Fire force

Fire Force finally reached an arc that has me genuinely hyped! Joker is my new fav! https://otakuinstinct.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/fire-force-1024x576.jpg He has a weirdly similar backstory to Ciel Phantomhive of Black Butler, but that only makes me partial to him more. https://areajugones.sport.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fire-force-23904.jpg Benimaru is very kickass too! https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/897/698/fa4.gif It's moments like these that remind me that the writer of Soul Eater has genuine talent when not relying solely on sex appeal to tell his stories!

So bad news, me! It turns out the author is unfortunately hostile towards any genuine criticism about his overuse of said 'sex jokes.' I got a chance to read a chapter in the Fire Force manga in which Atsushi Ohkubo addresses in a passive aggressive manner his distain for any person who even remotely brings up Tamaki being constantly sexually abused by both protagonist and antagonist alike. The issue isn't because of generalized fan service, but how the character is treated overall by the story especially when it conflicts with the tone of a specific scene. Tamaki is a main character and she has potential to be as great as other members of the Fire Force team like with Maki Oze! The problem stems from the overuse of her being stripped and beaten down badly in a battle while the other hero characters stand idle saying commentary about how "Lucky" she is for having this happen to her. The dynamic is different from Blair from Soul Eater because in that series Blair is shown to be in control of her situation. She is actively seeking the sexual advances as well as not being integrated with any serious story moments. Tamaki as far as we're shown doesn't appear to ever be in control of a fight and it certainly creates a poor optic for the protagonists to appear like they're trying to cop a feel on a vulnerable woman in her time of need. Atsushi Ohkubo is a great author and deserves respect when he chooses to tell powerful narratives. I don't fully dislike his general sense of humor either. However he has sadly shown a rather tumultuous and glaring flaw in how he takes criticism and his choice of words could have been better. It's understandable that as a writer he takes great pride in his work and more than likely there's been unfair or unreasonable remarks made regarding his crass jokes. I will take umbrage with how he seems to refer to real-life people as being "unique body types that don't deserve to be heard because they didn't earn the right to be accepted" by him or something to that effect. Like dude! Seriously chill my guy. For a man all about humor he certainly has little patience for humoring others' points of view, jeez.