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I have to admit that I'm kinda disappointed in Bucchigiri so far, but at the same time I want to see more 'cause the setting and the designs are really cool. Even the story could be interesting if it's done right. I've seen all the discourse with Arajin and as much as I love my boy Matakara I've realized something.

Matakara and Arajin are actually very similar but Matakara is just done better. Let me explain.

Arajin's goal: lose his virginity

Matakara's goal: become a Honkibito

Arajin's obsession: Mahoro/ girls

Matakara's obsession: Arajin/ become Honki people with him

Mahoro shows no interest in Arajin, broke his love stone but Arajin still believes he has a chance. Meanwhile, Arajin avoids Marakara, rejects him and still Matakara believes in him and holds on to his stone.

They both don't let go and pursue the person they like in some ways.

Matakara is as obsessive as Arajin, but his character is more fleshed out. He has a social circle with good friends. We have a backstory with his brother, so there's someone important to him other than Arajin.

He doesn't only use his strength for selfish reasons like Arajin but to protect his friends or the Minato Kai gang.

There's mystery surrounding the shadow in his room, we don't know what will happen to him. That gives the audience some anticipation and keeps its interest in the character and his potential.

I don't think people don't like Arajin because he's flawed. Matakara as sweet as he is has flaws too and other characters on the show as well. Sen'ya for example is shady af and doesn't tell Arajin everything and keeps stuff from him, so not everyone is a saint. And it's not because of bad writing or anything, it's just the way it was intended to be.

The intent here is to subvert expectations. I was surprised at first that it didn't go the way I thought. First, the harem trope is completely different from what we're used to.

- The mc pursues a girl but mostly men are after him, every gang leader wants him on their team because they think he's really strong. So they completely change what people expect of the harem genre.

- Mahoro is not the typical cute and innocent girl the mc usually falls for. She's ruthless, a brocon and doesn't hesitate to manipulate people to get what she wants. That makes her interesting because she's really not what she seems and is similar to Arajin and Matakara (her obsession with her brother)

- Arajin is not the typical shonen prota with big morals or big dreams (the "I want to become xx" type of hero), he doesn't want to be strong or anything significant other than losing his virginity like a normal teenager, and that's the joke. You expected something else? No, we get a pathetic mc who's most likely going to surprise us again just to break our expectations.

We're not supposed to root for Arajin, I think he is a tool to tell a delinquent story in a new kind of way. His character is annoying but I think it's on purpose and he's going to be useful somehow. How? Idk time will tell.

The process is not enjoyable right now and that's fine that people feel that way, but I think it's going to make sense at one point or another as to why Arajin acts like that.

I've seen some people not understanding all the criticism he gets, but I think it's fair criticism, judging that Arajin is not the type of character you would root for. While we know he's going to change it still seems like a long way, especially when you just don't care about the mc or you don't find him interesting in any way. That got me thinking that this is exactly how we're supposed to feel about him, at least for now. Arajin's not supposed to be a likable character so I'd say it's working. it's all fine because for once it's different, this is not what we expect of a shonen protagonist, so it's interesting.

I've also seen people say that Arajin has some development and I'm not sure about that. Sure, as the story progresses and he's getting more and more in a mess, Arajin's reactions have more range, there are some elements here and there that show us he cares about some things. But his attitude remains the same. And I think something bigger has to happen for him to actually break out of his character.

We've seen how he reacted to Akutaro's speech about Mahoro. It demonstrates that he can get mad for someone else, but he left Matakara tied up in a basement and doesn't get mad for him at all. We have a whole flashback with him feeling guilty for leaving Matakara and he has no remorse doing it again because he's not his priority. Something bad is going to happen so Arajin will finally snap out of it and pay attention to Matakara and realize his behavior was not okay. I hope that's the course of action at least or I'll be really disappointed. Arajin is not a good mc and that's cool, it's not groundbreaking but different. That being said, it has to mean something in the story and I haven't seen that yet.

So yeah, I'm not giving up on this anime and I'm looking forward to see how the story will unfold!

Me: *Just merrily away admiring the revealed merch that has Matakara in it and he is holding a boathouse bucket and towel which references his current living space*

Also me: *saw that one merch of Aramata plus their younger self being plush sized*

YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME, MAPPA?!?! HOW THE FUCK IS IT JUST SO ADORABLE?!? I-

"Arajin doesn't care about anyone"

The thing people don't get is that Arajin doesn't HAVE to care about others, about strangers. They're not his friends. They're nobody important to him. They're random men who want him in their gangs -- gangs that Arajin only got involved with because he wanted to impress a girl he liked and wanted to be her friend. Even then, Arajin doesn't show he doesn't care when others get physically hurt?? He gets freaked out, he doesn't like fights, he found Outa beat up and bloody and screamed for his life lol. He caught Matakara so he wouldn't fall and get hurt, then pressed a cold handkerchief to his forehead. He's trying and failing to distance himself from these men and their gangs.

