| what a trash thread. stuff like this is 10 times more done irl, has your gf go to high school? I was in a class of 23 girls and 7 boys, all day long the girls talked about their boobs. if you don't like it, watch other anime |
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| I feel like its just society as a whole that does, instead of just anime. Because in modern society "favorable body types exist" and when I say that I mean how typically guys prefer girls with bigger boobs, and girls prefer slimmer, taller guys normally. So I feel like its more of a whole society thing rather than just an anime thing. P.S. Sorry for bad grammar and stuff I am very worn out right now |
| I would say no lmao. It is so unrealistic sometimes that can you even call those honkers anything to worry about irl ---- Catalano said: this is like 90% of anime disc tho? 🤔🧐what a trash thread. |
| No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything but I do feel a little frustration seeing sizes larger than a D cup girl running without a bra on. Guys, running with big boobs is quite uncomfortable, especially without sports bra. It's like having a bouncing luggage in front of you. |
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| Your girlfriend needs to get over herself. People with exceptionally nice looking faces, male and female both are over-represented in entertainment media too. Most average people aren't that good looking. So what? |
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| Just have your girlfriend watch an anime that has nothing to do with boobs. Something like Aria or 3-Gatsu no Lion would work. For your question, I don't really have an answer for that. |
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| I feel like I am the worst person to answer this questions but I'll try to be helpful in some way XD. I feel you could say the same thing about all pieces of media when it comes to beauty stands. Hell, look at like every Instagram model out here with a fat ass and big pair of boobs. Or most Hollywood actor having to be conventional attractive. I would say if it does bother your friend that much try to steer away from shows that put heavy emphasis on fanservice because it will probably just make her feel bad. |
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| I don't feel bad when I look at idealized bi shonen or overly muscular guys. In large everyone has ideals they feel they need to live up to socially and physically. This comes through our art but it isn't caused by it. People always talk about female body images but ignore how much emphasis is put on many unchangeable characteristics for men like height, genital size etc. Honestly the last point is probably the most insecure I have seen anyone be about any body part. In general it's annoying when women only are ever brought up in this conversation. Your GF needs to stop putting her self esteem in the hands of ideals and crass jokes. It doesn't bother me how I may not lead up to some fujo's ideal and she shouldn't care about not living up to some horny guy's depiction of a woman. It's fantasy. The creators themselves are aware they are engaging in that and aren't representing average people. Same case with crass jokes that may be at your expense. Even examples like Kaguya Sama while the jokes are at Kaguya's expense it's not like she is not still idealized or that her shape is portrayed as off putting. If anything the joke is how over sensitive Kaguya is to what she perceives as a flaw in herself. Regardless it's not like it's hard to avoid series that make sexual jokes just watch series that don't bring it up. |
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| Why does she care about the chest size of fictional characters lol. I understand that anime tends to say that big > small very often but in the end it's all about preference or personal opinion (I think). Honestly why should anyone really care? It's not like everyone prefers larger breasts. I personally prefer smaller ones. |
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| To be blunt, firstly if your girlfriend is that body conscious then how does she manage with basically all forms of visual media? I realize your average movie doesn't have the boob talk of even your average anime, but come on. Secondly it's hard to even grasp how someone can have an inferiority complex to the appearances animated characters. I get that everyone wants to be a cute anime girl, but again, come on. |
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| If your gf gets all that from anime, then idk what'll happen when she watches TV or Hollywood films. Imagine basing beauty standards on Japanese cartoons smh my head. |
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| With A-Cups that did not grow, I felt quite insecure watching some anime when I was younger. Personally, I think it has a lot to do with confidence and insecurities. It might be better to avoid media that portrays your body negatively. Mostly, I just avoid all anime that discuss breast size in any way, because it does make me quite uncomfortable. |
