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Reaction to Potemayo<\/em><\/strong>: not enough Guchuko (above, left), too much Mikan (below). I could have done without the Brokeback Mountain<\/em><\/strong> reference, too. And the boys in skirts. And the incontinent chibi. Never mind.<\/p>\n By the way, Guchuko indeed wields an axe, not a scythe. This is a scythe:<\/p>\n (Goth Hotaru via Ken<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Post script<\/strong>: I probably am being a little unfair to Potemayo<\/em><\/strong>. The central character, Sunao, is quiet and level-headed, something I appreciate in anime as well as in real life. Although there is a definite whiff of shounen-ai<\/em>, one of the boys involved is a gonk<\/a>; i.e., the point is not titillation.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, I wonder just who the target audience is. Potemayo and Guchuko \u2014 I expect that the plushies are already heading to market \u2014 will likely fascinate pre-literate fans of Binchou-tan<\/em><\/strong>, but the satirical aspects of the show will go over their heads. Those who can spot the subverted tropes will likely suffer from a kawaii<\/em> overdose from the title character\/thing. I’m mildly curious to see if any explanation is eventually offered for the chibis’ presence in this universe, but there is a limit to how much cute (or Mikan) my system will tolerate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reaction to Potemayo: not enough Guchuko (above, left), too much Mikan (below). I could have done without the Brokeback Mountain reference, too. And the boys in skirts. And the incontinent chibi. Never mind. By the way, Guchuko indeed wields an axe, not a scythe. This is a scythe: (Goth Hotaru via Ken.) Post script: I … Continue reading “Cold fuzzies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[660],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-current-viewing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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