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Subject: Re: what happened to clamp?

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Bluedust

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Date Posted: 13:14:48 11/29/03 Sat
In reply to: Marina 's message, "Re: what happened to clamp?" on 17:09:50 09/02/03 Tue

>But there ARE shounen manga that have totally awesome,
>strong female characters in them. I have no idea why
>CLAMP felt they had to, and this is a totally
>inappropriate word, but maybe not so much so if you
>think about it, "castrate" their females for Tsubasa
>or Chobits.
>
>One of the things that is so great about Sakura in her
>own manga is that she's very androgynous. And I don't
>mean this in the fact that she is both genders. I mean
>this in terms of the feminist concept that children
>can be raised to be able to change a tire (a.k.a.
>something stereotypical to males) just as well as they
>cook or clean (something stereotypical to females)
>regardless of whether or not they are male or female.
>It's more about knowing how to take responsiblity for
>oneself and ones responsibilites than about gender.
>Sakura can kick ass and still be a girl. She's a
>fabulous example of a very strong character.
>
>Now, the CHOBITS girls on the other hand... >.<
Point made, about the gender thing...but that's Sakura, not Chobits. Chobits is a romance comedy, not really an action thng like Sakura; so I guess, Clamp just wanted to go with a more steriotipical look at boys and girls, probably because it fit the storyline better. Hey, but that's just my opinion. Bluedust, out.

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Subject	Author	Date
about the Chobits girls...	Ammie	13:47:42 11/29/03 Sat
Re: about the Chobits girls... -- Marina, 10:16:37 11/30/03 Sun Re: about the Chobits girls... -- Ammie, 05:54:20 12/03/03 Wed Re: about the Chobits girls... -- Marina, 17:08:20 12/03/03 Wed