So, are they gay or was it just bait?

So, are they gay or was it just bait?

Confirmed bait, fujoshits on suicide watch.

So they were heterosexual? Mappa got those dump fujos again, I guess.

Totally gay, but Yuuri is still in denial.

100% bait.

Gayer than gay.

It's bait just like Free! was. If only Kubo hadn't opened her big fujo mouth so much in interviews or have a twitter history then there would have been less room for doubt.

>It's bait just like Free! was.
Kek, what.

Bait is a buzzword anyway.

they are a gay couple

>fujoshits on suicide watch.
Japan doesn't care, heck most people don't care about one tiny detail in a very canon gay show.

The only one who call it bait are hetfags or people who try to troll YoI.

Confirmed bait, but the fujos and shippers are in too deep to care.

straight men do not act like this, homodeniers on suicide watch

>very canon gay show.

They were gay, but it was used as bait.

t. Yol

>Confirmed bait, but the fujos and shippers are in too deep to care.
I hope you don't serious think people who think it's straight are they minority.

As I see it, it's not 100% confirmed gay right now, probably something like 80%. Most of the arguments fujos use to call it gay can be countered. Regardless of whatever lies Kubo told on Twitter, it is obvious the show wasn't done when it was airing, and its success might have contributed to a script change, making the ending less conclusive so they could milk it for years to come.

>Writer won't confirm anything and writes it off as friendship
>Japs don't care because they're cute boys
>Americunts are the only ones saying that they're gay because of the kiss even though the show confirms absolutely nothing

You're right Japanese fans probably don't care as much, but western fujoshits like to pretend they're part of something revolutionary rather than just call it a guilty pleasure or fetish. They only care about supporting the gays as long as it only extends to their fictional OTP.

They just very good close friends. People who say they gay not ever have close friends. Slavs are very close, not like Americans or Japaneses, so confusion is because of it.

>They only care about supporting the gays as long as it only extends to their fictional OTP.

I see no lies here.

>3D image reply
>Blaming americans

Do baiters don't even care anymore?

Thinking it's not a good representation of an actual gay couple and calling it fanservice and bait to bring in fujo bucks does not mean people think it's hetero instead, holy fuck.

YoI has plenty of gay male fans, so you can stop with the fujo boogeyman.

Of course the nip fujos don't care as long as they get homo fanservice. Western one are the only ones dumb enough to think it's anything more than fujoshit.

>Thinking it's not a good representation of an actual gay couple and calling it fanservice and bait to bring in fujo bucks does not mean people think it's hetero instead, holy fuck.

That's what bait is, you dumbass. Unless you think they are straight and not in love you can't use bait. Who the fuck got baited when they got everything they wanted by episode 7?

It's weird to explain, but to me homosexuality in Yuri is kind of same thing as LE PENGUIN OF DOOM.

Like, when Americans say they like Yuri on Ice, it's like they are making a statement: "i am so original, I am watching Japanese anime about Russian homosexuals, i am not like other girls".

>YoI has plenty of delusional gay male fans,
FTFY

>Who the fuck got baited when they got everything they wanted by episode 7?
Retards in the LGBT community

I don't know anymore.

But Shinji wasn't gay either.

Americans and whatever other English speaking countries are the only ones hyping it up as "LGBT representation" because they need to justify the massive amounts of porn fanart and fics they're consuming. Meanwhile you don't see that type of excuse in Japan. The fujos seem to know it's just an overly idealistic and heavy fanservice anime and are content to just enjoy it for what it is.

Kubo doesn't care about gay rights or showing a realistic gay love story. It's typical fujobait and that's all it ever was.

It's the same shit they pull for some yuri couples. They try to paint their romantic moments as a "special relationship". But there's still room for upgrades, They need a Rebellion like movie.

You probably need to watch the show again.

And either is Yuuri.

It's gay, but it will take another 3-4 years before people accept it like away.

Stuff like Eva and No.6 was called "bait" and people argued they weren't gay before finaly moving on. It's nothing new really, there is just a small facet of people who cannot accept anything related to homosexuality and denies it.

Shinji was bi not gay.

>Kubo doesn't care about gay rights or showing a realistic gay love story. It's typical fujobait and that's all it ever was.
Holy fuck, you sound retard. Go back to MAL.

Do you also complain anime straight romances aren't realistic either?

Bis are just faggots in denial

There are also people who try too hard to see it where there is none.

