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- Looking for some gay anime to watch? Well, to celebrate the month of June and LGBTQ+ culture, I decided to go on a journey to watch 20 queer anime. Through this exploration, I found: many great anime such as Revolutionary Girl Utena and Devilman Crybaby; some anime that deserved recognition such as Flip Flappers, No. 6, and Yurikuma Arashi; some anime that were beyond disgusting such as Happy Sugar Life, Sakura Trick, and Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid; and some that shouldn't see the light of day such as Loveless. Today, I come to you a video where I talk about every show that I watched. I will give each show a rating based off it's overall execution narratively, as well as how I feel it represents the people it's trying to depict.
I will judge what's good representation if it:
- is presented proactively or casually,
- the characters aren't the butt of jokes,
- they aren't isolated for being LGBTQ+
- they aren't treated weirdly for being LGBTQ+
- embrace who they are in some shape or form
Stick around for the show, because some some of these series are WIILD!
#anime #yurionice #revolutionarygirlutena #devilmancrybaby #happysugarlife
Timestamps for your viewing pleasure and ease:
0:00:00 - I watched 20 LGBTQ+ anime for Pride Month
0:00:33 - Bloom Into You
0:03:46 - Loveless
0:06:41 - How I am rating shows
0:08:31 - Paradise Kiss
0:10:52 - Antique Bakery
0:15:34 - No. 6
0:17:52 - Tokyo Godfathers
0:20:05 - Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid
0:22:45 - Flip Flappers
0:29:05 - Revolutionary Girl Utena
0:31:52 - Sasaki to Miyano
0:33:52 - Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne
0:39:45 - Yurikuma Arashi
0:44:26 - Wandering Son
0:53:54 - Wandering Son Spoiler Discussion
0:54:02 - Back to Wandering Son
0:58:26 - Sakura Trick
1:01:01 - Yuri On Ice
1:06:25 - Yuri On Ice Spoiler Discussion
1:08:02 - Back to Yuri On Ice
1:09:40 - Happy Sugar Life
1:15:33 - Given
1:17:54 - Given Spoiler Discussion
1:19:06 - Back to Given
1:21:37 - Citrus
1:27:25 - Classmates
1:29:24 - Devilman Crybaby
1:34:20 - My Thoughts
1:35:02 - Huge Thank You
1:36:00 - Closing
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►The clips, manga panels and music are from the following anime in no particular order:
- Yuri on Ice
- Rent-a-Girlfriend
- School Days
- Happy Sugar Life
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- No. 6
- Sasaki to Miyano
- Loveless
- Bloom Into You
- Devilman Crybaby
- Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne
- Flip Flappers
- Paradise Kiss
- Nana
- Antique Bakery
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid
- Yurikuma Arashi
- Sakura Trick
- Wandering Son
- Given
- Citrus
- Classmates
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Happy Pride Everyone! EDIT: Any negative comment towards the LGBTQ+ community that I see will be deleted and result in a ban from my channel. Queer rights are human rights.
EDIT 2! I've had a lot of people ask about Madoka Magica, and the reason that isn't on here is because its one of my girlfriends favorite series but she wasn't readily available during the timeframe I watched all of these anime, and I didn't want to watch it without her. If I do a follow-up, I will be sure to include Madoka!
A video started last year at the beginning of the June finally gets its release this year in June. I cannot even begin to express how happy I am that this video is finally out there into the world, sometimes I thought it would never happen but here we are! I understand that as a straight cis male, I am teetering a thin line here with what I discuss in the video, which is why I got as much help as could to make sure I wasn't misrepresenting the people I'm making this video for. I love the LGBTQ+ community, I've been an ally to the community from a very young age because I have many family members in it. This is a video I knew I absolutely wanted to make for the people that I love, and for other people to be able to find good anime that resonate with who they are. All I can hope for is that I managed to meet everyone's expectations with the topics handled in this video.
I will be doing a post-mortem Twitch stream tomorrow at 3PM Eastern Standard Time to discuss this video with anyone who wants to talk, so if there's anything that stood out or that you'd love to talk about; please come join tomorrow or join my Discord server. I want to hear what you have to say.
And, as I said at the end of the video, I’d like to give a huge shoutout to all of the following people. At the beginning I said we had 23 members work on with me, and in the end I had far more than I ever anticipated guide me along the way. Many of these people played a part in this video being made, and without them reviewing my script, discussing these shows with me, and watching each segment as they were edited, this video could look very different. So thank you to: Juliet, Mimi, DarkAngel, Citrus, Izzle Shizzle, Jim, Sof, Mystic Shiki, Matthea, Rei, Alfredo, Matt, Sam, Juice, Ethan, Josiah, Nicole, Fish, Phoenix, the members of r/asktransgender, specifically growflet, Lena_Zelena, and L_V_N, the members of r/anime that helped me find a lot of these shows, onecanofbakedbeans, Holli, D_D, IshigamiCrisis, Argentum_Uranium, KingOftheHigurashiAbridged, Zach, Grayson, Sylvia, and probably many more.
I’m very happy to have had the help and guidance of all of these people to give you one of the best experiences I could possibly give all of the people that watch this video.
With that being said, good evening, good morning, and goodnight; take care of yourself, and you are loved. This channel will always be a safe place.
Thank you again for this video. It opened my eyes to more anime I need to watch and also you made me so interested in everything you talked about!
You should watch Sarazanmai and do a video on it. It really does deserve a video of it's own.
As an lgbt person, I love this video! I wish more people would be open to watching these anime. I was able to add a bunch of anime to my wish list so thanks for that ☺️
Also Loveless shared trauma 🤝
Sakura Trick manga author is a female my dude...
MADOKA MAGICCCCCC (Watched Flip flapper and Yayaka is best girl)
Bro is studying for the Gay people SAT
You know it >:)
the queer LSAT
The LGBAT
@@PixelPower0615oh thats clever i like that
The GAY-CT
Man, I cried as a Yuri on Ice fan when the movie got canceled. More because there were rumors it would talk about the coming out story of Viktor and how it reflected on his skating career. I got mad and sad we got baited for more representation, waiting 7 years just so they kept it in the closet still. *pour one out for me*
BRO WHAT! That makes the announcement way more disappointing what the fuck, now I'm pissed lmao. I hope that MAPPA goes back on their decision and makes it happen one day because otherwise that is such a missed opportunity
BRO, I'm not Gay nor a Yuri on Ice fan(cause I hadn't seen it yet), yet I feel like I got blue balled and pissed about it. I am so sorry about that. 😢
Edit: I hope the movie will be converted to something good like a season 2 of some sorts(or season 3 or season 4, again, haven't seen it).
@@himalayansalt32 Your bait comment is actually so out of touch, lmao.
@himalayansalt32 what an asshole. Grow up
@@shiroq6714 I thought it was A.I 🤣 not bother answering
gay people are confirmed real !! happy pride momth
GAY PEOPLE!!!! GAY PEOPLE ARE REAAAALL!!!!!
@@MrHunteruGAY PEOPLE REAL CONFIRMED BY TH-camR MR HUNTERU- THEY SAID IT WOULDN’T BE DONE BUT THIS PRIDE MOMNTH VIDEO PROVES EVERYONE WRONG!!
Happy pride moth
The way that Banana Fish was not included is criminal, also I really appreciate the trigger warnings🔥😶🌫️
Of course! And yeah, I should have probably. The reason it wasn't here is while making the list, I realized there were far more gay anime than lesbian anime, and I wanted to try and have an equal balance if possible. Banana Fish unfortunately got the cut from this video... but I do think I will cover it in the future 👁
@@MrHunteruplease do🥲🥲🥲
real, it was my first thought when I clicked on this video
@@MrHunteru damn... that's sad 😭 you put some really really bad animes on here. Some of the lesbian animes where just h4ntei and absolutely not for lgbtq ppl but just for horny straight men. You could have easily switched these for a masterpiece like Banana Fish :( but it is how it is
YES!
