Koreans Rage at “Racist” Highschool of the Dead

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The recent inclusion of Korean drama star Bae Yong-joon (or “Yon-sama” to Japanese) as a zombie in an episode of Highschool of the Dead has provoked indignant Korean accusations of racism against the show.

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A character bearing the likeness of Yon-sama was depicted in both the fifth episode and the manga upon which it was based, as a ravening zombie whose brains were quickly blown out by a headshot:

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He has been the subject of one of Japan’s vanishingly transient mass media booms, with a fan-base consisting largely of fickle housewives – it is this background which probably informs the mangaka’s original inclusion of the character.

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This was all soon picked up upon by nationalistic Koreans with nothing better to do – aggrieved Koreans were soon complaining that the show “went too far” and was an “example of hatred of Korea.”

Japanese politicians and mass media are notoriously unwilling to resist even the most unreasonable of Korean demands – their most notable recent victim being WWII anime Hetalia, whose TV broadcast was cancelled after a Korean uproar.

Those unwilling to fold have not infrequently found themselves the victim of Korean “cyber-terrorism” and defamation – for these reasons censorship of the TV broadcast or even a complete pulling of the show from the air are far from improbable, no matter how baseless the accusations.

As usual, just what business it is of Koreans to complain about an anime not even aired in their country is not clear.


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    Avatar of Blackbird
    Comment by Blackbird
    01:51 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hahaha this is just hilarous

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    Comment by Neonie
    01:52 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    I want to see more celebrity zombies get killed.

    Please kill Justin Bieber next.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:02 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Bieber need his ass fuck

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:31 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You're disgusting.

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    Comment by CowExtract
    03:48 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    The problem with that idea is that he would probably like it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:53 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Adult attack, adult attack...

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:58 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    I could only imagine the high notes he would hit during.

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    Comment by カンチ
    04:02 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    He isn't even an asshole....his popularity annoys me but the kid is already man.

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    Comment by カンチ
    04:03 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    alright* hilarious typo though

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:08 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    LOL he's a 6 year old trapped in a 16 year old body. He's still got major growing up to do.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:27 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    why is everyone saying 'he' ?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:49 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Satsugai! satsugai!
    Go to DMC!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:34 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    lol its funny how south park and simsons are still running even tho of their constant ridiculing of celebrities :D:D:D

    well koreans are kind of shitheads in their own way (making a video game into a national sport roflmao :D)

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    Comment by X_FANG
    14:05 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Koreans always rage at Japan... nothing new here...

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    Comment by Shippoyasha
    17:03 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Dude, Koreans making games a national sport is AWESOME.

    Also, way to judge a whole race of peoples just because of kneejerk reactions online. Japan trolls vs Korean trolls? Who cares? What does that have to do with anything? Like, nothing?

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:54 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    HSotD is pretty right wing for a manga though. It has
    1) Illegal firearms
    2) A JSDF that's depicted as somewhat competent.
    3) The tsundere's nutty right wing family is put on a high pedestal while the left wingers get eaten by zombies.

    02:20 07/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:02 04/08/2010

    Bieber need his ass fuck

    "And I was like
    Baby, baby, baby ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    Like baby, baby, baby nooooooooooo
    Like baby, baby, baby ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    I thought my ass would be fine"

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    Comment by Pertamax
    02:20 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    What if chuck norris become a zombie ?

    oh wait ... mankind will surely extinct

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:38 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    I don't think Chuck Norris can even become one in the first place...

    His blood cells are just going to kick the crap out of the virus the moment it enters his blood anyway...

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    Comment by patokite91
    03:39 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Chuck Norris is immortal, he can't become a walking dead.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:49 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Bruce Lee killed Chuck Norris.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:50 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Look Marty! We went back in time!

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    Comment by Jeedwi
    04:55 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    The zombies would first have to penetrate Chuck's iron like skin. He's zombie-proof.

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    Comment by carn
    05:04 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    If a zombie bites chuck norris, not only does chuck not turn into a zombie, the zombie turns into another chuck norris.

    Then the universe implodes since it cannot handle two chuck norris.

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    Comment by Indofag
    05:23 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    It's said Chuck Norris' tears can cure the zombie disease, too bad Chuck Norris never cry.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:29 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ anon 03:49

    I thought Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White, MOnty Python and the HOly Grail's Black Knight, Benito Mussolini, and the Blue Meanie, Cowboy Curtis, Jambi the Genie, Robocop, Terminator, Captain Kirk, Darth Vader, Lopan Superman and every single Power Ranger, Bill S Preston and Theodore Logan, Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock, and Hulk Hogan killed Chuck Norris...

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    Comment by X_Bacon
    09:04 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Epic reference is epic.

    I gotta see that video again.