The only person who he considers a friend (Mahoro) never got hurt, and yet just a simple threat of her being a trophy girl got him really defensive and angry. Which is why I believe that he's not the same as he was when he was a child... I don't think he realized yet that he's gotten less cowardly. He throws punches easier, because Senya was there in support, Senya kind of helped him become less of a coward. But he punched that dude without asking for Senya's help, in a pure rush of anger (then immediately got sick when he realized what happened lol), which is something he would've never done before. When Matakara got bullied, Arajin ran away. This time he stood his ground and punched first.

Also, he has no real friends, the only person who used to be his friend is getting rejected because Arajin is filled with guilt and avoids him. He doesn't want to be in gangs or fight, he wants to experience a highschool romance story with a cute girl lol

So of course he doesn't care about random gangs ?! Those aren't his friends, he never wanted to be involved in fighting, bloody stuff, anything like that. Its annoying to see people shade him for... being "self centered"? He's surrounded by strangers who just wanna fight and he doesn't wanna die lol. I think Arajin trying to avoid that life is the most normal thing anyone in that anime did lol

Alright I'm throwing my own view on Arajin as a character since I've seen people shade him and dislike him. The annoying thing about him is that (as Senya said lol) he thinks with his other head too much. Clearly he has no luck with women and only with men, which isn't something he's overjoyed about. For that idk, I think its kind of cute that he wants to love someone, but at the same time its sad that he's just being used lol. But I'm not a fan of the pervert horny trope.

But I mostly want to focus on his whole "I don't want to fight" thing. Yes, he's a coward, there's nothing bad about that imo, but I think they're setting up character development for Arajin in regards of that, since it's a big thing holding him down. As kids, him and his best friend Matakara used to practice to become honki people, and it was really fun for them until the day when three older boys made fun of them. Matakara thought he could take them on, and Arajin was cowardly and probably knew 2 on 3 fight (with clear age differences) wasn't gonna end good. He tried backing off but Matakara went on and attacked anyways. Arajin ran off crying, and the picture of Matakara beat up on the ground stayed stuck in his head.

Nowadays, it's very clear that Arajin feels guilty. He feels guilty that he got Matakara to believe they were strong enough while practicing, to the point he took up 3 boys by himself. He feels guilty that he was too scared and cowardly to help Matakara, that he ran off and left him alone, even though Matakara looked up to him. Matakara said that Arajin is a really nice, strong guy who doesn't like to fight others, and he still believes that, he still looks up to him even 5 years later, he still thinks of him as a friend and holds his best friend stone closeby. He doesn't hold a grudge against Arajin. He isn't mad at him at all. It is Arajin whos still stuck in the past. This whole thing is something Arajin has to get over by himself.

Every time Arajin is around Matakara he remembers the past, so he tries to avoid him or brush him off, but Matakara still wants to be friends and doesnt seem to understand how guilty Arajin feels. ("Matakara didn't deserve to be treated this way", true, but I don't think Arajin thinks Matakara deserves it either... He definitely doesn't think Matakara is a bad guy or anything like that. He thinks him treating Matakara badly (avoiding him, not talking to him) would make Matakara give up on trying to be friends. Clearly, its too rough for Arajin to be near him. And the one sided feeling hurts Matakara in return.)

Matakara knows Arajin is avoiding him too and guessed why correctly; "Is it because of what happened?", "I'm stronger now", but Arajin is still holding that guilt. So for them to come to an understanding, both sides should WANT to talk it out. But its clear Arajin doesn't want to, at least not yet. His character arc isn't there yet, which makes everything a little frustrating since we are halfway through the anime and things are just now getting down.

I don't personally think Arajin is a mean person, he's a 16 year old guy who wants to get a gf and be romantic and all that, he doesn't wanna be in gangs or fight or anything. I think he's just insensitive towards Matakara because he has his own issues he doesn't want to deal with. Totally unfair to Matakara. But I want to believe Matakara when he said Arajin is a really nice guy. The dude looks completely smitten. It also kinda sucks that only time we saw Arajin interact with a friend was in a flashback. Nowadays, he has no friends. He avoids Matakara, doesn't really consider anyone else but Mahoro (lol) his friend, so all his relationships are currently one sided lol

they are even in my subconscious… sick and tired 😭!!!