Banana Fish
Almost forgot
I’m pretty sure the direct Japanese translation of “yurikuma” is smth loosely along the lines of “bear lesbians”, which makes the title funnily straightforward 😭
I could absolutely see that being true given how like unserious the show can be lmao
yeah the translation of the title is lesbian bear storm 😭😭
Yeah, that's really funny (although I think "yuri" means "lily" and can technically include platonic female-female relationships too? Correct me if I'm wrong, Japanese speakers)
@@annahks LMFAO
Devil man crybaby didn't just make me sad and mad. It made me DEVASTATED and LIVID! There's a part in the later half (you know the one if you seen the show, it involves sticks and fire) that filled me with a sense of rage that I have never felt before in my entire life! I literally screamed while I sobbed.
I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about, and I felt that same pain too. I was watching the show casually, like an episode per day, until episode 4. Episode 4 had me sobbing and so I binged after that. And then I finished THAT episode and I was so empty inside, and then that ending. GOOOD LORD! Devilman Crybaby destroyed me for like a month
When i say ive never had such a visceral reaction to a single moment in a show before..
OMGGGGG SAMEE MY JAW DROPPED
bro devilman crybaby completely destroyed me, i felt empty for weeks after finishing it 😭
I don’t know if this changes anything but the main story of Given takes place two years after Mafuyu’s trauma
This actually changes a lot. I was under the impression that it had like, just happened lol. 2 years down the line makes him getting over it all feel waaaay more understanding
@@MrHunteruwhen I watched given for the first time, I cried. Just seeing the story unravel, the story is beautiful, the character growth is astounding, will I watch given again? Absolutely
@@MrHunteru to add to this, the story actually has a lot more to tell that hasn't been animated yet or was animated outside the first season, Mafuyu is healing but he's also still grieving and that leds to conflict from time to time with others, specially Uenoyama
@@MrHunteru Also, the movie shows that, even after the catharsis, there will always be something lingering, and the manga explores that more. It wasn't an overnight thing, but a continuous process.
bro is THE ally. loved this vid, great analysis and so respectful!
This comment deadass just made my day, thank you! I was so worried about making people upset lol I’m beyond relieved to hear this
The fact that they abandoned the movie in the post production (some people say that was finished) angers me a lot! Hope someone leaks it!
If someone does, they will have so many peoples gratitude. It would be an insane move to abandon a movie when it’s nearly done
Sasaki to Miyano is such a sweet story. I hope the spin off gets adapted one day, as well.
There's a spin off??? I had no clue :0 I'll have to look into that
@@MrHunteru The spin off is between Sasaki's blond friend (I forgot his name) and his roomate. They both appear in the series.
@@MrHunteru It's a story about Hirano(Sasaki's blond friend) and Kagiura (Hirano's roommate) titled...well... Hirano and Kagiura :D
sasamiya is my comfort manga 😭😭 it’s just so sweet and easy to digest
@@puffy6763 🤗🤗🤗
So excited to see No 6 represented! It was my introduction to BL
It's still one of my all-time favorites, and I bought the blurays for it because it's no longer available to stream anywhere, at least in my country.
I loved the anime, but the manga/novel is actually 10 times better, I highly suggest it!
I'm not even a BL fan and man, No 6 is my fucking holy grail man
@@deny005 Which do you recommend more between manga or novel (if there are both)?
@@citrineconjurer Novel is the og, but the manga actually has all my heart hehe
(But if you can read both!)
An interesting note about Wandering Son is just an interesting similarity between me and my cousin. She went through a phase of her life where she did crossdress and start to act very masculine. This was at the start of puberty for us, and I was at the time questioning my interest in girls. After puberty, it ended with my cousin coming out as a lesbian, and I transitioned from female to male. Our moms make jokes sometimes that the opposite was expected from us.
That is very interesting! I wonder if they did something similar to this later on in the manga? Regardless, I’m glad you guys were both able to figure out who you are :0
Also something i picked up on my rewatch of Yuri on Ice w/ friends is how biased of a narrator Yuuri is. i think his anxiety really plays a roll in how he's himself and how he thinks other people see him. because in the first episode yes, he flops and doesn't do well in the competition and he's this as the end of his career, but that was an OLYMPIC level competition. most people will admit that making it that far is not a career ender. We see in episode 5 with Minami how he's basically the best skater in Japan, but we wouldn't know that until then because Yuuri doesn't have the confidence to even realize that. (episode 11 ) but we get an intro and pov from Victor, and his view is more positive and romantic than Yuuri lets us believe. I think Yuri's anxiety about his relationship with Victor is what leads it to feeling wishy-washy on the first run, because Yuri only seems to pursue Victor when he's feeling some level of confidence and is scared to admit to himself that his affection is reciprocated. And i think the reveal of episode 11 where Victor explains that he basically fell in love with Yuri at the banquet (while yuri was wasted and super confident in approaching Victor) and agreed to be his coach. but then obviously Yuuri forgets all that and Victor basically gets ghosted for a year, but then sees the video of Yuri skating his routine (episode 1) and decides "fuck it im taking this romcom into my own hands" and shows up at his doorstep.
Sorry for the paragraph i just picked up a lot on the my re-watch, i recommend "THE BEST EPISODE: Yuri on Ice!!!" by LadyIneia cause she gets more indepth on this
Oh my god, someone mentioned here in the comments that the movie was meant to be Victor's coming out story cause it was a prequel. I wonder if we were going to get a full story of him realizing he loves Yuri. If that's the case, we were insanely robbed
@@MrHunteru yeah, it seems the movie was well underway (with a few set backs cause of Covid) and the author and original writing team were still promoting it, until MAPPA released a statement about its cancellation. Most people theorized that it’s because MAPPA doesn’t see the series as profitable as their other shows. (Coleydoesthings has a video on it) But this also means the original writing team may be able to make other Yuri on ice related projects without MAPPA, it might end up more like light novels or manga and not a full anime but who knows
I was so hyped about an entire movie from Victor's POV. I love how just a single episode told by Victor completely changes the rest of the show, and there was so much potential for him during the movie to just be extremely blunt and direct about romantic feelings that Yuuri wasn't likely to admit as the show's narrator. It'd be such a smart way to continue developing a romance that perfectly fits both characters' differing personalities if it didn't feel squandered by shitty corporate decision-making leading to the movie being canceled.
i rlly love this comment,, you are SO right. like yuuri is thinking to himself "oh god i need to prove im worthy of viktor's time im gonna scREAM" meanwhile viktor is writing with a pink glitter pen variations of 'viktor katsuki-nikiforov' surrounded by hearts. i think a lot about that one tweet that says "yuri on ice is only a sports anime from yuuri's perspective. viktor is very confused about how long this romance novel's first act is taking". thank you for the rec!! i'll watch that video asap :D
Many of @MrHunteru's complaints make sense when you consider Yuuri's anxiety/insecurity bias as the POV character.
His weight is the butt of everyone's fun-poking and the focus of many shots in the beginning because he's so very self conscious about it, especially when his magical idol shows up. Yes, his family are being blunt about his fatness. but it seems like a natural extension of their relationship with Yuuri and not malicious at all. They might be hurting Yuuri's feelings with it, but they sure don't seem to want that. They've helped Yuuri manage his diet and figure as a food loving competitive athlete for the last 10 or 15 years at least. Him gaining a bunch of weight is not just a naturalistic consequence for his sudden retirement and canonical katsudon habit, but also a physical aspect symbolic of his feelings of failure and inadequacy. Even after Yuuri gets back in shape, other characters do keep affectionately calling him a piggy and using food as the proverbial carrot, hell, Yuuri even gets his foot into the Eros door via his sensual enjoyment of katsudon. What changes seems to be Yuuri's confidence and sensitivity, not the treatment he's getting so much. I totally understand why how his fatness is handles in the beginning could be uncomfortable for someone who's experienced fat phobia, especially when it's being shown through Yuuri's insecurities, but I don't think it's fat phobic on its own.
The ring thing, too. Judging by reactions, everyone else (including Victor) seems to take the rings as a romantic gesture, if not a de facto engagement, but Yuuri makes up a socially acceptable explanation for them to avoid confronting the exact nature of his relationship with Victor, and, it seems, especially to avoid confronting the reactions of his friends and the skating world. At one point he even gets internal monologue about being afraid of how Victor's fans would react to him "taking Victor away from them", and it's not wholly about Victor having skipped a season in competition to coach Yuuri.
