The lack of harmony between the upper class and the lower class in Japanese animation and comics has been a serious issue. We have seen this in Dragon Ball Z, where Vegeta the Prince of the Saiyans has often looked down on the lowly Son Goku. This recurring problem also surfaced in Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. To make matters worse, when it's the lower class getting bullied by the upper class, nobody stands up for the victims of such bullying. This could explain why the late Takeshi Shudo wanted Pokemon to have a depressing series finale, where the entire Pokemon series turned out to be the dying dream of a mentally ill Ash Ketchum. Do you know why? Because Japanese society rarely believes in the good name of justice. That is why bullying has been one of the biggest problems in Japanese animation (Sailor Moon author Naoko Takeuchi was a bullying victim).
This disappointing lack of justice could be the reason some people have all but given up on Japanese animation and comics. Such people have decided to give up because they believe in the good name of justice, and they were left disappointed. Disillusionment is nothing new, but the lack of justice in Japanese animation and comics has made such disillusionment even more justifiable.
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