Sk8 the Infy is the latt homoerotic h om director Hiroko Utsumi, but will go beyond queerbag and bee a gay romance?
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WILL SK8 THE INFY BEE A GAY ROMANCE?
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Sk8 the Infy is the latt homoerotic h om director Hiroko Utsumi, but will go beyond queerbag and bee a gay romance?
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WILL SK8 THE INFY BEE A GAY ROMANCE?
Of urse, sce Tadashi is a skateboarr himself, he’s meant to be read as a queer person wh ternalized homophobia.
It’s a classic BL trope where a gay guy feels like he’s “rptg” his love tert who uld’ve had a “normal” life stead. To rentextualise , Adam’s homophobic father found out that he was gay, and his gay iend (or boyiend) not only ni that he is gay to save his own sk, but also do nothg to support Adam who is beg abed by his fay.
There's no way you n "no homo" out of this one. It ti to how beg gay is monly seen as jt “a phase” and they should get to “normal” relatnships as they step to adulthood.