when reki kawahara, known sao creator, is the only person who can remotely write binge eating disorder with respect, you have a problem
because he understands that 1.) binge eating disorder is often precipitated by trauma (in haruyuki’s case, being treated like a burden by his parents and them going through a divorced caused his disorder) and that 2.) people with binge eating disorder have notably distorted views of themselves and their bodies (for example, seeing themselves and their bodies as inherently disgusting when in reality most people they know wouldn’t pay any mind to them unless they’re fatphobic bullying assholes)
honestly i respect him he’s actually put in a lot of work into representation and writing his characters better after earlier criticism of sao, and i even heard about an article of him going to a women in media type thing at a con and deciding to write his female characters better after that
honestly: reki kawahara and ryukishi07 so far are the only anime industry people i trust even if both are kinda horny on main at times
