I rewatched KLK recently and I had the impulse to let my feelings be known. This is a long post.Growing up as a girl and a fan of anime, the misogyny and degrading nature of the works became immediately apparent to me. I loved Death Note but the dehumanisation of Misa Amane not just by Light but the very narrative made the series grow bitter on me. And it was especially apparent after reading the manga.Then I started watching the big popular ones and the theme of women and girls being treated like sex objects, especially underage characters,was intense. Not only that but the series fronted by women and girls did it too. Magical Girl shows have a big issue with this. Even Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood had it's moments with Winrey I'm pretty sure weren't in the manga, at least not as explicitly.So when I watched Kill la Kill, I took the basic view most people have of the show. It's a parody of these tropes and it's fronted by femmes. And I loved it for that. I loved shonen sensibilities and how intense and actiony they all were, and seeing a girl in that role was amazing for me. I loved it to death. But after growing up a year and looking back, I've began to see the deep rooted issues with the show.1- Ryuko and Mako are underage. It's not unique to the series but they're so heavily sexualised despite being children.2- Ryuko is predated upon by Mako's dad, her child brother and their fucking dog. And it's played for laughs. She has constant wardrobe malfunctions and it's not done as satire but legitimately thinking it's funny. There's a whole episode where the punchline is Ryuko keeps getting violated because she's wearing pyjamas that are too small for her.
tits or gtfo
>>2848092533- Satsuki's sexual abuse is not dealt with well at all. If you want to see it dealt with appropriately then watch Bananafish. Even Lore Olympus, an infamously terrible series full of misogyny, at least has the rape scene done tastefully and focussed less on the act but more how violating and awful the victim feels (though the aftermath is handled terribly). But in this show we get full frontal nudity and incestuous groping scenes where every gasp and whimper from Satsuki is treated like a porno or hentai rather than an assault scene. And Satsuki's trauma is hardly dwelved into.4- The sexualisation is not equal between men and women as the fandom proclaims. The women and girls in the show are at the forefront so their nudity is much more prominent than the men's. And while it's treated unironically towards the femmes most of the time, the men have their nudity exclusively as a joke. It's usually "isn't it crazy how we're treating men like we treat women! This man has glowing nipples guys!" while we're getting full on breast jiggles in serious moments from Ryuko. It's not even. And even if it was, the men being sexualised as children wouldn't be okay either.And looking back at this, I've realised something. Anime sets the standards on the floor so anything slightly less sexist than one anime is deemed feminist when it's still deranged. And I was so desperate to see a relatably vengeful and angry girl at the forefront of a story, I overlooked the issues with the show just to experience her. Now looking back at it, I've realised she's probably not vengeful and angry because allowing raw emotions from a femme character was important to the creators, but because they wanted her to be a feisty tsundere. And seeing the fandom's response to her, I think it worked.
>>284809352Since then I've limited my anime consumption a lot. I'm currently watching Monster, which is great and from what I've seen has well written women so far, but in general I'm extremely doubtful of it. Even right now when I'm reading Tokyo Ghoul, I'm debating whether Rize being a femme fatale in charge of her body should make me feel weird or not. I think watching more movies rather than shows has been my biggest to to though, and Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms is probably my favourite movie of all time.And I'm not going to harp on the "Japan is so misogynistic" train because anime fans in the west are just as bad and comics have been doing this too. It's just sad to see such a beautiful and revolutionary art form that inspires my own work so much be victim to this.I heard from an interview with an animator on these kinds of shows that none of them like making these scenes but they have to do it to get paid. And the higher ups and producers are likely influencing mangaka and directors to put these scenes in their stories so they can sell sexually explicit merch. So I am sympathetic to that. But at the same time, it's so disheartening to see every woman in shows that inspire me be treated like an object for men to hack off to.Especially a show as dynamic, experimental and fun as Kill la Kill.
Did you copypaste this from tumbrl? Either way kill yourself
>>284809253>>284809352>>284809373TL;DR. Kys fag.
>>284809352>Even Lore Olympus, an infamously terrible series full of misogyny, at least has the rape scene done tastefullywoman moment
tl;dr GOTTA FIND OUT WHO KILLED MY DAD
>>284809253Is this really how American schools look like?
>>284809373Japan has always been sexist. Anno just used female characters and actress to voice his depression. The difference is that characters like Gendo, Yazan, and Harlock acted like people who you can hang out with. Kill La Kill is too much childish puns. As for Mako. Episode 8 shows she has the smarts to work her way up the ladder if she applies herself to her studies, but she becomes stern. I am an American man and egotistical but I can't understand envying women or sexism cause it's too trivial.
>>284809253
>>284809775Kind of.
Mako's fat tits
>>284809253kill yourself
>>284809253Really commit unalive
>>284809253Kys Faggot
>>284809253>Growing up as a girl and a fan of animekek, but seriously reposting Reddit is pathetic no one gives a fuck
>>284809253>>284809352>>284809373
and the #1 Mom award goes to...
>>284811322Satsuki (the mother of my children)
>>284809253>growing up as a girl andstopped reading here
>>284809253>Kill la Killstopped reading here
>>284809266FPBP
