User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 365: Fairy in the Jail!, Review and Commentary/@comment-4449950-20131230024638/@comment-4829046-20131230182933

Wow.... this is one complicated thread. I will mention one thing about the tumblr. Perfect example of the whole "Bitching about women being naked and ill-treated but saying nothing about the men in similar situations"but while that is a valid point and I myself look for equality without double standards, I do find fault. You see, we smart people may think in a certain way in regards to this subject, but lets face it, pretty much everyone else is stupid. Which is why the media itself loves to shove "stupid" everywhere and annoy us to a great extent. However this is where the "general consumer" comes in. No matter how stupid somethings are, people WILL buy and love/worship them, and while it doesn't make sense for those educated properly, it makes perfect sense otherwise.*cough*Twilight*cough*Bieber*cough*

There is a reason why you see naked/half-naked women in awkward positions and making awkward sounds in stuff aimed for men, similarly the lack of such but the abundance of well-built men with slim-but-not-muscly-look in ones aimed for girls. I understand that its a marketing strategy and have mentioned before that I'm willing to overlook it cause quite frankly, it works and people do get drawn in for better or worse(myself included). My problem is when you cross the line. Here, I didn't really feel Mashima crossed it, I felt that he crossed it back when Bacchus made that bet with Elfman, cause prior to that we had no real implication of that nature. Even in the Yukino scene, some people were like "Jiemma is a dirty perverted old man!! What kind of person makes a girl do that?!" and I was like, uh... he doesn't necessarily have to be perverted you know, it seemed more like he doesn't give a damn about her and wants her to feel like dirt.

And this is where one of the funniest topics ever! comes in and where that whole problem I have with oversexualization is tossed out the window XD And that my friends is when everything goes fuck all and sexual content of every kind is thrown into a series with no regard as to who it would serve as fanservice for. Such series, due to their very nature, are disgusting and controversial but at the same time, too funny to bother over-analyzing.

Sadly, such are all too rare :( generally the mainstream is full of series where females are the objects of fanservice. I think this needs a little change, with males also getting into similar situations so as to keep a certain balance but that's just me. And this is not to say that this isn't a case. There are certainly series where it doesn't matter what gender it is, you will see that person in... well... "that" manner.

So simply put, what is considered as "too much" for me is when there are titties in every single scene and not much of anything else, which I can't stand. I mean, yes, at times its okay, but EVERY single time? How many ecchi series have the girls' clothing conveniently always being ripped(without their actual bodies receiving serious cuts I might add) while the males for the most part remain with all their clothes? Is it really that hard to have a fight where they batter each other without any focus on clothing?

Again, its just personal preference, but I actually enjoy something whether it has fanservice or not and I even enjoy both series which contain fanservice in EVERY bloody chapter as well as those without fanservice at all but that's cause I pay attention to the manga as a whole and not just that part. Which is why I'm pissed with certain anime adaptations that prioritize nudity and vulgarity over the actual story and themes of the original.*cough*High School DxD*cough*Maken ki!*cough* I may be weird in many regards, but I'm not the only one who doesn't want to have boobs and ass on the screen when trying to enjoy a good fight and some good storyline.