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INTEREST: Shibushi City Pulls 'Sexist' Eel Girl Ad


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Videogamep



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:21 pm Reply with quote
Well that sounds creepy. Just because you can use school girl, doesn't mean you should.
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Lemonchest



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:25 pm Reply with quote
Videogamep wrote:
Well that sounds creepy. Just because you can use school girl, doesn't mean you should.


Said no Japanese marketing team, ever.
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CrimsonDX



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:27 pm Reply with quote
Videogamep wrote:
Well that sounds creepy. Just because you can use school girl, doesn't mean you should.


Using a school girl is never wrong.
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SilverTalon01



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:28 pm Reply with quote
Is the whole video around somewhere?
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Razor/Edge



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:50 pm Reply with quote
I believe this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjuFFb7QdI&ab_channel=Sapphire

In crappy video quality, but it was the best I could find.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:28 pm Reply with quote
Videogamep wrote:
Well that sounds creepy. Just because you can use school girl, doesn't mean you should.

yeah but i'm surprised that there are people who aren't used to this by now

still terrible

i feel like i can't really get a feel for the ad being a westerner just reading an article's description of it, but it sounds pretty dumb at least
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:31 pm Reply with quote
While I'm all for advertisers to freely portray their products in any way they see fit (as long as they subjecting their actors to any harm), I can understand how others would feel grossed out watching this eel ad.
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casualfan



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:52 pm Reply with quote
Nothing offensive about a woman in a school swimsuit. People get offended about anything these days.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:53 pm Reply with quote
casualfan wrote:
Nothing offensive about a woman in a school swimsuit. People get offended about anything these days.

you clicked on comments without actually clicking on the article to read it
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casualfan



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:11 am Reply with quote
Arale Kurashiki wrote:
casualfan wrote:
Nothing offensive about a woman in a school swimsuit. People get offended about anything these days.

you clicked on comments without actually clicking on the article to read it


And you assume I didn't. I read the description of the commercial, and it's nothing offensive. People just get offended about anything sexual these days even if it's just innuendo.
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SilverTalon01



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:14 am Reply with quote
Arale Kurashiki wrote:
you clicked on comments without actually clicking on the article to read it


Or he did and doesn't find the description of the ad offensive.
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Alunimus



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:18 am Reply with quote
So, this illness finally reached Japan, huh. I hope it won't result in rabid people who care about social justice trying to ban things that they don't lik... er, find offensive.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 1:31 am Reply with quote
Yeah, based on how this commercial's described, this sounds incredibly awkward and off-putting.

KH91 wrote:
If she's okay with it...I'm okay with it.


Well, until you roast her over an open fire and eat her. It's a good thing they dehumanized her by turning her back into an eel at that point. Otherwise, then it suddenly becomes an ad that accidentally promotes vegetarianism.

Alunimus wrote:
So, this illness finally reached Japan, huh. I hope it won't result in rabid Shonen Jump Weeklies trying to ban things that they don't lik... er, find offensive.


What illness? They're complaining. People aren't allowed to complain? It'd be an awful world if people aren't allowed to voice their opinions.
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AnimeLordLuis



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 2:40 am Reply with quote
This commercial isn't sexist it's just plain stupid. Hell this ad could rival some super bowl ads in the dumbest super bowl commercial ever department. Laughing
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MajinAkuma



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 2:43 am Reply with quote
Aren't the people, who think it's sexual, perverted people themselves? It's their dirty mind that view the ad as sexual.
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