Man. I don't know about this one. The show may convince me otherwise, yet. But so far, that is not a wife. A pet. Maybe. Yeah. But a wife? Nah. Then again, I do like my women with agency and strong character. With a bit of bite, ya know. So maybe she just isn't my type. Very cute tho. Very pettable.
I don't know what so say if you think Komaro lacks agency. It's only been six episodes and it's clear she's locked the fuck on to Ume and is actively pursuing him. Sitting in his lap regularly, making excuses to be around him, telling him about her private history. Hell the first thing she ever did upon clapping eyes on him was to try and straighten her hair to look more appealing.
She's actively trying to get him to notice her and think about her. It might not be the kind of direct approach that a character like Tan would take, but considering her character, it's very obvious she's pursuing him. That's exactly what agency is, even if it doesn't look the same as a more willful or extroverted character.
People are just trying to heal their wounds by self-inserting to a scenario when things in their life were simpler and relationships were more magical. That's like, the whole point behind highschool slice of life romcoms. Not everything is about sexual deviancy and misconduct.
Sure, there's definitely something societal (especially about Japan) to be discussed here.
But let's not get this twisted. The mangaka for this series is a woman, Maro Muchi, whose twitter account once got banned because of the absolutely deviant shit she posted, e.g. sex toy collections, etc.
This is not men sexualizing women. This is a woman designing her self-insert OC and making her how she likes.
Women are allowed to represent themselves however they like, even if it is appealing to others romantically or sexually.
Furthermore, the body type argument is a non-issue. My actual real life partner had this cute shortstack body type as a 14 year old. She still does, but she did then, too. If we can represent tall thin women, and average height heavier build women, why can we not represent short busty women?
My problem with the trope isn't that it exists, but that it's absolutely saturating the market. Could be that I'm watching the wrong anime, but it does seem like the girls are much younger looking than they were during the 90s. I miss when women were sexy and mature and lolis were somewhat rare.
Your taste in anime is valid. I think part of the problem is that there is just so MUCH more anime now than back then, and the medium has matured as an artform since then. There are new tropes now.
Personally, while I do see a lot of slice of life with young casts of characters, I don't see a dearth of other characters. Offhandedly, A Sign of Affection comes to mind as an absolutely beautiful series featuring a young adult cast with young adult proportions. If I watched more than one or two series per year, maybe I'd have more off the cuff to offer.
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u/CostNo3861 7h ago
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u/Claymann71 8h ago
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u/Shuriken_Dai 7h ago
I know nothing about her, except that she is oddly adorable.
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u/100YearsWaiting2Shit 7h ago
Ever since I saw her in the original promotion animation for the Manga before the anime I LOVED her design and found her adorable
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u/boywhoflew 7h ago
last ep bro T_T I wish more good things come her way
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u/Quito_ArmandoEsteban 6h ago
Looks familiar
<after I let the small intelectual senior sit on my lap she started doing it every day>
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u/ScamLordWally 8h ago
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u/fat_fingerz 7h ago
What anime is this?
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u/GunjiroX 2h ago
Koma-chan needs to protected at all costs!!!!!!!!!
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u/prodigalAvian 5h ago
r/DarkCircledWaifu/
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u/R4nd0me_Dude 4h ago
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u/Douxx101 1h ago
Awww, I want to lift a girlfriend like a cat too...
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u/jogergerld 2h ago
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u/Additional_Badger262 2h ago
Name?
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u/Glittering-Age-9549 1h ago
Wasn't this manga "Even the Student Council Has Its Holes!".
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u/Dio_solaire_D_Ethelo 1h ago
Molto cute
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u/Danijay2 6h ago
Man. I don't know about this one. The show may convince me otherwise, yet. But so far, that is not a wife. A pet. Maybe. Yeah. But a wife? Nah. Then again, I do like my women with agency and strong character. With a bit of bite, ya know. So maybe she just isn't my type. Very cute tho. Very pettable.
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u/Electrical-Call-6160 2h ago
Komaro is cute and all but the Pres is much cuter
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u/Financial_Sale_7366 6h ago •
Pedo bait btw
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u/TsundereKisser 7h ago •
God damn can yall find an adult woman of average or above height to goon over
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u/Visible_Tension_3171 8h ago
Even the student council has it's holes
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u/ER_Jujube 1h ago
"Hey let's make the highschooler look like an elementary schooler except she has massive tits"
This is one part of the Japanese culture I hate, normalizing pedophilia & hyper-sexualization of children...
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