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Fall 2011 Anime Spotlight

...In the manga, Honoka Sawada is a shy 14-year-old atheist who gets bullied in school.

..until one day, when an infant devil gets dropped off in her room while she sleeps.

pajmo9 wrote:

Quote: In the past she underwent gender reassignment surgery in order to succeed the family name, but certain circumstances forced her to stop the process part way. Her lack of breasts is a result of the surgery, but Tori treats her as a girl with tiny boobs. I don't usually throw myself into debates but when I read this I took it he was treating her that way as an attempt to not alienate her. I could be wrong and just be thinking to positively about it though.

And I'd have no problems with that and would even consider it somewhat sweet and thoughtful if the character identifies as female and wasn't completely consenting to the reassignment. If they identify as male, it's still very gross.

But it's the "with tiny boobs" that raises my hackles and alarm. The juxtaposition of such a phrase with the reasons WHY is tasteless. Then there's the added context of the truly ludicrous knockers on every other woman in the concept art.

All the fan service is what ultimately turns me off of this show. Mainly the "ludicrous knockers". But I was wondering, if the phrase was "with small breasts" instead of "with tiny boobs" would it have been less cause for alarm?

Everything else but especially Chibi Devil.
At first, it sounded promising.

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...In the manga, Honoka Sawada is a shy 14-year-old atheist who gets bullied in school.

Wow! First, a mature, touching, and quite lovely manga about transgenders in Wandering Son now one about an atheist?

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..until one day, when an infant devil gets dropped off in her room while she sleeps.

...WTF?!?

...Not really. I'd still give it a pretty severe sideways glance because it's still defining a woman by her chest size. Granted, that's a slightly classier way of phrasing it, but it's still tacky and dubious.

If it's trying to convey that the main character respects her identity despite some of her physical changes, there's really no point in referencing her breasts at all. Why bother when "but Tori treats her as a girl" covers the same information without the unfortunate connotations?

C³ and Phi Brain didn't look all that impressive though I will probably catch an episode or two of them anyways.

I'm a Gundam fan so I'm excited for AGE though I'm not fond of the character designs. I do like the concept of following a particular famiy's use of the Gundam. Kind of wish it was going to be more than 50 episodes considering the 100 years time frame. I suspect they chose it to leave open the possibility of movies and ovas.

At first, it sounded promising.

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...In the manga, Honoka Sawada is a shy 14-year-old atheist who gets bullied in school.

it's still defining a woman by her chest size.

People have been bitching that noitaminA sold out to the otaku with by doing a Black Rock Shooter show next season. These people don't realize that noitaminA already sold out to the otaku crowd with this show.

Will Not Watch
Everything else but especially Chibi Devil.

Keichitsu0305 wrote:

Will Not Watch Everything else but especially Chibi Devil.

How can you not watch Fate/Zero? It is one of the most high budget shows out there, it would be a waste if you don't at least watch the first episode.

Even if it was a serious story, being about an atheist child in Japan is extremely different than being about an atheist child in the US. "According to James Killian, between 64% and 80% of Japanese describe themselves as atheists, agnostics, or non-believers." (link) So, it's not like some sort of afterschool-special, dramatic topic.

has big boobs, and loves meat.