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- From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
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- Subject: Re: KOR: Of Akane, idol-worship, and unusual rela
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 07:37:05 GMT
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- In article <BzqL7M.Ir3@jrd.dec.com> doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi) writes:
- >In article <Dec.22.14.40.51.1992.9455@romulus.rutgers.edu>, thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu (Miss Animerica) writes:
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- ># I write:
- ># In both those scenes, Akane wants to get physical.
- ># While there are non-sexual "S"
- ># friendships in anime and manga, like Noriko and Kasumi, Akane's
- ># feelings for Madoka include lesbianism. Surely you don't discount
- ># Kyousuke's lust, why should Akane's be any different?
- >
- >The image that I get of Akane is that she wants Madoka
- >as an object, not as a boy or girl. I get the feeling that
- >Akane wants to cuddle Madoka like a teddy bear or something
- >at that level. This is just the image of Akane that I get
- >from reading the manga stories that involve her. She is not
- >ready, or not looking for, a sexual relationship yet.
- >--
-
- I agree with Hitoshi. It would not be in keeping to KOR's very sensitive
- approach to sexuality to do something so brash as bringing in a lesbian.
- Freud had a very good saying " Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
- T-san: I ask you to consider wether or not the idea meshes with the
- way that the relationships were tackled. It seems to me it doesn't. Thinking
- about it in terms of a girl just wanting to fit in and have friends does.
- Recall the OAV ( who's name escapes me.. KOR-Kami help :-)) where Kyokuse
- poses as Akane's boyfriend to help her make piece with some girl friends of\
- hers who were calling her a lesbian ( tpyical junior high stuff there)
- [ I won't spoil the ending for those of you who haven't seen it..it's
- extremely poignant]
-
- I would offer of a parallel between Akane's interest in Madoka and
- B-ko's interest in C-ko .. [ Would you consider B-ko a lesbian as well??]
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