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some ENA OC art that’s been building up on my laptop

It's utter bullshit, and thinking Higurashi does anything but condemn far right politics is absurd. While I don't necessarily like how Higurashi handles all the political nuance its setup contains, every instance of "nationalism" (quotation marks not to indication what was being described was not nationalism, but that everything that was nationalism in Higurashi was literally called nationalism) and every reference to imperialism in Higurashi is pretty unambiguously framed as violent, immoral, outdated and misguided. That a Japanese work go as far out of its way to explicitly condemn Japan's actions during World War II and portray the people who idolize that period as evil and selfish is actually remarkably unusual. The only interpretation of Higurashi as a "far right" narrative only makes sense from a highly American perspective, in that Higurashi generally frames the Japanese government as a... Less than benevolent figure, that tends to trample on the native customs and religion of the Hinamizawa residents. It's very important to consider that 1. many Hinamizawa residents are poor, and the general financial instability of the area is repeatedly referenced, and 2. Higurashi makes frequent reference to the Burakumin, people descended from the lowest caste of Japanese society in pre-Meiji eras, who experience discrimination on an individual and institutional level in modern Japan.

Nagare Yuku Sekai No Naka de feat. MONGOL800  - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

art study process, felt like a tired bag of dookie when i finished it

catch me pouting and muttering at a mirror topless in the dark for the next 6 hours

I’m so sorry