Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-173.70.139.196-20140205003219/@comment-25279497-20150530135430

On the subject of skin tone/diversity: as a black and anime fan, I've come to the conclusion that unless the show take place in the U.S./Western Europe (Soul Eater for example) then don't expect much skin diversity. Most anime work on trope of either But Not Too Foreign or Mukokuseki. There only one anime I know of that has black lead and that was afro samurai. And to the anon that said "OMG it work fiction idk," sorry but, if writers and artists only describe the human race as pale-medium skin tone, then there a problem.

On of the subject as strong female characters: See this one few things RWBY did right. When writers think "here Jane Smith, take shite from no man in her life," and give her every bond-ish badass one-liners, then that writer is doing a poor job. That doesn't make an female character interesting, it just exemplifies already existing problem in fiction. I for one would rather see a character that happen to be interesting.