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Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains.

THIS, EXACTLY THIS.

I find it strange to call today’s supers “heroes” when the least they do is help others. They look more like guys with superpowers beating each other up, more like Japanese Shonnen than anything else (mind you, I like Shonnen, but there’s a limit).

That’s why I love that in The Batman (2022) the climax is seeing Batman saving civilians, the same with James Gunn’s Superman.

I WANT TO SEE MORE SUPERHEROES BEING HEROIC, DAMN IT.

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JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I recently watched that Superman movie and liked it. I couldn’t figure out exactly why, but I think it is because he’s helping others.

I was a bit hesitant prior because of MCU fatigue, but I’m glad I watched it. MCU ended for me at whenever Thanos was truly defeated. I can’t even remember the movie.

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NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
*Shonen. That is all.

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- NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fair. Done.
  
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- guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Isn’t it shounen?
  
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  - missingno@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It's 少年. How you want to transliterate that into our alphabet is open to interpretation.
    
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  - mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s both, and also shōnen, it’s got several recognized romanizations
    
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  - NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The correct transliteration of the Japanese word would be shounen, but as an English loanword both are in use.
    
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    guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ahhh, I see
    
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