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want to vent

a lot of online feminists and “female-centric” westerners often don’t realize why female players keep begging for more male character content. it’s because a lot of otaku media is heavily catered to male demographics, while joseimuke media barely gets anything and often ends up being low-quality.

yes, it can be annoying, but you have to understand that when many gacha games are extremely skewed toward female characters, it’s not because the devs care about women’s representation. it’s because most gacha developers are men, and they prioritize pandering to male players, even when they claim to be “omnipandering.”

and when female players ask for male characters, they want male characters that pander to them: their tastes and their gaze. it’s not because they’re “male-centric.” a lot of women in this world are attracted to men, and no, jessica, cishet men don’t benefit from women thirsting over 2d ikemen boys. that doesn’t make it male-centric.

i can sympathize with this frustration because female otaku and women demographics are often treated like second-class citizens. many developers and companies just give them low-effort cash grabs while the male audience gets higher-quality content.

the moment twitter feminism stops assuming that women liking or preferring male characters means they have internalized misogyny or they're sexist is the moment we can finally have a real discussion about the patriarchal structure of media demographics—how so much media is still systemically catered toward men.

there’s no real “true” omnipandering media, because most of the time it still prioritizes men or treats the male demographic as the default audience first and foremost. not many people seem willing to admit that.

sorry if this sounds too “woke,” but i genuinely think female otaku and women audiences deserve much better than scraps and being treated like second-class citizens. just look at joseimuke media and compare it to many danseimuke titles that receive much bigger budgets and higher-quality production.