SORAYA SAID PRIDE MONTH

[michifugu]

Alert, alert for Xenoblade fans (or Xeno fans)!

Soraya Saga (the co-creator of Xenogears and Xenosaga, and the wife of Tetsuya Takahashi) said "Happy Pride Month!!!"

Source: twitter / archive

OMG, I can't believe I'm seeing one of my favorite creators openly support LGBTQ+ people. And what's even more shocking is that she openly identified herself as pansexual!

It's really nice to know that one of the former Xeno creators is a queer woman.

I always knew she was a pretty progressive person, and learning that Takahashi is an ally is honestly wild to me.

I agree with her sentiment though, I also not really like it if people conflate character sexuality with author' sexuality just because they happen to be queer

It's no wonder that Xenoblade, despite being "straight" media on the surface, often has queer undertones, or why so many queer people love it. There's just something about the Xeno series that resonates with queer audiences.

Anyway, I'm also incredibly happy that she liked my tweet!

I'm so happy to be a Xeno fan.

 

Comments

[torachan]

I'm not familiar with the artist (or her husband) but it's always cool to see openly queer Japanese artists.