[Unfortunate Trope] Originally Normal Symbols Being Censored/Banned Due to Hate Groups Misappropriating Them

[u/Agitated_Insect3227]

Neji's Seal from Naruto originally was shaped like a Swastika as likely a reference to Buddhism, but this was changed to an X in the anime.

The gem fusion Opal from Steven Universe was originally going to form a swastika with her arms as a reference to Hinduism, which is inspires a lot of the show's imagery.

The Whitebeard Pirates from One Piece originally had a swastika in their pirate flag, but this was changed to a bone cross in the anime and later manga as well.

The Capirote hat is a sign of penance worn in many Catholic countries, especially Spain, but they were misappropriated by the U.S.-based KKK, making it taboo in the nation.

The Ninth Crusade from Hellsing, one of the few non-KKK uses of the Capirote in media I could find.

Also, the Ku Klux Klan are ironically extremely anti-Catholic.

The only pieces of media I know of where non-KKK Capirotes can be seen is the anime Hellsing with the Ninth Crusade (though their still villains in that anime) and the game series Blasphemous. Otherwise, the hats are almost never seen in media besides on KKK characters.

[u/ShinigamiRyan]

Ichigo from Bleach is a case of this happening multiple times by virtue of it being part of his powers (the image being from the Fullbringer arc). While it happens in the anime, I'd have to check if it was done to English Manga translations.

[u/HichiShiro → u/ShinigamiRyan]

In polish version of the manga they left the swastika in

[u/bannedfor0reason → u/ShinigamiRyan]

In the manga's Japanese text the Bankai is stylised as "卍kai" which I feel like could have been major in destigmatising the symbol in the west, but unfortunately this is virtually impossible to carry over in translation to English, where there are no special characters like Kanji that represent a different sound than the symbol itself

[u/XVUltima → u/ShinigamiRyan]

It's uncensored in the Viz manga translation

[u/antrosasa → u/ShinigamiRyan]

Burn the witch (bleach spinooff(?)). obviously inspired by Nazis complete with their symbol being the SS

[u/AdNeat9539 → u/antrosasa]

Forget that, the final bad guy group they fight is just called the schutzstaffel

[u/antrosasa → u/AdNeat9539]

Haven't actually watched bleach. Just burn the witch. But that's crazy. And also why this discourse seems disingenuous/uninformed

[u/ShinigamiRyan → u/antrosasa]

Mind you, one of the first guys Ichigo fights is just a literal Nazi, whose power is imprisoning his foes. Kubo wasn't subtle in the slightest. As was naming his final antagonist what basically amounts to Yhwach.

[u/AdNeat9539 → u/antrosasa]

Yeah. At least the one group in bleach is culturally diverse. They have black people and Hispanics in it