Seraph of the End and Moriarty the Patriot are literally the goats for male gay shonens
yup, frfr
Seeing Utena on this list makes me so happy 😭 I barely see it talked about today and to see someone enjoy it and go into a little depth about it and it’s topics is just so damn pleasing to see . I only discovered it by chance on a random hour-long analysis video I saw that inspired me to watch the show, and god it paid off. Super glad you pushed through all the..”princely” actions by the chairman and the Nanami episodes (seriously, what were those?) and got to see such an amazing series. Just buckle in for the movie. It’s Insanity.
Oh man, yeah I’ve heard the movie is a little bonkers. Also fr why does no one talk about one of the goats? It had like a mini resurgence a few years ago, but I’ve heard almost no discussion of it since
Utena is my most favourite media ever, lots of amazing analysis about it out there, but not enough ❤ I thought there were influences of Utena in Bloom into you.
@@MrHunteruin my opinion the movie closes the story beautifully. Check out the analysis by Noralities 👍🏼
Utena has been my Fav SINCE the 90's. I've been feeling like rewatching it for a good month or so. I have the DVD series but my 1st DVD has been missing for YEARS! Anywho, I wish more people talked about this series and watched this series. I have identified with Utena for like...forever. I don't remember where I was going with this (ADHD) But I love this series and the movie is a must watch & also a stand alone.
@@Elektrochoke Yay, someone mentioning Noralities! Also, I'm totally going to check this series out when I can, but I may have to wait a while.
I know it's not technically an anime, but I would recommend you watch heaven's official blessing based off a Chinese novel the same name. It's a really cute story and it has a pretty interesting plot. There are two seasons so far but i think it's scheduled for a third one. I also recommend you watch stranger by the shore. It's an incredibly beautiful story and I think you would really enjoy it based on the other thing you liked in the video.😊
Oooooo, I’ve never watched any Chinese anime before, I’ll be sure to check it out. And someone dropped by my stream earlier today to recommend stranger by the shore to me! It sounded very interesting
@@MrHunteru Glad I could give you a recommendation. Link click is also a good Chinese anime even though it's not technically a BL.
@@MrHunteruif you do end up trying Heaven Official’s Blessing, I’d recommend trying Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation too, both are written by the same author, HOWEVER. They are under Chinese censorship laws, as such, their relationships are only HEAVILY implied rather than anything explicit,,, the opposite of the original novels 😅 lol
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I'll throw 'Spiritpact' into the mix of Chinese (BL) shows here as well since I found it to be quite good and entertaining, even though it got dropped (still had a decent ending if you ignore the setup for the next season that never was) . The Chinese censorship must have been sleeping with this one, or they were just like "it's obviously a joke when the grandma calls the two mc's a married couple even though no one in the show really denies it; also the magic simply requires kissing sometimes, nothing to be done about it and absolutely nothing gay going on there".
I think it's really underrated as I couldn't really find a lot of videos on it on TH-cam.
And for some reason I could only watch it in Japanese, but it was a decent dub, so no complains there.
Dude, thank you for PROPERLY giving trigger warnings. There were a few shows on here that i had no idea were so dark/explicit and planned on watching. Idk if it's just how i look for recs but that seems to be an issue with queer anime recs specifically. With another mlm show Banana Fish, the ony thing people talked about was how sad the ending was. I'd been spoiled about the ending so I thought I could handle it. There's SA and straight up R, P3d0philia, child S work, child 🌽ography, violence, homophobia, drug abuse and maybe more it's been a bit since I've seen it. That having been said it's a fantastic show and if you can handle all of that i suggest looking into it. However no one said anything about how dark it was. I expected two gay guys and for them to not be together at the end. So again thanks for actually warning people lmao
WOW, I would’ve never guessed the series had all of that in it. I’d also only heard the same 😭 thank you for warning me lmao and of course! I don’t want anyone going into something they aren’t prepared for
I think the lack of trigger warnings is at least partly cause people who read a lot of bl/yaoi are just so used to that stuff. Like I'm not sure how it is now, but Yaoi was the porn category of m/m manga, so a lot of fucked up stuff happening without much warning. And the non porn catergory, Shonen Ai, was basically only fluffy schoolboy first crush stories. So tbh... I mostly read yaoi back during my BL-obsessed phase.
Like for SA and R specifically... I don't even react to most scenes with that in BL. Some of my most wholesome faves starts with SA or outright R.
@@MsLilly200 thanks for the clarification, I was super confused lol
@@MsLilly200 Weird flex but ok
The thing with Yuri on ice that my friend explained to me is that, in Japan, since there's a bit of hate toward lgbtq+ themes, my friend said that they have to specifically state it's a BL or GL to have two of the same gender kiss on screen. Unfortunately, since Yuri on Ice wasn't centred around their relationship, it wasn't labelled as BL, and therefore, not allowed to be aired with an uncensored kiss. It just sucks, but I think (or really hope) that Japan's airing services are more lenient with same sex couples on TV now.
That makes a lot of sense then why it was censored the way it was. A bit of a bummer, but it makes sense sadly Japan is that way
As much as I love Bloom into You, they could have finished the story with another couple of episodes, or an OVA or something instead of leaving it where they did.
Oh the other hand, it's a good excuse to go ahead and read the manga 😈
Dude fr they robbed us. Maybe one day it'll come out
The lack of Banana Fish feels insane, but good video overall
Yeah I was kinda slacking not including this, I cannot lie
@@MrHunteru Part 2 next pride maybe? There's so much out there it's crazy my personal love is stars align.
I watched Sk8 the Infinity for pride month this year, just like I do every day of every month of every year the last few 2 yrs.
"The director of utena and yurikuma is the same"
Ok bro, i'm gonna watch this shit this guy is peak 😔👍🏽
In Ikuhara we trust 🙏
The feeling of being in the Yoi fandom as it came out was wild, everyone expected it to be much less gay than it was (some calling queerbait), and when episode 7 (the kiss) dropped the fandom went INSANE. It was the most connected I felt to an anime community in a long while and I'll always love it for that.
I absolutely believe it. You're watching this pretty gay feeling sports anime, and then they DECIDE TO GO GAY HUH??? I can only imagine what that must have felt like, especially for an anime back in 2017 when it aired
In "Happy Sugar Life," some people defend Satou and Shio's relationship because they feel sorry for Satou's tough past and her need for real love. The story is told from Satou's view, which can make her actions seem more understandable. Satou's protectiveness towards Shio is seen by some as a form of twisted but real love. The relationship is also used to explore dark and complex themes, showing the complicated sides of human behavior and morality, but obviously defending it in the story doesn't mean it's okay in real life, the story overall if the viewers have some sense of media literacy is shown to never defend the actions of the characters as seen with everyone that partakes in those disgusting areas to face some kind of consequence and to an extent satou knows shes in the wrong which is why she never does anything further than a simple kiss almost to deny the fact that she might be on the same level as the other pedophiles she condemns in the show, keeping shio pure in complete opposite to the defoliation pedos do to children
Hmmm that’s an interesting game, that Satou tries to keep Shio pure compared to what may have happened otherwise. I mentioned it in another comment, but the series dark contents made it pretty difficult to review for this video. Do I rate it based off what the series was going for, or do I rate it based off my criteria for this video and based off the other shows I watched? It was an odd spot to be in, especially since Happy Sugar Life absolutely does what it intends to do
@@MrHunteru Based on the criteria of the video, the rating fits, though the LGBTQ relationship feels mixed into the broader theme of love from different angles. Focusing just on the lesbian aspect undermines the series' overall message. The story doesn't explicitly address whether the relationship is right or wrong, only that Shio is a child. The dynamic could have been the same with a boy, but Shio represents Satou's ideal of perfection, and in her case due to her experiences with men from a young age that idea would not be a young boy
I think the main issue is that you’re showing cycles of abuse and trauma and how it affects the youth only then to have your main spotlight is on those two. It hammers in the idea - to people lacking media literacy - of “people who are LGBTQ are just like that from abuse and they’re pedophiles.”
Like. There’s better series that handle that topic that doesn’t paint this bogeyman image for conservatives that are looking for anything they can prove their projected accusations with.
