I think it's weird how people in the west pick and choose which Japanese/Eastern media has "good queer rep" and which is all badwrongevil. Persona 4 is one of those instances people talk about being "great rep for trans men," but the character is not a trans man? And her gender expression and storyline is based on Japanese themes, which people in the West do not understand at all. Like trying to explain that no, "otokonoko" does not translate 1:1 with "trans woman" in English, it's its own thing! But the cultural erasure is real...
But I'm saying that as a trans dude who loved Catherine, so, perhaps I am the terrible one. XD
>>>"It's so weird how zoomer Atlus fans want to convince themselves that their favorite series is queer-friendly, when almost every Atlus series has a lot of homophobic undertones."
So much this, but expand "Atlus fans" to "western fans of animanga/manwha/anything not made by westerners"
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Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 07:44 (UTC)But I'm saying that as a trans dude who loved Catherine, so, perhaps I am the terrible one. XD
>>>"It's so weird how zoomer Atlus fans want to convince themselves that their favorite series is queer-friendly, when almost every Atlus series has a lot of homophobic undertones."
So much this, but expand "Atlus fans" to "western fans of animanga/manwha/anything not made by westerners"