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Nemo_Niemand said: Someone would say: Big Fat Voluptuous Anime Tiddies. But my motto is: Small Delicious Flat Anime Chests. How valiant you are, displaying such affection knowing what people may accuse you of being. A true soldier we have here. |
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Lolabelle said: No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything but I do feel a little frustration seeing sizes larger than a D cup girl running without a bra on. Guys, running with big boobs is quite uncomfortable, especially without sports bra. It's like having a bouncing luggage in front of you. But hear me out.. what if.. I like bouncing luggages..? |
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| Holy fuck my expectations for this forum is already very low, but Jesus Christ. Y'all realize you can Google what self-esteem issues means so you don't completely misunderstand how hard it is dealing with them, right? "She needs to deal with her self-esteem" gives off the same energy as telling a depressed person to stop being sad. No shit she should deal with her self-esteem issues. It's one thing if she was demonizing all of anime because of this one aspect, but doesn't exactly seem like she was doing that considering OP never said she did, and never said she stopped watching anime with him/her. OP I'm sure you've already come to this conclusion, but it would be better for you to not watch anime with these things around your GF. Shit like this is so ingrained into anime that people think it's hard finding anime without tit jokes, but it's not that hard, especially when you ask others for help. Ask any elitist here and you'll get a shit ton of anime recs without them. |
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| I don't care about boobs, while it will be nice to rest on big honkers after a tiring day, but all that matters at the end of the day is the girl loving you and you loving the girl. While it's true, I might often wish that the person I loved had big boobs, because it's basic mammal instinct, but I'd never stop loving her for something like that. I kind of relate to Shirogane (If you've read the latest chapter of Kaguya-sama). That being said, big fat voluptuous anime tiddies are always welcomed, I can't understand how people can feel down by comparing their body parts with a fictional character's... Just get your girl some help. Let her know that boobs and ass don't matter, what matters is her and her only. If you don't console your girl now, she might feel more insecure and might start hating anime and herself as well. Just get her some help. |
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OnionKnightRises said: Holy fuck my expectations for this forum is already very low, but Jesus Christ. Y'all realize you can Google what self-esteem issues means so you don't completely misunderstand how hard it is dealing with them, right? "She needs to deal with her self-esteem" gives off the same energy as telling a depressed person to stop being sad. No shit she should deal with her self-esteem issues. It's one thing if she was demonizing all of anime because of this one aspect, but doesn't exactly seem like she was doing that considering OP never said she did, and never said she stopped watching anime with him/her. OP I'm sure you've already come to this conclusion, but it would be better for you to not watch anime with these things around your GF. Shit like this is so ingrained into anime that people think it's hard finding anime without tit jokes, but it's not that hard, especially when you ask others for help. Ask any elitist here and you'll get a shit ton of anime recs without them. If you have self-esteem issues because of things happening in real life with real people, that's completely normal. If you have self-esteem issues because of the appearances or jokes of cartoon characters, that's not normal. |
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Kjartooni said: Lolabelle said: No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything but I do feel a little frustration seeing sizes larger than a D cup girl running without a bra on. Guys, running with big boobs is quite uncomfortable, especially without sports bra. It's like having a bouncing luggage in front of you. Thanks for the nice reply. I can understand how something like that can be frustrating. I can't imagine how something like that would even feel like to run with. I have a friend with an E cup jealous of us having smaller breast sizes. She's constantly plagued with backaches, it's not pretty. People with small breast size might have self-image issues, but people with large breast size have legit health problems. People think that the grass is greener on the other side, but that's not always true. But if your gf is still that self conscious after your explanation, I think she'd do well with anime that show girls with more realistic body types.. like shows that cater to girls like shoujo for example |
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| There are a lot of boob jokes yeah and I do not mind them, but I am a guy. Small things can bother people a lot even if we do not understand it. There is not a right way and a wrong way to feel, just different ways. A lot of the jokes are written by men too. |
