What if the secret appeal of shonen anime to western audiences is that it provides a vision of heroism untainted by protestant misanthropy
I only just got into anime and I’m shocked at how much “problematic” content there is. By which I mean I love it.
Anime is sneakily reinforcing traditional gender roles and nobody noticed because they aren’t using the Christian tradition to do so.
“sneakily”
In some ways it differs. Often, it’s the girls that are all colorful individuals with cool powers, and the dude, while the mostest powerfulest of all, is a generic cardboard stand-in.
Tenchi is the least interesting character in his own show.
In other ways it’s more obvious, like all the buckets of cuteness.