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Sunny milk
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How is it not "fanservicey"?
Yes, it does use overt sexualization, one glance at the huge rack of a girl who is supposed to be an athlete, and you know that they care about sexualization rather than realism. |
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Chagen46
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Remember when shounen was about badass fights and over-the-top special attacks?
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iamtooawesome
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LMAO so this is like the reverse version of free! But with even more sexualized
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Thornister
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Kinda ironic because Keijo is all about it (dunno if intended, if so, sorry). For the guys who talk about fanservice, it's like guys here say. There's fanservice but the contest is to use it in such an absurd way you would just laugh your ass off. Just go and search Keijo on twitter, I'll post a two examples of how it works. https://twitter.com/uminchu4179/status/697180126472069120 https://twitter.com/yata_karasu9/status/695412488800612352 I always looked at Keijo as a parody of the over dramatic shounen sport manga. |
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Ali07
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Ah, so it's toned down fan service...because it is comedic?
How many volumes of To Love-Ru are there? 
Looking at those 2 images above, doesn't seem like something I'd be too interested in. But, I think I may have a look at the first episode, when it comes out. |
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DmonHiro
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Yes, I do. Since Keijo!!!!!!!! is exactly that. In one chapter, the MC avoided falling off by using her swimsuit to hang on to the opponents' nipple. If that's not badass, I don't know what is. And did I mention Gate of Babylon with butts? |
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ThatGuyWhoLikesThings
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No, because that was never what shounen was about. Shounen's about appealing to a young audience, and that doesn't have to include crazy battles. School Rumble is a shounen, for example. |
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kevinx59
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The premise had my curiosity, but this key image got my attention. I really love the character designs. Hopeful a good staff and studio is involved.
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motormind
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I've been following the manga for a while now, and I have to say: the artist surely knows how to draw hot babes in bathing suits! The character designs in this visual follow the original to a high degree, which is nice. I like it how most girls have normal body sizes (well, compared to most other fanservice works out there, anyway).
I saw some comparisons with Free!, but I don't think that holds up. The biggest draw of Keijo!!!!!!!! is seeing pretty babes slug it out with their tits and butts. Unfortunately, that's all that is every going on. We hardly get any character development, or even any more signs of friendship between the girls beyond mere admiration. There's lots of rivalry, though, but there is not much depth to any of that either. I think most of the things they show in the manga would be extremely dangerous too, leading to lots of broken ribs, hips and limbs. I do like the main character, though, and I am curious whether her anime counterpart will hold up. On a side note: I am amazed about how almost every manga I like gets an anime adaptation. Maybe I should start working as a scout? |
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Snomaster1
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I haven't read this yet. But,I can well imagine what the sequel to this'll be like. Our heroine and her family will move to America to spread the gospel of this sport to the land of the free. But,it won't be easy. She will have to contend with a N.O.W.-type organization (National Organization for Women for the benefit of those outside the U.S.) led by a woman who's a caricature of Gloria Steinem and who's as warm and cuddly as Andrea Dworkin was when she was alive,which wasn't a whole lot at all.
She will also have to face off against an immigrant competitor from a country that Japan doesn't like very much and who sneers at the heroine because she's Japanese. But,her new American and immigrant friends help beat these obstacles and she ends up triumphant and her sport gains mainstream U.S. and worldwide acceptance. Or at least,that's how I imagine it. What will do you guys think? |
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CrowLia
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^That would be extremely unlikely since not all anime has to have an American setting andin fact most of them don't
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ZanraiKid
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It's like the series is daring me to make fun of the amount of exclamation points being used here.
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