yansusustories
Matchmaker of Handsome Men
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Oh, that sounds really interesting. I usually don't read female-lead stories but I might want to give this one a try because of the dynamic.To bounce off of this further, when I think of some of the strongest female characters that I know, a manga called Basara comes to mind. It's like an epic shounen-style adventure manga comparable in scale to Rurouni Kenshin or some of the other big battle mangas, and the protagonist is a badass sword-wielding heroine who spends more than half of the story stealing the identity of her twin brother who's supposed to be the "chosen one".
I think it might not have been that obvious that you were only talking about the initial stages. With that clarified, I think it makes sense. Although I would say that sometimes, taking things like gender or race or similar things into consideration can make for interesting stories as well. Sure, not everything in a story should be hinged on this but this is a trait of a character just as much as everything else. I mean, even a character's hair color could have an impact on a story depending on the world you came up with so I think it's safe to say that gender etc. can too. They just shouldn't be the only trait of the character driving the story, they should at most just have an impact like everything else.That's obviously true. The whole time I was talking about the initial point.
Also, a bit beside the point of the discussion, but in regard to this:
Maybe I am just misunderstanding what you were trying to say here but as an actual asexual and aromantic person, I want to point out that asexuality isn't a lack of sex. It's a sexual orientation that means you aren't attracted to any gender. Asexual people still can and often do have sex. It also has absolutely nothing to do with not needing love. Not being attracted romantically to other people would be called being aromantic which is a separate orientation from being asexual. This also doesn't mean not needing love. Many aromantic people are still in loving relationships.Or a single mother who doesn't need any love at all after giving birth and going, full asexual.