    Comment by Anonymous

    Chuck Norris is a scientologist, so he's already a zombie.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:36 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    if you see chuck norris dead, the world either doesn't exist or you are dead.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:00 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Chuck Norris won't become a Zombie after being bit, the Zombie will become Chuck Norris.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    02:29 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Heh. I expected exactly this. ^_^

    And that's why I wondered that Korea was at #5 in the recent article about foreign dating material. Kinda contradictory.

    Comment by Anonymous

    Do you seriously think the articles you read here are a valid indication of the general outlook and interaction of one country to another? What's almost funny is (scary really), easily manipulated people like Schrobby here read this shit pick up out of 2ch and basically digest all the information from the parasites at 2ch's point of view.

    By your logic, the opinions of some netizens at Korea make up the general concensus of the Korean public, correct? Anon over at 4chan is always logical and well mannered amirite?

    Oh, and don't for get the xenophobic and racist Japan! We all know EVERYBODY over there hates foreigners, amirite?

    Just do me a favor and jerk off to some loli shit in your room and die a quiet and lonely death. For the sake of society, please. The world doesn't need more weaboos like you.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:46 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    cuz even though Koreans are pretty much weirdos, their women are hot, plastic surgery or whatever

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:27 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It is contradictory. When you're in Japan You can trust non-internet surveys. Japanese tends to be more honest in the internet realm. Honne and Tatemae don't comply on the internet.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    04:32 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    anon @03:02

    No article is a valid indication of the general outlook / interaction of a populace, no matter where it's pulled from. The only halfways reliable information source would be really big surveys.

    But that is not the point here, RawrFear. Now shoo, troll somewhere else.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    04:33 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    anon @03:02

    No article is a valid indication of the general outlook / interaction of a populace, no matter where it's pulled from. The only halfways reliable information source would be really big surveys.

    But that is not the point here, RawrFear. Now shoo, troll somewhere else.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:53 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    @anon 3:02 If you want to know what's really scary I'll tell you. It's people like you. People that read a 2 sentence comment and assume a completely different view from that comment other than the person intended, thus begins the flaming of said comment. Instead of trying to understand the true grounds upon which the comment was based.

    You need to learn simple logic my friend. He never said "the opinions of some netizens at Korea make up the general consensus of the Korean public". You just assumed thats what he was thinking...right? This is known as the straw man fallacy.

    A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet weaker proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.

    - Wikipedia

    I'm sure this was very educational to you, but please keep your applause to a minimum

    Comment by Anonymous

    @anon 4:53 What else do you call it when the guy is amazed out of his fucking mind Korea didn't rank lower on the foreign dating survey? And responds to topics about Korean netizens in an uproar with a "Heh, I expected this."

    It's pretty obvious that the guy is taking a warped and subjective stance on Korea Japan relations purely based on the 2ch troll shit he reads on this website. You keep spewing this shit about his "true" grounds and how I am assuming everything, but is it really that hard for you to put one retardedly biased comment together with the articles you read here?

    Well at least you got to link me to some wikipedia article! GJ ^_^ Sorry, though. All you earned from me was a headache and a /facepalm moment.

    Avatar of dMITIC
    Comment by dMITIC
    05:57 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    isnt that what we know as troll?

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:19 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    yeah it seems so,i guess he went back to his cave after his annual rage session

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    Comment by Entangler
    06:20 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    a troll is a troll.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:30 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Schrobby,that's why we need to develop a cure for the disease called ignorance so we won't have to put up with retards like these who are either too passionate about their trolling or just overzealous about the issue at hand with the tendency to twist details regarding it.as for the main topic,for the love of god the zombie wasn't even named.he may look like Yong-joon but was their even an indication in the credits that he was or even was he wearing a name tag?any society that doesn't have the stomach to tolerate isn't gonna go far in the coming century.

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    Comment by Mr.Bitches
    07:00 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The only way to get rid of ignorance is through means that are deemed inhumane. Unless you think the society of "Brave New World" is cool and all.

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    Comment by Jeedwi
    16:41 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The manga actually references the zombie as 'an actor that once performed in Tokonosu'. They also call him a 'good man' just before blowing his brains across the runway.

    But he's only one of thousands of zombies that've been murdered in that series and any of them could resemble countless celebrities from any number of countries. To single this one out is foolish.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    20:14 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    To cure ignorance mankind had to become extinct. I don't think we'll ever get rid of all trolls no matter what we do.

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    Comment by Yuki
    02:30 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I want this wish to be granted.

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    02:30 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Wow....

    If Koreans react to this shit, I can't wait for the nuclear missile that hits China in the manga.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:40 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thanks for the spoiler mother fucker.
    Why don't you go hang yourself somewhere? That'll do the rest of the world some good.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:46 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    nothing will happen, cause even china knows the difference from a joke and an insult

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    Comment by SaruDa
    03:00 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    First time I've seen someone so mad about a spoiler in a fanservice show.

