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Jan 28, 2023 7:04 PM
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I know panties are considered sexy in a lot of cultures, but why is it one of the most common fetishes in anime/manga? Why are panty shots and upskirts so common?
Jan 28, 2023 7:08 PM
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Panties often cover the naughty bits leaving the rest to our imagination.  It is lewd for that reason.  It also reveals the butts shape.  
Jan 28, 2023 7:56 PM
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Man let me take you on a trip down the sexual History of Japan. It all started back in the the 1860's Mejia Sexual Revolution, you see back then Japanese women went commando every where and panties were unheard of. It wasn't until  the Americans took over Japan in the 1950's that panties made a return to the Japanese Archipelago. THE Ruling American Shogun Wanted the Japanese girls to look like the American girls back home so the Japanese girls started to pump there chests full of motor oil and threw out their kimonos and wore panties.  AFTER watching the American men steal all their girls The male Japanese had to turn to Manga and anime to get there sexual gratification. And as it turns out they were turned on the most by these new Foreign "panties" ( pantsu didn't became a Japanese word till the 1980s).That's why every anime is full of panties. So you can thank the Americans for animes panty fetish.
Jan 28, 2023 8:03 PM
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Man let me take you on a trip down the sexual History of Japan. It all started back in the the 1860's Mejia Sexual Revolution, you see back then Japanese women went commando every where and panties were unheard of. It wasn't until  the Americans took over Japan in the 1950's that panties made a return to the Japanese Archipelago. THE Ruling American Shogun Wanted the Japanese girls to look like the American girls back home so the Japanese girls started to pump there chests full of motor oil and threw out their kimonos and wore panties.  AFTER watching the American men steal all their girls The male Japanese had to turn to Manga and anime to get there sexual gratification. And as it turns out they were turned on the most by these new Foreign "panties" ( pantsu didn't became a Japanese word till the 1980s).That's why every anime is full of panties. So you can thank the Americans for animes panty fetish.

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Jan 28, 2023 8:16 PM
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Because Pantsu is good.‏‏‎ ‎
Jan 28, 2023 8:43 PM
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HiddenByDesign said:
Almost all anime is about teenage guys and back before the mass availability of internet pornography turned everybody into a sexual deviant, if you caught a panty flash that was your spank bait for like a week. Anime just likes to pretend the world is still innocent.
I beg to differ. Even in a world filled with porn, ecchi and panty shots have a place that can't be taken by mindless fucking.
Jan 28, 2023 8:56 PM
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who doesn't love a good panty shot? when it's done too often or badly, it's awkward, but when it's done right... oh boy it's done right.
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Jan 28, 2023 9:21 PM
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because that's how they show what they're allowed to show... I don't understand the confusion
Jan 28, 2023 9:22 PM
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BrickHARDmeat220 said:
Man let me take you on a trip down the sexual History of Japan. It all started back in the the 1860's Mejia Sexual Revolution, you see back then Japanese women went commando every where and panties were unheard of. It wasn't until  the Americans took over Japan in the 1950's that panties made a return to the Japanese Archipelago. THE Ruling American Shogun Wanted the Japanese girls to look like the American girls back home so the Japanese girls started to pump there chests full of motor oil and threw out their kimonos and wore panties.  AFTER watching the American men steal all their girls The male Japanese had to turn to Manga and anime to get there sexual gratification. And as it turns out they were turned on the most by these new Foreign "panties" ( pantsu didn't became a Japanese word till the 1980s).That's why every anime is full of panties. So you can thank the Americans for animes panty fetish.
cultured pantsu historian over here LOL i cant tell if this is bs or just a crude retelling of actual events in history but its damn entertaining either way 
Jan 28, 2023 11:42 PM

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because it's not like they have a variety to choose from when showing sexy stuff, it's either panties or bra cleavages, showing panties is more erotic though
Jan 28, 2023 11:56 PM

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For one thing it’s not always sexual but added for cuteness or a sense of realism of something like that not being hidden.
Jan 29, 2023 12:08 AM

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Pussy love panties, real man love seeing girls go commando.
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Jan 29, 2023 12:10 AM

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because it's beautiful to look at anime girls' pelvic region.
Jan 29, 2023 12:29 AM

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Because panties veil the center of the universe, the place you have come from and want to return to.
Jan 29, 2023 12:56 AM

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There are the holes where dick goes during sex.

You want to check out the goods before sticking anything in there.

There had to be clean tight unused holes under clean panties.

Also bending girl and exposing panties does make her pitiful and vulnerable for sex.

That kind on vulnerable girl is something you will want.

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Jan 29, 2023 1:12 AM

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Because it's hot, and it's even better when all the girls wear different types of panties. Lace, thong, frills, stripes, etc. 
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Jan 29, 2023 1:15 AM

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Probably for added realism, especially for School based Anime.

Also to excite male viewers (maybe?) and can also give the girl(s) characters a bit of vulnerability (in a comedic way) even if she may not show that intially.

