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Dec 16, 2022 1:25 PM
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Anjuro said:
I feel like the main problem with fanservice is that it's too tame, as an adult I feel like you have to at least show the nipple (or do something equivalent) to have any sexual tension at all.

To put it another way, its the same problem as with the power rangers, as a member of the audience you know the power rangers are never going to lose so any apparent tension or threat instantly evaporates, you know for a fact that the authors couldn't write it that way even if they wanted to. That is generally how fanservice comes across to me, you have a guy getting excited that he's going to an onsen with his crush or whatever but as a viewer I know for a fact that there's not going to be any developments, I literally have a higher chance of something sexual happening stepping outside cause at least then there's no omnipotent force watching over me making sure nothing PG 12 and up happens (copium). The irony is palpable that a wish fulfillment premise is more subdued than reality.

So even though I am conceptually for fanservice, and though there's even some series that I think have good fanservice, in general I would rather there was less of it but more explicit and purposefully executed.

I agree on fan service being too tame, no wonder I liked interspecies reviewers and redo of healer as it was fan service for adults and not teenagers.
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Donkunsan said:
Anjuro said:
I feel like the main problem with fanservice is that it's too tame, as an adult I feel like you have to at least show the nipple (or do something equivalent) to have any sexual tension at all.

To put it another way, its the same problem as with the power rangers, as a member of the audience you know the power rangers are never going to lose so any apparent tension or threat instantly evaporates, you know for a fact that the authors couldn't write it that way even if they wanted to. That is generally how fanservice comes across to me, you have a guy getting excited that he's going to an onsen with his crush or whatever but as a viewer I know for a fact that there's not going to be any developments, I literally have a higher chance of something sexual happening stepping outside cause at least then there's no omnipotent force watching over me making sure nothing PG 12 and up happens (copium). The irony is palpable that a wish fulfillment premise is more subdued than reality.

So even though I am conceptually for fanservice, and though there's even some series that I think have good fanservice, in general I would rather there was less of it but more explicit and purposefully executed.

I agree on fan service being too tame, no wonder I liked interspecies reviewers and redo of healer as it was fan service for adults and not teenagers.


It baffles me when I see people saying fan service needs to be less sexual, saying you don't want a show to have fanservice is a reasonable preference but I question the sanity of he who holds the former opinion.
Dec 16, 2022 1:50 PM

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Fanservice improves anime 100% of the time except for Monogatari series or Kill la Kill in which case the fanservice is the main fault.
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It doesn't take me out of a show that much, however I think certain shows would not benefit from having fanservice. I wouldn't like if something like Violet Evergarden had panty shots or whatever, I think it would not be appropriate. On the flipside I think people shat on Fire Force way too much for the fanservice.
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Dec 16, 2022 3:28 PM
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Kareniya_95 said:
It doesn't take me out of a show that much, however I think certain shows would not benefit from having fanservice. I wouldn't like if something like Violet Evergarden had panty shots or whatever, I think it would not be appropriate. On the flipside I think people shat on Fire Force way too much for the fanservice.

I wouldn't mind a panty shot of Violet's booty, but I guess they could make it like an OVA just like how they did it for love is war.
Dec 16, 2022 5:07 PM

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of course fanservice is a must have in all anime/manga/video games. the more the better
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Fan service does make anime better, but only if it's male × male. Otherwise, take it or leave it.
Dec 17, 2022 7:51 AM
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Donkunsan said:
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It is not fan service, it is eroticism part of the core of the story. Fan service, by definition, is outside the core of the story, related or unrelated to the subject of the story.


Well you got different definition of fan service as interspecies reviewers and redo of healer are full of fan service.


