• PeriodicallyPedantic
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    5 months ago

    I kinda agree that the bakemonogatari anime was horny for no reason, but the books weren’t afaicr.

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      5 months ago

      I think I watched it like 10 years ago but I really don’t remember it being all that horny in general. There were some parts it was excessive. Might just be that it’s been so long though.

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        5 months ago

        Just random fan service out of nowhere, periodically. Iirc. It has also been a long time for me.

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          5 months ago

          I would argue that because is a harem anime that it always has a current of fan service by definition.

          Edit: Nvm, I take it back. Pandering isn’t really the same thing as fan service and that’s what I’m really talking about above.

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            5 months ago

            I suppose it is kind of a harem anime. It didn’t really feel like it when reading the light novels, but in retrospect it is kinda there. Well that’s unfortunately colored my memories of the novels. Can I go back to a few minutes ago before you made me realize this?

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              5 months ago

              I’m sorry. It honestly ruined the show for me as soon as I noticed. When I first started watching it I was so excited to meet all kinds of varied people, especially from the MCs past, but once I got to Nadeko Snake I was like, “O, it’s waifus all the way down.”

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                5 months ago

                It’s really too bad, because yokai/folklore themed anime/manga is exactly my jam. Ugh why are animes and manga always so damn horny.

                I’ve had to switch almost entirely to Korean manhwa for my comic fix.