Talk:Kuroyuri (episode)/@comment-2.220.76.31-20170130162348/@comment-2006510-20170201073955

Honestly, I don't see how any of those count in this instance

1. In reference to Ren, he might count, but Nora doesn't. She wasn't a damsel (the Nevermore was sensing negative emotions; it didn't actually sense her, and wasn't actively threatening her at that point), but simply a scared child in hiding - Ren protected them both before they could be directly threatened, and then they promised to protect each other. Well before this, Nora fended for herself for a long time, way before Ren came into the picture- that's hardly someone who changed just because of a man, because she already changed herself just to survive.

2. In this case, An was a home person while Li was a hunter - it may or may not be sexist, but since when did said example automatically = sexist? That's like thinking cliche = bad no matter what, when it's never that simple. For all we know, An chose to be such a mom by personal choice, and hunting simply didn't interest her... and being such a parent by choice is strong in it's own way, since child-rearing is quite a task to handle.

3. See point 2; dying in such a common manner doesn't automatically mean it's bad. In this series, it was the first 'passive' death of a female character, which is unusual rather than an automatic sexist cop-out. It may not be the last such death, but it'll remain unusual given how this show houses generally awesome women

And in-line with point 2, I also don't see how male characters helping out females automatically defuses their badassness, or renders it meaningless, or what-have-you. If done badly, then yes, but that's not the case for every single example as you seem to imply