As you saw in this week, love means relationality.

Heroines in shōjo manga need acknowledgements from others. They want to be accepted as they are, knowing they are immature. In other words, readers are expected to appreciate their immaturity and vulnerability as a key to accomplishment in relationships. Girls are, on the other hand, completely disappear from relationships in the works of Yaoi genre partly because female writers/readers cannot embrace their bodies. Instead, writers/readers of Yaoi envision ideal relationship between the two (male) persons, without taking a risk to show female sexual desires. In other occasions, immaturity sometimes turns out as innocent cruelty as you saw in Neko Jiru Udon.

This week shows that immaturity holds multi-layered meanings. Sometime it shows innocence, and sometime it means resistance. Do you think immaturity is accepted in your own culture, too? Are you attracted to immaturity? Why/Why not?

Next week, Professor Isamu Takahashi, an avid reader of Japanese comics, will introduce you to the concept of “Battle” in Japanese subculture. You will enjoy the discussion about the culture behind those battles by examining various types of well-known protagonists of boys’ manga.

You may like to read and comment on contributions made by other learners. You can also ‘like’ comments if you agree with what’s been said or if you have found something particularly interesting.

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