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Jul 17, 2024 5:48 PM
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Are you all OK with the fanservice in this show? I'm personally put off by every scene of underage panty shots or the sensual thigh high scene. If you really want to include fanservice, why make all of your characters minors? It's gross and completely avoidable if you just make your characters of age. Episode three was great without any of that, proving this anime doesn't need to creep on its girls for it to be good.
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Jul 17, 2024 6:01 PM
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Fanservice is always good, go be a puritan somewhere else.
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There isn't that much to be honest.
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Cayusashi said:
Are you all OK with the fanservice in this show? I'm personally put off by every scene of underage panty shots or the sensual thigh high scene. If you really want to include fanservice, why make all of your characters minors? It's gross and completely avoidable if you just make your characters of age. Episode three was great without any of that, proving this anime doesn't need to creep on its girls for it to be good.

Bruh if you’re not okay with this level of fan service, why do you even watch anime… most popular anime have similar or worse fan service in them. Yes they are minors, so what? It’s animated and nothing serious
Jul 17, 2024 6:26 PM
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I always find comments like this silly. Bro you may be a grown adult who watches this shit but the demographic is young teenagers. The characters are not played by real teenagers it’s anime they’re fake. Teens are horny they want horny content, sexualizing fake teens for them is not an issue it may make you uncomfortable but you are not the audience. If I got the impression that this was for an older audience I could understand your issue but it’s not it’s clearly for kids. I’m not hating btw I’m 21 I’m a loser too.
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I personally agree with you. And contrary to popular belief, there are tons of anime out there with little to no fan service out there. it's one thing if it's just a little bit but if it's just full blast in your face like that with minors, I'm not a fan. it actually makes me less overall. The only reason I'm still watching this particular anime is cuz I haven't seen any like it and I think the premise is very interesting.
Jul 17, 2024 6:47 PM
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I'm not. I had the feeling with the 2 first episodes that people might think this is ecchi / harem when it's actually not.

However all spicy scenes were already in the LN and they even censored one of the LN so I wouldn't say the 2 first episodes were heavy on fanservice. The anime was merely following the source material.

However don't worry there will be 1 spicy scene every 3 episodes from now so it should be enough for people enjoying them without ruining the whole experience for other watchers.

The LN starts being serious about the story from volume 2 while volume 1 was only intended as a comedy novel, that's why.
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he'll die if he ever watched monogatari
Jul 17, 2024 6:56 PM

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Cute girls showing skin is always a plus in anime.
Jul 17, 2024 6:58 PM
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I personally agree with you. And contrary to popular belief, there are tons of anime out there with little to no fan service out there. it's one thing if it's just a little bit but if it's just full blast in your face like that with minors, I'm not a fan. it actually makes me less overall. The only reason I'm still watching this particular anime is cuz I haven't seen any like it and I think the premise is very interesting.

this is where I'm at with it. I would have dropped if there was one more scene. if it tones back moving forward I'll be happy
Jul 17, 2024 7:00 PM
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I'm not. I had the feeling with the 2 first episodes that people might think this is ecchi / harem when it's actually not.

However all spicy scenes were already in the LN and they even censored one of the LN so I wouldn't say the 2 first episodes were heavy on fanservice. The anime was merely following the source material.

However don't worry there will be 1 spicy scene every 3 episodes from now so it should be enough for people enjoying them without ruining the whole experience for other watchers.

The LN starts being serious about the story from volume 2 while volume 1 was only intended as a comedy novel, that's why.

I really hope it chills out moving forward like you say. it's not completely unwatchable yet and could be redeemed
Jul 17, 2024 7:01 PM
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Fanservice is based. Taking the age of fictional anime characters seriously is cringe. Just like the other commenter said, it's simply the demographic. To put that in simpler terms; it's literally just the easiest way they can market it to the demographic that they believe makes them the most money.

