User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 281: Malice is Concealed by the Curtain of Night, Review./@comment-4449950-20120505132932/@comment-4449950-20120506002525

...*sighs* Okay...

@Conza: I agree with what you said. I'm sorry if I made it sound like I believe ST and RT are very similar guilds, or should be considered as such. What I was trying to say -obviously not very well- is that just because one guild is considered a light guild and the other a dark guild does not mean that they are different. Neither is above these stupid power plays and immoral acts, rather, both employ them. However, one is still seen as good in Fiore, and the other as bad.

@Jak: I hope you didn't think that my post was solely against your views on this situation. It was not my intention to look like I was opposing you only, and I'm sorry if it came across that way. Now, I'm sorry if this is not what you want to hear, but I am not going to reply to your comment, as to do so I would actually have to firmly say that Mashima did not do any of that scene for fan-service, but as I don't know for sure, it is not a debate I want to instigate. I, personally, don't think he did it with any fan-service in mind, but again, I can't say for sure... it's just what I got out of it.

@Anon 71.189.43.64: Firstly, I don't really see your first point here: "Forcing someone to strip is not to show you are powerful, but to show the other and weak and helpless". Showing that someone has power over someone and showing that someone is weak in the presence of someone are the same difference for me. It's like saying "Jiemma has power over Yukino" and "Yukino is ruled over by Jiemma". In this situation, I believe they are the same. Secondly, I do believe there was a game of wills. I agree, Yukino had no choice in the given situation but to do as he said, but it was done in such a way that it looked like she did. If Jiemma has stripped her himself he would be saying "Look, look how much power I have, no person can stand against me and I do what I want". By making Yukino do everything herself he was saying "Look. Though she can defy me she does not. Watch how she does what I say out of fear for me. Watch how nobody else here stands against this. Watch how she herself removes her clothes and bows down in-front of me to beg for my forgiveness. That is how strong and admired I am. Though she can choose to speak up she does not". That is the game of wills I am talking about, the one fabricated so that none of the ST Mages would step forward and stop it. And I believe Yukino was strong. She could have easily made it worse, but she held her emotions and just did it, knowing she had no choice from the beginning.

@Bj/Tut/Whoever the hell you are now: STFU! XD

And I'm off now to a study sesh. So, again, reply if you want but odds are I won't respond for a good period of time.