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Ghostfriendly · 2022-09-28, 11:05

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I don't think that was the intention (especially when the show doubles down on Shikimori's strength and skill isn't a bad thing) so much that Shikimori just needed to find something that she found emotionally fulfilling on a personal level.

I'm more doubtful that the writers didn't intentionally make sure their strong heroine wasn't so strong or self-willed that she would turn off some male viewers. Whatever their intentions, they didn't produce a heroine whose independence and freedom from traditional gender roles was particularly great.

Frontier · 2022-09-28, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Ghostfriendly

I'm more doubtful that the writers didn't intentionally make sure their strong heroine wasn't so strong or self-willed that she would turn off some male viewers. Whatever their intentions, they didn't produce a heroine whose independence and freedom from traditional gender roles was particularly great.

But they also validates how strong she is by having it be what Izumi loves about her.

I mean, she's literally inspired to be a Shojo manga Heroine, I don't think she was really thinking about conforming to gender roles so much as she wanted to find cute romance

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Marcus H. · 2022-12-29, 00:53

Well, it was quite unfortunate that the first few episodes of the series caused a very polarizing opinion from viewers. The series as a whole was more balanced than the obvious running gag in the first few episodes, and the secondary cast gets their own moments to shine. I also don't see anything wrong with the characterization of Izumi and Shikimori. If anything, Episode 11 should be enough to justify why the two are a mutually beneficial couple.

Hachimitsu is best girl/gramps/guitar/detective/slime/athlete.

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