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Originally Posted by Kirarakim
I mean the tropes themselves make 1:1 comparisons for a reason.
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I'm really not stuck on that term. Is there a more general one that works better?
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edit: Perhaps you can see the bakenezumi as a representation of "savages" so thinking about it more maybe you could see the "noble savage" trope in Kiromaru's role. I still don't think this is as bad as if the Bakenezumi represented an actual group of people.
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I'm beginning to see the problem with the term. I might be seen to make a comparison between black people and bakenezumi...
"Noble Savage" is a good term, but I'd argue that, even if he should betray the kids, there are ways he can remain that, e.g. if the betrayal serves as a sort of "moral lesson" that they couldn't take from Yakomaru, for example. It's almost, but not quite, what I'm getting at.