the_pillows said: you know, i actually think it's possible to become desensitized to yaoi/yuri...i can't really explain it, but before, i thought shounen-ai/shoujo-ai or yaoi/yuri in general was really weird (like it seemed too messed up or out of place) but now, it's no big deal to me (i actually thought the twincest thing in ouran was funny and i find the girl x girl and guy x guy relatonships in card captor sakura cute even)...
so, in conclusion, i think newcomers to anime might disapprove of one or the other or even both, but after time, some people can get used to it and it doesn't feel strange anymore...then again, i have seen boys in skirts on irc so many times that nothing seems to affect me that much anymore...lmao...
Man, I need to get on IRC more often X)!
Hmm...I think I agree. After a while, it's doesn't become "as strange" to people (I wouldn't know; I've known I was bi since I was 13, so it's never been strange to me). I think that people get just used to it, because in Japan it is no big deal =)
yuuko said:
That is true. Also they see gay attitude/relationships where we can't because we are too used to it.
My other half never never watched anime before Death Note (it took me ages to make him give it a try) and after a few chapters he was convinced it was Shounen-ai. It took me a while to explain that it wasn't! he couldn't understand why no one else saw the "blatant homosexual platonic romance" ROFL
After chapter 26 he just pointed at the screen and said: I told you! XD
It took him one chapter and a half of Tsubasa to ask me if the blond one got it on with the ninja, and he thinks Naruto has an obvious crash on Sasuke as well... I think the only series where he didn't see anything suspicious were Ergo proxy, Gatchaman and Nana...
anyway
yaoi ftw! i haven't watched yuri so i don't know, but shoujo ai is fine with me, all depends on the series!(Utena was great, Strawberry panic was so dull)
HAHA...I always thought of Death Note as a "yaoi waiting to happen" X)! Although Nana had some very shojo-ai moments, I'm surprised he didn't pick up on that.
I dunno. I think sometimes people see gay relationships where there aren't (mostly rabid fangirls :B) and I try not to assume unless it's just so obvious XD |