Ah yes, famously conservative media like One Piece, Ghost in the Shell, Gundam, Princess Mononoke, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Cowboy Bebop

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    I like Jojo, but in the rare instances where it really offers political messaging it's basically libertarian bullshit (see the end of Stone Ocean episode 27, where Araki takes a strong stand against motorcycle helmet laws on existential grounds for some reason)

    The main thing I like about Jojo is its derangement, so this doesn't bother me too much

      • Teekeeus
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        29 days ago

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      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Was Lucy Q underage or do you mean the name of the African American kid?

        • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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          9 months ago

          probably teaming JoJo up with literal Nazi Germany to fight the pillar men.

          Suzi Q is described as a young woman and is employed by Lisa Lisa as a personal assistant, and Smokey Brown is a blend named after musicians Smokey Robinson and James Brown so I don't really see that as being too out of pocket.

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            Let's be fair, there's a reason it's "Smokey Brown" and not "James Robinson", not to put too fine a point on it.

            But yeah, fair point about the Nazi thing, I was just thinking in the libertarian direction.

    • Moss [they/them]
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      9 months ago

      Pretty much all of Steel Ball Run is a criticism of American imperialism, and Jojolands has a very gender non-conforming character and presents punching cops as a good thing. The politics of Jojo improved massively as the series went on

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        I mean, it's still wildly misogynist and likes its eroticized SV (which puts a real damper on the GNC character's introduction, to put it lightly), plus with the libertarian thing it's unclear to me if it's really a "punch cops" message from the left or because Big Government Bad.