Sexualized Art and Redesigns: When Puritans Attack 

We stand for fictional women's rights to wear short skirts and leotards

"Take it easy, it's just a drawing.." -Patrick Star

People are dying out there but we lose our shit over a leotard

these guys: "hijab is horrible, you can't judge a woman for showing a shoulder" also these guys when some athlete wears an appropriate athletic suit : " *THIS IS NOT OKIE DOKIE* "

Tumblr: Let girls wear what they want! Don't sexualized clothes! Artist: *Makes a female show skin* Tumblr: Wait that's a illegal

"WhErE ArE hEr OrGaNs??"

Some people: eugh why males see women as sexual oblects Also those people, seeng bare skin: is this a sexual objectification?

*wait till they see old paintings of women and statues-*

RESPECT 👏 BUSTY 👏 GIRLS 👏

Premiere is the single most annoying feature RU-vid has

Honestly, if I wear a short skirt. Doesn’t mean I’m some pornstar.

These are the type of people who would yell "TEMPTRESS" in medieval times

These are the kind of people that make school dress codes

It’s disgusting that people claim they want to “empower” women, but then they get mad when god forbid a woman shows skin.

Attractive women: exist Tumblrites: that's misogyny

5:16 "This is sexual to you?" Yes. I have a crippling addiction to thighs.

Female character: shows a little leg/shoulder People: T H O T

Wait, Zi, are those SHOULDERS? WITHOUT CLOTHES ON THEM??? Eye candy! sexualized! Absolutely disgusting!

Leave Shantae alone, she's fine as she is. To quote Jessica Rabbit, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

Alternate universe puritans: "oh look, another anime where a dude is wearing shorts!"

Ultimate point, girls are pretty and we should appreciate that. As well as guys, I'll take both.

My sister overheard part of this video from the other room, and as someone who also did ballet when she was younger, she was quick to agree that leotards do not come off easily.

Me: "I'm shy and not confident and I don't like showing skin" Me when I see these outfits: "YO I WANT THAT"

> "Danganronpa characters are too sexualised and here are some examples" > *doesnt show Miu Iruma*

okay okay i kind of want to ironically redesign some of these characters as nuns since people don't want women showing skin lol

okay so... who's gonna break it to them that beaches are a thing

"I just really like girls" *fLaMeS aNd rAnDoM sCrEaMiNg*

Bro I’ve seen more scandalous teens at school than these characters-

Twitter be like: Women can't be attractive lol.

People like this are the reason why girls can't wear crop tops and spaghetti straps in school

This girl's character is showing your shoulders! SHE'S SEXUAL!

Love how they don't say shit when a ripped guy is shirtless

“What’s the point of art if we can’t use it to go where reality is limited?” - Shadman

Thank god someone finally mentioned that most of the DR characters are adults

fun fact: Shantae has never been confirmed to be 16, her age has always been ambiguous. The claim was made by an ex-dev who had no association with the brand anymore.

The best part about Yoko Taro's reaction was when puritans tried to get him outraged at lewd fanart of 2B. His response was pretty much: "This is amazing, send it all to me so I can share with the world."

It's funny how the only people reducing these female characters to "eye candy" are the ones complaining about sexualization. They completely look past the characters personality and story of the character and only see the amount of skin she has exposed.

"Eugh, men. Have they ever seen a woman before? Always the male gaze!" *_Slowly closes laptop with DeviantArt account filled with lesbian NSFW_*

wanna know what gets my blood boiling? Showing skin inside a nuclear reactor

Female anatomy: _exists_ Tumblr: *A N G E R*

Why do they all remind of a principal whenever he sees exposed shoulders

LEGS LEGS WHAT'S ON THE MENU?

I mean, there is a problem with over sexualisation in media, however this does not mean that you cannot make sexual characters or even a character that wears a lack of clothing. For example: You can have a completely naked character without it being sexualised. Visa versa, you can make a completely covered character that is sexualised. You do have to remember that creators are creating in a world where sexualisation in in main thread of media, and as such they will fall into cliches that dictate Sexualisation. This is a very complex discussion, and people actually go to Uni (college) to do media studies that have this sort of discussion in it. Over all, I fully believe that any artist (or any creator) should be able to work in the realm of fiction. I do believe that you should think about what your drawing, if for nothing else than to keep creativity moving in unique ways and to avoid cliche. However, I don’t attack or blame anyone who draws characters this way. I don’t even really care that people draw porn, as long as they realise what they’re drawing and what the connotations are (so they don’t, ya know, put it on 13+ websites or something).

The only redesign I approve of, and I think many agree with me here, is the new Sonic redesign. That's a redesign well deserved and liked.

Honestly seeing Kyoko being described as “sexual” is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen And i also needed this video because i was feeling kinda bad about the design ive been working on because i felt like she looked too “inappropriate” when she literally wasn’t showing much skin, so thanks !

Raven from DC Comics has been wearing a leotard for a *MINUTE* and these mfs never complained... The second some Japanese dudes do that, oooh no we must squash that like a bug immediately!!! 🙄 I'm pretty sure these people only lashed out against Persona 5 because it was very popular and they were desperately looking for their fifteen minutes of fame... You can't change my mind.

