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DemonOfWrath · 2013-01-05, 20:59

While the "virtual girl/boyfriends" idea is interesting (if not somewhat disturbing) for a single gender cast I'd contend that for a slice of life show such as K-On it might just be to keep romance completely out of the equation. Personally I like those and would love to see one with a mixed cast (only one I can think of would be minami-ke and that's just barely a mixed cast) but it tends to inevitably involve romance when you have a mixed cast. That and regardless of how much there actually is the fanbase will almost certainly obsess over it anyways.

Depends on the content though, if it's full of ecchi and fanservice and such I would agree with that description. I can certainly see the logic in it. If the focus is on a typically quirky harem and their interactions, with the main character simply being a bland placeholder, then removing said placeholder might not actually change much.

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DemonOfWrath Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011	While the "virtual girl/boyfriends" idea is interesting (if not somewhat disturbing) for a single gender cast I'd contend that for a slice of life show such as K-On it might just be to keep romance completely out of the equation. Personally I like those and would love to see one with a mixed cast (only one I can think of would be minami-ke and that's just barely a mixed cast) but it tends to inevitably involve romance when you have a mixed cast. That and regardless of how much there actually is the fanbase will almost certainly obsess over it anyways. Depends on the content though, if it's full of ecchi and fanservice and such I would agree with that description. I can certainly see the logic in it. If the focus is on a typically quirky harem and their interactions, with the main character simply being a bland placeholder, then removing said placeholder might not actually change much.