r/Seinen • u/Previous-Poem777 • 12h ago
Discussion Is Thunder 3 an anti-immigrant manga?
I’ve never read Thunder 3, but I’ve seen people claim that the aliens the characters face are an analogy for immigrants, portrayed in the manga as something negative that must be fought.
However, the people I saw saying this hadn’t actually finished reading the series. I know that the author, Oku, who also created Gantz, used an analogy involving aliens and immigrants in Gantz as well; in that case, it was meant to represent the prejudice that immigrants face. Based on his body of work, Oku seems to hold a favorable view toward immigrants.
So, could someone who has read the entire manga clarify: are the aliens truly an analogy for immigrants, and are they depicted as something inherently bad, or does the author deconstruct this idea as the story progresses?