@@TowelRanger i understand this for sure, but any bigot can find media that represents their ideologies to further hammer in how they already see the people in question, so catering the media simply to please that aspect forgetting that there are actual people that have become like that due to abuse or repression in some way (eg, Jeffery Dahmer - bad example but he was a result of the homophobic times forcing himself to repress his homosexuality + trauma + loneliness and underlying mental issues which led him to do the things he did) , instead creates a almost unrealistic representation of the group, happy sugar life is supposed to show the 'fucked up' version of love and challenging the idea that people with no media literacy will see it and think 'people who are LGBTQ are just like that from abuse and they’re pedophiles' wouldnt there also be people that see the pedophilic male teacher and female student presentation and think ' all male teachers are like this' which is incorrect yes but there are actual teachers like that, or satous aunt and claim that women that live alone and sleep around are 'heartless monsters that do not care about their families', and ofc i do not deny that yes it is a bad representation of a lesbian relationship but all media will be interpreted differently by different people
Explanation Point did a great video on how the viewers' opinion of Satou is more forgiving because she looks like a cute schoolgirl. If she looked like an ugly old guy, nobody would be defending her, even if the backstory stayed the same.
Clicked for Utena segment first and foremost, and I’m glad you gave it the flowers it deserves. Overall a good video and props to you for watching all these animes 👏
Gotta respect one of the absolute legends of anime 🔥 I’m glad you liked the video!
I was cheering like mad bc you actually talked about No. 6. it's such a classic, and the story is so so good even though when compared to the manga and especially the novel it kinda drops the ball in the end. Shion and Nezumi's relationship is just so beautiful and integral to how everything goes in the story, and the ending + the beyond novel still hurt my heart over a decade later. I can't recomend it enough.
No. 6 might just be one of the most underrated anime I’ve ever watched. I know I put a lot of love on Flip Flappers, but I seriously hope many of the people watching this video go to see No. 6 too. It’s too good to go unnoticed like this
@@MrHunteru I really recommend if you ever find the time to read the novels, they all have official translations (-beyond but there is fan translations of that one too) and god are they fascinating. Character development, worldbuilding, their relationship (which is really toned down in the anime when comparison to the original) and how the story ends is also different from the anime and it's honestly one of the best novels I've ever read.
OMG yesss!!!
I literally said the same thing in my comment! It's so good to see someone else that also really appreciates the manga and the novels ♡
@@wavingecho1604 Wait what the novels have official translations??? Since when??? Who licensed it??? I've been looking and waiting for 4 years and only ever found the fan translation. I still don't see a single official english version anywhere when i look it up..
Can you give me spoilers about beyond? I am sooo curious how it ended but I know I won't read it
The thing about Yuri on Ice was that during its run, it was solely sold as a sports anime, and the developing romance between Viktor and Yuri was just an aside. The studio didn't want to repel any potential audience and that's why it remains in the "plausible deniability" realm, while dropping enough clues to make their relationship evident.
And a big reason why they didn't want to alienate any potential audience, is because it was one of Mappa's very first shows. They just could NOT afford it flopping, so a decision was made to make it ambiguous enough that homophobes could write everything off as just fanservice.
As someone who watched it in real time as it aired, the consensus was that they went just as far as they possibly could without making the show explicitly a gay romance. When it started everyone was assuming that it would be another Free!, where there was tons of fanservice but no actual hint of romantic development. So the fact that they actually went that route, even if it was through subtext, was actually a nice surprise, not a letdown, because at the time nobody was expecting representation.
SEEING HAPPY SUGAR LIFE IN THIS 10 SECONDS IN THE VIDEO IS CRAZZYYYY DAWG THATS NOT AN LGBT ANIME 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 THAT'S A THRILLER/PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR ANIME PLEASEEEE I'M HAVING FLASHBACKS TO F#CKING KILLING STALKING BEING CATEGORIZED AS BL/ROMANCE WHEN IT CLEARLY WASN'T 😭😭😭😭like the themes are there, girl likes girl and guy likes guy but that's not really the point of the story huhuhuhuhuh /no offense tho it just gave me whiplash seeing that 😔
You'd be surprised, a lot of people consider it one lol it was recommended to me by many for this video
it's not a yuri but it is an anime with queer themes
THANK YOUUUUUUU. Def there are ppl who are gross ab it but sato is not meant to be a good person 😭 most of the characters are meant to be horrible people except for sato's friend, shio's brother, and shio herself at the beginning of the anime.
Legendary algorithm pull by youtube on this one. As a queer man this video made my little gay heart so happy! I was a little sad to see that some of my personal favorites weren't included so I really hope to see your take on more of these in a future video. For anyone else reading, some more really good recs are Spiritpact, Mo Dao Zu Shi, Heaven Official's Blessing and Stranger by the Shore (Favorite by far). The sad reality is that Donghua/Manhua are heavily censored by Chinese media so a lot of authors take more of a "bromance" approach and deny any queer identities :(
Welcome! We love to see the algorithm clutching up, it does good every once in awhile lol. Stranger by the shore and Heaven's Official Blessing are both on the list for next years pride video :) Thank you for the recommendations. And I will say that yeah, I had heard Heaven's Official Blessing really wants to be gay, but can't go all the way because of China
@@MrHunteru Thankfully for Heaven Official's Blessing the light novels *do* go all the way, and one of the English writers for the show (who also plays one of the romantic leads, Hua Cheng), is writing it as gay as he can possibly get away with. :)
Amazing video! might I also recommend Stars Align? its a tennis anime and one of the characters comes out as non binary and flat out says "I am non binary". Has its dark moments like child abuse and stuff like that but its representation is top tier.
I was very close to checking out Stars Align, but some people in my discord server seemed on the fence about some of the topics in the anime. Do you know what they might bet talking about?
@@MrHunteru mostly just the child abuse if you are very sensitive to that. It has multiple characters with child abuse storylines if you are sensitive to that. Nothing sexual if that concerns you. I still 100% recommend it. Also may I join your discord?
devilman crybaby has been on my to watch list for like three years, this has given me the final push to watch it. i'll also make sure to check flip flippers out!
i appreciate how even though you made sure to be respectful at all times you still didn't spare any of the animes some criticisms, it shows you actually care. cool video! :)
Yess I care a lot :D I'm happy to have given you the final push you need to watch PEAAAK!! I hope you enjoy it and Flip Flappers as much as I did
After reading some of the Bloom Into You manga, I actually still think that Yuu could be some variant of aromantic-asexual, or something along those lines, because there are some types of asexuality where you really have to get to know someone before you like them. I don't know, though, and I'd like to see what other people think about this.
I think you mean DemiRomantic or DemiSexual. Aromatic and Asexuality are spectrums and it takes fins to figure one out (speaking from experience),
Another one I’d personally include + recommend is sarazanmai (although idk if it’d count as solely an lgbtq anime) since the mc’s best friend has a crush on him and there is an actual gay relationship with its own spin off manga where they have a daughter. I love the anime personally, although the first few episodes are really strange the plot is really good and usually I’m in tears watching the second to last episode 🫶
I'll write it down! I will potentially talk about it next year :D Thank you for the recommendation. I can't believe I hadn't heard of it before making this video
@@MrHunteru If you want an idea of what to expect, Sarazanmai is made by the same director as Yurikuma Arashi and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
SARAZANMAI MENTIONED ?????1?1?11
Yes! Sarazanmai is one of my favorites ❤
Nice video.
As someone who's aroace, I really connected with Bloom Into You. I would say though that Yuu could be labeled as demiromantic/demisexual since she only feels love for Touko after building a close emotional bond with her.
Some other queer recommendations I have are:
Rose of Versailles - Deals with many themes of gender and sexuality. This anime also influenced Revolutionary Girl Utena and was a huge pioneer for many other anime and manga in general, especially shoujo and BL.
Land of the Lustrous - I'm not sure if I can count this as "good" or "bad" representation. While all the characters are gems and have no gender, I heard people saying that they related to the main character and their struggles with their body.
I'm in Love with the Villainess - while not my favorite, I liked how it explicitly used the word gay and how there was a whole discussion on the protagonist's sexuality.
Ahhhh that’s true, I didn’t consider demi when I was making this video. I can definitely see that fitting Yuu’s character. I will write down those shows for representation though! Especially rose of Versailles, something that inspired Utena has gotta be pretty banger
Oh, that's what I was saying, just way more clearly put! Thanks!
