"Stellar Blade to Be Forcefully Censored by Payment Processors" - Will it Happen?

[00:00] Stillerblade being reported to payment

[00:02] processors like Visa and Mastercard to

[00:04] be mass- censored or deplatformed is a

[00:06] pretty terrible situation that I'm glad

[00:08] that a lot of people are starting to

[00:09] pick up and talk about. And it's really

[00:11] bringing up the entire conversation of

[00:13] just uh honestly racism towards Asian

[00:16] media in general because in the last

[00:18] week and a half to two weeks we have

[00:20] just seen the absolute um hypocrisy from

[00:23] multiple different angles when it comes

[00:24] to just how the reaction to Stellar

[00:26] Blade was but to other media that is,

[00:28] you know, basically from the west. And

[00:30] I'm just going to show a few examples

[00:31] here just to start off the video. For

[00:33] instance, when um we had Stellar Blade

[00:35] Blood Rain come out, it had its trailer

[00:37] and Eevee kind of showcased her design.

[00:39] A few days prior to that, we had the

[00:40] stuff with God of War, and we got to see

[00:43] basically the uh Kratos removed. It's a

[00:45] spin-off game, yes, but Kratos was

[00:47] removed for a female character. And just

[00:49] to briefly dive into this topic, gamers

[00:52] are very tired of the very performative

[00:54] and uh just the act of making a girl

[00:56] boss-like character. There's nothing

[00:57] wrong necessarily with a female

[00:59] character in a lead role, but it's very

[01:01] clear by the way God of War was depicted

[01:02] and just how it was. It feels like a

[01:04] complete step away and that's something

[01:06] that people really wanted. What actual

[01:08] fans of God of War wanted, they want

[01:10] more Kratos because obviously when you

[01:12] play God of War, you don't think of just

[01:14] anyone else but probably Kratos. So, it

[01:16] caused a lot of backlash and there was a

[01:18] lot of individuals that were basically

[01:19] saying you're sexist or whatever if you

[01:22] don't like the female character or you

[01:23] think the female character is ugly from

[01:25] the new God of War game. And within like

[01:27] three days after that controversy

[01:29] started to kind of surround itself in

[01:31] the community and people are making a

[01:33] lot of videos on it, Starblade Blood

[01:35] Rain released its trailer. And the

[01:37] trailer obviously it was met with a lot

[01:39] of praise. But the same individuals that

[01:41] were very very protective of God of War,

[01:44] the new God of War game, they were very

[01:46] upset with Eve's Eevee's design. They

[01:48] were upset and they were going out of

[01:49] their way to even say that you're a

[01:51] weirdo, a creep, and potentially a PDF

[01:53] if you dare like the character design.

[01:56] saying that Shift Up and the CEO and

[01:59] everybody working on Stellar Blade are

[02:01] potential predators that are trying to

[02:03] basically make an underage looking

[02:06] character when if you look up like, you

[02:07] know, just Asians in general, they're

[02:09] very youthful and youthful looking in

[02:11] appearance. And so it just instantly the

[02:13] sheer hypocrisy on that is insane

[02:16] because the individuals that were

[02:17] preaching like uh you know you're sexist

[02:19] if you don't like this female character

[02:20] or a female character being in the lead

[02:22] role were turning around and turning on

[02:23] Stellar Blade even though there was a

[02:25] very beautiful female character in a

[02:27] lead role and controlling the game and

[02:29] everybody was being positive about it.

[02:31] So you you could just see right there.

[02:32] But the the entire situation doesn't

[02:35] just stop at that. Days after that,

[02:37] probably about like 4 days later, there

[02:39] was an announcement that the amazing

[02:40] digital circus was going to be being

[02:42] added to Fortnite and Pomni's design

[02:44] came out. Everybody started talking

[02:46] about it. I made a video talking about

[02:47] it a few days ago. And basically, the

[02:49] same individuals that were calling

[02:50] Eevee's design very creepy. The same

[02:53] individuals that think, for instance,

[02:54] Loi within fiction is very creepy and

[02:56] weird as well and that it should be

[02:58] completely eradicated even though it's a

[02:59] body type. Basically, the same

[03:01] individuals that were doing that are the

[03:03] same individuals that were defending

[03:05] Pomny's design and saying, "This

[03:06] character design is not a lolly design.

