Would having more normal body types for female characters be nice?

i watch anime for sexy women and unrealistic body types.
So no, having more normal body types for female characters wouldn't be nice, it would result in something like cartoons which i despise.

@LittleOwlbear The character designs before MAPPA took over was good and they ruined that. Literally nobody looks attractive anymore.

A creator should not have to censor for anyone nor any anime studio. Mostly all shoujo already follow those standards for limiting the ecchi. If the author wants TnA nobody should stop him. It is silly to limit fiction in such a manor. Nobody is asking for shoujo to have more accurate average short men or less bishounens. That aside, most shounen/seinen anime has a huge variety of waifus in them with breasts and bodies of all sizes. I think it would suck to limit that variety.

Oda has already spoken on why he continues making ecchi in the series. The primary demographic remains boys, and that explanation is perfectly ok.
Not all demographics have to like the same things.

@LeonhartAugust They made them more realistic. I remember how some people were on the verge of mental breakdown after seeing Mikasa "less attractive". She still looked attractive, just with more realistic design, fitting her life and profession. If anything, her design from Season 1-2 was the dumbest one. No one will convince me that a soldier in field conditions, exhausted for most of the time, wearing a lipstick on every occassion while wandering for days in a land infested by human-eating giants, where every minute of losing focus can be lethal, was just realistic and normal looking.

She could look relatively attractive inside the Walls, but choosing to make her look as if she came outta a beauty salon outside of the Walls, while on a mission and in field conditions, wasn't a fortunate design choice, in my opinion. Finding balance between realism and fanservice-flavored elements in Mikasa's design, considering serious themes found in Attack on Titan and grounded it was for most of the time, was better in Season 3 and reached its peak in Season 4 (so the final season, which was made by MAPPA).

@Adnash I don’t care if it’s unrealistic. I want to see attractive characters in fiction, both male and female. If I wanted realistic looking, I can go outside.

@rohan121 Exactly agree with Oda. I was just always one of the boys who didn't gravitate to big boobied girls. Sexy girls are hot and fun, but not my thing at the end of the day and why I preferred Nami's original look from back in the day.

@fallout45 I also prefer pre-timeskip Nami. She was still objectively pretty, but felt more charming. Short-haired Nami didn't need to have her character design go over the top in terms of physique. Her cool personality didn't need such elements to remain cool and likeable.

I get the reasoning behind more "busty" female characters appearing in One Piece over time, and how they fit the general art style (mostly hourglass-shaped body canon). However, I found the old designs more charming. Not that the new ones are bad. They are okay. I just prefer pre-timeskip ones. ;)

Yeah, it's basically the same three body types all the time. More variety would be much appreciated. I wasn't as into "Delicious in Dungeon" as I could've been, but that was an aspect I appreciated about that series.

Would having more normal body types for female characters be nice?

TOTALLY !!! it brings something new and fresh on the table..im bored of seeing same kind of body type..it makes the media more diverse and hence a lot more fun !!! women come in many shapes and sizes and it would be so amazing to explore them all..

oremonogatari male lead body type is something new in anime and i loved that

@ame I've always found it intriguing how women complain about the sexualization of female characters in male media, while men complain about the sexualization of men in female media. At the same time, both sides consider their media to be objectively morally sound and accuse their opponents of being sensitive.

@LittleOwlbear Some people will tell you that even the very fact of characters being attractive is toxic and should be avoided in favor of some kind of “realistic appearance”, which in the understanding of such people for some reason always means a very androgynous and gray appearance lacking any charisma.