Yes, it can be, but I am not the owner of the truth. Both Ishuzoku Reviewers and Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi are erotic from the cores of their stories. For an example, fan service would be a nude scene in Mushikaburi-hime, because Elianna is pretty and it would be pleasurable to see her bathing. Another example of fan service is the following scene in Mieruko-chan:
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I have yet to see an anime made worse by the inclusion of fanservice.
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Dec 17, 2022 8:23 AM
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i hate fan service it is so bad like stop
Dec 17, 2022 12:09 PM
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leonardobarba said:
Donkunsan said:


Well you got different definition of fan service as interspecies reviewers and redo of healer are full of fan service.


Yes, it can be, but I am not the owner of the truth. Both Ishuzoku Reviewers and Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi are erotic from the cores of their stories. For an example, fan service would be a nude scene in Mushikaburi-hime, because Elianna is pretty and it would be pleasurable to see her bathing. Another example of fan service is the following scene in Mieruko-chan:

Huh it's fan service just right for such show.
Dec 17, 2022 12:10 PM
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Amogus_Gamer said:
i hate fan service it is so bad like stop

I guess you've seen the crappy over the top fan service like in love hina as it does nothing for either plot or fan service. kinda sick of seeing guy smacked in the face even though it's not his fault that she walked in on him changing. like wtf.
But yet again without fan service love hina would be like yet another romcome like those american shows, YUCK.
Dec 17, 2022 2:20 PM

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90% of the time yes it makes it better.
Dec 17, 2022 2:52 PM

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I try to avoid it, it doesnt do much for me. I'm currently watching Isekai Ojisan and I skip all the fan service scenes because it helps with my enjoyment of the show.
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Dec 17, 2022 2:56 PM

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Considering how it was practically the only thing that got people's butts into seats for dress up darling and how people still remember meliodas touching elizabeth, it largely does the job.
Dec 17, 2022 2:58 PM
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Depends? A little bit of fan service is fine but too much can ruin the show.
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Fanservice is fanservice. It's here to please the fan. It's not because a female character is naked that the scene is supposed to be fanservice. And not every fanservice scene is abt naked ppl.
I don't mind naked people for the sake of fanservice. It doesn't change my opinion on an anime.

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Dec 17, 2022 8:51 PM
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Yes, it does. I don't care for the woke bullshit people want to preach these days or how some men want to act more squeamish to female fanservice than women. To me, it's just fiction. Most of these shows are directed towards straight guys with an interest in that type of content. So, if they don't like that content, then they don't have to watch it. Just like any other show. I mean, how can they determine what type of content shows are not supposed to have? These stories and characters in themselves don't have to exist. All of them are made to cater to everyone's entertainment.
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there's always a little bit of fan service in almost every anime, am fine with it if it's only as a side thing and not the main plot lol
Dec 18, 2022 2:04 AM
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I love ecchi but i can't stand stupid fan service anime girls they're always ruining things
Dec 18, 2022 2:14 AM
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It's not something I have been thinking about much, since most of the shows I've been watching don't really have a lot. But for some shows? Yeah I think it's fine. I'm not much of an ecchi fan, but a little bit here and there is welcome imo.

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Dec 18, 2022 2:57 AM

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No, it doesn't. To me it just cheapens the anime as a whole if you're only getting panty and boob shots when the plot is supposed to be taken seriously. In a casual show with some comedy elements, fan service is okay but give us some abs and biceps, not just ass pls.
Dec 18, 2022 3:32 AM

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No, it made an anime worse in my opinion. I never find them entertaining.

Dec 18, 2022 4:45 AM

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Boobs bounce. Get along with it or just leave it for good . Some boobalergic nerds on the highy and mighty crowd need to get the message and stop whining.

