Tomorrow willl see the release of the highly-anticipated anime crossover brawler Jump Force. Shonen fans can't wait to get their hands on it, but so-called "videogame "journalists"" are once again attempting to find issues that aren't there by accusing Izuku Midoriya of racism.

A preview showed a pre-fight intro cutscene where the My Hero Academia protagonist squares off against Dragonball's Piccolo, which some people are seeing as offensive.

It seems that people are interpreting this to say that the wannabe hero assumes Piccolo is a villain because of the color of his skin. Nevermind the fact that non-standard skin colors are common in Deku's world (one of his classmates is literally pink after all) but Piccolo was originally a villain in his series, and hence was designed to look like a villain. He may have had a change of heart since then and become more heroic, but his appearance doesn't exactly scream "good guy" to most people, including Deku in this instance. 

Or it could just be the fault of Bandai Namco, providing a less-than accurate translation. Either way, most of the tweets shown in the original article are clearly joking, yet said "journalist" is attempting to make this non-issue a much bigger problem than it actually is. 

Do you think Deku is a racist or is this just being misinterpreted? Are you planning to pick up Jump Force on release? Let us know in the comments!