>"wedding rings" are written off as protective charms
>"kiss" isnt shown

>It's gay,
Found the retard

For both yurishit and fujoshit westerners seem to care a lot more than Japanese about it being "bait" or "real". For many westerners YoI was their first full fujo anime, so people care even more about it, not to mention the SJWs and normalfags into it just because they wanted to see a gay love story.

But Kubo no homoed it.

Eva wasn't no homoed.

I don't know about No.6 because it looks like shit.

>There are also people who try too hard to see it where there is none.
Right, you have to squint to find the homo in YoI.

Don't worry, you'll accept in a couple of years.

I doubt people called Eva and No.6 bait considering there was a bigger plot and more important things going on than just the homo relationships.

YOI is literally 100% Victor and Yuuri's relationship so there is zero reason to be so vague about it or call their rings protective lucky charms and whatever shit.

>Show doesn't confirm they're gay
>Writer doesn't confirm they're gay
>They're gay

They didn't happen. They're pair rings, they were called pair rings, which are romantic in Japan, and she said "more than meaning marriage", which means that it isn't totally written off to begin with.

She's also not the final say on the show, the director is. Even she says she forgets things and that her comments are to be ignored if they don't line up.

I'll be laughing when season 2 will start with a timeskip to when Yuri and Victor are both married to their wives.

*that didn't happen

>They're pair rings, they were called pair rings, which are romantic in Japan, and she said "more than meaning marriage", which means that it isn't totally written off to begin with.
Cool horseshit bro

Why do people like Kaworu/Shinji anyways? Am I suppose to take his ~love~ for Kaworu seriously when they only knew each other for like a a day or two?

>I doubt people called Eva and No.6 bait considering there was a bigger plot and more important things going on than just the homo relationships.

No, they did. Are you new to this? People called both of them fujobait, especially No.6.

You got retards like who basicallly go "It's not stated that it was a romantic kiss so maybe it was really a goodnight european kiss".

kek

As much as people think Yuri's drunkingly asking Victor to be his coach is a dramatic plot twist

>YOI is literally 100% Victor and Yuuri's relationship so there is zero reason to be so vague about it
This. Show doesn't take any chances.

>I don't know anything about Japan
Yes, it's a thing there. And she did call them pair rings.

>Why do people like Kaworu/Shinji anyways?
Because it's the only canon homo in a mainstream show not made for fujos.

>No, they did.
They didn't. No.6 IS ACTUALLY FUCKING GAY not bait.

>It's not stated that it was a romantic kiss so maybe it was really a goodnight european kiss".
>romantic kiss
>still censored

Are you done making a jackass out of yourself?

His post is 100% accurate though.

People still called it bait and claimed they weren't really gay, someone post the screenshot.

>YOI is literally 100% Victor and Yuuri's relationship so there is zero reason to be so vague about it or call their rings protective lucky charms and whatever shit.
So why are people saying shit that the show doesn't confirm itself?

"What Yuuri bought is pair rings. When I looked it up I found out that buying a pair was cheaper (LOL), and I also thought that if they were going to wear something matching this would be good. There are actually many real skaters who wear accessories as “omamori”, protective charms. More importantly, Yuuri has been giving Victor fresh surprises until now, and I wanted him to get a new item, a weapon to fight in the final match. When I suggested the rings to the director she was like “Yes, that!!” (LOL). We were like, “yeah, a cornered athlete would do something like that!” More than implicating something like a wedding, it’s similar to members of the same circle deciding to have a matching item."

Recent interview. Stop lying.

How is it canon? I could understand shipping them in the films to an extent, but the original series?

>Eva wasn't no homoed.

Eva may not have been no homoed by the creator but you bet your ass that a multitude of fans tried to no homo those scenes with Kaworu. All kinds of excuses, literally anything they could pull out of their asses to write off what was as clear as day to everyone else were thrown around like confetti. The denial seems to have died down in recent years - perhaps BECAUSE Anno never no homoed it and because that last movie pretty plainly put their relationship into words - so I agree with that user that in a few years YoI will be accepted as the gay palooza it was.

You can't compare them at all. Those anime were not targeting fujo's and YOI was. Those anime were not using two guys kissing to gain attention whereas it's YOI's entire premises and yet it still had the most censored and watered down kiss of them all.

When people talk about YOI it's purely for shallow shipping reasons and that's all it will be remembered for.

Friendship ending.

But on the receipt it said wedding rings

Is this a joke?

