My drawing first… Then the well thought rant I called article can begin…
It is imperative when you have a story that need sales’ number boost immediately like a desperate bodybuilder in need of steroid shot, and by immediately I meant “right the next chapter”, you do one thing that throughout the time has been proven fail proof and universally acclaimed as the savior of any anime, manga, novel, game and movie, behold lowly mortals: Fanservice.
Let’s break it down, etymology they say. Fans : A less educated human being who is blindly supporting any brand because of either hype or the past glory, unwilling to accept that the hype might not be true or that now said brand is downright crap, this include any Bleach fans and Narutards who still in delusion that their almighty series are still great, despite the ass-whooping One Piece give them every single week.
Service: An act of pleasing. So if we combine them, we got fanservice: A shameless dastardly plan from an author or artist to appease their horde of followers, in this case called as fans, to conceal any flaws the series might have with erotic innuendo or even blatant image of sexually enhanced females in exposing pose because they think that admiration for their works from the readers is attached to their private parts.
To be fair, it’s a fair game though. If it’s done correctly, it could be a work of art, elevating the plot, while also making a remarkable genuine character. But most often than not, it’s “more boobs” mentality from the artists. How sad. I understand that everyone wants to ogle at the beautiful half naked lady, but there is a line from great storytelling and distasteful attempt for audience.
Assuming Kubo did it.. I say he did
You see, a writer is like a gladiator. They must fight endlessly to create better sexy lad.. story. It’s not pretty down there. We, the readers, are like the commoners watching the slaughter, screaming in our toga, booing, throwing stuffs down there to make their lives worse and miserable. The reviewers, are like the senates who sit next to the emperor, their tongues can carry joy or speak evil in the emperor’s ears. Then the publisher (Weekly Shounen) is like the emperor, who gives thumbs up or thumbs down.
If the emperor is not entertain, it’s thumb down “off with your head”… then the gladiator dies… Sad, but true. So it’s our.. no your fault, that many nude girls on manga. Remember the illegal hunt prevention ads. “If the demand stops, so is the killing.” This is deep people. Lives are at stake here.
Bleach is especially proficient at these. Out of the Big Three, Bleach is smart in this department. The shot of grown up Nel aiming the sword upward with her torn outfit and revealing most of her body, or Halibel showing her lower boobs and there’s #3 there, even before that Kubo made us think “where is her tattoo?”… That’s brilliant! Kubo has some serious bad-ass female campaign techniques. You don’t wanna mess with him here.
Fairy Tail is also keen on making profit from this. Every chapter contains no less that 17 well place shot of girls with bare minimum clothing for your online free enjoyment. Yes, they will pose like model even when they talk. This is absolutely legal, why must they converse in normal way if they can bust up and spread their crotch while talking. He knows we hate narrative or whatever those letters hanging for. Why, if there is no girls, no story.
Now imagine if Kubo and Mashima wrote, bear with me… Claymore!! Think for awhile. Claymore has almost all female char cast swinging their big swords on skin tight outfits. Think what kind of abyss or paradise, they could make here. Accidental nipples show, gratuitous sensitive limbs shot from awkward angle, Oh I’m sorry, I don’t want to kill you, so I just rip your clothes apart while you blush and scream there.. yes that’s good..
The End.
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