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Oct 8, 2016 10:44 AM
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Lestat- said:
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Apparently the problem here is about Self-acceptance.
OP accept and embrace your inner “fujoshi”.

There is nothing for me to embrace, seeing as how I am asexual (and aromantic, but that is less applicable in this situation). Finding absolutely nothing that points in the direction of sexual undertones in these anime is exactly what makes me able to watch them comfortably, and without any embarassment.

I have not yet received an answer on why so many men view so many group-interactions between other men as 'gay', however. This interests me, because women are wired entirely differently. I have not yet come across a woman who was driven so entirely out of her comfort zone by witnessing other unclothed women (whether this could be in a small setting, or a larger one, like a dressing room — or they do not have to be unclothed at all, as it could simply be a situation where a group of women entertain themselves through social interaction or another activity), that she would have to keep herself away from this or resort to calling any group of women together 'gay'. I simply cannot grasp why men would think like this of their own gender.


Women can't understand manliness at all, and they don't need to. So my recomendation for you is to give up playing the intellectual and embrace your feminity.
But if you disagree with me (and you probably will), the first thing you have to know is that anime communities are not the place to study manliness. I would dare to say that anime communities are pretty gay overall. You should read articles on some manly sites out there. I recomend Return Of Kings.
Oct 8, 2016 12:04 PM

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OP obviously can't tell if a show is gay or not. Free is as gay as it gets, not because of the actual Sausage Fest, it's because it's demographic its catering to is for women who have absolutely no chance of finding a usable dick in their life. A lot of the so called "shonen" sports anime panders more to females more than males now because fujoshis love to fantasize that tip on tip action.
Does your reasoning also apply to men who watch hentai/ecchi?


Yes, men dont watch harems for the plot. Men watch harems cause they wont be able to find a mate to reproduce with.
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Oct 8, 2016 12:31 PM

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How do the majority of males think those shows are yaoi/shounen-ai?! Every single male I know thinks those show are awesome as fuck and pretty much as straight as you can get.
Oct 8, 2016 12:34 PM
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I really like all male sports Anime (*-*) the guys are so cute (*-*)
in female sports Anime there is so much ecchi (T_T)
I don´t care if the joke around, " gay" means (for me) saying things like " I love you" and kissing but I never saw These things in male sports Anime xD
Oct 8, 2016 1:01 PM

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JustALEX said:
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ITT people confuse yaoi with shounen-ai/boys love

yaoi = porn/+18

No one is saying there is literal sex or hardcore gay stuff in these anime.

The term "yaoi" is used for anything that is gay....even if it's softcore.

Again, I don't know what is the big deal.

We KNOW that fujoshis ARE watching these anime and we KNOW there are a ton of yaoi (hardcore) fanart and doujins.

Well...people are making the connections.


Fujoshis make fanart and doujins of almost every anime. It doesn't mean it's gay or there's fanserivce. Sport anime are targeted to males not females. You're seeing fanservice and gay stuff because frankly you're wearing the yaoi googles.
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Oct 8, 2016 1:02 PM

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Milk_is_Special said:
How do the majority of males think those shows are yaoi/shounen-ai?! Every single male I know thinks those show are awesome as fuck and pretty much as straight as you can get.
One motivation can be found in this post https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1559397&show=50#msg48068327
This would explain why users on the internet see them that way compared to the males you know.
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Oct 8, 2016 1:35 PM

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Cause people think that if there aren't women, it must be yaoi... And it's stupid. Also, guys tend to look at close friendship as romantic love. I never understood that

Because in real life, guys are usually not like that.

We have our buddies and we hang out and stuff, but that's it.

We're not really "close".

Cuz that's gay.

Get it?

OK, joking aside....in real life, male on male friendships are simply not as close as female on female friendships.

Remember, the genders are different....us guys are competitive and don't like to show a lot of emotions especially in front of our buddies!

Even if guys don't see friendship this way, it doesn't mean it's more than that. But I guess there's difference between genders we'll never understand


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Thebigofan said:
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No one is saying there is literal sex or hardcore gay stuff in these anime.

