#like fair enough if genuine; i've tried to explain as patiently as possible

[04tenno]

so why can't mine be bi?

I mean... I would rather people think he's bi than outright deny his attraction to Daigo. If I've ever said he "can't be bi" at any point, it's not because I don't think anyone should be allowed to interpret him as bi, or because him being bi is entirely out of the question. It's because the concept of him being bi is diametrically opposed to my personal analysis of Mine and the concepts his character portrays.

He's asked out by twenty different women (notably, he has never asked a woman out himself and explicitly says he has no interest in doing so) and he never once shows any enthusiasm when he agrees. He goes to hostess clubs and completely ignores the actual hostesses in favor of the men who drag him there, spacing out entirely the rest of the time when they're not talking to him.

He's also one of the only characters who explicitly talks about sex, in that in he says in Japanese he could sleep with as many otherwise desirable women as he wanted (again, emphasis on the number)... within the context of a list of things that he feels should have made him happy, but didn't.

The one and only time he doesn't act like he's being subjected to abject misery when interacting with a woman who's clearly attracted to him is at the end of his Okinawa character story, but that's... not really saying anything. People aren't gay because they've exclusively had bad experiences with dating. In fact, many people realize they're gay because they've had the "ideal" experiences, but still don't feel fulfilled. Which is exactly the sentiment Mine expresses in the finale.

Like… it's not for lack of trying, or lack of interactions with women. At some point it's just no use looking for the "right woman," because the "right woman" is never going to come along for someone who's not attracted to women in the first place. For Mine, the "right person" was Daigo Dojima.

#asks #my analysis #anonymous #yakuza 3 #yoshitaka mine #mine yoshitaka #can't really gauge the tone of this ask tbh #like fair enough if genuine; i've tried to explain as patiently as possible #but otherwise...? #like. you can headcanon what you want but i'm not here to validate your headcanons regardless of whether i agree myself #and it doesn't matter if i do. you don't need the blessing of Some Guy with (frankly) next to no following #but personally i just think interpreting him as bi is willfully ignoring the fact that this is. #very clearly the story of a closeted gay man prone to seeking happiness in things he subconsciously recognizes won't make him happy #very clearly portraying the equivalent of compulsory heterosexuality #and sorry to get heavy but it's genuinely a huge part of his character. his “selflessness” that only leads to hurting himself #like if just the dates make him miserable then what about when it escalates. to a relationship. to sex. #and he's continuing to agree to something he doesn't want... for what? the off chance he'll finally be happy? to avoid upsetting partners? #these are experiences SPECIFIC to being gay. #bi people can have bad experiences when dating but the sheer enormity of what's being portrayed with mine is something else entirely #his okinawa card. the one that's intended as fanservice for women and which has him pursued by women. explicitly states he “looks unhappy” #that being the case i just think this interpretation is... not true to his character #you're free to disagree #but i don't see what you expect me to do about that