#yaoyorozu's situation would still be fucked if she wasn't a high schooler bc of the whole non-consent thing

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Re-reading the bnha manga and... ughhhh

Why can't horikoshi at least stick to sexualising the adults? The way he writes the teenage girls is so gross, especially yaoyorozu. A lot of the discussion is about her costume (which is a whole other bag of worms), but I'd argue that it's creepy because a lot of the time she's being sexualised against her will by mineta or kaminari (and no, the story does not ever criticise it beyond mineta occasionally getting slapped). The opening illustration for the 4th volume is her looking unhappy in a cheerleader outfit that she got tricked into wearing, and even THAT is sexualised through her pose, outfit the perspective from which it's drawn. It's not even that consistent with canon because in the actual manga it's stated that there's time for her to change back into her gym clothes and that she doesn't have any obligation to stay there. So it's pretty apparent that the author is just doing it because he gets off to the idea of her being uncomfortable, I guess

Mineta's introduction page mentions that horikoshi tried to find a "balance" because he knew a lot of people don't like perv characters... this is his idea of a balance?? Ugh