r/naoki_urasawa • u/Clear_Ad9788 • Aug 26 '26

Manga Has Naoki Urasawa drawn any black characters?

I’m a really big fan of his artstyle especially the way he draws distinct faces of people from different nationalities. Do you guys know if he has drawn any black characters?

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u/kalm1305 Aug 26 '26

Billy bat has a bunch, one of the main characters, Kevin Goodman is half black and his mom is black, also some side characters as well as historical figures like MLK.

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u/ShuraTarasov Aug 26 '26

Billy bat has a important black charakter

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u/Clear_Ad9788 Aug 26 '26

whats their name?

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u/ILikeWwaret Aug 26 '26

Just search for Kevin Goodman and his mother, whose name I don't remember >.<

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u/kameshazam Aug 26 '26

Kevin Goodman

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u/StrangerBoy95 Aug 26 '26

yeah, there are characters from all arround the world in his works

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u/ILikeWwaret Aug 26 '26

Read Billy Bat

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u/Madriguera_Lunar Aug 26 '26

Alguien no ha leido Billy Bat

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u/Poo_Pee-Man Aug 26 '26

The protagonist of billy bat is black, and also one of the best manga I’ve ever read.

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u/crujiente69 Aug 26 '26

Hes biracial

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u/Front-Chemist7181 Aug 26 '26

He is, but his father is black. Tbh urasawa drew one of the most scariest scenes about lynchings I have ever seen for a manga. I'm actually still blown away he did that, especially as a Japanese man. Its really impressive as a black scholar his detail in that chapter

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u/GotcharDennis Aug 27 '26

Isn’t it Kevin’s mother who’s black?

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u/Less-Ingenuity-1552 13d ago

his mother is black bro

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u/kameshazam Aug 26 '26

Of course, I remember Billy Bat with a Michael Jackson expy drawing for Disney expy. Or something.

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u/Less-Ingenuity-1552 13d ago

kevin goodman is very important in billy bat

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u/stillineffect Aug 26 '26

read billy bat asap