![]() ![]() The main character, Ange, is a beloved princess of the Misurugi Empire, but when she is discovered to be a Norma and gets her own mother killed resisting arrest, she is immediately rejected by everyone, even her own friends.Those who are convicted of being Normas are shipped to the prison island of Arzenal, where they are forced to fight magic-sensitive kaiju called DRAGONs in Humongous Mecha called Paramails. In the Mana Society, Normas are seen as violent, self-concerned subhuman creatures that reject the Light of Mana and live on their own strength. Cross Ange gives us what is called a "Norma", which is the term of girls who are not only unfit to wield the Light of Mana, but also constantly destroy it on contact.This was Lost in Translation in both (fan) subs and the official dub. The Japanese rebels have their own slur for Britannians, "Buriki-yarou", literally meaning "tin-plated bastards" (a reference to their use of Knightmare Frames to invade Japan and other nations) as well as punning off the similarity in the two words. ![]() Likewise with every other country that has been numbered. Citizens of the defeated Japan are called "Elevens" by everyone affiliated with the Holy Britannian Empire, to go along with the whole stripped-of-their-national-identity treatment the Empire put on them (occupied Japan is simply called " Area 11").In Attack on Titan, Eldians from Paradis are referred to as "Island Devils"-sometimes even by other Eldians.When this happens during times of war or other armed conflict, see Nicknaming the Enemy. Son of an Ape: Slurs based on the fact that humans are apes from a taxonomic POV are widely used by all sorts of aliens, demons, and celestial beings.Call a Human a "Meatbag": When a robot, Energy Being, or some other manner of non-fleshy entity insults humans (or some other kind of fleshy living beings in general) over their fleshy nature.It can be very Does This Remind You of Anything? at times. Dwarves, Fur Against Fang, etc, many fantastic racists, classists, and the like have a wide vocabulary of fictional slurs to use against robots, vampires, etc. So it's no surprise that in fantasy conflicts, such as humans treating sentient robots as second-class citizens, Elves vs. In Real Life, any time one group of people has animosity for another, they'll come up with mocking or degrading terms for the targets of their disdain. ![]()
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