What does it have to do with Hades II?
Summary:
- Hestia’s design from Hades II caused a controversy online.
- It made fans compare Hestia’s designs from Hades II and DanMachi.
- The DanMachi fandom never wanted this controversy.
The fandom of ‘Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?’ (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka), aka DanMachi, was chilling and peacefully waiting for this year’s release of Season 5, when a sudden controversy hit them.
But what happened and what does it have to do with Hestia and the upcoming Hades II game?
Hades II Provides a Peculiar Character Design of Hestia
Hades II is an action-RPG by Supergiant Games and a direct sequel to 2020 Hades. Early access to the game began on May 6, 2024, and while some people were just enjoying the game, others pointed out the peculiar design of the goddess Hestia.
Hestia is a chubby dark-skinned woman in the game, and we have a feeling this sentence is enough to explain the reason behind the outrage. Fans called this character design “woke trash” and refused to even play the game.
This made them remember Hestia from DanMachi, a skinny well-endowed white girl with the bare minimum of clothing, well-carved in strategic places.
Gamers and otaku started comparing these two designs, praising Japan for its bravery and sexualization and condemning America for trying to please the woke mob.
A Topic That’s Been Around For Ages
The topic of wokeness and sexualization is very hot in both industries, gaming and anime. One team is tired of every other female character being half-naked and highly sexualized, and the other team reacts strongly to any attempt to take pretty girls away from them. These two teams collided again, and all hell broke loose.
The Japanese DanMachi version of Hestia is being called generic and personality-less. Her design is boring and uninteresting. We have tons of such characters in all types of media.
The American Hades II Hestia is being called woke propaganda and an inaccurate representation of the ancient Greek goddess.
It’s obvious that the two opposing teams will never listen to each other. It’s not even about Hestia anymore, it’s about the set of values and politics. It’s a never-ending ‘Conservatives vs Liberals’ battle that no one can win.
And it’s upsetting that DanMachi fans have to deal with it now. They didn’t want this conflict, they never intended for their fandom to get dragged into this controversy.
It happened against their will, and people are just attacking their favorite show for something that’s been in it since 2015. DanMachi fans just want it to stop and enjoy their series in peace.