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REVIEW: Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash! BD+DVD

Off topic, I got 2 questions:

1. Why did the first title for the 3DS get a T rating but the second title for the PSVita get a M rating?

2. Did anybody catch the scene where the main characters hanging upside down and everything (especially their boobs) but their skirts are affected by gravity?

1. Why did the first title for the 3DS get a T rating but the second title for the PSVita get a M rating?

Zac wrote:

If fanservice "evolving" means it's more straight-up pay-cable-only nudity and sex, and things like Senran Kagura don't cut it anymore because it's clothed fanservice instead of nudity, doesn't that mean the end goal is basically just pornography? If pushing the sexual content further and further in a show like this is the goal, and the more explicit it is, the better, then doesn't common sense dictate that what you're really looking for is pornography rather than just a show with some boob shots in it? Or is it more like you want the pay cable thing, where there's a ton of nudity and sexual content but the sex isn't the *point* of the story, it's just a huge component of the show's appeal?

Oh, I think this is an entirely reasonable point to bring up and discuss; in fact, I've long thought that this might be an interesting topic to devote part of an ANNCast to at some point.

I, at least, am not looking for fan service in general to push into the realm of even soft-core porn, and that's already covered by certain OVA releases out there anyway. The pay cable example you use is more what I'd prefer, and what I think a lot (though definitely not all!) of fan service-favoring fans would prefer; practically the ideal standing example would be High School DxD.

Of course, some variety on that point is also nice, and I have found the much tamer Lord Marksman and Vanadis to hit that mark very well. While I find that series to only be a little above average overall, I think it does a great job of being a little sexy but not letting that define the series or get in the way of its storylines.

ParaChomp wrote:

1. Why did the first title for the 3DS get a T rating but the second title for the PSVita get a M rating?

as said before, the later games have full nudity, while there is some minor convenient censorship simple camera tricks or slow motions are enough to avoid them, as well as bugs (there is a forum named 3dskr dedicated to that kind of stuff). the nudity is still barbie-ish, but is more than what the anime shows, butts are butts, the front is show with really minor cameltoe but no coloring or texture changes, teh breasts have simple nipples modeled on them , tho no texture or colour change again.

Let's not exaggerate. The Senran Kagura franchise does not have "full nudity" at all. There are no bare breasts and the fact is, no Japanese console game ever will because they can't.

If pushing the sexual content further and further in a show like this is the goal, and the more explicit it is, the better, then doesn't common sense dictate that what you're really looking for is pornography rather than just a show with some boob shots in it?

Or is it more like you want the pay cable thing, where there's a ton of nudity and sexual content but the sex isn't the *point* of the story, it's just a huge component of the show's appeal?

Let's not exaggerate. The Senran Kagura franchise does not have "full nudity" at all. There are no bare breasts and the fact is, no Japanese console game ever will because they can't.

here-and-faraway, who is that gorgeous woman in your link?

Key wrote:

gedata: Yeah, that's really the main problem, isn't? In the mid-2000s SK would have been a high-tier fan service show, but the bar has been raised too much in the past 5-6 years.

Okay, here's my question, and I'm not asking this because I'm a prude or I hate sex or fanservice or because I think you're all perverts or whatever. So please don't interpret the question that way.

If fanservice "evolving" means it's more straight-up pay-cable-only nudity and sex, and things like Senran Kagura don't cut it anymore because it's clothed fanservice instead of nudity, doesn't that mean the end goal is basically just pornography? If pushing the sexual content further and further in a show like this is the goal, and the more explicit it is, the better, then doesn't common sense dictate that what you're really looking for is pornography rather than just a show with some boob shots in it?

Or is it more like you want the pay cable thing, where there's a ton of nudity and sexual content but the sex isn't the *point* of the story, it's just a huge component of the show's appeal?