After Action [COMPLETED]

[X] " 'KOMI-SAN' AND THE ALARMING RISE OF NEANDERTHAL FUNDAMENTALISM"

Written 21 November 2018

It started out as a simple "joke" within a particular animé-themed community on Reddit. But, in a surprising turn of events, it has become the most recent debacle that shocked Facebook's animé community.

'Komi-san Is Bad At Communication' chronicles the day-to-day life of its titular character, Komi Shouko―a young girl who is seemingly afflicted with social anxiety and selective mutism―and the people who surround her. Now I haven't any knowledge about who had set the goal in the first place (it was Tadano-kun, most likely), but the main objective of the story is for Shouko to have one hundred friends―whether by the end of the school year, or by the end of the manga itself. For me, 'Komi-san' is not a title I would pick up and read because, for some unknown reason, I am not at all appealed by its premise; for me it looked like a 'Handa-kun' spin-off, only with a total pushover as its main character. The actions of its growing legion of "fans", however, have actually angered me to the point that I have done a rather hurtful move on my part―and I'm not apologizing for it; what I have posted was essentially the bitter pill of truth.

Hews, a famous R-18 artist like Shädman (just without the edginess), was threatened by all 'Komi-san' fans―or its bandwagoning "fantards", at the least―that they will report his Facebook page en masse for actually posting a lewd fan-made art of the same "goddess" they deem to be oh-so-pure-and-innocent. And with the horrifying proposition of a take-down that had actually happened on the "Axis Cult" page taken into account, Hews was forced to take down that offending post and issued an apology afterwards―which, in my opinion, he should not have done in the first place. Posting a lewd, fan-made artwork of a female animé or manga character, showing off her body in a way that is not degrading (with the right amount of censorship, of course), is a form of art in and of itself. That way, it shows both the strength and the weakness of the female body, in a way that transcends beyond objectification of women in general. I know most people will disagree with my opinion, but that subject is a whole different can of worms, altogether.

In conclusion, the recent debacle surrounding 'Komi-san', and its legion of "fans", had actually presented us with a kind of puritan, fundamentalist viewpoint different from the "religious fundamentalism" that plagued the world throughout the years.

This is, "Neanderthal fundamentalism"―in a nutshell.