The term "yaoi" is used for anything that is gay....even if it's softcore.

Again, I don't know what is the big deal.

We KNOW that fujoshis ARE watching these anime and we KNOW there are a ton of yaoi (hardcore) fanart and doujins.

Well...people are making the connections.


Fujoshis make fanart and doujins of almost every anime. It doesn't mean it's gay or there's fanserivce. Sport anime are targeted to males not females. You're seeing fanservice and gay stuff because frankly you're wearing the yaoi googles.
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Generally those animes are rather appealing to girls, they have quite the fanservice for them, an emphasis on bishonen, their swags, their Butts and their smexy sweats.

You know it kinda lacks some kind of rawness, virility, testosterone, some beards too.

Frequently, the whole manga/anime and its art is too much centered on fineness, elegance, stylishness, this is just too swag to be straight.

Sport animes aren't gay but some are definitely far gayer than others.
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I just realized that there are just as many all-female sports anime this season than all-male ones. Keijo, Long Riders and the ping pong one versus all out, yuri on ice and haikyuu.

The male-cast-haters really have no justifiable reason to complain or call the sports genre yaoi-infested.
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Oct 8, 2016 2:44 PM

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Pullman said:
I just realized that there are just as many all-female sports anime this season than all-male ones. Keijo, Long Riders and the ping pong one versus all out, yuri on ice and haikyuu.

The male-cast-haters really have no justifiable reason to complain or call the sports genre yaoi-infested.
the difference is i love yuri infested
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GangsterCat said:
Pullman said:
I just realized that there are just as many all-female sports anime this season than all-male ones. Keijo, Long Riders and the ping pong one versus all out, yuri on ice and haikyuu.

The male-cast-haters really have no justifiable reason to complain or call the sports genre yaoi-infested.
the difference is i love yuri infested


So you should love this season for having more all-female sports anime than ever before.
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Oct 8, 2016 2:50 PM

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Lestat- said:
Now, I cannot speak for the male sex, but I find it disturbing how little tolerance the male gender seems to have toward viewing their own sex.
Kind of off topic, but I want to address this sentence alone.

The harsher it is for someone to be gay, the harder people are going to deny being and avoid being seen as gay. In most countries where homosexuality is illegal, it's actually male homosexuality that is illegal. The oppression of homosexuals has primarily been suffered by gay men.

I don't want to dismiss the oppression that lesbian women go through, because that certainly exists. But if somebody's getting beat up for being gay, if somebody's being kicked out of their home for being gay, if somebody's getting murdered for being gay, if somebody's being tortured for being gay, if somebody's suffering violence for being gay, that person is most likely a gay man.

If being gay means you get fucking executed, chances are you're going to go out of your way to prove to people that you're not gay.

The consequences for homosexuality are not as severe for women, and therefore women don't put as much effort into convincing the world that they aren't gay.
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Pullman said:
GangsterCat said:
the difference is i love yuri infested


So you should love this season for having more all-female sports anime than ever before.
yea moe ping pong and keijo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! saved anime
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Thebigofan said:
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No one is saying there is literal sex or hardcore gay stuff in these anime.

The term "yaoi" is used for anything that is gay....even if it's softcore.

Again, I don't know what is the big deal.

We KNOW that fujoshis ARE watching these anime and we KNOW there are a ton of yaoi (hardcore) fanart and doujins.

Well...people are making the connections.


Fujoshis make fanart and doujins of almost every anime. It doesn't mean it's gay or there's fanserivce. Sport anime are targeted to males not females. You're seeing fanservice and gay stuff because frankly you're wearing the yaoi googles.
I saw a gay spongebob comic once.

Spongebob confirmed for yaoi pandering fujoshit
Oct 8, 2016 2:58 PM

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Who cares if some people label it a "yaoi". Its not as if there's anything wrong with yaoi.

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Red_Keys said:
Thebigofan said:


Fujoshis make fanart and doujins of almost every anime. It doesn't mean it's gay or there's fanserivce. Sport anime are targeted to males not females. You're seeing fanservice and gay stuff because frankly you're wearing the yaoi googles.
I saw a gay spongebob comic once.

