Never apologize.
Kei Urana, a Japanese mangaka, did nothing wrong.
She simply reposted a fun dance video and liked fan recreations of her own character.
That’s it.
But Western wokies manufactured racism accusations against her anyway — because they’re addicted to outrage and will find something to be offended by even when nothing exists.
Jabbar’s skin tone is straight from the manga.
The dance was harmless fun. Zero malice.
This constant foreign outrage mob harassing Japanese creators is exhausting.
Japanese artists: Stop apologizing to these clowns. It only encourages them.
Stand your ground.
Protect Japanese artists.
Artistic freedom over outrage mobs.
The worst thing you can do as an artist is let fear take a drawing that could take a day into 3 days, or 3 days and turn it into a week-
Take a breathe, get some references, don’t be precious but draw it with care. 🫶🏾 (I suck at that btw)