Why is romance so common in anime for males, while in other media it's almost exclusively for women?

why is romance so common in anime for males, while in other media it's almost exclusively for women?

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Because in anime males can abuse their power and draw anything they want. No limits.

But the same goes for books but you generally don’t see romance books directed at men.

So you can empathize. Or sympathize if you're like 99% of Sup Forums

>in other media it's almost exclusively for women
Eh, not really?

>in other media
Can you fuck off?

because men are driven by visuals (aka porn)

Because it's wish fulfillment for the lowest class of society.
Most guys don't need to wish for a gf or pure teen romance or anything like that. They wish to be action stars or shit like that. Anime watchers on the other hand...

how many romance movies or tv series are there for men?

Normalfags don't watch romance, and nerd culture doesn't seem to exist in the West outside of /tg/ media. So I guess they're all ERPing instead.

Thank god for Yuri.

Japanese culture

You don't know that Japanese men are filled with estrogen?? Why do you think 97% of MCs are beta males who can't speak to women.
Get a clue newfag

becuase its easier to self insert into a cartoon character than it is into a real actor. its that simple. anime makes me shed more tears within a year than tv shows and plain movies did since i was born.

>he's proud of this
wew

And what's wrong with it?

>3d can't compete with 2d

Almost time for my annual White Album 2 rewatch, gets harder every year.

Most media that comes out nowadays has some kind of romance plot tacked onto it, regardless of who it's for. It's generally only things in fairly niche genres that don't.

Manga/anime's pretty much the same as most other mediums. Most of the harem romances series that get put into shonen or seinen magazines are specifically romantic comedies. They rarely focus solely on the romance aspect, instead using it largely to to create comedy basically splitting the focus of the series 50/50 comedy/romance. Pure romance series are the near exclusive domain of Shoujo or Josei. This perfectly reflects the American film industry. Romantic comedies are marketed for everyone. The guy sympathizes with the guy, the girl sympathizes with the girl, this is how they're marketed. Pure romances are generally made for a female audience, as with manga.

there's plenty of romcom in cinema and TV that aren't aimed exclusively at women

Not the fact that he likes 2d over 3d, the fact that he's shedding tears at all.

Same here.

i didnt say that i was. its just my personal experience. i have a significantly easier time being empathetic towards 2d fiction than i do towards 3d fiction. i dont self insert in romance anime, but i acknowledge the fact that its way easier to do so. chinese cartoons just so happen to have a significantly bigger emotional impact on me than the best written 3d movies in existence. its not that i dont feel anything watching them, but they always fall short touching me beyond a certain point. that simply is how it is.

>the fact that he's shedding tears at all.
So? What's wrong with getting emotional when the purpose of media is to bring emotions?

Honestly not sure if I can go through with it, but then again, it has to be done, I have to remember that love Haruki and Kazusa shared and couldn't have.

KAZUSA DID N O T H I N G WRONG

They are trying to up Japan’s birthrate senpai

Either no one did, or everyone did. I'm inclined to think towards the latter.

And I'm quite sure I can. First half is extremely comfy and it always soothes me.

Not really the first half I'm concerned with,you know this m8.

Yeah, and exactly because of this I mentioned it - first half provides enough healing for me to endure the second one.

Not sure any amount of healing prepares me for Kazusa's breakdown on the streets with Haruki.

reminder in 3 months dogakobo will give us the new greatest love story ever told

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Not romances necessarily, but almost everything has some degree of romance thrown in.

No just Setsuna

Haruki kissed Kazusa on his girlfriends's birthday right? Which was also Valentine's Day?

Setsuna did nothing wrong either.

My tiny little thicc Loli can't be this cute

Unfortunately, for me sit hard to find yuri relatable..

Setsuna took advantage of the fact that her friends where autistic retards

Why do you need to relate to it? If you are the OP Yuri is exactly what you are asking for.

Not uncommon to think you're not good enough for someone.

No, romance isn't just about self insert, sometimes characters are so complete that they don't give space to a self insert still they have romantic relationships, this element is often just a part of the story itself or the characters.

Because anime is a visual medium and a form of escapism. I can't wrap my head around two beautiful girls, so I'll never bother with yuri.

I'd rather much hope for more alpha male protagonists at some point, even if Japan hates it

i never claimed that it was. i simply siad that its easier.

You can't wrap your head around lesbians?

That's true.

One of the girls in the relationship has to act and look like a man, not very believable many yuri ships.

maybe that's the case for mangos, but there's plenty of animes are adapted from visual novels that are primarily romance focused.

>One of the girls in the relationship has to act and look like a man

Why? This is just so wrong on so many levels.

I don't really see that as male targeted though. for example I thought the romance in drive was completely unnecessary. even in romantic comedies like adam sandler shit I was never invested in whether he was going to get the girl or not. it always seems like something thrown in for the female audience.

There could be a million reasons.

It may be because the west hasn't yet realised that there are millions of lonely men out there who would love to experience romance by proxy through escapist media.

It may also have something to do with the kind of romance that is popular with men not working well in 3D, which is almost exclusively the kind of self-insert romance where a guy who is just like them gets the girl, rather than the more voyeuristic kind of romance that is popular with women where you have lots of couples, relationship drama, intrigues, etc.

It may also have something to do with live action media being less gender-divided than anime and aiming for a wider audience. Romance is one of the things which really doesn't work pandering to both genders, because what is a wish-fulfilment scenario to one is a nightmare scenario for the other, with one of the two being bland, unpopular, overlooked and the other super hot. And most men don't really care that much about romance because they can also get enjoyment out of other things, and thus romance subplots often being tacked on for a female audience.

>the more voyeuristic kind of romance that is popular with women where you have lots of couples, relationship drama, intrigues, etc.
I might add: of course women also have their own kind of self-insert romance where a bland girl becomes popular with all the hot guys, but they also have this voyeuristic kind of romance where you have lots of hot couples, which generally is not nearly as popular among men as it is among women.

Isn't how it is in real life? Its not realistic having two beautiful girls in love. One female has to be the "man" in the relationship.

>I'd rather much hope for more alpha male protagonists at some point
Go read shoujo shit then.

>Its not realistic having two beautiful girls in love

It is, not saying it's common, but het girls and guys in het romance is also an impossibly pretty couple, the average person isn't that 'perfect' so I don't see how it differs between Yuri and Het in thatregard.

it depends on the gender of the author.