How do you get teenagers to buy the show without changing anything that actually matters? You just say that the characters are all 14 and stick them in high school for no reason, duh. Doesn't matter if it's at all relevant. "Isn't that so relatable?! They just like you for real!" As previously stated the voices are also of course adult, so there's no pretending that there are real victims here.

I'll admit that this particular anime IS a case where the characters being in highschool actually seems genuinely relevant to the plot and characters so I understand some might feel uncomfortable, and that's totally fine; it might just not be for you. However, in most cases even that is literally just a hollow setting (often abandoned within episodes) with no real meaning to contribute.

What's most baffling is that no matter how much complaining occurs, no line of logic can ever consistently explain anime age anyways, and I'm not just talking 9000 year old lolis. Characters who are decades apart might look exactly the same. Characters who are 17 might look like grown-a** men, and occasionally college students look like 2 feet tall chibi characters. A character's mom might be the same character design, 2 inches taller, 1 cup size up, wearing a pair of glasses with slightly longer hair. The entire medium is built on simplifying, abstracting, and exaggerating features (and even motion) in a minimal art style, using character designs which are DESIGNED TO BE ATTRACTIVE, fancy that. Taking this seriously as if it's some moral dilemma to feel guilty over is a fool's errand; you will never make any real sense of it and even when you think you have, you will look like a fool to anyone who is actually a fan of the medium at large.

Yes, I know I've thought about this far too much. Working on a video essay πŸ’€
Jul 17, 2024 7:02 PM

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There isn't too much fanservice (at least until later in the story), otherwise this show would be considered ecchi. I'm okay with it as some other rom-coms also have fanservice anyway.

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DragyG said:
I'm not. I had the feeling with the 2 first episodes that people might think this is ecchi / harem when it's actually not.

However all spicy scenes were already in the LN and they even censored one of the LN so I wouldn't say the 2 first episodes were heavy on fanservice. The anime was merely following the source material.

However don't worry there will be 1 spicy scene every 3 episodes from now so it should be enough for people enjoying them without ruining the whole experience for other watchers.

The LN starts being serious about the story from volume 2 while volume 1 was only intended as a comedy novel, that's why.

I really hope it chills out moving forward like you say. it's not completely unwatchable yet and could be redeemed

It will. Unless they go for the panty route but in this case just read the novel and you will have 20 pages out of 300 per volume being a bit spicy and a good story with characters growing up

Because Roshidere while classified as a romance has barely any tension to the romance since it's made clear really fast Alya and Masachika love each other. The whole point of the story is how does love can help people to grow.
Jul 17, 2024 7:06 PM
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RaiYou said:
There isn't too much fanservice (at least until later in the story), otherwise this show would be considered ecchi. I'm okay with it as some other rom-coms also have fanservice anyway.


Holy not that one...

Well they went soft with Yuki so that one might actually be fine too.
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Yes, and there's nothing remotely interesting about sexualizing "minors" in a cartoon, your moral panic overrides all sense of reason.
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Jul 17, 2024 7:10 PM
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fanservice is just another disgusting thing made for men but I don't care as long as the anime is good, I'm watching it.
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If this dude watched To Love Ru, he would have a seizure and a complete snowflake meltdown xd

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fanservice is just another disgusting thing made for men but I don't care as long as the anime is good, I'm watching it.
@SakuraCosmos What's "disgusting" about men appreciating female sex appeal? This type of logic just reinforces female sexual shame.
If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.
Jul 17, 2024 7:20 PM
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Bro caught his son watching this anime now he's saying this is gross
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I wish they toned it down a bit since my wife is watching it with me, but if it bothered us that much we would just watch something else instead, so 🀷‍♂️
Jul 17, 2024 7:28 PM
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if it’s yuki it’s pookie
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You watched 3 seasons of Food Wars, is this show really too much for you?
Jul 17, 2024 7:36 PM
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ALEXxAMI said:
I wish they toned it down a bit since my wife is watching it with me, but if it bothered us that much we would just watch something else instead, so 🀷‍♂️

...what's up bro?

