Forum - View topic

This Week in Anime - DARLING in the FRANXX Has Only One Thing on its Mind

For a show so laden with double entendres, FRANXX seems really unconcerned with actual sex. Despite the awkward-ass cockpit arrangements, the show doesn't seem to give a shit about how the characters feel about each other's bodies. There's some subtle love polygon dynamics in play, but otherwise FRANXX is weirdly chaste in terms of interactions outside the robots. The characters have no idea what kissing is, and their partnerships are government-enforced; the end result is this horrible imitation of sexuality that only exists when piloting the FRANXX. Visually, however, it's a fuckin' field day with boobs and girl crotches everywhere. Franxxly, that disconnect is what puts me off most of these first three episodes.

As someone who has used the term academically, that is what it means.

I might not have been clear in my previous postings, especially since I likely made a mistake in commenting on the object-level issue here. We're at the end of the line. The discussion about heteronormativity is done.

Nothing worse than writing out a lengthy ass response, then checking the thread for further replies and seeing multiple rather... firm mod warnings to drop the subject. Alas. That said, both the writers for this This Week in Anime have responded, so I'll just say if you missed their posts in the rush of this thread, go back to the previous page. Worth reading.

Wonder what the next This Week in Anime will cover.

Galap wrote:

I might not have been clear in my previous postings, especially since I likely made a mistake in commenting on the object-level issue here. We're at the end of the line. The discussion about heteronormativity is done.

What about the argument for other sexualities, races, and genders?

The way female characters are portrayed now is offensive, yeah, but that might be intentional, as Agent355 pointed. I just can't believe the authors are serious about that. How can you criticize something and use it as a selling point at the same time? I think that fact alone is enough to make people believe the authors don't have the capacity to work with the theme here.

Wtv wrote:

The way female characters are portrayed now is offensive, yeah, but that might be intentional, as Agent355 pointed. I just can't believe the authors are serious about that. How can you criticize something and use it as a selling point at the same time? I think that fact alone is enough to make people believe the authors don't have the capacity to work with the theme here.

I think the show is going to say something about gender roles. That is why Zero Two was introduced in the first episode and why she can control the FRANXX, that is why in the second episode they wanted the audience to feel bad for Ichigo, and that is why in all three episodes there has been signs that this world is controlled by a dystopian government. A show can be ecchi and say something about gender roles. I think this show will make feminist statements and it simply will be from a non-western perspective.

Trigger aren't present in Darling in the Franxx's production committee, they aren't involved in any decisions regarding the series' story, and they don't even animate it. They're only responsible for direction and animation in mecha fights, which means so far they're responsible for maybe four-five minutes of the series' current one-hour run time.

In other words, this isn't a Trigger show. If this is a Trigger show, then I'm the freaking creator of Final Fantasy on the grounds of having edited a couple localization scripts.

A show can be ecchi and say something about gender roles.

tintor2 wrote:

I wonder what things are Trigger planning to do with Hiro to see if he can team up with 02

Nothing. They are planning nothing because they're not on the production committee and don't have a say in the show's story. At all. In fact, there is a convenience store chain in Japan who have more of say in DarliFra's story than Trigger do.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

Nothing worse than writing out a lengthy ass response, then checking the thread for further replies and seeing multiple rather... firm mod warnings to drop the subject. Alas. That said, both the writers for this This Week in Anime have responded, so I'll just say if you missed their posts in the rush of this thread, go back to the previous page. Worth reading. Wonder what the next This Week in Anime will cover.

Sorry, the thread was moving quickly.

Realquick wrote:

Galap wrote: I might not have been clear in my previous postings, especially since I likely made a mistake in commenting on the object-level issue here. We're at the end of the line. The discussion about heteronormativity is done. What about the argument for other sexualities, races, and genders?

Don't be a pedant, dude.