>>55267533>You expressed it as a "fact" that they match here:I expressed that they match a pre-existing stereotype more than other designs using a comparison to an intentionally "japanese-coded" character. This is not the same thing as believing the sentiment, which should be abundantly clear from my language in the literal next post.
>Either way, what I'm getting at is just that there are a wide variety of characters that are designed with narrow eyes, so it felt weird to attribute Asian in particular with one set of characters.Again, perception and context. Adaman appears in a game explicitly meant to parallel the settling and annexation of Hokkaido and wears clothes that one would easily see and think of older eras of Japan. Meanwhile a Hiker is a one note NPC class that dresses like a modern day outdoorsman, so they get ignored even if they "should" on paper fall under the stereotype. Similarly Penny's identity is tied up in being the terminally online socially awkward hackerman (girl), so there's less reason for someone to make the connection to a race over calling her a tumblrite or some shit.
