Sk8 the Infy is the latt homoerotic h om director Hiroko Utsumi, but will go beyond queerbag and bee a gay romance?
Contents:
WILL SK8 THE INFY BEE A GAY ROMANCE?
Sk8 the Infy is the latt homoerotic h om director Hiroko Utsumi, but will go beyond queerbag and bee a gay romance? Had plenty of homoeroticism but no nonil romance between s athletic leads, whereas Banana Fish featured multiple non queer characters.
All the homoeroticism ultimately beme tratg to many fans when, over and over, the characters end up engagg heteronormative behavr. It n swerve to a gay romance or keep gog straight down s path of close bt iends. He is NOT queer-”d”, he is straight-up gay as he explicly talks about marryg dus and lls Langa his "Eve".
CHERRY BLOSSOM ANIME CHARACTER SK8 / IS SK8 THE INFY GAY
In sence, “S” is an unrground gay club lol. If you substute “skatg” wh “beg gay”, his arguments bee eerily siar to typil ‘ncerned’ homophobic relativ who own upon the “gay liftyle”, or the homophobic stereotype of gay men all beg predators.
Of urse, sce Tadashi is a skateboarr himself, he’s meant to be read as a queer person wh ternalized homophobia.
It’s a classic BL trope where a gay guy feels like he’s “rptg” his love tert who uld’ve had a “normal” life stead. To rentextualise , Adam’s homophobic father found out that he was gay, and his gay iend (or boyiend) not only ni that he is gay to save his own sk, but also do nothg to support Adam who is beg abed by his fay. There's no way you n "no homo" out of this one.