burymeinecko

8mo

Yeah and him being a pedo isn't ever viewed as a bad thing. Very off-putting and unnecessary. Definitely a larger issue in Japanese culture that pops up too much in anime. It's a shame because the stories be so good but a lot of these authors can't help but insert some perverted s*** involving underage characters. This has to be the worst case I've seen yet tho

aglow

8mo

Facts. When I first got into anime, my biggest gripe was how underage characters were sometimes portrayed (either sexually or suggestively) in certain stories. Like you said, that kinda stuff can pop up unexpectedly and ruin the vibe. I could be wrong, but thankfully it does seem like things are improving a bit with some productions choosing to tone down or leave out the more "fanservice-y" stuff.

Trash Star

8mo

this the first time i've seen these types of fans called "tourists" and it's so funny

aglow

8mo

I’ve seen people throw that “tourist” term around, and the subtext is sometimes kinda questionable.

As for that tweet: something targeted at boys (shounen) has historically focused on male leads, true. If you’re looking for female MCs, you should absolutely broaden your scope to shoujo/josei manga (they’ve been doing that for decades).

However, that tweet feels disingenuous, because the original post was celebrating more female leads in shounen specifically - not claiming it’s something “new or profound” in manga as a whole

Imo it’s cool seeing the biggest, most mainstream manga space open up to different kinds of stories.

Trash Star

8mo

😬

based on this tweet and their replies to other people it just seems like someone who hasn't ventured outside of shonen and uses shonen as their baseline for anime/manga

you're right about the other stuff though

aglow

8mo

I’ve seen people throw that “tourist” term around, and the subtext is sometimes kinda questionable.

As for that tweet: something targeted at boys (shounen) has historically focused on male leads, true. If you’re looking for female MCs, you should absolutely broaden your scope to shoujo/josei manga (they’ve been doing that for decades).

However, that tweet feels disingenuous, because the original post was celebrating more female leads in shounen specifically - not claiming it’s something “new or profound” in manga as a whole

Imo it’s cool seeing the biggest, most mainstream manga space open up to different kinds of stories.

aglow

8mo

Facts. When I first got into anime, my biggest gripe was how underage characters were sometimes portrayed (either sexually or suggestively) in certain stories. Like you said, that kinda stuff can pop up unexpectedly and ruin the vibe. I could be wrong, but thankfully it does seem like things are improving a bit with some productions choosing to tone down or leave out the more "fanservice-y" stuff.

aglow

8mo

I’ve seen people throw that “tourist” term around, and the subtext is sometimes kinda questionable.

As for that tweet: something targeted at boys (shounen) has historically focused on male leads, true. If you’re looking for female MCs, you should absolutely broaden your scope to shoujo/josei manga (they’ve been doing that for decades).

However, that tweet feels disingenuous, because the original post was celebrating more female leads in shounen specifically - not claiming it’s something “new or profound” in manga as a whole

Imo it’s cool seeing the biggest, most mainstream manga space open up to different kinds of stories.

orangejuice2

8mo

u gotta let these anime twitter users have their moment

they have nothing else in their life to be happy about except for their profound knowledge of anime so if they can't gatekeep there's nothing else to live for

calling people anime tourists is corny af but these people can't help it their hobby isn't special anymore lol

ragedsycokiller

8mo

I think the conversation is so funny because it's implying that a genre catered to boys can't have female leads in the first place??

redtruth

8mo

The cope in the comments is killin me