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[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

Rae is probably the gayest anime character I've ever seen, but I do feel like a lot of yuri/yuri-adjacent stuff is male-gazey and deliberately shies away from confirming whether characters are actually gay (see: the Witch from Mercury debacle). I assume this is partly for marketing purposes (het dudes aren't going to buy as many figurines) and partly due to Japan's regressive LGBT rights.

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

sometimes, but i do think sometimes it's literally textual on screen and people just pretend it's left ambiguous. wfm, something like revue starlight or utena (before the movie), etc.

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Transphobes continued to deny when Bridget was explicitly stated by the creators to be trans. I agree that things shouldn't be left too ambiguous, but there's no way to get through to these types.

[-] Alunyanners@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"he's (daisuke ishiwatari) been pressured by the woke mob to make bridget trans!"

"bridget only comes out as trans in the bad ending!"

"bridget isn't trans in the japanese version!"

and so on

[-] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

none of these are true either, just a deliberate misinterpretation on their parts

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