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Originally Posted by Seiryuu
I thought it was somewhat justifiable. For one thing, we're dealing with a guy who just pwned the greatest fighter in the entire virtual world and claims to be completely unaffiliated; as a leader of an entire race the lure of such a demigod would be almost irresistible, and the danger that he might give his allegiance to someone else entirely unbearable. There's no way they wouldn't use their personal 'charms' to try and snare him. At the same time, Leefa's tragic love is being emphasized a lot right now, and I imagine she'd be looking at what they're doing even more than Kirito, but with feelings of offense and jealousy of course. Any way, I kind of wish Kirito had mentioned being part of another online game where one very pretty, feminine lady was revealed to actually be a guy IRL.
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Look, your point is definitely valid and would probably happen in real life (given that such...detailed seduction could occur in a game like this
), but how about when he was in enough power in SAO? Sure, there was aspects of romance and the such, but it felt valid. Lizbeth wasn't walking around with cleavage so big you wonder how the clothes even stay on, and Asuna was a genuine partner who was married to Kirito, thus giving the whole undressing scene in Episode 10 a meaning. That was the only moment of fanservice in the first half, by the way.
It just feels like the concept has deteriorated since the first cour. Suguha is the worst of this, and I think 3/4 of the time you see her, she's missing around half of her clothing. I'm not saying that all fanservice is bad, but show me that it can be used properly.
Seriously, give me one reason why we have to be passed the information that Suguha's feeling embarrassed towards Kirito and is telling herself she's "just his guide" while she's in her underwear? Why does it intentionally pan over her breasts and slide up her body before she says it? Scenes like that feel jarring to me, since it pulls away any buildup of what's to come. After that scene, why should I care about her personal strife? The creators obviously wanted me to stare at her breasts and pay money.
It's like Highschool of the Dead. Some things were done quite well in that series, but the fanservice is what killed it for most people, even for me. The scene where Rei is feeling lonely and reaches out to Komuro; that fanservice was used in conjunction with the development. However, when they feel the need to have overly detailed and lengthy shower scenes or have breasts bounce when a truck shakes, then what's the point of it all. Might as well go searching for porn by that point instead of a show with a plot.
Ergo, there are fanservice scenes here that make sense and can be used without detaching oneself from what's happening. However, the ratio in which these differ from the opposite is giving me concerns. If it hadn't been for this episode, I would've been convinced that they'd just tossed aside that one girl...Asu...na or something, I dunno.
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