I /know/ imma get a lot of flack for this but it really boils down to is a lot of writers, especially in the male dominated shonen genre, just don't know how to write women. Like if you look/think back to any shonen series you've read/know of, more than likely there's gonna be a lot of hate for any female lead, but a lot of interest in a lady
that had a minor appearance in the series. Why is that? Cause the author had to spend more than 5 minutes on the female lead and now we can tell they've never talked to a women for more than 30 minutes irl vs the 2 second cameo lady they had and we project the rest of her personality...so we end up liking her more!
Obviously it doesn't apply to all authors but it's come to a point that I'll look at how some women in a series act and be like...sorry sweetie I diagnose u with written by a dude cringe smh
this is very true, there are some authors who can write female leads very well but most of the female leads in shounen are added in for fan service and their personality’s end up being the clingy/dumb type that contribute nothing to the story.
I always get surprised at how much hate a lot of readers have for female leads
Good gracious, a girl can't breathe in the mangas you guys read- it turns it into trash.
When it happens so often its a 'you' problem, not a 'her' problem