Rurouni Kenshin Fans Help
I found this entry thanks to Escalove
http://octopedingenue.livejournal.com/594831.html?nc=48
For those of you who don't know what the Bechdel Test is it basically tests to see how much depth female characters are given in a story. It is basically a standard that asks media to meet the following three criteria:
1. The series has to have at least two women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than a man
Obviously most series should pass these tests because they are very simple (if a series doesn't then it looks very bad for the series). Long series should definitely pass.
However one series that does not seem to pass is Kenshin. Now I personally think Kenshin has great and well developed female characters but I can't recall when they talked about something that was not related to a male character (specifically Kenshin). Now I think the problem is everyone talks about Kenshin even the male characters because he is such a focal point of the series. But I am still surprised the series does not pass. I think I have to just be forgetting a moment when the female characters conversed and met rule 3.
Edit Somehow this post is now also about Juuni Kokki. XD
http://octopedingenue.livejournal.com/594831.html?nc=48
For those of you who don't know what the Bechdel Test is it basically tests to see how much depth female characters are given in a story. It is basically a standard that asks media to meet the following three criteria:
1. The series has to have at least two women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than a man
Obviously most series should pass these tests because they are very simple (if a series doesn't then it looks very bad for the series). Long series should definitely pass.
However one series that does not seem to pass is Kenshin. Now I personally think Kenshin has great and well developed female characters but I can't recall when they talked about something that was not related to a male character (specifically Kenshin). Now I think the problem is everyone talks about Kenshin even the male characters because he is such a focal point of the series. But I am still surprised the series does not pass. I think I have to just be forgetting a moment when the female characters conversed and met rule 3.
Edit Somehow this post is now also about Juuni Kokki. XD