If you pay some amount of attention to Japanese video games that get released in the west, you've probably noticed far more trans representation than games made in the west. It's not quite that...
If you pay some amount of attention to Japanese video games that get released in the west, you've probably noticed far more trans representation than games made in the west. It's not quite that simple, though, and I've personally always felt some level of awkwardness with how they're portrayed, which is commonly pretty unclear or left up to interpretation (Bridget being a rather recent exception). This video explores some of the reasons why this is, ranging from localization issues to conformist cultural norms in East Asia.
I'm not sure why that is, but I've always noticed that Japanese media was often kinder to LGBT representation than the West. Case in point: Sailor Uranus and Neptune from Sailor Moon are lesbians...
I'm not sure why that is, but I've always noticed that Japanese media was often kinder to LGBT representation than the West. Case in point: Sailor Uranus and Neptune from Sailor Moon are lesbians in a relationship with each other, but it was censored in the West by saying they were "cousins" and removing any mention of them being gay. On the flip side, I wish Japanese society at large was more accepting of LGBT folks.
If you pay some amount of attention to Japanese video games that get released in the west, you've probably noticed far more trans representation than games made in the west. It's not quite that simple, though, and I've personally always felt some level of awkwardness with how they're portrayed, which is commonly pretty unclear or left up to interpretation (Bridget being a rather recent exception). This video explores some of the reasons why this is, ranging from localization issues to conformist cultural norms in East Asia.
I'm not sure why that is, but I've always noticed that Japanese media was often kinder to LGBT representation than the West. Case in point: Sailor Uranus and Neptune from Sailor Moon are lesbians in a relationship with each other, but it was censored in the West by saying they were "cousins" and removing any mention of them being gay. On the flip side, I wish Japanese society at large was more accepting of LGBT folks.