I mean, the Japanese have had a lot of pseudo LGBT people in their anime for decades now. Gurren Lagann is beloved and it has a character that outright says he's gender noncoforming. One Piece has characters like this too and its the biggest anime of all time over there.
Yeah, it's either implied through subtext (aka Cardcaptor Sakura and the main character's obviously lesbian but wont admit it friend) or it's so fucking in your face it's meant to be over the top because it's funny.
They don't fucking advertise about how lgbtbbq their anime are.
Benthram's still one of my favorite characters though, doesn't matter that he looks like a drag queen. An absolute chad of the chads who doesn't give a fuck, can be anyone with his powers and I don't know anyone who did not like him after Impel Down.
Idk, I know what you mean, but I feel like there's a big difference between when its every now and then for some sort of comic relief versus shoehorned in all the time and 100% serious not in any way meant to be comic relief.
the amount of isekai manga with some batshit insane overly muscly man with a perpetual five-o-clock shadow who "identifies as being female" (or similar) and acts "girly" is quite high
I'm fairly certain such characters are the authors poking fun at the trans lot
Different nations and cultures have considerable different notions of what crossdressers and wierd in between gender shit are. Comparing drag queens to crossplay traps in Japan, despite being arguably the same, is completely useless.
I mean, the Japanese have had a lot of pseudo LGBT people in their anime for decades now. Gurren Lagann is beloved and it has a character that outright says he's gender noncoforming. One Piece has characters like this too and its the biggest anime of all time over there.
That said, all of these designs are indeed ugly.
This reminds me of the Twisted Sister band from the 80s. Imagine the REEEing that band would cause now.
Imagine the Reee-ing that Buffalo Bill would provoke today.
Yeah, it's either implied through subtext (aka Cardcaptor Sakura and the main character's obviously lesbian but wont admit it friend) or it's so fucking in your face it's meant to be over the top because it's funny.
They don't fucking advertise about how lgbtbbq their anime are.
Benthram's still one of my favorite characters though, doesn't matter that he looks like a drag queen. An absolute chad of the chads who doesn't give a fuck, can be anyone with his powers and I don't know anyone who did not like him after Impel Down.
Idk, I know what you mean, but I feel like there's a big difference between when its every now and then for some sort of comic relief versus shoehorned in all the time and 100% serious not in any way meant to be comic relief.
the amount of isekai manga with some batshit insane overly muscly man with a perpetual five-o-clock shadow who "identifies as being female" (or similar) and acts "girly" is quite high
I'm fairly certain such characters are the authors poking fun at the trans lot
Yeah I'm aware of this trope. While I'm not really a fan of it, it doesn't grate on me if it isnt meant to be serious.
Different nations and cultures have considerable different notions of what crossdressers and wierd in between gender shit are. Comparing drag queens to crossplay traps in Japan, despite being arguably the same, is completely useless.