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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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OtakuExile
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And yes, anime has much more to offer. No one knows this more than I. How much further will they push until no one watches? |
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UtenaAnthy
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There are transgendered people in the real world, and they might really appreciate a show that is about them, it's not some fetish (though some fetishes are harmless anyway), it's someone's gender identity, why on earth would you compare it to incest or moe, what you're saying is coming off as prejudiced.
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einhorn303
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Anything can be a fetish, regardless of whether it's also someone's gender (or other) identity. Like, say a person raised Catholic, but found the religious part of his childhood extremely traumatizing and grew extremely estranged from his childhood faith. Since then, he had a fetish about Catholic girls as an expression of his own insecurity. "Catholic" isn't usually a fetish, but a religious identity. For that particular person, though, it would be a fetish. |
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agila61
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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Hourou Musuko is about a boy and a girl each struggling with their gender identities, and trying to cope in a world that doesn't understand their problems.
However the story (the manga anyway) is mostly told with respect to universal expectations of gender conformity, regardless of what some people think or feel about themselves. It is both lighthearted and very realistic, so I think it would be a good anime even for people with an "eww" impression of transexuals, since there are many characters in the story they could relate with and reflect on how transgendered youth are typically treated by society. My hope is that anyone can watch this show with an open mind and gain a new understanding of this phenomenon. |
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ChazOSkulls
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*browses through summaries*
Do I really need to say anything else? The complaint makes itself. Our medium doesn't seem to understand the word "stale". |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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I noticed the same thing, ChazOSkulls. It's sort of depressing. There's only a couple of titles (yes, "couple" means two) that seem like they *might* be interesting. All in all, kind of bleak for my tastes, and Spring isn't looking much better.
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Nosferatu21
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This does seem like sort of a boring lineup we've been presented with. That said, I have 3 shows I definitely want to watch, then I'll be casting out 7 lines and hoping to reel in a couple of good ones.
Really interested in: Beelzebub GOSICK Kimi ni Todoke 2(been looking forward to this one for awhile) I'll watch the following 7 series until I get bored with them: Dragon Crisis! Freezing Infinite Stratos Mitsudomoe Zoryochu! Oniichan no koto nanka this is taking too long Yumekui Merry Fractale I'm not sure how many of those I'll finish, but I'll be happy with 3 out of 7 keeping me entertained. I'm also going to pay attention to the early reviews of Hourou Musuko. I'm not really interested in it at all but I see from many of the posts here that there are a lot of people looking forward to it. If the reviews of the first couple episodes are pretty good I may give the series a shot. And if they aren't very good or are just average, I won't have to waste my time watching. |
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TheAncientOne
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As with Oreimo, this one is begging to be abbreviated. I suspect the result will be OniKoto. |
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excaliber736
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Sadly, as ChazOSkulls already pointed out, most of the shows this season seem to be recycling one aspect or another of the tired old high school theme.
The only shows in this lineup which have got me even remotely interested are GOSICK, because who knows: it may actually turn out to be an interesting horror show, and Hourou Musuko just because its something different. GET WITH IT ANIME WRITERS. HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. *continues ineffectual raging* At least spring looks a little more promising. |
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Revolutionary
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Have you even read the series? To mention it alongside moe and incest is kind of insulting. It is a good series and one of which many within the trans community itself consider good. It is not just out to be controversial nor is it for fanservice in anyway. Well, I didn't really finish it, but that is definitely the vibe I got from it back when I was reading it. |
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Banken
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The titles are only too long if you don't speak japanese. MY SISTER CAN'T BE THIS CUTE and I DON'T LIKE YOU AT ALL, ONIICHAN! |
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agila61
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Onikoto seems likely, Onokanka would be too much to hope for. |
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