So they're lesbians, right?
>>123725514
>tumblr
Why is it always KLK posts? Just stop.
>>123725514
The one on the left is obviously a boy.
>>123725514
Yes. But don't post tumblr stuff.
>>123725547
>literally one of the first suggested google image results for "mako and ryuko"
tumblr's a coincidence
>>123725514
Yes.
>>123725612
>I rewatched the whole anime and documented every single interaction between Mako and Ryuko that seemed noteworthy
Wow
I didn't actually finish the show until the other day. Did the "date" thing cause a shitstorm like Korra/Asami did on /co/?
>>123725777
Yeah
>>123725777
It caused quite a bit of storm.
I don't really get it though, when I watched it I thought it was just platonic and really didn't seek anything behind it.
>>123725514
Ryuko did kiss Nui, albeit she was brainwashed.
>>123725794
why?
I actually found it refreshing to see yuri-teasing/Best Friend stuff lead into full on lesboning.
Felt bad for Gamagoori, though
>>123725547
You never used google image search to mine for images? You can just paste the url link into the image field when posting. Not everyone is so anal that they scrutinize what the host site of every image they post is.
>>123725869
I find it too, but there was a lot of people that wanted Gama to win. It's long over anyway
now I'm going to have to watch KLK again
>>123725514
Obviously
>>123725612
t/u/mblr stuff is even worse
>>123725932
You don't kiss your male friends on the lips? You gay or something?
It's just platonic love, guys. Come on.
They're just going around as friends, trying out clothes, eating ice cream and stuff.
Jesus christ.
>>123726008
At least pretend you read the thread
>>123725909
>your friends and loved ones will never watch KLK with you because they can't get past the sex comedy and cheesecake
even some of my anime buddies couldn't get past the first couple episodes, fuck
>>123726008
>They're just going around as friends, trying out clothes, eating ice cream and stuff.
That's pretty gay.
>>123725514
Typical lesbian bait-and-switch capitalizing on the well-known fact that the majority of men prefer lesbian porn. Anime is just porn after all.
>>123726059
it's a great show... it's a shame most people only see the fanservice and don't understand it's there for jokes/it's part of the plot/it's part of the whole "everything is exaggerated" thing.
>>123726160
They never "switch" that was the last episode
>>123726055
>implying it's not a joke, as 99% of the scenes with Mako in the "alleluja light" are.
I don't see why everything needs to be shipped these days.
I mean, whatever happened to having a tender, meaningful, friendship?
Next thing you know, we're going to start assuming that Sam and Frodo were gay.
Bah!
>>123726160
>bait-and-switch
But there's no switch? They're still gay as fuck as the show ends.
>>123726342
Read >>123725612
Ryuko didn't take it as a joke when it's her motivation to win.
t/u/mblr is the most obnoxious board.
>>123726439
Legit never been to /u/ and find lesbian porn boring. Still was happy to see Mako and Ryuko get gay at the end.
>>123726165
some pretentious symbolism doesn't change the surface content at all pal.
>>123725777
Korea/Asama is just fucking out there
I dont know if there's another thing that could top that
If they're not gay, Ryuuko and Mako still have the closest and most caring platonic relationship to ever exist. It's cute enough either way
>>123725869
Gama won though.
The "date" was typical mako hyperbole.
Watch the end.
>>123726598
Gama was forgotten 5 minutes later after he came back to life, Mako never talked to him again.
>>123725514
Picked up.
>>123726598
Gamagoori's crush was completely ignored in the OVA though, even with all the other pandering and running gags brought back. That tells you that Trigger regretted it and wants to emphasize Ryumako more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaY5-LGYJKc
Perfect.
Kill la Kill's moral of the story was the fact that lesbians are evil.
Neither Ryuuko nor Mako are evil. So there you have it
>>123725612
Honestly I have to admire this level of dedication. Also surprising to see this level of nitpicking from a yurifag, usually it's the fujoshi who seem more into going over every interaction to find gayness.
>>123726876
More like sexual acts without love is.
Ryuuko and Mako have a pure romantic love.
>>123725612
>episode 2
>lots of gay here
But Ryuko wants to fuck Satsuki, not Mako.
