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Is Fanservice hate nonsense?
sams88:
--- Quote from: brunoais on April 03, 2013, 08:31:51 PM ---When you are going to watch aika it is supposed to have loads and loads of nonsensical fanservice. The show is fanservice, so there's no way it can be something that takes away from the show.
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It didn't take away from it, it was really enjoyable and I got some lol from watching how the Anime maximize the number of panty shots per scenes ;)
brunoais:
--- Quote from: sams88 on April 04, 2013, 09:16:43 AM ---
--- Quote from: brunoais on April 03, 2013, 08:31:51 PM ---When you are going to watch aika it is supposed to have loads and loads of nonsensical fanservice. The show is fanservice, so there's no way it can be something that takes away from the show.
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It didn't take away from it, it was really enjoyable and I got some lol from watching how the Anime maximize the number of panty shots per scenes ;)
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Yeah, it was... *cheers*
Anyway. Is there any more ideas why does the fanservice hate still exists and is still fought "to the death"?
kyanwan:
--- Quote from: buchno on March 16, 2013, 09:20:56 PM ---Note that I am talking about when it is irrelevant to the plot, or executed in a lackluster manner. The nude scene in Paprika, for example, isn't distracting, since it wasn't added to please horny boys in their early puberty.
If people want to watch porn, they can watch porn.
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If it's tastefully done, not overkill, and just there just to be there.
It can easily ruin an otherwise decent series in my books.
[*I've been reading manga for the past ... forever ... instead of watching - I can't think of a good example - this one is OT from one of the few things I do watch: (click to show/hide)I'm sure we all know about Game of Thrones / which is a great example of overboard, distracting, and unnecessary nudity. It takes away from an otherwise great story.]
Who could hate it though, I'd say it's more of an annoyance or distraction when overused & gratuitous.
abc cuz:
i think my opinion is pretty much like everyone elses, FS just needs to be used in the right quantities.
a good example is to-love ru. First season was alright, it was hard FS with some plot and comedy. But then they just took it too far with to-love ru darkness. too many borderline sex scenes made them not even able to finish an incredibly basic storyline in the length of the series, and so now we have to wait for another season (if it is going to come). i don't mind FS but taking it too far like in darkness completely kills the anime, if they even took out maybe half the momo x rito scenes they could have had another episode to finish the plot.
still gonna watch BR's of it though because those rays of light were killer.
Ixarku:
I'm not a fan of fan service. Cartoon boobs don't do it for me and if I want to see nudity there are better options. As long as fan service isn't gratuitous, I can generally ignore it, but if I notice it more than a couple of times in an episode, it's probably going to annoy me. When I watch anime, I watch it for the characters, the story, the art, the music, and the immersion in something Japanese, so gratuitous panty shots or whatever is generally going to distract from my enjoyment of the former.
There are times when fan service isn't a big deal or even when it can enhance a story - particularly in comedies. I grew up during the golden age of teenage sex comedies in the U.S., aka the 1980s, so comedy and sex are forever intertwined in my mind. So it especially irritates me when it pops up in dramatic shows. Fan service, like any other trope, should only be used if it's integral to the storytelling. A comedy about a dope who always ends up in compromising positions with his friend's sister is one example where it can be appropriate. A non-hentai dramatic show about heroes piloting giant robots to battle an invasion of extra-dimensional demons is an example where fan service is out of place. A really heavy dramatic show where the main character is dying of a terminal disease and his friends and family struggle to come to terms with his impending death is an example of show where I want to bludgeon the creators every time I see a panty shot.
One thing I've noticed about anime is that creators really like to blur the lines between genres, to mix and match tropes and try unusual things, often ending up with the creation of new tropes. This is probably the single greatest and most entertaining creative aspect of anime. The downside is that sometimes it doesn't work well, and creators will overuse certain tropes because they're popular, rather than giving consideration to the actual merits of using a particular device in a particular context. Fan service is one of those things that I think has fallen into the "overused" bucket. It's a shame, and I blame the fans for it. Just because I like hamburger doesn't mean I want to eat it at every meal day after day.
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