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Mar 12, 9:17 PM
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I’m three episodes in, and I’m enjoying this remake so far. I appreciate that it’s faithful to the original anime but still differentiates itself. But there’s one bizarre detail about Kaoru I noticed in this remake that wasn’t as prevalent in the original: her cleavage.

Now before anyone says anything, yes, I know that she provided fanservice once in a while in the original. In fact, I think she had a bath scene in the original during the first episode or two that wasn’t adapted in this remake, so far at least.

But it’s just kind of weird in this remake how the animation studio was like “we must make sure that Kaoru is showing a tiny bit of cleavage at least once or twice an episode!” It’s a bit distracting to be honest. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind fanservice! 🤪

Maybe it doesn’t come up as much as the show goes on, but it was just a weird observation from the first three episodes. I like Kaoru’s character a lot so I feel like this small animation change is a disservice to her character and who she is. Once in a while is fine, but at least once an episode is too much in my opinion.

Did anyone else notice this? Or was it just me?
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Mar 12, 9:27 PM
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Skoorb said:
I’m three episodes in, and I’m enjoying this remake so far. I appreciate that it’s faithful to the original anime but still differentiates itself. But there’s one bizarre detail about Kaoru I noticed in this remake that wasn’t as prevalent in the original: her cleavage.

Now before anyone says anything, yes, I know that she provided fanservice once in a while in the original. In fact, I think she had a bath scene in the original during the first episode or two that wasn’t adapted in this remake, so far at least.

But it’s just kind of weird in this remake how the animation studio was like “we must make sure that Kaoru is showing a tiny bit of cleavage at least once or twice an episode!” It’s a bit distracting to be honest. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind fanservice! 🤪

Maybe it doesn’t come up as much as the show goes on, but it was just a weird observation from the first three episodes. I like Kaoru’s character a lot so I feel like this small animation change is a disservice to her character and who she is. Once in a while is fine, but at least once an episode is too much in my opinion.

Did anyone else notice this? Or was it just me?

I never noticed it once in the entire season. Kenshin is not a series with any fanservice lol
Mar 12, 10:01 PM
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it was probably just you man ,i didn't find any cleavage or fanservice idk how you noticed it lmao
Mar 12, 11:11 PM
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" someone's who doesn't mind fanservice"

>complains about a tiny bit of cleavage


lol, at least stop lying dude

" it's distracting "

how do you talk to real women who also show cleavage lol, do you just get " distracted "

" it's a disservice to her character "

ah yes a character showing some cleavage ruins their character, that's so smart!!!

what a clown
Mar 13, 1:52 AM
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Skoorb said:
I think she had a bath scene in the original during the first episode or two that wasn’t adapted in this remake, so far at least.


That was a filler episode. It won't show up in this Remake.

Skoorb said:
But there’s one bizarre detail about Kaoru I noticed in this remake that wasn’t as prevalent in the original: her cleavage. [...] But it’s just kind of weird in this remake how the animation studio was like “we must make sure that Kaoru is showing a tiny bit of cleavage at least once or twice an episode!”


These shots you are talking about is when she's wearing her kendoka's uniform, which includes a white uwagi. So it's perfectly normal, that's how such traditional uniforms were back then, and even still are sometimes nowadays. (That's one of the reason as to why women use sarashi (the bandage), so that their breasts is not exposed.) You can notice her cleavage is not visible when she's in her casual kimono too, and the same can be said about the other characters. Kenshin's torso is also very much visible, for example.

It was censored in the original adaptation tho, by simply not drawing her cleavage in the close-up shots, or by making her sarashi extremely high and large in the other ones.

Skoorb said:
I like Kaoru’s character a lot so I feel like this small animation change is a disservice to her character and who she is.


How so ? That looks like the start of a very typically stupid Twitter-ish argument...
That's also how she was dressed and drawn in the Manga, by the way.

