DiosNPCKim

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ intro time! ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

❁ name: Dio S. Kim ❁ nickname: Hiro / Hirohiko / Dios / Dio ❁ pronouns: any pronouns (just not it) ❁ vibe: asian (mixed bloodline — unfortunately cause of colonizers)

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ what i do ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

❁ i write + create original stories ❁ i make art & do commissions ❁ specialties: dark fantasy, worldbuilding, supernatural narratives, character-driven storytelling

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ current projects ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

❁ Borders of Fiction ✧ action, adventure, isekai, vampires ✧ when fantasy and reality collide

❁ Honorables ✧ dark, contemporary, political romance ✧ a manga artist's controversial research

❁ I Was Assigned to be a Cleaner of the Towers/Domains ✧ dark fantasy, supernatural, psychological ✧ who takes care of the domains?

❁ The Uneventful Life of an Adventurer: In the end, it is the world ✧ fantasy, grief, peace-keeping ✧ a healer's untold stories ✧ what happens after the adventurers leave?

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❁ webtoon:

webtoons.com/u/DiosKim

https://tapas.io/HirohikoHorikoshi

❁ twitter/x: @diosnpckim

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I was reminded of it because of the Vaudeville scenes and the thing about pushing off people cause they're mixed.

It's technically a circular story about friends Filipinos, filipino-American and Japanese who are caught during the Japanese invasion in historyof the Philippines.

It's very serious story (it includes brutal stuff, the condemnation against people no matter what nationality they have and the abuse of power and abuse against children and women which happened in history) still of course lighting the feelings of each characters between the characters in the story.

This have English sub btw.

https://youtu.be/MKB7n6jsduI?si=d1ZCKp9fzUjw05Py

It doesn't actually alienates the good japanese people who lived in the Philippines during those times too btw before you started spewing out accusations. It also shown the bad side too. And doesn't also pushes aside the things any of nationality have done. It's sorta like more than from what country they're born with and bloodline came from but who they are as a person.

This is just one scene.

It's as if it there's an immediate assumption is that these characters are reflection on what the person likes in real life which in reality it isn't all truly true for some.

Its like for these people "you like this character → you are this character → you do what they do." Its like they compressed the complex thing to simple terms that doesn't give off what it really is. Its oversimplifying the complexity of a real person.

I personally like Funny Valentine as a character though admittingly he did the extreme just to achieve his goal even crossing borders with morality, ethics and even his humanity. The same with Dio, Diavolo, Kars, Giorno, Rohan and the other characters I like.

I like that thing to do anything to reach my dream but I also respect boundaries and such. But I also want to point out just because I like the character doesn't mean I condone ALL of their ways of thinking. I think that's the difference.

It would remove and disrespect the free will, the individual self I have and disrespect all the people that surrounds me, if I condone it and disappear to that fantasy. And truth be told following blindly these things and remove critical thinking, moral perspective and over all the human side of me to question, and make MY OWN DECISION.

And to add the fact that those fictional scenarios exactly are things shows what happens if people doesn't use their OWN critical thinking, moral and ethical thinking. Reading about a serial kller isn't equal to automatically making you a serial killer right? Let's put it this way. You've read the golden wind right? When giorno became the boss or attacked somebody did that automatically makes you him? Oh if somebody like Jodio or like Walter White does that mean they wanted to be a running criminal or you know what. Or like when people like Hannibal does that mean they want or are cannibals? Oh yeah but when these characters are overly pure, morally gray and have simple ambition people just suddenly oh it's fine. That's just simplifying something a human with a brain can think.

It's quite bizarre to me how in these days liking or loving a character is just condensed to "Oh that's you. Oh you condone shit they did."

I think that is just being immature and removing yourself to look on the perspectives of the person, analize the situation and such things.

I know its the scary feeling of the humans around us and the crazy what ifs if the person we interacted with have done something strange but can those people just keep those assumptions to themselves if they correlate fiction and non fiction so abruptly without critical thinking?

Its sorta like you fear something that you don't understand because the truth is we all have different experiences. Yes, fiction can and could influence people potentially. But these people HAVE THEIR OWN BRAINS, THOUGHTS AND VIEWS. Its not simply point out that fictional character is what the WHOLELY EMBODY OR BELIEVES IN.

I may appreciate these villains conviction, intelligence and his whole willingness to achive his vision and dreams but I do reject his methods and even his moral perspectives.

This is a choice and exercising my own decision making skills and being concious about myself and people around me. I am not a puppet of fictional works and not passively reading and absorbing ANYTHING I just encounter with whether it is in fictional works or the mistakes in history. When I like a character I'm not straight up endorsing shit they did or do in the plot or story.

