I'm actually scared to read the Nodame manga, though I do have the first volume. I liked Chiaki in the live action, but often wanted to shake and/or strangle him, especially in the 2 part special(I understand it follows the Paris arc of the manga pretty closely) and I understand he's about 100 times worse in the manga, and, frankly, in the LA, he's aided by being played by a likable actor. (No idea who Tamao is.)
I never assume that a person who likes slash hates all female characters, and I never assume a person who likes het likes female characters. I have plenty of "cases" (if you want) to support the opposite of both. I think the slash fans I know (now) are fairly evenly divided between prefering male characters in general, closer to gen fans but fine with slash and het, and those who just adore whatever pairing is on their page, with only a few at the extreme end where they dislike or hate most female characters. (In all honesty, I really can't get into something if there's a canon pairing that doesn't work for me most of the time. Not because I need something to ship-I like pairings and romances, but don't actually "Ship" a whole lot-but because I'm big on relationships, romantic and otherwise, and have trouble connecting if there's an important relationship that doesn't work for me.) I also know that, for the most part, I pretty much had to hunt through the "hatehatehate" to find many of them.
I think that, just like there are extreme "all female characters suck and are in the way and het is stupid" (pretty much all my experiences until two years ago) there are extreme "anyone who likes slash hates women" fans. I haven't encountered much of the latter, but I do believe it's out there. (The sheer...well, wank, I guess, of many messageboards and suchs keeps me fairly confined to LJ for my fandoms.)
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I never assume that a person who likes slash hates all female characters, and I never assume a person who likes het likes female characters. I have plenty of "cases" (if you want) to support the opposite of both. I think the slash fans I know (now) are fairly evenly divided between prefering male characters in general, closer to gen fans but fine with slash and het, and those who just adore whatever pairing is on their page, with only a few at the extreme end where they dislike or hate most female characters. (In all honesty, I really can't get into something if there's a canon pairing that doesn't work for me most of the time. Not because I need something to ship-I like pairings and romances, but don't actually "Ship" a whole lot-but because I'm big on relationships, romantic and otherwise, and have trouble connecting if there's an important relationship that doesn't work for me.) I also know that, for the most part, I pretty much had to hunt through the "hatehatehate" to find many of them.
I think that, just like there are extreme "all female characters suck and are in the way and het is stupid" (pretty much all my experiences until two years ago) there are extreme "anyone who likes slash hates women" fans. I haven't encountered much of the latter, but I do believe it's out there. (The sheer...well, wank, I guess, of many messageboards and suchs keeps me fairly confined to LJ for my fandoms.)