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[autumn_sacura]

Um, hello! I'm artist from Russia. I apologize in advance if my English is bad.
I'm writing a web-comic (well, more like visual novel, maybe), where most of main characters are PoCs. It's experimental work, combining traditional and flash animation with interactive elements, where reader should unlock secrets for fully understanding of story. This

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[autumn_sacura]

Thank you a lot for the quick answer! That was helpful and gave me many interesting ideas about further story development. And that part about Asia... You are right. At first I wanted to make the confusion about his ancestry as one of many reasons for antagonism of that particular character. But now I'll think about other ways how to play with that part of story.

[ncc_gqmf]

A note: It is possible that Quint could be of East Asian descent and not know what nationality his father was. As you said, some East Asian people can tell the difference, but not everyone can -- and sometimes, the difference is honestly too difficult to spot, especially between Korean and Japanese.

I live in Japan, and people here "pass" all the time, both intentionally (many Korean and Chinese immigrants do this) and unintentionally. Hell, I'm white and I've been asked if I have Japanese blood.

That said, OP, it's certainly a good idea to avoid implying that the different Asian nationalities/ethnicities are the same, outside of the similarity in appearance. But it wouldn't necessarily be wrong to have him and others unable to tell, especially if he's half-white.

[ncc_gqmf]

I think you misread my comment -- my point was that even Japanese people who grow up in Japan can't always (and even often can't) tell, much less, yes, people who do not grow up that way.

[ncc_gqmf]

I don't see that in the link, and

...is probably much more related to environment than genetics--so it depends on where the character and the other parent come from

is sort of counter to my point, so just clarifying.

[autumn_sacura]

Thank you for info! That was very interesting and useful.