Izanagi009 said:
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I will reiterate that Psycho-Pass has a rape in the first episode but it was kept tasteful with the camera at a distance, and the woman not really posed in fetishistic ways. The writing and animation for the scene make it much easier to swallow to the point that it didn't register with me that much.
This however has the framing on parts of the body and the accompanying clothing that is considered fetishistic and the scene immediately afterwards is very dissonant in tone with the nudity and lesbianism being very tone deaf to the previous scene.
Similarly, this might not register much with others.
There's no objective difference as to what's happening in the two shows, and not everyone is sensitive to how things are then presented. How a show presents something need not decide what one takes away from it.
However fetishistic the scene might be depicted, one can simply ignore that. And take it for what it undoubtedly also is; The ultimate symbolic victimization and degradation of someone previously sheltered and powerful, a sudden wake-up call to the brutality and depravity of the world they've hitherto believed in, and an annihilation of their previous image of themselves and their position in the world.
Of course, it probably not really a show that's meant to make people consider such matters (...particularly as they're related more to story structure than the plot itself). But why would that ever limit one's personal focus and interpretation?
Also, ignoring unfortunate implications is more or less a staple of anime watching. And indeed in enjoying much fiction in general. No one ever enjoyed GTA whilst thinking about what - usually horrific - implications the action onscreen would've had in real life. For good reason too, in that it never happened in or had any bearing on real life.
Reality and fiction are separate realms guided by separate laws, and never the twain shall meet. It is conceptually meaningless to judge that which has never happened, by the standards of it happening in real life.
Also, a hateable protagonist usually has something good about them , Walter White is a man who had a fall but was in the beginning a good man. There is no fall here, just instant nazi so all ability to invest in the character is gone.
Well, I imagine the plot - to the extent anyone behind or before the screen care about it - would be centered on the change away and redemption from such complete monster status. Why would watching a truly evil character slowly become good be less meaningful than watching a truly good character slowly become evil?
Not that a villainous protagonist can't be interesting to watch, as they spiral ever more out of control and beyond the moral event horizon. Don't think that's going to happen, though.
In addition, this is Sunrise. Gundam remains as a hallmark for writing for many people and even Valvrave had some plot and character before going to hell. I do not see the demographic being people who want lesbians fighting mechs a good excuse for a lack of plot or character.
Certainly a studio is entitled to produce whatever it wish?
It is disappointing when recent works from sources one have previously held in the highest regard do not prove equally engaging. But one should never question their right to do as they see fit, merely move on. An author who take ques from his fans can offer little
but fanservice.
The best way to not support something is to not watch it and not pay for it. Whilst leaving those who do enjoy it to do so.
You may have your attention held after the robots appear but if I have to watch other episodes, I will be going through with a microscope over the plot and characters to see if this thing is worth a damn.
Why will you focus so heavily on something you're certain you won't appreciate, and which you can't even imagine an audience for?
Some would call that a good thing, but isn't it also the best argument for why you aren't in a position to tell people why they should or shouldn't be watching this show?
Dreiko said:
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No, it's not important to inform people if they'll be offended by something. It really really isn't. Let people be offended. Offending people is a natural occurrence in this bloated ego society, it deserves absolutely no attention whatsoever.
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This as well.
No one ever broadened their view on something by which they were not initially offended.
