Feminist Discussion of Anime and Manga |OT| Not your waifu
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GTO has an arc where he enters a student in a bikini contest and then takes the rest of the class on a field trip to that bikini contest and then sells photos of his student in a bikini.
But it also has an arc where he arm wrestles 100 guys in a row including Jason Voorhees and that was way cool when I was 16.
But it also has an arc where he arm wrestles 100 guys in a row including Jason Voorhees and that was way cool when I was 16.
I looked up some pages from google and Jesus Christ.
It's basically incel revenge fantasy porn. WHY THE FUCK IS THIS GETTING ANIMATED?!
Are we gonna have people recommending and defending this? This is basically a mean-spirited fantasy hentai. It makes Goblin Slayer look fucking benign in comparison.
There's a manga about a female teacher and her student (Sensei wa Koi o Oshie Rarenai), though it's supposed to be all fluff and they promised to wait until the student is of age, it still makes me uncomfortable because 1) I'm a teacher too 2) the relationship feels like a time bomb and it's grooming no matter how you look at it. Something like Watashi no Shounen is also eh, maybe twice eh because the age gap is disgusting. But in general yeah, the combo of older guy/younger woman definitely dominates and the degree of yuck depends on the demographics.
Sensei wa Koi o Oshie Rarenai also has MC's younger sister who dates a divorced man with a kid which is nice and all but I struggle to think of a single mother being portrayed in the same positive way. And by positive I mean that there is no shortage of single moms in the Japanese media who remarry/date but most of those appear in... not really appropriate settings.
I wouldn't even aim that high. Just don't be sexist crap. ^^
... Well, yeah...
For Gokusen, i think in the book she ends up marrying one of the kids
Yeah don't look up this manga people. I looked at the 1st two chapters and then another random one. It just get worse as it goes along it seems.
How the fuck is this getting an anime?
So the MC changes a guy to a woman? And uses some spell to have his companions rape him and then burns them alive as they continue.
How is this popular?
This shit is getting an anime before Dungeon Meshi.
We live in a world where this is getting an anime before Dungeon Meshi.
But... why..?
IS there no semblance of quality control anywhere? Did no one in the entire project go: "Huh, this seems like a bad idea."
Jesus.
I really liked to read Until Death do us Part. Drawing was nice, and I was digging the blind samurai MC.
But after a while it got far too convoluted, and I began to just skip through it. Anyway, in the end, he marries the young girl as soon as she is out of school.
I didn't know how I should feel about that.
I really liked to read Until Death do us Part. Drawing was nice, and I was digging the blind samurai MC.
But after a while it got far too convoluted, and I began to just skip through it. Anyway, in the end, he marries the young girl as soon as she is out of school.
I didn't know how I should feel about that.
The Wife Husbandry ending, this trope is becoming annoying
Been in Japan for over a week now and advertisements are generally heavy with Moe girls (sorry didn't get a chance to take picks of them). Their not sexualized in any way but it a little weird in the characters endorsing the famous locations or products instead of having the product speak for itself.
Yeah, mascot culture is huge over there, and for small towns and cities Otaku pilgrimages has been a big boon to them in the past decade. Just shows how much of a spending power otakus have for them to overtake normal tourism in some places, like with Nuzamu with Love Live Sunshine, and Washinomiyamachi with Lucky Star.
It has gotten to the point where anime is made specifically to try to bring people in their cities as shown with that awful Tenchi (remake?) anime, and more recently Zombie Land Saga. As for plastering them in Windows 10 boxes, and the like, well they are easy eye catches that easily catches people attention in, and brings up conversation when they are show off. Take that Toyota advertisement where they created over 40 girls each being based on a different car part, or when Gamefreak turn all the Eeveelutions into cutoe bishonen boys.
More thoughts on Japan soon after I recover from jet lag but it was interesting to see how many female fans were around Anime shops and everyone were pretty normal people and not the stereotypical otaku but people who enjoy shows and wanted characters goods or figures. It was a good way to remind myself of the wider audience and not the troubling hand full of fans that look to spout nonsense.
So ive watched interviews with monster girls and caught up with the manga. With that i just have to say im legit surprised how idk... Not gross this is? I heard of it a while ago and dismissed it as some monster musume garbage but its a really wholesome series that has a damn succubus written with more care than a large percent of normal anime girls. Its sad that i am surprised that the MC teacher isnt a huge creep and is insanely likeable (also ripped prof best prof).
Glad you liked it. I was in the exact same situation. Figured it was related to Monster Musume and was just fetish material. But I think someone in the other thread (when it derailed and talked about anime) said it was good like Centaur's Life, I gave it a shot and enjoyed it. I hope. it gets another season. Seemed to end on a sort of cliffhanger with the new girl.
