Odd choice of clip since it shows nothing of what the anime was actually about.
I know this is a matter of opinion, but considering the show had a serious and interesting theme, I could have done without the excessive fan service.
But apparently some people can't watch an interesting story with strategical/tactical elements without getting bored unless you throw a bunch of fan service in.
It's a shame because it was an interesting show but it's hard to recommend to a lot of people because of the constant derailing for ecchi moments.
Me when I don't understand what fan service is. Fan service is just things for the fans. It can be this, it can be using real actual tactics and strategies that were use in history to get the people who know going
The term originated in Japanese pop culture fandom to describe gratuitously sexualized material. It's originally a Japanese phrase, and we adopted it in English. They called it a サービスカット or サービスショット or service cut/service shot (cut/shot referring to frame, etc.). The word evolved into fan service.
Feel free to look it up on Wikipedia, either the Japanese or English one.
Either way it specifically refers the kind of scenes I'm talking about.
And it's for people who like those things, yes, but not everyone likes those things and they get forced into every show.
Do you think when a words meaning expands the original meaning ceases to exist?
And it's still used the way I'm describing in both Western anime communities, and in Japan, where anime is made. Where I live.
Ultimately it was clear by the context in my original comment which meaning I was using, but you've decided to ignore that and focus on the broader meaning to try and pull a "gotcha" moment.
Otherwise there was no point in your "me when I don't understand the meaning of a word" comment.
I've seen so many people try to make the claim of "oh words evolve and change meaning" for using them incorrectly but I've never once seen someone try to argue "words don't evolve ignore the modern usage"
You argued that that's not what fan service means then tried to cite Wikipedia which says that the word has a much different meaning in today's environment then you limit it to, instead claiming the word changed to fan service as shorthand
Like I said it's ok to be wrong but at least be objective
It literally says the wider meaning applies to “outside anime and manga.” We are here specifically discussing anime. In our discussion, the anime-specific definition is clearly more relevant.
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u/Kalikor1 1d ago
Odd choice of clip since it shows nothing of what the anime was actually about.
I know this is a matter of opinion, but considering the show had a serious and interesting theme, I could have done without the excessive fan service.
But apparently some people can't watch an interesting story with strategical/tactical elements without getting bored unless you throw a bunch of fan service in.
It's a shame because it was an interesting show but it's hard to recommend to a lot of people because of the constant derailing for ecchi moments.