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?
Isn’t what you’re describing a base principle of dialectic materialism? Struggle of opposing forces? (I am not sure about the specific terminology in English, apologies)
Yes of course, but I use other examples because I assume modern Japanese society wasn’t crafted using such theory. This is very atypical of western societies AFAIK so I sought further documentation within history.
It’s not about being crafted to the theory, it’s about the laws of societal development being universal. Marxism is a scientific theory after all. Japan may not like it, but they are subject to the same universal forces as the rest of us
Of course, my comment was to portray the ambitions and viewpoint of the Japanese authorities of whom I do not believe have studied Marxism. That was my main point is all. Similar to how we called chemistry alchemy or even magic before we had a proper understanding of the phenomena.
Perfectly fair