History Main / NavelWindow

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** Rita Rossweisse's Maid of Celestia outfit is an elaborately designed cheongsam which, among its many fanservice aspects, has a diamond-shaped cutout around her navel. Amusingly enough, if you have Rita as your Valkyrie on the home screen in this outfit, in her default "waiting" stance she stands with her hands covering the cutout.
** Played with in Fu Hua's alternate outfit Blood Voivode. Her top and shorts are cut in a way that creates a very small triangular window, but it's low enough that it's actually a bit below her navel.
** While Mei has a number of revealing outfits, the only ones that actually show her navel are her default as [[spoiler:the Herscherr of Thunder]] and Orochi Cutlass, an alternate outfit for her Shadow Dash battlesuit which closely resembles the previous one. In both of these, said exposure is via a small diamond-shaped cutout.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Althea, the physician to the Royal Family of Paradise Island, often wears a white mandarin collared sleeveless dress with a diamond shaped cut-out at the navel.

* Aigle from ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' inverts this, while her outfit doesn't cover much it has some clothing that covers her belly button but not the rest of her belly.

* In the manga version of ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', at one point, Asuka wears a jumper-like outfit whose top has a notch in the hem that shows off her navel. This isn't the first time she's worn anything revealing around Shinji, but in this instance, the reduced exposure fits with the mood of the scene, as she's asking Shinji if he's talked to Kaji lately and is dejected when he says he hasn't. This contrasts with an earlier conversation between Shinji and Asuka where she is at her most confident and psychologically stable and is wearing a tube top and shorts.

* Hiroko Sasagawa a.k.a. Doronjo from ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' mostly has a diamond-shaped Navel Window.

Compare and contrast BareYourMidriff, which involves the midsection being largely or fully exposed to some degree. A lot of characters' costumes have belly-baring openings in them; to fit this trope, the character must be able to mostly or completely cover the area exposed with one hand.

* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', Rita Rossweisse's Maid of Celestia outfit is an elaborately designed cheongsam which, among its many fanservice aspects, has a diamond-shaped cutout around her navel. Amusingly enough, if you have Rita as your Valkyrie on the home screen in this outfit, in her default "waiting" stance she stands with her hands covering the cutout.

Compare and contrast BareYourMidriff, which involves the midsection being largely or fully exposed to some degree. A lot of characters' costumes have belly-baring openings in them; to fit this trope, '''the character must be able to mostly or completely cover the area exposed with one hand.'''

* In the manga version of ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', at one point, Asuka wears a jumper-like outfit whose top has a notch in the hem that shows off her navel. This isn't the first time she's worn anything revealing around Shinji, but in this instance, the reduced exposure oddly fits with the scene, as she's asking Shinji if he's talked to Kaji lately and is dejected when he says he hasn't. This contrasts with an earlier conversation between Shinji and Asuka where she is at her most confident and psychologically stable and is wearing a tube top and shorts.

* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', Rita Rossweisse's Maid of Celestia outfit is an elaborately designed cheongsam which, among its many fanservice aspects, has a diamond-shaped cutout around her navel. Amusingly enough, if you have Rita as your Valkyrie on the home screen in this outfit, her default "waiting" stance means that she stands with her hands covering the cutout.

* In the manga version of ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', at one point, Asuka wears a jumper-like outfit whose top has a notch in the hem that shows off her navel. This isn't the first time she's worn anything revealing around Shinji, but in this instance, the reduced exposure oddly fits with the scene, as she's asking Shinji if he's talked to Kaji lately and is dejected when he says he hasn't.

** Miku also has a number of alternate outfits that specifically exposes her belly button, most notably her outfit for the song “Yellow”

* In ''VideoGame/Dota 2'', Wind Ranger’s default outfit is split, showing her navel. Templar Assassin’s “Clandestine Trail” set also has an opening that showcases her belly button.

* In ''VideoGame/Dota 2'', Wind Ranger’s default outfit is split, showing her navel. Templar Assassin’s “Shiny Secrets” set also has an opening that showcases her belly button.

* In ''VideoGame/DotA 2'', Wind Ranger’s default outfit is split, showing her navel. Templar Assassin’s “Shiny Secrets” set also has an opening that showcases her belly button.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Menat's default outfit features a half-moon-like navel cutout.

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* In the second season of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Aeryn frequently wears her uniform jerkin with no shirt underneath and fairly low-rise combat trousers, frequently creating the "framed by two pieces of clothing" effect.
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Contrast BareYourMidriff, which involves the midsection being largely or fully exposed to some degree. A lot of characters' costumes have belly-baring openings in them; to fit this trope, '''the character must be able to mostly or completely cover the area exposed with one hand.'''

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%%* This is a feature of several Music/{{Vocaloid}}s, such as Megurine Luka in both her original and V4x designs and both Kagamine Rin and Len in their Append designs.
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* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Menat's story mode outfit, the least revealing of the three she has, still features a half-moon-like navel cutout.

Everyone is familiar with the {{fanservice}} power of belly exposure, but sometimes a character's design goes to the opposite end of the spectrum. In these cases, their clothes feature a small opening that only exposes the navel and a bit of belly around it will do, as it is just enough skin showing to draw attention without being blatantly sexy. This can also be a way to indicate that a character has an edgy personality and likes to show off a little bit, or has some unique decoration in that area.

Everyone is familiar with the {{fanservice}} power of belly exposure, but sometimes you don't need to go all the way with something that's as revealing as a short shirt or bra-like top. In these cases, a small opening that only exposes the navel and a bit of belly around it will do, as it is just enough skin showing to draw attention without being blatantly sexy. This can also be a way to indicate that a character has an edgy personality and likes to show off a little bit, or has some unique decoration in that area.

This can be done either by an actual cutout in the character's outfit or a scalloped or notched hem in the character's top that combines with their pants/shorts/etc. to frame their navel.

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Indexes: {{Fanservice}}, FanserviceCostumes, PartialNudityTropes