She is very cute and I like her because of her chocolate♡ skin, but it always bother me how for the Japanese, color skin apparently is just a color palette, rather than the representation of real dark-skinned people, because is rare to see dark-skinned character that doesn't have a very light, unrealistic hair color.

I'd personally would like to have more characters like Karin from Blue archive, for example.

HoshinoK said in comment #2621173:
because is rare to see dark-skinned character that doesn't have a very light, unrealistic hair color.

Because light-skinned characters that have very light, unrealistic hair colors is oh-so rare?

The Japanese don't care about "representation", and their media not needing to fill arbitrary checkboxes is better for it.

blindVigil said in comment #2621194:

The Japanese don't care about "representation", and their media not needing to fill arbitrary checkboxes is better for it.

You're right, they don't need to check any boxes, or represent anything, artistic freedom is alright. (I am an artist myself)

blindVigil said in comment #2621194:

Because light-skinned characters that have very light, unrealistic hair colors is oh-so rare?

I am aware of this. Of course a variety of colors is very common in anime, but the thing is, you see a lot of black haired and brown haired characters, but they seem eager to avoid a dark-skinned character with dark hair.

I'm just saying, Jacinthe's coolor palette is nice, just wanted to point out how they usually go for the "dark skin white hair color" (lavender hair in this case) palette too often.

HoshinoK said in comment #2621217:

I am aware of this. Of course a variety of colors is very common in anime, but the thing is, you see a lot of black haired and brown haired characters, but they seem eager to avoid a dark-skinned character with dark hair.

I'm just saying, Jacinthe's coolor palette is nice, just wanted to point out how the usually go for the "dark skin white hair color" (lacender hair in this case) palette too often.

Haven't really noticed this as a trend myself to be honest. I feel like I've seen dark-skinned anime characters with brown/black hair just as often as those with more unnatural colors. A Pokémon character probably isn't the best example to use considering all sorts of hair colors appear in that series just like Blue Archive.

There's also the fact that while many series will have dark-skinned characters, having more than one is rare, so when a series has every hair color in the rainbow, I would expect the chances of a series having a dark-skinned character with a natural hair color to drop significantly. Despite this, Pokemon still manages to have a few dark-skinned characters with natural hair colors like Emma, Naveen, Olivia, etc.

Come to think of it, Pokémon might actually put a bit more thought in representation than your average anime series considering its regions are based on real places around the world. I'm sure they also care a bit more about global perception considering how popular they are worldwide. That could also explain why there are so many in that franchise, but I think it reinforces my point about it not being a good example.

Blank_User said in comment #2621228:

Haven't really noticed this as a trend myself to be honest. I feel like I've seen dark-skinned anime characters with brown/black hair just as often as those with more unnatural colors. A Pokémon character probably isn't the best example to use considering all sorts of hair colors appear in that series just like Blue Archive.

There's also the fact that while many series will have dark-skinned characters, having more than one is rare, so when a series has every hair color in the rainbow, I would expect the chances of a series having a dark-skinned character with a natural hair color to drop significantly. Despite this, Pokemon still manages to have a few dark-skinned characters with natural hair colors like Emma, Naveen, Olivia, etc.

Come to think of it, Pokémon might actually put a bit more thought in representation than your average anime series considering its regions are based on real places around the world. I'm sure they also care a bit more about global perception considering how popular they are worldwide. That could also explain why there are so many in that franchise, but I think it reinforces my point about it not being a good example.

You are totally right, Pokémon is very free with its colors, yet, funny enough, representation is there, even if is inside fictional counterparts of the real world.

One a side note, and it might sound salty, I wonder why even though I've having a nice conversation with two polite persons, my comments are down voted like if I was ranting like a unreasonable fool.

I wanted to make an observation, maybe it was misinterpreted as me complaining and setting rules or something.

But anyway, I appreciate the exchange, and stay hydrated, everyone!