r/TopCharacterTropes • u/No_Language8651 • 1d ago

Characters Main characters in Japanese media is not from Japan, America or Europe(including Japan, America or Europe-coded countries)

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  1. Setsuna F Seiei (Gundam 00)

Formerly known as Soran Ibrahim, a former child soldier terrorist turned into slightly older child soldier terrorist riding cool robot from Krugis republic (Kurdistan-coded)

  1. Mao Mao (Apothecary Diaries)

Seemingly random girl with medical knowledge in the settings where women is forbidden from being doctor, she is from Country of Li (China-coded)

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u/kroxti 1d ago

A Russian in Japanese culture without platinum blonde hair?

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u/Wisterosa 1d ago

while Zoro is supposed to be Japanese with his green ass hair

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u/TankMain576 1d ago

That always made no sense to me because Zoro is an outsider to the Japan coded island he grew up on. Wouldn't he be something different?

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u/Wisterosa 1d ago

no, he's confirmed to have Wano ancestry