From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Project A-ko's sexual content (was: Re: KOR: Of A
Date: 30 Dec 92 10:54:52 GMT
Organization: San Francisco State University

In article <1hlmbpINNkf4@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews) writes:
>
>In a previous article, ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg) says:
>
>>In article <2B3A2448.8622@ics.uci.edu> rang@ics.uci.edu (Roger P. Ang) writes:
>>>In article <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net> ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg) writes:
>>>BTW, she also felt the same way with B-ko's fascination for
>>>C-ko in Project A-ko.  A-ko's motives seemed normal but B-ko's determination
>>>and the way she expressed it ... ?
>> [...] Remember though; (ABC)-ko were in nursery school when
>>this started out .. I would say that it would be straining things  alot to
>>say that B-ko was doing it because she was a lesbian ..
>
>"Straining"?  I dunno about that.  The translation of the "B-ko bathing
>scene" that I read went along the lines of "my breast throbs for you, C-ko".
>That sounds sexual to me.
>
>Also, you should keep in mind that the original concept for PROJECT A-KO
>was as an episode of the CREAM LEMON series.  I'll concede that the plot 
>has changed a lot since then.  Still, it's always been my pet theory that
>the names "A-ko", "B-ko", and "C-ko" are taken from the way that Japanese
>children classify relationships: "A", "B", and "C" are sort of like
>"first base", "second base", etc.
>
>			---------- Ryan Mathews

 guess the whole thing rides on what the creators were trying to do.
where they :
	1) Trying to do an honest parody of the Japanese/British
           school system.( Would the sys adm of the ferkel do the
	   net a favor and post the Maiko Covington articles ??)
	I would but my link has been very erratic due vacation time
	shutdown and the bad weather in Northern Ca. .. domo :-) )
        There exists numerous stories of how deep some of the friendships
		can go and the fact that there ones that were alleged
	sexual ( and were dealt with very cruelly by the adiministration)
        undoubtedly , some were..
If it were meant as satire on this; than I have no issue to raise with them..

       2) Or was this just a plain old parody that went for a low blow 
          by going for some antigay jokes ( It would be interesting to
          get an opinion from a bi/gay person on it )


I originally started this point in reference to KOR. It seems that in the
manga at least; their was no doubt left .. 
I would wonder if the OAV's are considered separate from the manga.??
I would also still offer that there would plot inconsistancies to deal with
( so what else is new ?? ;-) ST and Dr Who are full of them))

I would, as I said it a previous post, feel some of my respect for KOR
wane if I saw it guilty of gay-bashing  after there was seemingly
a  very strong effort to play fair with the male/female viewpoints
...
I would also guess some it could be cultural. ..
Hitoshi  (et al) : Would you consider Japanese culture to be enlightened
with respect to this issue ??

Cheers and Happy New Year 

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