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Afureru injiru: Ike ike, tiger
Movie

Afureru injiru: Ike ike, tiger

2019 • Unknown

Woke Score
1.4
out of 10

Plot

Mana is an android developed by the character development company Polarborn. Once completed, mass production is planned, and the project is called the "Mana Project." Takuma, who created the character design and is participating in the 3D project as an observer, is being offered a prototype to live with. Meanwhile, Jun, the rival of the heroine Mana, is also one of the characters born from the same project...

Overall Series Review

The narrative focuses on a narrow, contained sci-fi scenario involving an android prototype, her creator, and a rival character within a character development company. The plot revolves around the personal dynamics and the implications of creating and living with an artificial, perfectly-designed female companion. The story is centered on the interpersonal tension between Mana, Takuma, and Jun. Given the film's genre, the primary focus is on objectification and fantasy fulfillment, which inherently operates outside the framework of Western progressive social justice ideology. There is no evidence or plot element to suggest the inclusion of political lectures, civilizational critique, or identity-based moralizing. The content is self-contained and avoids themes of systemic oppression or intersectional hierarchy.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Characters are judged by their personal relationship dynamics and their role in the technological/sexual premise. There is no evidence of racial vilification or an intersectional hierarchy being applied to the narrative. Casting is nationally authentic, and the conflict is purely character-based.

Oikophobia2/10

The plot takes place in a modern/near-future setting focused on technology and a character development company. There is no deconstruction of Japanese heritage, hostility toward a home culture, or framing of ancestors as corrupt. The narrative is insular and focused on the immediate character conflict.

Feminism3/10

The core premise centers on an android (Mana) created to be a perfect, designed companion, which is fundamentally an objectification fantasy. While this is anti-feminist, it does not promote the 'Girl Boss' trope, nor does it lecture on career-as-fulfillment or the prison of motherhood. The score reflects a non-woke but exploitative gender dynamic, rather than the presence of woke feminist ideology.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative strictly adheres to a normative male-female pairing in its central romantic/sexual premise (designer Takuma and android Mana/rival Jun). The plot contains no centering of alternative sexualities, no deconstruction of the nuclear family concept, and no lecturing on gender theory. Sexuality, while explicit, is presented as private and traditional in structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The plot is entirely focused on a sci-fi/technological scenario involving androids and a character development project. There are no religious characters, no critique of traditional religion, and no discussion of morality being subjective power dynamics. The conflict is secular and technological.