seriously my friends tell me to watch a bunch of shows and so fuckin many of them are obnoxiously pervy right out the gate :stalin-stressed:
Even outside that in adult anime. Gundam Wing, the old Hellsing series etc I can’t recall too much wierd shit. Heero and Relena have wierd vibes but they’re supposed to have wierd vibes.
Just off the top of my head for popular anime last year we had Spy x Family, Lycoris Recoil, and Gundam: Witch from Mercury.
Lycoris had the whole pantsu episode my comrade. It may be cute but it’s not what these folks be talking about.
WfM is definitely possible, but considering Gundam history I’d suggest holding off until we’re all done. The high school age kids in Gundam are always gonna be killing and fucking, it’s part of the series theme of loss of innocence after all. Kira Yamato fucking the racist girl, etc.
I think Spy actually avoids sexualizing any minors though, which really is great.
Lycoris had the whole pantsu episode my comrade. It may be cute but it’s not what these folks be talking about.
I had forgotten about that one in all honesty. I don’t really recall anything sexual about it since iirc they don’t show anything and the whole thing is a gag about how the audience expectations rather than anything sexual. To me it obviously wasn’t supposed to tittilate but I suppose someone could take it that way.
But that being said, just because someone could hypothetically wank off to a nude Greek statue or Renaissance painting doesn’t mean that those works are inherently sexual in nature. I think there’s a sort of hypervigilence and double standard when it comes to westerners looking at anime. The panties gag in Lycoris is sexual but the Simpsons had been doing gags about Bart’s underwear for decades. Any anime that goes to the beach is “fan service” even though Avatar the Last Airbender also had beach episodes and I’ve never heard of anyone accusing it of sexualizing minors.
In conclusion: idk, I’m not smart enough to be a media critic.
