So I’m housesitting/dogsitting and the first channel on the TV when I turned it on is a channel that streams old anime, I guess. I never bothered to change it since I always just airplay videos from my phone, but today I left it playing normally for background noise. The current anime playing is City Hunter and I noticed the main character is a HUGE pervert. In the beginning of an episode he literally steals and revels in a pile of girls bras and underwear.

I’ve grown up seeing these types of characters in every anime I’ve watched but I guess I’m a little put off by the fact that it goes farther back than my era. Pervert characters have always bothered me, even when I was younger and less aware, and I know they’re supposed to be comedic relief but I have a hard time finding the comedy in sexual harassment. Some even go as far as sexual assault. They are so common and also happen to be part of the main cast which, for me, makes it so much worse. One Piece is a show I had to stop watching because of Sanji, I had other issues too but he was a big contributor.

Does anyone know why these characters are so prevalent?

  • 陆船。
    18•1 year ago

    Ya it’s such cancer to watch. It’s not even contained within its own genre anymore. Everything has these characters, fan service, flat female characters, etc.

    There are some Chinese anime I’ve been watching and they’re devoid of that crap it’s so nice. A bunch of them have been licensed to Netflix in the last few years, a few are on Bilibili’s YouTube channel, and Bilibili itself has some webcomics available for free and in English.

    • @Sunshiner
      3•1 year ago

      Do you have recommendations of a chinese anime with cool characters? Kinda like black lagoon but Chinese. I’ve been endlessly searching for them

      • @Eat_Yo_Vegetables69
        3•1 year ago

        I haven’t seen anything like Black Lagoon in our animations but there’s a few nice ones I’ve seen so far:

        Yuan Long (Carp Reborn) - PLA soldier transported into an ancient version of his world which is based on cultivation and qi

        Quanzhi Fashi (Full Time Magister)

        Quanzhi Gaoshou (The King’s Avatar)

        Da Wang Rao Ming (Spare Me, Great Lord!)

      • 陆船。
        2•1 year ago

        Nothing like that sadly. I’ve watched and recommend:

        • Scissor 7 - goofy/wholesome some action
        • Daily Life of the Immortal King - Reverse 1 Punch Man, the main dude is trying to stay anonymous instead of get discovered and goes about as well as you’d expect for a comedy
        • Quanzhi Gaoshou - basically a shonen battle anime, but the cast is likable and more well rounded
        • Mo Dao Zu Shi - BL, animation is gorgeous and world is interesting
        • Heaven’s Official Blessing - BL, animation is gorgeous and world is interesting

        I want to watch:

        • White Lightning - ping pong sports anime