TRIGGER WARNING: Some mentions of violence and torture.
There’s never a quiet day in the K-pop stan community, tbh. Quite literally, there’s always something that fans find “problematic” on the daily. This week, apart from other “scandals” that have risen, some K-pop fans have been triggered by the mention of one manga/anime series titled, “Made in Abyss.”
A short description of the manga/anime series is this: The story follows a young orphan girl named Riko who dreams of going into the “Abyss” to find her mother. One day while exploring, she meets a part-robot boy named Reg, and the two of them explore the “Abyss” together.
Some fans of the anime have posted praises for the manga/anime series and its story and were not shy to include the fact that it could be extremely violent, gory, and disturbing due to hints (or not) of child violence and torture. It had also been mentioned on the anime’s IMDb page.
The reception to the manga and anime series has been largely positive, with streaming platform Crunchyroll including the series in their “Top 100 best anime series of the 2010s.” IGN had also done the same, and editor Lauren Orsini from Forbes had included the anime in her own list of the best anime of the decade.
In 2018, “Made in Abyss” was hailed as the “Anime of the Year” and “Best Score” at the 2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards and won several other awards in other award-giving bodies.
From this alone, the manga/anime series is already worth suggesting to other avid anime fans. Yet, ‘Made in Abyss’ still struck a chord with K-pop stans despite being heavily unaware or misinformed about the anime. They were especially critical of some K-pop celebrities and how they were recommending it to their fans—to the point of them digging up past broadcasts and berating the idols.
Said idols that have been name-dropped were TXT’s Soobin, NCT’s Taeyong, SEVENTEEN’s Woozi, LE SSERAFIM’s Sakura, and others.
tw // abuse, torture, sa, mutilation,
oh i’m gonna be sick….. https://t.co/AW9iNMSug2 pic.twitter.com/vRCTyrunsL
— ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (@kyoongfairy) November 19, 2023
“the author is a pedophile” you cannot make this up pic.twitter.com/0maBtKiA6g
— ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (@kyoongfairy) November 19, 2023
Yeah they can all go to hell https://t.co/pUojjZ1eqH pic.twitter.com/fSdToPE5KA
— influenza pr team.. (@S00YACUNT) November 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/CiriFor/status/1726393404978864250?s=20
https://twitter.com/intromesa/status/1726391521400758563?s=20
Stories can explore darker themes and/or upsetting content but it's got to be dealt with in a proper manner. Made in Abyss is fetishism to a T. There's no excuse for the stuff drawn later on that can be excused with "it's just a dark story lol"
— Dani 🌱 (@linesinmotion) November 21, 2023
screenshots from “made in abyss” since some of yall think soobin, taeyong, mingi, & woozi are saints & don’t deserve all of this. these are kids btw pic.twitter.com/icK6iftFf6
— vinnie⟡ (@flawlessrem1x) November 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/lvfleuz/status/1726522145038336061?s=20
Disturbing anime series Made in Abyss which features child torture and abuse sparks outrage after top K-pop idols promoted it to their young fans: 'This is honestly despicable' https://t.co/eEpD3HfXTe pic.twitter.com/uoQQOfsHH6
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 21, 2023
Some others, however, did not find anything wrong with the anime and found the manhunt as a misunderstanding. They also did an UNO reverse card by calling out the same fans clamoring for the idols to be canceled are the same ones fetishizing their own faves.
Some K-pop fans also did their own research and found that the version that the mentioned K-pop idols had possibly watched was the censored version, as the South Korean version is said to be heavily censored on TV.
Other non-anime fans also began spreading misinformed perspectives on different manga/anime series, much to the dismay of anime fans.
this whole soobin made in abyss thing is stupid yall are dramatic pic.twitter.com/M5A8V9CNUr
— 𒄬connor SEEING TXT 𒄬 (@SOOBIN414) November 20, 2023
When the idiotic kpop community realizes that Made In Abyss is a popular adventure dark fantasy anime that millions have watched, and was viewed as anime of the year, and is not about liking pedophilia or whatever the fuck yall are insinuating: https://t.co/wQzeDl7YWT pic.twitter.com/sdIYjtzCBY
— ❉ snow (@catboiwonuu) November 20, 2023
The Made in Abyss anime x kpop scandal/cancel culture arc has to be one of the most hilarious and delusional things I've ever witnessed, you got kpop kids turning on their idols and calling them PEDOPHILES for watching Made in Abyss 😭 pic.twitter.com/pFtifp6h0Z
— Atsu (@AsianGuyStream) November 21, 2023
since kpop stans who has no acknowledgement about the anime made in abyss and they’ve been throwing idols on trash everywhere because they talked about the anime (woozi, soobin and sakura)
here’s a thread about for those who doesn’t know or just know for cuts: pic.twitter.com/bO9jvFa8io
— anne (@onlytws) November 22, 2023
Made in abyss author after creating the most amazing looking world and an interesting plot about how abuse can warp your reality and view of love only to fill it with p&dophilia https://t.co/olo3G9DIWD pic.twitter.com/h0WkccgtdJ
— emil ; (@Notemil3) November 20, 2023
Me seeing Made in Abyss trending but it's just dumb kpop drama: pic.twitter.com/KJZ8jo0otu
— FlyEnderStone (@FlyEnderSt0ne) November 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/piinyon/status/1726599749065916454?s=20
Clarifications about the anime/manga “Made In Abyss” and the idols involved. pic.twitter.com/cm4qHLEYLE
— GLOBALMYEON (@globalmyeon) November 23, 2023
"No you can't watch Berserk and Made in Abyss!" said the K-Pop Stan.