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The fact that Loveless is so bad it gets its own tier at the bottom of BOTH tier lists is so fucking funny... You're so right for that lol
LMAOOOO it had to be done
I heard you say Loveless and I screamed at the war flashbacks 😭 all my friends loved it and many other mangas made some sort of tribute or au in the extras 😢 even at 14 y/o I just couldn't finish it, I don't go to cruch but I HEARD GOD TELL ME TO STOP! And I DID! 🙏
I was shocked to find there was a fandom behind Loveless, like did they even watch the show? I think that's super funny though that your friends were really into it. The Almighty Gays helped stray you away from the harmful grasp of pedo
catboys 🙏It's very much a product of its time lmao
@@MrHunteru Praise the Almighty Gays that the source of my trauma wasn't Loveless 😭🙏
Omgg same 😭 I watched it when I was 14/15 and I hated that ped0 dude so much. It felt so wrong but at the time no one seemed to mind.
@@MrHunteru 15 years ago there was a very short list of queer anime available so it was pretty much a mandatory watch if you were a young fujo/fudan browsing aarin. I watched the episodes split into 3 on yt subbed in spanish (no, I don't speak spanish) and moved on because man even though I could barely understand anything I could tell it sucked.
I suspect the success it has came more from its base concept and the novelty of "first kemono mimi" anime than anything else. It's that one anime every fujo has seen but nobody liked.
@@MrHunteruI will say I read a summary of the manga on Reddit & it gets so crazy. The brother turns out to be Alive & forced the dude to go to the younger brother after he faked his death & ends up being the villain of the series. It’s extremely fucked up. Higurashi levels of fucked
AGH DUDE SEEING YOU PUT DOUKYUUSEI IN THIS MAKES ME SI HAPOY- I rarely ever see it talked about and it’s tragic because like- it’s just so good man ;0;!! I could go on a whole rant about it for ever little thing about it I find amazing and just how it’s deserved of more look because of how significant it was to me as a child searching for any representation 😭😭😭
HELL YEAAAAHH! Doukyuusei is a surprisingly underrated anime, like I could understand if there some really glaring issues but it's just a wholesome, quiet romance story? I'm so lost with how it isn't more popular, especially given how pretty it is
@@MrHunteru I agree! I do think it might be due to how kind of hard it is to find, considering it’s not on a lot of popular streaming platforms.. but I do believe its worth the watch considering how just natural it can feel-!
it's one of my comfort movies ahhhhhh
@@ojaymami dude sameeee!!!! When I’m sad or just need it I love to watch it ;w; I actually once wrote down the whole script and made notes of when each soundtrack played
As someone who loves yuri on ice, i have far too many positive opinions on that show lol.
Firstly, i disagree with the nktion the romance wasn't given enough.
Their relationship is treated so sweetly not with overt gestures or saying i love you, but by showing their love through skating as well as intimate moments. They hug each other alot, hold hands, smile constantly, give each other constant words of affirmation that they care about each other, etc.
One of my favorite moments in the show is when they meet up in episode 9 at the airport and yuri asks viktor to be hus coach until he retires to which Viktor says, "it's almost like a marriage proposal. In that case, i hope you never retire." If that's not an expression of love, idk what is lol. I love this series bc it focuses on intimacy and emotional support rather than just kissing or saying i love you. You see how much they love each other without them ever needing to say it which was mostly to get around 2 things. 1, the yaoi tag, 2 the censorship. In order to avoid the series being labeled yaoi, they had to carefully tow the line in what they showed. Reason they wanted to avoid being labeled a yaoi is due to the massive backlash yaoi anime gets. The censorship is due to when the show was airing. Time slots in Japan are VERY different in what you can show. For example, if a show airs at 11pm or midnight, they can get away with damn near anything. Fairy ranmaru being a prime example. But if you air at 7pm or anytime in the morning, you are very limited on what you can get away with queer wise.
Yuri on ice was a show i was obsessed with for years and i still think about it to this day bc i haven't seen anything like it since. The relationships, the comedy, the animation, the whackey characters, everything about thus is perfect to me🥰
Glad you still enjoyed it and loved the video! I am definitely watching flip flappers thnx to you
Bro an anime content creator with good taste, lgbt friendly, interesting points and who's not a low-key paedo? Sign me the fuck up.
Subscribed! Thanks for the recs, I hadn't heard about many of these, which is CRIMINAL
Yes all of the recommendations are AMAZING if you haven’t seen them!
so happy to see No.6 on here, its one of my favorites and no one talks about it anymore 😭
FR I hope that changes, it’s so good
I'm so glad you liked Utena ! Ikuhara is one of my favorite director 😁 since you liked 2 of his work, i think you would enjoy mawaru penguindrum ! It's a beautiful story , just like Yuri kuma arashi, don't give up after 3 episodes, the beginning is a bit silly goofy but it's really worth the watch
Oh fuck YEAH I will for sure check that out! Consider me an Ikuhara fan, he is doing so much work over in Japan for demographics that need it
No. 6 mentioned !!! LOVE THIS ONE AAAAA
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About Yuri On Ice censorship - it was aired on some random channel after midnight which allegedly was the best they could do. In the interviews the creators said smth like "Japanese people would understand (that they kissed and got married) because it's not American TV where everything have to be stated explicitly". So yeah, it's 100% connected to homophobia in Japan and that they barely found a channel to air in the most ridiculous time that nobody watches.
And about the Ice Adolescence: a big part of the writing process of S1 was traveling. The creators are the fans of figure skating (duh) and they basically would take a world tour to gather all the material for the stories throughout (they had visited sights and ate local dishes etc.). But with covid19 and now all Russia bs where its getting banned from international events, having a gay Russian lead when there's antiqueer laws dropping in Russia currently, and so on, it was only expected for the show/movie to be canceled, rip
i am gay so obviously ive watched a few of these. i wasn't very interested but then i saw Akira in the thumbnail and almost got a heart attack. your review for dmcb was amazing, and tears came to my eyes just hearing you talk about it(and the music playing in the background). i've watched it no less than ten times, every single time it gets better. i love devilman, the story, the characters, everything is amazing, and it inspired such beloved pieces of media like berserk and evangelion! i'm beyond happy with what you said and that you enjoyed it so much, this video was truly a great watch!
Devilman is peak. I had never really experienced anything quite like it, and sometimes I wish I could experience the series again for the first time. I'm glad you liked the review :D
My favorite LGBTQIA+ anime is Madoka Magica, I really recommend it
it's like one of those magical girl shows, but early on in the series it reveals itself to be a psychological horror
I hope some old GL and BL get rebooted one day, without their problamatic elements. 🤞
With the right minds, so many old queer anime could be *so* good.
@@somanygoodfandoms Yeah! Honestly this could a whole series - "fixing old BL/GL".
I hope dubcon dies this decade. 🙏
The series I hope is rebooted the most is the 2000's gravitation series, mainly because I love the music in it. 🎶
What is yours? 🤔
@@tainadesouza28 I haven't watched Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, and I'm basing this purely on what the video said, but I feel like it is an interesting concept. If it were taken in a less fetish-y direction, it could be really cool. I would love it as a dark drama. I don't mind if it's a little edgy, as long as it takes representation seriously and, again, not fetishized.
I *love* the exploration of immortal characters (like Neil Gaiman's Sandman) and love even more when it's done really well (again, Sandman). Also, how each episode takes place during a different decade??? I could imagine getting attached to a character, and a few episodes later that character being on their deathbed- and maybe be a love interest/someone important to the immortal character to play with our heartstrings- ugh, I could see so many interesting possibilities.
And the angel one, it would be interesting to see an AMAB character that's close to the main characters be turned into an angel, ugh, that could be so heart wrenching if done right. Someone you care about becoming a bloodthirsty creature that is after you? Grahhh, the angst could be so good.
Also, the concept of an intersex villain (who is a villain not because they are intersex, but because any type of person can become a bad person) who is both immortal and an angel with the in-universe rules could be interesting. I'd love to also see a foil for that character.
It pisses me off a little that it could've been such an interesting delve into different topics if given to the right minds.
