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aq2003 · 3 years

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ok so ive joked about this before but to me one of the most genuine glaring issues about cobra kai the show about karate and generational trauma is that the east asian rep amongst the new characters is. Very bad. like it is so clearly worse than the karate kid trilogy it's almost kind of comedic. in s2 the show has a joke going "haha look daniel got cancelled on twitter bc he isnt asian! hes white and thus everyone thought he was doing cultural appropriation! lol!" While at this time in the show every east asian character was either irredeemably evil (kyler) or so far in the background you barely notice them (nate) . i would be laughing if this wasnt incredibly sad

#this is part of why the s3 okinawa arc is so good . finally. white people are not real #btw this is why devon is so dear to me bc yes she is cringe but she is also free #nate is also very dear to me and i think every one of his 2 lines per season is liquid gold. but u see the problem here ?? HDJKFLNWLJFJDS #cobra kai #ck #daniel having to cope w his grief from mr miyagi's death and like generally th sheer presence that mr miyagi has on his character arc #and the wider series is great. i love it i love daniel to the ends of the earth. but this is not representation lmao #the show is slowwwwly grinding towards including more east asian characters that are alive and are not evil but like . lol #it is season 5 guys <3 and all the main characters are still white people <3 #chozen getting his status upgraded from cameo character to recurring character in s4 finale is good i hope he steals all of the screentime #that could be devoted to daniel and johnny fighting again lmao.

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