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Physical beauty? Am I the only one who think the characters in Baki look grotesque?

Physical beauty? Am I the only one who think the characters in Baki look grotesque?

I dunno, I think Baki is kind of like Yamaguchi Takayuki's manga in that the homoeroticism is laid on so thick, both in the art that revels in depicting male bodies, especially in various states of exaggeration and/or distress (hell, in case of Yamaguchi even female bodies often look male just with boobs slapped on) and depicts attractive men with traditionally feminine features (long lashes, huge eyes, small pouty mouths, etc), and in the Passionate Male Rivalries/Friendships/etc - that you don't have to look deep or use any particular "BL lens" to see it. It's about as subtle as gay porn, intentionally or not. If anything, I think it would be more interesting to examine all the ways that Baki is homoerotic and in what ways is that different from works that are targeted at female readers.

SHD wrote:

I dunno, I think Baki is kind of like Yamaguchi Takayuki's manga in that the homoeroticism is laid on so thick, both in the art that revels in depicting male bodies, especially in various states of exaggeration and/or distress (hell, in case of Yamaguchi even female bodies often look male just with boobs slapped on) and depicts attractive men with traditionally feminine features (long lashes, huge eyes, small pouty mouths, etc), and in the Passionate Male Rivalries/Friendships/etc - that you don't have to look deep or use any particular "BL lens" to see it. It's about as subtle as gay porn, intentionally or not. If anything, I think it would be more interesting to examine all the ways that Baki is homoerotic and in what ways is that different from works that are targeted at female readers.

Huh? Yeah, this definitely sounds like one of those "Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory" explanations from someone who reads a little too deeply into things. Baki has always been too hyperviolent and the characters too barbaric and grotesque looking to fall into the BL camp.

And the reason why the male characters have feminine features is because Itagaki (the creator) worked on a manga about makeup before he created Baki.

JonDoe wrote:

SHD wrote: I dunno, I think Baki is kind of like Yamaguchi Takayuki's manga in that the homoeroticism is laid on so thick, both in the art that revels in depicting male bodies, especially in various states of exaggeration and/or distress (hell, in case of Yamaguchi even female bodies often look male just with boobs slapped on) and depicts attractive men with traditionally feminine features (long lashes, huge eyes, small pouty mouths, etc), and in the Passionate Male Rivalries/Friendships/etc - that you don't have to look deep or use any particular "BL lens" to see it. It's about as subtle as gay porn, intentionally or not. If anything, I think it would be more interesting to examine all the ways that Baki is homoerotic and in what ways is that different from works that are targeted at female readers. Huh? Yeah, this definitely sounds like one of those "Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory" explanations from someone who reads a little too deeply into things. Baki has always been too hyperviolent and the characters too barbaric and grotesque looking to fall into the BL camp.

Oh boy. Look, this might surprise you, but hear me out - "homoerotic" does not equal "BL". There's more to homoeroticism than BL, also, this might be a shock but there are actual gay (bisexual,etc) men out there; and there are men, women and all sorts of people in between who are into violence and huge muscular bodies, also huge muscular bodies undergoing violent acts, or heaving and sweating on top of each other, and so on. And if you think something that is hyperviolent can't be homoerotic or *gasp* gay, well... your may want to do some research is all I'm saying.

For that matter though, it's not like there's no violent and/or grotesque BL out there. I don't know what image of BL you have in your mind but er, look up, for example, a little work called MADK. I'll let that be a surprise for you.

JonDoe wrote:

And the reason why the male characters have feminine features is because Itagaki (the creator) worked on a manga about makeup before he created Baki.

...I mean...

...when I try to think of some sort of sex scene in Baki style....