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While I can sympathize somewhat with the perception of Michael and Luca being portrayed as pretty boys for their own sake (although Luca kind of is more done as a straight-up shota, which actually is a sticky issue for him in regards to how he is perceived by Nanase), Alto being a super pretty boy, who gets mistaken for a lady at some points of the series, is actually a plot point and overcoming this perception of him being "only a pretty face" is a focal point and important part of his personality and character development in the series. So I can't accept that as a legit criticism of Frontier.
Come to think of it, Michael being a ladies man also is a point of conflict between him and Klan-Klan, so I think I can completely reject this argument. None of the three main young protagonists are pretty just for the sake of it, their looks factor into their character development and the plot.
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I can easily turn that argument upside down by saying that the showrunners intentionally wrote them that way because they want pretty boys core-cast for their show. And you also forgot to mention Brera who eventually joined the good guys. Yet another pretty boy.
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Originally Posted by magnuskn
Also, if you are looking for classically manly men, Ozma got you covered, I think.
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Not enough. IMHO Ozma is a more-polished Fokker. A bit too polished & watered-down for my taste.
Look, this whole "pretty boy"-argument stems from a hypothetical SDF-remake. Like I said, I have less issue with
Frontier coz at least the story support those characters. But I certainly would hate it if the future of Macross is pretty much "
idols & pretty boys as core characters". Where's the grit of
SDF,
DYRL &
Plus? Where's the variety of
7? Or at least where's the subdued character-design decency of
Zero?