Sorry, I talked a lot- I get really passionate about this type of stuff.
Also, death to dub-con would be amazing. 🙏
@@tainadesouza28 Now that I'm thinking about it, the sexual relationship between the two women (I'm don't remember their names) that are main characters could *also* be done well with the right people. Two women who are attracted to women, yet not romantically attracted to each other and are immortal. They've lost people and don't form romantic bonds to many because of loss, and find some comfort in each other. They've known each other for long enough and have casual sex.
Or maybe it's one-sided and one of them is in love with the other, but one sees it as a perfectly platonic-sexual relationship. It could be complicated and messy.
I wouldn't be good at writing it, but I've seen other writers do that type of relationship WELL. It can be done. Especially if you make one *not* look like a teenager- it could've been so good.
Again, sorry for ranting, I'm very passionate about writing and the way that other writers do things.
That would be awesome.
you got to watch Sarazanmai (also by Kunihiko Ikuhara) it's so weird, psychological, beautifully animated, but also really good and it honestly made me tear up big recommendation
I adore sarazanmai! It helps that I already love kappa.
Yuri on ice legit made me cry when it got discontinued. It was one of my favorite animes😢😢😢
Thanks so much for this! I recommend Star Align! Its a sports anime about middle schoolers (mostly boys) on a tennis team. It's really entertaining and has a lot of dark subplots (child abuse, transphobia, bullying, really shitty parents) theres a gay and nonbinary character and the tennis matches are really detailed and I actually learned a lot about the sport through it. Unfortunately the show ended on a cliff hanger and theres no hope in sight for a season 2 but I still definitely recommend it
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH. I forgot about the existence of Flip Flappers, and it was one of the first 10 animes I watched, back when it was airing. Thank you for unlocking my childhood memories 🥹
YESSSS YOU'RE SO WELCOME!!! WE MUST BUILD THE FLIP FLAPPER FANDOM
I LOVE NO.6 SMM OMGGG
i don't usually cry when watching anime, or shows in general, but when nezumi started singing to shion at the end... i did NOT hold back the tears (might've been partially due to the fact it was late at night while watching, and i was half brain-dead, but nevertheless still impacted me ), and don't get me started with their "goodbye kiss" at the end..
i really truly wish more people knew about it
Oh god that ending scene... and FR how does No. 6 not have a fandom yet? The series has like everything that would make a popular anime
Happy Sugar Life isn’t a romance/LGBT+ anime, it’s a horror. Their relationship is meant to disturb you since Shio is a child
(Edit: not a hate comment btw! Your video is amazing and I just wanted to clarify that in case someone else hasn’t already commented 😓)
We need a whole Utena video!
EXTREMELY COMMON 100% NATURALLY OCCURRING UTENA W
Also about yuri on ice, I think the implication of them kissing, and the rings, were abundantly clear. Unfortunately the creators do need to censor to avoid bans , but managed to slip in as much as they could under the guise of “oh they’re just friends”, as a gay person, I think this is perfectly fine, especially with how glaringly obvious it is.
I think in Yuris case, it truly was a crush (also victor is only 4 years younger than yuri) but since he drunkenly asked victor to be his coach, victor fell in love at first dance and assumed yuri felt the same. It’s funny that Victor thought he could skip all the slow burn romance and just get straight to the point lmao
If you do a part 2 nest year, I recommend: Destiny of a Shrine Maiden, Strawberry Panic, Yami to Boshi to Hon No Tabibito, I'm in Love With the Villaness, Whispered Words, Whisper Me A Love Song, Maria Holic, Kiss Him Not Me, Ouran High School Host Club.
Noted! A lot of people seem very interested in a follow up so I’ll be sure to make it, and I will write these down to check out. Thank you!
Seconding Whisper me a love song and Strawberry panic. Strawberry panic is like the OG lesbian anime (for me personally), it was the first one I ever watched. I'm also reading the Manga for whisper me a love song & as far as I'm caught up the Anime does the Manga justice. In parts it's even better since we get to actually hear the songs.
I was also coming to the comments to mention Strawberry Panic ❤🍓
I've also just got done watching Otherside Picnic, which I think would be an interesting addition to the list somewhere too!
What an amazing video dude!!! As a queer person myself, I'm always a bit cautious looking for LGBT+ anime to watch, because there's so much bad rep out there. I was happy to see some series I like here, and I'm looking forward to watch your recomendations now. Subscribed!
What exactly is "queer"?
@@NorthSea_1981 "Queer" is originally a slur against LGBT people, but many of us have reclaimed it and use it to refer to ourselves!
Awwww I'm really happy to finally see the video be finished and done with, you did an amazing job with working on everything with the script and just watching through all of these shows and getting all of the opinions and I'm glad that you were finally able to finish with this video and release it over a month. It's nice to just have a celebration for pride month and celebrating queer people for who they are is really wonderful to have especially as one myself and I'm just glad to have been able to help out and see the video finally be finished now and put out and you did a great job with the scripting and talking about every show and it turned out to be a really nice and good video with a lot or respect and celebration for pride month and lgbtq+ people as a whole.
Bro I’m so relieved too, Oml. I really never thought I would finish it. I’m very happy to celebrate pride and the LGBTQ+ community, all I can hope is that they’re as happy as I am about this video lol. Thank you again for your help with making this happen
@@MrHunteru Awwww I'm happy that you feel that way after finishing the video and script and you did a wonderful job with celebrating the pride month and the LGBTQ+ community and I'm sure others will love and enjoy this video and everything that you put in and it's not an issue and I'm just happy that I was able to help out with this video and make it possible for it all to come out and it's a great video and dww I'm happy with the video and how it turned out as well and just hope it helps others out with finding new shows and makes them feel more represented and happy ❤
You should check out Mo Dao Zu Shi (also named "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation").
It's technically not an anime since it is a chinese animated series (donghua iirc), but it is genuinely one of the best pieces of fiction I've ever watched. (And without going into details to avoid spoilers : you guessed it, it features important queer characters).
"Underrated" doesn't even begin to describe it.
MDZS IS NOT UNDERRATEDDDD
@@stalemantou IT IIIIIIS THOOOOOOOOO
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT EXCEPT THE FANDOOOOOM.
is the animated series different from the live action?
@@user-luciddream I can't say in great details because I have not watched The Untamed.
However I think overall the events are closer to the original book in the animation than in the live action. For example IIRC the live action narrates things in a chornological order, meanwhile both the book and animation start the story at the death (and subsequent resurrection) of Wei Wuxian, and *then* tell his past in a very long flash-back that occasionally swaps back to the present.
From what I know though, The Untamed is longer and slower than the animation, so in the animations a few things here and there were cut from the original book.
Overall, the donghua is still excellent and despite the inevitable censoring because China, the animation is still *very* gay. Especially in the third season where they seem to have gone "fuck censoring, this is the last season we can do whatever we want without the show getting canceled."
ahh! no.6! if you liked the anime, i suggest reading the manga or light novels, as the anime rushed and skipped a few of my favorite parts!
Oooo I want to, especially the epilogue. Is something like that available in English?
@@MrHunteru there’s a fan translation of the epilogue but i havent found any official translations - the rest is totally translated and available!
Idea for next year: Kyo Kara Maoh! It's from 2008 and yet features both gay marriage and gay adoption. It also has a scene (in the manga and light novel, though I don't know if it's in the anime) where drag queen beats up three cops in the NYPD and declares that they're unwelcome at pride. Though it's in a weird position where it's both ahead of its time and aged kind of poorly, as it uses "muscular crossdressing men" and "effiminate man obsessed with another man" as punchlines only to turn around and portray both gay and transgender people as real characters and normal people. It feels impossible to comprehensively review, which might make for a fun challenge. (Note: The anime adaptation is different from the manga which is different from the light novel, so the anime can at times be homophobic in ways that don't mesh with the source material, which is probably why it's such a mixed bag as it's essentially multiple different people giving their own takes. Also it was REALLY popular in Japan, getting it's own stageplay and two different PS2 games.)
No. 6 is criminally underrated imo. The characters feel so grounded and real, plus it's nice to have a gay love story in a genre series where that isn't the main focal point. Their relationship is definitely very sweet and well written, but there's so much more to the story than that.
