志賀丸太（Shiga Maruta) in the correct context means "A round and fat man who wishes people's good future. Its matching "two-faced" evil scientist which in turn matches the kana in Maruta’s name backward you get “taruma” (タルマ) “ta” and “da” have similar phonetic symbols in the Japanese language so when changed you get “Daruma” (ダルマ) his pseudonymous first name and a daruma is an object of adepicting a bearded man that is known for giving good luck.
It was never intended to be in reference to that incident on top of the fact that it doesn't make sense or even fits with how Hori names his character.
This can easily be disproved because no character in MHA has a direct meaning like 志賀丸太（Shiga Maruta）or else you're going to end up stuff like "Green Valley" they tend to make sense upon broken up individually which adds a another layer as a synopsis of the character.
志賀丸太（Shiga Maruta）according to you is a direct reference to Unit 731's victims but it doesn't say anything about the character in question all we have to go by is story details but when Hori gives his characters names he makes sure that you're able to get them automatically without story details (Midoriya Izuku literally means 9th user).
Again, irrespective of how Hori names his characters or how the japanese word of the name itself was supposed to mean, the translations of this word means something else.
What probably should've happened (even just for the sake of give a background info on why Hori chose the name for the character) was the translators should've explained the meaning behind the naming below the panel or in a side note or something.
Casual fans wouldn't really dive deep into such stuff and need to be spoon fed. I get what you're saying about the name but you can't just ignore the fact that a lot of fans need to be spoon fed especially when the demographic being aimed for are children and teens.
When you have to resort to death threats over a misconception of a character in s children's comic book then yeah it's an overreaction no matter how you slice it.
Death threats are an overreaction, definitely. EA, Bethesda developers, Respawn developers, music artists who change their style of music, sports players who change club teams, actors, actresses everyone receives death treats and they are always an overreaction and unfortunate.
Kubo got death threats over the choice of pairing at the end of Bleach. Fandoms are insane. Always have been.
That being said, just because some fans chose to resort to such stupid means does not mean the actual criticism in itself (in a controlled and mature manner) isn't required either.
Of course it does. Neither China or Korea look good in this situation since China is well known for cancelling anything that the government doesn't deem ethical to their standards like Winnie the Pooh and the outrage came about because Korea pirated the chapter.
I'm not gonna deny that China has issues when it comes to censorship or anything. That's a different story altogether.
It's already been shown that the manga market share in Japan is much smaller than America and France and two of Jump's biggest titles, Assassination Classroom and Death Note were banned in China the latter of which is still going strong for over 15 years.
China isn't a big market right now. But people have provided data before on this forum that shows how much anime and manga consumption has grown in China over the last 5 years alone.
28% of China's population are aged between 0-24. While that's not a big percentage, when you account for the actual number which is 323million people that falls into this demographic, it becomes an unprecedented
POTENTIAL market.
Shueisha or any industry would be stupid to not take advantage of that size of a market.
This kind of logic is the reason why manga licensing got such a bad rep from the 80s to early 00s and how creators outright refused to have their works published in America because they were afraid that they would have ruined the author's intent.
It's not an ideal world where every country has freedoms like the West or Europe.
Respecting and following each country's / region's demands and policies is something that is happening in every industry around the world. This isn't something new.
If the manga industry wants to expand there, its a simple fact that they need to follow and censor as required.
@ChocoBar9
Reading your explanation makes me think of two things.
1. Horikoshi is kinda lazy with his naming conventions.
2. I really, REALLY miss Kubo's character names. They were always batshit insane.
How about his special move's names?
Beautiful Charlotte Chuhlhourne's Miracle Sweet Ultra Funky Fantastic Dramatic Romantic Sadistic Erotic Exotic Athletic Guillotine Attack
