: Wow you explained it well especially the pinned comment! Thanks so much for sharing your info and experience! Gave me insight on the situation
People need to calm down I think. He's a villan made to be despised. I really hope Horikoshi doesnt let the shit ton of Negativity get to him...he's an amazing author who deserves better
What does Hirokoshi expect. To this day, Unit 731 is still a painful and touchy subject to Chinese.
In the book The Devil's Gluttony by Japanese author Seiichi Morimura, he recorded one experiment of Unit 731 involved a 'Maruta' been tied to a chair and placed in a high temperature room. The 'Maruta' then began to sweat heavily under the high temperature, but the sweat would dry before it drops to the floor. Within 15 hrs, the moisture in the 'Maruta' completely evaporated. The member of Unit 731 then measured the dry weight of the 'Maruta' and calculated the body water percentage of that 'Maruta' to be 78%.
There is no prove that experiment happened (according to the author, the book was based on his interview of four former Unit 731 member, who refused to disclose their identity). If that's true, that 'Maruta' been baked alive would be a young child, because only children have body water percentage higher than 70%. It meant a young child had suffered horribly in the last moment of their life. It meant the only record we have of that young child is that awful experiment that refer to them as 'Maruta' - a log. No name, no age, not even their gender.
Read above and tell me you want a villian named 'Maruta'.
A mistake? Look down below and then you know that’s BS! This author purposely humiliate victims of WW2. And clearly he did some homework, cuz not only no people are using Maruta ad a name, but also last name is one of the virus name being used on victims.
For people who think Chinese is overreacting, let me explain what really happened. Maruta is NOT ONE victim’s name. It’s a humiliating nickname used by Japanese to call ALL VICTIMS OF HUMAN BODY EXPERIMENTS.
The last name Shiga is one of the virus they used on victims.
丸太 is normally pronounced as Ganta, the author purposely emphasized and marked here he wants it as Maruta.
We all know the author cares character’s name. So this villain has humiliating nickname for victims as first name, has Shiga virus as last name, and what he does is doing human body experiments. Suddenly, all is just a coincidence?
Some people are still trying to convince others that we always use Nazi as villain name, so it’s fine. But now they are using VICTIMS’ name as a villain. It’s fcking totally different! How about using N world as a villain name and what he does is killing and humiliating black people? And the director is even a white person?
Basically 731 unit is a Japanese troop which had done a lot of anti human experiments in China. Victims include Chinese, Korean and Russian and others. It’s a recorded historical fact.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
I think what people don’t understand is that it’s not about naming the villain a controversial name, but teaching the right history lesson. Imagine this horrific event of conduction of human experiment during ww2 is remembered by kids as an anime villain instead of what it actually is. As a Chinese I felt very offended and at the same time I understand that there is no ill intent, just a mistake.
I understand where people are coming from, but i don't think we need a huge apology or need to make a big deal about it he said he will fix it I believe that's enough
he shouldn't even change the name either, but if you work or the man, they will always call the shots, sad shit
This really made me wonder how would it be like to the Japanese if there were characters called Nagasaki and Hiroshima with ability as nuclear weapons.
This is really sad. It's purely a fictional work and a creator is being harassed over a name he's given to a character. He already stated that the name had no intentions of hurting anyone. Bakugo's hero name was once "Ground Zero" and the first thing that comes to my mind was the world trade center. For those who don't know, after the tragic event of 9/11, people started calling what's left of the world trade center "ground zero". For a guy who's quirk is explosion and is also named ground zero, it may be a coincidence but no one ever pointed that out. Ground Zero has a bad history within its name but it shouldn't affect a creator's choice.
It is sad as it shows just how petty people can be.
You don’t even know what Ground Zero is. Do your research and stop pretending you are someone who can take a hit.
@@vincentsun886 Lol
@@JAYHOON-vo9xf "...In terms of nuclear explosions and other large bombs, the term "ground zero" describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ground zero refers to the point on the ground directly below the nuclear detonation and is sometimes called the hypocenter." From Wikipedia. Do your research right, unless you want to say that WTC was nuked LOL
@@vincentsun886 I didn't say that the World Trade Center was nuked. If you read a little further in that wikipedia page you can see what I mean. Overall, I remember that many people started calling the WTC "Ground Zero". I'm not gonna question why people associate the term Ground Zero with the World Trade Center. It clearly has different meaning depending who you are just like the word "Murata" has a different meaning with different countries ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's basically the same thing as calling Dr. Ujiko "Josef Mengele" That would be pretty fucked up.
Thanks for your video, but I don't think the anger will fade that easily. At least from what I see in the Chinese social media, they don't think the author apologized and are very emotional. They feel like he juz changed the name because of pressure and didn't even admit what he had done.
Well, some MHA Chinese fans was blown away by the news and found it difficult to accept. Then others will go and attack them, saying that they love comics more then their country, and betrayed the history. Of course, there are some ppl who are more rational, or peaceful, but as far as i can tell, most are emotional.
Thank you for bringing up this topic. As an American I actually had no knowledge that this even happened. I am going to research these events.
I am 36 and we never learned about this in school. I found a few books to research this going forward.
How many times have been nazis been represented in anime and other media we still don't make a mangaka or a director change the names
the only mistake that horikoshi committed is apologise for something is not guilty
If there was an American comic villain named Hiroshima that uses an atomic bomb on Japan, sure it would be "fitting", but wouldn't Japanese people understandably and rightfully so be upset about it?
I think I can think of some example. German villain who can generate mustard gas calls The Holocaust, or infamous terrorist who can launch himself calls Nine/11.
My cousin text me that I no longer allow the show in Japan 😡😠😭
You're right that, as a western viewer, I can't even properly fathom the depth of the suffering of those affected by this. To me it appears to be a clever reference from atrocities that were committed many decades ago. I say clever because I don't believe Horikoshi was trying to harm or offend anyone with this and because you could easily draw parallels between the experiments carried out and the character of the doctor. And I feel that this reference touched upon and served to reinforce the doctor's character as a depraved and truly evil person. And as a writer I find that demanding to change something just because you don't like it goes against the very nature of art and expression; to censor pieces of history that we don't necessarily like to look at or remember. That being said I am sorry for those Asian viewers who are affected by this and hope they feel better after the change is made.
It’s not the military group that is named that it is the victims who where experimented upon and killed
And your point is..? Is it that the name was a mistake? Perhaps that because the name references the victims that attaching it to the mad scientist is supposed to suddenly Horikoshi a WWII apologist? As others have stated prior those who are quirkless in the world of MHA tend to have wood-based names. So if Horikoshi wanted to make reference to the doctor being quirkless and the parallels between his character and the horrific experiments conducted then the name accomplishes that purpose.
Its also the name of the project
Great breakdown man. Really appreciate your talent.
I don't see China apologizing for the Coronavirus.
"Can't relate to this event"..? I mean the whole world kinda condemns the use of nuke on Japan, regardless of if it was the right or wrong move logically at the time... But isn't that supposed to be a Japan-US matter only by this logic? How about the Nazi concentration camps? And doctor Mengele? Everyone knows about it, everyone condemns it. So i really don't see how condemning unit 731 is supposed to suddenly be an isolated issue closed to westerners, why should we NOT be shitting all over this instance of deadly human experimentation..?