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NEWS: South Korean One Piece Exhibition Cancelled Due to Japanese Flag Art

@kirisaki_kabuto You sound like a Korean shill or something. What does Oda share with the "imperialists" of the 19th and 20th century other than his ethnic and national origin? Funnily enough, it's the Koreans who have not changed a bit. Polls show that a majority of Koreans STILL have hatred towards the Japanese of today. Whereas there's barely any unjustified hate towards the Koreans. People may think the Japanese are a racist people, but let's look at the facts, shall we? If you were from a country where foreigners committed about 30%+ of crime, wouldn't you be weary of foreigners? Not to mention a lot of that is from the Zainichi community, which is about half of all foreigners in Japan. They don't integrate and they commit so much crime. Japanese people love race mixing to the point where it's becoming increasingly common. More than 2/3rds of all Japanese-Canadians and more than 1/2 of all Japanese-Americans are mixed, while Korean-Canadians and Korean-Americans have the same anti-miscegenation feelings that their ancestors have, to the point where you can have a Korean-American family who's lived in American since the 1900s, yet have not ONE non-Korean ancestor. in South Korea, God help you if you are a Kosian. The modern Koreans have censored and are responsible for more butchering of Japanese content and media than the Americans and French combined, even though the Japanese treat Koreans and their work with respect. The Koreans also had comfort women, so yeah. Koreans don't even integrate in America, let alone Japan, while the Japanese integrate in America.

We can claim the Japanese are evil monsters all we want, but the Koreans are babies and have done nothing to become friends with Japan. The oppression that the Japanese committed upon the Taiwanese is worse than what they've done to the Koreans, yet Taiwan is Japan's only East Asian friend and they are friends. Taiwan has forgiven Japan. Why is Korea, specifically the South so arrogant and ethnocentric?

kirisaki_kabuto wrote:

Do you seriously find this boycott so unreasonable?

Why it was planned in the first place then is beyond me.

And there is only so long the "deep hatred" can seep into things completely unrelated, like fantasy manga.
The only connection Oda would have to Japanese war crimes is being Japanese. A Japanese born 30 years after the end of the war.
Which essentially means none at all.

Luckily Korea's censorship of Japanese media has waned over the years, but the general attitude is annoying.
Europeans don't treat Germans and German works like this.

@kirisaki_kabuto You sound like a Korean shill or something. What does Oda share with the "imperialists" of the 19th and 20th century other than his ethnic and national origin? Hell, what do most modern Japanese people have to do with the Japanese of old? To imply a people can't change is ludicrous.

Funnily enough, it's the Koreans who have not changed a bit. Polls show that a majority of Koreans STILL have hatred towards the Japanese of today. Whereas there's barely any unjustified hate towards the Koreans.
The modern Koreans have censored and are responsible for more butchering of Japanese content and media than the Americans and French combined, even though the Japanese treat Koreans and their work with respect. The Koreans also had comfort women, so yeah. Koreans don't even integrate in America, let alone Japan, while the Japanese integrate in America.
We can claim the Japanese are evil monsters all we want, but the Koreans are babies and have done nothing to become friends with Japan. The oppression that the Japanese committed upon the Taiwanese is worse than what they've done to the Koreans, yet Taiwan is Japan's only East Asian friend and they are friends. Taiwan has forgiven Japan. Why is Korea, specifically the South so arrogant and ethnocentric?

EDIT: Excellent points made by mdo7, especially concerning the Kono Statement, I had forgotten that but is very important. I was writing as you posted your comment so I'll add this as an edit.

Japan-S.Korea poll reflects chill in ties

An opinion poll shows that an increasing number of Japanese have unfavorable impressions of South Korea, while a high ratio of South Koreans continue to have negative feelings about Japan.

A Japanese non-profit organization, the Genron NPO, and the East Asia Institute of South Korea jointly conducted the survey in May and June. About 1,000 people in each nation gave valid responses.

54 percent of respondents in Japan said they have an unfavorable or relatively unfavorable impression of South Korea. That's up 17 points from about a year ago.

The number of those who said they have a favorable or relatively favorable impression decreased by 11 points, to 21 percent.

In South Korea, those with an unfavorable or relatively unfavorable impression of Japan fell by 6 points, to 71 percent.

Those with favorable or relatively favorable views increased slightly, to 18 percent.

As for reasons for respondents' unfavorable impressions, the largest number cited historical issues. In Japan, 74 percent said South Koreans keep criticizing Japan over views of history and other issues. 77 percent in South Korea said Japanese have failed to properly reflect on their past aggression toward South Korea.

Next came a territorial dispute over islands in the Sea of Japan known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

42 percent in Japan cited the issue, compared to 72 percent in South Korea. South Korea controls the islands. Japan claims them.

Asked if bilateral relations are important, 60 percent of respondents in Japan and 73 percent in South Korea said yes.

In Japan, 37 percent said the 2 nations' leaders should hold a summit soon. 14 percent shared the view in South Korea.

47 percent in Japan said such a summit is not urgent or that it is unnecessary. The figure for South Korea was 81 percent.

Genron NPO President Yasushi Kudo said the results show that many people in the 2 nations put importance on each other and are concerned about the current situation.

He called for deepening mutual understanding through private-sector dialogue.

Jul. 10, 2014 - Updated 09:48 UTC

As for reasons for respondents' unfavorable impressions, the largest number cited historical issues. In Japan, 74 percent said South Koreans keep criticizing Japan over views of history and other issues. 77 percent in South Korea said Japanese have failed to properly reflect on their past aggression toward South Korea.

mdo7 wrote:

As for reasons for respondents' unfavorable impressions, the largest number cited historical issues. In Japan, 74 percent said South Koreans keep criticizing Japan over views of history and other issues. 77 percent in South Korea said Japanese have failed to properly reflect on their past aggression toward South Korea.

Interesting article, especially this part. It shows very well how the resentment is still so heavily connected to historical matters - and not just from one side. Relations Japan-S.Korea are more complicated than ever. Here's to hoping that Shinzo Abe takes a careful stance and that Park Geun-hye keeps in mind how important the relations with Japan have been to the economical development since the split with the North.

Maybe I missed the cue, but I don't see why someone would be showing off Once Piece in a South Korean War museum.

Adding the Japanese flag to the displays is just adding insult to injury.

There may be a really simple reason that a war museum wanted to host an Oda exhibit. Perhaps they were hoping to increase their visitor count? Fans of the manga would flock to the museum, and maybe visit the rest of the museum since they were already there.

Other than the mandatory school trips and the occasional tourists, I can't imagine too many people who visit Seoul want to see the museum in lieu of other things.

Those are my biggest concern, it's not only reconcilling about the past between the 2, but also intolerance/hatred/bigotry in Japan.