A Closed Letter, Diverted

[kohaku_wind]

Dear shounen anime,

STOP WRITING FEMALE CHARACTERS.

Seriously. You embarrass yourself every time. It's not funny anymore. Technically, it never was. Just get rid of all the female characters and continue with the male ones. See, I get to see Ho Yay and straight dudes get to see action and stuff. It's win-win. Really.

If you're worried that sex doesn't sell, put in a scantily-dressed spirit with DD-breasts and a sexy voice. In the opening credits and first episode. And then never show her again.

Then maybe I won't have the impulse to sic flaming monkeys on your stupid island.

Comments

[alors-indikaze.livejournal.com]

Hunter x Hunter, which maintains a baseline quality as long as there are no female characters on-screen. What gets me is that they're clearly not doing it for fanservice, they're just incompetently trying to write female characters as if there's some minimum quota to meet.

[appending-doom.livejournal.com]

No, yeah. I see that. I don't know if you've gotten to the Ryodan arc, but the insanely homicidal female members of the gang are pretty well-done characters. But yeah.