Spongebob confirmed for yaoi pandering fujoshit

yeah it's confirmed multiple times that spongebob is gay for squidward

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Oct 8, 2016 3:17 PM

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The underwater gay agenda strikes again
Oct 8, 2016 3:40 PM

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Lestat- said:

The mindset of a lot of young males on this subject just feels like a result of this twisted view on homosexuality. Looking at a group of men entertaining themselves through friendship and sports, does not make one homosexual.


Exactly. But then again there's the section of the female fanbase of these shows which really isn't detrimental to the show but you can't really blame other males to feel stigmatized to it.
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Nigami_Shin said:
sport anime:



gay anime:



the differences are pretty obvious

One of those anime has hot male characters and one doesn't. Everyone agrees with you Nigami, but that doesn't make it yaoi.
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ashfrliebert said:
Nigami_Shin said:
sport anime:



gay anime:



the differences are pretty obvious

One of those anime has hot male characters and one doesn't. Everyone agrees with you Nigami, but that doesn't make it yaoi.
We all know that men who play sports don't develop any muscle ever. And swimmers certainly don't remove articles of clothing. Nope. Also all athletes are elementary school children. Only real sports are played by 9 year olds.
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Like for real if you get upset because an anime about guys swimming features guys who swim, I think you might want to make an appointment with a psychiatrist or something to get some unchecked issues resolved.
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Maybe they are so insecure about their sexuality that seeing handsome cartoon males might just be the thing that makes them into wonkas who let willys into their chocolate factory and they are afraid of that?
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Believe it or not, but most sports anime are categorized as shounen and seinen, meaning they are mostly targeted at a male audience. Their manga are likely even to be featured in the widely acclaimed Weekly Shōnen Jump, which is again, primarily targeted at young men and men in general.
Nope. 50% of WSJ readers are girls and you know how Jump works, people vote for their favorites series to keep them being published and unfortunately 1 female vote = 1 male vote, that's why despite its "shonen" name it still contains some entries mainly targeted to female audience. Kuroko no Basket is one of them, and all the coating that make these manga/anime more attractive to girls is what we call 'gay', take it as a shortcut.
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I have not yet come across a woman who was driven so entirely out of her comfort zone by witnessing other unclothed women
It's not about nudity it's all the rest, nobody will say that a show like Hajime no Ippo, with a full male cast shirtless most of the time, is gay because the drawing style is not cute at all, it's more manly, and the characters have interest in girls/have girlfriends, except for Miyata (who is probably gay).


So attractive male=gay? A character is gay unless he states he wants a girlfriend in every episode? Ok then.
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As a girl, I don't really relate on a deep level with the men's viewpoint on this. But I've noticed that the male cultures in America are lacking in terms of homosexuality acceptance. They call gay people derogatory names like 'faggot ' in order to seem more masculine. Of course, this isn't exclusive to America, but I've never been to Japan to compare.

I've also noticed that men, and women enjoy the opposite sex. A given. So watching same sex relationships is pleasant given you're the opposite sex. But animes that are aimed at men, but still hold homosexual undertones make men uncomfortable. It's presumably an insult to their masculinity. Unfortunately, women don't hold the same dislike for Yuri, at least not as much of a burning, seething hatred for it as men do. It's attracting a female audience in the wrong way, and that's what's got these men's panties in a bunch. Think Black Butler, which does have gay undertones, but not as much as the 'sports animes' so that it's still watched and liked by men. Presumably.

