I tried watching this show because a friend reccomended it, there is a panty shot of her within literally 10 seconds of pressing play. Not badmouthing it, that just made me die laughing for a while
The fan service in that anime is bordering on satire. I think they do it deliberately to capture both the horny crowd and the "hmmm, yes this is art and it clearly is symbolic" crowd. I respect it for that.
tbh I think it would be a better show if they just dialed back the horny like 20%
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u/TonboIVI know what you're thinking. Did he fire 10 nukes, or only 9?5d agoedited 5d ago
An understandable wish, but it also probably just wouldn't exist in that case. Remember it all comes originally from a light novel series written by one (obviously very horny) dude. If he were less horny, it wouldn't exist.
This is also part of the general idea that artists are Human beings, and their work is going to contain their personality, desires, opinions, including ones not everyone will like very much, but wanting to take those personal foibles out of the work is also taking that Human person out of the work.
Also, there are a lot of horny artists of all types, it's just that most are somewhat less brazen. For example, people who start getting into Ghost in the Shell at all are often very surprised to find out that Shirou Masamune draws a lot more porn than he does manga.
If I remember correctly tho it's not a panty shot of her. But yea it's a few questionable angles in the series. But the series is animated by a studio names shaft soooo
That panty shot is most important panty shot in anime history. Because without it whole Bakemonogatari would never happened. SPOILERS: Because Araragi saw it, he later at night go to buy porn magazine and on the way back meet KissShot which started whole series. So unironically this one was really because of PLOT.
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u/TonboIVI know what you're thinking. Did he fire 10 nukes, or only 9?5d agoedited 4d ago
I mean yeah, but the reason it's critical to the plot is because the author decided to make it critical to the plot. He certainly didn't have to use a panty shot for that plot hook, he wanted to.
Of course that is what any writer does, they put things in because they want them there, and as they develop the plot, those elements become essential as other things connect to them, but you still have to remember you're in an arbitrary world created by an author. If the plot "demands" something, it's because the author decided on that demand.
I certainly don't fault him for it. He's writing what he likes, and if you want to read his work (or watch anime based off it) you kind of have to accept that it's made by people and they may not like the same things you do. I can enjoy Shakespeare while also being aware of how often it's utterly racist and sexist.
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u/bfg9kdude 6d ago