11/23/2023 0 Comments Banana fish*(Also, both have issues with female characters. (Also I came to kinda care about the characters, even though the narrative seemed almost ludicrously hellbent on torturing them so it felt kinda pointless to have any emotions about ‘em.)Īnd oddly, there are a lot of other similarities between the shows too? Both are adaptations of manga that was made around the 80s that have been updated so they’re set in the modern day, both seem to try really hard to be “shocking” but it’s just sort of exhausting at times and both have queer content that draws in the fandom, though that content is a mixed bag. For both shows, there were a lot of times I didn’t really enjoy watching it in the traditional sense and I often felt pretty uncomfortable with it…but still found it really interesting from a media analysis standpoint, and found the conversation about it really interesting, so I kept watching. My experience watching it was similar to the one I had watching Devilman Crybaby of all things. Y’know, when I was thinking about how to approach reviewing Banana Fish, I had a weird realization. Warning for a lot of discussion of how fiction engages with csa and rape in general.) My mixed feelings took a lot of explaining, it turns out. I tried to be fair but honest, so I want people to respect that. (I’ve witnessed some drama on twitter, so I tried to be careful with my wording here- but I do express my discomfort and mixed feelings, so, up front, it anyone wants to start a fight about that I’m not interested.
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