A NYC Anime artist has created a new comic book that focuses around the love between an Asian Man and a Black woman, and the comic is going viral on social media.
The comic book, called NIA, focuses on a Black woman who leaves her Black boyfriend and falls in love with an Asian man.
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It’s an interesting story, but MTO News has learned that it struck a nerve on Black Twitter. There’s a very lively debate on Twitter about this new anime. Most Black women think that it’s a positive for a line of comics to glorify Black women.
But others, mostly men, think that the imagery downgrades Black men.
Here is the comic book, taken from the artist, Kenny Kenjiken’s IG:
Kenny loves drawing imagery that promotes Black Women/Asian Men relationships.
Here is some of his other artwork: