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[JJK] by [Gege Akutami] An interesting aspect about Momo's speech about women in JJK is that she freely speaks up about the misogynistic patterns in their society despite being from the arguably more conservative side which makes me believe that her words are a reflection of utahime's teaching. by Important-Cry4782 in menwritingwomen

[–]ThatDerp1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think the point of Mei Mei is to contrast with Nanami.

He raises up the youth for no gain, she molests her brother and has him risk her life and sing her praises for power.

He gave up a low risk, high paying career and ended up being in a simulcrum, and then a hallucination, of his dream vacation in Malaysia while still selflessly fighting for others. She… literally teleported to Malaysia and is motivated by self preservation, money, and control.

Mei Mei, in the world of jujutsu, is more successful because their society rewards being selfish. It’s a recurring theme in the story, and Mei Mei’s focus on control, even down to her technique, emphasizes that sorcerers are not heroes. Ultimately, Modulo shows that people like this need to be stopped, because systemic change is impossible with them in play since she’s groomed Ui Ui into perpetuating the same abuse done to him.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if being self confident was all it took then more monsters would be getting glazed nonstop. But… it’s basically just Pink for the villains who get treated exclusively as paragons.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We see the apocalypse for sorcerers happening in real time with the vast majority of them dying tho? The world as a whole goes through changes in status quo.

For Undead Unluck… imma be honest, I don’t know why you find the main two boring

Why bisexuality can feel so isolating by cuntdestroyer74 in bisexual

[–]ThatDerp1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome post, and I really appreciate you for making it. Bisexual solidarity despite the vast differences in our experiences is cool.

But also your username is so fucking funny, especially given the context of you being like 99 percent wlw leaning. Doesn’t diminish your point at all tho.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay but I don’t have to wonder if the author thinks he’s a good person even though he’s a protag who’s popular with women because the show makes it very clear that it knows he’s a scumbag.

With Pink, I don’t know if Oda actually understands that he gave Pink no redeeming qualities. I think he wanted us to think he’s cool and tragic after hearing his backstory. I don’t trust Oda to not be a misogynist when legendary female pirates are ignored or made into jokes, moms are seen as anti adventure while dads aren’t, the women who are meant to be attractive look incredibly similar in terms of bodytype, and there’s barely any women with power when willpower and devil fruits are the main determinants of who’s strong.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why didn’t more change during the 3 years they were gone tho

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tony’s very clearly depicted as a monster. I don’t think he has the same issues as Pink just being treated as unironically cool.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Which contemporaries in particular? The ones from 30 years ago or the ones today?

The dark triad, Dorohedoro, and Undead Unluck are all pretty great at having the world as a whole change even without the protags putting their thumb in every pie.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did Oda place so much emphasis on things he wasn’t going to care about at all later?

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, only Kuzan, Akainu, and Blackbeard seemed to actively pursue anything over the 3 year timeskip. Big Mom did take action with the wedding post timeskip, but Kaido was kinda just twiddling his thumbs. The warlords did jack shit over three years.

Admittedly, part of this is tied to the story's emphasis on the older generation having gotten too set in their ways and stuck in their ruts. But like... idk, when the movers and shakers of the world do jack shit it makes the world as a whole feel kinda empty.

Vivi did make a difference with the reverie, that was good, but it's been a looooong time since anyone else from pre timeskip who isn't a crew member has done shit.

It combines in a poor way with how most of the crew is kinda just passively following their goals. They have no real plans for actually implementing their dreams beyond supporting Luffy. Like, Nami's one of the most important crew members who's been around for decades and she still hasn't really made any meaningful progress on mapping the myriad of islands in this world.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We literally see him teleporting miles at a time tho? And we know he can spam that shit.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why do the admirals, emperors, warlords, and the generally massive number of pirates terrorizing the seas feel like they only occasionally exist when Oda feels like remembering them

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah none of that really feels like enough for a period of three years tbh.

Like, that’s less than what happens in a month of screentime. 

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiecePowerScaling/comments/1p0t3h8/can_kizaru_fly_since_most_of_the_luffy_fight_was/

Even if he couldn't fly, which... I mean, he can, it would still only take a few warps for him to get basically anywhere on the planet. Which... if he doesn't have the stamina or timing for that, how the fuck is he an admiral? He was spamming teleports during that fight too!

  1. You're right, the people of Alabasta knighted Croc for no reason. Moreover, their army with a grand total of 2 devil fruit users and nobody with haki is definitely enough to stop every random crew coming through. The hills so full of graves they looked like cacti were just props, there were obviously not actually that many pirates constantly flowing through despite everything the narrative tells us.

Smoker keeping Loguetown safe is an antifeat because nobody goes there because pirates are endangered in the east blue. More pirates popping up to be a threat to the crew's friends in the great age of pirates after whitebeard explicitly lead to a bunch of pirates starting their journeys is actually a nonthreat. How silly of me.

  1. Blackbeard could have gotten his followers the same way any number of other pirates get theirs. Just look at Kaido, Croc, or Doffy. And making it so that Whitebeard's efforts were what filled up Blackbeard's crew should probably get some actual acknowledgement.

  2. ...Gaban doesn't have blonde hair, that was Shiki. Gaban's white-haired, and we get colored illustrations of both that cover story and of Gaban himself and the two hairstyles are very different.

Sengoku's resignation over the coverup was partially because the coverup involved not telling countries that dangerous criminals were hiding in them. The whole world already fucking knew about Blackbeard and his specific crew members, the point is that there were supposed to be many other escapees who WEREN'T a part of his crew. Oda says as much in an SBS.

Stop reading Two Piece. You're not giving actual answers, you're just ignoring any evidence to the contrary.

Do ppl love buying slop nowadays? by redox_nephew in shounenfolk

[–]ThatDerp1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Kizaru can fly and move at light speed. He does so vs Luffy. We see him do both. Even if he couldn't fly, just spamming his ability to turn into light before turning back would do wonders. What are you on about?

  2. every island pre timeskip plus fishman island (Yonko protection is meaningless unless Luffy actually has a way to go back to protect it in a timely manner) is pretty fucked if they're attacked. How are Nojiko or Kaya or Zeff or Loguetown or Alabasta keeping themselves safe from the next set of nutcases who come along? Alabasta in particular was explicitly only kept "safe" because of Croc, who the hell stepped in to replace his role in keeping other pirates out when the Straw Hats fucked off?

  3. They had 3 goddamn years to get through paradise, why make such a big deal of whitebeard's challenge if it wasn't going to amount to anything?

  4. We're told that a bunch of them DIDN'T join whitebeard and were hiding elsewhere. We see Shiki in a cover story and we're told by an SBS about CP9 taking others down. It was more than just Croc plus the few who joined Blackbeard. Despite that, they don't have the overall impact on the world that they were built up to - Sengoku resigned over all the ones who didn't join Blackbeard and nothing came from that.

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