LiteralGrillJul 5, 2023

Fair warning, I'm watching The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses this season to 100% be a hater. Not because of the questionable and disorienting animation decisions either.

This show looks like a cute romance #anime on the surface. But I'm #disabled so unfortunately, I see a lot more here and plan to take notes.

This show is based on a #shounen property, so it's marketed at younger guys. So essentially, this is a romantic power fantasy of a disabled woman — Mei is essentially legally blind — where said woman is dependent on the man to get through a lot of basic life tasks. When you start seeing a lot of that, or have experienced that kind of thing in real life, it quickly becomes almost impossible to enjoy.

There's a thing that happens in a lot of shows in general where someone who is called everything but disabled is considered cute despite their "quirks" and the like too. Think Komi Can't Communicate if you've seen it. Now, imagine if that main character weren't a conventionally attractive girl. Would the show still be a success? In Komi's case, that's part of why so many students flock to her!

This kind of thing was brought up back when #Wednesday first hit #Netflix too. How the behaviors people said were iconic were the kinds of things a lot of autistic kids were bullied for in school. How they're only considered "cool" now because of the conventionally attractive lady doing them.

I've got a feeling I'm going to have a LOT of criticisms about this show so buckle up and get ready to have your ableist mindsets challenged! #TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses

Show threadLiteralGrillJul 12, 2023

Time to continue being a hater about #TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses.

Do you mean to tell me we have a girl that cannot even eat a small cake in front of her, yet she is able to get to school without being hit by a car?

Look, the premise is that this is a girl who forgets her glasses often and is severely visually impaired. She's disabled! And most folks dealing with their disabilities often find ways to adapt so they can function in their everyday lives. Blind folks can cook and could certainly serve stew — ever heard of Christine Hà? Blind folks can also feed themselves!

The show making Mei so absolutely helpless on purpose is a choice and a gross one honestly. This power caretaker fantasy is extremely uncomfortable. I hope more abled folks catch on to why the show is covered in ick.

#disability #blind #anime

Show threadLiteralGrillJul 19, 2023

Time to keep drinking the haterade over #TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses

This week's episode didn't have anything particularly egregious, just a lot of the same. If anything, Komura just being SO overprotective of Mei is becoming annoyingly patronizing.

It is okay for her to feel embarrassed! It's okay to say there's a bug on the wall she didn't notice! It's okay to say that she delivered a love note from someone else on accident!

Disabled folks make mistakes all the time just like everyone else. Sometimes, those mistakes do come from our disabilities. It's life, just like anyone else's life, and shouldn't be such a big deal.

#disability #blind #anime

Show threadLiteralGrillJul 26, 2023

I continue my #TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses hate train this week rather simply: The show is so boring and bland.

Like, there wasn't anything particularly terrible this week, outside another moment where Komura doesn't make it clear it's him when Mei clearly doesn't recognize him again (which is kinda ick). It's just more of the boring same. I have zero idea how this can sustain a full season of television. #anime #disability

Show threadchampions of the universeJul 26, 2023

@literalgrill do u think maybe it’s not ur thing

-olivia

Show threadLiteralGrillJul 26, 2023
@yuuekt Very much so yes. I do want to write about it though, so to be fair, I'm watching it from start to finish.
Show threadchampions of the universe
@literalgrill that’s fair continue ur hater journey homie
Jul 26, 2023 at 2:28amWeb
Show threadAnime Animals アニメの動物Jul 26, 2023
@yuuekt @literalgrill #HateWatching is a thing. Remember how Netflix was happy with the #Velma series?
Show threadchampions of the universeJul 26, 2023
@anianimalsmoe @literalgrill i should probably directly inject more hater in me by listening to CSGO competitive comms
Show threadLiteralGrillJul 26, 2023
@yuuekt @anianimalsmoe Well I'm not sure I'm full blown hate watching like you might with Velma... But it will likely result in an article that is an extremely scathing review so maybe...