I gotta say I find it funny that a hundred female characters--some of them just about outright stated to be lesbians--jumping on a male MC's dick apparently makes perfect sense but a female MC's closest person jumping on her vag is just an unreasonable, totally out there conclusion even when they're literally asking the MC out on a date
>>123727140
>some of them just about outright stated to be lesbians--jumping on a male MC's dick apparently makes perfect sense
No one ever said that this wasn't a problem.
>even when they're literally asking the MC out on a date
Never heard of a girl date? Happens all the time.
>>123727273
>No one ever said that this wasn't a problem.
You've apparently never spoken to a haremfag in your life, sir, and there are legions of them.
>>123727273
This isn't a girl date though, see the explanations above, the word used here was for a romantic date
>>123725618
>>123725887
That's not an excuse, you can always download the episode, take a shot of the image that you want instead of searching on google and downloading it from tumblr you fucking retard.Go back to >>>/v/
>>123726165
>Feels
Kill yourself.
>>123727451
I've seen it.
Not convinced.
Even if the word used has a stronger connotation, Mako is absolutely ridiculous.
It's not beyond her to overact something to get a lesser point across.
>>123725777
Yes. It caused massive denial. The only worse case I have seen are the people who think Nanofate are just best bros or ignore Kawoshin.
>>123727690
>you can always take the time to download something and skip through to the point you want and take a screenshot
>even though that exact screenshot you want probably already exists
>and can be found in seconds
>because you must avoid images uploaded to that tainted domain
holy
shit
please be a troll
>>123727762
>Mako is absolutely ridiculous
This is your issue, every character in the show is ridiculous, it doesn't mean they didn't truly meant it, she would have used other word otherwise. This was already discussed multiple times.
>>123727936
Doubt it, and if so that ending wasn't very convincing.
The even bring Satsuki along. Though, I am entirely convinced that they wanted to keep the nature of Ryuko and Mako's relationship somewhat ambiguous for funsies.
>>123725777
So bad they actually went and started picking on fights on /u/. Who does that? It's one of the slowest boards.
>>123728087
The OVA had some Ryumako and no other couples, so they still focused on it at the end.
>>123728182
Did they?
The OVA was totally forgettable to me, aside from the whole SCISSORING th-holy shit you're right.
>>123728240
>>123728329
Shut up.
>>123727690
>Spend 30 minutes downloading an episode just to take a screenshot
Jesus Christ. No anon, I think you should go back to /v/
>This entire thread
Ryuko loves Senketsu, and Mako has always supported them. Even taking the hallelujahs seriously, the ones immediately before and after the one in question she calls them a perfect couple. It's literally her driving motivation throughout the show.
For the actual date, even if Mako didn't use the phrase for a friends date, it's shown to be explicitly that with Satsuki coming along too and the Devas planning to join up as well, while Ryuko daydreams of the aforementioned Senketsu. Ryumako is a construct of tumblr burying their heads up their own asses.
>>123725514
You know, I have a question. Is it possible to have a thing for a samegender without being gay per se? You know, kinda like when there are people who are into /y/ stuff which is straightforward gay, and there those who appreciate traps who look feminine but actually have a dick somewhere, and there some people who have a thing for a good'ol female anus which is supposedly psychologically gay or whatever; and Ryuko/Mako is something among these lines but in reverse or something
>>123728717
Senketsu always supported Ryuko for Mako, like the time he teased her about always watching Mako to smile. Stop trying Makofag.
>>123728778
Are you saying Ryuko is makosexual and Mako is Ryukosexual, but they aren't gay? Might aswell call them gay.
>>123728778
Yeah, it's called Platonic Love.
>>123728832
Senketsu said Mako could calm her down, Mako said Senketsu was the person she loved the best.
They're not really comparable. And to add to what I said before, Mako endeared herself to Ryuko in the first place because she's the only person who always took them seriously.
>>123728778
You could try not categorizing your sexuality. It's the kind of thing that gets /a/ and other boards arguing about traps and futa and what-have-you.
You know what you're into(e.g. girl-on-girl), and you know what you're not into(e.g. dicks in your ass). Why label it?
Fuck you guys I'm dumping OTP.
>>123729024
Ryuko said she put Mako and Senketsu at the same level, but Mako is the actual person. Senketsu was always a father figure for Ryuko, meanwhile Mako always tried to get in her pants.
>>123729086
>>123728888
Mako might be a ryukosexual, but Ryuko is a clothingsexual through and through.
