One of my fav tiktokers @ umeboi I appreciate and respect so much made a post abt the rising sun flag a while back and everyone should hear it. Especially the weebs that think it’s okay to use as an aesthetic.

Unfortunately japan still largely uses it as an aesthetic and a cultural symbol and think, despite every other previously oppressed country finding it offensive, that making them give up a cultural symbol is oppression to Them. It is seen in a lot of popular anime and censored-

When the anime airs in other countries. The fact that it needs censorship and yet japan refuses to let it go is mindboggling and is such a toxic nationalistic mentality that needs to go.

Is KNY still one of my all time fav manga? Absolutely. Do I think gotouge is purposefully nationalistic, I can’t say. Would i ever cosplay tanjiro with those earrings? Never.