Sailor Moon Crystal and Queer erasure
something I feel like hasn't been talked about much....is, outside of the Haruka Michiru Setsuna Polycule.....almost all the Queer characters got deleted
how in SOME cases....this is a consequence of the show trying to be more Manga accurate...but they have no excuse in other cases
Zoisite and Kunzite are a case of Manga accuracy since they weren't gay in the manga.....ALLEGEDLY...I could argue they were since the whole reason the 90's anime made them as such was because they were nuzzling in their first appearance together in the Manga and Zoisite proceeded to do Drag, but I digress
Ittou Asanuma
he is Mako's best friend and in the manga, She introduces him by saying he has a crush on Mamoru, which his actions throughout R basically confirm,
Crystal downplays his crush in weird ways, and there is a scene where he tells Mako he knows she's Sailor Jupiter and how he words that he doesn't want her to get hurt comes across as Romantic....which she Laughs at because it's weird to hear him say something romantic to her
Crystal makes the line Serious romantic confession and doesn't have her dismiss it like she does in the Manga
he has only ONE appearance in the 90's anime, in Stars where he is given a stereotypically gay voice and Usagi makes a homophobic comment about him
IRONICALLY some aspects of his character were turned into an unrelated character in one of the Alien filler eps of R wherein Mako is given a friend who has been her confidant and rock through her whole childhood...and who she Laughs at the idea she has any romantic connection to when it's pointed out they love eachother, so he may also be Gay like Manga Asanuma,
my point is.....there was no justifiable reason for Crystal to make all the queer male characters Heterosexual if they were pushing for Manga Accuracy....
it is one of MANY issues that make Crystal 1000% worse than the 90's anime
