Talk:Hairu Ihei/@comment-24231905-20151024232134/@comment-68.32.116.146-20151025042437

SaigonAlice, I don't disagree, that female representation could be even better, but when Tokyo Ghoul is doing better with gender representation than just about any other Seinen manga currently being written, I hate to be too critical of it.

Tokyo Ghoul is really read by boys, men, girls, and women, because it is an interesting story. So the good examples of women and girls being complex human beings they can relate to and not just a character to be rescued or a sexual object, help modify their world view of girls and women around them, or themselves in the case of the female audience. This is good, even if there are not as many female characters as their might be.

Maybe someone else can help me her but doesn't Tokyo Ghoul pass the Bechdel Test? I think Touka and Yoriko talk about going to the zoo? No male characters in the conversation. Of course, I think the Bechdel Test can be somewhat ridiculous in certain situations.

Marketing departments can be funny, they may be using very dated statistics to make editorial discisions. I think it is probably Ishida that has included so many female characters, I doubt his publisher encouraged him to.

I don't like the idea of having female characters just to have female characters, I want them to be real people and their femaleness just a part of who they are. I have found when a work of fiction concentrates too much on issues and not enough on story it's not enjoyable to as many people, so the message doesn't get to as many people.

SaigonAlice could you elaborate more on what you liked about the gender representation in the linked video, so I can understand more about your viewpoint?