I can say I have mayor fear. As a woman most of my interests are male orientated, so 95% of my friends are guys. I’m a very caring and loving person and I cherish my friends but... I constantly fear they would confuse my care for them as interest and think they can extract everything from me for free, from money to…

Ah, goal-post moving.

I’m all for equality in fanservice but can we get some freaking normal relationship development? I groan every time I start an anime and there’s a fanservicie relationship that starts to develop and it’s all blushes and nosebleeds. I mean c’mon. Maybe I’m just too old for anime now or the medium just doesn’t want to…

Seriously?

Yup. It is like a awesome pasta dish with sauce, meatballs, sausage and then a wiggly worm in the middle of it all.

Why do you think there is so much fan service right now?

It’s long past time we stopped giving anime a pass over the normalization of pedophilia and sexual assault, cultural differences or no.

I have the exact same problem with that particular anime. I still love it and would recommend it, but I would always think back on those particular moments when recommending it.

I just want to add that I’m 100% behind you on this.

Take a show like 7 Deadly Sins, which I could use to draw several of my friends into anime.

I dislike sexual fan service unless it is also in service to the story or character development. Anything else just feels grossly inappropriate.

It’s a turnoff. I’ve got too limited time in my life to watch anime to waste it on a show that spends its runtime with panty shots and boob-groping. It’s just a skeezier version of fart jokes, lazy and obvious.

The creator wanted it to be a J sound, but admitted that the internet had made the decision for themselves before he could get the word out and formally resigned from trying to change people’s minds.

I think it also has to do with the fact that Japan cities tend to also be very walkable, to the point where being on the street at night is a very common part of life. Income and crime levels really don’t factor here, save who would walk where.

It is different. Most places in Japan are safe as shit, day or night, in terms of violent crime.

First one is my favorite by a country mile, but they are all SOOOOO good. Would love to see a game with this artist’s assets.

Loneliness by choice is a great luxury. I’ve found out in the last few years that loneliness with no other option is brutal and sucks bad. :(

7 people picked up smoking after seeing this.

Like a combination of Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp with a pinch of John Belushi.

THAT WHY GROG USE.