DEI Detector
Evidence-based notes on DEI, woke localisation, and censorship in games, anime, film, TV, and manga.
We track agenda pushing, intentional sexual or feminine censorship in remakes, intentional mistranslation or localisation changes, and regional censorship when a cleaner build exists elsewhere.
How we score: each title gets a Woke Score from 0–100.0 means little or no DEI / woke interference documented;100 means heavy, intentional woke or DEI packaging. Standing pages stay at a fixed URL and are updated in place as new evidence lands.
Latest research
Asura Scans
Unauthorized fan scanlation group for manhwa/manga — quality/ops drama is loud; primary-source DEI localisation ideology is thin. Some panel-cut reports. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Berserk
Kentaro Miura / Studio Gaga grimdark — graphic violence and sexual assault as dark-fantasy trauma, not a DEI tract; Dark Horse pledged uncensored English. Progressive essays = reception. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Chained Soldier
Mato Seihei no Slave — fanservice battle harem with negligible DEI story agenda; HIDIVE streams uncensored vs censored JP TV. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Chained Soldier (manga)
Takahiro / Yohei Takemura Jump+ ecchi battle harem — negligible DEI story agenda; Jump+ serial soft-censor vs JP tankōbon / Yen Press volumes. Distinct from the anime page. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Eternights
Studio Sai dating-action — intentional gay romance marketed as progressive vs Persona, still a horny apocalypse dating sim. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Cygames action RPG — low DEI story agenda; documented feminine outfit soft-censorship vs GBF/Versus originals, no unlock restore. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Hirohiko Araki manga + David Production anime — authorial androgyny/fashion queer aesthetics and Part 9 GNC, distinct from Pride fandom packaging and weak Western DEI localisation. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA
Official Shueisha global simulpub platform — NOT a scanlator. Shared Viz EN pipeline for many Jump titles; Ayakashi Triangle chapter skips + Drama Queen EN edit are the main flashpoints. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Atlus / Studio Zero's equality-politics RPG — progressive by authorial intent, light on Western DEI packaging. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Moonlighter 2
Digital Sun / 11 bit studios shopkeeping-dungeon sequel — apolitical fantasy loop, no DEI packaging found. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
One-Punch Man
ONE / Yusuke Murata hero satire — bureaucracy parody and overpowered punchline, not a DEI tract; Viz loc quirks and print redraws ≠ progressive rewrite. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Persona 4 Revival
Censorship watch on Atlus's remake vs Persona 4 Golden. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Ranma ½
Takahashi gender-bender gag comedy — original/90s largely clean of DEI; 2024 MAPPA/Netflix remake soft-censors nudity and modernises some language. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Reaper Scans
Unauthorized fan scanlation group — permanently shut down May 2025 after Kakao Entertainment C&D. No primary DEI localisation paper trail found. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Seven Seas Entertainment
Manga/LN publisher — documented inclusive localisation (Childhood Friend) and heavy editorial soft-edits (Mushoku Tensei, COTE); Ghost Ship mature imprint offsets. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Severance
Apple TV+ Dan Erickson / Ben Stiller workplace allegory — labor and control first; Season 2 race beats partly satirize corporate DEI. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Silo
Apple TV+ Hugh Howey adaptation — progressive identity-blind worldbuilding, class/control core, gender-swap casting notes. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Official MCU/Sony sequel after No Way Home — Destin Daniel Cretton; Tom Holland returns. Distinguish comic Brand New Day reboot politics from the film. MCU diversity casting continues; not an identity-politics lecture. Stable page.
Stellar Blade
Shift Up / Sony fanservice action game — low DEI agenda, documented outfit-patch controversy, and cleaner builds named. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
The Boys
Amazon Prime satire of celebrity fascism and corporate branding — progressive authorial intent (Kripke) plus documented satire of performative woke marketing. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s Universal Homer adaptation — Matt Damon Odysseus; Zendaya Athena, Lupita Nyong’o Helen, Elliot Page Sinon drove a casting culture war. Myth epic first; score the casting/press, not a DEI sermon plot. Stable page.
Toy Story 5
Pixar/Disney — Jessie leads; toys vs Lilypad tablet (Greta Lee); Blaze (Mykal-Michelle Harris) celebrated in progressive press. Plot is play vs screens, not a DEI lecture. Disney corporate DEI backdrop noted. Stable page.
Wuthering Waves
Kuro Games gacha — fanservice-forward designs with documented outfit softenings for ratings/regs. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.
Yen Press
Kadokawa–Hachette manga/LN publisher — parent HBG DEI branding is real; Yen’s own editorial track record is milder than Seven Seas’ inclusive rewrites. Stable page — updated as new evidence drops.