#my edit kuro

[ravenliz]

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #ciel phantomhive #kuroshitsujiedit #my edit kuro #graphics raliz #ravenliz #dailyanime

[islandofohara]

S01E05: Eat at Baratie!

#please honey i'm on my kNEES #sanji #kuro no ashi #black leg sanji #taz skylar #one piece #one piece edit #one piece live action #one piece netflix #opla edit #useropla #onepiecesource #kuro ashi no sanji #JUST LOOK AT HIM #sel edits

[solciego]

ONE PIECE SEASON 1 | VILLAINS

#one piece live action #one piece #one piece netflix #one piece villains #one piece screencaps #season one villains #there are a few minor one im missing #but you get the idea #tv show #*my edit #buggy the clown #dracule mihawk #arlong #alvida #kuro one piece #one piece la #my edit: opla

[antinousmondragone]

Barazoku magazine covers by Masahiko Fujiwara, Kuro Nohara, Hideki Ko, Ben Kimura, and Go Hirano

#ben kimura #masahiko fujiwara #kuro nohara #go hirano #hideki ko #barazoku #gay magazine #gay art #japanese art #queer art #藤原正彦 #甲秀樹 #野原くろ #木村べん #平野剛 #薔薇族 #my edits

[pinkheadshima]

#this is so cute! #konekomaru miwa #izumo kamiki #ao no exorcist #blue exorcist #kuro #mike uke #chaoex #chizumokamiki #chkonekomarumiwa #chmikeuke #chkuro #mine #my edit

[oyakay]

Kuroshitsuji × Twisted Wonderland plush!!

#It was my sister's idea that I drew!!! #I would like to have such plush...😭 #Kuroshitsuji #Twisted Wonderland #Kuro #Twst #Crossover #ciel phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #Our!Ciel #O!Ciel #Kuroshitsuji Ciel #Kuroshitsuji Sebastian #fanart #my art #oyaokayart #edit

[plague-of-insomnia]

The dub didn’t mess up; Sebastian was just reminding Ciel he’s applying for a new job.

#黒執事 #black butler #kuroshitpost #sebastian michaelis #s04e03 #kuro meme #book of weston #my shitty edits #english dub #this is mocking the dub of the first episode of the weston arc btw #they had seb say INDEED MY LORD instead of yes my lord #and i am salty af about it #ch 67 #poi og

[seth-phobia]

other various chidori edits!

#im mad they didnt give her blushing sprites she would look so cute #and kuro chidori was requested by my buddy \(^-^ #persona 3 #persona 3 reload #chidori yoshino #my arts n edits

[succulentul]

baby kuro making baby shu a dress :)

#enstars #ensemble stars #あんスタ #あんさんぶるスターズ！ #shu itsuki #kuro kiryu #transfem shu is real to ME!! #kuro is transmasc btw #my art #edit: SORRY had to fix the cropping

[rubysparx]

Refined some doodles from last year (click for better quality, do not repost!!)

#dungeon meshi #my art #please do not repost/trace/edit/copy/or claim #oughhh do i really have to tag all the characters.. #ermm #laios touden #kabru #labru #there can that be enough #ok fine I’ll do the rest bc I love u #rinsha #holm #dia #Daya #mickbell #kuro #senshi #marcille donato #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #izutsumi #there I’m p sure that’s all of them

[bitter-rabbitholes]

Soma and Whitewashing in Anime:

Avoiding "Brown"

Here is an image of Soma comparing his skin tone from the first season of Black Butler and the current season airing now. As you can see, Soma's skin is noticeably lighter than it was in the past. I considered the lighting and took shade from his hand that looks relatively mid tone. However, that's not really a fair excuse if the anime continues to lighten Soma's face this way.

I also compared his skintone from the Book of Circus season which is relatively more recent, and chose images where he's clearly in good lighting. Soma is still noticeably lighter this time around.

Whitewashing is an incredibly common phenomenon that been happening a lot lately in anime, especially with reboots. A great example I can think of off the top of my head is One Piece where they lightened nearly everyone's skin color in the anime, despite some of the cast being characters of color?

(^^^this character is canonly black according to Oda, the mangaka.)

"Oh but Oda gives Usopp pale skin in all his color illustrations"

One, he should know better. Two, if Oda said Usopp would be African in real life, and chose a brown, Jamaican-american actor to play him, then yes, they have been ridiculously disrespectful in how they've been portraying the character's racial features so far.

In that sense, it's actually relief that anime studios in the past weren't afraid of giving their characters darker skin unlike mangakas who were terrified of even the lighest shade of brown.

For instance, I am happy that A-1 studios made Soma, Agni, and Mina, who are all the same race, slightly differ in skin tone. Mina's skin is cooler toned compared to Soma and Agni's warmer hues.

HOWEVER, and other fans pointed this out, Soma and Agni's skin leaned so far from being golden brown to straight yellow in many scenes, that they were walking around like they have jaundice which is so... Of course A-1 studios found some way to mess it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Another thing, do you guys honestly think being accurate to Yana's art style is always the best thing to do in adaptions? Angela Blanc, the secret villain in the anime original first season, pretends to be an abused maid and gets whipped in her very first scene. And according to Yana's concept sketches, she was originally brown. I'm actually glad the anime whitewashed her in that instance.

