@ModdedGen Why's it matter whether they're Japanese?
Because it's their race, they are Japanese, this is raceswapping, the same thing when people swap a black to white.
But people try to justify it by saying "it's not racist to race swap Japanese people or these people or these people" or "they just wanna see themselves in characters they love"
When in reality they just wanna have their cake and eat it too.
While the artist probably intended for Ai to be sincerely supporting the dictatorial regime of the DPRK, I would like to note that North Korea has a documented history of kidnapping people and forcing them to make state propaganda.
Relevant video. Also, the artist, @denjeeh, seems to have been nuked more or less. If the artist has presence elsewhere, do feel free to make the artist tag.
The art looked deceptively convincing. Seems like I have to check better next time.
Gotta agree. Even though it looks off close-up, this style does mask a lot of the usual AI bullshit that you see. Without the poster straight up admitting it'd be a very annoying case.
