[Azuma]

(01-19-2019 02:04 AM)---- Wrote:  

And no, the male leads never stop being pussies in both actions and appearance, although they participate in the battles against antagonists, the strong female leads usually do most of the work in defeating the bad guys and the guys are usually relegated to the sidelines as supporting characters.

Please cite examples of this. I have a few that counter your statement.

Beta into Alpha Protagonists: Hidan no Aria (2011, protag lets females do some fighting before having to save the day), Danganronpa (2013, shows how a quiet guy can totally overcome any threat when he puts in some hustle), High School DxD (2012, strong females everywhere that the protag dominates one by one), Date A Live (2013. the entire show is dedicated to a normal dude dominating powerful females through the power of him being attractive to them)

Already Alpha Protags: Fate/Zero (2011, puts the strong female lead in her place by constantly undermining and questioning her values), Psycho-Pass (2012, goes out of it's way to show how female cops are inept compared to male ones), Utawarerumono (2006, features a father-like male character who turns an entire village from poor and exploited into the strongest nation)

Any time there is a beta protag and strong females, it is usually so that those females can be dominated by him later. Just like IRL, it feels pretty good to score with a strong-willed girl, these anime are catering to this impulse. Many anime promote healthy male-female relationships through this subtle dynamic of a man having to do something alpha before the female will pay him any mind or respect him.

While there aren't many of them like this within the last few years, they are still out there. One that aired just two weeks ago features a strong female and beta protag, Kemurikusa. Yet, in the first episode, the male does something alpha despite himself and the female immediately ends up being infatuated with him, despite herself.

Many anime are harmful, yes, I agree, but just as many promote turning from beta to alpha. Whether the men watching these pick up on it or not is all on them, however. The waifu pillows and free porn make it a bit difficult, I imagine. Attacking anime specifically isn't going to help. It's just one cog in the giant globalist machine, tearing it down will just reveal space for something else to be exploited and destroyed.