Meera

I like Super Sentai/Kamen Rider/Japanese drama/anime/manga/light novels. Also Musicals/Theatre/Period Dramas/novels.
In my 30s. She/her.

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Nouto gathering! #Donbrothers

[富永勇也 @tominaga_yuya]

叶った。

[動画ライフ @eiga_mylife]

I think an important piece of context has been lost in the discussion surrounding Ryusei Yokohama's remarks.

The exchange is generally reported as follows:

Fan: "Please appear in a BL drama."

Ryusei Yokohama: "Speaking only for myself, I don't really understand BL, so I don't want to do one."

Fan: "Why not? We live in an age of diversity."

Ryusei Yokohama: "I don't understand this 'diversity' stuff."

Taken literally, that final remark sounds as if he were saying that he doesn't understand the concept of diversity.

However, the Japanese phrase "imi ga wakaranai" ("I don't understand") is not always used literally. Depending on the context, it is a very common expression with a wide range of nuances. It can also mean things like, "I don't understand why you're bringing that up here," or "I don't see how that relates to this situation."

Of course, no one can say with certainty what he intended to mean. However, as a native Japanese speaker reading this exchange within its original linguistic and cultural context, I think it is unlikely that he was rejecting either BL itself or the idea of diversity itself. The opposite interpretation strikes me as more natural.

In other words, he was more likely questioning why the idea of "diversity" was being brought into a discussion about his personal decision not to accept a role because he personally doesn't relate to BL.

So the intended meaning may not have been,

"I don't understand BL or diversity."

but rather,

"I don't understand how my personal decision not to take the role has anything to do with 'diversity.'"

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Heart and Chase reunion?!! #KamenRiderDrive

[蕨野友也 @TomoyaWarabino]

オツカーレ🐍🍓
#蛇苺

[「余命3ヶ月のサレ夫」金曜ナイトドラマ【テレビ朝日公式】 @yomeisareo_ex]

＼❤️‍🔥オフショット❤️‍🔥／

いよいよ最終回ということで…
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蔵出しオフショット📸

岩崎一樹役 #庄司浩平 さんと
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レミ役 #宮部のぞみ さん✨

#仮面ライダーガヴ で共演したお二人の
仲良しショットを蔵出しです🙌
Instagramにはアザーカットも！

いよいよ最終回‼️
TVer・ABEMAでこれまでの復習も👀
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#余命３ヶ月のサレ夫 最終回
6月12日（金）よる11時15分〜

[Alelliott @alelliott88]

This is how I got all my news growing up

[長澤奈央 @nagasawanao0105]

おはようございます。
ハリケンジャーの夢を見ました。
ありがとうシュリケンジャー。

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Nana Yanagisawa (Megumi in Kamen Rider Kiva) has announced her marriage. Congratulations to her. #KamenRiderKiva

[柳沢なな✴︎NanaYanagisawa @Yanagi_NR13]

ご報告させていただきます💍

[柳沢なな✴︎NanaYanagisawa @Yanagi_NR13]

ご報告させていただきます💍

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Filming for the Drive x Gaim and Ghost x Drive Taisen movies must have been very interesting. The height difference between Shinnosuke and Kouta/ Takeru! #KamenRider

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

I binged all the episodes of High Potential up to the latest one in less than two weeks. Now I don't know what to do in the wait for the next ep. I have been obsessively scrolling through the posts and gifsets on Tumblr each day. #HighPotential

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

@kennysroys Waterloo Road? Or Grange Hill?

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Rest in peace to all the Super Sentai actors we have lost over the years. #SuperSe

[giga⚔️💛 @4FKi7Eipxw3xA4H]

そして、スーパー戦隊に携わってくださった星になったスターの皆様。

皆様方が与えた輝きはこれからも永久に不滅です。

私達は一生忘れません。

本当にありがとうございました。

＃50年間スーパーありがとう
＃スーパー戦隊ありがとう
＃スーパー戦隊
＃スーパー戦隊50周年

[Amy Jo Johnson @_amyjojohnson]

About last night. Power Ranger Punks! https://t.co/gHW5HqG9Jr #powerrangers #mightymorphinpowerrangers

[Ducky 🐰 @_Captain_Duck]

He made sure only fans who saw both his kamen rider and his BL would get the reference bc everyone else wonder what’s the pose? What is type Latino? 😭

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

This is what it feels like, for me, being on Toku Twitter recently. Just post on post from people who weren't born/ barely existed when I did my GCSEs/ A-Levels. When I see Nox (Kamen Rider Zeztz- whose actor is younger than I am) described as old, it just wounds me.

[theo! ⋆˚࿔ (🚨 bnd spoilers) @theotricality]

being over 35 in fandom spaces is wild because every day, it’s just a round robin of random people calling 40 year olds hags. and when you click the accounts to see who’s saying it, expecting it to be 14 year olds, the ops are legit 28.

[theo! ⋆˚࿔ (🚨 bnd spoilers) @theotricality]

being over 35 in fandom spaces is wild because every day, it’s just a round robin of random people calling 40 year olds hags. and when you click the accounts to see who’s saying it, expecting it to be 14 year olds, the ops are legit 28.

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

Gakuen Babysitters/ School Babysitters is one of my top comfort/wholesome anime. The babies are just so cute.

[ً @suckerforyuu]

one of my comfort shows

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

@suckerforyuu I love Gakuen babysitters. It's one of my comfort shows too.

[Meera @mysticalsocks]

The pipeline?! It's a rite of passage for Toku actors and boyband members to do at least one BL now.

[Psycho-Drama @PsychoDramaJP]

[NR+CN] Iuchi Haruhi and #ICEx Akune Haruse lead "Contrast" BL LA drama adaptation. It is based on a manga by itz and directed by Tomita Miki.

It'll launch on March 13th. (FOD)

#井内悠陽 #阿久根温世