| I am still considering watching this show, but it bothers me a bit that so many people on the internet try to compare this anime to bait-ish Richard from last season. So I wanted to ask how much this show teases fujoshi. |
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| @Kaifans So, is this typical bromance that attracts a large female audience due to "male relationships"? |
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SmolOwl21 said: Quite honestly, this stuff happens when two main characters who are complete opposites (whether its m/f, m/m, or f/f) are put together, there are going to be lots of people shipping them. There's another anime, Great Pretender that does have people shipping the two main guys but I love it for the plot and characters (a lot more than Balance Unlimited), the shipping feels secondary in contrast to the different story arcs. Sure there are fetishizers but sometimes, people just like it when two characters click. Well, I suspected something like that among the GP watchers, but as far as I remember, there is an important female characters for a potential straight relationship. |
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| I think the main reasons why so many fujoshis have been attracted to this show is because its pretty boys having character interaction, so OBVIOUSLY it has to be gay. Getting to know another guy? That's a feminine trait. But no its not baiting anything. Its a pretty good show so far, I just recommend denying the existence of the crazy fans. |
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| It definitely feels like fans ship the hell out of them or romanticise the aesthetic (?) I just try to ignore that stuff and enjoy the show for what it is. |
| The relationship on the show is so dry you could hardly even call it a friendship. Most fans probably just want to bang Daisuke. You know how every season there is a female character that gets dozens of doujin and fanart because she's hot? That but with a dude. It's also really a bad show, so not really worth watching. |
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RobertBobert said: SmolOwl21 said: Quite honestly, this stuff happens when two main characters who are complete opposites (whether its m/f, m/m, or f/f) are put together, there are going to be lots of people shipping them. There's another anime, Great Pretender that does have people shipping the two main guys but I love it for the plot and characters (a lot more than Balance Unlimited), the shipping feels secondary in contrast to the different story arcs. Sure there are fetishizers but sometimes, people just like it when two characters click. Well, I suspected something like that among the GP watchers, but as far as I remember, there is an important female characters for a potential straight relationship. Thing is, Kanbe is very cold toward Suzue (the important female character), so there's no hint whatsoever any romantic relationship might appear between them (until now) even though the op could imply it's possible. Furthermore Suzue act more like a "devoted" servant with him. So for now, fujoshis can fantasize whatever they want about Kanbe and ... Kanbe is "hot", that helps. As for the other male character, it was hinted he is at least into women but that's probably not enough to stop fujoshis. You should give it a try, the show is not bad and there is a good plot right now, that goes beyond the cute rich boy do cute police things from the first episodes. |
Ysad_Ziwezhan said: RobertBobert said: Well, I suspected something like that among the GP watchers, but as far as I remember, there is an important female characters for a potential straight relationship. Thing is, Kanbe is very cold toward Suzue (the important female character), so there's no hint whatsoever any romantic relationship might appear between them (until now) even though the op could imply it's possible. Furthermore Suzue act more like a "devoted" servant with him. So for now, fujoshis can fantasize whatever they want about Kanbe and ... Kanbe is "hot", that helps. As for the other male character, it was hinted he is at least into women but that's probably not enough to stop fujoshis. You should give it a try, the show is not bad and there is a good plot right now, that goes beyond the cute rich boy do cute police things from the first episodes. You made me think of Shouwa Rakugo, when fans ignored a very important straight love triangle subplot just to pretend there was something between male leads lol. Well, I’m lying if I say that I’m not interested in romance, but at the moment I just don’t know what to expect from this show at all. |
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| Yes. But please stop being afraid of stuff being aimed at women. |
RobertBobert said: Ysad_Ziwezhan said: Thing is, Kanbe is very cold toward Suzue (the important female character), so there's no hint whatsoever any romantic relationship might appear between them (until now) even though the op could imply it's possible. Furthermore Suzue act more like a "devoted" servant with him. So for now, fujoshis can fantasize whatever they want about Kanbe and ... Kanbe is "hot", that helps. As for the other male character, it was hinted he is at least into women but that's probably not enough to stop fujoshis. You should give it a try, the show is not bad and there is a good plot right now, that goes beyond the cute rich boy do cute police things from the first episodes. You made me think of Shouwa Rakugo, when fans ignored a very important straight love triangle subplot just to pretend there was something between male leads lol. Well, I’m lying if I say that I’m not interested in romance, but at the moment I just don’t know what to expect from this show at all. For now there's no romance, can happen later though and there's a kind of conspiracy plot. That should be interesting for people looking for crime/mystery/police anime. As for Shouwa Rakugo, even it they were straight ... you know the ending I guess, |