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Arin-san said: Lolabelle said: No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything but I do feel a little frustration seeing sizes larger than a D cup girl running without a bra on. Guys, running with big boobs is quite uncomfortable, especially without sports bra. It's like having a bouncing luggage in front of you. But hear me out.. what if.. I like bouncing luggages..? You might like it, but you might not like the complications that come with it. Like injuring your spine. I'm not joking, it's very painful. |
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Lolabelle said: You might like it, but you might not like the complications that come with it. Like injuring your spine. I'm not joking, it's very painful.  I'm joking, take it as a joke, don't freak out on me |
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| Hey! So, I struggle with the same insecurity, but I've never really felt sad/uncomfortable while watching anime with boob jokes. I feel like they roast both ends of the spectrum, both big and small, comparing big boobed girls to cows at times, and flat girls with boards. I know she can't just stop caring about it, but maybe slowly, with time, you can help her get over that insecurity. You find her beautiful and opinions of random Japanese men shouldn't effect her stronger than yours. I'm not doubting your skills as a boyfriend, but try making her feel comfortable about her size, if you haven't already. I hope everything works out and she starts feeling more confident and eventually enjoys anime without feeling bad ^^! |
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_FRB_ said: OnionKnightRises said: Holy fuck my expectations for this forum is already very low, but Jesus Christ. Y'all realize you can Google what self-esteem issues means so you don't completely misunderstand how hard it is dealing with them, right? "She needs to deal with her self-esteem" gives off the same energy as telling a depressed person to stop being sad. No shit she should deal with her self-esteem issues. It's one thing if she was demonizing all of anime because of this one aspect, but doesn't exactly seem like she was doing that considering OP never said she did, and never said she stopped watching anime with him/her. OP I'm sure you've already come to this conclusion, but it would be better for you to not watch anime with these things around your GF. Shit like this is so ingrained into anime that people think it's hard finding anime without tit jokes, but it's not that hard, especially when you ask others for help. Ask any elitist here and you'll get a shit ton of anime recs without them. If you have self-esteem issues because of things happening in real life with real people, that's completely normal. If you have self-esteem issues because of the appearances or jokes of cartoon characters, that's not normal. Who said it was supposed to be normal? People don't get to pick what they're sensitive about and how sensitive they are, not everyone has that luxury. Just because most of us aren't sensitive about a certain thing doesn't mean the people that are sensitive about it should be criticized for it. Also, I strongly disagree that this shit isn't normal. By that logic, just regular jokes shouldn't set people's insecurities off because they're also fictional. |
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| I remember when I was in secondary school and I overheard girls in my class say that guys without abs were gross, which, as an ab-less teenager, stuck with me quite a bit. I understand the idea, I feel like. Then I got older and realized nobody actually gives a shit. Like, really, that's it. It's just a teenager-level insecurity. Nobody actually gives a shit. Nobody looks like the ideal. Any fringe cases where people actually demand and expect that from regular people are fringe cases that aren't exactly worth paying attention to in the first place. And that's absolutely fine. |
ManabanFeb 2, 2021 1:05 PM
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| If anime tiddies hurt your self-image then you are REALLY dumb and need to get a life. |
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Arin-san said: Lolabelle said: You might like it, but you might not like the complications that come with it. Like injuring your spine. I'm not joking, it's very painful. I'm joking, take it as a joke, don't freak out on me Damn.. You've earned my respect. I could never stand such masochism lol |
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| I kinda get her because I'm in the same boat and some anime boobs really irritated me in the beginning, but I guess hundreds of anime numbed my emotions and now I just stopped caring. I now even appreciate a high-quality boob jiggle animation. Anime girls are a different species who have jello filled balloons as boobs. And I like comparing characters' boob sizes to their head size because oftentimes their boobs are much bigger lmao. Idk, I don't take things seriously anymore. Some like big boobs, some like small, and I just like anime. I mean I totally get her but just like me, her emotions may go numb over time lol. In the meantime, you can watch some sweet shoujo, josei, or a sports anime with her. Lolabelle said: No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything That's because C cup isn't small at all, fam. Even B is considered average in many countries. |
