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Manga review: The Ghost in the Shell

Manga review: The Ghost in the Shell

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/30/review-the-ghost-in-the-shell-%e6%94%bb%e6%ae%bb%e6%a9%9f%e5%8b%95%e9%9a%8a/

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interesting that the feminism category is rated 6/10 when the review is basically that it is typical of the sexism in manga of the 90s, and only the female character is the protagonist ... and all the women are portrayed with the same "sexy body". Maybe it's just that it's a 6/10 relative to the other sexist manga?
- @dandelion
  (let's see how replying works, that was my first post from Mastodon direct to Lemmy)
  Yes, the 6 means 'ok' and 5 is 'average'. Relative to other titles of the 90s and even today (you can find recent titles with a score of 1 on the site), the manga avoids the 'rape is sexy' trope common in violent stories or the 'sexual harassment is funny' trope common in comedic situations.
  And in the context of the 90s, it was quite something to have such a badass female character who's on top of everything, hence the 6.
  
  jesus, the scale is scarier than I would have thought 😰
  
  @dandelion Strangely, my answer appears on your instance I guess:
  https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/14133940
  But not on the original Lemmy post:
  https://beehaw.org/post/19655016
  Anyone knows how to reply within the original post?

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