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also this rock is a symbol. i truly think that as long as it stays intact matakara will never lose faith in arajin. and for the sake of both of their character development i will crush it with my bare fucking hands

so many essays ab arajins portrayal so far and all i have to say is hes like 14 14 year old boys are kind of shitheads hes a kid, a kid trying to use a facade of apathy and selfishness to run away from what he doesnt want to face its also only been 5 episodes so far relax. i am aras number 1 hater but even i know to just be patient. also hes not even that bad of a character hes just trying to pretend to be someone else what he believes is a ‘cool guy who gets the girls’ yknow like a kid does…i think he just lacks the emotional maturity to own up to his faults and apologize for those faults

yes yes yes you get it! I also think Ichiya has some sort of mind control thing going on. I think that's why the NG boys are like that. Or maybe it's not a specific power, but that's Akutaro's wish?

Also, I feel like a lot of the anons you're getting are not fully understanding Arajin's character or purpose in the narrative. More fundamentally, I think they're misunderstanding shame as a motivator. Like saying, "if he's so ashamed of himself he should be trying to get stronger" is such a misrepresentation of how shame works. You don't run towards the problem and try to overcome it you run away from it. To overcome something you have to reject that shame and believe in yourself in spite if it. You have to let go of shame to even be able to look at the problem head on. Arajin wouldn't want to get stronger (the desire that led to his trauma in the first place, by the way) because he doesn't believe that he can, and he's too ashamed to try.

I also have the theory that Arajin won't be forced to change until something happens to Matakara, like whatever is being teased in the intro.

Yeah. I’m kind of had a headcanon that Ichiya has some sort of magical ability that makes Akutaro keeps the rest of the grunts in line.

Also yes to Arajin cuz that’s what I’m feeling his character development is going to revolve around and what has been teased in the OP.

By saying that people read too much into arajin I meant people coming up with complex theories like his character is some grand, groundbreaking example for why this anime genre is toxic or how he must have an ab*sive father and that's where his behaviour comes from bc they can't accept that he's a moron. They're trying to lessen his actions bc surely arajin is much more than this. However there is a chance that his character isn't actually that deep. I hope we get an explanation for his actions, however arajin just seems like he's much more badly written than the other characters and I honestly don't think we'll end up loving him the way we do the other characters by the end of this even if his character grows a bit. He'd have to do a complete 180 and idk if this story has time for it.

Well there is that. I’ve seen the ‘abusive father’ theories popping up but truth be told, I don’t buy it since rudeness towards everyone, including his mother aside, I don’t see Arajin having that kind of dad (unless Utsumi says so somewhere along the at which I doubt) to justify his rude behaviour since he is well, a rude teenager that’s that.

Still, I do hope there will be enough episode time to develop Arajin and whatnot since we only have 7 episodes to go but hopefully there will be enough time that is assuming the writers properly implement the character development without rushing it (that is if they don’t overwork and have a horrible production cost which would affect the product badly and do hope they have a proper work management)

I wanna see that pink twink cry

my little siguma squad

my thoughts and theories on ep 5

starting with the things i did like, i think the animation + visuals are overall very consistent for the series so far. the tone of the episode was a bit more serious because, well... akutaro and the gang war and the growing tensions between characters.

we finally got see the full flashback of matakara and arajin's backstory and it was a nice surprise to see how matakara stood up for himself and arajin of course runs away (understandable) but i'm hoping in future episodes we get more on their pasts (with matakara's brother too. maybe the reason his brother is in juvie is because he did something bad to the bullies and he didn't tell/lied to matakara? this could be interesting later on) and how it affects the present and future character growth. I hope we also get to see the reason why arajin moved away as it’ll help us understand his character more (literally running away from circumstances. A lot of his character is running away and how he has to confront it) akutaro is a fun villain! a complete dramatic and horny menace. i'm so glad he got his face punched in. i wonder how he got ichiya (what influence does ichiya have over him/he have over ichiya?) and if he’ll continue to be the series’ big bad later on or if he’ll just be the antag for this arc.

