As a gay man myself, I have a lot to say about the modern landscape of LGBT+ rep in media and how I personally don’t feel represented by them.

But what I’ll say for now is that when getting into stories, I want to care about—you know—the story. Give me a reason to care about the characters and plot. Make me feel invested in that. Whenever companies like Disney mention anything involving the representation of marginalized people, I see it as a sign that the writing is going to be trash and they’re trying to make up for it with representation. That’s exactly what anime fans correctly predicted with Crunchyroll’s original series, High Guardian Spice.

Yeah I agree. They may have given me chuckles, but I found the seasons boring overall. The Panderverse was the first time in forever that they got me laughing in tears.