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Thebigofan said:
So attractive male=gay? A character is gay unless he states he wants a girlfriend in every episode? Ok then.
Some people who write anime probably believe that. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many "male friend character who's only trait is he's a pervert and openly expresses his desire for sex" characters. Like, male friends are not allowed unless they are explicitly and ridiculously outspokenly heterosexual.
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I think many people mix the meaning of 'gay' as in 'homosexual' with 'gay' as in 'unmasculine'. Like if someone asked a guy "do you need a hug?" and they answered "no that's gay" then it's pretty obvious that they're not talking about sexual orientation but about not wanting to seem sensitive and demasculinized. Imo none of the sports series mentioned in this thread fit to the former definition of 'gay', but some do fit the latter definition. Like in Free!, there's a lot of heart-to-heart talk and emotional scenes which might seem alien and unrelatable to an average male viewer. Or, shortly put, they'd seem 'gay'.
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I think many people mix the meaning of 'gay' as in 'homosexual' with 'gay' as in 'unmasculine'. Like if someone asked a guy "do you need a hug?" and they answered "no that's gay" then it's pretty obvious that they're not talking about sexual orientation but about not wanting to seem sensitive and demasculinized. Imo none of the sports series mentioned in this thread fit to the former definition of 'gay', but some do fit the latter definition. Like in Free!, there's a lot of heart-to-heart talk and emotional scenes which might seem alien and unrelatable to an average male viewer. Or, shortly put, they'd seem 'gay'.


But that's just using the term wrongly tbh. Not my/our fault if people use the term to express something that it doesn't really mean. Show me a dictionary (no, urban dictionary doesn't count) that defines 'unmasculine' as one of the meanings of 'gay'. I couldn't find one. At best it's a derogatory, sterotyping, demaning slang use of the term, intended to insult gay people by denying them any masculinity (in reality there are a fair amount of masculine gay men just like there are feminine heterosexual men). In any case gay = unmasculine is a false equivalence and not at all part of what the term means by definition.

If people lack the ability to put their feelings in proper words (like calling those shows too emotional, not macho enough, or simply complaining that the characters are too much in touch with their feelings for them to relate to them, for example) then it's their fault, not ours for 'misunderstanding' them when they use a term wrongly.
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Rivershield said:
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The "need to have a romantic interest in sports anime" is what annoys and detracts the series for me and usually makes me avoid series like that. You said it yourself, sports is about competition and dedication to the sports. If the sports is a team sport, you really can't remove "team bonding" to make it realistic or even ideal. Having a girl inserted just downplays the sport and the camaraderie.

That's why Haikyuu!, Diamond no Ace, OoFuri,Captain Tsubasa was also a god representation of the sports.

The problem with people is they automatically assume that the characters are gay, if they are all-male, dedicated to each other, serious and team-loving.


I was not saying that characters should, by standard, have a crush on some girl, I was just pointing a natural behavior that is just common sense and the reason why many sports anime before had better representation of male behavior. You can't separate men from their interest in women, specially when you're dealing with high schoolers.

The real problem though is that when you have a entire team of handsome dudes that goes on talking all the time how they care about their teammates and none of them has even talk about women then the least you will do is wonder about their masculinity. If you don't do that, maybe you're effeminate yourself.

There's several big differences between Slum Dunk and any other classical sport manga to any modern sport manga, that goes from the character design to the way friendship and teamwork are portrayed.
It is clear for someone who read both what is most appealing to men.

About Yuri on Ice... THIS THING IS GAY.
Common guys, its ballet on Ice, It should not even be called a sport, it is a fucking dance.
All these gracious moves, the sensitivity of the techniques, there's no way this can be male stuff.


You're view on masculinity is pretty narrow, I might say. I have a lot of straight friends who are more interested in serious stuff and doesn't talk about girls in general. I'm Asian, I think this says about culture? On group talks, in high school, we talk about homeworks, projects and current events when appropriate. This is the same in sports anime, if you have sports to focus on and is dedicated to it, you'll make that your priority. Your thinking that boys must talk about girls and somehow make them priority instead of childhood friends who you've known from the start, teammates who you spend everyday with. Or people who graduate with our ever having girlfriends seems so surreal to you. All my friends are still NBSB and we consider each other first before any stranger girl we can meet.

Look, I know what you're trying to say but there are a lot of manly guys who is not into romance especially in high school. And saying Yuri on Ice and Male Ice skating not a sport and gay? It's both an art and sports, and not all male skaters are gay. Or even people who shows affection to their teachers, coaches, mentors, teammates, rivals or friends are automatically gay.

