according to my own research (and to my Jewish friend who also likes SNK [or at least used to]) the SNK mangaka has a lot of racist views on Koreans and Jews. also, the antisemitism gets more explicit by the end of the show, at least according to people i know who have watched it.

to be clear consumption =/= endorsement, just to inform you of the facts

thank you! i just asked my friend about it and she said that the author has some shitty opinions, but within the series she thinks it’s fairly easy to see which characters are in the wrong and the fact that those characters are shitty people who usually get killed off by the end. to directly quote her, “you’ve got above a year 5 level reading comprehension, you’ll be fine”

and i agree that enjoying problematic media doesn’t mean you agree with the shitty aspects of that media. that friend, for example. also my mom who loves harry potter and shittalks jk whenever the opportunity comes up. we’re literally having this discussion on my sword art online blog where i frequently complain about shitty parts of the series (and reki’s later attempts to fix or clarify those things)

maybe my opinion and comfort level will change when i finish snk! maybe it won’t! i do know that, outside of fandom shit, i have very strong political opinions and condemn antisemitism/racism/xenophobia/etc. i don’t think peoples’ activism should start and end with “this tv show is bad and you’re a bad person for watching it”