"Anyone who does deserves to get cancelled!"
"Lol" said the Anime Fan, "Lmao."
— Gigguk (@GiggukAZ) November 22, 2023
Kpop idols are being cancelled rn for watching/reading Made In Abyss. And non-anime fans think it's some child torture p*rn 💀💀
It's a dark adventure story about two kids exploring a deep abyss full of creatures and treasures. Like Monster Hunter shit. pic.twitter.com/LlWrmY43Rp
— 𒌐 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𒌐 (@_DarkTheEnigma) November 20, 2023
Just adding on to this for anyone who has never watched Made in Abyss. The show's plot never focused on torturing kids or whatever people say it to be. It's an ADVENTURE series with a world that's worked on by former Studio Ghibli background artists. The plot centers this world. https://t.co/rmJdxGe03i pic.twitter.com/DwhJ8Oab1G
— Jay 🌶️ KaiShin Thinker (@beyondthewoodz) November 20, 2023
the fact that some kpop guys watching made in abyss has spiralled into stan twt calling everyone who likes anime pedophiles is crazy. i think this is the event horizon of twitter https://t.co/kyVcM9FeFT
— 🌸 mary 🌸 pavaal.bsky.social (@pavaal) November 21, 2023
a bunch of really famous kpop men mentioned that they like made in abyss and fans are trying to cancel them now and this is the funniest kpop scandal ever i can't breathe pic.twitter.com/b7ZQ35vcs5
— rinre (@rintubein) November 20, 2023
Made in Abyss is trending because mentally deficient teenagers can't separate fiction from reality, so i'm going to take this opportunity to say it's amazing and you should watch it. Definitely one of the greatest manga/anime out there. Don't let room temp zoomers ruin it for you pic.twitter.com/e30Gg0JY7I
— Ace 💢 (@AceV2__) November 20, 2023
Kpop fans freaking out over their faves watching a dark fantasy series that normies watch (Made In Abyss) is funny because girl, first of all, you are fans of an industry that is notorious for child abuse/underage workers
— TOFU+BEAST🔞YEE🌹💥HAW (@KawaiiMess) November 20, 2023
> wakes up
> sees Made in Abyss trending
> so excited finally people talk about this anime
> i check it out
> it's all about K-pop fans drama
> day ruined pic.twitter.com/AsymzGV3EQ— Lyza ⛏ (@Lyzas4) November 21, 2023
the genre for made in abyss is dark dystopian fantasy, finding out that the anime was heavily censored in korea and broadcasted on national tv and a lot of koreans are unaware of its paedophilic innuendoes, not defending soobin and mingi and woozi but please read. pic.twitter.com/YL11M20axk
— yeosang’s sugar momma (@babygirlyeosang) November 20, 2023
The accounts @/taeilbarbie and @/dpryuta who spread misinformation about Taeyong without fact checking are apologizing now. Made in Abyss is heavily censored in Korea with PG15 rating and accusation of him owning 11 vols is baseless with no proof. Now stop spreading lies about TY pic.twitter.com/lcE92t7N97
— tap (@ltygenius) November 21, 2023
no cause this whole Soobin thing with made in abyss is so dumb cause 90% of the ppl canceling him didn’t even watch the anime 💀💀 it’s like taking a screenshot of the armbands in aot and assuming the person recommending it is fascist
— mariah 🌱 (@marrrrcat) November 20, 2023
ive spent months in korea. literally couldnt watch an anime without half the scenes being censored or cut out. blood and weapons arent even shown usually. made in abyss is a dark fantasy, horror-like show, and contains dark themes, but was broadcasted in korea fully censored.
— grace ౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ (@WO0YOUNGI) November 20, 2023
made in abyss is a super popular and actually HIGHLY critically acclaimed show y’all cannot be acting like it’s the end of the world because a show has dark themes how many times do we have to have this talk https://t.co/w23vB3UKVn pic.twitter.com/sn4tmKlwil
— Ken ☽ (@dianxiasorbit) November 20, 2023
oh you ppl have truly lost it pic.twitter.com/0hZgeL3JUn
— mio 🎀 haerin day (@lsfrmer) November 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/harl71417/status/1726458021667393653?s=20
Saw Kpop stans getting upset one of their Korean idols watched Made in Abyss and Berserk
Fuck off is my response
— Chibi Reviews (@ChibiReviews) November 20, 2023
This is getting blown out of proportion so I hope to provide more context for you to form an informed view.
While everyone is free to form their own judgements, please bear in mind that some accusations are very serious and should not be used lightly unless fully justified.
1️⃣… pic.twitter.com/LsXwl2o2Db
— page.cherry 🌳 (@S00BIEB00BIE) November 20, 2023
i just think it’s fuckig wild and insane that a female idol can get caught reading a feminist novel and suddenly there’s a witch hunt but male idols can read this made in abyss shit and people are only finding out about it NOW
— Head of Crazy Jeongin Fans AUS (@cletomis) November 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/wo0yuvnq/status/1726401477730525219?s=20
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