PS: all my straight male friends love this show.
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One outs is called yaoi? No way lol 0_o
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Rivershield said:
About Yuri on Ice... THIS THING IS GAY.
Common guys, its ballet on Ice, It should not even be called a sport, it is a fucking dance.
All these gracious moves, the sensitivity of the techniques, there's no way this can be male stuff.


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lol you must not have seen much male figure skating have you?

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With shows like Free!, I can understand why, because of how sexualized the men are, it's easy to jump to the conclusion that the fanservice is directed at the other characters rather than the audience. Another thing is whether or not the show tantalises the female audience, again like Free!, with the idea that the cast are indeed homosexual. Although I do agree with you, Lestat, that it is confusing when people call reverse harems in general yaoi. We don't go around saying shows like DxD are yuri because they are harems. Especially shows like Haikyuu, where there is little to no fanservice in my eyes, apart from the fact that there are sweaty schoolboys playing a sport together. Or perhaps, Lestat, it's just a way to degrade those shows, maybe in a similar fashion to the way we can describe certain situations as being "a bit gay", just because they make people perhaps sexually uncomfortable or do, indeed, have homoerotic undertones.
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Yesterday, we had fujobait, today we have Yaoi, This is why the anime community's a sausage fest guys.

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no, it's just that guys obviously don't have a clue what male interaction is.

they must be shitting on me if they call most of the sports anime "yaoi". where's the fucking?, where's the mad french kissing? no sight of it. guys are pussies and that's the end.

they are some shows that like baiting it, but studios obviously don't have the balls to make an actual gay couple.
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It pretty much is yaoi which is why me and lot of other guys won't touch thoses series with a 100foot pole

that are and it objectifies men as sex objects
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These days, every anime that has 2 or more males are instant FujoBait, doesn't matter what genre the anime is, Fujoshis will make it Yaoi.

Heck, just take a look at Tales of Zestiria. Guess who's at the top of the pairings? It's not Sorey X Alisha, it's not Sorey X Rose. It's fucking Sorey x Mikleo.

The problem isn't this anime is gay or not, it's the Fujoshis.

Buy Yuri on Ice is definitely GAY.

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GangsterCat said:
Pullman said:
I just realized that there are just as many all-female sports anime this season than all-male ones. Keijo, Long Riders and the ping pong one versus all out, yuri on ice and haikyuu.

The male-cast-haters really have no justifiable reason to complain or call the sports genre yaoi-infested.
the difference is i love yuri infested

The issue here is that people pretend this isn't the reason

it's like YEEEAH i totally care about the QUALITIES of the series and judging from the qualities of the series HAIKYUU IS FUJOBAIT

and then their like, well ya know some people just like ecchi man, why do you have to complain so much. JESUS CHRIST MAL
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some of the things being said here are just unbelievable. wow.
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Rivershield said:

I was not saying that characters should, by standard, have a crush on some girl, I was just pointing a natural behavior that is just common sense and the reason why many sports anime before had better representation of male behavior. You can't separate men from their interest in women, specially when you're dealing with high schoolers.

The real problem though is that when you have a entire team of handsome dudes that goes on talking all the time how they care about their teammates and none of them has even talk about women then the least you will do is wonder about their masculinity. If you don't do that, maybe you're effeminate yourself.

There's several big differences between Slum Dunk and any other classical sport manga to any modern sport manga, that goes from the character design to the way friendship and teamwork are portrayed.
It is clear for someone who read both what is most appealing to men.

About Yuri on Ice... THIS THING IS GAY.
Common guys, its ballet on Ice, It should not even be called a sport, it is a fucking dance.
All these gracious moves, the sensitivity of the techniques, there's no way this can be male stuff.


Basically, you view men who don't do manly things to be effeminate men who are gay. There's nothing abnormal about a group of heterosexual guys not talking about girls at all. I have a group of friends I hang out with since the start of high school, and I don't recall a time where we talked about girls. We all are definitely straight, but we just aren't interested in talking about girls. We mainly talk about sports, tv shows and movies, otaku shit, and video games. I work with a bunch of male coworkers that I've known for years, and talking about girls is just not a thing we care about. The closest I'll hear about talking about girls would be family-related stuff like "My wife and I went to X and had a great time" and "My sister just got married". I don't know about you, but there are lots of things guys are more interested in talking about with other guys than relationships with girls.

