Bernard Chang has been criticising Valiant for their choice of design on the new Rai character being relaunched by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain. On Facebook, according to these scans sent to Bleeding Cool, he posted,

It's not the only target to be criticised for using the Rising Sun flag, often from those with a Chinese or Korean background, after occupation during World War II. It is associated with war crimes, imperialism and more. Music Core came under similar criticism, so has the band Tara N4,