I ran upstairs crying a few minutes ago and writing out exactly why just makes me feel better for some reason. Don’t read it if you don’t care.
I was sitting on the couch watching OHSHC while my mom was working on her IPad nearby. They crack one joke about rich kids and my mom is immediately criticizing the show. How it’s not appropriate and what am I watching. Well guess what, this show is under the COMEDY genre. It was a STUPID. JOKE. So yeah, there are some jokes in this particular anime, there’s supposed to be. But you know what else it’s about? It’s about judging people for who they are and not because of their sexuality. Haruhi had no problem with people calling her a boy just because she looked like one, it wasn’t important to her. Haruhi’s dad is transgender and her mother didn’t care one bit. Next, I start watching PMMM and there’s that one scene where Madoka is talking about dating and popularity with her mom. Again, my mom gets all upset. WELL THAT’S NOT THE POINT OF THE SHOW. That entire scene was trying to show the close bond between Madoka and her mother! And later, they make another rich kid joke (coincidentally) and my mom gets pissed. IT. WAS. A. JOKE. My mom gets so mad when they make jokes at other people’s expense, and even more mad when there’s even the SLIGHTEST bit of cussing or when they sexualize girls. But hey, that won’t stop me. I’m gonna continue to watch my horribly inappropriate animes while you sit there and laugh till you can’t breathe while watching Pitch Perfect. Or Dance Moms where the girls are literally wearing bras and booty shorts the entire show. And any show on Disney channel which only seem to be about dating and popularity these days. I’ll just keep watching my anime, which is apparently frowned upon because it teaches important themes like friendship and loyalty and sacrifice.
Sorry for wasting your time if you read through this, I’ll be deleting it soon…