My idiomatic translation would be something like: After apologizing profusely for making him watch yaoi (sorry, but thanks dude!), he got back to me with the following analysis of the phrase in question. I don’t know Japanese so before getting upset at the show for this phrase, I turned to my friend, Tom Dougherty, who is a PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. At first I thought this may be a translation error. The thing that really bothered me this episode in that regard was the use of the word “molest” during the scene between Usagi and Misaki on the kitchen floor. Why does Junjou Romantica do this? Why is it framed as ‘romantic’ to attack someone and force a sexual encounter on them when they say “no?” I really don’t understand why this is so damn common.
Unfortunately, it’s really hard to enjoy this ride because of rampant consent issues that get played for laughs. Let’s just suspend our disbelief and try to enjoy the ride. But it is a tad unrealistic to have every named editor and author at this company be gay or bisexual. I dig queering the universe to an extreme degree and making everyone fall along the LGBTQ+ spectrum in fiction. There’s not a single straight employee in the whole building. Murakawa Publishing should just be called “The Super Gay Publishing House” and be done with it. He’s definitely into Misaki (or at the very least, he’s pretending to be for reasons that haven’t been revealed yet) and he’s absolutely interested in men. It seems that my earlier confusion about Ijuin-sensei’s intentions may be cleared up now. Ah, what happy times! Unfortunately being back at Murakawa also means more Ijuin-sensei drama and I am so done with this side plot that I can hardly hear the words “Za Kan” without wanting to flip a million tables. It reminds me of Yokozawa Takafumi no Bai and all the wonderfully sweet romantic plots that aren’t flooded with consent issues. The story has been placed back at Murakawa Publishing which means… more Kirishima! It’s probably the brightest shining star in this whole cluster-fudge of a show. And man, this show is not nearly as good as it could be.Ĭontent Warning: Discussion of molestation and consent issues. Us Fujoshi get so few yaoi anime every year and even fewer that don’t contained grossly offensive sexual assault tropes that I just need to say something when what we’re getting isn’t as good as it could be. What a great ride! At this point, if you can’t tell, I’m really unimpressed with this season of Junjou Romantica. Two steps forward, one step back, a dash of jealousy and emotional constipation, then a few sweet moments followed up by sexual assault and unhealthy possessive behavior played for laughs. Here we go through the repetitive motions of the Junjou Romantica Tango.
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