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[-] jabrd@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Is this actually that common of a thing? I try to stay away from the trash side of anime, which is to say a solid majority of it nowadays and especially anything that could be described with the word harem, but I struggle to accept the apparent reality that slave romances are a common trope in the genre. Like that’s straight against the wall, do not pass go, do not collect $200 kind of behavior and to think that that has such an audience that it’s become a staple of the genre is maddening. In the lovecraftian sense

[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

The Rising of the Shield Hero was the very popular show that had this trope, but there are some others.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Also that Ancient Magus Bride one came out nearly the same time.

[-] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Eeeeeeh Ancient Magus Bride is playing with slightly problematic tropes but it's a show about found family and overcoming trauma, it's more in the ball park of Beauty and the Beast than cryptofash wish fulfillment bull like shield hero

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Oh absolutely but the very premise is horrible and the force-bathing at the start is wtf.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Aw does that one have that? I had heard good things about it, but shit.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

He literally buys her and force-bathes her like a child in the first 10 minutes of episode 1. I despised it.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Yikes that's worse than I imagined. Thanks for the heads up.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's still a very good show and worth checking out. I don't think they really glorify slavery, the tone of the show is very depressing all throughout.

[-] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

There was also one called something like "How Not to Summon a Demon Lord" where two women use a spell that's supposed to make the protagonist their slave but it gets reversed and they become his slaves.

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