Comments | dangermousie: Hot Doctors in Angst. And meta on gender identity in manga and anime.

dangermousie

Hot Doctors in Angst. And meta on gender identity in manga and anime.

Jul 26, 2006 21:51

Oh my. this is like Grey's Anatomy. On crack. Glorious, angst-filled crack. For those who don't like clicking on links without knowing what it is, this is an English-subbed trailer for an upcoming Taiwanese drama. Yeah, typing in 'Jerry Yan' into youtube search engine in a post Meteor Garden haze will bring up amazing things. And yum, he angsts so ( Read more... )

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plazmah July 27 2006, 02:20:23 UTC

Fun fact: Traditionally in Japan, only sexual acts were seen as being homosexual or heterosexual, not the people performing such acts.

*hearts Wiki*

dangermousie July 27 2006, 03:28:50 UTC

Really? Interesting.

meganbmoore July 27 2006, 02:32:56 UTC

You forgot the part where Haruhi has almost too much fun with the fact that so many girls like her, and Tamaki was almost as obsessive about Haruhi before he knew she was a she, even though the other guys had already figured it out. *has not seen the anime, but has all the manga*

There's also W Juliet, about a girl who looks like a boy and a boy pretending to be a girl.

dangermousie July 27 2006, 04:26:00 UTC

True and a great point. I love that in the anime at one point the guys seriously consider if she might be a lesbian and her first kiss is with a girl.

crumpeteer July 27 2006, 03:10:49 UTC

Gender identity is extremely flexible in anime and manga. It's the one medium that those in charge seem to realize that slash (called yaoi in the anime world) is a big seller, especially to young women. The Japanese culture is not so flexible, but mangaka know yaoi sells. Having characters that look male but aren't appeal to BOTH groups of readers and therefore you have more mass appeal. I know the mangaka for Saiyuki specifically has made the boys sexually ambiguous and plans to keep it that way ( ... )

dangermousie July 27 2006, 04:29:40 UTC

this is probably why I'm not so shocked by the Aeryn/John relationship on Farscape as the woman being the fighter in the relationship isn't all that foreign to me

There is the same reversal in the dynamic of what a lot of people see as a main ship of BSG (Kara/Lee) and I do like that.

I just find it interesting when the norm is reversed. Sure, I adore the whole 'I will protect you with my last breath' anime guys have often going on but it's fun to see a reversal now and then, just because it's so unexpected.

The Japanese culture is not so flexible, but mangaka know yaoi sells. Having characters that look male but aren't appeal to BOTH groups of readers and therefore you have more mass appeal

Interesting. It's very interesting to me when canon acknowledges the fan preference for slash (it's not the one I share but it's certainly popular in fandom). It's not a 'mainstream' preference but there is certainly a good-sized market out there and it's interesting when canon explores it and not just the fanon.