A Promising Shonen Jump Manga Needs to Ditch One Problematic Trope

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Warning! Spoilers ahead forDandadan chapter 66!

Almost everything about Shonen Jump+'s Dandadan has been perfect, but recent developments have introduced an annoying new character who brings a problematic trope; the perverted nerd kid. It's especially worrisome that some fans have pointed out how this new addition could be here to stay.

Perverted characters have been a near constant in the manga industry. Some of the most well-known are the lecherous old man famously portrayed by Master Roshi ofDragon Ball, One Piece's handsome, googly-eyed Sanji, and the sex-craved nerd reject like Minoru Mineta from My Hero Academia. The majority of manga fans who dislike this trope are undoubtedly troubled by the overall concept of characters who objectify others to the point of harassment. But even for those who can find humor in the perverseness of it all, there are limits. Unfortunately, the likability of perverts normally comes down to how the character is portrayed.

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Introduced in Dandadan chapter 64 by mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu, a currently unnamed classmate of Okarun's gets tangled up in his world over his obsession of how a reject like Okarun could somehow have such a close relationship with Momo Ayase. The chubby and overly enthusiastic boy's current schtick for the past few chapters has been him completely misinterpreting Okarun and Momo's discussions about Okarun's missing body part as them talking dirty to each other. Desperately wanting to connect with Momo, the pervert says incredibly inappropriate things at random moments as a way to fit in and because he's under the wrong impression that "saucy language" is the key to being attractive. But of