Talk:God Eater (Anime)/@comment-2143738-20150803005238/@comment-36.81.55.28-20150804013210

Sei: Um, no, there's nothing racist in that, it's a pretty well-known thing by now, a conclusion drawn from the many opinions of japan message boards. You can't really call a collective opinion from a certain area "racist".

An example or two? Accel World and Noucome. AW was not too well-received over there because of the main character (fat, ugly, is often bullied, yet he gets a girl). Noucome's LN sold horrendously because the author forsake the harem elements for comedic value, thus only granting him minimum boost even when the novel got an anime.

meanwhile SAO is a beast over there because Kirito is as good self-insert character as any.