Your perception on figure skating is bizarre. You must think acrobatics is gay for men because that's what figure skating is. It's a sport that emphasizes heavily on acrobatics and performance arts. All these gracious moves you call them can be male stuff. A lot of men do enjoy watching figure skating too.
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I can see them as being used as Yaoi Material.
But when I watch them I don't see their relationship as Yaoi.

Only one so far that I would say is borderline Yaoi was Free!.
And thats cause of the strange character relationship and interactions that borderline on weird. Even though the anime had the token Manager and Female advisor, None of the characters really paid heed to them.
Free was also to me designed more to appeal to a female audience and thus had attributes that would be favoured by fujoshi.
I also found prince of tennis the same, even though there was a token girl in there she played no role that was worth remembering and again the characters seemed to be designed for females.

However in the Basketball anime, like Kuroko and Slam Dunk, Some of the main cast had an interest either in the Manager or some girl.

Even in Haikyuu, the Cast reacts to the Managers, and other team managers. Especially Hinata who always goes red.

Haikyuu and Slam Dunk are examples of where awesomeness was key, those key moments that just makes you feel "Wow that was awesome" Like when you see Sakuragi's expression during his fight with the Judo Captain, or Hinata's eyes that seem to swallow you in due to his big ambitions.

If there is too much Yaoi Factor in said sports anime I tend to end up dropping it. Thus even though I completed Free! 1 I never completed Free 2.
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Unyversu said:
One outs is called yaoi? No way lol 0_o



There are One Outs Yaoi fanarts and fanfiction out there so according to some people in this thread that makes the whole show intended to be gay and only enjoyed by girls.
Don't question their logic, they think it's common sense!
Although every crazy or delusional person thinks their worldview is common sense.
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DoctorSexy said:
that are and it objectifies men as sex objects

But objectifying women is 100000% A-OK, 11/10 would fap again.
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Shigure said:
Basically, you view men who don't do manly things to be effeminate men who are gay. There's nothing abnormal about a group of heterosexual guys not talking about girls at all. I have a group of friends I hang out with since the start of high school, and I don't recall a time where we talked about girls. We all are definitely straight, but we just aren't interested in talking about girls. We mainly talk about sports, tv shows and movies, otaku shit, and video games. I work with a bunch of male coworkers that I've known for years, and talking about girls is just not a thing we care about. The closest I'll hear about talking about girls would be family-related stuff like "My wife and I went to X and had a great time" and "My sister just got married". I don't know about you, but there are lots of things guys are more interested in talking about with other guys than relationships with girls.

Your perception on figure skating is bizarre. You must think acrobatics is gay for men because that's what figure skating is. It's a sport that emphasizes heavily on acrobatics and performance arts. All these gracious moves you call them can be male stuff. A lot of men do enjoy watching figure skating too.

Thank you graciously for saying this. What this digital world perceives as purely 'manly' or 'masculine' has only come to light within the past few decades. When my parents were young (say, eighteen to twenty years old), it was almost odd if you did not participate in some style of dancing — both my folks participated heavily in ball-room dancing, and the diversity between men and women was greatly balanced. This was not perceived as 'gay' or 'feminine', no — it was applicable to both genders equally, and neither of them took shame in it, and the males did not perceive dancing as an activity or sport for wimps, like it is perceived now. When I was in high school, I had four guys in my class who did ball-room dancing. And guess what; all four were bullied for it, people called them and their dance 'gay', because smooth, graceful movements and healthy acrobatic athleticism are apparently 'only for women'. Similar are courtesy, manners and chivalry; I hear many men call these traits 'gay' or that they only apply to 'white knights' or wimps. Where does this come from? Well, I am aware that it is introduced through the media; music videos, idols and their nearly revolting 'charisma', but what goes on in someone's head to apply these so-called rules to themselves? Can one not apply the simplest of logic to understand that this creates an extreme drift between men and women (of course, we are not exactly equal, but let us at least speak of equal social rights here), that inspires objectification and sexualization, and also the phenomenon that men call everything that sways slightly from the modern norm 'gay'?

