Only a day after getting a good laugh from Zippy, I discover that mankind has invented what amounts to a Tomagotchi girlfriend. Will wonders never cease.
When it comes to Zippy, I’m all too aware of the fact that there’s a thin line between the cute manga characters my kids enjoy and more adult fascinations.
I mean, just take a look at Super Dollfies and other such fetish-like cuties. Granted, these aren’t love dolls by any measure, but there’s an even more pornographic extension to all this. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I doubt I’m feeding my kids a future fetish when they, as American consumers, enjoy Fruits Basket, D’Angel, or Hana-Kimi manga, but it’s still something of a hoot to see how childhood interests can being morphed upwards to capture more adult interests.
On the other hand, if given a choice, I’d take Super Dollfies over Amerian Girls any day. Those girls are just too conformist, gender-role specific. Ick.
Note to my readers: I have a lot of writing deadlines over the next three weeks so I intend to blog frequent but brief entries. Some will be playful, some serious, some ala curiosa. Keep an eye out, OK?