>>123729125
>>123729175
>>123729157
Senketsu is not above Mako
>>123726802
I thought the OVA was set in between the ending and the end credits.
>>123729122
Ryuko never said she put them on the same level she just said they're both people that go beyond friends for her, and Mako never tried to be. Senketsu isn't a father figure either, that's something again pushed by Tumblr to justify Mako breaking them up in their mind.
Specifically, Ami Koshimizu said Ryuko thinks of Senketsu as her best friend, her family and her lover and that it's not the kind of relationship two humans could achieve.
>>123725514
>So they're lesbians, right?
No.
They're just doing that "cute" thing girls do when they go and hang out and call it a "date" when they're just actually friends going out and hanging around.
If you were around women for more than 5 minutes in your life, you would have gotten this.
Ryuuko is probably into chicks, but only sees Mako as a friend.
>>123725612
I'm both impressed and disgusted. This person is obviously dedicated. why not put that gusto towards a more rewarding task?
>>123729228
>Senketsu is not above Mako
Yes he is.
>>123729356
>Ryuuko is probably into chicks, but only sees Mako as a friend
now that's an interesting approach
pretty plausible too
>>123729314
Because they aren't humans.
>Mako never tried to be
She found Ryuko sexy and obviously wanted to fuck her here, something that senketsu never addresed.
>>123725612
This reminds me of Zutara shipping.
>>123729356
Not used the word for "hanging out"
>>123729396
That's from Mako point of view, in the pic you're replying to Ryuko put them at the same level
It's pretty hilarious people are trying to apply logical reasons to an already prove illogical character. Mako is Mako,you'd have better luck making sense of people who eat peanut butter with their hot dogs.
>>123726066
They're girls you idiot.
>>123729491
You are reading much too deeply into slapstick comedy.
stahp
>>123729491
She never tries to come between them. Whether Mako wants to jump her bones, or whether that's just the kind of clingy person she is (and the show leans on the latter), it's irrelevant Ryuko doesn't respond the same way, she responds platonically.
Or do you think just because Gama wants to jump Mako's bones her feelings are the same?
Why are you people still trying to find any logical meaning in a show that exagerates every little thing? I loved it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to rewatch it 10 times with the purpose of finding out if Mako wants the pussy.
>>123729623
There's nothing to read into. It's explicit.
>>123729669
Man, was that scene an eva reference? Also, that shit had to hurt like hell. I mean, ripping off your skin can't be sugars and crackers.
You have to remember that the west construes basic friendship as gay
>>123729537
In the pic, Ryuko wasn't comparing them she was telling Nui that she wasn't alone. The conclusion Ryuko comes to throughout the show is that more than revenge, knowing what kind of person she is, or even having the life she never got, her firstmost wish is to wear Senketsu.
>>123729669
See >>123728329
It was portrayed in the show how at the start Ryuko ignored Mako jumping on her, until the very end when she happily catches her, Ryuko had development.
>>123729709
It's girls being girls.
That's all.
>>123729696
You should have catched that the first time you watched it.
>>123729818
Satsuki and Mako is girls being girls, Ryuko and Mako are clearly closer than girls being girls
>>123729786
It's funny because when western director gets asks if it's gay he's like OF COURSE THAT WAS MY PLAN ALL ALONG, and when japan directer gets asks he's like "pfft no, there's only friends here"
Gamako was a fucking amazing pairing, but Trigger is basically tumblr so they picked le ebin yuri
I wonder how Gamagoori took the rejection
>>123729869
>Ryuko and Mako are clearly closer than girls being girls
You're right.
They're close friends who care for each other almost like family.
But that's it.
>>123729807
She catches her relatively early in the show, in fact she only avoids the tackle the first time they meet.
>>123729917
Trigger has basically told Tumblr to fuck off in the politest terms at every step of the way. It's a fanbase literally created by shear delusion.
>>123729790
Of all the possible conclusions you can get from this you choose that? I mean, I can easily say her wish is have her date with Mako because that's the reason she gave to Ragyou, but I don't. In no part of the show Ryuko reached one single conclusion.
>>123729943
Closer than friends and family, everything points they have a romantic bond.
>>123729869
Catch what? The shit Mako does it's no different from what normal BFF girls do (especially if they are as inmature as Mako is).
>>123729786
I am guilty of watching Korra (one of them not so bright decisions of my life) and this ending was NOT about friendship. They did not kiss, but overall it was the ultimate cheese romantic ending
>>123729898
Wait, really?
