We love a good old debate.
Summary:
- The topic of misogyny was once again brought up by anime fans.
- Authors of Bleach, My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen were the main characters of the debate.
- Some fans suggest it might not be an exclusively female character problem.
Female characters in anime have always been a painful topic for the audience, and even though it looks like things are getting better for anime girls with each year, fans still bring up the misogyny in the media once in a while. This time three famous mangakas have become the reason for displeasure.
Once upon a time, Kubo, Horikoshi and Gege dined together…
It all started with a harmless rumor that Tite Kubo (Bleach), Kouhei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia) and Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) went for dinner together, but turned into a post with thousands of hits. A Twitter user suggested that the main topic of the three authors' dinner conversation was "Top 10 Misogyny Tips for Manga Writing," and all hell broke loose.
The replies were divided into two teams, though, with one calling the OP “a clown” and another one screaming “based”. Bleach fans seemed to be the most offended by such a claim, saying that this anime did pretty well when it came to female characters for both the genre of the series and the time it existed in. They also thought that hating on Bleach is the only way some people can get influence these days, and they’re just trying to be trendy. Moreover, they mention that Bleach is a significant improvement after One Piece in the area of treating its female characters.
Other series have got this problem, too
More names were also mentioned, and a lot of fans suggested that Tite Kubo, Kouhei Horikoshi and Gege Akutami “were on a conference call with Masashi Kishimoto” during their dinner. Kishimoto is the author of Naruto, another series that lacks proper attention to its female characters. Users also mention that “Fujimoto would never”, referring to him giving the deserved respect to his girls in Chainsaw Man.
Jujutsu Kaisen fans seem to agree with the misogyny claim, saying that even though the series has got some great female characters, they all vanished, were killed off or are ignored in the story. The only one they are happy about is Maki, but the worries about her future are also present.
Since the conflict has become quite big, it moved to other social media as well, and reddit users have also got things to say. The opinion is that Gege is good at creating initially good characters, but is incapable of developing them after that. It goes for characters of both genders, and is not limited to the girls only. Jujutsu Kaisen is a shounen series, and Gege has chosen battles and action as his priority.