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I’m female and just ignore the boob threads, tbh. As long as male posters treat female posters with respect, I don’t care if they also want to talk about hot anime ladies. I mean, If you think women can’t be vulgar, especially women in fandom, then you haven’t met many female fans.
As for J-Novel Heart, I’m really excited by it as one of the reasons I didn’t join J-Novel Club was because at first most of the series were very male-demographic oriented and also seemed fairly fan-servicey. I joined when Bakarina and Beast Head were licensed as they were more to my taste.
I do like male-demographic novels as well, but I prefer my fan service aimed at female tastes. I’ve enjoyed being able to try series I wouldn’t normally check out, as sometimes even if they have a lot of fan service aimed at guys, they have other things about them I like. I’m hoping some of the male readers will try the female-demographic works who wouldn’t normally try them and will find things they like too. If not, as long as they don’t complain that they’re being published, then that’s OK too.
I’d be upset if it were a separate subscription, but it’s all part of one thing which is great. I haven’t read any of the new licenses yet as I’m a bit behind on pre-pubs, but I”m really excited about reading them once I’m caught up with a few other volumes that expire before they do.
As for the demographics of the forum, I expect anime/manga/light novel forums to be more male-dominated, unless it’s genres more aimed at women, plus you also have to remember a lot of women don’t say they’re female online as they can be harassed for it. As more JN Heart books get published, there will probably be more female posters, and the more they are, the safer women and girls feel about being open about their gender online.