Can't believe my dude forgot to mention the superb animation in Flip Flappers 😉
Not done watching yet but had to tease your (understandable) adoration of the fantastic look of Flip Flappers. Love the vid so far
Damn you're right, I can't believe I forgot to say something about that! :p I'm glad you enjoyed the video
I see Utena in the thumbnail, I'm sat and watching. And this whole video was really, really good. Great editing, and I loved your personal insights into all the shows you mentioned - even some I hadn't heard of, like No. 6, have me intrigued enough to check them out.
I will look forward to your own Utena video if you ever do it. One of the things I love about that show is how everyone seems to come away with different insights or thoughts about its themes, and I always love hearing people chime in what they think about it.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope if you do go check it out that you enjoy No. 6. It's a really amazing show. An Utena video will definitely come, cause I both want to make one and many people are eager to see it made!
there's also another manga from the author of sasaki to miyano. It's hikaru to kagiura (romace between two side characters in sasaki to miyano) it's still ongoing but it's so fun, i think it does better job in going into finding out abt the sexuality of the characters. I honestly liked it much more than sasaki to miyano.
omg you reacted to most of my favs 😭🙏🏼 you should’ve definitely added bananafish although trigger warning for a lot of things inside bananafish it’s definitely not for anyone but it really one the most painful pieces of media that I watched that changed me and how I look at the world🗣️
this is a good list but I'm not a huge fan of the word "fetishise" in this context.
erotism in LGBT+ media is valid. Yuri Kuma especially is both horny and sweet (the character designer is a famous lesbian mangaka). bi and lesbian sexuality in women is demonised and infantilised at the same time, so it can be very healing to see sexual things that are not shown as plain wrong or evil. the word "fetishise" doesn't apply to every erotic scene and might play into those stereotypes of lesbian sex being "wrong". women are allowed to be horny. the word you are looking for is "over-sexualised". (also what's exactly wrong with fetish content? like Flip Flappers clearly has some BDSM stuff in it too and some LGBT+ people are into that and that's ok.)
Talking about how "fetishistic" erotism is makes it sound like like there is always something wrong with the portrayals of lesbian love because it's always "less pure" than straight stuff. no one would call straight fanservice fetishistic. this subject needs nuance especially since many creators of these shows are women/ LGBT+ themselves
something being fetishistic usually includes dehumanisation and Yuri Kuma clearly isn't like that. I appreciate you made this vid still! it was very sweet of you. The problem is more wide spread 'cause the gay internet also throws around big words they don't seem to understand the meaning of.
i mean it sounds like a big part he hated about the sexual content is the fact that they’re underage when it happens which is a valid criticism. the constant oversexualisation of women is a big topic of conversation about animes in general, not just lgbt ones.
i think what matters most is how well its written and executed. also what we consider “good representation” to be is highly subjective based on our own personal experiences. is it automatically good representation if i personally enjoy it? viewing lgbt content through “representation” lens can be limiting but when the topic is specifically lgbt representation in anime, that is a must.
Great video!! Another show I would personally recommend is Idolish7! Although I wouldn't consider it a queer anime, it's more of an idol anime with queer characters in it. The first season might be a little slow, but it picks up more in the second and third seasons. The second season is where a queer couple is introduced and it might seem that their relationship is fake or bait, but you really see how much they love and care for each other as the series goes on. There's also a trans women and multiple queer coded characters in it! I watched it last year and instantly fell in love with it, so I highly recommend it even if you don't particularly care for idol anime!!🌈:D
Yoooo what? I wasn’t expecting to hear about an idol anime with rep, we love to see it. I will for sure check that out, thank you!
I’d love to see your opinion on banana fish! It’s one of my favorite manga/anime and I love the way it handles the main couples relationship, but it does talk about a lot of sensitive topics and since it was written in the 80s there’s a lot of things they say that haven’t aged well (it’s a little more jarring in the anime tho since the manga takes place in 1985 and the anime changes it to 2016 but keeps everything they say and what happens almost the exact same)
I do really need to get to banana fish. Maybe in a follow up video 👀
WOOOO this video is so fucking awesome. everything about this video from the warnings to the ratings are so thoughtful. definitely going to check out some of these. i'm surprised you don't have more subs or got on my radar sooner!
edit: also bro got his video peer reviewed by the community. made me giggle a little bit. but thank you for being so thorough with your research and care!
YIPPEEEE I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And yeaaahh I wanted to make sure everything was planned out, I don't want people to get jumpscared by random things in anime that's no fun. And I was very nervous about making people upset lol, but I'm happy I was because I was able to work with a ton of amazing people to make this video. Thank you for the comment!
I’d recommend blue flag as another beautiful series. It’s only a manga (please anime adaptation!) but it’s fully available on shonen jump which is really rare considering there’s an explicitly gay character and the MC is implied bisexual. Really beautiful exploration/coming of age story :-)
Thank you for making this video. I’m always down to watch anime with some lgbt rep in it, and although I’ve seen/knew of a lot of these, there were some I had thought of watching, and had no idea they had any rep in them like paradise kiss ,and devil man cry baby. And now I’m going to bump them up on the watch list.
Yessss I’m happy to hear they’re getting bumped up! They absolutely deserve it, and of course :)
Two lgbt recommendations:
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasnt a Guy at All:
A manga about a gal (a gyaru) who likes music like Foo Fighters and Nirvana. She gets a crush on the cashier at the CD store who ends uo being her shy classmate who dresses butch outside of school.
Stop! Stop!! Hibari-Kun: A 90s anime about a guy whos mother dies so he moves in with a member of the yakuza. Hes known for having very beautiful daughters, Hibari being the most beautiful of all. However, Hibari is a trans woman!
The characters in the anime are very transphobic, so I wouldnt recommend watching it if you dont want to deal with that. But sometimes transphobia needs yo be represented on screen imo.
Sometimes, because its a 90s anime, the representation can be questionable but as a trans person myself I believe its very respectful for the time.
Spoilers ahead !!!
My favorite example of this is a scene where Hibari takes a bath with another woman. She doesnt do this out of malice and she doesnt ace inappropriate, she is just a woman taking a bath with another woman. The main character is the one worried she will do something inappropriate, Hibari herself proves that worry wrong.
These are all I have for now because I havent been reading a lot of manga or watching anime lately, but I really enjoy these.
TRUE I do need to start Hibari-Kun, I remember when you recommended that way back when. I'm interesting in the manga series too. ALSO ALSO, I've been meaning to tell you this, but I started looking into Evillious Chronicles too >:)
@MrHunteru AAAA I completely forgot but Evillous Chronicals also has lesbians at one point !!! And Barisol has a transgender daughter (but she's not treated very well by the story haha...)
Glad to hear you're getting into it even if the story is a mess sometimes, the music is all amazing
@@auggiemain WOAAHHH I didn't know the cast was that diverse holy :0
@@MrHunteru Manga wise, I also recommend I Want to Be A Wall
Hibari-Kun mentioned!!
bro i love how respectful you are, thanks for the recommendations and happy pride!! :)
Of course! I gotta be respectful to my peeps, you and everyone else deserves it
Awesome video! I was sad to see one of my favs wasn't mentioned but this certainly serves as a great rec list. If there ever is a follow up video I'd highly recommend The Case Files of Jeweler Richard. The anime is how I got into the series, but it cuts out a lot of what was present in the original light novel. Thankfully it got a manga that's more faithfully adapting the original story :)
Would you recommend the manga more in that case? I’m thinking next year of making another video for anime, but also one for manga! The comments have let me know there is an ample amount of good queer manga that I really wanna read now
@@MrHunteru Gonna jump in real quick as Jeweler Richard mega fan, short answer yes. The anime cuts nearly half of the material that it covers. The anime condenses six 250-300 page light novels into 12 episodes, and skips 10 of the 24 chapters it adapts. The manga is pretty far behind the light novels but it hasn't skipped any content so far.
@@MrHunteru I'd definitely recommend the manga over the anime, a lot of Richard's characterization in the original is lost in the anime adaptation. only problem is the manga is still ongoing, and only covers up until case 2 of book 3 (up to episode 6 of the anime, half the series) so far, the 6th volume comes out at the end of this year but the manga probably won't be finished for a little while
35:24 Yggdrasil is an old Norse word so it DEPENDS but most commonly it’s pronounced like Eeg-dra-seal. Yggdrasil is the world tree in Norse mythology; it connects all the realms together within itself, and that’s how gods travel from realm to realm. It also gets eaten in Ragnarok by Jörmungandr!
