@Charlotte Horchata
Oh also Look here
It seems that Usopp/Blackbeard and also Jozu are all white just like Marco
![Seriously :seriously: :seriously:](https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/images/smilies/symbols/dH3fd3z.png)
It turned out that Oda is fucking up "Whote bois" lips not black people... huh?
LOL
I hope those two example tell you that Oda's style of drawing black characters does NOT stand on shading their skin... Oda draws them ALL THE SAME
The skin color and hair color is MAINLY submitted and confirmed by Oda to Toei Studio
In fact... sometimes Oda uses a specific color in Manga colorspread for newly introduced characters.. and then he changes them and informs the Studio about it
When it comes to coloring... Anime is the CONFIRMED ONE here
Oh also Look here
It seems that Usopp/Blackbeard and also Jozu are all white just like Marco
![Seriously :seriously: :seriously:](https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/images/smilies/symbols/dH3fd3z.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/XFKh87F.png)
![](https://i.imgur.com/hLv4nfA.png)
It turned out that Oda is fucking up "Whote bois" lips not black people... huh?
LOL
I hope those two example tell you that Oda's style of drawing black characters does NOT stand on shading their skin... Oda draws them ALL THE SAME
The skin color and hair color is MAINLY submitted and confirmed by Oda to Toei Studio
In fact... sometimes Oda uses a specific color in Manga colorspread for newly introduced characters.. and then he changes them and informs the Studio about it
When it comes to coloring... Anime is the CONFIRMED ONE here
Does Oda use clear shades for any kind of characters, even those that are probably based on real-world black people (just like Mr. 5 and Danny Kravitz)? Yes.
Does this make anime color schemes more canon? Not at all.
Is Kuzan's skin dark in the canon coloring? Not at all.
But hey, Kuzan could be like Mr. 5 and be based on a black person. Or like Blackbeard and theoretically come from a black-skinned country? Sure, he could.
Is the previous possibility valid? No, it isn't, because we have confirmation of Kuzan being based on a Japanese actor who shares his physical traits.
Period.
One single colored cover doesn't mean shit when studio confirms the color scheme from Oda..
I'll say it again... Japanese people NEVER CARED about black people sensitivity.. so for them.. they wouldn't care to make a fan fav character like Aokiji among admirals to be white.... but they didn't.... they confirm the color scheme from Oda and made him dark...
I'll say it again... Japanese people NEVER CARED about black people sensitivity.. so for them.. they wouldn't care to make a fan fav character like Aokiji among admirals to be white.... but they didn't.... they confirm the color scheme from Oda and made him dark...
He liked anime's Kuma better so he changed his own, first orange scheme.
He didn't care at all about anime's Caesar scheme so he kept his own choice while anime did the same.
He didn't care at all about anime's Perospero's scheme so he kept his own choice and anime started to use the canon one.
So, as you can see, the studio choices mean nothing, only what Oda chooses to do in his own, direct work. Kuzan's canon skin appeared way, way after his anime introduction and Oda cared nothing about anime's choice as he stuck to the same clear shade he used with the other admirals.