Ah yes, famously conservative media like One Piece, Ghost in the Shell, Gundam, Princess Mononoke, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Cowboy Bebop
Ah yes, famously conservative media like One Piece, Ghost in the Shell, Gundam, Princess Mononoke, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Cowboy Bebop
I like Jojo, but in the rare instances where it really offers political messaging it's basically libertarian bullshit (see the end of Stone Ocean episode 27, where Araki takes a strong stand against motorcycle helmet laws on existential grounds for some reason)
The main thing I like about Jojo is its derangement, so this doesn't bother me too much
don't forget what araki did in part 2
literal nazi cyborg
Thankfully the red army got his ass at stalingrad
got got by a red army soldier's stand『ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜssʀ』
Was Lucy Q underage or do you mean the name of the African American kid?
probably teaming JoJo up with literal Nazi Germany to fight the pillar men.
Suzi Q is described as a young woman and is employed by Lisa Lisa as a personal assistant, and Smokey Brown is a blend named after musicians Smokey Robinson and James Brown so I don't really see that as being too out of pocket.
Let's be fair, there's a reason it's "Smokey Brown" and not "James Robinson", not to put too fine a point on it.
But yeah, fair point about the Nazi thing, I was just thinking in the libertarian direction.
Pretty much all of Steel Ball Run is a criticism of American imperialism, and Jojolands has a very gender non-conforming character and presents punching cops as a good thing. The politics of Jojo improved massively as the series went on
I mean, it's still wildly misogynist and likes its eroticized SV (which puts a real damper on the GNC character's introduction, to put it lightly), plus with the libertarian thing it's unclear to me if it's really a "punch cops" message from the left or because Big Government Bad.