Tag Suggestion: Asexual Protagonist

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  1. Thousandswords

    Thousandswords SWORD OF PENETRATION

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    I think this tag is one of the most important tags of all, considering the current trend in the personality of Japanese protagonists.
    It's strange that this tag doesn't exist in NU after such a long time.
    The best example would be popular novels such as:
    A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss
    And,
    I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace
     
  2. Furnace

    Furnace Well-Known Member

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    There is the androgynous characters tag.
     
  3. SoulZer0

    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    Just because someone is androgynous, does not mean they are asexual.
     
  4. Furnace

    Furnace Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, didn't know that they meant different things. I thought that they were synonyms.
     
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    Thousandswords SWORD OF PENETRATION

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    They are not the same though?
     
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    Irisia Moon bunny at your service

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    Androgynous means that a person has features that makes him/her look both masculine and feminine, where sometimes you can't tell whether it's a man or a woman. Asexual means not sexualy attracted to others, be it girl or boy.
     
  7. Almaa

    Almaa The Fool

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    Traps
     
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  8. MangoGuy

    MangoGuy Rambling Mango

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    I could have sworn that this tag already existed before...
     
  9. Ddraig

    Ddraig Frostfire Dragon|Retired lurker|FFF|Loved by RNG

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    Yup I also think it did. Did it get merged or just straight up wiped out?
     
  10. Nimroth

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    Seems like a tag that could potentially be misused a lot though, just because a story doesn't show the mc being attracted to someone doesn't necessarily mean they actually are asexual.
    Unless the story explicitly mentions it.
     
  11. aShinyVaporeon

    aShinyVaporeon Well-Known Member

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    I think the main problem with having that tag is that it's kind of hard to prove the MC is asexual, since it's the lack of sexual desire that characterizes them, so if the author adds any scene where the MC shows sexual desires then the tag must go out of the window.
    (Not to mention that asexual doesn't mean aromantic, so the MC still might like someone even if they're asexual. Oh, and asexual people can be sex-favorable too, so just because there's a censored scene doesn't mean the MC isn't asexual. Sexuality stuff is complicated.)

    But I still think it'd be an interesting addition, along with maybe an aromantic protagonist tag and maybe a no steamy stuff tag.
     
  12. SoulZer0

    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    No problem.
     
  13. Thousandswords

    Thousandswords SWORD OF PENETRATION

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    The protagonists of the two novels I mentioned both have multiple legitimate official wives and lovers, but either of them doesn't feel any sexual attraction or lust towards them. It's not like the sex scenes are sensored or anything, the just doesn't do anything beyond holding hands or kissing, there's a protagonist who doesn't even do that much. They just feel love not lust. They won't do the deed even if they are sharing a bath, nude.
     
  14. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    Please list more examples of novels that the tag could apply for. Tags aren't added to NU unless they have a decent amount of novels that they could apply for.
     
  15. Prion

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    Then you haven´t read chapter 334 and 335 of your first example.
     
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    Ddraig Frostfire Dragon|Retired lurker|FFF|Loved by RNG

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    Like we half of the novels have protags who think the same. I really doubt that qualifies to say we have an Asexual protag, infact it disqualifies it tbh.

    Undisputed ~10 should be enough.