And most important thing to point out that even if it influenced somebody it doesn't mean that they would do it without aknowledging and knowing to themselves or concious about it and have the determination or immediately behave like that and do such acts. Its not "they like this character -> they are this irl and this is what they think -> they will do shit like that too". Its just the way you project how you actually think about people and how you really engage with anime, novels or any media really like saying "this is how I think about fiction, so this is probably how they also engage with fiction. Yeah I think we have the same way of thinking." Which is just generalization about things you don't know and can't imagine that everyone have unique way of processing fiction in their heads differently than they do and just immediately projecting stuff.

Much like this, I don't think like you and you (people who thinks liking fictional character is equal to reality) don't think like me.

Much like when reading morally good stuff lets say it influenced you, but if you dont have that will or determination to do such things you could choose or do the opposite of it or something different. To add to that is its true that fiction can give or introduce us some ideas and perspectives that are unfamiliar or something new and it might shape how we think about somethings we encounter, experience or like stuff. But that doesn't mean that exposure means we are adopting the similar ideals, thoughts, decisions, ethical and moral view. It doesn't go "oh I'll do this too" where it does require conscious thinking and go back and forth to the decision and a lot of examination and not just purely absorbing them uncritically. We are concious beings.

I also want to state the fact that although those what I said is true I do see some cases where some media preferences might actually be a sign but that automatically doesn't mean it is a true evidence of such things and if we don't have real evidences its just compressing things and assuming things. If these people did something to real people such as justifying any harm against others then that's worth noticing but liking the character alone tells you nothing. And it's highly different from "liking a character" and "identifying as the character itself" no? Its not 'you like this character, so you identify with him, so you are him." That doesn't makes sense.

"Bad" characters doesn't create MORAL and ETHICAL people and neither the "pure good" characters create a compelling PURE moral and ethical person too but lets admit any of these can happen too. I think that this fear and lack of trust that a person has on the other person TO THINK for themselves just because they are another person too is also at fault thats why some people jump to correlating something. Like they're thinking that people who likes fictional characters are incapable of critical thinking and filtering out the things they do not want to adapt in real life and again assuming that the other people that surrounds them are just passively accepting things or whaever they consume than thinking of a human being who evaluates and have a critical thinking and a freewill to choose what is their personal choice on things. Different people engage with these media in ways that are always based on their own values, experiences, and critical thinking. Assuming everyone processes fiction identically is just simplification of how complex humans are. You know literary or media preference might show a person's real struggle or personal thoughts of a person but it'll be worth looking at if these people have shown some in real life behaviors that disrupts human relationships and harming people. But then again correlation isn't an evidence and correlation isn't causation. (I remember my research teachers told me that). And if we don't have evidence of real world harm unless of course it is shown through online DMs and post commentaries that are disturbing (the sexualization or a real life person or harrassing a real life person, assuming someone who likes a character they enjoy or do this in real life or how they interact with people online is just simplification of the complex thing. If you're going to judge someone, use real evidences, and not just spit out an accussation out fear. And most importantly, please please please respect that people think differently than you do.

I'm a musician. I cannot say for sure or maybe it's just me the Jolyne theme and Steel Ball Run (some parts) some instruments are quite quiet than of Golden Wind and other themes although there are some parts that are loud enough to hear the instruments that supports the main stuff. Though I think aside from the repeating notes of the former themes that made it iconic are the crisp sounding musical instruments that also doesn't drown out the singer or voice. I am also surprised that the parts that inspired by Stone Ocean in the SBR theme are quite clear. Though the SBR also have taken an inspiration on Jonathan's theme his theme truly blended well. I also thought he's going to add more choir thingy in there.

I also want to say when he mashed Jolyne's theme with other themes live when they launched Stone Ocean in Netflix and to be honest those overpowered Jolyne's theme despite Jolyne's theme being easily identifiable. Yes I do think Jolyne's theme is easily identifiable cause it's highly different from the predecessor themes much like Jonathan's theme is which is honestly unique and fits the character, setting and other factors.

I think the only way to appreciate Jolyne's theme and Steel Ball Run theme if you want to absorb the gravity and punch of the song is through headphones meanwhile you can listen to Giorno's and Jotaro's theme even without it and feel it still.

I think that's what I think it is.

I really don't mind it though like I adjust and wear headphones to appreciate it better. And maybe I was just surprised at the sudden change too. Also like you know expectations and such.

This have eng subs btw.

This is like sbr but like different. Everyone has motives but they are just placed in a war situation (which really happened) and somehow other people doesn't leave people on just one side of the war. And that in a war there's no winning side, everyone gets damanged and destroyed.

Another suggestion btw is like timetravel but like a reader inserted to a book (which is btw really a book that exists you can find it: Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo) It's like a fanfiction insert btw if you like it. You can see it.