It's funny I was just thinking about this because Funimation just licensed this.
Thinking, "Okay, THIS will probably be just monster girl fap material."
They don't even pretend.It's funny I was just thinking about this because Funimation just licensed this.
Thinking, "Okay, THIS will probably be just monster girl fap material."
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They made sure to cram every single fetish they could into that image huh?Glad you liked it. I was in the exact same situation. Figured it was related to Monster Musume and was just fetish material. But I think someone in the other thread (when it derailed and talked about anime) said it was good like Centaur's Life, I gave it a shot and enjoyed it. I hope. it gets another season. Seemed to end on a sort of cliffhanger with the new girl.
It's funny I was just thinking about this because Funimation just licensed this.
Thinking, "Okay, THIS will probably be just monster girl fap material."
Glad you liked it. I was in the exact same situation. Figured it was related to Monster Musume and was just fetish material. But I think someone in the other thread (when it derailed and talked about anime) said it was good like Centaur's Life, I gave it a shot and enjoyed it. I hope. it gets another season. Seemed to end on a sort of cliffhanger with the new girl.
It's funny I was just thinking about this because Funimation just licensed this.
Thinking, "Okay, THIS will probably be just monster girl fap material."
There are so many things wrong with this image.
How yall feel about beastars?
With Haru and Juno in particular?
Lotta layers there with Juno and Haru actually being the more sexually dominant characters in the show/manga with taking lead over their own sexuality.
It's interesting to see adult relationships explored in this media that doesnt make it feel like cheap fetish fodder.
With Haru and Juno in particular?
Lotta layers there with Juno and Haru actually being the more sexually dominant characters in the show/manga with taking lead over their own sexuality.
It's interesting to see adult relationships explored in this media that doesnt make it feel like cheap fetish fodder.
That image....Jesus, Also funny thing about the new girl is she's anime original. I read the manga from where the anime left off and she's nowhere to be seen ;). The manga introduces a completely different new demi girl.Glad you liked it. I was in the exact same situation. Figured it was related to Monster Musume and was just fetish material. But I think someone in the other thread (when it derailed and talked about anime) said it was good like Centaur's Life, I gave it a shot and enjoyed it. I hope. it gets another season. Seemed to end on a sort of cliffhanger with the new girl.
It's funny I was just thinking about this because Funimation just licensed this.
Thinking, "Okay, THIS will probably be just monster girl fap material."
Can there be a show about monster girls where the characters aren't overly sexualized -and- the girls actually look like monsters? I like Interviews with Monster Girls, but the girls themselves look way too human. I'd argue even Centaur's Life doesn't go far enough.
"Monster Girls" is a fetish trope tho...
There are subversions of the trope in other stuff but the whole concept of "Monster Girls" is all about "Yo...I wanna fuck that dragon...but give it tiddies"
What I really want is a good gender-reversed Beauty and the Beast-type story. The themes/messages of the typical Beauty and the Beast story would probably have to be changed, but I'd still like to see what could be made from it.
That's an interesting one, I dont think I've seen that type of reversal before actually now that I think about it.
Id love to see some examples of that actually....
I've tried, but I haven't really found anything in officially-released fiction. The most I've been able to find is gender-bent fanart of existing properties:
There doesn't seem like much of a market for it unfortunately.
I've tried, but I haven't really found anything in officially-released fiction. The most I've been able to find is gender-bent fanart of existing properties:
There doesn't seem like much of a market for it unfortunately.
Eh, thats just making the beast "cute"
The whole theme of Beauty and the Beast was about how a handsome young man was nothing more than a selfish animal on the inside and the curse reflected that physically.
It would be pretty simple to apply the same concept to female character as well, but I've never seen the concept explored from that side.
I was about to say the same thing. I just see fanart and hypothetical "Could you just imagine?" discussion.I've tried, but I haven't really found anything in officially-released fiction. The most I've been able to find is gender-bent fanart of existing properties:
There doesn't seem like much of a market for it unfortunately.
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That's cause B&B is very heavily gender coded. It's the same reason most fairy tales have a knight or prince saving a princess or why most horror films star a female protagonist. The roles are too steeped in gender.
For manga, the closest I can think of is Kaiju Girl although that is a Shojo manga. Other than that, I've heard there's some decent yoai manga in the vein of B&B.
In broader media, maybe Miss Martians subplot in the first season of Young Justice? That's about it.
I'm currently on chapter 5 of Beastars. Once I read a bit more, I'll definitely discuss my opinions of the women.
From a feminist perspective specifically? I don't remember anything particularly problematic, and while there was an episode involving most of the cast in swimsuits it was incredibly tame by anime standards.
it has a couple of major female characters who contribute to the plot significantly, although the actual fighting is pretty much only the dudes.
