Riko Muranaka is a medical doctor and journalist in Japan, awarded for her work to combat misinformation about human papillomavirus vaccination in her country. However, she recently became a trend not because of journalistic investigations of her, but because she launched a criticism against the franchise of “Kimetsu no Yaiba“:
- «The new “Kimetsu no Yaiba” series is already number 4 on Netflix in Germany. However, the setting in which the female characters have baby faces and large breasts has become a topic of conversation among Germans, including children, not because of sexism, but because it is unnatural and disgusting. This type of expression, which sometimes appears in Japanese anime and manga, is not sexy or erotic, but is perceived as a sexual perversion.».
It is not the first time that someone criticizes that in “Kimetsu no Yaiba” the female characters have childish appearances but mature bodies generally represented by their large breasts. Examples from recent seasons included Mitsuri Kanroji, the Pillar of Love, and the protagonist herself Nezuko Kamado, who upon developing her demonic form sheds her girlish appearance and grows a little (obviously she also grows several bra sizes).
Although there have been many people who complained about it, it is perhaps the first time that someone renowned in Japan and social media has spoken out about it. Perhaps this is why Riko Muranaka’s publication did not take long to accumulate millions and millions of interactions on Twitter, accumulating comments such as:
- «I wish I could honestly say that I don’t like it and that’s it. If both adults and children hate the series, how did it come to fourth place in the national rankings?».
- «Are they referring to a sensual woman known as Mitsuri Kanroji?».
- «Demons don’t exist in reality, what’s the problem?».
- «First of all, I thought the Germans didn’t want to see something like this. A story where the protagonist has to decapitate his enemies, it doesn’t seem to me that they are ready for those things».
- «For foreigners, series like Prime Video’s “Invincible” are marked as R18. In Japan it’s like a race to see who produces the most extremely violent things, and children can see them without problems».
- «It seems that there are quite a few people who are not happy with the designs of Kimetsu no Yaiba».
- «Don’t these idiots realize that they are advocating for the human rights of anime characters?».
- «If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. It seems like millions of Germans do watch it anyway».
- «I have the impression that teenage girls with big breasts are more common even abroad. Aren’t Japanese women supposed to be smaller?».
- «The Kimetsu no Yaiba manga had a lot of breasts and large necklines for a female author. Being a Shonen Jump manga, it must include elements that are attractive to teenage males. So I think the author knew what she was doing.».
- «If you don’t like it, then why are you watching it?».
- «So pretty girls don’t have the right to have big tits? I don’t understand».
Fountain: Yaraon!
