Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ugh, the ingenue strikes again.
Yes it's yet another rant on those dratted prolific ingenues. They're so abundant in anime and manga I seriously itch to strike them once! Smack! They just HAVE to be clumsy, they have to be clueless of the dreamboat's affection for them, they have to be completely talentless especially when it comes to food and academics, and of course how can I forget, they have to be pathetic damsels in distress all the damn time. They must get bullied and betrayed by friends and non well wishers alike but look completely shocked and not take any action! Why?! Why could Watase Yuu not stand clear of this stereptype in Absolute Boyfriend after already having created the most legendary of its kind in Fushigi Yuugi! Sigh. Save me from the insufferable "energetic and cheerful" reigning shoujo.
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Haha... Hey, I came across your blog from MAL. There I'm known as d-greatruler. I, too am a fellow blogger. Though I've been on hiatus for a while. A looong while. =D
ReplyDeleteI see you're a new blogger (a relatively new one). Thus, welcome to the blogosphere :D
Hmmm... now that I think about it, if Riiko was portrayed to the great, good-at-everything heroine, Night's awesomeness would've been lost. Or dulled a little, don't you think so? I'm more a fan of Riiko's childhood friend than Night anyway. What was his name... Toushi, right? I like him more than night. It's imperfection that makes perfection. Or so I believe. someone like night just doesn't exist. Not even in my imagination.
It's what majority of the readers like, so authors usually just give them what they want to see. Of course, there are exceptions (though I can't think of any right now ugh), you have to dig for them slowly..
ReplyDeleteI used complain a lot too about the stereotypes in Shoujo and Shounen manga, but then I realised that I am not the target audience.
ReplyDeleteSo do what I did - Stop reading Shounen and Shoujo and start reading Seinen and Josei.