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Shelf Life - Modern Magica

I'm not a big fan of the whole "magic as a science" thing. It seems like I would have the same nitpicks with Modern Magic as you. Fullmetal Alchemist established alchemy as a science very well, but that is one of few examples.

Second, I think this series glorifies programmers as wizards. A lot of the spells are just programs. Even in the show they're called “scripts”. I'm not sure if how many Japanese anime otaku are programmers, but if it's a significant number, this is truly “fan service” of the highest order. Imagine if this were a series aimed at a demographic of accountants; the girls would probably do magic using math.

I liked that one big breasted sekirei so I watched up to the end of her bits. Which was a holdover from the first season.

Midichlorians don't retcon The Force into science. They're simply creatures that are drawn to Force-sensitive people like moths to a flame (the flame being The Force.) Measuring midichlorians is like measuring how bright a light bulb is by the number of moths it attracts.

The Japanese seem to have, shall we say, creative interpretations of the shape and behavior of nipples and breasts generally. The behavior and shape seen in some anime seems to invite the creation of some new form of weirdly specialized non-euclidean geometry.

If you had the freedom that comes with animation, why would you limit yourself to plausible boobs? Can you imagine if the creators of Total Recall said "Say, we're setting this movie where there are a bunch of mutants... but I think we'll limit the number of boobs per person to two"?

Freaky Nipples in Anime could be an ANN feature article, perhaps an over-eighteen subscriber exclusive for if they get desperate, or even a graduate thesis at the rate this is going.

Surrender Artist wrote:

Freaky Nipples in Anime could be an ANN feature article, perhaps an over-eighteen subscriber exclusive for if they get desperate, or even a graduate thesis at the rate this is going.

It could be the next Gia's List! Top Eight Freakiest Anime Nipples.

Surrender Artist wrote:

The Japanese seem to have, shall we say, creative interpretations of the shape and behavior of nipples and breasts generally. The behavior and shape seen in some anime seems to invite the creation of some new form of weirdly specialized non-euclidean geometry.

If you had the freedom that comes with animation, why would you limit yourself to plausible boobs? Can you imagine if the creators of Total Recall said "Say, we're setting this movie where there are a bunch of mutants... but I think we'll limit the number of boobs per person to two"?

Can you imagine if the creators of Total Recall said "Say, we're setting this movie where there are a bunch of mutants... but I think we'll limit the number of boobs per person to two"?

I cosplayed as Sonoshee from Redline

Yttrbio wrote:

If you had the freedom that comes with animation, why would you limit yourself to plausible boobs? Can you imagine if the creators of Total Recall said "Say, we're setting this movie where there are a bunch of mutants... but I think we'll limit the number of boobs per person to two"?

Because the point of characters with large boobs tends to be "be attractive", and part of the reason anime girls tend to be attractive is that they exhibit many of the characteristics of sexually attractive women without as many of the flaws (of course, I'd never spurn a real woman for a "waifu", but that's another show). Going TOO implausible kinda destroys this purpose unless you're trying to appeal to out-there fetishes.

Midichlorians don't retcon The Force into science. They're simply creatures that are drawn to Force-sensitive people like moths to a flame (the flame being The Force.) Measuring midichlorians is like measuring how bright a light bulb is by the number of moths it attracts.

configspace wrote:

ahem, perky missile nipples can be found in real life too

Man, I knew someone would say that. I don't know, they're really freaky. It's not like I haven't seen a variety of nipples in my day. I've never seen an areola raised at like, a 45 degree angle between the skin and the nipple in real life or in a photograph or video before. I considered grabbing a screencap of Sekirei to illustrate my point but decided it would be too incriminating. Likewise, if such nipple shapes do exist, and you send me a link to a photo, it's going to be NSFW.

Freaky Nipples in Anime could be an ANN feature article, perhaps an over-eighteen subscriber exclusive for if they get desperate, or even a graduate thesis at the rate this is going.