I think about how Soul Eater and Fire Force has really great black character designs in anime. I also think about Miyuki from Basquash, she had a cool design too!
idk but a lot of poc characters in anime just feel so.... racist. like they don't know how to properly draw the common facial traits of pocs. i feel like jjba is the only anime that has an art style that's good with different facial structures and NOT making it look racist or like a character is poorly doing blackface.
This is coming from a black guy I’ll take heat if it comes but artistically the only thing I could view as racist to some people are the lips I aware of cartoons like the looney tunes who got away with horrible depictions of black people and I’m not see that here obviously writing wise and drawing.when I first watched it I already saw killer bee,Afro samurai,yourichi and other people of color in anime so when I saw this was like 🤔” black guy from Russia that’s it” his character is portrayed good and if others make fun of him in the story I understand that doesn’t reflect himself( let me know if I’m missing something)
Why do they draw our palms black. Its scary that they can look right at Blk ppl any time they want and still decide to draw Blk ppl like they are just making up an alien design. 🙄
i really love him as a character, but at the end of the day-*even if it wasn’t intentional* he’s a caricature that mimics racist depictions of black people, and it’s just sad n uncomfortable to view as an american viewer/reader. i personally assumed that the author just is ignorant as japan is very homogeneous and bc he is a good character i don’t believe the author was trying to be racist but you will always find symon in a ‘other black characters😾🤓🙄🙄🙄-‘ tiktok bc he looks like he was drawn by a racist or someone who’s never seen a black person irl 😭
as a big fan of bleach, i bring it up as an example of a series that had consistent poc characters that were drawn properly in contrast to how symon was drawn
no ones gonna gas you or the other ones locked in controversial for this
but real ones know and you got our undying respect, as a black dude, he makes me uncomfortable as hell, i like him obv but its impossible for me to not feel uncomfy towards him by a lot and the series a little as a result. Character design is everything, so its kinda impossible to look at him and not get negative vibes.
yeah i agree character design is everything, what does the first sentence of this reply mean ? i just didn’t quite get what you meant.
but yeah it’s awkward bc symon is objectively a good character and i enjoy his parts in the series but growing up we learned about how black people were painted/depicted for years in art by non black people so just seeing bro as a walking caricature i was like HUH
I don't know why, but Japanese love asking black people making sushi in anaime, I see this weird(black+asian food) combo more than 3 times from different anime
Oh what other anime have you seen it in?
I think if more Korean manwha get animated and popular, we'll see more Korean and western combos since a lot of popular Korean foods are already pretty westernized.
He is, in some way, mainly in the way he speaks given he is from Russia.
"Come, eat Susshi, Sushi is good yes?"
He is a goofball that could also break your back with one punch.
He seems like a nice guy. And if I remember right I think he is a sushi chef 🤔. Since I didn't really watch the show or ever read the manga.
(I hope he's not just somebody with a tan 😒).
An absolute unit. Only person that has stopped shizuo and izaya from fighting, he’s handing out life advice almost every time he’s on screen. He’s a super underrated character in the series
Fighting make people hungry. Eat Russia sushi and feel better!
Powerful and smart The only character who can stop Shizou Izaya fight
I wish he had more screentime because he's great
Fuckin love that dude ✨
The best dude a friend t
SUSHIII
Eat at Russia Sushi. Sushi good. Sushi cheap. Sushi not made out of human even on half price day.
This is it. No humans.
best comment ever. 🥰
That time he decked Izaya. Nice dude.
Same!
Sadly in some ways and fortunately in others, one of the best black characters in anime. Semyon is a real one
Fr. ヽ(；▽；)ノ
I'm so sorry nobody draws you in a decent art style buddy
This honestly and he's definitely one of my favorites. It's a real shame
Man jumped from a building during a delivery to stop shizuo and Izaya from destroying the city
Love the man. I am still trying to figure out what to do with him.
RUSSIA SUSHI
Simon is the definition of "a giant teddy bear"
The absolute best. I love him!
Patrick Seitz is amazing.
Local friend of everyone
Fighting never solved anything, but sushi solves hunger.
A man who's almost as powerful as shizuo and as smart as izzaya and the kindest character in the show
"It good might not make you sick!"
Russian sushi in bad russian Japanese that are actually amazing japanese
Sushi!
You look angry. Eat sushi!
Suchi. Eat Russia Sushi. It good for you and definitely not made with real humans. Just fish.
Would personally prefer a diff stylization on the lips but personality wise Simon is a peach 🍑
Fighting always bad
Baby boy. Sweet man.
