So Chise's hair is actually red and she's Japanese...?

[pail]

Uh huh.

Yeah...

Because Japan is teeming with gingers.

I'm really supposed to believe this crap?

I don't know where this show is trying to go. 

[mochi]

actually it's very rare but there ARE some Japanese people with wavy red hair

 

Osamu Tezuka was one such person, and he was bullied relentlessly for it in school as a child

[pail]

I'm still not buying it.

And maybe that's the joke in and of itself.

That the most unbelievable thing in a show with magic, faeries, and dragons... Is a Japanese person with red hair.

[Gina Szanboti]

Kenshin.

[pail]

3 minutes ago, Gina Szanboti said:

Kenshin.

Never was a fan.

[mochi]

1 hour ago, pail said:

I'm still not buying it.

And maybe that's the joke in and of itself.

That the most unbelievable thing in a show with magic, faeries, and dragons... Is a Japanese person with red hair.

I mean it's not RED red it's more Auburn (so reddish brown) but it IS possible though MONUMENTALLY rare for a Japanese person to have wavy reddish hair

[Daos]

What about all the anime characters with blue and green hair?

[pail]

1 hour ago, Daos said:

What about all the anime characters with blue and green hair?

Those characters don't apply here.

In this particular show, one of the main characters' ethnicity and hair colour are cemented as contextual fact directly by another character in the show.

I don't remember the line off the top of my head but it's something along the lines of "Ah. You have such beautiful red hair. It's rare for an Asian to have red hair. This will make your wand very awesome-eru."

Not literally that but, honestly, not far off either.

It's essentially setting the precedent that everything in the show is literally as it appears.

Which means if any green-haired gals do show up, that means they have dyed their hair.

It's just a weird level of self-awareness for a show. Particularly a show like this. Because it's primarily a drama and not a comedy.

[Juice McKenzie]

Dude, its anime.

[CorbeauKarasu]

like Kenshin

[Gina Szanboti]

It was also mentioned at the end of the last episode that she has some European genetics in there somewhere. I.e., you're not the only one who's noticed she doesn't look typically Japanese.

[pail]

11 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said:

It was also mentioned at the end of the last episode that she has some European genetics in there somewhere. I.e., you're not the only one who's noticed she doesn't look typically Japanese.

I must have missed that part.

But sure by some miracle of genetics Chise's recessive every tenth other generational gene was activated therefore Japanese gingeru.

Okay.

[mochi]

29 minutes ago, pail said:

I must have missed that part.

But sure by some miracle of genetics Chise's recessive every tenth other generational gene was activated therefore Japanese gingeru.

Okay.

biracial people can look like either more like just one  parent or a mix of both

take Rashida Jones and Wentwoth miller, they just look white but they do in fact have one Black parent

 

where as Halle Berry clearly looks Black (albeit light skinned)

Edited January 12, 2018 by mochi

[J.M. Matthews]

Red Hair. Oh! You must be talking about Magus Bride! I love that show! And not all anime and manga characters are necessarily Japanese. It's fantasy. They could be any race...The world is diverse...

[pail]

15 minutes ago, Spindack said:

Red Hair. Oh! You must be talking about Magus Bride! I love that show! And not all anime and manga characters are necessarily Japanese. It's fantasy. They could be any race...The world is diverse...

She is specifically referred to as "Asian" by another character in the show.

And she's from Japan.

Just putting two and two together here.

[J.M. Matthews]

Yeah, but NUMEROUS anime characters who are Japanese have red hair. The hair doesn't have to always be black. It may be realism, but it's still animation, and even anime takes liberties. Rei Ayanami had blue hair, and I don't see you complaining about her. 

[J.M. Matthews]

Japanese genetics have NEVER been completely real world ish. They take liberties with reality.  Plenty of stuff doesn't make sense, not just hair...

Edited January 13, 2018 by Spindack

[EyeOfPain]

The color could be exaggerated for animation, so a "real" Chise's hair may not be as strikingly red as it is in the show.