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[Draugoth]

Footage from the upcoming Persona 3 Reload had some Twitter users aghast as a dark-skinned character was shown with slightly lighter skin. The initial Twitter post compared the footage of the lighter-skinned character with an image of what they are supposed to look like:

There were some comments from people hoping the character wasn’t “whitewashed”, but a lot of comments were convinced it was just the lighting.

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More reasonable critics however are convinced that the character’s skin is brighter due to the actual lighting of the scene (set in the really sunny outdoors), but as evidenced in the past, this reason almost never works on such individuals:

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[Omnipunctual Godot]

lol, Yuko was never black. Closer to ganguro if anything.

 

[ElCasual]

Wait to the Netflix adaption. And they will get that.

 

[abstract alien]

It's only ok if we turn them black, not turn them back.

 

[intbal]

You could have just stopped at "Twitter outraged".

 

[ManaByte]

When is Twitter not outraged?

 

[mitch1971]

Twitter outraged.

Water is wet.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

lol, Yuko was never black. Closer to ganguro if anything.

She was a gyaru character

Hopefully Resetera bans Persona soon LOL

 

[DrFigs]

in an alternate universe, they kept the Ganguro character, but twitter is outraged by "blackface" in persona 3

 

[BouncyFrag]

They big mad.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

It's literal genocide.

 

[German Hops]

What, they have a problem with yellowbones?

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Faust]

Wasn't this character a Gyaru character? A Japanese student who uses spray tan and copious amounts of make up in order to appear less like the traditional mindset of what a Japanese women should as an act of rebellion?

 

[graywolf323]

Wasn't this character a Gyaru character? A Japanese student who uses spray tan and copious amounts of make up in order to appear less like the traditional mindset of what a Japanese women should as an act of rebellion?

IIRC she’s just the super tanned athlete stereotype?

 

[Faust]

IIRC she’s just the super tanned athlete stereotype?

Gotcha. It has been many, many years since I played - but the first thing I thought of when looking at the character was Gyaru. That would be my bad then.

 

[Unknown?]

I thought race swapping was okay?

 

[diffusionx]

wtf i love persona 3 reload now...

 

[graywolf323]

Gotcha. It has been many, many years since I played - but the first thing I thought of when looking at the character was Gyaru. That would be my bad then.

I think people get her mixed up with Natsuki who is gyaru

Natsuki Moriyama

Y'know, Fuuka... I used to think that every day was just the same. And I'm only saying this because it's you... But, you don't get any second chances in life. If you accept the way things are, then they'll never change...Natsuki Moriyama to Fuuka Yamagishi, Persona 3 Natsuki Moriyama is a...

megamitensei.fandom.com

 

[Faust]

I think people get her mixed up with Natsuki who is gyaru

Natsuki Moriyama

Y'know, Fuuka... I used to think that every day was just the same. And I'm only saying this because it's you... But, you don't get any second chances in life. If you accept the way things are, then they'll never change...Natsuki Moriyama to Fuuka Yamagishi, Persona 3 Natsuki Moriyama is a...

megamitensei.fandom.com

I absolutely did. Thanks for hte correction lol.

 

[nikolino840]

I thought race swapping was okay?

I don't know everyone here get mad with almost netflix adaptation...so I think is the norm an outrage of some kind on Internet

 

[nial]

Fuck the western Atlus Twitter fanbase.

 

[Saber]

Wasn't this character a Gyaru character? A Japanese student who uses spray tan and copious amounts of make up in order to appear less like the traditional mindset of what a Japanese women should as an act of rebellion?

Very common on mangas tbh. They also tends to show much of their skin.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I don't understand how they have the energy. Being outraged at all times must be exhausting. No wonder they're a miserable lot.

 

[onnextflix5]

they can turn white characters black but can’t turn black characters white , like who makes these stupid rules.

 

[Unknown?]

they can turn white characters black but can’t turn black characters white , like who makes these stupid rules.

Racists.

 

[InterMusketeer]

I just like her original design as it was, so I hope they don't change it too much.

 

[Silver Wattle]

I thought she was just tanned? When did she become black?

 

[LordCBH]

They…uhhh….they do understand she was never black right? She was tanned. There’s a fucking difference. If I get a tan and suddenly call myself black, theyd all lose their minds again lol

 

[Danjin44]

There are actual tragedies happening around the world and people get outrage over pointless as this….my god.

 

[AmuroChan]

Hopefully Resetera bans Persona soon LOL

The more they self-censor themselves, the better.

 

[Neon Xenon]

I don't think angry Twitter users deserve any benefit of the doubt at all (much less on this particular controversy) with some blurry screenshots (at least, the screenshots shown here). So I would rather see some direct, in-game footage, instead of immediately assuming that Yuko's skin was lightened, especially not when how her skin appears in those shots could simply be due to the lighting. Also:

They…uhhh….they do understand she was never black right? She was tanned. There’s a fucking difference. If I get a tan and suddenly call myself black, theyd all lose their minds again lol

EDIT: Got a question. Does anyone know for sure that this character in question in these screenshots is actually Yuko?

On that note: I'm very happy that I stopped going onto my timeline over a year ago.
Fuck Twitter.

 

[Fake]

Twitter being Twitter.

 

[kunonabi]

Fuck the western Atlus Twitter fanbase.

More like fuck western Atlus really. Their awful localizations and censor jobs as of late have encouraged this sort of thing.

 

[nial]

More like fuck western Atlus really. Their awful localizations and censor jobs as of late have encouraged this sort of thing.

They suck too, I agree.

 

[Astral Dog]

Imagine if it was the reverse like it happens in Hollywood remakes

 

[GametimeUK]

I can't keep up on if race swapping characters is OK or not? I mean a lot of people were cool with The Little Mermaid and Snow White.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

I think social media is the worst thing that ever happened to gaming.... sorry, I take that back, to entertainment...

Actually no... to human consciousness.

 

[MrA]

they can turn white characters black but can’t turn black characters white , like who makes these stupid rules.

well in this character they turned an Asian character into ... Asian...yeah

 

[Sakura]

Are the people actually upset over this supposed "white washing" (even though she is Japanese)?
Maybe the dude just likes tanned girls.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

It's literal genocide.

"Big Yikes!"

 

[Revolutionary]

I thought she was just tanned? When did she become black?

Tans don't exist to the kind of people that get upset about this. There's a character in FFXIV (Ysh'tola) that underwent the same 'controversy', and the game director explained that she had a tan because she was located in the desert, but doesn't anymore.

You'd think an explanation like that would be sufficient but the idiots on Twitter/Era still got upset lol

 

[MrA]

Are the people actually upset over this supposed "white washing" (even though she is Japanese)?
Maybe the dude just likes tanned girls.

she does have much of a background from what I can tell, but Okinawan can have pretty much that complexion,
Idiots usually jump to wanting half-black because that's all they know and just assume any tan skin complexion has to be, ignoring many parts of South East and South Asia could easily result in such a complexion, even Yakuts

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

lol, Yuko was never black. Closer to ganguro if anything.

Exactly this. So sick of twitter outrage.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I would change the air quotes from “Brightened” and instead to “outraged”.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

 

[poodaddy]

I think she looked vastly, and I mean VASTLY better with darker skin, but I don't get being so upset by this. It ain't that serious, if it makes you mad just play the original.

 

[Eru Ilúvatar]

 

[Thief1987]

It's literal genocide.

Good to have an ally on this forum

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

They both look good... But I like it whiter.