#also zakuro but Y’know

[ffamranxii]

I’ve gotten a couple of comments on a shitpost of mine about Au Lait, where I rip on Taichi’s outfit. So I’m gonna take the shitpost seriously for a minute. Keep in mind, the age of majority in Japan is 20. Every single person in this series is underage. Also keep in mind that Mew Mew Power is the name of the dub. As far as I know, the Japanese version did not alter the girls’ ages at all. If you notice, 2020 Re-Turn’s redesigns added more fabric to every girl’s outfit (even if it’s only lace, like in Zakuro and Retasu’s). Purin’s dress is a little longer than her bodysuit, Minto’s is longer than her OG dress, and even Ringo (who only appeared in a drawing by Mia Ikumi) got extra fabric covering her chest. Bows were placed to cover the large areas of open space on the girls’ chests. Look at the boys’ outfits. Every single one of them has an exposed midriff (minus Ayato), which is “fine” (not really, but y’know) because they’re boys and 17, older than Zakuro was with her midriff. Curiously, the oldest boy is wearing the most clothes, as is honorary Mew Mew Anzu, who hasn’t been shown out of her school uniform. I included her as a contrast to the boys, who have been highly sexualized. Taichi is wearing the absolute least amount of clothing, in bloomers, a very tiny midriff crop top (it’s shorter than the other boys’), and detached sleeves. I actually think his outfit is a tribute to Zakuro’s, with sleeves added because I’m pretty sure Zakuro’s outfit on a 14 year old wouldn’t fly today. But it super bothers me that Taichi is the least covered of all the boys and he’s also the youngest. Yes, the magical girl (and now magical boy) genre has a problem with the sexualization of children. Look at Sailor Moon, who popularized it - every single one of those girls wears a skirt that barely covers her ass. (And I say this as an avid Sailor Moon fan.) Hell, even the OG TMM had several art book pictures in provocative poses and skimpy clothing. To be fair, it seems that the magical girls/boys are treated much the same way fledging actresses are in Japan. Many (last I heard was close 80%) are doing grauvre work to break into the industry as young as 12. This post isn’t intended to attack Tokyo Mew Mew or Au Lait. I enjoy the series as a whole, was ridiculously excited for the magical boy reboot, and have never had a serious problem with their costuming. I made a single shitpost about Taichi’s reveal (using the exact picture of him I’ve put here) and literally only two people commented “oh I guess you aren’t familiar with the OG series” and it annoyed me. If you want to take a shitpost seriously, I’ll do that, but I don’t especially want to because it means breaking down the series (and every magical girl series, tbh) into exactly why it’s problematic, the changing attitudes towards what is and isn’t okay and what was and is no longer okay, and the sexualization of children. And nobody really wants to trash their treasured series over a shitpost. This post is just a side by side comparison of every single Mew outfit (plus Anzu), in an attempt to justify the original shitpost’s statement that Taichi is both scantily-clad and young, and it makes me uncomfortable. At least Purin got a bodysuit.

[babysgarage]

OH OH pretty please for the send me a ship ask meme: now that I know you are a fellow Tokyo Mew Mew connoisseur, opinion on Ichigo/Zakuro? What about Ichigo/blond boy, Ichigo/ponytail boy, and Ichigo/rude alien boy? (No, I never learned any of the boys' names in this show, woops.) (I won't be offended by any answer btw haha) Also what's your opinion on MakoHaru now after you mentioned getting interested in it a while back? Thank you my tall stately lady :)

OH MAN it’s been so long so these opinions are mainly gonna be based on ignorance! i did do research by watching amvs set to cascada songs but it didn’t help a lot

ichigo/ponytail boy - as in, their other boss?  E: I don’t really like it, bc i always thought he was like 30 ichigo/blond boy, ichigo/rude alien boy N/A: I don’t know the ship well enough   for real tho, i had completely forgotten those two even had a thing for her. my tiny mind saw ichigo/zoey with masaya/mark in the first episode and went ‘well they’re canon and cute, guess the other boys flirting with her is just there to fill time so no need to pay attention to it’. were they even canon in the end? i don’t think all seasons of that show aired here so i have no idea. (i vaguely remember loving blond boy/green girl based bc of some mermaid episode in hindsight that’s the most self-insert ship i’ve ever shipped)

ichigo/zakuro  D: I’m neutral on it (it’s pretty much the same story as for the two above? i don’t really remember what their relationship was like. also my tiny mind saw that one scene with minto/blue one & zakuro/purple one and went ‘oh lesbians’. my tiny mind did not entertain the concept of multishipping at all i guess) 

makoharu  B: It’s really cute listen, makoharu is a top-shelf, high quality, grade A ship. the fanworks are amazing, the characters love each other very much, their relationship has development, but is also very stable. it’s like an 7-tier wedding cake made with only the freshest, locally sourced ingredients and decorated with flowers and such. to top it all off, it’s delicious. but at the end of the day, let’s say i can appreciate a good cake, but pie just suits my taste more y’know?

[pinktatertots99]

Fandom ship ask meme: Houseki no Kuni

FUCK YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

a different shipping meme

give me a fandom and i’ll reply to you with my:

lowkey otp  barbata x phos tbh. ….don’t gimmie that look it’s better then aechmea! there’s also red beryl x phos, cairngorm x red beryl, rutile x phos (idk why for this one tbh. a piece of fanart made me intrigued by it.)

highkey notp  aechmea/anyone. mostly because i’m sick and tired of the ship bickery between everyone over him. so may aswell not like ANY of em. also bortz/cinnabar. that one got tiring really fast for me.

[softly] don’t notp  tbh almost all the phos ships except for one and some crossover ships i have with em.

highkey otp but i’m scared of saying it because it’s not a very popular choice  AMETHYST TWINS X PHOS!!!! plsssss make it popular fandom you ship em with everyone eeeeeeeeeeeeelse!!! also alot of my crossover nanbaka ships (liang x bortz, jyugo x phos, zakuro x cinnabar, upa x neptunite, trois x obsidian, padpa x rock, rutile x qi, honey x jade, nico x benito, fuji x sphene, kusatsu x peridot, uno x red beryl, tsukumo x zircon, yellow diamond x musashi) but y’know, when have crossover ships ever been popular huh?

highkey otp and anyone on my tumblr knows it DIABORTZ MUTHA FUCKAAAAAAA!!!!

[silvercrane14]

Oh also to answer your question from before, my favorite is Zak(the emo). Also hiro<3

Lmg Hiro <333 my little cat boy <333