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You keep referring to "Todd". I'm guessing he's the person who wrote the article. I didn't even read the article so none of this has been a reply at your buddy Todd. It's been 100% directly to people like YOU.

People think they seem mature by opposing any bit of sexuality or fanservice. I find it funny because when you make such a big deal out of it, I find it to be incredibly immature.

Not once has One Piece "put boobs in your face". The boobs in OP aren't fantasy-big, either. Once again, you know NOTHING since you haven't seen the show. So, stop talking about it.

I don't give a shit about the rest of your garbage post. I was talking about your unjustified and wrong opinion of a show you've never seen.

Not once did I say "mental issues"either. Once again, you're the spin doctor and a complete stiff.

Anyone who is actually physically or mentally bothered by that has some issues and shouldn't be watching anime in the first place.

3) I'm not even going to take the time out of my life to read your long rant spewing endless garbage of your completely religious and unjustified opinion of what is too sexual and what is not.

1) Did I mention you're a stiff?

2) What you consider male jerkoff fantasies are normal characters. Whoever is in your avatar most be a jerkoff fantasy since they have sexual organs.

3) I'm not even going to take the time out of my life to read your long rant spewing endless garbage of your completely religious and unjustified opinion of what is too sexual and what is not.

Good day, Jordan Coleman. I'm done replying to some jerkoff on the internet. I live pretty close to you, so if you want to take your hitler opinions to a local starbucks or something, I'd be more than happy to join you.

And people forget that the gatekeepers are the shops. Quite sure that publishers take the retailers perspectives into account. If the shops don't want any trouble vs. how much sales gain or loss, etc. Without the shops' support, many customers wouldn't even see the product, which would hurt the publisher.

I thought it a shame when One Piece, a series with a high percentage of female readers, shifted the body types of its leading women from “occasionally unrealistic” to “possibly missing internal organs and in danger of snapping in half.”

I'm a bit more critical of One Piece than, say, High School of the Dead or Final Boob Quest EX, because One Piece is a mainstream series with a fair amount of younger readers and an appeal that lies beyond T&A and violence. That makes it a little more insulting when One Piece openly panders.

I have nothing against sexuality in media, especially not when it serves a purpose other than titillation, but it feels out of place in something like One Piece.

Also, NISA just announced Firefly Diary for the fall. Good timing.

I'm a bit more critical of One Piece than, say, High School of the Dead or Final Boob Quest EX, because One Piece is a mainstream series with a fair amount of younger readers and an appeal that lies beyond T&A and violence. That makes it a little more insulting when One Piece openly panders.

I have nothing against sexuality in media, especially not when it serves a purpose other than titillation, but it feels out of place in something like One Piece.

Also, NISA just announced Firefly Diary for the fall. Good timing.

I think I'd enjoy a domestic release of Casting Voice. It sounds like a neat idea. Imagine yelling at the voice actors over and over again.

"Damn it Spike! Read from the [expletive] script!"

"You're off [expletive] key again, Christine!"

"It's been fourteen [expletive] years, Wendee! What happened to the Goddamn voice?"

Europe is more open minded than the US is from what I've seen of American culture, so that is not too surprising. Even the Australian release didn't change the cover, and Australia is very much for censorship in games.

It seems odd it's digital only for Wii U in America but the Vita gets a physical release. That seems strange, and a shame, because the Wii U is the definitive version I would say. I suppose I should consider myself lucky it got a physical release in Europe.

Guile wrote:

Europe is more open minded than the US is from what I've seen of American culture, so that is not too surprising. Even the Australian release didn't change the cover, and Australia is very much for censorship in games. It seems odd it's digital only for Wii U in America but the Vita gets a physical release. That seems strange, and a shame, because the Wii U is the definitive version I would say. I suppose I should consider myself lucky it got a physical release in Europe.

"Europe" is quite a broad term. Would you consider Poland, Russia, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Albania to be more "open minded" than the US? Oh, and Japan and Europe are guilty of censoring our games as well. Please keep that in mind.

With all due respect, you sound like someone who has never actually viewed the work, merely comment on its outer appearance. One Piece has some very dark elements, which range from the aforementioned slavery to thing like human experimentation, even on kids (http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Caesar_Clown). Naruto has the same thing, and even Bleach to some degree. I mean Orochimaru is about one step away from being a pedophile, if he is not one already. So with all due respect, a few characters with large breast are not the tipping point that children need to be saved from given some of the harsher elements of the work.

Some people are not fond of sex and fanservice. I can accept that. What I don't understand is the kind of people who act like the creators are forced to do it. The people who say things like they have to put it in their game or anime because it's all that sells or saying otaku rule the market and other similar fallacies. They never consider the possibility that these products have sexuality in them because the creators want it in their work, or in their culture it's just norm not to make a big deal out of seeing a woman with a low cut shirt or something so it's a total non-issue.

Though to be honest it's not like it's just a Japanese thing either. Even in American culture, now that it's summer, I see tons of women wearing shorts which are literally flossing their butt, and very low cut spaghetti strap tank tops. All things consider the women of One Piece dress fairly conservative compared to a lot of the women here. I don't see how people can get up in arms about media when it just reflects the society it was created in. A woman wearing a halter top is totally fine but when a fictional woman does it it's suddenly a problem? Maybe it's just me but that doesn't make much sense.