I resubscribed to Crunchyroll and I'm all caught up on Yamato now. They have the recap film of the first two seasons, which was handy for reminding me of stuff before moving on to seasons 3 & 4.
I'm not particularly impressed with the new seasons, though there's some decent stuff here and there in season 4, at least in the third arc. It's odd that they did such a superb job with season 1 but nothing since has reached the same level. At this point, it feels rather soap opera-esque, and there are so many characters that I have trouble keeping track.
I saw this post before I watched, so I was looking out for this character and the part where they brought this up, but I can't remember a single mention of any of this in the scenes where she appeared. There's no mention of it in her wiki entry either.
I'm not particularly impressed with the new seasons, though there's some decent stuff here and there in season 4, at least in the third arc. It's odd that they did such a superb job with season 1 but nothing since has reached the same level. At this point, it feels rather soap opera-esque, and there are so many characters that I have trouble keeping track.
But what happens when a mature woman appears, acting like a mature person in a position of leadership?
Well, we are told that this is BAD. AND EVIL.
Case in point:
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Todo Shino
She is the head of the Earth Federation Forces Intelligence Bureau and also the younger sister of Minister Heikuro Todo.
Let's start with all the problems that are explained to us in detail.
She has CONSCIENTLY chosen not to have a family (I don't know how many times we are told this in all the episodes). This is BAD, because we are repeatedly told that having a family is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE UNIVERSE and is also a moral duty.
So some of her questionable choices are explained by the fact that she doesn't HAVE A FAMILY.
She has the highest position of power held by a woman that we have seen in the series (I mean among the earthlings, the aliens have queens, empresses or whatever). Let's say that between her and the woman immediately below in the hierarchical chain (a captain of an experimental ship who we are told got the position only through nepotism) there is an abyss.
And how is such a thing possible?!? Because she chose NOT TO HAVE A FAMILY, so her position is derived from a morally depraved choice, so is the role she holds.
In fact, all the women in the series, whatever role they have, immediately abandon it at the birth of a child to become full-time mothers.
Men can also be admirals, presidents or Masters of the Universe and be fathers at the same time. No problem for them.
And what has this abyss of depravity led to? THAT SHE IS A DIRTY TRAITOR, who sold the Earth to Desirium.
What else can you expect FROM A WOMAN WHO PREFERRED CAREER OVER FAMILY?!?
(There's basically a dialogue that goes like this: "Oh no, she betrayed us!!!", "Well we need to understand her, she doesn't have a family!" - I'm paraphrasing.)
I saw this post before I watched, so I was looking out for this character and the part where they brought this up, but I can't remember a single mention of any of this in the scenes where she appeared. There's no mention of it in her wiki entry either.
