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INTEREST: LaLaport Numazu Removes 'Sexualizing' Panel of Love Live! Sunshine!!'s Chika

Okay, but the one thing that really bother me isn't the 'this is not how skirts work' (because have you seen shirts in anime? The ones that hug each individual boob?) It's the fact that everyone against it is citing it as not being child-friendly. I, a grown adult, didn't even notice anything until it was pointed out and then I could sort of, slightly, not-really see the minor issue but do you really think ANY child is going to notice this??? Really? I didn't even know what camel toe was until I was 10 and even then I didn't understand why my mom said it made me 'look bad' (that's how the body is naturally shaped, Karen!) So I highly doubt any kid is going to see the shadows of how a skirt folds and have their innocence ruined by it. Likely, they'll never even notice until...well, until an ADULT points it out to them and tells them it's wrong! Otherwise, most kids are just gonna be like 'cool! an anime character!' and never notice anything else about it. It will not turn your child into a pervert, calm down. (Nor will your child begin to normalize it cause they're not even gonna notice it!)

Gotta love how some people are working to erase anime from public places under ridiculous claim. I'm sure removal of a cartoon girl will improve the rights of women all around the world.

You do know that Numazu is already full of public displays of Love Love Sunshine artwork and other stuff (the tourism from the series basically revived a dying rural town), and the collaboration in question is still happening and the only thing removed was this particular poster, right? Chika’s likeness (sans vacuum skirt as it’s only a headshot) has been decorating boxes of Numazu mikan for at least a couple of years now. Anju is still mikan ambassador as well.

I think it's a shame the collaboration had to be taken down and has been marred by this scandal but on the other hand I don't know why the artist thought it was a good idea to not only shorten the skirt that much but draw nonsensical crotch lines.
Like, I'm not exactly offended but I agree it's blatantly sexualising something that should not have been sexualised.

(I personally didn't notice the vacuum crotch at first, though I didn't look at the picture very close until after a friend mentioned the campaign got banned)

I’ve heard that idol skirts are designed differently so as not to reveal undergarments while dancing. Still, I doubt they look like what is presented in the ad.

You do know that Numazu is already full of public displays of Love Love Sunshine artwork and other stuff (the tourism from the series basically revived a dying rural town), and the collaboration in question is still happening and the only thing removed was this particular poster, right?

He probably thought "I'm going to do what I've already been doing for a long time", because this wasn't an issue with the people actually walking the streets of Numazu. We're talking about a line on a skirt that you yourself didn't even notice; why would the artist predict a problem?

As a side note, I don't buy the "well, I don't really care, but..." posts; most articles on this site get zero forum reactions. This one's nearly at 40 already. (Wait, actually, it passed 40 while I was writing this!) Everyone posting here is doing it for some substantive reason. But I guess feigned aloofness is still considered cool.

GhostStalkerSA wrote:

You do know that Numazu is already full of public displays of Love Love Sunshine artwork and other stuff (the tourism from the series basically revived a dying rural town), and the collaboration in question is still happening and the only thing removed was this particular poster, right? Chika’s likeness (sans vacuum skirt as it’s only a headshot) has been decorating boxes of Numazu mikan for at least a couple of years now. Anju is still mikan ambassador as well.

Some of those displays have this same skirt shading though, and nobody complained.

harminia wrote:

I think it's a shame the collaboration had to be taken down and has been marred by this scandal but on the other hand I don't know why the artist thought it was a good idea to not only shorten the skirt that much but draw nonsensical crotch lines. Like, I'm not exactly offended but I agree it's blatantly sexualising something that should not have been sexualised. (I personally didn't notice the vacuum crotch at first, though I didn't look at the picture very close until after a friend mentioned the campaign got banned)

He probably thought "I'm going to do what I've already been doing for a long time", because this wasn't an issue with the people actually walking the streets of Numazu. We're talking about a line on a skirt that you yourself didn't even notice; why would the artist predict a problem?

I assume you can post comparable vacuum skirt images that back up your assertions?