...going to watch third ep in a little while. Neutral with fan service in any anime, if it's not too extreme/bizarre. First 2 eps, each had a random shot that kind of felt out of place to me, but whatever.

The story does show promise like others said, plus characters are appealing for the most part. If the incestuous vibe from second ep continues on too hard, I'll probably drop tho.
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@SakuraCosmos What's "disgusting" about men appreciating female sex appeal? This type of logic just reinforces female sexual shame.

I'm not insulting anyone, it's just disgusting for me. Don't really care about anyone else. 🀷
Jul 17, 2024 8:04 PM
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Cayusashi said:
Are you all OK with the fanservice in this show? I'm personally put off by every scene of underage panty shots or the sensual thigh high scene. If you really want to include fanservice, why make all of your characters minors? It's gross and completely avoidable if you just make your characters of age. Episode three was great without any of that, proving this anime doesn't need to creep on its girls for it to be good.

why does it feel like a pedo trying very hard to fit in with normal people
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Yes I’m perfectly fine with it fanservice is usually fine (most of the time)

Unless it’s that stupid girl from fire force
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he'll die if he ever watched monogatari

Or Prison School.
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SakuraCosmos said:
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@SakuraCosmos What's "disgusting" about men appreciating female sex appeal? This type of logic just reinforces female sexual shame.

I'm not insulting anyone, it's just disgusting for me. Don't really care about anyone else. 🀷

If you go to a park with your dog and there are children playing, and a teenage girl accidentally exposes her underwear while say sitting down, is it actually disgusting or is the problem with those who take offence at something innocent?
I can take or leave ecchi scenes, but I think words like disgusting are a little excessive to describe a little cheeky flash to entertain a certain demographic. Personally, for the story, as long as you know the MC can see them we don’t need to. But it doesn’t hurt either unless it makes you uncomfortable with your own inner enjoyment of the scene and the guilt that comes from enjoying it.
Jul 17, 2024 8:14 PM
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You watched 3 seasons of Food Wars, is this show really too much for you?

I did watch food wars back in high school. I still think it's pretty good, but can be really creepy at times. I've also watched prison school, keijo, and other ecchi too back then. I just think it's weird and kinda gross how many people are completely ok with the sexualization of minors on such a wide scale in the anime industry. Alya, to me, is an example of that shit getting in the way of a genuinely good story being told. fanservice isn't even a bad thing in general. I'm watching cowboy Bebop atm and it's got some good stuff in there, but it's all adults. why does it happen with minors all the time? just make the character 18 and a third year instead of a first if you need the story to take place in a school setting or something similar and really want the fanservice scenes.
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SakuraCosmos said:

I'm not insulting anyone, it's just disgusting for me. Don't really care about anyone else. 🀷

If you go to a park with your dog and there are children playing, and a teenage girl accidentally exposes her underwear while say sitting down, is it actually disgusting or is the problem with those who take offence at something innocent?
I can take or leave ecchi scenes, but I think words like disgusting are a little excessive to describe a little cheeky flash to entertain a certain demographic. Personally, for the story, as long as you know the MC can see them we don’t need to. But it doesn’t hurt either unless it makes you uncomfortable with your own inner enjoyment of the scene and the guilt that comes from enjoying it.

okay..... maybe saying the disgusting word is a little too much.....
And I can understand your logic.
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I'm not. I had the feeling with the 2 first episodes that people might think this is ecchi / harem when it's actually not.

However all spicy scenes were already in the LN and they even censored one of the LN so I wouldn't say the 2 first episodes were heavy on fanservice. The anime was merely following the source material.

However don't worry there will be 1 spicy scene every 3 episodes from now so it should be enough for people enjoying them without ruining the whole experience for other watchers.

