Racist Insta reel about tanning
From official Insta acc: https://www.instagram.com/doremi\_20th\_anniv
You can already see comments complaining about the clearly racist subtext
A comment pointed out that they could have drawn Doremi’s skin red to show that she’s burned. That just shows how purely aesthetic their fear of the sun is, and not at all about health (skin cancer, etc)
I’m surprised because the episode dedicated to Beth and Momoko is one of the most well-known internationally, but I guess one episode isn’t enough to put an end to the racist biases of an entire culture
This post also made me think about the fact that Onpu concentrates a lot of Japanese beauty stigmas: the issue of skin color but also weight. I remember that in many episodes, she would stop herself from eating certain things to avoid gaining weight, or she would eat while emphasizing her guilt for doing so
Unfortunately, I don’t recall Onpu’s issues with her own body (weight and skin color) ever being addressed in the anime