Mnemosyne is the Greek goddess of memory and her name is pronounced like Nee-moss-en-ee. She’s the root of mnemonic devices
Just added a lot of things to my watching list! thank you for giving sapphic stories the spotlight too
this is an amazing review of all the shows included (+ theyre all short so my adhd can actually handle them), i was a bit nervous about bloom into you because of what id heard about the pushiness but this seriously helped (also the second one was on a list of things to watch because fans kept telling me that he wasnt 12 but that was apparently a bold faced lie so that went out the window)
Omg I haven’t seen anyone talk about flipflappers since it came out in 2016!! Even then it was competing in the same season as Yuri on ice. I love this anime and anyone that was intrigued by it - do no more research! Just go watch it!!
Here’s my comment on happy sugar life
Satō and shio’s relationship is never supposed to be celebrated, it isn’t supposed to be considered as representation at all. The problem with the happy sugar life anime is that it keeps trying to pretend it is a yuri anime, which was never the intention. In the manga, it is so much more appearant how absolutely fucked up the relationship between the two of them is. It’s not light grooming, there is very obvious psychological manipulation, and that is kind of the point. You are not supposed to like satō, you are not supposed to support her relationship or the things she does, but by making everyone around satō similarly disgusting, you’re meant to sort of root for her, and question your own morals because of it. At its core, happy sugar life is not an lgbt show, it is a psychological horror that is made to be viewed through the lenses of one.
This video felt so welcoming and nice, you were very respectful and thorough in your reviews/analysis. Instant subscribe
Thank you so much! I appreciate it :D I want to make sure the community and everyone in it gets the respect they deserve
I don’t like when a series/movie/art piece/etc. partakes in the objectification of the female body as a way of commenting on it. You can make that commentary without exposing the audience to gratuitous imagery that’d still attract the wrong audience. And just avoiding sexualization altogether is already stronger commentary than brandishing it and saying after it all “you’re not supposed to enjoy that!”
Dude has to make a second part in the future and HAS to put "The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady" and "Princess Jellyfish"
Skip to Loafer or its english title Skip and Loafer isn't an LGBTQ series but still hoped it'd included just cuz of its awesome portrayal of trans characters, tho i get it since it's not the main cast. Highly suggest it as both a series that brings smile to you each episode/chapter, with really well written characters AND as a trans friendly corner. The animation and the dedication to the original material's look is also really nice and super pleasant and unique to look at.
Been reading the manga and it's just such a good series. Loved the video tho, always nice to see series i haven't visited in a while or finding new ones.
I had been putting off this show for awhile but this is making it a high priority of mine
@@MrHunteru if you end up watching or reading it, i hope you like it!! i cant recommend it enough hehe
hii this video was awesome!
i have 2 recommendations for cool lgbtq manga (neither has animes).
1: the summer hikaru died
- it's a horror manga that has heavily implied gay elements. i think it handles it very well.
tw: body horror, horror in general
2: lonely wolf lonely sheep
- a very sweet story about two women and their experiences in life
tw: depicted self harm
neither of these stories have fan service elements which i appreciate
in case you haven't heard, it was recently announced the summer hikaru died will be getting an anime adaptation!
@@aaronhyslop3923 nice!! i hope the adaptation turns out good!
WOOOO cheers for Utena, always love seeing that series get new fans. Also woah Mnemosyne....haven't tried to pronounce that name in years.
Can't wait to finish the video! I have a recommendation that was a very interesting treat... Mignon. It's Korean animation, and the episodes are only about 4-6 minutes long. It's about a boxer in an underground fighting ring falling for the mysterious doctor that patches him up. The animation & music are gorgeous. A couple sequences are some of the most impactful animations I've seen in the medium. :)
There are some dark themes, and some pretty mature scenes (including a full sex scene), but all well done and not in poor taste.
Hey, queer person here, love the video!!! Happy pride month!!!
Also, I'm not the imposter, don't vote me out.
👀*emergency meeting*
When I tell you I TWEAKED when I saw No.6,,,, I had almost completely forgotten it!! It’s so good though
Thank you for being an amazing ally! It’s so clear how much you care. The world needs more people like you!
Even though the character isn’t confirmed aroace as far as I know, I gotta recommend watching The Disastrous Life of Saiki K if you haven’t already. I related to Saiki’s perspective so much in the way I viewed my peers being obsessed with getting into relationships when I was in high school as someone who is asexual. It’s not only super funny with a great dub of the first season but also some of the few great ace/aro representations I’ve seen in anime.
Not sure why the algorithm decided to show this to me - but I am glad it was, great and thorough research!
This was a great video! Also seconding basically all of the suggestions in the comments!
If I had to give three more recs, Cherry Magic! and Brave Bang Bravern are two recent gay anime to check out, while Kase-san and Morning Glories is a very sweet lesbian movie.
Thank you! I’m developing quite the list of series to check out lol
Cherry Magic and Kase-san are fantastic, they're both very wholesome.
bloom into you is one of my favourite anime and manga, and i'm so glad you brought it up. i love the way it tackles the topics of love and self-discovery, and the fact that the main characters have good realistic growth. personally, i interpreted yuu as demiromantic, but even if she isn't on the aro spectrum, i'm still glad the story explored love as something that can grow with time and that you can work on together.
I never got super into yuri on ice but i was soo enraged when they scrapped the movie. It doesnt take a genius to figure out that yoi was incredibly important to the anime scene, giving mappa its first hit, and the lgbt scene, giving anime rep that wasnt fetishized. It really does feel like a heel turn from mappa's part.
I think your take on Wandering Son is interesting.
I understand how you came to the conclusions that you did---that the show is acting like this is just a phase and everything. However, when I watched the show, I came away with a different interpretation. The way I saw it, these trans characters were very early on in their journey of self-discovery. They hadn't truly found their label or identity yet, and did not know what to call themselves or their experience. Their experience with gender was still uncertain because they were still figuring it out. I didn't come away from it thinking the anime implied it was just a phase, but rather that it depicted the characters questioning themselves and their gender identity due to societal pressure, and they allowed that pressure to get to them because they weren't yet fully confident in their identities and who they were.
I suppose that's just my interpretation, though. Nonetheless, as a genderqueer individual, I enjoyed the show and found it to be very realistic. I plan to read the manga, and I'm sure the manga is much better, but I don't like judging adaptations as adaptations. As a standalone, I still felt it was really solid.
Oh, also, I do believe the characters in YOI are canonically all speaking English as a second language, and you just hear it in Japanese. They could have clarified that though
As a genderqueer individual, your opinion on Wandering Son matters much more than my own. I like your interpretation of it being similar to a part 1 of their journey instead of it being the full thing, this is a very pleasant way to view the series and one I feel makes a lot of sense.
That would make YOI make much more sense. Although I agree, if them all speaking English that was just auto translated to Japanese, I wish they’d conveyed that better. I would’ve had no clue
You should've included the ace attorney anime/J
But seriosly i appriaciate and love this video so so much, ive been looking for more media with good lgbtq representation and this helped a lot
Great video, I’ll definitely check some of these out. For the theoretical sequel, I’d love to hear what you think of demon girl next door!
If you ever do a part 2 I really wanted to hear your thoughts on MagiRevo and I'm in Love with the Villainess. Imo two of the best yuri works adapted in recent years.
First off, I wanted to say thank you so much for making this video and for the work and thought you put into it! And that I completely agree with your ranking (of the animes on this list that I have seen). Secondly, if you liked No.6 I HIGHLY recommend reading the manga (which is an adaption of the novels), I warn you there are some very different aspect from the anime but in my opinion it is much better, the story makes much more sense and the secondary characters are better written. I really liked the anime when I watched it, so I read the manga, and it made me love the story even more, but it kinda made me hate the anime because in terms of adaptation it's really bad and it did the novels really dirty tbh. Again, thank you for the amazing video and I hope that you go check out the No.6 manga if you liked the anime!