User blog comment:KatDWolf/I wonder..../@comment-1271618-20100516194245

Yeah, it irks me about some anime fans too. "Lol Japan is the best, video games and anime!". Gays are definitely not a well-accepted group there, even womens' rights seem to be not too progressive or there's a cultural dissonance there where it is believed that "housewives" make the best type so naturally...ugh. I think Japan-blindness and US-blindness kind of go hand in hand in some of those debates, aaah. Gotta remember WWII factors in too between those two, I wouldn't doubt if there is still racism from that passed down to further generations on both sides. Japan's also got a problem with the "gaijin" too, you can be banned from entering certain shops or areas if you aren't Asian in appearance.

I used to see a lot of "Japan can do no bad"-type stuff, nowadays it seems I see more about the West too that goes hand-in-hand. We don't need to overcompensate to be proud! I see hatred towards US fans from some British or Australian ones sometimes too, they see all of us as too pompous or annoying like Al XD. And then when you factor in the vocal minorities, oh dear. I'm not trying to take any high horse, but over the years, it's helped to read up on the things that school neglected to teach us in history classes. You learn so many things, the good and the bad. It's definitely understandable to see fans not amused if certain enemy countries are portrayed too nice to their liking, though I think it gets scary when discussions derail into race/nationality wars (I saw a post on that debate about the deleted strips that kind of chilled me. Nobody's responded to it yet, but I hope for their sake they don't).

Yes, Thailand's current issues make me wonder, along with the historical issues with the nation in WWII (which go hand-in-hand with what happened to other Asian nations). It's a very sad situation that's going on in the real world, and I can imagine that the character might wind up in a situation like with Korea. Vietnam's one I'm wondering about too, due to certain spots of its history.

(I think we could probably go for a rename! Though it would be fun if some could ask Himaruya what he thinks a good Dutch name would be, fff. Then maybe we could have a UK-style solution to our problem if he has free time...if, of course. I'm also considering renaming Spain's article since "Hernandez" was what Himaruya first used and his usage of "Fernandez" could have been a typo of his that fandom ran with. Unfortunately, I see this tanking like the idea to use "Tolys" and "Basch" D: )