Recently i begin to explore the world of TRAP!! in anime culture. I don’t know why, but i found it to be a somewhat fascinating..uh, phenomenon. Then it got me thinking on why the concept of a male character disguise as a female character is so popular. I thank/blame danbooru for enlightening me for introducing me to the wonderful of trap!!.
Truth be told, the first trap!! character i discovered was Jun from the anime/eroge Happiness!!. And yes, i thought he was a she at first. After that, i discovered a flurry of Trap!! characters such as Mizuho Miyanokouji from Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru and those three blokes from princess princess.
So now i wonder why the fascination with TRAP!! characters. Is it some yearning inside male for femininity? or is it that some bloke who is gayish inside and ashamed of it, prefer male characters who are somewhat feminine and fulfil the criteria of having both male and female quality? i don’t know. But hey, everybody have their own taste..
As for me…ok, Jun is cute. But sure as hell i’m not gay. I am secure in my masculinity.
2 responses so far ↓
fromage // March 15, 2007 at 1:21 pm
i think its about a yearning for feminity , how can it not be , in our society guys cant even show a little bit of weakness wittout being called fags . so if you can hide your a guy you get it all
fromage // March 15, 2007 at 1:43 pm
also , i dont think its a gay thing , gays think about guys and woudnt ave a reason to enjoy being a girl . the yaoi part of traps is to market to a girl`s audience