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Is it wrong for me to like this?
I am a straight, male, seventeen year old, and some of the anime I've been watching makes me wonder, "is it wrong for me to like this?" I'm not questioning my sexuality in anyway, and its probably just stereotypes and public stigma talking but some series that I've watched and enjoyed just made me feal a little weird. Shows like Ouran High School Host Club, Shuffle!, Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~, even Aishiteru ze Baby and Honey & Clover to an extent.
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2006-08-01, 00:13 | Link #2 | |
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2006-08-01, 00:38 | Link #5 | |
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10+ years ago a lot of people were into gory and violent "mature" anime for the novelty factor... Everything else was "kiddy" or "girly." Me, I have my Azumanga Daioh volumes on my shelf next to my books about war |
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2006-08-01, 01:04 | Link #6 | |
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I think we should have a special "Coming out forum" This way, similar threads to this can be placed there. Such a forum will lead to a more varied and exciting animesuki. |
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2006-08-01, 01:13 | Link #7 | |
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2006-08-01, 02:27 | Link #8 |
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@ mit7059: The only thing "wrong" for you to like is anything that is illegal in your jurisdiction. Otherwise I have no idea what you're worried about because guys who can't appreciate romance, character development, entertainment that doesn't involve explosions, or shows with "heroes" strutting and shouting like assholes ... aren't mature anyway.
Every show you listed is good or excellent entertainment for people of either sex or whatever orientation. I don't even understand what "public stigma" there is to watching those shows unless you're surrounded by infantile jerks who are massively confused about what being an adult is. I'm a father of two teenage sons and I'd be worried about them if they *didn't* appreciate these sorts of stories. If I had daughters, I'd rather they date guys who appreciate these sorts of stories .... who the hell wants their daughter to date someone who thinks "The Man Show" is the high end of entertainment?
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2006-08-01, 02:44 | Link #9 |
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Why exactly are you feeling weird about watching them? You haven shed much light onto that yet; making it hard to reply specifically to the problem. Social stigma against what?
Could it be because of the social stigma against adults watching cartoons? Wha-!?? You're letting other people seriously affect your choice of interests? Of course, if they give you convincing reason to think that it was wrong and if you yourself made the decision that it was wrong based on their solid and correct reasoning, then I cant say anything. But feeling it is wrong to like something because not many others do it is just wrong imo. And if they are giving you trouble about it, hey watching anime is a private thing - what with headphones and doors and all. Of course as Vexx says, laws apply. The only thing legally wrong with watching Anime is that you're (read: I'm) not paying for the Anime you watch. |
2006-08-01, 02:56 | Link #10 |
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The belief that cartoons are for kids is totally baseless, especially for anime. I find most anime(not including shonen and shoujo) actually have more mature themes or meaningful stories than life action dramas and such.
Also film and literature are not bounded by sex, you can read and watch anything you like. Even if you're a man you can read '101 Ways to Get a Boyfriend', just for the fun of it.
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2006-08-01, 03:25 | Link #11 | |
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(My other anime watching friend, however... he now loves Ouran, is looking forward to watching Air when he has the time, and is going to take my advice and try out Nana. And he started out watching only Naruto and Bleach. A success! ^^; ) With regards to the sexual orientation thing... I genuinely don't understand that. Unless the average person is even more boorish and closed-minded than they are in my already hugely cynical view, I just can't see how "I like this hilarious, moving, heart warming series" = "I am gay". It's almost like "I have emotions and intelligence" = "I am gay". (Alright, that was hyperbole, but still.) There's nothing wrong with being gay, but it's annoying to be called it when you're not... and the fact is that most of the people who'll call you gay don't share the view that there's nothing wrong with it. *sigh* I hate people sometimes. |
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2006-08-01, 03:32 | Link #12 | |
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2006-08-01, 03:35 | Link #13 |
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The Classic Looney Toons were *designed* for adults.... not kids... adults.... they were shown as shorts prior to the main flick in movie houses in the 1930s-1970s (before those Damned Commercials took over).
Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Freakazoid.... have so many adult references its laughable to consider it as "kids only" fare. Never mind the Simpsons/Futurama and all the "adult" humor cartoons running amuck now. About the *only* sort of show that hasn't hit the mainstream pop channels are animated replacements for sitcoms, dramas, science fiction, romance ... o wait, thats what anime does. (or Disney & Pixar for that matter). I haven't been able to find this "social stigma about adults watching cartoons" for years.... so I surmise it must only exist in that part of the population too INSECURE about their maturity to tolerate someone in their age group watching it. Just picked up the Animaniacs DVD volume 1 set from Target ... wheeee! The big problem with anime is just exposure to what it is capable of. Five years ago, I thought it was all PokeDBZutoblargh .... and then someone showed me it could do romance, tragedy, and comedy. That it could express cultural values that I thought highly of (loyalty, teamwork, sacrifice, self-restraint) .... there are barely a handful of series on television in my region that do that.... and none of them are funny or thought-provoking.
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2006-08-01, 03:36 | Link #14 | |
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2006-08-01, 03:52 | Link #15 | |
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And yea Looney Tunes are originally for adults, they also have large amounts of violence. Especially those produced during WWII, everyone's shooting and bombing each other lol
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2006-08-01, 04:32 | Link #17 | |
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I wonder if there's someone like me who can watch romance/comedy and action/violence and enjoy all at the same time regardless of story or path taken |
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Interesting tho, that within the Anime class, there can be prejudiced subsets, certain personal stigmas against certain Animes I speak only for myself - I am unfairly biased against DBZ, Naruto and Bleach. Quote:
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