It's actually subversive to have the straight female character to stay straight no matter the circumstances. I think in manga culture it's way too common to have the females as bisexual, if not ambiguous.
Then it's an ideology issue. I don't think a wife should do that, does it even work the other way too? Anyways, thanks for adding to the discussion, I think I got a bit more of an understanding.
Well, I can see trigger liking this... But they are more into american media and otaku culture, even little witch academia had sci-fi like stuff. And panty and stocking has more of of a cartoony style.
What's all this hate for Gollnir's wife about? She can have her own opinion, even if it kills her husband... Because that's each one's decision.
There were also no hard feelings in any party, wich is impressive.
I think they've fallen into a false dichotomy: they could have preserved the knowledge and make it secret so a selective circle could develop a solution in the future. Gollnit had disciples, after all...
So, a third way was very much possible.
Why wouldn't threads make a new thing? Even the analogy would make for clothes, wich have their own identity and meaning. It makes no sense for humans to be nothing.
They only give us the option to believe this is an alternative reality that just happens to have the same historical and mythical characters. It's like they're destroying our suspension of disbelief on purpose.
Guys, guys, he's not saying china didn't lose in 3000 years at all, he's saying china hasn't lost in that arena for that time.
Wich it's still tripping balls as hell because that place doesn't have to be the same arena.