Maybe that's the fasion of the future. The way girls dress today would be seen as just as slutty back in the old days.
Although the claim on fanservice is undeniable as it is a tradition and longstanding hallmark of anime, this actually isn't such a bad in-universe explanation when you think about it.
Even 40 years ago a mini-skirt was considered unholy and
extremely slutty, and now it's something that even many good girls and perfectly normal women will wear without being publicly embarrassed or ostracized. GITS takes place in 2030, and that's not as much of a gap, but it's still 20 years from now and style could change a whole hell of a lot. So, yeah, not the worst argument but doesn't destroy the notion or idea of fanservice.
"Bulls**t MR.Han Man!!"--Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon
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Atar554
14 years ago
I tend to agree with you on this.
Honstly though I didn't and still don't find her outfit to be "slutty". It is form fitting but when you think about all the superheroes and anime characters out there. A ton have the "spandex" style garb.
She's still essentially wearing a 1 piece bathing suit with stockings, boots and a coat and belt. Looking at other characters like Gurren Lagann's Yuko...yeah Motoko is quite conservative. Even Kamina from Gurren Lagann bears tons of skin as a male character...
I think it also matters how the character behaves. You won't see Motoko bending over or having her chest bouncing for no reason if at all.
Other shows they throw that in in as fanservice or as comedy. GitS didn't do either really imo to any great degree. But taking a still screenshot of a moving set of images is out of context. Because the focus of the show is usually what's going on and not her at all.
Though to have a perfectly crafted female body in a futuristic world with identity issues it would seem silly not to use it to flaunt to a certain degree as well.
It really depends on what "slutty" means. The Motoko on the show doesn't act particularly "slutty" or overtly sexual in serious or non serious situations to me. Thus how she dresses imo is more of a character trait to me then a overt play to pure fanservice or a way for a character to have a sexy appearance for no reason other than to be sexual looking. In other words I think her character being as independent and free thinking as she is, might just decide that's the look for her.
Though perhaps the whole thing has to do with ourselves. Perhaps for some of us it's hard to see a strong female lead also have a strong sense of her sexuality.
Since the image of a strong intelligent woman is generally ascribed to someone not sexually mature or at least not sexually aware or confident. A kind of one or the other but not both type of "complex". But if Motoko can posses both occupations at once and use them at will. Perhaps it's an afront to the status quo or even threatening to some...
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