OP is correctly pointing out that he's noticing a growth in its prevalence, and he's entirely correct that simps and low-frequency men will eat it up because "it's hot".
That's always been the wedge and it will be defended with voracious intent by many people for the aforementioned reasons.
Yes, we know that there used to be those themes in older content, but as OP rightfully pointed out, it was fringe.
I don't watch anime so I can't speak to the volumes of its prevalence, but if it's anything like the rest of media entertainment I do not doubt his observations.
when it comes to yuri, I argue it was and still is fringe, just not nearly as Fringe as lesbian content is in the West. it pops up in regular anime every now and then, but I've hardly ever seen it be the spotlight.
Yeah, yuri's pretty niche in Japan. Yaoi is FAR more prevalent and mainstream. Lesbian content there is most assuredly not the small thing pushed to get all the other degeneracy into the door.
I suppose the broader question would be: have you noticed it popping up more frequently in anime for the fall/winter seasons?
(Though to the point of other commenters, I hope they are right that maybe any additional prevalence of such material is a carryover from the Obama/Biden regime force-feeding this kind of content into global media; since the release of media is going to be three to four years behind whatever current cultural trends are taking place. So what we're seeing now is obviously the results of the woke agenda from yesteryears, but the real tell will be content released in 2028 and 2029)
Yuri has been in anime for as long as most of us have been alive, just look at the original Japanese Sailor Moon.
OP is correctly pointing out that he's noticing a growth in its prevalence, and he's entirely correct that simps and low-frequency men will eat it up because "it's hot".
That's always been the wedge and it will be defended with voracious intent by many people for the aforementioned reasons.
Yes, we know that there used to be those themes in older content, but as OP rightfully pointed out, it was fringe.
I don't watch anime so I can't speak to the volumes of its prevalence, but if it's anything like the rest of media entertainment I do not doubt his observations.
when it comes to yuri, I argue it was and still is fringe, just not nearly as Fringe as lesbian content is in the West. it pops up in regular anime every now and then, but I've hardly ever seen it be the spotlight.
Yeah, yuri's pretty niche in Japan. Yaoi is FAR more prevalent and mainstream. Lesbian content there is most assuredly not the small thing pushed to get all the other degeneracy into the door.
I suppose the broader question would be: have you noticed it popping up more frequently in anime for the fall/winter seasons?
(Though to the point of other commenters, I hope they are right that maybe any additional prevalence of such material is a carryover from the Obama/Biden regime force-feeding this kind of content into global media; since the release of media is going to be three to four years behind whatever current cultural trends are taking place. So what we're seeing now is obviously the results of the woke agenda from yesteryears, but the real tell will be content released in 2028 and 2029)