In the 90s, they had more of a surgence of anime for somewhere in-between those two categories, stuff like Dragon Ball (Z) and Sailor Moon were still very child-friendly, but did have more peril, distress, and told a more coherent and occasionally even nuanced story. Basically, aimed at really young Children (see Doraemon) or very Adult (see Akira). Prior to that, there was typically a pretty big divide between 'Children's Anime' and 'Adult Anime'. The 90s was also an interesting time for anime as a whole. Not gonna throw my hat in the ring here, but, basically, you are looking at a culture that goes against many of the ideas that Western Cultures hold.
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It's Japan, it was the 90s, and it was a Magical Girl Anime.Īs many people are aware, Japan has a drastically different view point when it comes to things like Sexuality, Age of Consent, and both of those concerning Children. Honestly, its kinda the culmination of a couple things.
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Most of the more questionable stuff fades away as the series develops its relationships more and the main romance is established. The anime cuts out the gross Rika-Terada relationship, so I’d recommend if you can to give it another chance with a new eye. I’d even argue it’s a core theme of the series since it’s woven into the magical conflict. Still, I appreciate how warm and devoted they portray all of their relationships (friendly and romantic), and how open they are to homosexuality in a country like Japan where being gay is still very much a taboo.ĬCS shines in its portrayal of all kinds of love and relationships: friendships, familial, neighborly, and romantic.
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Their approach towards love is both uplifting and extremely open minded, which is refreshing, but it’s perhaps a little too open minded. CLAMP sometimes gets carried away, and their older series probably wouldn’t fly today in many ways. Though of course, it’s understandable if you can’t view it differently or don’t want to because it makes you uncomfortable.
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You have one true soulmate, and they manifest that sometimes in somewhat awkward ways. You’re meant to be with someone in every possible lifetime and universe. CLAMP also loves the idea of fated lovers. Love is portrayed as very pure and unsexual. It can be hard when you view the series with skepticism the same way you would real life situations, but you just need to remember that basically no one in the series has any dirty thoughts or gross intentions behind anything they do. Sakura’s great grandfather (the old man she visits in an early episode) had no ill intentions, and her dad knew who he was. He’s a family friend that Sakura crushes on, and he is in fact in a relationship with her brother.
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Sakura going on “dates” with Yukito isn’t a problem because he has no ill intentions. In the manga they were an actual couple (which obviously I don’t agree with despite the fact that they write it super tamely), but that was removed from the anime entirely so you just had a young girl crushing on her teacher (which many kids do).Įverything else is explained away as CCS’ world just being really innocent. Rika’s teacher is not crushing on her in the anime.