Japan’s going through its own guerrilla form of sexual revolution right now …

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Japan’s going through its own guerrilla form of sexual revolution right now I believe. And most anime porn isn’t very good in case you haven’t noticed. I think it’s something more fundamental. In Japan, sex and everything else seem to be discussed very separately, and there’s a bit of an irony that there are so many stories where sex is an integrated portion of the plot and character development in some form or another (for better or worse).

Take Highschool DxD. That wouldn’t have been nearly as entertaining if he weren’t that type of character in that type of environment. We’ve seen that basic plot before, but that twist on it was just fun. And it wasn’t necessary to hold the actual story together, but wouldn’t have been the same without it.

Plus, people are taking it too seriously. These are jokes. Almost every panty shot is basically a joke, all the breasts bouncing unrealistically is a joke. They are plays off of peoples’ mentality of anime for the fun of it, at least that’s what I’d do in those instances if it were ‘required’ anyway. They’re so prudish about sex as a human concept that they’re basically tunneling through that concept using anime.

One shot that comes to mind in Highschool DxD was when Akeno stood up and was talking, so just became a still on her skirt. She continued talking, it stayed on her skirt as she turned around. She continued talking, and finally she bows and there’s a shot of her crotch with the skirt up. The entire shot remained in preparation for that. If you’re not taking yourself too seriously, you basically have to laugh because it’s like the director/animators brought you in on the inside joke. They were able to make a fun, entertaining story while not taking certain elements too seriously. If people think of it as perversion, then they’re just going to make themselves tired. Think of it as the joke it is, and you just get entertained.

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  @DmonHiro It’s just untrue that people don’t enjoy stories and plots and only fanservice sells though. Yes, they do sell a bit, but it’s a mediocre sale compared to the ones that truly shine. Fanservice and ecchi don’t really sell things that much, the creators just think it does and therefore add it to stories that they think need it. They’re just thinking in terms of survival now, and for the foreseeable future unfortunately. If half of us even bought DVD box sets of the decent shows, …

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