Quote:It could be called promotion if doing so leads to a unqiue and powerful item though, just to play devil's advocate.
Well, aren't all video games about empowering weak, ineffectual males to begin with? Just kidding.
To citizen zero, I don't really care if you like or dislike gays, I am simply saying it's not a big deal because it's a role playing game. Rest assured, even if every single male in this game were straight, you'd still have a collection of revolting fan fiction and homo-erotic art between every conceivable male on male pairing. The imagination is a powerful thing. On top of that, Apollo62 makes some really good points about offering characters that alternative audiences can relate to, even if they are ancillary to the story as a whole. Obviously a sausage fest wouldn't sell, but a game that is provocative will. There's the difference.
I kind of don't understand Kuma at all. I don't know how he is essential to the story in the least, or what he could possibly represent. I kind of hope he evaporates into spiritual nothingness like Gouto does before the end of the whole game. Taking that little fuzzball into the final battle would be too much to bear (punnnnnn).