the good thing about arajin being so indecisive about joining anyone is that we get to see how each gang operates. this time, we see the ng boys (and girls?? they have girls too) and how akutaro has everyone under his finger. he uses fear and threats to manipulate them into doing what he wants, forces them to do his dirty work. we also see how he got kicked out of minatokai and a bit of kenichiro and marito's battle in the background. i wonder how the blue majin will merge with matakara because it's foreshadowed heavily. (“no doubt those kicks are ichiya’s” and matakara’s fighting style revolves around them) right now the blue majin is with akutaro) i’m also dying to know senya’s motives and past with ichiya and how it could tie into the conflict between their person.

i feel like the gag of arajin and his *cough* rampant thinking with his dick is starting to wear on my nerves a bit, but i don't HATE him. i get that his character is supposed to be poking fun at that trope. i think what's interesting is that you could point out that male characters who are considered to be strong also happen to have lots of connections + affections (platonic or romantic) toward other men. arajin by contrast, rejects it in favour of chasing after women (maybe it’s what he thinks will prove his masculinity to others? or it's like. a distraction from his issues?)

maybe it’s not that deep, but it's something i wanted to point out anyway.

on the topic of arajin: my biggest worry is that while i DO have hope arajin's character development is on the way soon, i am concerned that they'll start it too late (like ep 10 which is unlikely but) and not give us enough time to fully sympathize or connect with his relationship towards matakara and the others around him. i understand he's supposed to be a selfish and unlikeable character, but i feel with like there's only so long you can stretch out the drama before it wears thin if you don’t expand on it; which is something have hope that they’ll do since there’s a lot of setup there.

i know arajin’s character is why most people are dropping the anime, but i'm hoping most people will at least be patient for the development. we're only at episode 5. (like sk8 for example had the conflict span from ep 7-10. this is a larger scale conflict so ofc it'd take longer) bucchigiri has a lot of potential, and i’m hoping they’ll stick the landing.

(i also need to see the fight between kenichiro and marito next ep ; i know it'll be awesome.) with the title of the next ep's title being "much much friendship! 'nira-reba'-lution 21!" i do hope we get to see much, much more in terms of friendships (a falling out maybe?) , arajin-related or otherwise. i'm excited to see where the anime goes next!

DID SOMEONE SAY BUCCHIGIRI GENDERBENDS 🔥🔥💪

first batch! had some much fun designing all these even though some of them don’t look too different 😭 some of these were difficult to do since imo bucchigiri would be chock full of butches n some of the designs were already androgynous (i.e. hagure) but anyways…

extra notes: matakara had a long skirt originally but it didn’t make sense w his fighting style. arajin has a qipao and shorts bc I liked his gym uniform. jabashiri has a half skirt and hagure has a skirt. I kept the male uniforms since the black breaks up the colours well + gangs have different uniforms.

I really love that this show's intense mlm homoeroticism extends to the fact that when the people making it try to come up with a character design that scans as "sexy woman" they can't do it.

I'm sorry but these are the most "gay guy tries to reverse-engineer what straight dudes like in women" designs of all time.

as for Bucchigiri itself, I respect what it's doing and I enjoy watching it for the craftsmanship basically. It's very fun to look at, I love the character designs (other than these girls who are bit characters to be clear, it's possible that their nondescriptness is actually intentional now that I think of it), and the fights are cool. I have yet to truly click with any of the characters and I sort of suspect I won't since this show is clearly made for a different audience than myself, but it's a fun watch regardless.

Oh also there's a bunch of scenes in this episode where Glasses Guy literally whips the protagonist. So that's something for those of you into sadistic guy / goofy dude fujobait dynamics I suppose.

not a single straight man in this anime

Alright man alright.

omg jabashiri x hagure nation we won!

Something I find fascinating is the way Matakara just refuses to take off his rose colored glasses when it comes to Arajin. Matakara is a kind, sincere and thoughtful guy, ready to fight injustice, so you would think he would not stand someone with a personality like Arajin. But that's not what's happening here. He always talks about the "super cool and kind and strong Ara-chan" even though this description could not be more removed from reality. Even as "Matakara's childhood friend", Arajin didn't have the strength to defend his opinions or protect Matakara (and the bullies make fun of him for that!)

I wonder what Matakara is seeing in Arajin, that we, the viewers aren't seeing yet

Matakara's sad face when Arajin said "we're not friends"......

matakara places so much faith in arajin based on who he was like over 5 years ago that bro still somehow doesn't give up on him even after arajin straight up says they're not friends while he's still in the same room 😭😭😭

"....My dick has led me to places you couldn't even imagine"

arajin i hope your ego death will be painful + you deserve everything that's coming for you 🫶

accidental K.O.