Do you think there are fetichistic elements to this manga?

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SamanthaCassidy4 years ago1
Actually I feel like that's bad comparison since I honestly don't think the author has that big of a foot fetish since it isn't super present in the manga past chapter 7.

Taluun4 years ago16

Based on the trailer alone it came off as extremely leery and fetishy and pretty much everyone i know who watched the first ep sees it that way.

Anonryuu4 years ago14

It depends on how you choose to interpret it. Some scenes will feel like they're meant to be fanservice, but I personally want to believe that was never the author's intention. Some things that are seen as fetishistic or sexual can just a normal everyday occurrence if your mind doesn't go into the gutter

mintaffinity4 years ago8

the fetishistic elements in akebi chan go a bit under the radar because they arent as overt as in other ecchi. in most other ecchi series the girls are pretty willingly showing their bodies to the audience or male MC (even if theyre tsundere about it or whatever) but akebi chan is a lot more voyeuristic. what i mean by that is that akebi and her friends are never prostrating themselves for the camera but the angles and points of view (the gaze, if you will) of the paneling acts almost like a secret camera catching parts of the young female characters that you wouldnt normally see. the characters themselves are also unaware of the paneling and never break the fourth wall. so yeah, i would say that akebi chan definitely has some voyueristic eroticism to it but because it more covert its hard to talk about. and of course #feet

abobora3 years ago6

asking this is like asking "do you think monkey like banana?" or "do you think the sun will rise tomorrow?"
i can't believe some people believe otherwise, were you born yesterday or what...?
i like the art and genuinely thought it was just some moeblob manga, but the artist even drew sexually suggesting depictions of the little sister. the one who is 7 years old at max
japan is so fucking creepy in this aspect

IWILLKILLYOUALL3 years ago

How new are you that you can't comprehend slice of life and CGDCT are almost always seinen. This example is more explicit than others but is not surprising.

Removed2 years ago1

Yes and I dropped it for that reason , seeing how people on twitter and reddit are reacting to it also gives me the hints of something more creepy about the people reading this

sonypv292 years ago6

I think that perception of most "cute girls doing cute things" works is more of a continuous spectrum than a discrete one. There is always some amount of cuteness and child purity and some amount of eroticism and voyeurism in such works. And I think it's for each consumer of such work to decide how they would like to see and interpret the said work.

Mokacchi2 years ago5
Honestly the most objective way to put it, well said!
Neither the "it's so cute and pure" camp nor the "it's sexualizing minors wtf" camp is really right or wrong per se, in my opinion it is entirely subjective to the individual, and either of these camps has to somewhat respect that people with an entirely different experience of the medium exist.
I for one love the series and think it's one of the most wholesome (if a little idealized) depiction of friendship and family life, and what it means to be there for and to understand another. It explores feelings of love, of happiness and sadness, of bittersweet memories, while all in all being very cheerful - leaving aside the absolute gorgeous art and how Hiro-sensei uses the medium to ~~flex~~ I mean explore his art skills and anatomy knowledge to the fullest.
The art feels kind of like visiting an art museum to me - beautiful and explorative, bringing out the natural side of things. That's how I felt about the anime itself too, which was the first thing I've seen of the series. It felt "natural" - not in the sense of being realistic or relatable - but as an exploration of art in many ways, and I quite liked that.

Gummyfail2 years ago

yeah this series is on demon time

rapidecline1 year ago3

does a bear shit in the woods

JingusFlorpus8 months ago

I couldn’t even make it past the first chapter

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