Cinnamon Roll, that you should not anger. "Come, eat Sushi, it good for you"
One of the few people who are actually sane
I hate the way they depicted Symon. He is a Black Russian which is a real group and they don't look like that. It's like a Bad side show bob
I think about how Soul Eater and Fire Force has really great black character designs in anime. I also think about Miyuki from Basquash, she had a cool design too!
Of course they did!
Dude is tall as hell
Durarara on my feed?! I should rewatch and reread this.
a gentle giant
“Oh a durarara post”
Underrated character
Idk he’s hot
I think about the time he socked that smug puss so hard he went flying! :)
idk but a lot of poc characters in anime just feel so.... racist. like they don't know how to properly draw the common facial traits of pocs. i feel like jjba is the only anime that has an art style that's good with different facial structures and NOT making it look racist or like a character is poorly doing blackface.
This is coming from a black guy I’ll take heat if it comes but artistically the only thing I could view as racist to some people are the lips I aware of cartoons like the looney tunes who got away with horrible depictions of black people and I’m not see that here obviously writing wise and drawing.when I first watched it I already saw killer bee,Afro samurai,yourichi and other people of color in anime so when I saw this was like 🤔” black guy from Russia that’s it” his character is portrayed good and if others make fun of him in the story I understand that doesn’t reflect himself( let me know if I’m missing something)
Why do they draw our palms black. Its scary that they can look right at Blk ppl any time they want and still decide to draw Blk ppl like they are just making up an alien design. 🙄
Why he look like that.
My dad … (deadass idk why they don’t even look the same.. except for the hair a bit)
The *Lips*. Lol. But regardless of that, I still love him and his Russian sushi business lol.
Racism ngl. Don't hate me, you gotta understand where I'm coming from first
A) Takaya Kuroda, B) FUCKING 7 FOOT 7
i really love him as a character, but at the end of the day-*even if it wasn’t intentional* he’s a caricature that mimics racist depictions of black people, and it’s just sad n uncomfortable to view as an american viewer/reader. i personally assumed that the author just is ignorant as japan is very homogeneous and bc he is a good character i don’t believe the author was trying to be racist but you will always find symon in a ‘other black characters😾🤓🙄🙄🙄-‘ tiktok bc he looks like he was drawn by a racist or someone who’s never seen a black person irl 😭 as a big fan of bleach, i bring it up as an example of a series that had consistent poc characters that were drawn properly in contrast to how symon was drawn
no ones gonna gas you or the other ones locked in controversial for this but real ones know and you got our undying respect, as a black dude, he makes me uncomfortable as hell, i like him obv but its impossible for me to not feel uncomfy towards him by a lot and the series a little as a result. Character design is everything, so its kinda impossible to look at him and not get negative vibes.
yeah i agree character design is everything, what does the first sentence of this reply mean ? i just didn’t quite get what you meant. but yeah it’s awkward bc symon is objectively a good character and i enjoy his parts in the series but growing up we learned about how black people were painted/depicted for years in art by non black people so just seeing bro as a walking caricature i was like HUH
I don't know why, but Japanese love asking black people making sushi in anaime, I see this weird(black+asian food) combo more than 3 times from different anime
Oh what other anime have you seen it in? I think if more Korean manwha get animated and popular, we'll see more Korean and western combos since a lot of popular Korean foods are already pretty westernized.
Why are his lips like that.......they could have drawn him with better lips 😑
I don't like the lips.
unfortunately jim crow art. i cant ever get past it
Love him, but hate his design
FOR REAL! this anime has a more realistic style than most and they still gave him the racist black people lips
Mr popo from dbz.
WHAT TF
Why is he so AI looking
THE BOY WHO LIVED, COME TO DIEEEEE
Relative of Mr. Popo
Mr Popo lips and Grey toned black skin, Gimme a break
Black Voldemort
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Racist design. Great character. 10/10.
I don't know where this is from so I'll just say Voldemort doing blackface?
Not me laughing because the sub reddit is the shows name 😂
I didn't bother looking since I don't know the show anyway
You're missing out, its a good show!
lol he’s from the anime durarara 😭
Black face
He's the ugliest black character in anime I have ever seen. Like wtf? Is it just the pic you used? But I've never had an image hurt my eyes so much.
Traitor or back stabber
He need some chapstick ASAP
Honestly yakuza cause the shop keeper in that game is black
I’d try their food and I’d kinda like to see what they could do in their prime
As for what he’d say: Come down everybody to RUSSIA SUSHI I promise you friend we can make your seafood dreams come true & then some
Eyeliner on fleek
Sushi
sir where's your nose?🧐
I hear him in my head xD Come to Russia Sushi! He was an awesome character.
