/media/ - Media

>>35695
Either they relate to Misa and her unrequited love for her basically abusive bf or they consume Light/L yaoi.

I loved anime boys in my childhood and now that I'm older it honestly comes from fear of rejection for IRL boys and not being able to relate to the men around you. Easy to fantasize about characters specifically curated to be charming or interesting

>>35697

> Either they relate to Misa and her unrequited love for her basically abusive bf or they consume Light/L yaoi.

Am I in the minority for having both those phases but also loving the biblical themes, character development and suspenseful story? I feel like that's a huge generalization tbh and I hate how men always say that we only love the sexual appeal of men when we fangirl over something

>>35695
I love it for the story and suspense. It was also one of the first animes I ever got into. The mind games make it kind of a suspenseful drama which I think appeals to women as a whole

Don’t know how old you are OP, but when DN came out about 20 years ago it was the number one anime by far. Everyone loved it and it had a huge fanbase and lots of roleplayers so there was a lot of fan content and merchout there. It also appealed to people who don’t watch anime normally as it avoids a lot of the dumb tropes.

It probably wouldn’t be so popular now as there is so much content available these days but I think any lasting popularity is probably a holdover from then.

>>35697
Speak for yourself, I just thought the whole death god investigation thing was cool as fuck.

>>35732
I thought that Rem was really hot and shipped her with misa when I was younger. IDK WTF was wrong with me.

>>35695
Anime boys are hot, idealized, and don't come with the baggage real men come with.

>>38412
Forgot to add - in the case of which they do exhibit toxic/dangerous traits a good husband/boyfriend shouldn't have, they're fictional at the end of the day, and hence won't harm anyone, which is something you can't say about real men with the same traits. You're observing from from a safe perspective if you get what I mean.

>>38412
>the baggage real men come with.
this is so understated actually
moids always talk about women's baggage (which can only come from relationships with other men apparently) but never about their own.

>>38414
When men say femalr baggage they mean hard to manipulate and break boundaries

When women say male baggage they mean men being abusive shits or just lazy childish unable to take care of themselves