#is this weird sinophobia??? is it just trying to appeal to a k*reaboo audience for some reason????? WHO KNOWS! NOT ME!

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god I remembered this extremely weird localization choice and it made me so mad all over again. so there's a manhua that I like that recently started getting (re-) published on webtoon, official *english* release. now. the original language is (as is probably obvious from 'manhua') mandarin. but. for some fucking reason. they changed the names of both all the characters and all the locations to be...korean??? its literally a slice of life romance thing with no fantasy elements at all????

what makes this incredibly baffling is that the manhua is getting an english physical release too (through kickstarter, which im getting in tbe mail soon) and they VERY MUCH KEPT THE ORIGINAL CN NAMES??? I DONT UNDERSTAAAAND