To be quite honest, as a woman, I cannot find any masculinity in pumped up muscles, sexual provocation and typical aggressive rooster-like behaviour purely present to attract the opposite gender. It actually drives me far, far away; I laugh and shake my head at the ridiculous lengths some men go to attract women, thinking that all of us are brainless body-sacks blinded by muscle and roaring engines. Now, I find it a lot more naturally masculine if a man is polite and emotionally open, and can express himself without feeling pressured by a faulty, modern way of thinking about what a man can and cannot do to be 'masculine'.

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Oct 10, 2016 4:40 AM

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kaimax said:
These days, every anime that has 2 or more males are instant FujoBait, doesn't matter what genre the anime is, Fujoshis will make it Yaoi.

Heck, just take a look at Tales of Zestiria. Guess who's at the top of the pairings? It's not Sorey X Alisha, it's not Sorey X Rose. It's fucking Sorey x Mikleo.

The problem isn't this anime is gay or not, it's the Fujoshis.


That used to be the case but these days the panicky males are even more vocal about these things than fujoshi. The reaction to fujoshi pairing non-gay males with each other used to be 'pls keep it to yourself, that's not what the show implies at all, just let me enjoy this' but nowadays a lot of males seem to react with 'yes, you fujoshi were right all along, gayness is everywhere and anime is doomed because of it'. They basically gave in to the fujoshi worldview and now see everything through the lens of a fujoshi, and they hate it but they can't turn it off because fuck knows why.

Fujoshi aren't even part of that process at this point. It's just between those panicky males and the shows (or in many cases only the cover art of those shows since they don't even watch them). Even when you have reasonable fujoshis themselves telling them directly to their face that there is nothing gay in those shows itself and fujoshi only fantasize about it because they can, they will not accept the truth and insist on their inherent gayness and that nobody can watch those shows unless they are interested in gay fanservice and male-to-male relationships. Nevermind the thousands of people who do just that. Their delusions are stronger than facts. Just read back in this thread to see what I mean.
Only shows without male characters are safe in their eyes, I guess.
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Oct 10, 2016 4:58 AM

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Thanks Mal, i have realized that Hajime no Ippo is one of the gayest anime around.

Oct 10, 2016 5:04 AM

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Johnnyd3rp said:
Thanks Mal, i have realized that Hajime no Ippo is one of the gayest anime around.

Poor Takamura, heavy weight class but the feather weight class is manlier XD

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DoctorSexy said:
that are and it objectifies men as sex objects

But objectifying women is 100000% OK.


If it balances all the objection that men get
Then yes
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Lestat- said:
Shigure said:
Basically, you view men who don't do manly things to be effeminate men who are gay. There's nothing abnormal about a group of heterosexual guys not talking about girls at all. I have a group of friends I hang out with since the start of high school, and I don't recall a time where we talked about girls. We all are definitely straight, but we just aren't interested in talking about girls. We mainly talk about sports, tv shows and movies, otaku shit, and video games. I work with a bunch of male coworkers that I've known for years, and talking about girls is just not a thing we care about. The closest I'll hear about talking about girls would be family-related stuff like "My wife and I went to X and had a great time" and "My sister just got married". I don't know about you, but there are lots of things guys are more interested in talking about with other guys than relationships with girls.

Your perception on figure skating is bizarre. You must think acrobatics is gay for men because that's what figure skating is. It's a sport that emphasizes heavily on acrobatics and performance arts. All these gracious moves you call them can be male stuff. A lot of men do enjoy watching figure skating too.

