QUOTE(Kitagawa Marin @ May 7 2022, 17:06)

I don't know, many China netizens think it's an insult, in fact they think everything is insulting China
pronounce this license plate: Shinanikui
maybe their paranoia of persecution reincarnated ... again
I quite like the series, considering one of the characters is from Romance of the Three Kingdoms I doubt the would do anything deliberately. I have noticed when there are anime that are trying to appeal to China or use part of the Chinese culture there are people that go out of their way to find something to hate the series.
The studio claims its a reference to the to the 47,291 trucks recalled by Hino Motors last year during production.
The emblem on the truck is also kinda similar to Hino Motors.
It was an emissions scandal which is usually pretty big news. The recall was due to nitrogen oxide emissions that they claimed were due to the exhaust being installed incorrectly but the scandal went deeper and found they were fudging testing and exchanging parts during emissions tests.
This post has been edited by EsotericSatire: May 10 2022, 08:09