Hmm, very interesting points. You're probably right that we shouldn't shackle various flavors of fan praxis to gender.
I tend to think of the (typically female) fujoshi style as being more about characters, emotional connection, collaboration (doujin circles), and doujin/fanfic production, with a focus on fantasy, some sci fi (Gundam Wing!), romance/drama and bishounen/reverse harem shows.
See, to me this (with a few word changes) could be used to describe down to a T fandom as it's experienced outside of anime and manga/Japan (or, well, the fandom that goes to Dragon*Con--TV, books, movies, with a dash of manga in translation).
I was really, really hoping to go to Japan on a Monbusho scholarship, but it fell through.
You're not the only (qualified) person I know to not get a MEXT scholarship for fan studies. I don't think MEXT is terribly interested in having it excavated, whether by foreigners or by anyone else.
Translating your survey into Japanese you say...Can I ask how long you've studied Japanese?
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I tend to think of the (typically female) fujoshi style as being more about characters, emotional connection, collaboration (doujin circles), and doujin/fanfic production, with a focus on fantasy, some sci fi (Gundam Wing!), romance/drama and bishounen/reverse harem shows.
See, to me this (with a few word changes) could be used to describe down to a T fandom as it's experienced outside of anime and manga/Japan (or, well, the fandom that goes to Dragon*Con--TV, books, movies, with a dash of manga in translation).
I was really, really hoping to go to Japan on a Monbusho scholarship, but it fell through.
You're not the only (qualified) person I know to not get a MEXT scholarship for fan studies. I don't think MEXT is terribly interested in having it excavated, whether by foreigners or by anyone else.
Translating your survey into Japanese you say...Can I ask how long you've studied Japanese?