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INTEREST: Anime-Opted & LGBT Stories Top Barnes & Noble's Best New Manga 2017 List


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:13 pm Reply with quote
CardamonPastel wrote:
Using it as an icon was probably just to attract the attention of people who think it does have lgbt themes and need their opinions to be validated which is pretty low of whoever made this.


I made the article and the first word in the headline is "Anime-Opted." This is actually far more telling about both reading comprehension and where people's buttons are that they completely glaze over a headline in favor of jumping on their soap box to complain about anyone possibly thinking Land of the Lustrous is a LGBT representation show, an interpretation that is completely valid given how particular people are about the proper pronouns used for the characters.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:14 pm Reply with quote
And just like that some obvious trollish and bait posts, and responses to them, have been removed.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:17 pm Reply with quote
CardamonPastel wrote:
. And if you mean theyre genderless in another form, meaning they lack physical sex characteristics, it can be justified because they're rocks and don't have a need to reproduce.


Neither do countries, guns, or naval warshps, yet we have anime with all those personified as teenage boys or girls. If the characters in LotL are asexual/genderless/sexless/whatever, that is a deliberate choice, not just a natural consequence of being rocks.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:06 pm Reply with quote
This "are the gems sexless" debate could just as easily be a Steven Universe discussion. Wink

Just gonna add that My Lesbian Experience With Lonliness is a fantastic read (even if you're not personally a lesbian, or lonely.) It's one of the few manga I've seen being discussed in mainstream media this year, and boy does it deserve it.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:12 pm Reply with quote
I didn’t want to make the SU joke, but here we are. Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:49 pm Reply with quote
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The list is primarily populated by manga that inspired anime adaptations that recently aired or will premiere next year and by acclaimed stories depicting the experiences characters falling within the LGBT spectrum.


So, would be interesting to see the breakdown:

Manga that inspired anime adaptations that recently aired or will premiere next year:
Manga that depict the experiences of lesbian characters:
--- Gay characters:
--- Bisexual characters:
--- Transsexual/transgender characters:
Other manga:
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