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OnionKnightRises said: _FRB_ said: If you have self-esteem issues because of things happening in real life with real people, that's completely normal. If you have self-esteem issues because of the appearances or jokes of cartoon characters, that's not normal. Who said it was supposed to be normal? People don't get to pick what they're sensitive about and how sensitive they are, not everyone has that luxury. Just because most of us aren't sensitive about a certain thing doesn't mean the people that are sensitive about it should be criticized for it. Also, I strongly disagree that this shit isn't normal. By that logic, just regular jokes shouldn't set people's insecurities off because they're also fictional. The point is that it is abnormal enough that it isn't like "telling a depressed person to just stop being sad" as your original example. Normality being defined by commonality. Lots of people have depression. Lots of people have self esteem issues brought about by many things. Probably few have self esteem issues brought about by anime girls' tits. Your last line is completely irrelevant. I never said anything about whether or not its fictional. What I did say was that they're cartoon characters. If some of the boob jokes anime does were to happen in a blockbuster Hollywood movie, I could see justification in it affecting someone's self esteem. They're real people after all. Anime characters are not. |
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| Reading this I feel like her issues are much more deeply rooted than just seeing big anime boobs but I guess it can reinforce them especially if she's a teenager which is what I'm assuming I guess it would be for the best if she avoid them until she can build her confidence more, there're actually quite a few anime out there that don't focus on that. |
Sometimes I wonder exactly how much those two groups of people are one in the same It is this thing people say ecchi fans do a lot, and I just ceded it because a lot people were saying it, but it's been half a decade now and I still haven't seen any significant crossover between guys who are disgusted with manservice on a conceptual level and not just a "I don't want to watch it, sexy guys gross me out" level and outright ecchi fans like, why nobody i've been around in the fandom actually seems to give a shit, given the topic never comes up, we don't sit in ecchi servers and just get beside ourselves over bishies and Free! or anything Like don't get me wrong, I 100% know a lot of guys get uppity about it in a way I consider very stupid and I'm with you on that front, I have seen that before, but it's just like, where does the tribe I'm in factor into this, what do we have to do with it why are they with us all of a sudden, where does that come from |
ManabanFeb 2, 2021 1:19 PM
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| no, im literally as flat as a piece of paper and do not care whatsoever, I also like being flat bc I don't have to worry about jumping/exercising. :l |
| Interesting question, too bad lots of people answering are males saying stuff that doesn't really ad to what OP wants to know. And that includes myself, sorry, I'm out. |
YouTubeZaiko said: She an idiot. I hate people who are overly sensitive to something so small. That got a sensible chuckle out of me, "overly sensitive to something so small", get it? Because she has small breasts. Unintentionally funny, but if that was intentional, props. |
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_FRB_ said: The point is that it is abnormal enough that it isn't like "telling a depressed person to just stop being sad" as your original example. Normality being defined by commonality. Lots of people have depression. Lots of people have self esteem issues brought about by many things. Probably few have self esteem issues brought about by anime girls' tits. Your last line is completely irrelevant. I never said anything about whether or not its fictional. What I did say was that they're cartoon characters. If some of the boob jokes anime does were to happen in a blockbuster Hollywood movie, I could see justification in it affecting someone's self esteem. They're real people after all. Anime characters are not. How are they not apt comparisons when both depression and low self-esteem are very hard to deal with, and you have people telling these types of people that they should just stop? If you want to say the issue of low self esteem and depression aren't similar then sure, but the reaction of saying "stop having low self-esteem" and "stop being sad" are pretty damn similar. They both come from the very same place of lacking information when it comes to mental health issues, and things that cause mental health issues. _FRB_ said: If some of the boob jokes anime does were to happen in a blockbuster Hollywood movie, I could see justification in it affecting someone's self esteem. They're real people after all. Anime characters are not. How is what YOU see relevant to someone's self-esteem issues? Your ability to see justification in something is not the benchmark we're using for what's acceptable when it comes to something like low self-esteem. I have said this like three times now, but people with issues don't get to choose what they're sensitive to, if they were going to be so predictable that they're only sensitive about the things we decide are rational then it wouldn't be an issue in the first place. |
