I had a discussion with a friend about a character based on me.
The problem is that I named him "Martín Sato", his Lore explains that his father is from Japan but traveled to Mexico and he is Mexican, but his Japanese surname remained, therefore it would end up being Japanese too.
The argument is that she says it's offensive to use a Japanese surname for a character based on me, since I'm not Japanese after all.
My point of view is that I know I'm not Japanese, but I like how my character develops being half Japanese, because he is a character after all.
(It should be noted that irl my father and my family do not have Japanese roots after all)
Based on this information, what do you think? Do you think it's offensive that I use a Japanese surname for my character? Or do you think it's okay to use it?
by JinCapo