#fujoshi bait

[shamebats]

[lzsylovesanime]

Anime Spotlight - Fanfare of Adolescence

I wanted to like this anime as its cute boys doing sports and having lots of shipping potential but damn was it boring and bland. The opening is great though far too good a song for such a dull series.

The plot is becoming inspired after witnessing a derby, 15-year-old idol Yuu shocks the entire nation when he leaves the entertainment industry to enroll in a prestigious horse racing school. Excited to pursue his latest passion, he gradually bonds with his new classmates—such as the talented Shun Kazanami and the self-assured Amane Grace—who are each unique in their own way. Although the path ahead may be full of obstacles, Yuu is determined to pursue his ultimate goal of becoming one with his horse.

So I'm not a big idol anime fan and hate the troupe of "I'm giving up being an idol to do a sport" but at least he takes some time to be good at it rather than just being good despite starting later than the other jockeys. Its all very nice and the characters aren't very interesting and the fujoshi baiting is blatant but the boys aren't interesting enough for me to care. It looks pretty but just doesn't have enough passion or ego to make a good sports anime.

[datfirstepisode]

First Episode Review - 07 Ghost

Join me on my journey to watch the first episode of every anime on Crunchyroll in alphabetical order!

07 GHOST

He might have less painful thoughts if he pulled the spire out of his ass.

For the start of this adventure we could’ve done a lot worse than 07 Ghost.

07 Ghost has some of those post Code Geass vibes, but gayer. I’m not sure if this is the kind of show that would go full gay, or just tease us with an abundance of sexual tension between hot men for 25 episodes while never officially sealing the deal. Either way, there is barrels of hot men in this episode and only like, one woman who definitely isn’t going to show up again.

The front half was a bit exposition heavy, and yet I still only vaguely understand their world. Protagonist Teito and his best bud who likes to crawl into his bed and snuggle him (they’re just friends though, guys!) are in some military school to join some elite prestigious army. Who are they fighting? Why? Enh doesn’t matter. All you need to know is that Teito passes with flying colors because he’s the bestest, smartest, coolest student in school. In fact he doesn’t even need classes anymore because he’s surpassed all the teachers in awesomeness. Oh and he has amnesia because of course he does. 

To pass the final exam you just have to beat the shit out of a criminal with five of your classmates. Sounds not too hard, except that the criminal is like, 40 feet tall for some unexplained reason. Are giants in this world? Or does evil build your muscles like steroids? Whatever. Regardless awesome Teito kicks his ass. (Right after the criminal is done rattling him like a salt shaker, which is kind of hilarious for what’s supposed to be a super tense fight scene.)

The second half of the episode is when the show decides to pour a literal bucket of hot dudes into your lap. Hot bad guys, hot good guys. Just so many hot guys. With the hottest being an evil guy who’s evil and also looking for someone who can use some super special relic. Of course it’s Teito. Teito is the chosen one. Unfortunately the relic makes a sound that awakens some tragic memories in Teito, and he attacks the hot bad guy. Hot bad guy is pretty dumb though. Even though he knows the relic user is nearby, and he literally has the relic in his hand, he doesn’t think to test the relic on Teito before attempting to murder his face. Like bro. You’re gonna have some serious egg on your face when you have to explain to your superiors that you killed the chosen one on a whim.

Anyways the episode wraps with Teito escaping and falls into the laps of even more hot guys. Just… hot guys falling from the sky, yo.

For a first episode I’d give 07 Ghost a 7/10. It’s fun, things happen, plot moves. The animation looks a little cheap but not awful. The hot guys are all tropey AF but they’re decently designed, albeit definitely radiate 2010 fujoshi vibes. In fact I’m surprised this show isn’t more well known, which makes me wonder if it horribly drops the ball down the line.

[thebookdropgirl]

At my parents' house for the holidays, so I had to choose a more PG anime to watch. I never watched the last 3 eps of Free: Dive to the Future, so I sat down to watch that.

5 mins in: I HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

I forgot just how gay this show is. I wound up cackling and OHOHOHOHO-ing loudly the entire 23 minutes while my parents side-eyed me, like "wtf, was she always this weird?"

In those first 5 minutes, my brain saw the reasoning behind SouRin and MakoHaru (again). Then it returned to its original ships (RinHaru and SouMako) by the 10-minute mark because of all that evidence. And let's not forget Kirishima the Elder and Nao-senpai. And those 2 coaches, Mikhail and Mr. Perfect Muscles. And the only (practically canon) ship that hasn't changed for me or for many others: Reigisa.

Free!: the ultimate fujoshi bait anime (and it's bait worth taking-- see AO3 for all your needs after each ep).

[verai-marcel]

Sanrio Boys

Ugh, even though I know this is such a giant marketing show, the show still made me have feels. Second episode made me cry with Kouta, I can totally relate to the regret he feels for yelling at his grandma and never getting the chance to apologize.

Also, fan service. Thank you Sanrio for giving fujoshi a show to thirst over.

[clio-mokona]

tumblr was right... Yuri!!! on ice was just a fujoshi bait anime... I own you an apology tumblr... you were so right... :|

[merkitty-blog1]

I can’t even…Look, there's a limit to stuff you can do for attention okay?? What is this world coming to…36. 36 kisses wtf. What if we die from blood loss huh?

[kimaran]

I hate the term "fujoshi bait" I really do. Because it's not some trap we silly fujoshis fall into because the author just wanted more audience, it's called "fanservice", FANSERVICE! And every single anime has fanservice but just because some animes are starting to take fujoshis into account and add some yaoi fanservice it's suddendly some stupid "fujoshi bait". Well, how about from now on we call every single anime with huge breasted chicks "pervert bait" cause that's what it is for...