Bitchboi: "Tell Haruma I said I'm sorry (...)"
Toribami: (blunt) "I won't"
Queen.
I feel like the artist said “ok what if you had a physically masculine MC with a traditionally ‘feminine’ personality and a physically feminine partner with an assertive/traditionally ‘masculine’ personality to help MC accept their true self” and then bam out came this story. Although the art is amazing, MC and Toribama-san feel like exaggerated versions of themselves (MC so overly girly, Toribama-san so overly assertive/guyish) that it makes MC seem super closed-minded and Toribama-san kinda bitchy.
In what world is Haruma "physically masculine"?? Just because she's tall?? She looks as girly as they come (and not just now with the dress)! And I also completely disagree with saying Toribami is "acting masculine", just because she's assertive (sometimes, she's not even always like that).
If you wanna criticize their characterizations for not being super original cause Toribami is the stereotypical "small-but-feisty girl" and Haruma is the stereotypical "shy tall girl", sure, I can see that (not that I mind, they're not overly done tropes IMO and especially not overly done well). But masculine? That's crazy.
last edited at Sep 2, 2021 12:25PM