That's my theory anyway...
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Does it really even need to be explained why panties are popular? Regardless of gender or sexual orientation it looks nice :)
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Because many (not all) Japanese males are perverted inside. Japanese people are introvert. They usually hide their true feelings and not often voice out their true feelings. It's just in their culture and these personality has embedded within them. The only way they can express their lewd feelings is through a medium, hence the anime and manga. And yes, they love panties.

If there are any Japanese or anyone that understands the culture more, you're welcome to correct me.

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Jan 29, 2023 2:26 AM

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animegamer245 said:
Because they're sexy and they smell nice.

Smell nice? I don't have a panty fetish, but isn't the entire point of used panties is that they are putrid?
Jan 29, 2023 2:32 AM

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because they can't show genitals despite anime being one of the only mediums that has a full genre called ecchi.
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gamerweeb1 said:

Why are panties/pantsu such a common fetish in anime?
Japans fascination with panties actually dates back to the western occupation of Japan during WWII. Before this time period Japanese women wearing anything under their kimonos was completely uncommon. 

During the War the actually recorded record of Japanese woman wearing panties for the 1st time starts with the "Pan Pan girls". Which were Japanese prostitutes who started wearing panties specifically to solicit services towards westerns soldiers. This is actually how Panties became associated into it's 1st form as a sexual fetish in Japan.

With Japans strict censorship laws and Japan being forced to westernize you can kind of understand how perverse of just the idea of panties has become over time to this nation where it's become such a common sexualized thing even in Anime. 
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Ishitateso said:
Because panties veil the center of the universe, the place you have come from and want to return to.


Funny answer.





Panties are considered cute or sexy by many, maybe it's because panties cover the ass and the ass is something much more universal than boobs, not everyone has boobs that's why there's a butt, and covering the ass gives an air of mystery, this is why panties are loved.

Jan 29, 2023 4:34 AM
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Because series that portray panty shots are mostly pubertal. These series want to portray sexuality, but at the same time they are scared to.

It's like overhearing these teenagers in a train "*giggle*, I saw her panties one day for five seconds. 😂" - "omg, really!?"
Jan 29, 2023 5:13 AM

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gamerweeb1 said:
I know panties are considered sexy in a lot of cultures, but why is it one of the most common fetishes in anime/manga? Why are panty shots and upskirts so common?

because they're Cutely-Beautiful articles of elementally-feminine clothing,
perfectly suited to the equally Cutely-Beautiful Women usually found within them;






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Because many (not all) Japanese males are perverted inside. Japanese people are introvert. They usually hide their true feelings and not often voice out their true feelings. It's just in their culture and these personality has embedded within them. The only way they can express their lewd feelings is through a medium, hence the anime and manga. And yes, they love panties.
There are also additional things to mention.

First, Japan still has gender-based segregations, a legacy of Japanese militarism (which itself came from 19th century Prussian military-social values*). This segregation-oriented social approaches encouraged Japanese men to fantasize Japanese women sort of in an extremist way. Although it's slowly changing these days, I mean very slowly.

Second, before the pantsu craze, the more obvious fetish was school buruma (old school Showa era) fetish. Even before that as in pre-1945, there was the monpe trouser (dark and decently tight-fitting women's trousers from northern Japan) craze.

* Today's Korea (the southern K-pop part) still retains so many aspects of Japanese militarism in the society, which it brings up the stereotype that South Koreans (and religiously Christian Korean-Americans, Korean-Canadians) act like conformist lemmings who cannot have any independent thinking.
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Panties are an object which covers and represents a particularly sexual part of the body. They're also a light and malleable object, so it's easy to write them into scenes.

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ColourWheel said:
gamerweeb1 said:

Why are panties/pantsu such a common fetish in anime?
Japans fascination with panties actually dates back to the western occupation of Japan during WWII. Before this time period Japanese women wearing anything under their kimonos was completely uncommon. 

During the War the actually recorded record of Japanese woman wearing panties for the 1st time starts with the "Pan Pan girls". Which were Japanese prostitutes who started wearing panties specifically to solicit services towards westerns soldiers. This is actually how Panties became associated into it's 1st form as a sexual fetish in Japan.

With Japans strict censorship laws and Japan being forced to westernize you can kind of understand how perverse of just the idea of panties has become over time to this nation where it's become such a common sexualized thing even in Anime. 
This is the correct answer.

Fancy prostitutes wear frilly underpants --> super hot sex every time
Boring waifu at home goes commando --> too pure to admit to wanting sex --> hardly any sex
Panties = imminent sex --> panty fetish

Meanwhile in the West
Frilly panties = wholesome wifey at home
No panties/crotchless lingerie = crazy sexy mistress
No panties = imminent sex --> panties are in the way of the real prize.
BritishBlitz87Jan 29, 2023 9:59 AM
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Because girls and women are sexualized to the Nth degree, and teenage boys and men who are typically juvenile are the target audience.
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I believe in panties. We should all believe more in panties.

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