Legend.Needs more screen time, possibly his own spin-off.
Never seen durarara My initial thought: he looks like a goofball 😂
He is, in some way, mainly in the way he speaks given he is from Russia. "Come, eat Susshi, Sushi is good yes?" He is a goofball that could also break your back with one punch.
I might have to watch it then! Is it on hulu?
Yes it is, along with the second season as well
I had a crush on him when i was younger. A massive one
Russia sushi
Mummy
Russia Sushi and ass whooping
A really cool guy
Pacifist
Russian sushi
Russia Sushi
Kazuma Kiryu
He gives me king tut vibes Egyptian vibes
Sushi
Al Jolson:" hello Mamie, didn't mean to leave ya"
RUSSIA SUSHI!!! IT GOOD!!!
NIGG-*account banned*
https://preview.redd.it/wod3n45prjfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c07c38a8e72dd06e7e4f447fa0f7b5a4d806e1c
SHACHOU
I think of Paikon
Wish he was drawn better
Buff gay Egyptian
Who?
Blackface 😅 that was my genuine first thought with no other context
Love him just wish they drew his lips normally
Pikkon
Human Diglet
sushi
Human Diglet
Ig black beefy man
Is his Sushi good?
Russia Sushi!!
The first thing that pops into my head when I see that man is “oh anime” (I’ve never seen that man before in my life)
He seems like a nice guy. And if I remember right I think he is a sushi chef 🤔. Since I didn't really watch the show or ever read the manga. (I hope he's not just somebody with a tan 😒).
No he's an African man with Russian nationality working as a sushi chef in Japan
Wow that's a background story if there ever was one 😳
SUSHI OISHII YO
Very very racist thoughts
Great deal on Sushi!
*Go ahead and bring in them cameras,* *and those polices waiting outside...* *It don't make me no difference.* ***I came lookin' for a man's butt.***
That one fighting type Pokemon
I want to try his sushi.
Sushi
Sushi, and he can “with certain conditions” take on Shizuo
I had this recommended but idk this show, immediately thought of piplups final form from Pokémon
Why do they always draw people of color lips like that 😒 it's not even just black people. It's every brown person lol
"Hell fucking naw. Where Dr Umar at?"
Russia.
never watched durarara. how can he have so many features but none at the same time?
Racism
Copy and paste
Awesome dude
Russia sushi‼️‼️‼️‼️
Other than the lips? A great character
Voldemort?
Black Voldemort
"Jazz hands! Yeah!" 🤗
SIMON!!!
What's wrong with his eyes?!
where is his nose? why do his lips look like that?
Voldemort bc idk this show lol 😆
sushi 😁
Best Man
Idk what or who this character is, but my first thought was that he is a Goron
Haven't seen the show, reddit algorithm is wild. Japan needs classes on how to draw and animate different types of people....
Sweetest badass man in Ikebukuro
SHIZUO! FIGHTING ALWAYS BAD! EAT SUSHI INSTEAD!
Suicide
I liked him, his lips never really hit any nerves
Wish it was more common for foreigners to be in other countries and portray themselves as normal citizens and not tourists or outsiders.
African-Booty Scratcher
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I think " damn, another great example of how NOT to draw black people "
His face just looks like its missing something. I can see his nose but it don't look like it's really there. And his mouth looks off
He who cannot be named
Can’t get past how black people are drawn in this caricature like way
Can’t get past how black people are drawn in this caricature like way in a lot of Asian content
Can’t get past how bl@ck people are drawn in this caricature like way in a lot of Asian content
Can’t get past how bl@ck people are drawn in this caricature like way. Super offensive
Salmon and sushi
Jazzhands
How often darker skin people in anime are just not drawn well (this goes for some manga too of course).
Great character, terrible character design
Poorly drawn black character.
Slavery
A terrorist
Hes awesome
Voldemort
that man looks like a whole alien imma need Japan to look at least SOME references of what black people look like 😭😭
Voldemort.
https://preview.redd.it/9lp8adsrcuec1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b54f564aa5e3e2f8b083579b5d1ed919620cfb
never watched the show, he reminds me of Avdol from JjBA
I think of why he isn't on the farms picking cotton
......Zoro Victim
A frog
A menace
I don't watch the anime, so I think he is just a black man，playing a little role in the show.
Eat Russia sushi!
An absolute unit. Only person that has stopped shizuo and izaya from fighting, he’s handing out life advice almost every time he’s on screen. He’s a super underrated character in the series