Thursday, March 08, 2001Dr MM 11:48 PM
*flyingtacklehugs Caro-chan*
I got the anime today. Volume 15 of CCS. I adore Card Captor Sakura. The more I watch of it, the more I love it. I was laughing through the entire wonderland episode as well as the Li/Sakura one. Touya as the mad hatter was funny and Li grows on me the more I see him. I really want the mangas now, but alas, I must pay off debt before buying new anime stuff. Now, to see how good Fushugi Yuugi really is. ;)
Must have. more. Sakura.
Wednesday, March 07, 2001Caroline 9:00 PM
*pats her bank account* Already have it saved up, thanks. =)I've survived my first week without anime. Whatever possessed me to give it up for Lent is beyond me...
Monday, March 05, 2001
Today I was looking at the March layout for Caroline's site, www.yanagi.nu, which features Anthy from Shoujo Kakume Utena. On there she mentioned how she likes Anthy almost more than Utena. This got me thinking about who I like from there the most. Now, Utena is just cool. But I have to say, my favorite character is slowly becoming Juri, although I don't think I'll ever like her as much as Utena. The one complaint I have about her is that she's a lesbian. Wait. Hear me out.My favorite anime characters are always the characters who may show little emotion, but you know that underneath they're teeming with emotions. Traditionally, this character is male. Rui from Hana Yori Dango, Yuu from Marmalade Boy, Hayama from Kodomo no Omocha; even Mamoru from Sailor Moon fits into this sterotype. There are very few female anime characters like this. When they do exist, they're always lesbians. Juri from Utena and Haruka from Sailor Moon are the two best examples of this that I can think of. I find it frustrating to no end that female characters are stereotyped like this. Why?
In the first place, I strongly identify with those types of characters. Ideally, I'd like to think that I display as little emotion as these characters do, although I know I don't. I know I have a ton of emotions. Quite frankly, I think I have way too much angst for my own good. I just don't want the rest of the world to know how I'm feeling. If I'm hurt, I don't want to let anyone know they hurt me. If I'm depressed, I don't want my friends and family worried about me. If I'm angry, I don't want people to see it until after I've had the chance to go off by myself and vent (and as I have a nasty temper, this is usually a good thing). The only people I want to know how I feel are my close friends.
In short, I identify somewhat with Juri. On the Utena character selector she's even the character I resemble most (with Miki, one of my other favorites coming in second -- Utena is to idealistic to be like me). But the thing is, Juri is a lesbian. I am not I wish people would stop stereotyping all women who act like that as lesbians. And by making anime characters like that lesbians, they're perpetuating stereotypes. I've had two people ask me if I'm a lesbian just because I happen to have certain traits people think are masculine (plus, I like football *gasp*). If two people have had the guts to ask about it, I can only imagine how many other people wonder.
In general, I just hate stereotypes, anime or otherwise. Maybe that's why I find the "traditional" anime herione like Usagi (although she grows on you), Miaka and Miki so irritating. This was probably more personal than the world wanted to know...but hey, I felt like saying it ;)
The side image is of Kinomoto Sakura from the anime series Card Captor Sakura. Image from belldandy.net. Thanks.