the fact that devos is framing the current standards for title ix violations for sexual assault as “unfair to men”…..like not “unfair to students accused of assault” but “men”……….implies to me that what she’s saying is men should be able to assault women and get away with it! like what else can that mean!
Happy two year anniversary to episode seven of Yuri!!! on Ice, the episode that changed so many lives and made anime history.
Let’s never forget how Sayo Yamamoto had to fight for this scene, per her words, and how much push back she had from higher powers that insisted it didn’t need to be there. But Sayo was confident in her work and believed they’d understand how important it was when they saw it.
Never forget how precarious Sayo’s position was, as a woman in a hugely male dominated industry, pushing for an explicit m/m romance in an anime that she’d already had enough trouble getting greenlighted as was. That she got what she did in there, something so clearly romantic and so 100% an obvious kiss, even with the arm blocking it, is a testament to her hard work and conviction.
Two years on and this is still such an important scene, and I’m still so happy for the gift that Sayo, Kubo, and Mappa gave us with Yuuri, Victor, and the love that they share. I can’t wait to see what they have in store with us for the movie.
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