Also... sometimes it is good for a deeper characterization. It worked very well for Suguha and the entire Date a Live cast and the DanMachi too.
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Dec 18, 2022 4:58 AM

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Nah, if I wanna see anime tits I'll just watch/read hentai instead.
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Dec 18, 2022 5:33 AM

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Ecchi Geners is one of my top favorite genres, so yeah fanservice here is "must"
And for other genres, for example Shonen, action, and school, fantasy, comedy, I'm more welcome for it, but put those fanservice moments in the perfect time, that it doesn't destroy the charm of the anime and its characters or destroy some serious moments.
And for anime that has the serious or mature theme, here i can say that the Fanservice will not be a good idea at all, like for example "Monster" and " 3 gatsu no lion" those anime doesn't have any kind of Fanservice (but it's anime so yeah you will probably find a less than one minute scene for a character that are taking a shower)

But at the same time, sometimes a serious action, drama and mysterious anime can have a fanservice BUT it's not like your typical fanservice, it's there and you can see the Nippels and the butt, but it's not meant to be shown in Sexual way (i don't know how to describe it) anyway , but it's for serious and the mature atmosphere in this anime, for example : ergo proxy (Re-l Mayer shower scene) black lagoon ( Revy shower scene).
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Depends on how tasteful the fanservice is.
If it is just like girls exposing their breasts without any context or any reason then that definitely makes it worse. But if the anime can handle fanservice well enough then it turns into art.
Dec 18, 2022 5:59 AM

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It's simple, i am pleased with what I see so it makes it more enjoyable.

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Dec 18, 2022 10:38 AM

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If you have to rely on fanservice to make an anime "better" that's not explicitly ecchi then the anime isn't that good to begin with.
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Of course it makes it better...
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Dec 18, 2022 12:50 PM
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LoveLikeBlood said:
Nah, if I wanna see anime tits I'll just watch/read hentai instead.

That's not the point of some fan service. It's either to show off characters body (body positivity yay), have a funny scenes (because who the fuck showers with clothes on), dat camera angles (because sometimes it's boring, well to some when characters just stand around talking, so they throw in a booty or breasts shoot). Like come on everybody knows that porn and fan service are 2 different things.
Like when you watch hentai you don't get any fan service.
Dec 18, 2022 12:53 PM
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UberBat said:
If you have to rely on fanservice to make an anime "better" that's not explicitly ecchi then the anime isn't that good to begin with.

Well that depends. Like love is war anime was great, but when the ova dropped, oh boy it was good.
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quite honestly fanservice often makes a series seem more childish to me, not less. I have not yet seen a series where the fanservice makes it better, maybe one exists, but I doubt it
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I hard disgaree.

dress up darling, call of the night, interspecies reviewers and basically every harem series would be worse if they didn't have fanservice.


Interspieces reviewers? Yes, definietly. The whole plot is basically about sex, so it is a must. Without the fanservice the show would have lost its purpose. So yeah, if a plot requires fanservice, definietly.

In case of the call of the night it was pointless, no added benefit, but it wasn't cringe, so its a pass.

However, in case of my messed-up darling, it definietly made the whole show unberably cringey. Why? Because it just made it painfully obvious that Gojou is obviously impotent... Like the 2/3 of the anime MCs, and fuck sake I'm not curious about an antoher one... So in this case it definietly made it unwatchable for me. So yeah, if the fanservice is nothing else than "for the love of god, just fuck already", in that case the fanservice only makes the show worse.


call of the night has a lot themes relating to freedom of self, attraction and love. the show would not feel the same without some fanservice. it tonally and theme wise matches it and even adds to it.

I think for dress up darling, at least for me, that "fuck already" feeling would exist even if it didn't have fanservice. there are very few romance anime that manage to pull of a relationship without that feeling, specially in these types of shows.

if the fanservice makes it worse for you fair enough, but for me it actually makes me feel "the fucking already" can happen.
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It really depends on the content of the story, in my opinion, or the execution of the fanservice.
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Yes:

When I see something/anything sexual in an anime, no matter what genre, theme or setting, I appreciate the anime all the more.

When I see something/anything violent, bloody, gory or just controversial, I appreciate the anime ALL THE MORE.
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Donkunsan said:
Does fan service make anime better/improve it?


