Blend S Episode 8 Discussion

Lelouch0202 said:
I find it hilarious that Soramaru is voicing another character that wants to be a 'cute idol'. All we need now is a catchphrase and we're well on our way. xDD

bioshock548 said:
The way they treated Hideri in this episode felt pretty transphobic. Especially when it came to the way Dino and Miu handled her. I felt as them not accepting her as a girl, or at least not accepting her want to act as a girl, felt pretty out of place and ignorant.

SoraSenpai said:
Hideri and Miu ship sailing now. LETS GO!!!!! lol


This face had me in freaking tears XD

Sangaz said:


It's not some serious documentary though, it's a comedy/slice of life where things are played for laughs. If they brought in all this PC stuff most viewers would just get bored and switch it off.

You guys remind me of the people you sometimes see in the audience at stand-up gigs, everyone else is laughing but there's a couple shaking their heads with faces like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle. Maybe they thought Jim Jeffries was a motivational speaker.

cottonpie said:


Speaking from an upbringing and community embracing lgbtq, it was disheartening if we talk about it in light of body politics and in the lens of social justice. Especially the bathroom scene. And i definitely feel it since she marked herself as female in her job application.

But also, I'm not surprised. In Japanese culture where uniformity and harmony are held at the highest values, the gender binary and gender roles are crazy strict in reality unlike we see in anime. Like in Japan, sex is the same as gender there than in the US. Like there's no option for "non-binary" or "other" when you get to the gender part of some papers and stuff. It's a shame how queerness and gender fluidity is ridiculed used in anime (not sure if "ridiculed" is the right word.. it is in the context of America and understanding from pro-lgbtq we see in media, it makes sense but maybe not so much in Japan?) but it shouldn't be anything new either imo

chunng said:
It's funny to see many people dislike an episode because they don't like the new character or their fav character not having enough screen time. This trap is actually refreshing to watch with her egotistic personality and proud to be one.

ChloeVonEinzbern said:
This episode was hilarious! Hideri is a cutie, I would like to play dress up with him too like Mafuyu and Miu did. >:)

Hraktuus said:
I hate when new shows do traps, because it seems like kind of a cop out just to get attention. The series was already good enough without this.

However...

I feel they put more thought behind this trap than in most shows. The manliness actually came out quite a few times throughout the episode, and he is essentially trying to escape the oppression of his own family. If you know anything about how Japan actually handles homosexuality and transsexuality (hint: it's nothing like in anime), then you could see this more as a social commentary. The manager even tells the trap that he should have put male on his application rather than girl. Good luck getting away with a line like that in a Western show, but I think the show was making a point with that line. That that is how things really are in Japan. Whether the show is saying that is how things should be or that this should change is open to interpretation.

EDIT: And seriously, some of you people are too quick to completely miss the point the show might be trying to make. You just get offended or saddened rather than actually stopping to think about the potential intentions of the writer.

Kittens-kun said:
People actually thought this episode was being transphobic, or that the characters were being mean to Hideri? LOL. These SJWs need to stop, seriously.

dudusdudus said:
Hideri reminds me of Sylphin, they're both annoying af..