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Spastic Minnow
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For all their Fan Service "sins" in To Love Ru, objectifying Mikan like the other girls is not one of them. There are a couple highly misty still bath shots with Lala and a maybe a couple modest shots of her in a modest swimsuit but it really isn't anything to get excited about. She never has her clothes ripped off or disintegrated, she is not included in later episodes to water park or the underground hot springs. Even in the more explicit OVA episodes she is not sexualized, she wanders a little into moe territory but even in her barest moments she's depicted more as cute and innocent than an object of desire. I like how Theron puts it in his review: "Rito's sister Mikan has that 'I'm going to be a knock-out when I'm a few years older' kind of appeal to her."
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erinfinnegan
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Oh man, murder mystery shougi anime/manga?! That's perfect for my "Strange Manga Genres" panel! Thanks!
That is saying a lot, because clothes are ripped off of every girl in the high school in that show... someone's clothes disintegrate at least once per episode. |
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jamesleung
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Actually there are several types of mahjong including Hong Kong/Cantonese Mahjong (the most common) and Japanese Standard Mahjong (as portrayed in Saki). |
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sokpupet
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I have that exact shame small brown shelf. It was the first one I got to keep my manga volumes in. It didn't hold them for long though.
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Daemonblue
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I would also have to recommned Shion no Ou as well. Think of Saki without the yuri overtones (was too blatant to call them undertones no?) and change the game to shougi. There aren't over the top battle sequences like in Saki, but to be honest those aren't really needed to portray a good story.
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Lord Geo
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I watched the first episode like that, and was distinctly told that I was "watching the anime the wrong way"... And this was after only the first episode aired! So I decided that if people were going to just go insane about the yuri and not even want to talk about the games themselves then I won't even bother watching it. I have to admit, Saki still isn't interesting me even from a mahjong aspect, so I'll probably just skip it... Just the fact that this show will probably get licensed before Akagi, just because it's a Gonzo show and has cute girls, kind of makes me want to watch it even less. |
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zrdb
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"To Love'Ru should have been dubbed........ I would have got that in a second..... " Ditto-I've watched all of the episodes and really enjoyed the series. "Mikan...never has her clothes ripped off or disintegrated..."-have you seen the 4th To LoveRU ova?
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SXAniMedia
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After reading this Shelf Life I'm actually more interested in checking out Saki, been hearing quite a bit of buzz on it for months now, but never had the time to actually watch.
Somehow, I doubt it. |
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Joe Mello
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It feels like it's been forever since there's been a new Chicks on Anime . . . :3 I must be that special kind of prude that is turned off by nudity more often than not. |
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vashfanatic
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That's because it lost one of its members, I believe... I don't think it ever fully recovered from the "It's not rape rape" discussion.
Well, it has to be done right, you know? Nudity in and of itself isn't necessarily an instant turn on, as the Sistine Chapel would attest. There's got to be camera angles and a sexy set-up and maybe some Barry White... ...I'm saying too much, aren't I? 
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Chicks on Anime has actually been cancelled; Bamboo felt the column had pretty much run its course. We will in the future be inviting Bamboo, Sara and other guests on ANNCast for special COA "branded" podcasts. |
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bglassbrook
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Interesting collection, though I am a little confused by what is going on between Galaxy Express and Gunslinger Girl. Is this just a house-ruling of the title/translation, or an after-effect of having to re-shelve everything?
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billborden
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"Let me re-iterate here that a “Rental Shelf” rating is an “OK”. It's not a pan. If you got a B on a test, did you fail? No! (Unless you're some kind of perfectionist freak.) "Shelf Worthy" titles are worth owning, and rental titles are probably worth watching. "
The problem isn't that it's a "bad" rating, it's just that it's useless. If 95% of the reviews are "eahh  ", eventually, it doesn't mean anything. It's safe, but not useful in any practical sense.
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Spastic Minnow
Bargain Hunter Exempt from Grammar Rules Posts: 4616 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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whoops, missed that one. I marathoned the series and Ovas and wasn't too impressed with that episode and generally desensitized at that point so I guess I missed it. Still have it so I rechecked it and yes, for a couple frames hers and everyone else's clothes have disintegrated, plus she was featured in the group shower stills. Between her featured episode, the all-girls beach bikini show and the 4th Ova I have to admit, she is part of the service, still completely overshadowed by the other's blatant service, but "present." I guess once the girl in an anime can wear a bra they want to take them off. |
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Lemoncookies23
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Lol! To Love-Ru? Safe! |
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