Oct 15, 2020
Unwilling to face its wartime record, Japan has embraced the Nazis’ iconic victim and made her seem cute.
“In my view, it was also a symptom of something broader. Over the past few decades, Japan has developed a mechanism to avoid facing up to its wartime history: It has neutralized issues that are too painful to deal with by rendering them purely aesthetic, and harmless — by making them “cute.” But that strategy no longer seems to be working. “
For reference, this is one of the Anne Frank mangas. As you can see it lookes more like a typical shoujo manga story rather than a commemorative piece.
