When I saw the title Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and the advertisement of an anime girl dressed as a Playboy bunny, I groaned. It looked bad. Like exploitative-of-women-and-badly-stereotyped-dense-devoid-of-personality-guy bad. But because I write for JP, I decided to endure an episode or two. At the least it could offer more fodder…
Year: 2018
Forced Sterilization in Japan: Transgender and Disabled Face Chemical Castration
Until 1996, the Japanese government forcibly sterilized people with vision problems, hearing problems, intellectual disabilities, mental illnesses, and hereditary diseases. Today, transgender people face forced sterilization if they want to be legally recognized as their chosen gender. The focus of the original 1948 eugenics law isn’t the same as the current law forcing transgender people…
Bleach – The Netflix Live Action Movie
When the live-action Bleach movie popped up on my Netflix feed, I rolled my eyes. Live action adaptions of manga tend to hurt. Fullmetal Alchemist hurt with its CG. The live action Tokyo Ghoul had me telling the characters to get up instead of just crawling on the ground. The acting was over-the-top too. So…