an aside sanji and viola deffs was more romantic and reciprocal than his previous outings with women, not quite as developed as sanji pudding , but sanji 2/2 for now
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Luffy: The Asexual Hero We Deserve (One Piece)
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I'd say Goku is in the same category as Luffy. That whole Chichi thing (even if Gohan came from it) has always been seen as an "ehh...idk..." type of thing for me. Besides the stuff the anime and dub added it's always felt like he was more concerned with the fight than anything else.
Luffy's the same but more about adventure, One Piece and the love of his crew.
I mean sure, we're going to see Luffy married to Hancock at the end of the series with them having a kid and all but that's going to be a "alright, Luffy has to get someone so let's put him with someone who truly loves him" type of thing.
Luffy's the same but more about adventure, One Piece and the love of his crew.
I mean sure, we're going to see Luffy married to Hancock at the end of the series with them having a kid and all but that's going to be a "alright, Luffy has to get someone so let's put him with someone who truly loves him" type of thing.
I'd argue that Goku, Sesshomaru and Sasuke are good representatives of ace people having sex & children.
Although one could make a case that they're hetero but they're not horny people.
I still don't get the reason of this scene lol
Kishimoto said that he did that to shock readers because he's never read the protagonist and rival kissing in a manga before.
Also he said he might as well get the joke out of the way of them needing to kiss.
I'd argue that characters like Sasuke, Goku and Sesshomaru are anime representatives of that.
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Sasuke is indeed one of the only Naruto characters that don't show any romantic/sexual interest (don't follow Boruto, only talking about the main series), never thought about that too
I've wondered if Gon is asexual, he certainly seems aromantic but its hard to tell with his "pure" wild child mindset. Sure he went on dates with older women but it seemed more like a transactional act rather than a potentially romantic/sexual thing. Though I suppose he does his hetero life mate in Killua.
Sasuke is indeed one of the only Naruto characters that don't show any romantic/sexual interest (don't follow Boruto, only talking about the main series), never thought about that too
Sasuke shows no sexual attraction to anyone but he shows romantic attraction at the end of Naruto once he's no longer an avatar of hatred
At least, that's what this panel was meant to show.
Sasuke's likely asexual but not aromantic unlike Goku who is both.
You should attend to some of the ted talks about Oda dropping clues of Nami and Luffy ending together...
I did not watch the video due to concerns of manga spoilers, but my concern here is a community ascribing characteristics to a popular figure without explicit declaration of any particular status. They may be setting themselves up for disappointment when the author changes or develops the character in ways they may not like.
He got vivi, nami, boa hancock and nico robin.
Real talk. I dont know if he was really meant to be asexual.
Real talk. I dont know if he was really meant to be asexual.
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It has some light spoilers to until Marineford arc, and some footage from Levely.
I really don't see Oda having any of the strawhats end up in relationships with each other, regardless of any intent on sexuality for any of them. Oda's pretty repeatedly made it clear he doesn't have an interest in that
Nah Nami is gay as fuck and no strawhat is ending up together outside of really Franky and Robin
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Bruh, after seeing the way Oda writes transgender characters, there's no way he intentionally wrote Luffy to be asexual. He's just the average shonen protag who's obsessed with his goal and doesn't care about anything that doesn't relate to it. That said I'm strongly of the opinion that your head canon is yours and you should cherish your interpretation. Just don't get heated if it doesn't pan out or Oda contradicts it later on.
Always assumed that was just his Conqueror's Haki/will at work. Hmm.
It's cool people get this from him, of course, but I think he's just the typical shonen character who's largely uninterested in anything outside of his goal.
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Someone actually asked lol, he said the only times Luffy reacted to Nami (2) were influenced by Usopp.
I'm not saying that Luffy will end up asexual and I know that you Oda wrote some transgender characters badly before, but he has definitely changed that in this arc, I think we better judge him on his modern work rather than what he wrote 10 years ago.
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They are never confirmed by authors
Yeah, I really hope he doesn't mess with Yamato.
I meant Okiku, and I'm hopeful about Yamato rather than being sure lol.
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This one is like....well he's still a child in every sense and its tragic when he's forced to prematurely grow up. Of course his going on dates with palm wasn't sexual because holy shit... even by anime standards that would be fucked.
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If he has a wife, I bet on Tashigi.
But it also would be so out of character to him...
That's the thing. Is he Ace or is it because he's a character made for young men? lol
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I don't know well all of these, but I would put Light and Johan (my favorite villain ever lol) with the "super rational" characters.
Obviously Hiyori. I mean he is going to surpass her dad as the strongest samurai ever and of course they already slept with each other.
I hope this is actually true, even if it is not intentional. But I would caution against looking for representation in non-complete works by authors not known for representation.
Max (left) seems pretty asexual, Chariot of the Dogs nonwithstanding (in which you go back in time, de-nerd him and suddenly he tries to flirt with a woman, that definitely doesn't stick into subsequent episodes so it's more of a one-time gag despite everything else in those games having continuity). He frequently gets reminded "Max, you don't even like women!" when he has some of his hare-brained ideas (which is all the time) and I don't think that's supposed to mean he's gay.
Kiryu from Yakuza is basically ace right? They also try to depict him as so stoic he doesn't have time for a relationship, but you can't tell me that's the only intention there when you go on to eventually make yakuza like a dragon and can get ichi in a relationship even if it has no real effect to the story.