Netflix’s “One Piece” crew gathers around Charithra Chandran after the racist counter

With One piece Season two sailing on Netflix next year, the last teaser surprised fans with exciting looks about what will come for straw hats. In their journey to the main line, they are ready to meet more friends and enemies.

One of the new faces of the distribution is Charithra Chandran in the role of Néfertari Vivi, also known in the manga and a long -standing anime as Miss on Wednesday. The character of the comics is represented as an Egyptian woman with clear skin, and a great minority of a racist One piece The Nerds criticize the cast of Chandran because the actor has darker skin. Because of course, they are angry with that being a plausible thing in a universe where a man can stretch his skin or a talking reindeer can be a health professional.

In response, actress Emily Rudd, who plays Nami, shared on her Instagram stories, “canon” perceived does not excuse racism or flagrant hatred of all kinds. I am beyond our program, our casting and the opportunity that we have to give life to a story centered on a diversified family – by an also diverse discovery family. ”

Rudd has also shared a long co-star Rob Colletti (which will make its debut as Wapol in season two):

As Colletti points out, “Charithra was hand -selected by (One piece Creator Eiichiro Oda), and he has much more knowledge and understanding of his own characters than anyone, in particular the hateful and imagination goosebumps who really have the audacity to go on the Internet to launch a speech of hatred towards an actor without even seeing their absolutely incredible performance in the series. “”

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