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Lots of people are complaining about the wxs training arc but like, aftee this arc, the dismemberment arc will most likely come back

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i, i absolutely do hate when ppl calls the other characters 'mafuyu-ed' when they're experiencing normal emotions like sadness. wdym 'an 'got mafuyu-ed' 💀' - she is trying to process that her aunt DIED several years ago and the people she thought were family never told her, not a SINGLE person told her about it. Of course you would react negatively. it's normally how people react to this type of info. it's honestly so so stupid. escicially in mizu5 like she got the empty and stuff. she got outed Infront of ena, one of her closest friends. she finally got that courage and is grappling with fear whether ena will accept her or not, no - she knows that ena will accept her, but she doesn't want the relationship to change, like ur walking on eggshells and there's awkwardness in the air. all of those fun times done forever. and then, someone told her before she, she could tell ena. it was all for nothing. hopelessness. of course, mizu would feel that way. that is valid, real pain and shock. her reaction to it does not make her mafuyu, its hers and her own only. please dont call characters experiencing emotions -- mafuyu-ed. experiencing negative emotions should not be called that.

honestly, this whole "mafuyu-ed" thing feels like a way for people to outright avoid engaging with the depth of a character’s emotional arc. its dismissive shorthand that doesn’t do justice to the complexity of these moments. i mean they are fictional characters, but their struggles are valid, meant to relate to others. everyone's unique emotions and struggles and their character should be seen just as their own and their character.

its just them. thats why we call every single, their emotions, struggles person unique.

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I DO agree that Sega doesn’t have to make Mizuki say some staple phrase like “I am a trans girl” in order for her to be one and perceived as one by the narrative. But I think that if Sega really wants us to see Mizuki strictly as a girl they should give us more straightforward clues that couldn’t be interpreted any other way. Mizuki being in the white day lineup when they had other born-male character options; covering her mirror because she felt scared dressing up feminine; Mizuki never really mentioning having any feelings about her identity that she experiences as opposed to just doing “the thing she likes” — even to a Mizuki trans girl truther like myself, these details can be confusing and be blurring the lines between girl and femboy. Unless Sega really wants us to have endless arguments online within the fandom, they need to get brave to stick to one particular side. Unfortunately though, after four years of content, it seems like they really want us to

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To add onto Anons before me I’ve noticed that whenever misogyny is brought up in the PJSK fandom the people talking about it always specifically refer to L/N, MMJ and even N25. Which.

Actually I think we should talk about Emu Nene An and Kohane more. They face SO much misogyny. Constantly. And nobody even mentions them in discussions about misogyny BECAUSE of said misogyny. Literally every single time an Emunene or Anhane song comes out people call it bad or say it should’ve gone to someone else. Every time. Without fail. It gets ignored at best outright hated at worst.

Ok so thought experiment time. Name a popular Emunene or Anhane song that’s as beloved or gets as much attention as Aun no Beats and Fixer.

If you couldn’t name one - that isn’t even because they don’t have bangers people just don’t like women unless they’re standing right next to men. Anhane alone has Imperial Girl and Odo and Pheles and Love is War and the Night Sky Patrol of Tomorrow and Butterfly on your Right Shoulder archives and you’re telling me that none of those are “good enough”????? Idk I think that’s just bias. Ruikasa and Akitoya songs have gotten popular with worse. Anhane and Emunene could drop the most jaw dropping gorgeous songs ever and not a single person would care and I firmly believe and will stand by that statement.

This isn’t even getting into how they’re treated in group covers!!!!!! Everybody ignores or hates on them!!!! If people feel like they got even slightly more lines than Ruikasa or Akitoya, even in their *own focus songs* (cough forward cough) they get so upset. And yet when Anhane and Emunene get the EXACT same treatment in Ruikasa or Akitoya songs nobody says a single thing!!!

And that’s not just speculation I KNOW that’s the case I can literally prove it. An has three total solo lines in the entirety of blender. That’s the exact same amount of solo lines as Toya gets in Ready Steady. They pretty much have the exact same amount of duet lines as well. In both songs. But Ready Steady is infamous and hated for it whereas blender nobody has even pointed this out and it’s universally beloved. It’s not even just a “blender is a focus song” thing because this happened with Forward too. It’s just misogyny.

I’ve seen people complain about Daybreak Frontline. Because and I quote “I hate it when the girls get most of the lines”. I can’t even go into any of the Nene or Emu tags without filtering every single Tsukasa and Rui tag first and even then finding any sort of content is almost impossible I think that’s a problem.

People will call Kohane “just a girl” despite the fact that she has a solid character arc and a personality and development. You can think she’s boring or not for you but????????? Don’t call her “just a girl”????? Esp not when she has social difficulties that are intentionally supposed to be relatable to the audience. A lot of people might actually relate to her character and journey even if they don’t necessarily like her. Idk leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

An has it only SLIGHTLY better because there’s a niche little fanbase for her and she’s somewhat popular (in the western fanbase. I think Kohane is more popular in Japan iirc.) but she still gets treated as an accessory to Akito and Toya just like Kohane. Also people keep trying to be weird and frame her as abusive or toxic which. Considering that possibility isn’t like a bad thing but people are just straight up reaching to try to prove stuff that either isn’t implied at any point or is outright refuted in the text just to villainize her??? Which is weird??? Especially because these people will turn around and defend Rui and Akito. Like. What did she ever do to you….. you’re willing to defend Rui who has canonically put people in mortal danger because teehee autism (I am autistic FYI I still think that’s a really stupid thing to use as justification especially if he’s aware it’s dangerous????) but An. Just existing with her fear of abandonment was too much??????

I could go ON and on and on there are so many examples….. help me……… help me anons…..

It’s not even that liking Akito and Toya or Rui and Tsukasa is inherently bad!!!!! But the favoritism as a whole is…….. something. Especially when it turns into hating the fem characters.

Also Mizuki suffers this too with Rui as another anon mentioned and it’s like. Really guys. Like first off it’s not about him it’s about Mizuki and if you’re gonna involve anyone else it should be the Nightcord girlies. Second off It’s a double whammy because people will bring up Rui but make no mention of An despite the fact that An is the one who’s canonically defended Mizuki from transphobes. Like. Why only Rui.

(I tried to word this as neutrally as possible I hope it didn’t come off as too aggressive ausuxuvhxhgxhgshg…. Anyways….. introspection and growth is good and cool actually…. Also I’m using Anhane and Emunene and Akitoya and Ruikasa for ease of use not as like a ship thing just to clarify it’s just tiring typing out each name individually)

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"does anyone hear those bells tolling" was funny for mizu5 but now i thint the fandom's going to say it for every event that COULD have angst in it, and thus lose its original meaning of what the fuck happened to mizuki ????? and the just sheer severity of the mizu5 announcement reaction

- 🦊, who just saw someone do an equivalent of that meme for power of regret and is upset

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less a hot take more a confession but squeezes rui kamishiro god I hate this boy's guts (/nsrs). this idiot gives me more hope for the future than any fucking thing else because he is exactly like me same fucking shit throughout elementary junior high years I really mean 1:1 and you know what. his hydrodipped cotton candy bitchass got friends. so maybe I can too. therapists hate him he gives happiness to millions every day etc etc god. good thing I can't figure out how to get my hands on prsk nuis because I would seriously actually throw him across the room so hard

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leo/need in general is criminally underated. I don't get why they are called basic I cried at their main story.

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