Thank you graciously for saying this. What this digital world perceives as purely 'manly' or 'masculine' has only come to light within the past few decades. When my parents were young (say, eighteen to twenty years old), it was almost odd if you did not participate in some style of dancing — both my folks participated heavily in ball-room dancing, and the diversity between men and women was greatly balanced. This was not perceived as 'gay' or 'feminine', no — it was applicable to both genders equally, and neither of them took shame in it, and the males did not perceive dancing as an activity or sport for wimps, like it is perceived now. When I was in high school, I had four guys in my class who did ball-room dancing. And guess what; all four were bullied for it, people called them and their dance 'gay', because smooth, graceful movements and healthy acrobatic athleticism are apparently 'only for women'. Similar are courtesy, manners and chivalry; I hear many men call these traits 'gay' or that they only apply to 'white knights' or wimps. Where does this come from? Well, I am aware that it is introduced through the media; music videos, idols and their nearly revolting 'charisma', but what goes on in someone's head to apply these so-called rules to themselves? Can one not apply the simplest of logic to understand that this creates an extreme drift between men and women (of course, we are not exactly equal, but let us at least speak of equal social rights here), that inspires objectification and sexualization, and also the phenomenon that men call everything that sways slightly from the modern norm 'gay'?

To be quite honest, as a woman, I cannot find any masculinity in pumped up muscles, sexual provocation and typical aggressive rooster-like behaviour purely present to attract the opposite gender. It actually drives me far, far away; I laugh and shake my head at the ridiculous lengths some men go to attract women, thinking that all of us are brainless body-sacks blinded by muscle and roaring engines. Now, I find it a lot more naturally masculine if a man is polite and emotionally open, and can express himself without feeling pressured by a faulty, modern way of thinking about what a man can and cannot do to be 'masculine'.


Masculinity and sexuality are different. You can be masculine and do anything. You can be masculine and do interpretive dance. It's how you carry yourself.

If you never show interest in the other gender, your sexuality however is questionable. Not briinging up the other gender at all to focus completely on the sport or whatever then does make you pretty gay.

It happens in every serious anime by the way. Even psycho-pass has slight romantic tension. The only characters w/o that are latched on to by the fujoshis because the lack of it is fair game to them.

So yeah... all male sports anime like Free! and Yuri On Ice are hella gay and they're not trying to hide it.
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DoctorSexy said:
Kuromii said:

But objectifying women is 100000% OK.


If it balances all the objection that men get
Then yes

Are you blind to the hundreds upon hundreds of anime that objectify women or are you just trying really hard to not be proven wrong? There's probably less than 20 anime out there that objectifies men and yet almost every single anime made objectifies women.
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Okay, I'd like to state first of all that I myself am skeptical about the supposed "gayness" of many of these sports anime. It's not the shows themselves I would have a problem with, then, but the fanbases themselves (whether they're fujoshi or fujoshi haters, I would find it annoying). This annoyance would also be true for alleged yuri-bait shows, btw, not just alleged yaoi-bait shows.

I do think certain shots can be uncomfortable depending on the context-- having a personal or teasing conversation and having a character lean in with a lot of detail added to their lips/breath/etc. could be impling sexuality whether or not the characters are actually gay, and as such I probably wouldn't care for them. Beyond that, there's very little that would bother me. Speaking as a straight man who finds homosexuality repulsive, I have no inherent issue making light sexual jokes with others provided that I'm comfortable enough around them: e.g. smacking a guy's butt or jokingly offering a striptease, something fujos and fujo haters would likely take as definitive proof as gayness when it simply isn't.

I don't believe public nudity is ever acceptable, although I wouldn't assume someone is homosexual because of group bathing alone. Lack of respect for one's genitals and what one's eyes consume is distinct from homosexuality. I wouldn't shower with other men and I know women who feel likewise about bathing with women. Nudity is indecent and should only be intentionally witnessed by one's spouse, parents (while you're very young), and other close family members/doctors/caretakers if there's a potential medical problem with said areas or a non-capability to take care of one's self.

Still, as long as I don't have to explicitly see the sexual organs I would be unlikely to complain about men or women bathing together in fiction, much less assume they are homosexual for doing so. Being close friends with and having close body contact with the same sex does not make you homosexual.
TripleSRankOct 10, 2016 7:21 PM
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