[03:08] It's not a lolly body type or anything

[03:10] like that." And just showing sheer

[03:12] hypocrisy. Man, you hear them bugs in

[03:13] the background? Holy crap. I think

[03:14] that's a cicada. But anyways, basically,

[03:17] we got to see just once again two

[03:19] different examples within under a week

[03:21] of just the sheer hypocrisy around

[03:23] Eevee's design. And a lot of people

[03:25] started kind of keying in on this that

[03:27] there was just one thing that was very

[03:28] different from let's say Pomni and God

[03:30] of War from Eevee. And that is Eevee was

[03:33] an Asian game. First off, she was very

[03:35] beautiful, but also it it's an Asian

[03:38] company that was working on Stellar

[03:40] Blade. And a lot of people started

[03:42] keying in on this and kind of looking at

[03:43] just different controversies that we've

[03:45] had, especially in just the last few

[03:47] years. I mean, just to do a brief little

[03:49] rundown, like, you know, just in this

[03:51] year alone, there's been a lot of

[03:52] different Asian games that were just

[03:54] basically deplatformed or removed from

[03:56] Steam for no reason at all. Not even

[03:58] with any adult content in it. And

[04:00] creators went to like, for instance,

[04:01] social media on Twitter to talk about

[04:02] how unfair this is and how they're being

[04:04] debanked for no reason. Or you have, for

[04:06] instance, individuals that do anime like

[04:08] art style and all that and they get

[04:09] commissioned to write art. PayPal

[04:11] actively investigates people off site to

[04:13] ban them. It is legitimately insane. You

[04:16] could just clearly see the attack on

[04:18] certain type of media and certain type

[04:20] of entertainment besides western media.

[04:22] And I think one of the big reasons why

[04:24] this is is because obviously anime like

[04:26] art style and media and stories is

[04:29] heavily exploding within the west. I

[04:32] mean anime's boom right now and manga

[04:33] boom is a very good example of that. And

[04:35] I think a lot of these western companies

[04:37] are very very scared and upset because

[04:40] obviously there is a lot of influence

[04:42] from the west that is basically

[04:43] crumbling apart. I mean, let's look at

[04:45] recent examples of like The Backrooms.

[04:47] The Back Rooms may be a western type of

[04:50] g like a movie, but it's being very

[04:52] successful and it's showcasing cracks

[04:54] within Hollywood and that people want

[04:56] something different from the traditional

[04:57] Western media. And I think that a lot of

[04:59] these companies are very upset that

[05:01] they're losing influence and so they're

[05:02] going out of their way in any way they

[05:03] possibly can to attack Japanese or

[05:06] Korean media and just Asian

[05:08] entertainment in general to make sure

[05:09] that it's not able to grow. They're just

[05:11] basically attacking it at its source to

[05:13] either censor itself or basically

[05:15] sanitize itself. And we know that this

[05:17] has been happening to anime for a very

[05:19] long time when it comes to

[05:20] localizations, but also basically

[05:22] localizers giving comments to having

[05:24] different Japanese companies censor

[05:26] their stuff on the cutting room floor.

[05:28] We know this type of stuff is happening.

[05:29] We do. I've covered this countless

[05:31] times. There's multiple articles on it,

[05:33] Reddit post and everything. A brief

[05:35] little diving into you can instantly

[05:37] find this type of stuff. And so it is

[05:40] very interesting what the Stellar Blade

[05:41] situation does. It showcases straight up

[05:45] the escalation of just not just um

[05:48] censorship of fictional content, but

[05:50] also just an attack on Asian culture

[05:52] itself and that they do not like the

[05:54] fact that it's getting such a massive

[05:56] spotlight and basically showcasing that

[05:58] the the average individual people that

[06:00] want to play games want games like that

[06:02] or that are fundamentally different

[06:04] instead of the same stuff we've been

[06:06] getting over and over from the west if

[06:07] you get my point. Now back into the

[06:10] stellar blade situation. Starblade

[06:12] honestly with the last day and a half

[06:15] with like all this controversy honestly

[06:17] when it comes to it being reported and

[06:19] then the petition as well and everything

[06:21] in between. I think it is definitely

[06:23] showcased a lot of hypocrites as well in

[06:25] the space on just how many individuals

[06:27] that legitimately do not actually stand

[06:30] for anti-censorship. A lot of

[06:31] individuals that like to parrot that

[06:33] they're, you know, anti-censorship but

[06:35] in reality they're not. They'll turn on

[06:37] a dime. It's it's really weird behavior.