>>123730046
Never did that.
Is Mako the sun? Because by the time of the OVA everyone gets a boost in confidence when she does her stupid speech.
>>123727140
>>123727319
>n-no guys here's the REAL enemy
fuck off, nigger
>>123730140
You are a stronger man than I am, Anon
I couldn't get past the first half of the second season
Shipperfags are literal garbage and this thread is a shining example.
>nope my headcanon is read
>nope not listening to you
>nope nope nope stop telling me I'm wrong
>>123730104
That's her way, the thing she gave up hatred for was to be able to wear Senketsu, wearing him is the thing that defines her. Ryuko was willing to kill herself twice rather than not be able to wear him, and in the end she realizes she's always wearing him in her heart.
I'm going to marry Ryuko!
>>123730179
Mako is so absurdly strong because she doesn't give a shit, but not giving a shit is why she can never solo Ragyo or Nui
>>123730322
Absolutely no one has given something to contradict the end of the show, or the behaviour the characters had through it though. Meanwhile people post complicated explanations, you can just say what actually happened without having to say anything more.
>>123730147
Whenever someone asks Trigger about the deeper meaning in Kill la Kill about empowerment they basically went "Uh no? You're reading way too much into this", and they said it's not yuri, they said there's no romance.
No, Mako wants the Gamagoori dick.
>>123730415
No I mean the other thing
>>123730439
Shut up, Lelouch
>>123727800
>>123728495
I hate you neo-/a/.
>>123730360
might very well be the poster child for people who march to the beat of their own drum.
YOU FAGGOTS ARE NOW IN A SATSUKI THREAD. BOW DOWN TO YOUR QUEEN
>>123730411
Yeah, three friends who are basically sisters go on a girls day out, a guy who likes sister C plans to ask her out by giving her his lunch, and sister A talks to the disembodied spirit of her boyfriend.
>>123730439
*hot monkey dick
ftfy
>>123730341
But then Senketsu is part of her. What you don't get is that her and Senketsu were supposed to be separated, that doesn't affect her bond with Mako at all, it's not Mako fault that she can't be "wear" like Senketsu, either way Ryuko has a bond as strong with her.
>>123730415
Thats because they won't directly say anything because it might hurt sales. Its easier just to say "nooo that's totally not it, they're just fucking as friends", and let the fans pretend its what they want.
>>123730580
if I remove her eyebrows will she die
>>123730505
No hugbox can hold you that tight, anon.
>>123730588
The sister C rejects him because she never showed any interest in him through the whole show and then at the end of the day returns to their home alone with sister A to do alive things like the alive girlfriends they are.
>>123730747
It would be extremely painful.
>>123725514
>tumblr
>>123730505
>stop being elitist, they said
>nothing bad will happen, they said
>>123730688
But Ryuko and Senketsu can never be separated inside, and their bond is the absolute strongest force in the KLK universe. In the words of Simon and Ryuko, they are two as one.
It doesn't affect her friendship with Mako, but no one in the world can be to Ryuko what he is to her.
>>123730843
She's got big eyebrows
>>123730961
The difference is that you see their bond as "friendship", but it was clearly romantic, Senketsu can be part of the same entity as Ryuko, but Ryuko needs a bond with someone that isn't part of her too, and that bond is Mako
>>123730806
Yeah, but what I wrote is exactly what happened, and what you wrote is your headcannon of what happens right afterward.
![flcl_amarao0007[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/kCD38ou.jpg "flcl_amarao0007[1].jpg")
>>123731003
For you
If this >>123725514 is evidence that Mako and Ryuuko are canonically lesbians, then this is evidence that Mako is canonically a Ridley Scott alien.
>>123731083
>The difference is that you see their bond as "friendship", but it was clearly romantic,
The difference is you are making asspull logical hoop jumps to justify you yuri wank.
Look, no one is gonna mind if you go off and fap/schlick to these two over on fanfiction.net or tumblr or wherever.
But you perception of their relationship shows an alarming naivety and misunderstanding of regular female companionship.
Girls can love each other. But that doesn't mean they are dating.
>>123731083
Ryuko has made many bonds with people who aren't Senketsu, that's why she didn't kill herself in 24 like she was going to. But there's nothing to indicate any of those bonds are romantic, and there's everything to indicate none of those bonds are as strong as Senketsu's.