I’ve been a dancer for 13 years and as someone who wears a leotard most days I have never had a leotard “slip” off. Their whole thing is that they’re like a second piece of skin😂

"Puritans must be stopped, no matter cost! LET OUR WAIFUS BE WHO THEY ARE!!"

Sensitive Americans: You can’t draw busty women that’s offensive and sexual. Everyone else on planet Earth: *DAGA KOTAWARU*

I think my only issue with bigtiddies and showing skin is when its purposefully done to be nothing but fan service and usually the only trait of a female character. I had to stop watching Fairy Tail cause a huge deal of the fights was tearing the females clothes to a point they were almost nude, every single time. Which did not happen to the male characters. It took out a lot of seriousness and emotion from scenes because of it.

Me: *Draws my non-binary OC in revealing clothing* Puritans: *Confused screaming*

About the Danganronpa tweet, those characters (besides Kirigiri) are indeed all sexualized - but that's.. kind of the point. In a game chalk-full of characters, where 2/3 of them all die, they need to have a lot of different personalities and character designs. Most of the characters in the games aren't like this, this person just picked out the characters, specifically the girls that do look like that. Also, the entire game makes tons of sex jokes and innuendos. Both the boys and girls do and say this stuff equally.

The only time where I guess Tig ol bittie character designs bother me is when the character it self is boring in personality, or even just design is boring. Bayonetta is so bomb because there's so much character behind her.

It all boils down to nosiness, it seems. Some people just want control and authority, the rest of us just want freedom to choose. Also, you already have over 40k subs? Sheeeeiit, you've come a long way in a short time. I remember when you only had 2k. And is that "A Hat in Time" music I hear in the bg?

As for Shantae's main design, she's a dancer who needs to be able to move gracefully or precisely. Less is More, it really helps in not hindering movement.

bro u called rohan’s character design “weird” i’m gonna have to slide you for that

*gasp* Miss Zi-Zi's avatar is showing her shoulders. LET'S GET HER!!

SJW’s don’t like the idea of: “ freedom of expression” Edit: Never thought I’d get so many likes. Thx 👍

If they think Danganronpa girls are sexualized for wearing skirts, what do they think of Chihiro? He wears a skirt. What do they think of him?

When Yoko Taro said that I felt his words in a spiritual level. Sometimes you just wanna push the boundaries of a character to make a memorable design

I am now tempted to fuel the fire and tweet a very "sExUaLiZeD" drawing of my succubus character because I feel petty Edit: I decided that if this gets enough likes I'll go through with it

Like for fan service can be mostly anything if it’s framed as fan service So I don’t get why any girl who has a bit of skin showing is automatically fan service

Nier Automata: Zi-Zi: Nier Automatica.

Aight as a person who’s persona got torn to threads for wearing ‘revealing clothing’ it pisses me off. I literally do not own anything with long sleeves and I only have one pair of jeans (aka not shorts) because I get hot! Like damn, guess I’m not allowed to feel hot

Going on Shantae, most bellydancers have exposed skin when dancing. I never even seen male bellydancers wear anything close to that "redesign."

But uhhh like where are the ghost girls organs?

So Shantae cannot wear light clothing in a hot environment, according to these people? Aight, I’m convinced that some people just like to grasp at straws so they can complain about something

As a person who watches My Hero Academia. I see this a lot with Momo Yaoyorozu because her hero costume reveals a lot of her chest and some of her cleavage. Her power is to create objects from her body fat... She needs revealing clothes for larger objects.. And the more fat there is in an area the easier it is to create the object... See what I'm saying? Also, let the girl wear whatever the hell she wants. It's also funny that the people on Tumblr are only freaking out about Momo because she is a girl, while Kirishima, a boy character, is running around without a shirt.

They've become the very thing they rebelled against: Pearl-clutching, prudish, contrarian moral busybodies. Buzzkills and killjoys. SQUARES, basically.

“Starfire needs to be exposed to the sun to take in radiation to use her powers. “ Tumblr: wait that’s a illegal.

For the DR thing: It’s almost like there’s 18 year olds in highschool. Wow, omg. My friend is 18 and in 12th grade, she must be behind??? Wait, she’s not? She’s just born in January? *impossible*

Shows a picture of Rohan - "Weird". C'mon, the world was bizarre XD

Do people know that shantae is meant to be a half-genie? That's why she's designed like that???

