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As a manga artist,
Masamune Shirow has an excellent track record of writing
well-developed female characters. His female cast are and often the center of plots
that could justifiably be characterized as "
competence porn."
By which I mean they are confident, intelligent, and highly capable.
However, Shirow also has a track record of depicting the female form in
hyper-sexualized styles.
The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell franchise. If you Google her name the search will suggest autocompleting your phrase with "is
hot," "in bed with a boy," and "in bed."
So why does the fan base of a science fiction franchise deeply rooted in existential philosophy spend so much time thinking about the sexuality of a character all but devoid of personal background and know only by a military rank? In a still ongoing series, Claire Napier of Women Write about Comics examines
the Major's body throughout the various Ghost in the Shell mangas and anime series. (NSFW)