>>123731133
Can you see it happening any other way? I mean Ryuko lives with Mako and you know that
>>123725514
Yes.
>>123731250
He's always lived with her, because the Mankanshoku's are her real family.
And the Mankanshoku's have been gunning for Gama to join their real family too.
>>123731138
The smaller she gets, the bigger her eyebrows are.
Perhaps they are made of life fibers?
>>123731353
*She's
>>123729221
There's so much art of just this scene.
>>123725514
Yes but Ryuuko is with her sister, not her best friend.
>>123731200
But anon, Mako said "deito"!
>The yurifags win
>>123731398
>>123731418
Well technically, he's her sister, her best friend and her lover all in one.
>>123731223
Mako was always included when Ryuko talked about having a bond in some way, she always included Senketsu too, but Mako not being part of her is the key. You can't have a romantic bond with a part of yourself. Ryuko never showed interest in anyone else, she left clear that her bond with Mako was stronger than the normal friendship she had with all the other people, by mentioning her separately, she even used that bond to win against Ragyo.
>>123731200
Why would I go to those cancerous places when this topic is for discuss it here, right now? Don't want to discuss? Go to other thread.
>>123731374
More Satsuki!
>>123725514
A date doesn't always imply romance you lossless virgin
>>123731590
>>123731451
What part of Mako was gay through the whole show >>123725612 and she just cemented it at the end you don't understand? "Deito" is not the only evidence, it's just the final one.
>>123731507
You're the same shitter responding to every fucking sister post aren't you?Threesomes are a thing
>>123731624
Then don't use the word for "romantic date" if you don't want to imply that.
>>123727800
The problem really isn't that it's from tumblr, but that tumblr insists on using consistently low quality images.
I would rather spend the time downloading the episode to take a screenshot or not post the thread at all than make a shitty contribution to the board simply because isn't more convenient.
>>123731003
i prefer pic related.
>>123731486
>>123731200
>The difference is you are making asspull logical hoop jumps to justify you yuri wank.
You realize you're doing the same, right? You're making all kinds of rationalizations to dismiss evidence, when the most obvious answer is that Trigger intended people to ship Ryuuko with Mako just like Senketsu and even Satsuki. They aren't stupid and they didn't do it by accident.
>>123731633
Eyebrows are life, Eyebrows are love
>>123731643
> Seeing homosexuality in every goofy, slapstick moment in the show in a contrived attempt at justifying yuri-ship
> Evidence
Pick one, chief.
>>123731739
>>123731550
>You can't have a romantic bond with a part of yourself.
Why not? He's a part of her but he's also a completely seperate person, they go the full spectrum of two people in one body, not just literally but figuratively as well. And Ryuko thinks of him as his own person, and it's ultimately her choice.
And bonds are the name of the game all of Ryuko's bonds went into her to make Kisaragi. Not just her friendship with Mako, but her sistership with Satsuki gave her a reason to come back even after apparently losing her strongest bond of all. But of course the final episode is about how she didn't actually lose that bond, it's still stronger than ever.
>>123726505
thanks for proving my point... it's surface content, and it's a shame people can't see through it.
>>123731805
>>123731687
She didn't, she specifically used the word for friendship date in chip chong nip nong.
>>123731802
Mako is goofy and slapsticky, that's her whole character, she will act serious because that would be out of character for her, so you have to take the way she acts as her character because there's absolutely nothing else coming from her. Her goofy and slapstick moments at the end always seriously solved the situation, so everything she does is what she truly meants, no matter how ridiculous it looks, that's her.
>>123731895
No, she specifically used the word for romantic date.
>>123731719
ONCE AGAIN UNDENIABLE PROOF OF LADY SATSUKI'S DOMINANCE! SHE TRANSCENDS BEAUTY IN BOTH THE 2D and 3D world!
>>123731677
You know, so many of our problems could be solved with the phrase "OT3". It's so simple.
>>123731880
>>123731973
>>123731973
Dude you're typing like someone out of MAL. Stop.
>>123732006
Yeah. To be honest I don't give much of a shit about shipping, for all I care they could be in a massive orgy.
>>123731853
Because to have a romantic bond, you need to be able to have a romantic relationship, and you can't have a relationship with someone in your own body.
>>123731973
its the models eyebrows that do it for me
>>123732006
Satsuki is to pure for that.
