[001]
Wii
Current Version
Changed line(s) 3 from:
n
{{Bakemonogatari}}: To say the younger characters are \
to:
{{Bakemonogatari}}: To say the younger characters are \\\"sexualized\\\" is a joke. In fact, almost everything having to do with sexuality in the series is a joke. The series plays every bit of it for laughs via RefugeInAudacity, save a few moments that are relevant to the plot: Koyomi, a 17-ish male and \\\"former\\\" vampire kisses both of his younger sisters one time apiece; Karen (15) for the sake of \\\"consuming\\\" a supernatural disease she is afflicted by, and Tsukihi (14) for the sake of… proving that their relationship is impossible to sexualize, conveniently doing my work for me. (OK, context: Koyomi learns that Tsukihi is not actually his sister, and moreover, not even human; he kisses her to prove to himself that they\\\'re still family regardless.) As a RunningGag, Koyomi also regularly greets appears-to-be-nine-ish ghost Mayoi by harassing and/or attacking her, which is PlayedForLaughs with such encounters turning into to a BigBallOfViolence, and Mayoi being InvisibleToNormals, so Koyomi is just making a fool of himself to any onlookers; all the more when he inevitably loses/fails. Nadeko (14) gets two moments in a swimsuit, but both scenes are used for showing off her BodyHorror as opposed to sexualization. And vampire-in-the-body-an-eight-year-old Shinobu gets a completely nonsexual (and non-explict) bath scene as an EstablishingCharacterMoment, the entirety of which is spent on plot exposition and developing her EnemyMine relationship to the main character. Oh, and at one point, Koyomi brushes Karen\\\'s teeth (literally) in a DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything scene which again, uses RefugeInAudacity for comedy, and which both characters are made to suffer for.
TheIdolmaster: I\\\'ll acknowledge I\\\'m not an \\\"expert\\\", having seen the second anime and being familiar with the games, but... How did this even get on here? Is this something that took place only in Xenoglossia? I didn\\\'t see any kind of \\\"sexualization\\\" occurring even to the older characters. They\\\'re all idol singers and so they wear odd outfits on occasion, yes, but it doesn\\\'t go farther than a collection of girls 13-20 years-old in age range wearing bikinis on a beach, and there aren\\\'t any overt sexual implications made. The only subplot of even a romantic nature is a 15-year-old girl having an unrequited crush on a late-twenties male. And what kind of attempt at defense is \\\"no actual sex is shown\\\"? The series gets nowhere near that.
TheIdolmaster: I\\\'ll acknowledge I\\\'m not an \\\"expert\\\", having seen the second anime and being familiar with the games, but... How did this even get on here? Is this something that took place only in Xenoglossia? I didn\\\'t see any kind of \\\"sexualization\\\" occurring even to the older characters. They\\\'re all idol singers and so they wear odd outfits on occasion, yes, but it doesn\\\'t go farther than a collection of girls 13-20 years-old in age range wearing bikinis on a beach, and there aren\\\'t any overt sexual implications made. The only subplot of even a romantic nature is a 15-year-old girl having an unrequited crush on a late-twenties male. And what kind of attempt at defense is \\\"no actual sex is shown\\\"? The series gets nowhere near that.
