Re: Gay stereotypes in Evangelion.
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> >> Kaoru is drawn to look effeminate, he acts camp, likes 'arty' things
(eg
> >> classical music), makes blatant come-ons to Shinji, minces around and
has
> >> what I can only call a "faggy" voice.
Well, that's fairly insulting. :P He has a bishounen voice tho, yeah.
> >
> >I don't think he is supposed to be gay.
>
> The line in which he claims to love Shinji is apparently a lot more
> ambigious in the Japanese version.
'Suspicion' (I think arguiong the thing is both moot and rather stupid) is
exerbated by the fact his exceptional (male) voiceactor is Akira Ishida, who
infamously plays a lot of famous bishounen characters and sometimes outright
effeminate men, usually jobs reserved for women.
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