"I love my cool son" 🥹

Ah yeah -- we're at the whim of what is suspected to sell, since it must be translated. You're correct that there's a broad swath of readers being underserved 😬

I was just about to say, i would have suspected manga would help cover the gap, or also "light novels" as they're called, but those are still quite niche in the US.

I literally haven't stopped thinking about this since I read this tweet. It explains so much: replies my friend received when she was dogpiled recently; comments I see on fics sometimes; comments I see in the world; messages in slack .... The rabbit hole goes forever

Choose your swimwear colors carefully, too.