As a yuri manga, the male cast is only present to push the girls further, I don't care much, nor expect a lot from them.
Well... it shouldn't be like this. We should expect more from a good story, we should expect good characters.
I don't know why but i think that korean manwhas handle this stuff better. Look at "their story" or "fluttering feelings", they both have a male cast as a part of the story, and they're nice and relatable, they have a personality. I don't like the idea of boys being there just to push the girls further, i mean, that doesn't happen IRL. I feel that most yuri fans hate men on their yuri just because they're always written as plain as Takeda or as wicked as Fujiwara. If authors put more effort on making these characters this won't happen.
You're right, a realistic story has more diverse characters, but often, the authors choose to only focus on the girls, and most of the other aspects of the manga promotes the evolution of their relationship. Often, guys aren't present at all.
I suppose that what I should have said, is that in THIS kind of story, where CERTAIN characters aren't as important and fleshed out as the couple the author is trying to get together, aren't very important and so I don't care about them as much.
I care about them, as much as the effort the author puts into making them important.
In Their Story (which is a chinese webcomic btw), the male cast are pleasant because they're all bros and hanging out and Sunjing's guy best friend is supportive of her. In cases where guys are obstacles, like any obstacles, they aren't well liked.
It really depends of what role they play. People tend to dislike the foil of what they want, right?
I guess that by korean, you really just mean FF, and Their Story is chinese.
Even in What Does The Fox Say, there is pretty much ONE recurring male character, and he's really just trying to get close to the new pretty blonde coworker, his affections towards her PURELY physical. He's also used to push the main cast to further develop their relationship.
In conclusion, side characters promote main characters and plot. In most yuri, where the focus is on one or more female pairings, guys often have a smaller role.
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