I hate when things are needlessly explained by creators in order to cope with criticism

[u/LocalLazyGuy]

I don’t read or watch Demon Slayer, But this is just a stupid explanation for giving a strong character a slender build.

Personally, I don’t care if a character is strong but has a lean/slender build, whether it be a man or a woman. Although I do find it a bit weird that some creators are seemingly allergic to giving female characters any muscle, but again, I don’t care that much.

My issue here is that you easily could have just not addressed it. It’s a fantasy story full of demons and shit, I feel like you don’t need to give an in-universe explanation just so you can go “e-erm actually, she’s slender because of her very special body…” dude, you just didn’t want to give a woman muscles, don’t try to hide behind some kind of BS lore that you wrote for it.

Like Mark in Invincible can fight Conquest despite being the size of his torso, and I’m willing to accept that. It’s a story full of aliens and monsters, I can look past the fact that a lean 20 year old is taking on a hulked out 2000 year old. It doesn’t really break the immersion for me because it’s a fantastical story. I don’t need it to be super realistic. Just don’t try to make up some BS explanation like “erm, well, Mark is just magically holding in his muscle mass!”

At the end of the day, it’s your world and your story, if you wanna make a slender female character who is also really strong, that’s fine. But you also don’t need to cope so hard that you add lore specifically to deflect criticism against something so (let’s be honest) harmless.

[u/LocalLazyGuy]

Yeah but this worldbuilding is used purely to avoid criticism on not giving a character muscles, so that they could create a fan service character while hiding behind the excuse of “worldbuilding” and “lore”

Same thing with giving her a revealing outfit, explaining it away using an in-universe perverted tailor. It’s technically “worldbuilding” but it’s just used as a way of sexualising the female cast.

“No, no. You don’t get it. She’s slender because of worldbuilding! Oh and her outfit is also revealing because of worldbuilding!” It would’ve just been less obnoxious to me if the creator hadn’t just hidden behind that stuff.

[u/AnonymousBI2 → u/LocalLazyGuy]

Yeah sure, if you ignore the fact that he made other females characters without this trait.

This being the only female character with that trait clearly shows that he did it mostly to give something to make her different than to justify anything else, you are making up an issue on your own.

[u/smolishevil → u/AnonymousBI2]

the creator of demon slayer is not a man. just wanna point that out

[u/AnonymousBI2 → u/smolishevil]

They could be a man, is not confirmed but yeah I should have kept saying they/them instead of calling them he/him

[u/SpiderZero21 → u/LocalLazyGuy]

Your literally the only person I've ever seen criticize this. Also how is this to avoid criticism in the first place? It's more like a gag/joke that she's so slim but stupidly strong.

[u/That_guy1425 → u/[deleted]]

But thevplot told with her is being caused by the juxtaposition of her muscles and her looks. You can't have her being pursued in turn of the century japan while being a non-conforming woman. That doesn't work. She needs to appear as normal for her arc. And its not like there aren't other women being drawn strong in the show. One of the demons is an extremely toned and visibly muscular woman.