Fans will always try to no homo it, especially so when it's a series like Eva with a huge straight male otaku following.

I'm saying unlike Kubo, Anno had the balls to not only not no homo it, but to reinforce it and confirm it all the more. In the fucking 90s so less, so what is Kubo's excuse?

I guess you could argue Anno is just fucking insane and doesn't give a shit either way.

>pair rings
That's what I'm saying.

No it didn't. Pair rings =! wedding rings

It must suck having a writer than doesn't support the gay.

>Is this a joke?
He knew Kaworu for like 2 days. Am I seriously suppose to take his "love" seriously?

No I'm pretty sure in the episode the receipt Yuri put his card on said wedding rings

Are you new or what? People claimed No.6 wasn't gay all the time, they claimed it was an European goodnight kiss and "It's not confirmed so we can't be sure it was gay".

Holy fuck, I know, I argued about it, on this very own board too. This "It's not gay because the author didn't state in plain text and I won't accept it" is old as fuck.

Shinji? He isnt gay, hes just a fucked up lonely kid looking for acceptance anywhere he could.

Now post the one in which they say they are soulmates.

Yes, and? You don't have to give a shit about it. Many people don't.

It's still canon regardless.
Shinji explicitly said he was in love with Kaworu in the Anime and Anno reinforced that in interviews.

You could argue the film series is the one that no homos it.

>Those anime were not targeting fujo's and YOI was.
>No.6
>Not targeting to fujo
What? It was a novel, so BONES knew very well what they were getting into (and far less risky)

Eva didn't have any kiss either.

He's not gay, he's bisexual.

It doesn't even fucking matter, this shit is all fanservice anyways.

>Eva didn't have any kiss either.
So?

Many Anime romances don't have kisses but no one denies the two characters have boners for each other.
They kissed in the Manga, anyway.

>結婚的な意味合いよりも、部活の仲間同士で同じものを持とう、みたいなノリに近いです。
>More than meaning something like marriage, the rings are closer to something like a matching token two clubmates wear.

>so what is Kubo's excuse?
You know most of the interviews until now have been pretty homo right? They call them soulmates, Otsuka says they are in love. They only changed one scene.

It actually did.

Now I know this thread is full of people who didn't watch the show, so let's start ignoring obvious bait

You're just posting the same interview. user is referencing a different one.

See, user? A perfect example of denial.

You don't have to be gay to fall in love with a boy.

Like another user said, it seemed like Shinji just wanted complete and unconditional acceptance which is what Kaworu gave him for a short while; Kaworu never once called him out on his shit/gave him shit like Misato, Asuka, etc would.

Every pairing in NGE is bad to me since all the characters have their major issues.

He doesnt like Kaworu like that. Shinji is just looking for acceptance, hes fucked up in the head. He loves Asuka, the show is clear about that.

So why did Kubo say such a thing?
I'm just as confused as you are user-kun.

>Many Anime romances don't have kisses but no one denies the two characters have boners for each other.
They do in this one.

just shitty fanservice baiting

The receipt from the jewellery store says ~780€ for "flat gold wedding ring", presumably meaning the set of 2 that Yuuri bought

>Shinji is gay

Fujoshits. Every time.

Do you hetfags know your stuff or just reposts what retards say?

I can tell this post is a joke, but this is LITERALLY what people said for years. My favorite one still "It's not gay because Kaworu is an angel".

>You don't have to be gay to fall in love with a boy.
That is literally the definition of homosexuality user. You cant debate around that shit. If you fall man and you are a man yourself you are either a homosexual or bisexual.

Except Shinji was already blushing at him before Kaworu starting giving him acceptance or even being nice to him.

This is even confirmed by Anno, why are you denying it?

We're all looking for acceptance. I am, you are, Shinji is, doesn't negate the fact that he had feelings for a boy. That means he can't be straight.

The only character he ever said he loves is Kaworu. Try again.

This is hilarious, they think it had some massive impact on lgbt representation or some shit but actual Japanese don't give any fucks in that regard like westerners. They just like the their cute girly boys.

Because she can be retarded but she did say to ignore her if you wanted because she's not the only one who works on the show and her script is different from what the end product became.

>Do you hetfags know your stuff or just reposts what retards say?
No they don't, they lurk threads to learn how to bait but don't actually know about or care about the show. And that's all this thread is about.

sage

I don't think his feelings are love is all, a crush is more believable to me.