Get Your Rifles, Boys & Girls - It's Hunting Season

[redbrunja]

autoschismatic  has an amazing and absolutely dead-on article about Kishimoto and his kunoichi and the problems therein. This has also brought all the misogynics to the yard.

Basically, they're saying, 'so what if Kishimoto is sexist? It's just shonen manga, it's made for boys anyway (implication: it doesn't matter if boys are taught that women are less than), you're just thinking too hard about this.'

As I'm sure you can all imagine, I look that as meekly as Maka would, because everyone knows that girls can't be kickass in shonen manga lololol.

Comments

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

Okay, so this is a late reply, but.

Personally, I find the sexism in Bleach to be worse than Naruto, partially because people keep saying that it's so not sexist.

I agree so hard. Every time I see someone say how not sexist Bleach is a part of my soul dies.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Exactly. And Kishimoto, I feel, for all his flaws, is trying (he's not succeeding very well). KT just seems to get worse and worse.

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

He really does. This arc has been terrible. In a lot of ways, really (I'm not even sure what the plot is any more. Is there one? I can't find it), but the treatment of the female characters has been offending me pretty regularly. Just about every week, actually.

Kishimoto frustrates me. But KT makes me seethe.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've been up and down on this arc for it's treatment of the ladies. On the plus side you have Sakura being smart with Shikamaru, punching out a monster, healing people, and then bossing people around. On the minus side you have Iruka telling Sakura to get to the kitchen, Naruto telling Tsunade to get to the kitchen step back, and Hinata NOT having the epic multi-chapter fight she deserved.

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I was actually talking about Bleach's current arc. |D;

In the current arc in Naruto I have gotten frustrated a few times, but EVERY WEEK Bleach has been pissing me off.

Sorry for the confusion.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, then I agree utterly. It's terrible and just goes to show that KT doesn't know how to write a plot that not based around utterly victimizing his female leads and supporting characters.

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

KT doesn't know how to write a plot that not based around utterly victimizing his female leads and supporting characters.

Exactly. It's awful.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Such a damn shame. The early chapters were so enjoyable.