DMWR

5y

hop on man, manga is the wave fr. asano is a beast, ive only read punpun and DDD but both are goated

proper

5y

“ Yeah, you can come up with any excuse you want about how you like Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru for the plot or the atmosphere. We know that, deep down, you’re just looking for some hot boys spending all their time with one another and getting more intimate than they ever could with any girls.”

bro what

if you see male friendship/bonding and automatically think “oh this some gay s***” that’s more on you buddy don’t lump us all in w you the f***?

Tranquility

5y

Just because a show doesn't blatantly show homosexual relationships doesn't mean that it couldn't reasonably be there. 99.9% of anime will never show a homosexual relationship.

Queer-bait (e.g., Hibike Euphonium, SK8) is not particularly rare in anime. It lets an anime attract the LGBTQ audience without outright saying two characters are in a relationship. The LGBTQ audience gets their fan service through subtext, while the straight audience just pretends the subtext isn't there (or completely misses the subtext in the first place.)

By the way, the author of Run with the Wind has written boy's love in past. At the very least, if someone told me Haiji and Kakeru were a viable romantic couple, I wouldn't necessarily disagree with them.

flizzy

5y

Yuri On Ice which is known as a gay anime didn't even go all the way, yes Yuri and Victor kiss once and get each other "friendship rings"? But they never go so far to say they're gay or that they have a romantic relationship.

The only anime I've seen where there's an openly LGBTQ character is Ouran High School Host Club, where there is a lot of queer baiting but also Haruhi's Dad is a cross dresser, and they present it as a normal thing and not as a funny joke.

What most anime do is they have a character acting gay or even dressed as a woman but they never say "this character is LGBTQ" I guess they're afraid they'll lose audience? But then who watches these obviously gay anime? Also having a "trap" character as a joke because they "trick" you into thinking they're a woman is a trans-phobic trope. For some reason it's not out of fashion like the "pervy best friend" trope, they just continue having these characters in new anime.

You'd think because of anime fandom that we'd be more accepting and willing to see LGBTQ characters in our favorite anime. Fans even pretend non-gay characters are gay just for their pleasure (usually girls because weebs are h****. But you see a lot of yaoi ships like in MHA).

I also want to mention One Piece because I'm never sure if it's homophobic or not. As an audience member you like Bon Clay who is likely gay and also other characters who might be transgender but they never say they are. Plus a lot of it is about accepting other people. Sometimes they'd make a joke about it like Sanji's two years in the cross dresser island, this is a running joke about Sanji not being attracted to transgender people and it's super weird.

Edit: Hunter x Hunter has queer baiting too. Gon and Killua is the most obvious ship ever.

proper

5y

he was frequent poster in this section

earthwalka

5y

I need to read this. but maybe I should read his past work first? idk what you think?

orangejuice

5y

The problem isn't the American fandom, it's the Japanese one.

Keep in mind, gay people still can't get married in Japan (though people are still lobbying for the right to do so).

The Japanese animators aren't making changes/animating with us in mind, it's all about the Japanese audience. People have been outraged about things like that situation in One Piece with Sanji that you described below for years, but it will never change until Japan changes socially to find those things less acceptable.

prite

5y

should i watch devilman crybaby

Nine Arts Dragon

5y

Streets saying Hajime No Ippo will get another Anime season

lilkuya

5y

https://myanimelist.net/anime/40787/Josee_to_Tora_to_Sakana-tachi?q=Jose&cat=anime

Think this dropped on the usual sites. Might have to peep this today. I see “college student” in the synopsis I’m in in a heartbeat

Psychodrama

5y

oohh this looks nice

lilkuya

5y

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Gonna watch it rn actually lol. Will let you know how it is.

Also Hinamatsuri is srsly one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen. The characters are beyond funny. Hina’s voice acting got me Crine

Psychodrama

5y

Me too, I'm going in blind rn

proper

5y

just finished masamunes revenge. hoping the ova wraps up the series nicely cause ending of s1 was kinda just left on a cliffhanger.

lilkuya

5y

https://myanimelist.net/anime/40787/Josee_to_Tora_to_Sakana-tachi?q=Jose&cat=anime

Think this dropped on the usual sites. Might have to peep this today. I see “college student” in the synopsis I’m in in a heartbeat

Johan

5y

megalobox S2 really a classic what the f***

Osama bin Harden

5y

Reliable leaker says it too, we’re finally eating

Trash Star

5y

Super Cub fam wya