Can /a/ please validate my autism? I hate the Horimiya OVA.

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Can /a/ please validate my autism?

I hate the Horimiya OVA. It's subtly different from the manga. But I was so bothered by it that I checked the original webcomic, and it's not like that either. Horimiya is written by a woman. It has two main characters and we see from both of their POVs, but, like most series written by women, it shows a lot of the female lead's emotions. But with the OVA, there's a slight shift towards Miyamura's side. We see more of his internal monologue; he's more insecure and shy; and Hori is far less emotional. The reason for this is obvious: the director figured that only male otaku will buy anime. Slice-of-life romance series written for a male audience tend to focus on the emotions and insecurities of a male lead, because men (particularly otaku) are more aware of their weaknesses and tend to see the objects of their sexual desires as daunting. But changing the dynamic even slightly ruins the entire mixture. Horimiya isn't a series about a loser guy who befriends a popular girl; it's a series about two people who each have their own insecurities and emotions.

/a/ is always asking how catering to otaku is a problem. While here is a good example. It's one thing to make a series that caters to otaku, but it's something else to take an existing story and warp it so that it's more marketable.