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    Comment by sdarkpaladin
    03:01 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's not limited to China actually.. But there's nothing spoilerish about the nuke hitting china, it has nothing to do with the main story.

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    08:42 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Anon 2.40

    You're welcome.
    Glad to spoil your day.

    @sdarkpaladin

    If I said Russia instead, they'd still say its a spoiler for those who didn't pick up the manga or any country for that matter.
    So why should spoilers be taken seriously, unless they know it's China?

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:15 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still haven't killed yourself?
    If you're scared, just leave me an email address and I'll assist you in making the process mostly painless. Don't worry, we can get this done together, and we'll all be winners! ^_^

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    Comment by Fred
    03:04 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If they did have Justin Bieber become a zombie then get shot, I would love this show till the end of time.

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    Comment by Kei-chan
    06:51 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Just send in suggestions for season 2, seeing as this show won't be completed in just 1 season. Hopefully they'll do it as Beiber needs to die period.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:15 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How come nobody has mentioned agnes-chan to be involved in this anime? :D

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:14 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I agree

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:29 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yep korreans should learn for russians , japs could turn KGB president into erroge character , everyone just though it was hilarious .

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    Comment by Indofag
    05:30 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And some cameos of Edward, Bella and Soulja Boy would be fine too.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:36 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    after Justin Bieber who's up next?Maybe the 2 gays from Twilight?

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    Comment by Y0k41
    13:45 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How bout some more spazzy tweens off of Disney channel? That place is swarming with em.

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    Comment by HKE
    17:32 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    celebrity deathmatch? hahaha i like that show

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    Comment by Gradius
    04:30 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Obama should be number 1 !!!

    Oh wait! He isn't a celebrity at all, just pure ZOMBIE!

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:10 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Shut up Gradius. How about Dick Cheney then? Haven't you read the news? He no longer has a pulse. Google it. If that's not Zombie I don't know what is.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:02 06/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yes...justin beiber as a zombie lol! on another note, every country has their idiots. like the ones who claimed resident evil 5 being racist.

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    Comment by Jareth
    02:28 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I also lol'd. LOLOLOLOL
    Didn't notice that, but well. I remember the same reaction a while ago, when Ui's figure head got plucked on air. The feeling should be the same for his fans, ahahhhahaha.

    Fkucing sh(t.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:44 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Stupid fucking Koreans

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:59 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    that wouldn't scare a korean, wouldn't it?

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:04 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Amen

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:29 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    No fuck you stupid pedo anime shit lover!

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:06 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol and oh the irony. I heard that his biggest fanbase is in japan? and looking backwards japan's housewives and schoolgirls are pretty obsessed with korean actors, mostly yon-sama.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:20 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Madhouse will be in a big trouble for upsetting the Japanese fans of Yon-sama.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:04 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Racism? What's racistic about killing off a look-a-like? Is specific celebrities their own races?

    I understand that Pamela Anderson and Arnold Schwarzenegger are classified as their own races, but come on.

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    Comment by Kortaku
    07:52 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This.

    Korean overreaction has kicked into hyper-gear again, because as we all know, history of china-korea-japan = supa bad stuff.

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    Comment by Plagus777
    10:33 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's obvious you aren't Korean sir...

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:04 06/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol! well said

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:32 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You are shit used fag that will make Japan be nuked by North Korea.

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    Comment by Fate-
    05:09 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Saw the episode this morning. I love how the zombie looked so happy hahaha.

    Anyway, It's amazing how people can cry so hard for pointless/meaningless things.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:24 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Funny indeed, they make an uproar to such a meaningless thing....It is an Anime. Anyone dies there, nothing comes true. If they are talking those things, I feel really sad because I AM a Korean too. how sad But I like Anime and I have no complain of they doing those. I wouldn't mind if tey put me as a Zombie and die, I rather be happy "YAY!! I have a Look-ALike-zombie in the anime." HAHA

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:38 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    people die when they are killed

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    Comment by denn
    11:15 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Reminds me of a scene from the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead where they take out look-alike zombies in the parking lot just for fun.

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    Comment by Shippoyasha
    16:30 04/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I have Korean friends who are absolutely okay with this, but Hetalia thing is actually touchy considering the Korea character in that manga is a bit.... weird to say the least. lol. I still wanted Korea in Hetalia anime though. Roman Empire story arc is kinda dull...

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    Comment by BlaqCat
    13:59 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Those Koreans need to lay off. They did the same thing in Dawn of the Dead (shot someone famouse, forgot who it was). It's all in good fun.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:07 05/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, they did leave out the "original reaction" of seeing him "He looks disgusting.." so it's not like they didn't make it a littler more "pc" at least.












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