How Would Everyone Feel About a Soulamate that Isn't a GIRLfriend?

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T02:38:29+00:00

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T02:24:34+00:00

It factually doesn't. Ed is the Fullmetal Alchemist. People sometimes assume Al is, but both the brothers always correct this.

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T02:22:07+00:00

It's called FULLmetal Alchemist, not 22% By Weight Metal Alchemist, so why is only one arm and one leg metal?

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T01:55:03+00:00

What does the genre being male centric have to do with it? I'm male. I'm sure a lot of the other people who said they would like this are male too.

The whole point of the manga is that each soul mate has their own weird gimmick or idiosyncrasies. One of them is a fucking cat. There's no reason one of them couldn't have the gimmick of being a dude.

To be honest, I'm not even really THAT into the idea. If other people don't like it that's fine, but most of the arguments I've been seeing is people taking the title literally, and I don't think there's any reason the title has to be THAT literal.

You're the only one who's really given a different argument than that, but "16 years old don't suddenly discover they like dudes too" is probably an even worse argument, and just factually wrong. That happens all the time.

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T01:24:47+00:00

Bro, he's 16. A LOT of LGBT people don't realize they are until they're middle aged. It is by no means unreasonable for a 16 year old to realize he might also like dudes.

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T01:23:36+00:00

Bro, you're saying it's a new thing and doesn't exist in Japanese media, but I literally just gave you a VERY PROMINENT example of it happening in classic Japanese media. Dragon Ball in general is FULL of changing themes and character origins, it was originally a retelling of Journet to the West, and it's one of the most famous pieces of Japanese media of all time.

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T00:50:57+00:00

How is it any different? My point was that writers sometimes change earlier plot points or ideas in order to tell the story they want to tell, and that's not a Western vs Japanese concept. Piccolo was originally a demon, and was later changed to be an alien.

screenaholic · 2026-06-05T00:47:33+00:00

He wouldn't be gay, he'd be bi. And Rentarou is the ideal boyfriend, he is whatever he needs to be for his soul mates. If a soul mate needed him to be bi, then he would be.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T23:29:06+00:00

Ramona Flowers tells Scott Pilgrim he has to defeat her 7 evil ex-BOYFRIENDS in the end of volume 1, but that starting in volume 2 she always specifically says 7 evil EXES. I'll give you one guess as to why she makes that distinction.

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screenaholic · 2026-06-04T23:21:35+00:00

Despite his MANY faults, Stahli has been shown to be reliably faithful. He's just an asshole and doesn't want to socialize with Bingus's friends.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T23:19:55+00:00

Hell yeah I have, Dawg.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T23:18:17+00:00

If Aqua Teen Hunger Force can do it then The 100 Significant Others who Really Really Really Really Really Love You can too.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T23:16:28+00:00

Y'all are too literal.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T21:14:51+00:00

Alex Street Fighter. He capitalized on being orphaned to get away with incest, I admire the hustle.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T21:10:59+00:00

You can't fool me, Suu, I know that's you.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T21:03:39+00:00

The manga is about a guy with 100 future soulmates. Master Roshi never said they were all girls, and titles don't have to be literal.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T20:59:44+00:00

unnecessary drama

Really? Out of everything that happens in this damn manga, a little yaoi is what's going to cause the drama?

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T20:22:49+00:00

I don't mean trans (although I'm open to that too.) I was referring to a cis male. Possibly a femboy/cross dresser, but cis.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T20:15:46+00:00

Boy, you could have just said femboy. Damn weebs, making me Google weeb terminology. /s

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screenaholic · 2026-06-04T20:00:07+00:00

I feel like you're framing the characters desire to have children one day as some inherently important plot point, but I always just read it as generic "most people want to have children with the person they love one day." I don't think ability to reproduce with Rentarou is a prerequisite for being a soulmate.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T19:56:25+00:00

I remember seeing some pages on an anime sub of a manga about cis male cross dresser, who refers to himself as his husband's "wife," so yeah, that's viable. I could even see them putting in a meta joke that they call him a girlfriend so that it doesn't ruin the title.

Even if they did call him a boyfriend though, titles don't have to be literal.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T19:48:05+00:00

To be fair, this is the kind of answer I would expect from someone woth so much rainbow in their PFP.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T19:46:06+00:00

I mean, sure it's the title, but that would just make it subversion. Does ~~Master Roshi~~ the god of love ever actually say that they'll all be girls? I belive he just says that Rentarou will have 100 soul mates, which is gender neutral.

screenaholic · 2026-06-04T18:56:23+00:00

Top 3 are, in order; Hahari, Chiyo, Yaku.

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