Spastic Minnow wrote:
I ve always been a little confused at why the MC s of so many harem, reverse harems, and large ensemble shows always fall to like 5th place of so in popularity contests. It s not a Sleep With/Marry/Kill contest.
Occasionally the lead is quite boring and more of a vessel for others to react, but when they actually have a strong story themselves and really are the heart of a show
I actually wanted to talk about this in the context of Tohru, since Rebecca brought up feminism.
I can t speak for Japanese fans (who seem to like or be more okay with passive female MCs than western audiences) or even modern western audiences, but when I was a teen reading Fruits Basket, and other shoujo and/or otome reverse-harems, with my friends, the reason was a lot of internalized misogyny.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 10:02 pm As far as I m concerned, I m officially over Sony. They ve made their bed when they decided to go high horse and take their customers for granted the moment they let the success of the PS1 and PS2 run away with them to the point that they could overcharge for the PS3 on launch day. They haven t been the diverse, likeable company for developers that they were once known for back in the 90s.
Plus, I have every reason to believe that they had a major hand in the downfall of Michael Jackson s career considering that Jackson owned over half the company which was taken back by Sony after his death.
Streaming Anime Lifts Manga Sales By Deb Aoki | May 07, 2021
When the pandemic hit last March, manga publishers in North America were left with an uncomfortable choice: should they cut back on their book releases or stick it out and hope that things get better soon? But it turned out that while people were stuck at home, they started reading and buying more manga. And not just a little but a lot more manga.
According to NPD BookScan, the manga buying spree continues in 2021. Sales of print manga titles in the U.S. increased by 3.6 million units in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
It s a new school year for the
Fruits Basket the Final cast, and some characters have changed more than others. Momiji seems to have had a growth spurt overnight, and his newly mature physical appearance is only the half of it. This episode divides the Zodiac members into two groups: those who are looking ahead to the future, and those who are stuck in the past. These differing perspectives appear to hold a major clue to breaking the curse. “I Mean… You Know, Right?” is a wishy-washy title for an episode that has meticulously organized its thematic elements, skillfully using repetition in order to show how this week s theme acceptance of a changing world affects each member of its large and diverse cast.