This manga was actually written in the late 80s early 90s, which explains all the references to all the American hair metal bands that were popular at that time.
It was written by a Japanese artist that truly loved American Metal music culture and wrote a fictional story reflecting his escape into it. It's all original and brutally honest, Japanese style. Two sorely missed attributes to movies and tv shows that really ticks off insecure people today. If you don't understand the genre or even respect the age of American Hair Metal, then you will probably be offended. I applaud Netflix for airing it.
I've read a few user reviews where some people think it's just more Japanese smut, but it's got way more depth than that. Yes, beautiful women really did fight over hair metal musicians 30 years ago, and no, it wasn't considered sexist or detrimental to the feminist movement at the time. In fact, women used to be attracted to men and weren't afraid to admit it publicly. It's a fitting manga-style testament to a bygone era when MTV actually had music videos of something other than Hip Hop dancers rear-ends and poorly scripted reality shows.
It was written by a Japanese artist that truly loved American Metal music culture and wrote a fictional story reflecting his escape into it. It's all original and brutally honest, Japanese style. Two sorely missed attributes to movies and tv shows that really ticks off insecure people today. If you don't understand the genre or even respect the age of American Hair Metal, then you will probably be offended. I applaud Netflix for airing it.
I've read a few user reviews where some people think it's just more Japanese smut, but it's got way more depth than that. Yes, beautiful women really did fight over hair metal musicians 30 years ago, and no, it wasn't considered sexist or detrimental to the feminist movement at the time. In fact, women used to be attracted to men and weren't afraid to admit it publicly. It's a fitting manga-style testament to a bygone era when MTV actually had music videos of something other than Hip Hop dancers rear-ends and poorly scripted reality shows.