Skoorb said:
It’s a bit distracting to be honest. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind fanservice! 🤪 [...] Did anyone else notice this? Or was it just me?


You are not the only one who noticed it, but you sure are the only one i saw complaining about it. It's a very minor detail, which is easily forgettable, on top of adding realism and actually showing there is no censorship related to it.

As said by the user above tho, you say you don't mind fan-service, but then you notice this subtle detail, and complain about it, even saying it's "distracting"...
Alexioos95Mar 13, 3:23 PM
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Mar 13, 4:12 PM
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Skoorb said:
I think she had a bath scene in the original during the first episode or two that wasn’t adapted in this remake, so far at least.


That was a filler episode. It won't show up in this Remake.

Skoorb said:
But there’s one bizarre detail about Kaoru I noticed in this remake that wasn’t as prevalent in the original: her cleavage. [...] But it’s just kind of weird in this remake how the animation studio was like “we must make sure that Kaoru is showing a tiny bit of cleavage at least once or twice an episode!”


These shots you are talking about is when she's wearing her kendoka's uniform, which includes a white uwagi. So it's perfectly normal, that's how such traditional uniforms were back then, and even still are sometimes nowadays. (That's one of the reason as to why women use sarashi (the bandage), so that their breasts is not exposed.) You can notice her cleavage is not visible when she's in her casual kimono too, and the same can be said about the other characters. Kenshin's torso is also very much visible, for example.

It was censored in the original adaptation tho, by simply not drawing her cleavage in the close-up shots, or by making her sarashi extremely high and large in the other ones.

Skoorb said:
I like Kaoru’s character a lot so I feel like this small animation change is a disservice to her character and who she is.


How so ? That looks like the start of a very typically stupid Twitter-ish argument...
That's also how she was dressed and drawn in the Manga, by the way.

Skoorb said:
It’s a bit distracting to be honest. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind fanservice! 🤪 [...] Did anyone else notice this? Or was it just me?


You are not the only one who noticed it, but you sure are the only one i saw complaining about it. It's a very minor detail, which is easily forgettable, on top of adding realism and actually showing there is no censorship related to it.

As said by the user above tho, you say you don't mind fan-service, but then you notice this subtle detail, and complain about it, even saying it's "distracting"...
Alexioos95 said:
That was a filler episode. It won't show up in this Remake.
What's the ep number?
Mar 13, 10:10 PM
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Seems like you're looking for it. Nobody else even thought about that.
Mar 14, 12:37 AM
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What's the ep number?


Episode 19. To be fair, it's not entirely filler, but it was heavily altered from the story of the Manga.
I think OP meant Episode 01 tho, which also got heavy alterations, including a bath scene of Kaoru.
"Genius lives only one storey above madness."
– Arthur Schopenhauer.

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
– Edgar Allan Poe.

"I'm tired... and hungry."
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Mar 14, 11:55 PM
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Skoorb said:
I’m three episodes in, and I’m enjoying this remake so far. I appreciate that it’s faithful to the original anime but still differentiates itself. But there’s one bizarre detail about Kaoru I noticed in this remake that wasn’t as prevalent in the original: her cleavage.

Now before anyone says anything, yes, I know that she provided fanservice once in a while in the original. In fact, I think she had a bath scene in the original during the first episode or two that wasn’t adapted in this remake, so far at least.

But it’s just kind of weird in this remake how the animation studio was like “we must make sure that Kaoru is showing a tiny bit of cleavage at least once or twice an episode!” It’s a bit distracting to be honest. And this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind fanservice! 🤪

Maybe it doesn’t come up as much as the show goes on, but it was just a weird observation from the first three episodes. I like Kaoru’s character a lot so I feel like this small animation change is a disservice to her character and who she is. Once in a while is fine, but at least once an episode is too much in my opinion.

Did anyone else notice this? Or was it just me?

i didn't like this show (i mean this season. iam looking forward to the second season though). maby i would have liked it a tiny bit if it had the fanservice that you claimed

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