Ryuko a dirty slut.
>>123732044
>>123731150
lol'd
>>123731905
>everything she does is what she truly meants
Actually false, everything she says is a pun it's not not necessarily what she truly means she's literally telling jokes. Sometimes the heroes extrapolate something useful out of it and sometimes she tells something like it is but it's not ironclad by any stretch of the word.
>>123725612
lel, that's anti-crack psycho levels of autism, only a little bit more sane.
>>123732130
This one makes me laugh.
>>123732086
I thought this was the shitposting thread?
My bad.
>>123732094
>you can't have a relationship with someone in your own body.
Says who? Who are you to tell some poor clothingsexual that she can't have feelings for her clothes if she wears them on the inside?
>>123732166
Either way that's her character, and you can't negate her just because you find it funny, that she wants to confess with puns? Leave her, that's her, that's something to expect from Mako because she's Mako, you know she truly wanted to do that specially if she remains in-character.
>>123732269
Both Ryuuko and Senketsu are neither human or clothes, they're a combination of both.
>>123732166
Eactly. More people need to understand that Mako's entire scenes are actual puns, they're not random or serious in any way. The words she's saying sound similiar to the things she's transforming to. If you see her being a duck shitting eggs in episode three, she just said a word similiar to it in Japanese.
>>123732236
>>123732185
'girls get a free pass?'
>>123731768
>You're making all kinds of rationalizations
You mean logic, and truth?
Yes. I use these things.
>>123732587
>>123732425
>not calling her Quacko
ya fucked up
>>123732322
They are tailor made for each other. Close-fitting and comfortable.
>>123725612
You know, I actually consider analyzing a story to this degree to actually be a good behavior. At least they give enough of a shit to try to use their brain in a hobby.
I just think they should choose a better anime to dedicate it to.
>>123731138
Those eyebrows ...
>>123732787
>>123732860
>>123732910
>>123732754
That only work as your interpretation instead of taking what happens as face value.
>Mako
>remotely sexual in any way
Must be some kind of joke.
>>123730305
to be fair, the 2nd season was the worst by far. Hell, the only good part of the first season was the villain.
Seasons 3 and 4 are MUCH MUCH better.
>>123732425
They're serious for herself, no matter how punny they could be.
>>123732989
>>123733061
But what was represented in the show wasn't literal face value.
You are not understanding the cultural context of girls going out on "dates".
The misunderstanding is "yours", anon.
>>123733137
>>123733156
Yes, it was face value, there's a reason Ryuko is wearing a boy's uniform, she didn't meant the date as a the type of date that a girl goes with a girl, but the type of date a girl goes with a boy.
>>123733089
A nosebleed implies sexualization. She sexualized Ryuko.
>>123733227
No she meant it as the type of date a girl goes with a girl (which exactly how it goes down) and she was being punny about it so joke was that it was the date of a girl and a boy.
>>123733227
Mako was projecting.
Her Ideal male "cool boy" dating partner would be someone "like" Ryuuko, and only Ryuuko is currently fitting the bill. She is projecting her ideals onto Ryuuko, seeing as no other man/person was showing much interest in her with the same level of "cool".
So until the right guy comes along, Mako will latch onto her "cool friend" as an emotional support.
Until the Gamagoori dickings, of course.
>>123733313
The puns and jokes are the way she talks, but she had no reason to use the visual representation of a boy and a girl if she meant a girl and a girl.
>>123733385
Ryuuko already came for her, there's no other person she showed interest at all in the whole show, and no reason for her to dump her for someone else, she's not just a "friend", what do you think her motivation for specifically choosing her (and no one else that was there) to go on a date before the final battle was?
>>123733385
the perfect life
>>123733227
How else would she have represented that?
I don't think it would have felt in character if she didn't take it to an extreme.
>>123733186
I like how you guys are having intense discussion about her sexuality and I'm just wordlessly dumping pics of her with the most masculine man to ever man around the manhood.
>>123733089
>this
>not sexual
>>123733507
>what do you think her motivation for specifically choosing her (and no one else that was there) to go on a date before the final battle was?
To let Ryuuko know she has friends and a support system that care about her a lot, and that she shouldn't kill herself.
>>123733552
>>123733518
AGREED.
>>123733555
I missed the part where she volunteered for that.
