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Originally Posted by relentlessflame
So, anyway, her assertion was that, in her mind at least, all of these shows could do without the fanservice, since it is entirely unnecessary and gets in the way of the story. Of course, she is a girl, so that doesn't totally surprise me. In a show like Mahoromatic, I even think I would agree with her, at least to a point. It is a bit much. However, we also agreed that part of the problem is likely cultural - in North America in particular, we have a really huge hangup regarding breasts - they are seen and portrayed almost exclusively as objects of sexual attraction, to (in my opinion) the point of excess. My assumption, at least, is that they must not be so uptight about it in Japan - even children's cartoons contain exposed breasts, and I assume that a show like Mahoromatic probably would have been aimed at teenagers. My sister's assertion is that, at least in our culture, any time you see someone naked, even from the waist up, that's essentially soft porn.
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I grew up in China, and exposed breasts are definitely not as taboo as it is here in the States. I went to a kids museum that revolved around Xi You Ji (saiyuuki), and it actually has a panorama with a topless nymph in it. I don't know about right now, but it used to be that breast feeding was commonplace, so kids/parents really don't care if they see breasts, as long as they are not used in a sexual manner.
Personally, some of the excessive fanservice really does get in the way of a decent show at times, and that's why I wish they could remove ep 2 from Mahoromatic or something -.-;;