With Jaden (Judai) Yuki, Yu-Gi-Oh as a franchise began its tradition of male protagonists, but he has more going on with gender than meets the eye. Although Jaden has a passion for a male-dominated game like his predecessor Yugi Mutou, he does not share his displays of heterosexuality. Jaden shows no attraction to his female … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Jaden Yuki and Yubel→| Coherent Cats
The third season of GX introduces Jesse Anderson, one of four international transfer students to Duel Academy. In the Japanese version Johan hails from Northern Europe, while in the English version he speaks with an American country accent. Jesse serves as an homage to Ryo Bakura, Yu-Gi-Oh’s earliest queer-coded character with an androgynous appearance that … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Jesse Anderson→| Coherent Cats
Where Alexis represents the female students of Duel Academy, Chazz Princeton (Jun Manjome) initially epitomizes the male students of Obelisk Blue. As a scion to an organization run by a rich family, his older brothers set unreasonable expectations on him to win at all costs. The Princeton family sees their son dueling as an arm … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Chazz Princeton→| Coherent Cats
You can’t discuss Alexis without discussing Atticus Rhodes (Fubuki Tenjoin in the Japanese version), her older brother who disappears before the events of Yu-Gi-Oh GX. Alexis spends half the first season in search of her missing brother, taking an active role in unraveling the mystery around Duel Academy’s abandoned dorm building. The combined efforts of … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Atticus Rhodes→| Coherent Cats
Alexis Rhodes, also known as Asuka Tenjoin in the Japanese version, resides as the only female character present in the main cast for all four seasons of GX. Unlike Téa Gardner (Anzu Mazaki), the only female central character of the previous Yu-Gi-Oh anime, Alexis considers herself a duelist and plays Duel Monsters throughout the show. … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Alexis Rhodes→| Coherent Cats
Blair Flannigan (Rei Saotome)’s debut in episode 20, in which she lies about her age to enroll and meet dueling prodigy Zane Truesdale, provides some insight into the gender politics of the three Duel Academy classes in Yu-Gi-Oh GX. In the episode, Professor Banner explains that any transfer student who enrolls mid-term joins Slifer Red … Continue reading Get Your Gender On: Blair Flannigan→| Coherent Cats
Last time on Coherent Cats, we discussed how many people in the United States wrote off Yu-Gi-Oh as a mere fad in the early 2000s. This proved untrue, as it continued with the animated direct seque…| Coherent Cats
It’s been a while! This post is not an article, but an announcement that I was part of a Sarazanmai zine arranged by Tomatobird: “Well, we didn’t get it, but maybe the Kappa Kappa Butthole An…| Coherent Cats
Across the Internet, people often describe the relationship between the manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and the mangaka collective CLAMP thusly: CLAMP got their start making JoJo dounjinshi, w…| Coherent Cats
Although anime conventions have re-opened their doors (with or without COVID-19 policies in place), we at Coherent Cats currently have no plans for future in-person panels. In lieu of convention ap…| Coherent Cats