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UberBat said:
If you have to rely on fanservice to make an anime "better" that's not explicitly ecchi then the anime isn't that good to begin with.


Well said! Relying on only fan service of the sexual variety to make an anime better when said anime isn't ecchi is a silly notion. Fan service is fine in "ecchi" anime, I agree.


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MoonBunny9297 said:
UberBat said:
If you have to rely on fanservice to make an anime "better" that's not explicitly ecchi then the anime isn't that good to begin with.


Well said! Relying on only fan service of the sexual variety to make an anime better when said anime isn't ecchi is a silly notion. Fan service is fine in "ecchi" anime, I agree.
I didn't say that I reply on it, but inclusion of it, does make the show more well per say stuff in it. Like makes it less bland. Like in a ganstar genre scenes they pan away from the women changing or mature women are flat like kids best example boruto how people hated that hinata went from curvy thicc to a slim flat old "teen". Like fan service can be suttle. Giving women curves and men muscles. Promoting positive body features.
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MasterTasuke said:
Donkunsan said:
Does fan service make anime better/improve it?


it certainly doesn't hurt...



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Depends on the fanservice. I’m not a fan of dumb fanservice like panty shots and people falling on boobs. But if it’s just normal fanservice I don’t think it’s a problem. Fairy Tail has an absurd amount of fanservice, but it never feels cheap.
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If it's fanservice like having some uncommon character interactions and team-ups or having callbacks to earlier moments/installments in the series, then yes, it makes the series better. If it's fanservice like having random panty shots and bouncing tits thrown around, then no.
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When I was watching Edens Zero, I kinda realised how much I appreciate some fan service here & there. So yeah I F love it, sue me.
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It depends on the show and it depends on how it's done.
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I personally think that fan service is the entire point of anime. Without it I wouldn't be watching tbh, high school of the dead is a good example of this. That show was and is still talked about due to the explicit imaginary displayed every episode. If you all remember, there was a huge zombie boom in the early 2010's like the walking dead, world war z, warm bodies, and etc. Anime was also quick to hop on the bandwagon during this entertainment era, causing huge waves of zombie animes. the only one really talked about still is high school of the dead. Was it due to the great story, art, or meaning? NO! the tits and the ass sold that show and continues to do so. I cannot go 12 minutes browsing youtube without searching for some high school of the dead clips. It always is on my mind and will do so for the rest of my life.

Another example would be shows like eromanga sensei and interspecies reviewers. Both highly talked about shows at the time, and guess what??? they both have lewd scene mixed with morally questionable scenes as well. eromanga sensei really knew their audience well considering the fact all anime watchers are pedophile incels who get a raging boner thinking about incest. You might tell me that my evaluation of anime fans might be wrong, and that the reason why that show exploded into popularity was due to IRONY or some other bullshit. But let me tell you my friends, for anime fans, where there is irony-- there is an iron will to exploit children for disgusting sexual fantasies. This community is driven by pedophiles, and actually lead by pedophiles.

One of the most highly exclaimed figures in the western anime world is THE ANIME MAN, and that man has outed himself as a pedophile a long long time ago. Yes you read that correctly, THE ANIME MAN is attracted to anime characters designed to look like a literal child. He has previously defended claims regarding the "1000 years old lolis" saying that legally those characters are beyond legal AGE. But then he also publicly admits to being attracted to big boobed highschooler characters, nay first year highschoolers-- and as we know they are MINORS!!! But he defends that take saying those characters are designed to look adult. So does age matter or not??? Because by that logic, him liking shinobu from monogatari makes him attracted to child-like bodys. I will also mention that he has like 20 figurines of shinobu in his room-- and like all of them is the child version and not the adult version BTW.

But that is a side tangent I will not go further into.

But yeah I think fan-service make the show better, as long as children are not involved.

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Fanservice exhibits an inverted-U shaped relation with quality.

It improves a show's quality to a certain extent, but once it crosses into overkill territory it starts to detract from the experience.
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