Jokes about “pegging anime” popped up all over Twitter. Underneath the heavy-handed symbolism and vaguely dystopian post-apocalyptic setting lie old-fashioned attitudes, even when the plot seems to indicate otherwise.įor example, in the first few episodes, it became a popular prediction among viewers that Zero Two and Hiro were piloting with their positions reversed. Thus far, Darling in the FRANXX has shown absolutely no interest in challenging viewer expectations or gender norms. The premise leaves no room for queer pairings or transgender pilots, much to the chagrin of many potential viewers, though some remained hopeful that the series would engage with its heteronormativity. They emerge from the cockpit victorious, but Hiro is unconscious and has no memory of the fight. Hiro, the main character, couldn’t pilot with his assigned partner, but defeated a Klaxosaur when paired with Zero Two, a girl from another base called a “plantation” who has a history of killing her partners. The premise had a lot of viewers (including our own premiere reviewer) wary: teenage children pilot girl-shaped giant robots in male-female pairs, with the boy standing behind the girl in simulated doggy-style sex in the cockpit. From the start, fandom discussion around Darling in the FRANXX focused on how the show would handle heteronormative gender relations and attitudes.
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