I'd like to point out, Sebastian's skin tone has also changed in the new season, and he's noticeably tanner than his previous anime appearances and yana's illustrations. So why is this okay for the anime to make creative changes for sebastian's skin tone, but have to stay accurate for Soma? (whose dark skin been established in anime viewers' eyes for decades now).

To be fair, I did a comparison of the anime grayscaled and Soma in the manga during the Weston arc. I checked the values and while I will say that his skin is relatively in the same as the manga, only few degrees lighter, whitewashing isn't only about skintone.

Colourism in Features

We could argue whether its just different anime styles or the way Yana draws noses, but its not a great look for Soma's nose to be made noticeably sharper compared to his flatter/rounder nose in the manga/earlier seasons of the anime.

Talking about the Mandela effect and cognitive dissonance as well... there's also something about how manga readers seen Soma with brown skin and pure black hair years in the manga, only for the anime to lighten those features.

It doesn't help that Soma canonly has purple hair and yellow eyes (if anything, I do appreciate the more natural tones they gave Soma this season. No more highly saturated purple hair/yellow eyes and skin!)

Yes, Kuroshitsuji is a fantasy story, and YES artists of color like to play with fantasy features with characters, me included! But my point is that black/brown representation in media is so little already, character artists are also averse to drawing any defining racial features.

Yana has designed brown-skinned characters in the anime with straight white hair and light-colored eyes about three times now (ie. Agni, Angela, and Hannah). The only Indians with dark skin and hair are a bunch of homeless thugs that Soma and Agni stop from mugging Ciel, proving they're "one of the good ones", and Mina whose treatment in the manga/anime is abysmal.

Discussing Racism in Fandom

Alright, so over the past few days, I've seen some fans disappointed with Soma's skin tone change and I hope my post illustrates why they would be. But I've also seen some angry and frustrated reactions to those fans! And I want to ask, why?

Why is fans bringing up racism in anime considered "discourse" but reacting harshly towards those fans is not?

Why would fans expressing disappointment about whitewashing gets you more angry than the whitewashing itself?

Why is being disappointed that an anime lightened a character's skin tone, a character who both anime-only watchers and manga readers alike saw as dark-skinned, stupid to you?

How come the fandom gets a good laugh out of the usage of "fag" potentially canceling the anime, but talking about race is a "risk" to getting a new season?

And if you disagree with my points and believe the anime is only being accurate to Yana's work, why not just say "Soma's skintone is more accurate to Yana's color illustrations, but I understand the disappointment and shock," without being condescending towards us for being concerned in the first place?

I'd be pretty happy if the anime was just using intense lighting and that Soma is darker than he appears (in fact, if that happens I'll reblog the good news to this post!) Because this post isn't "discourse" to me, I'm discussing race regarding one of my favorite characters in the fandom. Discussions like these don't ruin the fandom, but actually help it become a more welcoming place for fans of color.

#breaking out the caps for this #i really do feel spoiled by manga edits of soma #that give him dark brown skin i imagine him having #only to return to yana's art of him like oh... :') #some of yana illustrations of soma is just inconsistent anyway so im used to it #like he'll go from midtone to white... eh #also one piece fans you have my condolences #this recent season hoo boy #anyway im not even 'that' bothered by the change - its so typical at this point #but i just dont want anger towards fans of color to take root in this fandom #just because they want to discuss race #kuro #kuroshitsuji #soma asman kadar #weston arc #public school arc #b.txt #racism #whitewashing

[ravenliz]

#Clean by me || .gif version: here

@tohru-n ;)

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #ciel phantomhive #kuroshitsujiedit #my edit kuro #ravenliz #cleaning #graphics raliz

[stepghost]

#mine #mangacap #yuri #my edit #Temptation Of Shiro Gal & Kuro Gal

[dadbastiandisaster]

Here, have a little crappy speedpaint I made to go along with the fanart.

So for all the post-campania fanfiction (to which I have contributed, link in my pinned post if you’re interested) there is very little fanart, and I am here to change that!

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #sebastian michaelis #ciel phantomhive #snake black butler #i wanted to draw some cute kuro fanart so i did #gave myself feelz tbh #i love the luxury liner arc so much #i am a sucker for whumph so its my favourite #tag this as sebasciel and your insides wont be inside by the time im done #black butler fanart #kuroshitsuji fanart #speedpaint #sorry for the lack of audio i did this with editing software on my phone #and i can only add royalty free music #which is worse than no music in my opinion #my art #original post

[edensania]

°~•♡•~°

#anime #sugar apple fairy tale #Anne #anne halford #challe #challe fen challe #sugar apple fairy tale edit #animes #gif #gifs #anime gif #anime gifs #shoujo #shoujo anime #shalle #shalle fen shalle #my edit #Ginzatoushi to Kuro no Yousei #Ginzatoushi to Kuro no Yousei edit

[pinkheadshima]

#this duo is super cute #ao no exorcist #izumo kamiki #konekomaru miwa #shima renzou #blue exorcist #kuro #chaoex #chshimarenzou #chkonekomarumiwa #chkuro #chizumokamiki #mine #my edit