Well, it hard for me to say. I mean, kids weren't really allowed to see anything about homosexuality when they were younger, right? Like that time when there's two lesbians being mentioned in that PBS cartoon show Arthur some years back. Huge backlash, even though the lesbians were barely there for like a few seconds. I think parents try not to let their kids know about homosexuality as long as possible and silently condemned it without being really explicit about it at the same time. So when these kids grow older, they don't see gays as people with rights, just these freakish, shadowy Others, y'know? Weird stuff that their parents dislike and condemn, even though they (the kids) don't really know what homosexuality is about because they were never allowed to be exposed to it in the first place.
So will it make a difference with the target audience? Hard to say, when the parents are either keeping the idea of homosexuality in the dark or condemning it or both. I think it just cause more drama. While Kishimoto seems like to add some homoerotic undertones with Sasuke and Naruto, I don't think he has the bearings to make it out and open. It seems he has some conflicting views on sex and sexual orientation itself and doesn't want to pursue that angle.
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Sorry if my thoughts seemed to be scattered right now.
So will it make a difference with the target audience? Hard to say, when the parents are either keeping the idea of homosexuality in the dark or condemning it or both. I think it just cause more drama. While Kishimoto seems like to add some homoerotic undertones with Sasuke and Naruto, I don't think he has the bearings to make it out and open. It seems he has some conflicting views on sex and sexual orientation itself and doesn't want to pursue that angle.