Girls' Generation and Kara are handled inappropriately in a Japanese manga?
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A Japanese manga titled "An Analysis on the K-pop Boom Lies" by Hanaya Matoya and Shamoji have become extremely popular in Japan, making Korean fans extremely irate. The manga is about a former K-pop idol hostess explaining to her customer and a reporter about the "real" story of K-pop, but all of the stories are made up.
The manga talks about how Girls' Generation and KARA have both made their way to the top by having sex with important people. It also accuses the Korean government of paying a large Japanese entertainment company 1,600,000,000,000 JPY (19,196,160,000.00 USD) per year to make the phenomenon of "Hallyu."
The manga also asserts that only 100 fans were at the airport when Girls' Generation entered Japan, instead of the 800 that was reported. It claims that 700 were actually employees of K-pop companies. The manga shows Kara doing the Mister butt dance with no clothes on, brings up the Korean "slave contracts", and also talks about Jang Jayeon who committed suicide in 2009 because of sexual abuse.
The Japanese community 2ch commented that this was "completely the truth", "their songs are in Japanese, how is it K-pop." But some people have said, "people that draw this sort of thing are just looking for attention."
Korean fans have said, "this thing is trash. It totally fits that country," and "the companies have to sue for defamation of character." Some have decided to be more optimistic and said, "I think this just proves K-pop groups' popularity," and that "no response is the best response."
Check out a page of the manga below. What do you think of this?
Source: My Star
loveTaeRi 31 Points
I'm sorry but that is disgusting and totally just ugh. That is just wrong!
flynfreako 75 Points
if they're using the actual names of the groups can't they be sued or something? i don't mind ecchi and hentai-type manga, but i think using their actual names and images to spread rumors is wrong.
though... even if it's wrong, if it's just like a fan-comic thing then i'd just ignore it. fanworks are frequently weird like that >.<;;
sky019 80 Points
haha im not shocked at all... why? japanese manga sometimes is like that LOL!
but they rly shouldnt use our girls like that though...just saying... -.-
wartooth 21 Points
Stay classy Japan.
An-iroc 547 Points
I am kinda not surprised. I have seen some of the things that Japan has put out there about other celebs from around the world and they can get pretty mean. The fans in jpop might be a little less crazy then the kpop ones, but I don't think Korean's would go this degrading.
Miyako 33 Points
I totally agree with @flynfreako: if they do use SNSD and KARA names, then their companies should sue the mangaka, the company whatever. if not, then it is just a fanart like so many others.
Kitsune 272 Points
lol koreaboo. was it really necessary to put a "?" at the end of the title? -____-. yeah thats just disgusting.
kpopholicx 75 Points
my eyes! D: man wtf is this? -_-
ShowUrLove4Boa 37 Points
Oh! this is not good! especially right before smtown tokyo concert! But don't blame the country. They love Kpop. Someone in bad taste decided to use the girls. And Manga is is like this.
Ely 139 Points
WHAT THE HELL!! How dare that person write such things?! Look at what they've done! Not only have they tainted the girls' image, but also the rest of Japan too! Now what are the Korean fans going to think of the Japs? Like there wasn't enough tension between the two to begin with! I bet the Jap fans are just as upset and rawring as the rest of us. UGHHH who would buy this shit!?