| I don't think it's fujo-pandering at all, but since it's an anime that has a strong focus on the dynamic between 2 male MC's with contrasting personalities it will definitely fuel some fujo fantasies haha |
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Ysad_Ziwezhan said: RobertBobert said: You made me think of Shouwa Rakugo, when fans ignored a very important straight love triangle subplot just to pretend there was something between male leads lol. Well, I’m lying if I say that I’m not interested in romance, but at the moment I just don’t know what to expect from this show at all. For now there's no romance, can happen later though and there's a kind of conspiracy plot. That should be interesting for people looking for crime/mystery/police anime. As for Shouwa Rakugo, even it they were straight ... you know the ending I guess, I read spoilers about this even before I watched the anime itself, but yeah. Shippers, as usual, don't care about the actual plot at all. |
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| on ep 8 , no signs of gay but i can see how fujoshis would ship because of their looks and the way they(the two male mc) conversate (one is troubling the other). there was one episode where daisuke(black hair) stayed at gray hair's home, and i felt it wasnt much related to the plot and was probably fanservice for fujoshi. but not much happened that episode, besides trying to impress the other with some cooking. although there is no signs of gay there was a bit of heterosexual incest. but they went vague with it, im guessing to keep the fujoshi fans still intact. that scene made me think maybe the original manga is more incest but the anime director wanted it to attract fujoshi so they went 50/50 lol and have you seen the opening song? suzue is hot , so i would say its maybe leaning more towards male audience |
Ako-Sep 3, 2020 7:45 PM
| Nah, this is FAR from being like Richard where the bait was in your face all the time (and it's also a MUCH better show imo). The closest it got to have bait was, like it was previously said, in episode 4. There's no romance in this show, gay or straight. They just ship the MCs because fujos will be fujos... The plot has only been improving, these last few episodes have been really strong so I'd recommend you to check it out. |
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| I can say this with a hundred percent confidence that this series will end with no one ending up with anyone lol I don't even see a straight ship in this series. Like some people have said, fujoshis will be fujoshis. If anything, without spoiling much, Haru Kato, the gray-haired guy is straight. He is seen admiring a woman and is even jealous of Kambe because |
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| not really. it's trying very hard to be everything else before it's even trying to pander to fujoshis. there was a SOL-esque episode (ep4) where they one of them stays over at the other's. that was probably the only bit of obvious fanservice there was. |
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phantomfandom said: I'm not so sure about the anime interpretation of the original source, but I can confirm that the original source is not, because the author is misogynist, and misogynist doesn't mess with same-sex relationship. Misogynist? Why do you think so? @Ako- Is there incest on this show? |
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RobertBobert said: phantomfandom said: I'm not so sure about the anime interpretation of the original source, but I can confirm that the original source is not, because the author is misogynist, and misogynist doesn't mess with same-sex relationship. Misogynist? Why do you think so? He's probably referring to an old comment form the original writer (Which I don't think is even involved with this, but w/ever) who wrote a comment about how he'd like to cum over the status of south Korea rape victims, which is... something. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/10/national/japanese-novelist-sparks-outcry-south-korea-insults-comfort-woman-statue/ |
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| It's just the fujoshi that make it seems like its a fujoshi anime. |
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DatRandomDude said: It's just the fujoshi that make it seems like its a fujoshi anime. For this reason, I hesitate with the second season of Eupho. After the first season, it is impossible to watch it without thinking about yuri bait / reading. Jin_uzuki said: He's probably referring to an old comment form the original writer (Which I don't think is even involved with this, but w/ever) who wrote a comment about how he'd like to cum over the status of south Korea rape victims, which is... something. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/10/national/japanese-novelist-sparks-outcry-south-korea-insults-comfort-woman-statue/ I don't know which is more weird. A completely surreal "joke" of the author, or how the Japan Times tries to copy Western leftist magazines. |
RobertBobertSep 5, 2020 6:53 AM
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| Fujoshi will always be fujoshi and see possible gay couples in every genre with mainly male protagonists. May it be shounen, sol, sports, doesn’t matter. But there’s like zero romance going on in this anime this isn‘t made to be a fujoshi bait at all. |
| No, there's not an ounce of fujo-baiting or queerbaiting. Anybody else that tells you otherwise is either a fujoshi or has no experience with romance. You can barely even consider the two leads as genuine friends (at least up to episode 9 which was where I left off, so I'm not sure if they'll develop) |
Hillary_Clinton_ said: Bernrika said: Yes. But please stop being afraid of stuff being aimed at women. I'm sorry you have weird deeply rooted issues with men, but, he didn't say anything about "women." He's talking about fujos. Get off your cross, you're not oppressed. Oh, now you are stalking me. Weirdo. |
| Yes. There's nothing wrong with an anime made for women who like men. Imo it's better than the opposite because it's less common. |
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