On Dragon Ball - General, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Which Z fighter do you thk is gay?".
Contents:
- ‘DRAGON BALL SUPER’ CAST ADDRS WHETHER BEES & WHIS ARE GAY
- WHICH Z FIGHTER DO YOU THK IS GAY?
- DRAGON BALL Z GAY COMICS
‘DRAGON BALL SUPER’ CAST ADDRS WHETHER BEES & WHIS ARE GAY
In Japane, Otoko Si means "man love", a reference to his obv homosexualy. He wears the attire of a stereotypil homosexual biker, nsistg of a black peaked p wh a skull motif, a sgle black strap across his cht om the left shoulr, black studd glov, black pants, and black motorcycle boots.
Apart om his homosexualy and attractn to Tnks and to a lser extent Goten, ltle is known about Otokosi's personaly. Dpe clearly over-rankg him, Tnks is hant to participate a match wh Otokosi due to Otokosi's overt homosexualy, cludg his flirtgly tellg Tnks that he'll go easy on him as well as statg that he, unlike Wild Tiger, was happy wh his challenger.
WHICH Z FIGHTER DO YOU THK IS GAY?
Otokosi bears a great remblance to the late Glenn Hugh, who played the biker the Village People, a 1970s dis band monly associated wh homosexualy. In televised airgs of "Buu's Rernatn", Otokosi's homosexual behavr is largely eded out. Otokosi is the send homosexual character to appear the Dragon Ball seri, wh the first beg General Blue.
DRAGON BALL Z GAY COMICS
General Blue is heavily d as gay. Gay villas n be handled well, but 's problematic that the only openly gay character Dragon Ball happens to be signed like a Nazi, wh a very Nazi-que uniform and Aryan appearance. All of this feeds to the predatory gay stereotype, meang gay men as dangero people who prey on children.
No one will watch Dragon Ball and bee nvced that all gay men are pedophil.
However, characters like the serve to nfirm bigoted beliefs that already exist, which ultimately rerc the bigotry gay men face real life. In fact, when Bulma and Krill acce him of beg gay, he reacts a very shocked manner, as if he's tryg (and failg) to hi his sexualy. Which, to many fans, nfirmed that this character was meant to be gay.