very unnecessary rant on asa mitaka (this goes so offtopic i’m so sorry)
i don’t think i’ll ever find another character that i relate to as much as i relate to asa. as much as its funny to go for the whole “haha girlfailure cringe loser” route… there’s so, so many layers to her character and so many reasons why she’s so revolutionary, at least in my mind. in manga, female characters are… a mess, to say the least.
whether they’re overly sexualised, or watered down to a single trait, they’re almost always just never treated as real people with motivations and wants. at first, i don’t think a lot of people liked asa because we were all used to denji as a protag. and then, out of the blue, you have a clumsy, weird teenage girl as your new protagonist. it’s pretty jarring — and i don’t blame people. but, still… i won’t pretend some of the criticism towards her doesn’t seem to be rooted in some kind of… really weird, out-of-place misogyny. it’s a shame that the fanbase is half-filled with men with little to no reading comprehension.
asa is written to directly parallel every single one of denji’s past interests. in the aquarium alone, she acted like both power and makima, and you can even kind of argue that she paralleled reze while asking denji to go on a date. it’s interesting to watch this brand new character somehow manage to be like every woman denji once had in his life. but… i’m straying too far from the topic.
unfortunately, i can’t change the fandom that asa belongs to. she will be sexualised, she will be mischaracterised to hell and back, and she will probably forever be called a femcel. even then, i don’t think it’ll ever change the love i have for her. she is written so beautifully, and i think she perfectly embodies how it feels to be a teenage girl. i can relate to a lot of what she says, thinks, and it’s so refreshing to see such a well-written female character in a shounen. she deals with so much, between bullying, insecurity, and so much more. it’s the most i’ve ever had a character resonate with me, and i can only hope that she continues to be as perfect as she is now.
i’m definitely looking forward to see how her character develops over part 2, with everything going on in the current plot… fujimoto pls just on e shred of asa in 141!!!! (it almost worked - tv girl is so her btw)
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learning that self deprecation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.
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"i don't like this thing and i wish i didn't have to see people talking about it all the time"
girl (gender neutral), you are on tungle dot com:
choose your fighter.
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when the article is titled "17 unknown facts I bet you didn't know" but i already know five of those:
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her: you better not be a bug in a rug when i get there
my snug ass:
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