[06:39] I've seen a lot of people that used to

[06:40] actually side with me on anti-censorship

[06:43] just suddenly going mask off. It's like

[06:45] I said, it's very jarring honestly. It's

[06:47] really shocking to me. But um besides

[06:50] that, we also have everything about like

[06:53] the Shift Up CEO. Like there's going to

[06:55] be a lot of pressure I think on the CEO

[06:57] and Shift Up and Stellar Blade in the

[07:00] coming months, especially in the next

[07:02] year before it releases because, you

[07:04] know, this is just the beginning. This

[07:05] is obviously PR for the game. This is

[07:07] definitely going to get people to buy

[07:08] the game, but I mean payment processors,

[07:10] they they hold a lot of power. They do.

[07:12] I mean, they got steam to buckle and

[07:14] bend and add an entirely new rule set on

[07:16] their site. So, Shift Up, to be

[07:18] completely blunt, they can't do anything

[07:20] about payment processors if their their

[07:22] eye of Sauron focuses in on them. That

[07:24] just you can't avoid that. So, it's very

[07:27] scary, honestly. And I am really

[07:29] terrified on if this situation is going

[07:32] to continuously escalate because you

[07:34] know truthfully you know all it takes is

[07:37] just a few handful of people and someone

[07:39] with the right connections to do some

[07:41] serious damage once again like

[07:43] collective shout did. And like I said

[07:45] the petition showcases just how few

[07:47] people are in support of censoring

[07:49] stellar blade besides the few select

[07:51] crazies. But the thing is is that all it

[07:53] does is take a few handful of people to

[07:55] really systematically destroy

[07:56] everything. And this kind of gets into

[07:58] kind of like the whole argument with

[08:00] anime and manga and just how like it's

[08:02] been getting censored quite a bit as

[08:03] well in the last few years and how

[08:05] there's just the the very bullies that

[08:07] um basically used to bully you for like

[08:09] let's say Naruto or Dragon Ball or One

[08:11] Piece are now within the community and

[08:13] bullying you if you like anything

[08:14] outside of those shows. We could just

[08:16] see all around there's a lot of attack

[08:17] from individuals that really want to

[08:19] change the space, censor the space, make

[08:21] you silent, different things like that.

[08:23] It's just uh it's got really annoying

[08:25] over like the the past few years and

[08:27] it's just I I I'm glad to see a lot of

[08:30] people are really starting to notice

[08:31] this just the toxicity around it or in

[08:33] this case noticing just how many people

[08:35] are really laring and just want to

[08:37] destroy anime manga and just gaming in

[08:40] general and they don't really care. They

[08:41] want it all for what they want. And if

[08:44] it's anything against what they want,

[08:45] their type of politics or ideals, they

[08:47] want it completely gone, completely

[08:49] censored. I mean, one good example of

[08:51] this is like the recent drama with um

[08:54] you know, the translations. I covered

[08:55] this a few days ago, but with the whole

[08:57] translations of like the unofficial

[08:59] translation, a lot of localizers that

[09:01] typically like to put like gender

[09:02] politics, gender identity, and different

[09:04] type of things that kind of, you know,

[09:07] shift towards left ideal or progressive

[09:08] type viewpoints, you know, those

[09:10] individuals were very upset with the

[09:12] translation of the manga series that got

[09:14] an unofficial translation a few days

[09:16] ago. And um basically they were like the

[09:19] translations need to be 1:1 Japanese

[09:21] accurate. And I'm like this is so

[09:23] hypocritical because the the same

[09:25] individuals that are trying to say it

[09:26] needs to be 1:1 are the same people that

[09:28] say it's impossible to make one to one

[09:30] adaptation or translations of Japanese

[09:32] content. And I'm like do you even hear

[09:34] yourself? Do you even know what you're

[09:36] doing or what you're saying? It's just

[09:38] like I said it's infuriating. It it's

[09:40] really infuriating just like seeing the

[09:43] increase of just hypocrisy, especially

[09:45] in the last few weeks. Um, but like I

[09:48] said, a lot of people seem to be kind of

[09:49] opening up their eyes and a lot of

[09:51] people that used to be kind of against

[09:52] me as well are actually starting to see

[09:54] what it really is for what it is and

[09:56] just honestly siding with me. So, that's

[09:59] that's really nice to see. But, I just I

[10:01] wanted to take a few moments to talk

[10:02] about this, get my overall thoughts on

[10:04] the situation out cuz honestly, I uh

[10:07] just am I the only one seeing it? like,

[10:09] you know, let me know. Like, am I crazy?

[10:11] Am I the only one seeing these type of

[10:13] issues that are escalating and stuff? Be

[10:15] honest. Um, but with that being said, I

[10:17] love you guys. You have a wonderful day

[10:19] or night wherever you live. Be safe.

[10:21] Stay healthy. She be out.