Who's that Enro fellow
seems kinda cringe

“LUCA MENTIONED IN 2026??” I said with joys. I then realized this video is three years old.

One of the best things about Beastars is that you can write a 3 hour video on how it's about homosexuality, someone else could write a 3 hour video on how it's about racism, and someone else could write a 3 hour video on how it's about accepting yourself, and it goes on and on

I came for the "Beastars is queer", stayed for the honestly brilliant writing and delivery, and was hit like a TRUCK at the end by the "furry got me through some of the darkest times in my life". Because, same.

Using bisexual lighting for the whole video only to come out as gay in the end was a crazy misdirection ngl

Louie being drawn as visibly feminine is probably not about gay stereotypes, but about the fact that men with feminine features are considered attractive.

"Beastars always associates devouring with sex" "One might come away with the idea that Paru Itagaki is doing this on purpose"
really just gonna expose a girl's vore fetish like that huh

Louis and Haru feels like a "closeted gay x straight girl who doesn't know her own worth" alliance

Rizz being a gay analogy is even better if you know gay slang. He is literally a bear

In relation to that "Legoshi talks like a girl" bit, Japanese is a semi-gendered language. There are word choices  and self identifying pronouns in Japanese that generally come off as more masculine or more feminine than others, and it is not uncommon for queer or gender non-conforming people to choose to speak in a manner that is not conventional to their perceived gender. I’m inclined to believe Itagaki had the intent of portraying Legoshi as someone who doesn’t prioritize upholding society's imposed standards of masculinity rather than the more western interpretation that implies him being somewhat effeminate is just a funny and quirky 🤪, or even otherizing trait.

I'm a lesbian about 10 years older than you, and your experience with the furry community was basically my experience with the fanfiction community starting in the late 90s.  It's amazing how much these niche online communities became such refuges.

can't believe the gay wolf and the deer solved homophobia how'd they manage that

People not understanding that this isn't a theory video but a queer reading is funny

The notes on Legoshi's "girl words" means he has a habit of softer language use than one would expect for his status and situations. Contextual assertiveness is a bit more complicated than just gender norms, but that is for sure one of its aspects. Japanese has loads of different ways to say the same thing, even separate vocabularies for the most formal and reverent politeness.

Ending your sentences with "desho" is very similar in use and connotation to using question tags like "X isn't Y, is it?" and "you're Z, aren't you?" Using "nano" feels similar to using "it's like X" type statements. Compare and contrast "Scouts are gonna win this season for sure." and "Looks like Scouts may have a shot at winning this season, don't ya think?"

This sort of language is not only expected of girls and women, as a sign of acceptable femininity (especially when elders or males are present; girl to girl interactions can feature much freer and coarser language, as can private exchanges between grannies who have known each other forever), but also of any person when they're talking to their customers, seniors, or bosses and in any other situation where the social context demands it.

That Legoshi tends to use a degree or two more submissive language than would be expected for a young adult male predator speaks more to his personality and temperament than his gender expression. Maybe he has insecurities (so far fetched, I knooowww) or maybe he's just a soft boi at heart. in any case he's not overcompensating that with linguistic posturing and I love that for him AND for Beastars as a work. It's an interesting feature of his character (much like putting a pretty-boy deer at the head of a literal muscle daddy lion mafia), and I wish it didn't get squished into "he uses some girly words".

That connection between popular ships and "desire paths" was actually really clever

An hour into the video about how the wolf is gay you drop one of the most profound lines I’ve ever heard.  “The man became a mirror he could punch more than once.”

Fork found in kitchen

Holy shit.
« The cringe is the inevitable byproduct of sincerity »
This quote resonates with me so much. I love it. It’s phrased so perfectly.

As a gay author who writes fanfiction, I can safely say, we do it because we like to see more content of what we like when none will ever be made

I just wanted to add a tiny little detail that I noticed: when they are finding a love hotel to stay at Haru specifies that that one accepts mixed-species couples which is actually a significant little detail because in Japan a lot of love hotels do not accept same-sex couples and will tell them to leave, and while Japan did change the laws in like 2018 so that it no love hotel could reject customers based on sex, race, and or religion, to this day there are love hotels that will still reject same-sex couples regardless, and it used to be that most love hotels would blatantly deny service to same-sex couples except for the rare few. So that specific detail definitely reflects on how the the show uses interspecies relationships as an allegory for more than just race




(I'm sorry if that started falling apart towards the end it's like 2:00 a.m. and I'm exhausted)