Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-26358011-20151126075013/@comment-26025793-20151126173456

Here's the thing, Mutsuki's skin color is only shown as "dark" due to the poor quality raws in which Imperial Scans based their scanlations from. If you take a look at the actual volumes instead of those uploaded to fansites, the difference is quite clear.

As for the topic of Mutsuki being described as "bronze-skinned" here's the thing, Mutsuki is ethnically East Asian, considering he lives in Japan. I happen to be South East Asian (specifically Cambodian), and happen to also have a skin color that could be described as "bronze". I am also very easily distinquished from a Japanese-Asian because of my skin tone. However I am almost never called "dark skinned" because, despite being less pale than most Asians, it is still pretty damn lightly colored. That's just how South Asia works in general, it is very rare to find someone "dark-skinned" in Japan unless they are from Okinawa. And even then the shade difference isn't really all that remarkable (though historically it has caused issues in the past). You only really find dark skinned  people as you get near the horn of Africa or certain areas with particular high UV radiation; certain parts of Thailand also have a notable dark-skinned population (they have an interesting creation myth involving cooking on this topic).

Personal ancedotes aside, I think it's best just to go with Ishida's actual coloring of the character, than any fan percieved notions. If there was a misunderstanding among the fanbase about an aspect of the character then it is a wiki's job to fix that misconception; remaining intentionally ignorant and an not ammending it in the face of canon material is just being needless stubborn in my opinion.