The LN starts being serious about the story from volume 2 while volume 1 was only intended as a comedy novel, that's why.
@DragyG Likewise. I too wish there wasn't any fan service. The anime would've been very wholesome to watch.
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There isn't too much fanservice (at least until later in the story), otherwise this show would be considered ecchi. I'm okay with it as some other rom-coms also have fanservice anyway.

@RaiYou That'll be in Episode 7. I laughed so hard while reading that chapter. Let's hope it'll be toned down.
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where should we expect fanservice if we can't in a rom-com!! lol
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SakuraCosmos said:
fanservice is just another disgusting thing made for men but I don't care as long as the anime is good, I'm watching it.

Bro does not know that theres fan service for females tooπŸ’€πŸ’€
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The fanservice scenes are too dangerous, and a bit uncomfortable for some people. Why do they provide fanservice like that, panties that are realistic enough to make anyone who sees them think bad thoughts, the worst effect is acts of harassment inspired by this dangerous scene. Someone above said if you don't like the fanservice why are you still watching, hey bro I like the anime, but I'm just not comfortable with fanservice that is too passionate.
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fanservice is just another disgusting thing made for men but I don't care as long as the anime is good, I'm watching it.

Bro does not know that theres fan service for females tooπŸ’€πŸ’€
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I think bro is actually a she, but yeah most anime have a pretty boy for female eye candy.
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I don't mind fanservice as long as its not cringeworthy. Though i always thought fanservice is more of a nitpick if i were to dislike it imo.
Usually the main thing i tend to focus the most are the story and character development.
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Needs more if the quality is this high. Doga Kobo doing such stuff feels like a fresh breath of air.

No fanservice is a problem if it doesn't hamper the flow of story and mood. Rest is all in our minds.
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You watched 3 seasons of Food Wars, is this show really too much for you?

I did watch food wars back in high school. I still think it's pretty good, but can be really creepy at times. I've also watched prison school, keijo, and other ecchi too back then. I just think it's weird and kinda gross how many people are completely ok with the sexualization of minors on such a wide scale in the anime industry. Alya, to me, is an example of that shit getting in the way of a genuinely good story being told. fanservice isn't even a bad thing in general. I'm watching cowboy Bebop atm and it's got some good stuff in there, but it's all adults. why does it happen with minors all the time? just make the character 18 and a third year instead of a first if you need the story to take place in a school setting or something similar and really want the fanservice scenes.
@Cayusashi Well, you haven't made a single compelling argument for why we should supposedly find it gross if a cartoon is sexualized. You're hung up on a moral implication that means literally nothing in fiction. This just tells me you're overly paranoid about both teenage sexuality and sexual predators. It's perfectly OK to find a teenage girl sexually attractive when she's a literal collection of pixels, you can let go of all that guilt/shame, brother.
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Cayusashi said:
Are you all OK with the fanservice in this show? I'm personally put off by every scene of underage panty shots or the sensual thigh high scene. If you really want to include fanservice, why make all of your characters minors? It's gross and completely avoidable if you just make your characters of age. Episode three was great without any of that, proving this anime doesn't need to creep on its girls for it to be good.

LMAO SPOTTED THE TOURIST
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Fanservice is always good, go be a puritan somewhere else.

@Cielord Puritan?! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚, Nice word , I will remember it πŸ˜‚
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>underage panty shots

my guy its a drawing

there is no age.

it's not even a loli

what kind of monk-status, zero boner wanting thread is this.

news flash - sometimes people have to take their clothes off

crazy concept I know, I'm glad 80% of you guys are on point though. ggs

Does this girl count as "of age"? She's clearly stacked, but I bet you'll think she's at least 18

quick edit for lulz

shes technically a loli
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nah it needs more scenes like that one in episode 1, especially if doga kobo cooks at that high quality. and it's great as long as they're not lolis.
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I think bro is actually a she, but yeah most anime have a pretty boy for female eye candy.

I wrote bro intentionally cuz i didnt know how to do the female version of it. Bro...line?
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