kannagi

[ibmman]

Hmm.. for all the Kannagi hype, I really don't think it was all that great. There was definitely some potential, but they ended up making it almost entirely about the tsundere-ness of a single character. It wasn't bad, but I've been enjoying Toradora more. Initially people were comparing it to Ah! My Goddess because of the obvious similarity- god(dess) who comes to live with a helpless guy- but I couldn't even put into words how much more substance there is in Ah! My Goddess. I'd have rather they put the resources that went into Kannagi into more of that truthfully. Heck, I'd even go as far as saying that Belldandy can actually kinda be tsundere- not really to Keiichi so much, but oh man when she's angry.

All I have to say is that even the RIT Women's Center agreed that she was indeed not submissive and unempowering toward women. (I still may be the only person to find that amusing? We need a better club history record, and that needs to be recorded in it.)

Comments

[cesarano.livejournal.com]

What the Hell is tsundere?

And what the heck were the circumstances of the women's center talking about Ah! My Goddess?

[ibmman.livejournal.com]

A character that's "tsundere" is one that's sort of "hot or cold" behaviorally, which someone decided was an attractive trait, and ended up being something that people go "moe" about. I first learned about it when I was in Japan and I told someone's friends that I had a girlfriend, and the first thing they asked me was if she was tsundere, and then they had to try to explain it which was kind of of interesting. The 'tsun' represents the mean/angry/coldhearted side and the 'dere' is the loving/caring/friendly side.

When we last showed ah my goddess (last year actually) someone complained to the Women's Center about our flier for, which was http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/2933/26megamisamasmkq7.jpg (but in black and white). The complaint was something along the lines of it being an example of someone submissive, weak, and unempowering towards women (something like that, there were three parts). Then we gave them the DVD and after there was some talk about collaborating on something, which I guess never happened. One doesn't really call goddesses 'umempowering towards women' heh...

[cesarano.livejournal.com]

They complained the flier was unempowering towards women.

Because she's either floating or lying down comfortably and smiling.

I guess someone chose to see a woman that was beaten down? Because we all know feminists never find lying down comfortable. Or men, for that matter.

[suzuka-lee.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they thought the image was too sexualized. However, if they wanted to attack sexual images of women then there certainly are more important and offensive targets for them to pick.

[eternaldarkfire.livejournal.com]

LOL, oh RIT Anime Club~~ Fond Memories....

[suzuka-lee.livejournal.com]

Its kind of easy for people who are not familiar with the show to think that Belldandy is "unempowering". She is an idealized woman--loyal, caring, innocent, a great cook, keeps the home (or in this case, temple) clean, etc. However, she isn't submissive. She does these things because she wants to, not because she is being forced or even asked. And she can definitely hold her own in a fight. Although the television series has only begun to cover the manga, she does develop a more assertive personality over time as well.