Both Born Sexy Yesterday and Predatory Romance in Harrison Ford Movies provide me an interesting perspective because I could find both tropes in Japanese anime.
When I was a junior high school student, one of my favorite anime was Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo (The Pet Girl of Sakurasou). I did not realize back then but I would like to say this anime is the typical anime about born sexy yesterday girl. The protagonist is a typical high school student who does not have superior talent. Other characters around him are talented at a certain point but eccentric. Mashiro, heroin is the new resident of the on-campus house, where the main character lives. She is a great artist who talented in art but does not have any common sense about social life. The main character teaches and takes care of her, the same as to do for a pet.
The interesting fact is; the background world view of this anime is not science fiction but high school life. These tropes getting more common now in Japan, especially in “Light Novel” (a Japanese term means visual novel for a teenager) field. This anime is also created by a light novel that targeting the male and having almost all elements mentioned in the video. The main character treats the worldwide famous artist as a pet in this anime.
I am a woman but I like adorable girl character. However, I always feel not complete satisfaction with the story. The YouTube video gave me the reason for the discomfort of this anime. Since I am not male, I do not feel a sense of superiority by watching the main character taking care of heroin in such a way.
Also, I felt that I have seen the woman's anger mythology before, and I found that it is similar to one of the genres of character development, “Tsundere”. This type of character usually very angry with the male character but sometimes turn into affectionate. Usually, it is popular to have this kind of character in Japanese novel games that targetting male customers.
This term also creates a problem. For example, even a woman seriously hesitates the approach, someone misunderstands it because she is tsundere, which means she is not hated in her mind but shy. It makes serious stress and miscommunication. I would not say this is bad, but separating virtual media and real life is important.
As the video says, much Japanese anime and manga have such tropes a lot especially in the products for a male customer. These videos are really fun to see because I could get new perspectives on the media. I would say it is not bad because these are produced by customer's needs. However, it may create another sexual stereotype.
I agree with everything you are saying. Although I have not watched the animes you listed above, I have seen other animes and felt the same discomfort you felt. A lot of animes seem to target a male audience, and this can create a problem because the way women are written in these shows are not how they are in reality. In my opinion is does create another sexual stereotype.
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