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nanimeanswhat said: Lolabelle said: No. I have a C cup and I don't feel anything That's because C cup isn't small at all, fam. Even B is considered average in many countries. Not everyone is aiming for a bigger size, fam. I'm a C cup who is underweight. It has caused a lot of issues, especially since I do track and field. |
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Manaban said: Sometimes I wonder exactly how much those two groups of people are one in the same It is this thing people say ecchi fans do a lot, and I just ceded it because a lot people were saying it, but it's been half a decade now and I still haven't seen any significant crossover between guys who are disgusted with manservice on a conceptual level and not just a "I don't want to watch it, sexy guys gross me out" level and outright ecchi fans like, why nobody i've been around in the fandom actually seems to give a shit, given the topic never comes up, we don't sit in ecchi servers and just get beside ourselves over bishies and Free! or anything Like don't get me wrong, I 100% know a lot of guys get uppity about it in a way I consider very stupid and I'm with you on that front, but it's just like, where does the tribe I'm in factor into this, what do we have to do with it why are they with us all of a sudden, where does that come from lol you also don't get me wrong mine is just a simple observation of some, I repeat, some people. Every now and then you see those people here in MAL or on Reddit, and irl when I was in high school. There's a reason why I put a trigger warning there. If you're not one of them, then my words weren't directed towards you, so no need to take it personally. Plus it's not the topic of this thread so I just wanted to get it out of my chest in small fonts because I really did encounter such people. Toxic people exist everywhere, it's nothing new. Don't mind me. Go on :) Lolabelle said: nanimeanswhat said: That's because C cup isn't small at all, fam. Even B is considered average in many countries. Not everyone is aiming for a bigger size, fam. I'm a C cup who is underweight. It has caused a lot of issues, especially since I do track and field. Yeah but the topic here was about big boob superiority in anime so I naturally thought that you answered that and how would I know that you did track and field... |
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nanimeanswhat said: lol you also don't get me wrong mine is just a simple observation of some, I repeat, some people. Every now and then you see those people here in MAL or on Reddit, and irl when I was in high school. There's a reason why I put a trigger warning there. If you're not one of them, then my words weren't directed towards you, so no need to take it personally. Plus it's not the topic of this thread so I just wanted to get it out of my chest in small fonts because I really did encounter such people. Toxic people exist everywhere, it's nothing new. Don't mind me. Go on :) no like, i know it has nothing to do with me, i've always been pretty pro that type of thing existing as a matter of principle, even if i don't really wanna watch it myself it's just more like, where do ecchi fans specifically factor into it to the point where we're generally the first ones people point fingers at here, which is usually the case less taking issue with what you're saying specifically or picking a fight, and more just "where does this even come from, why is this the general belief," etc etc. like no worries fam we're all good lol |
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nanimeanswhat said: Lolabelle said: Not everyone is aiming for a bigger size, fam. I'm a C cup who is underweight. It has caused a lot of issues, especially since I do track and field. Yeah but the topic here was about big boob superiority in anime so I naturally thought that you answered that and how would I know that you did track and field... The title is "Do boobs in anime harm self images of girls?" and I thought I've replied with girls with bigger boobs having a hard time running? I've replied to OP that big boobs aren't always better. You've just cut off the second half of my post. |
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| Different from others i kinda agree. I really don´t like fanservise or how big boobs are talked ab. But we can do nothing ab it, what you can do is stand up for your girl when someone makes those stupid jokes ab others bodies. What i hate in anime is te extreme sexualization of bodies, even more when the anime is not even ecchi. |
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