Or would it make them start calling each other "fags" from an even younger age? I think it might depend a lot on the parents. When I was 13 I remember some idiots who didn't even know what homosexuality was making fun of it or saying things against it because of things they'd heard from their parents. So if the parents were against it and there was a big outcry I could see kids who weren't even fans of the series making fun of their peers who did enjoy it.
I don't really trust either society (Japanese or American) to react in a positive way to such an ending, even though it would be excellent. Maybe I'm not giving people enough credit but in these matters I tend to always expect the worst from people since I've seen it so many times.
The only way I could see it working out well would be if the characters had been established as gay from the beginning (though not necessarily delving into that). I can see a lot of parents having problems with the whole "experimentation" line of thought that would surely come up.
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I don't really trust either society (Japanese or American) to react in a positive way to such an ending, even though it would be excellent. Maybe I'm not giving people enough credit but in these matters I tend to always expect the worst from people since I've seen it so many times.
The only way I could see it working out well would be if the characters had been established as gay from the beginning (though not necessarily delving into that). I can see a lot of parents having problems with the whole "experimentation" line of thought that would surely come up.