>>123733507
>there's no other person she showed interest at all in the whole show,
Yeah, the man she showed the most interest in the whole show, who would've come with her on their friends date if he didn't have to raincheck on account of dying for love.
>>123733555
There's a difference between "sexual" and "sexualized," goof.
>>123733550
I also don't think it would have felt in character if she didn't meant a romantic date.
>>123733594
Ryuko used the date as her motivation to win, it was a completely selfish action from Mako and Mako only, she didn't meant it from all her friends, it was her portrayal of her own feelings to Ryuko.
>>123733507
I think the bigger question here anon is this;
Why do you "need" them to be lesbians, in your mind? It seems very important that this fits with your views.
>>123733688
I'm talking about Mako
>>123733620
>>123733771
You're over blowing it, Ryuko wanted to go home and have a normal life after Ragyo was beaten, she wanted to move on from all this. She wanted to have normal fun with Mako, but also with Satsuki and most of all with Senketsu.
You're just cherry picking scenes and twisting them for your own benefit without actually understanding a damn thing about any of these characters that aren't even that complicated.
>>123733816
Because that's what the show portrayed clearly? I don't like that people invent explanations and their own views to something that should be take as face value from the show, the show doesn't need interpretation, even after it ended people in twitter was congratulating Ryumako to win, because people on twitter has the simplest minds that don't interpret things, because this simple show don't need interpretations, you just need to take it as face value, don't make it complicated, the show said they're lesbos, so they just are, don't invent your own logic to it.
>>123733858
Believe me, I'm concerned about Mako's well-being in this scenario as much as anyone else, she's shrugged off worse I suppose.
Artificial Insemination is always an option...
>>123733949
The show didn't say they're lesbos, and it said a lot of things in the final episodes, the least of which was that hallelujah. It's not a complicated show, but you're just focusing on one fraction and ignoring the rest.
>>123733937
You're the one trying to say Mako didn't loved her trying to twist every scene about it, instead of taking them from what they are, the date was only the final scene about this, not the only one, you know?
>>123733961
>>123733949
>Because that's what the show portrayed clearly?
Only if you take things totally literal like a honest to real life person with Medically prescribed Autism, and lack the basic thought process for abstract thinking and understanding ideas from other cultures (in that case, why are you even watching Japanese Cartoons?)
>I don't like that people invent explanations and their own views to something that should be take as face value from the show,
This is exactly what "you" are doing, not us. We want to know "why"? Why is them being lesbians in your mind so important?Are you a lesbian, anon? Did a Mako cosplayer leave you for a Gamagoori cosplayer, because they needed the hot dick you couldn't provide?
>>123734054
Because the rest wasn't about romantic relationships, the moment Mako choose to confess her feelings was that moment, so it makes sense I would focus in that moment, right? This discussion is not about everything the show said, just what the show said that's relevant to this topic, and only that scene is relevant to this
>>123734090
Head of Discipline and head of delinquents is my OTP, no matter the show.
>>123734144
Now that's what I call projecting.
>>123734214
I do try.
>>123734062
I'm not saying she didn't love her, I'm saying that her love may or may not be platonic (the large half-american gentleman certainly thought was), but the response to it was strictly platonic from a girl who loved a lot of people and the most of which was not her, it was her t-shirt. And the final scene of the girls date wasn't about Mako in any way.
>>123733949
>Because that's what the show portrayed clearly?
Only if you interpret it that way.
You don't have to asspull every interaction, they do play with the idea every now and again but it's more comedic than anything.
I fool around with guys all the time, doesn't mean I want to be more than friends with them.
I am gay as the day is beautiful... not entirely relevant, but just to set the record straight.
>>123734187
But that would mean UzuIra in this case.
>>123734144
What's the need to abstract think or understand something from a different culture? Girls hanging out with girls happens in all cultures and Mako left clear she just didn't mean hanging out like that, not like the Japanese and western girls do, but more like a romantic date way, because she choose that representation and that word.
I'm taking it as face value
>>123734304
But then you're shown the date isn't anything like that, it's exactly the kind of girls hanging out with girls date you don't want to believe is what she meant.
>>123734245
Don't mix Ryuuko discussions with Mako discussions. Ryuuko was always portrayed having a both with both, meanwhile Mako only with Ryuuko, there's no way Mako has just a platonic love for the person she insisted so much to get closer.
>>123734270
You don't need to interpret it, you just need to take exactly what it said and showed.
