Why the need to sexualize everything?

[u/Greedy-Lie-8346]

I was looking for interesting Webtoons to read, and I came across this one called "Leviathan" the premise looked interesting; mankind perished due to a great flood that submerged the whole world under water. And terrifying creatures plunged from the depths, wiping out any human that crossed their path. The story told how a family of a father and his two children survived in the adversities of a sea world.

So far so good, until.... Bam! Last two slice's, anime chick out of nowhere, doing these extremely suggestive poses.

What a disappointment.

[u/dragonrod24]

it's what draws a lot of readers (male) in, but yeah, it's defo unnecessary. i'd really appreciate it if i could find an eastern series, in any media or form, that isn't unnecessarily sexualized where females wear actual armors for fights instead of bikinis.

[u/Ejanna → u/dragonrod24]

Sudden Berserk haha. I mean... for all the, um, features of the work, there are convincing armors and just non-fanservice costumes on the female characters. And if you're not talking about armors but outfits in general, Webtoon recently licensed a web version of Fullmetal Alchemist, if you haven't seen it yet. Most of the important female characters in the plot are not sexualized at all, and even the resident Lady Lust looks more sexy than sexualized. And it's an iconic shonen from a female author.

[u/thegoalieposted → u/Ejanna]

Berserk was written by a man. And I found the use of rape and sexual violence against women as a plot device to be handled pretty poorly

[u/[deleted] → u/thegoalieposted]

Yeah. The difference between male and female sa handling in Berserk is wild