Originally posted by JackTheSpades
I hate how this term has started (or always been?) to be used for ecchi animes. Eg. animes that mainly focus on nudity or otherwise erotic looking scenery.
To me, the term fanservice implies it's service for fans. Like, you actually have to watch the show to catch the scene, they aren't thrown in every 3 minutes.
To me, the term fanservice implies it's service for fans. Like, you actually have to watch the show to catch the scene, they aren't thrown in every 3 minutes.
I actually completely agree with that and I personally use the term in both ways. For example: I also consider Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children a fanservices movie, despite it having pretty much no focus on sexualization (unless you count Tifa's big boobs as sexualization, but she already had those in the original game, so I'd stay they just stuck to the original in this aspect). However, what it does have is a very boring and lazy plot that serves very little purpose besides bringing all the beloved characters from the original game back for a big fighting scene at the end. Most of them pretty much just pop out of nowhere when the fight begins. To me, this is pretty much THE definition of "fanservice".
Originally posted by JackTheSpades
The Power of Friendship:
That one moment, when the main character completely gets their ass handed to them and are about to kick the bucket. Then, suddenly, they remember they have friends or something and, out of nowhere, not only have the power to continue fighting, but also to beat the opponent who just two minutes earlier defeated them.
That one moment, when the main character completely gets their ass handed to them and are about to kick the bucket. Then, suddenly, they remember they have friends or something and, out of nowhere, not only have the power to continue fighting, but also to beat the opponent who just two minutes earlier defeated them.
Oh yeah, I really hate that one. I hate it in general when an Anime tries to shove some very simple and obvious kindergarten-level morals down your throat at the end of an episode. I've especially noticed this one in a lot of filler episodes of certain Anime, most notably Naruto. I mean, it's not like the main story doesn't try to teach you any morals, but it usually treats the viewer with some respect while doing so. It takes morals that actually go a bit deeper and could actually teach the viewer something and instead of going just "IN YOUR FACE" with them, it gets them across more passivley and actually takes its time for that. Some of the filler episodes, on the other hand, really try to shove their morals up your ass, going like "WELP, WE ONLY HAVE TWO OR THREE EPISODES TO TELL THIS INCONSEQUENTIAL STORY, BETTER MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME". For that purpose, filler episodes usually have the dullest and most stereotypical characters thinkable. I really hate 95% of filler episodes in Naruto because of that, which is quite a pain, since half the Anime are just filler episodes. I usually have to skip those.
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