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Japan has Splatoon 2 plushies made by Sanrio that include a whitewashed Marina
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What's really weird is they whitewashed her twice: her key art is noticeably lighter than her normal look, and the plush is whitewashed beyond that even.
Like I'd understand it a little more if it was that colour, but what they ended up with was a mess.
I once got a big-ass figurine in those claw machines in tokyo. I haven't decided what to do with it lol, it's a huge Ononoki figurine
Yeah, even though the Marina in that picture is still really light even for a pastel color, the plush isn't even in the same ballpark.
Edit: WHAT? This just got posted before me? Ack!
To add substance, really poor move on their part.
To add substance, really poor move on their part.
You guys have probably never seen it but there's a kid's show called PJ Masks. One of the main characters Catboy is clearly brown skinned but when he puts his costume on - the form that's of course used for all the merchandising - his skin visibly changes colour. On some of the toys my daughter has, including a big plushie, his skin is whiter than mine. The reason why is obvious. It makes me angry.
The plushes take an already soft colored design and wash it out more which is weird.
It doesn't even look nice aesthetically
It doesn't even look nice aesthetically
Well, reality won't bend itself because of a change in month. The status quo is held.
Basically they fucked up with the color palette by making everything pale af (brown for eye part instead of black, yellow for skin instead of brown etc.)
User Banned (1 Week): Dismissing concerns surrounding racism; excusing white-washing on the basis of intent
Yeah, so overreaction too much. It's just that both plushies are too bright.
For another example this is an official artwork by Nintendo:
Unfortunately, I don't think Black History Month is something Japan observes.
No. everything is a little washed out, but not close to the same degree as Marina's skin. Look at her clothes for instance. Still very clearly black, just a slightly faded black. If her skin was a slightly faded dark brown, people would let it slide.
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Yes, she's still darker than Pearl, but that's not the point. It's an extremely common thing for black characters (and even real life Black people) to have their skin "lightened up". TV Tropes even has a trope about this with numerous examples:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack
So even though Marina is still slightly darker than Pearl, the fact that she was lightened up is basically sending a message that her skin tone was unacceptable.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack
So even though Marina is still slightly darker than Pearl, the fact that she was lightened up is basically sending a message that her skin tone was unacceptable.
Tbh, that is something very USA centric. Never heard of it before the old forum people talked about it.
As for the plushie... Why?
