Maybe I'm stretching it — idk — but does anyone else think it's mysogynistic in how Bsd women are always tied to traditional patriarchal views on women? And they lack goals of their own? Like they're well-written and have their own characters and personalities, but have you noticed a repeating pattern?
Louisa is shy and submissive, and she feels like she's nothing if Fitzgerald, a man, isn’t leading her???
Kouyou's role in the show is mostly connected to Kyouka? As in being some kind of mother figure to her? She herself doesn’t really have any other goal. You may say it's being an executive, but doesn’t she already do that? I guess she doesn’t want the pm to return to it's former form or something?
Teruko's goal is to serve justice I guess, but she already does that? And it's the same copy paste as the rest of the Hunting Dogs? And she's obsessed with Fukuchi?
Naomi is Junichirou's mischievous sister (implied they aren't actually siblings) who's kind of obsessed with him, and that is all there is to her??? Like all she wants to do is protect her brother. No individual goal for herself.
Yosano is the healer, we'll never have to worry about anything happening to the Ada because Yosano will fix them up. She's honestly just there to be a sort of plot armour. She doesn’t have an independent goal either? Other than helping in the Ada, which she already does? And that's the same as all other Ada characters? But then again she also thinks human lives are deeply important and wants to protect them, so I guess kind of a goal?
Higuchi is also fixated on Octagon, and we don't get to explore her character much? Like only one episode is dedicated to her. And I guess her goal is getting a relationship with Octagon, and serving the pm?? Serving the pm is the same as all other pm members to be honest, so no individual goal?
Kyouka has more of an individual goal, she wants to become a better person, become free, and change in her ways. Helping the Ada is an additional goal she has. But she's also quiet and shy and implied to have a crush on Atsushi?
Haruno is...just there...
Margaret puts her family above all, even herself.
Lucy's goal is to find somewhere where she belongs, with people who care for her. She has an individual goal, and she also a crush on Atsushi. But it isn’t all there is to her so I guess it isn’t really an issue.
Sasaki is the ideal japanese beauty — quiet, refined, modest, dedicated to her lover. Even after he's dead, and even though she'll always be second to his ideals. Also her whole purpose is for Kunikida's character.
Now some might say that they don't need to have complex, intricate goals, but take a look at the male characters.
Kunikida's role is to help in the Ada, sure, but he's also deeply dedicated to his ideals. His goals are to live by his ideals, even if it means sacrificing. We have so many episodes exploring this.
Atsushi's goal is to prove his worth and find a meaningful purpose in life. Like sure he helps in the Ada, but he has his own individual goal.
Even the govt. official Tonan, a character who's just barely there, has an individual goal — to avenge his father. It's separate from his job. Even Karma had an individual goal, to gain freedom.
Also, there’s nothing wrong with being shy, submissive, quiet, motherly, devotional, nurturing or refined. It's just that most, if not all, female characters fall into this category? How many male characters are obsessed with a woman relentlessly over multiple seasons and episodes, compared to the female characters? How many are nurturing, gentle and submissive compared to them?
You can't convince me that the already few female characters with little screen-time, barely having any individual goals of their own isn’t a bit sexist. Like at least unintentionally — I don't want to assume such horrible things about Asagiri. And there we have the fans babbling that Bsd is the most respectful to women all because the women don't show a lot of skin, as if showing skin was ever misogynistic.