I'm like: Everyone should get fanservice Guys should get fanservice Girls should get fanservice Non-gendered people should get fanservice EVERYONE DESERVE FANSERVICE Even asexuals deserve fanservice because I'm pretty sure fanservice isn't just sexy stuff Edit: *Mom I'm famous-*

I dont feel sexuallism "stares at waifu" I DONT

These people have deadass never seen the way real teens dress for school…

I think there's a line between purpose, personality and context. I think that there's two extremes in this situation, the ones that are so Puritans they think Hijabs are revealing, and the Coomers who just see and want to see the sex appeal of a character and nothing else. A character design, if sexualized to a certain extreme, would be distracting and would totally ruin the way the public sees her. It would be like taking Phaedra, and make her a bimbo, no matter how well developed she is, people would just notice the bimbo part. I don't usually see the same problem with characters that are the exact opposite, besides female characters that look exactly like males. I have no problem with sexualized characters at all. I think the problem mostly comes with how it is used (Like for example a female soldier fighting in bikini in an overly realistic battlefield would be, unless it was intended for comedy, ridiculous) in the medium or by community. It's all about balance.

zizi: *shows shoulders twitter: OMFG *clutching pearls

No one: Tumblr & Twitter: Y ' a l l [procedes to state bad takes and accusations]

2:21 : exists Me, a JoJo fan: you have genuinely angered me

The line connecting your character's eyes is throwing me off ... *are you a squid?*

Try dealing with the idiots who overreact to Momo outfit in mha

Sexualized designs are cool and I'm all for sex positivity! Few things tho... 1. Often times (mostly in anime) it is just fanservice/excuse to make money. Idk sometimes the designs are good, but other times it just feels like pandering for money, rather than artistic integrity, so the whole "sucking the fun out of it" argument doesn't really work there, considering it was done purely for uninteresting reasons. 2. Though I do feel as though people should be less prudish, and embrace sexual themes more, not everyone is comfortable with said themes. I know plenty of people who are very sex positive and are supportive of other people embracing sexuality, but they themselves aren't as comfortable with it for various reasons. We shouldn't demean people like that simply because overly sexual themes make them uncomfortable despite being okay with other people liking it. 3. What's wrong with people simply not liking the way sexualized designs look from an artistic standpoint? It's not everybody's cup of tea, and they're entitled to come up with their own version if they want to, just like how other people are entitled to changing a modest design to a more skimpy one. Edit: Before I get yelled at, I'm no puritan, I've literally drawn nsfw/pornographic things. I just think that people should be allowed to redesign something if they want to.

"Some designs can be weird..." *_DAGA KOTOWARU_*

Wow, I totally agree, as an cartoonist and cartoon fan I have been noticed thing like: Characters have smaller thighs, no breasts, and some wearing shirts instead of their original outfit which might show skin. This is probably just cuz they are for children, and they want to avoid any type of sexual looking stuff. I dont know I don't care it's just weird that characters designs are starting to feel the same.

Let artists be genuine and make designs based on things that they like. Try and please everyone and you will please no one at all. This is becoming more evident these days and NO ONE is benefiting from it...

What confuses me about the whole social justice/feminist redesigns are that they look more like men than women. Idk if this is to make them appear stronger or more conservative, but it kinda gives me some mixed messages with the idea of female empowerment and its reliance on the idea that men = power. Idk if anyone else gets what i mean.

The problem now days if you are female you can't do anything cuz everything you do is sexualized (Pulling your hair back, eating, stretching, yawning, etc, etc

Lowkey sad you didn't mention the "issue" with Nessa's design that a bunch of idiots talked about. How they were saying Game Freak was sexualizing a WATER gym leader for wearing a swimsuit. Like, a girl can't wear a swimsuit to the pool? Also, she wasn't even that revealing to begin with and people were super mad about it.

Mmm miss zi zi is that shoulder that I see on you Stop, you violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence

sooooo- basically you’re saying people will get angry over the ‘so i’ve got a new anime plot’ text?

“Leotards can easily slip off!!1!1” If you’ve ever worn a leotard then you know that your packed into that thing like a sausage.

People: omg anime is sexualizing woman Jojo: hold my beer

Here's my opinion on these situations that nobody asked for: -If it is a character, who is established as being under the age of 18, who is being sexualized, as in wearing clothing that is clearly supposed to be sexy, like lingerie for example, then I have a problem. But, showing some skin, does not automatically mean that the character is meant to look sexy. -However, if it is a character over or is the age of 18, who looks or is wearing something sexy, I could care less. And if the sexiness of the character is actually intentional, then I can appreciate it. -If a person wants to redesign a character, like changing some colors that may not go well together, or maybe something's about the outfit, then that's totally fine. (An example being the first shantae redesign shown at the beginning of the video) -What's not fine is basically spitting in the face of person who designed said character, and telling them that they're disgusting for designing the character into how they wanted them to look. That is very rude and uncalled for. -Saying comments such as, "Oh her poor back!" Or, "Where are her organs?!" Is stupid and annoying. Please don't do this. They are fictional characters.

The Victorian Age called,they want the female skin back.

Reminds me of a time when I went to comic con & this girl cosplayed as Jade from Mortal Kombat, & some soccer mom didn’t want her son seeing that so she told one of security guards, & the cosplayer had to wear these ugly pants over it the rest of the day.

Puritans: "Real life women in bikinis and revealing outfits, totally okay" Puritans: "Fake and fictional women that are too sexy...oh hell no, they need rights!" Me: "Can we just have fun with what we draw? God Damn its just a drawing"

#letfemalecharactersbesexy Also, why are they acting like women don't like sexy female characters too? Wasn't the designer of Bayonetta a woman?

Those people are basically dress-coding fictional characters.

God, Tenko is the last person to sexualise women