Talk:Okamaitachi/@comment-6245676-20151106043005/@comment-1758226-20151123011224

To be fair, a VAST majority of the characters are quite...campy or just plain two dimensional. On top of that, sexuality isn't exactly a common  statistic listed for the heroes, nor are love interests usually brought up; it's perfectly fine to assume there are heroes, villains, and unassorted that are at any point of either of the spectrums of gender identity and sexuality.

This seems to be more in line with parodying how heroes are portrayed in Japanese media than with any actual ill intent about groups of people (other than hammy hero characters).

While it's unfortunate that some fairly blatant stereotypes are applied to characters - and are, in fact, defining characteristics in several - I do not see it as some sort of attack, but rather as a side-effect of the parodying of the genre. Every single character - heroes especially - make only a few aspects of theirs absolutely defining. With the absolutely overwhelming amount of heroes in existence trying to just become known, it figures that a few would be willing to exploit identity and/or sexuality in order to stand out and become known in a world where hero worship is about two steps away from being a valid currency.

On top of that, Puri Puri Prisoner has admitted to having an actual problem in that he can't help but attack men he finds attractive (note that he actually had to break out of prison during his Sea King appearance). He's not necessarily representative of gay men, but of wanton lust.

It's unfortunate they chose to tack that inevitable characteristic onto a gay guy, but it's not exactly surprising, considering he's actually made the whole "prisoner of passion" his schtick.

I got nothing on Okamaitachi (yet). New to the series and interested in starting the manga.