On a more general level I'm going to put it in my top 25 of the decade, easily. It's probably the best thing Trigger have made, especially coming immediately after the disastrous Darling in the Franxx.
I'm not sure how much it helped, but the lead writer is more of a Tokusatsu writer than an anime writer, having worked on a lot of Ultraman series before.
These are the most traditional toku fights. They've animated it so it feels like the monsters have the same kind of weight and movement as rubber suits do, it's really fun to watch.
Dont remind me of the known Gintama meme....
Anyway, I am watching 2 80s anime more popular in Europe (no need to mention Japan) ,directed by Hidoshi Shirata. Hello Sandybelle and Step Jun. Toei back then was active in some of the very best shojo titles. Had watched some episodes of the former when I was very young. It is one of the few original shojo, not based on any manga and the last purely shojo title by Toei. .
Shares similarities with Candy, but it takes place in Scotland and England. While today it is more likely to find shonen titles resembling some 70s-80s series, shojo landscape is completely different and such approaches are very rare, almost extinct or rather transferred to magical girl genre. Even Ashita no Nadja resembled it but with less dramatization yet it flopped, leading to the creation of Pretty Cure.
Anyway, I am watching 2 80s anime more popular in Europe (no need to mention Japan) ,directed by Hidoshi Shirata. Hello Sandybelle and Step Jun. Toei back then was active in some of the very best shojo titles. Had watched some episodes of the former when I was very young. It is one of the few original shojo, not based on any manga and the last purely shojo title by Toei. .
Shares similarities with Candy, but it takes place in Scotland and England. While today it is more likely to find shonen titles resembling some 70s-80s series, shojo landscape is completely different and such approaches are very rare, almost extinct or rather transferred to magical girl genre. Even Ashita no Nadja resembled it but with less dramatization yet it flopped, leading to the creation of Pretty Cure.
Bruh...this show based off that steam VN?
I remember playing the first one...but after I got to the part "I was given these kittens" 3 years later "NYAH MASTER, HOW DO MY PANTIES LOOK!?"
What.....
WHTA?
It's also insulting as an FFXIV fan.
Our healers can set off literal mini-nukes in battle.
Take one look at Y'shtola (the most prominent healer character in the story) and try and tell me you'd fuck with that.
So I've been getting into Spy x Family lately and on a character design level it's pretty good. It's helped by the Cold War not-Berlin setting which means everyone wears somewhat sensible clothing. Only risqué outfit is Yor's assassin dress but compared to like 90% of anime it's pretty tame. Also has the smuggest faces in manga.
Mothers Basement was talking about this on his twitter (not the specific scene but the show itself) and because he had the gall to think it's really fucking weird- that suddenly a horde of the shows fans began going after him.
The weird way that Nekopara seems to be positioning itself as just a cutesy catgirl maid thing or "not porn" is what gets me. If it was just some niche porn thing it would be easier to ignore but it's obviously trying to attain somewhat more mainstream success thanks to kickstarters and switch releases and tv shows.
Other visual novels like Fate or Key's stuff could drop the porn and succeed thanks to having something else going on, but Nekopara seems like a world built entirely around "what if you had sexy cat-sister-maid-slaves".
Other visual novels like Fate or Key's stuff could drop the porn and succeed thanks to having something else going on, but Nekopara seems like a world built entirely around "what if you had sexy cat-sister-maid-slaves".
Anyone read/watch Gate JSDF? The clips I have seen on youtube make it seem terrible.
Spy X Family has been great. One of my favourite on-goings.
Spy X Family has been great. One of my favourite on-goings.
Want to bring up BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense
It a simple show of a girl playing a MMO her way, dumping all her points into def. What makes it fascinating is that it having fun with it premise from how Maple was able to gain passive skills from getting hit by different attacks and getting lucky drops of rare items. It the thing that most MMO show or isekai shows are missing on is fun with how silly the world can be. The only other show that does this is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
Now I'm curious on how So I'm a Spider, So What? does?
It a simple show of a girl playing a MMO her way, dumping all her points into def. What makes it fascinating is that it having fun with it premise from how Maple was able to gain passive skills from getting hit by different attacks and getting lucky drops of rare items. It the thing that most MMO show or isekai shows are missing on is fun with how silly the world can be. The only other show that does this is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
Now I'm curious on how So I'm a Spider, So What? does?
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It was a fun and entertaining anime with an interesting plot. It's like isekai but they're not actually stuck in the new world, which makes it refreshing.
Be warned though, there's this one hyper sex lolita girl appearing later in the show. I hate her.
The only MMO anime I liked was Net-juu no Susume which rly captured the feeling of early F2P games. There's a lot of anime where the MC take the game too seriously or just isekai.