Ugh, another manga about how tomboys secretly long to be girly and are being forced into it by peer pressure or some nonsense.
I generally make an exception for this trope in the very specific context of masculine girls in all-girls schools being pigeonholed into the role of surrogate boy because I can empathize with it as a trans woman. I think "tomgirls secretly all want to be feminine" and "girls with naturally masculine features can be self-conscious about expressing their femininity because beauty standards and gender roles are vicious" are two superficially similar concepts but ultimately very different ones.
Ugh, another manga about how tomboys secretly long to be girly and are being forced into it by peer pressure or some nonsense.
I generally make an exception for this trope in the very specific context of masculine girls in all-girls schools being pigeonholed into the role of surrogate boy because I can empathize with it as a trans woman. I think "tomgirls secretly all want to be feminine" and "girls with naturally masculine features can be self-conscious about expressing their femininity because beauty standards and gender roles are vicious" are two superficially similar concepts but ultimately very different ones.
Funnily enough, my distaste for it also comes from empathizing as a trans woman. After being told my whole life that my femininity wasn't real or valid, I tend to get annoyed when the same is implied about others, although it's vice versa in this case.
I don't think the author is saying "all tomboys secretly long to be super girlish and cutesy" just "this tomboy secretly longs to be super girlish and cutesy".
It's pretty easy to be empathetic to this character, and you'd have to try pretty hard to find her depiction intolerant or whatever.
This is a common misconception when it comes to criticism. Criticizing your own reading of a work isn't necessarily condemning the work as a whole, or making any sort of statement about the authors intent. I'm sure that if I bought this criticism to the mangaka, they would say that wasn't their intention at all and that they think tomboys are perfectly valid.
I don't think the author is saying "all tomboys secretly long to be super girlish and cutesy" just "this tomboy secretly longs to be super girlish and cutesy".
Maybe this auther isn't saying it, but the trope is basically everywhere in both yuri and het stuff, like it's impossible for a girl to genuinely want to be a tomboy/butch.
I don't think the author is saying "all tomboys secretly long to be super girlish and cutesy" just "this tomboy secretly longs to be super girlish and cutesy".
Maybe this auther isn't saying it, but the trope is basically everywhere in both yuri and het stuff, like it's impossible for a girl to genuinely want to be a tomboy/butch.
yea, been in this role before as "the handsome girl" in all girls school, and I do like it when girls called me handsome :P
like it exist in real life a genuine tomboy/butch
The fangirls were a bit narrow-minded, but good people in the end. Pretty refreshing, honestly. I bet they'd come around to the Cute Side eventually (especially if they saw Yoshii dressed up in-person).
I very much understand the internal "ugh" some may have for stories like this, but I liked this one, and I do think something like yuri manga has pretty decent representation across the spectrum of tomboyish behaviour. I'm a real sucker for some of these lines about kabedon, or, "Would you be my friend?" It's like a gut-punch, too cute!
I can't stand the comments on this website, just enjoy the cute girls who enjoy cute girls
Sometimes you will encounter ppl who engage with media differently from you, and that's okay. If you prefer to just take the surface level story and enjoy it for what it is cool, others like to maybe over think things a little, also cool. Both approaches are valid, neither is inherently better or worse.
