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[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 19 insightful - 7 fun19 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

Anime really seem popular among this people.It's weird.

[–][deleted] 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

A lot of shounen anime tends to idealise, objectify and stereotype women. A lot of obsessive anime watchers have low self-esteem and have body image issues. A lot of them also use anime as an escape from reality, and thus resent reality when compared to their fantasy. Most of these communities are already "queer"-heavy themselves. A fair amount of fixation and fetishisation also goes on in these communities.

It is the perfect breeding ground for a "transbian".

[–]Socialjustus 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why don't we see this more in Japan? It seems like the entire TQ+ movement passed them over.

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Yeah, probably because of a lack of any TQ+ presence in Japan. No-one to suggest the idea of being trans to the depressed person in question. The trans thing definitely spreads to some degree, I have seen it happen in a niche community of my own.

And if that isn't why... then I don't know. I was just going off of my own experiences with these communities and these types of people, which is obviously going to be primarily western-centric.