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This is basically what you said about Honey Lemon Soda. While I agreed on the fact the anime being mediocre I suspected it stemed from a rushed and low budget adaptation rather than mediocre original. But this turned out to be false.

Do you mean by 'obligation to like it' that an unfavourable reception might negatively impact future anime adaptions of other shoujo manga? Or that shoujo anime fans are starved for content thus willing to take anything the anime industry graciously throws at them?

Soooo I finally started reading Honey Lemon Soda (finished volume 5 atm). It turns out that your assessment is correct. The anime does not drag the source material down much, the manga is just slightly better. I do not really understand the popularity behind it.

The art is very pretty though. And Kai is way hotter in the manga imo.

Based shoujo fan

Fair enough. I don't know how old you are now, but given you referring to middle school as your childhood, I'd assume it's been at least a couple years? I find it odd to leave a full review on a series you haven't seen in that long. You're allowed to have a differing opinion, but if I'm not wrong about how long it's been, it feels like you didn't give FLCL a fair chance. Especially since the biggest criticism in your review seemed to miss the point of the characters.

Also it's kinda funny that your brother liked it while you didn't since it seems like most diehard FLCL fans are guys who first saw it as kids/teenagers lol

Question: did you rewatch FLCL before making your review? I couldn't tell with how it was worded.

I disagree with your main criticism of the anime. Yes, most of the characters are terrible people, but I'd argue that FLCL is the kind of show where there's a point to it. A lot of what the show's about is what it means to be an adult and growing up; having all the adult figures in Naota's life be terrible role models is kinda the point. They're examples of adults who never grew up, and examples of what Naota could end up like.

That being said, I can't blame you for simply disliking FLCL. It's not for everyone and that's fine.

Bannana Fish is an outlier, one that I would be hard pressed to ever consider showing to young girls. However my point still stands, and I would probably take points off of Banana Fish, if I ever read it, for the very same reason I took points off of Children of the Whale.

As a side note, Children of the Whale and Banana Fish differ - from what I can see Banana fish doesn't have a female cast member in the main group, CotW does. Or well, CotW would if they actually used the women in the manga as anything more than ornaments.

My main criticism for the manga being labelled as a "shoujo" was not the action itself. As a child I loved Naruto with all my heart and that was full of action. MY issue with it being called a shoujo is because it doesn't feel like it's made for young girls - the only women in the cast are shoved to the side, the two literal main characters being men. THAT was why I said it felt more akin to a shounen.

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You wrote some interesting replies on that one thread. I have sent you a friend req.

I don't know where you find the energy to take on so many bigots simultaneously, but good on you for fighting the good fight! Don't let them bring you down with the insincerity and hate!

For some reason your posts made me think of this classic

Thank you very much! I made a brand new thread that I think will be to your interest: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2193587

Would you like to share your perspective on some of my other shoujo threads?
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1929551
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2026284
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2051346
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2104165

Probably best not to engage with too many ragebait replies in my currently reviving thread, though I appreciate you trying to keep the conversation relevant regardless of each of our personal stances on male audiences