Sur le dernier chapitre de MHA, j'ai vu passer ça :
canadakeroro a écrit:
So I might not be the best person to talk about this, but I just want to help explaining what's going on and why this controversy is actually warranted. Basically in chapter 259 it's revealed the Doctor Daruma Ujiko's real name is Maruta Shiga (志賀丸太), while the name could means a lot, but the word "Maruta" can be seen as a reference to one of the worst war crime ever happened during WW2.
During WW2, there's a special unit known as the 731 Unit, in which the Imperial Japanese conducted human experiments, which are so horrible I suggest nobody googles it unless you're really curious. The victims were called "The Wood Logs", which in Japanese is called "丸太(maruta)", because they're basically nothing but materials to the Imperial Japanese.
This is especailly bad because Japan has always been in a risky position regarding WW2, since they never admit any war crimes towards Korea and China to this very day, and most official working in Unit 731 were never convicted, they even became doctors or joined various Japanese medical associations. Though NHK did revealed the recording tapes of their confessions on August 13th 2017, but as far as I know they're still not convicted but only condemned.
So yeah, having a villain doctor who does human experience named Maruta is as inappropriate as calling a nuclear villain "Mr Hiroshima", a Nazi robot shaped like an oven, or villain twins who commit airplane-related attack. It's inappropriate to the victims, distasteful to Japanese and Koreans, and uncomfortable to regular readers. Whether it's intentional or not, Horikoshi really messed up big time, and even if he changes the name afterwards this will forever be remembered by the Koreans and the Japanese. It doesn't matter if you find it offensive or not (I personally don't consider the context), this controversy is very serious and should be acknowledged.
Bonne vieille polémique liée à la seconde guerre mondiale, sujet toujours très sensible au Japon.