Below the fold are five NSFW shots I won't be using in the top rotation.

I ended up with about 20 shots I can use. Now to see if I can harvest anything from Aika Zero.

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Just as was the first Sekirei series, the second one is a rich source of top-rotation frame grabs. For instance:

And just as was the first series, the story line is a idiotic mess. It's an example of a series which seems to think that fan service will excuse craft failure in story telling.

Of Minato's harem, Matsu is the only one who has any kind of maturity, and only when she's serious. Musubi and Tsukiumi look like they're adults, but they act like 10 year olds.

Fortunately, characterization isn't a factor when it comes to the top rotation. I've got 52 frame grabs from the series so far, but about half of those I can't use, for various reasons. (Like, for instance, many of the ones I used in the previous post.)

UPDATE: By the way, I hope someone kills Benitsubasa, the vicious bitch. Next time Yume shows up, she might do it.

I'm not really sure I'm going to be able to force myself to watch this whole thing. The brain damage is already palpable.

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I'm not sure if this was an OVA or an omake, but I don't think it probably got broadcast. Too much nudity, for one thing. And some other things...

Here's the first eyecatch:

And here's the second one. Warning: grade A nightmare fuel...

Most of the rest of this is NSFW so it's below the fold.

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From the first Fairy Tail OVA. Unfortunately, the version I got was hardsubbed, so most of the grabs I took can't be used in the top rotation. Pity; it was a swimming suit episode.

I'll have to see if I can find a raw.

UPDATE:

They do like drawing Lucy leaning forward, don't they?

Wonder why...

UPDATE:

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Here are some pictures I definitely won't be using in the top rotation. It's pretty steamy below the fold, so NSFW.

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It's pure fanservice, and even includes some nudity. NSFW below the fold.

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It turns out that the Saki DVDs had "picture dramas" on them. I just downloaded them, and one of them had a couple of really nice pictures of Nodoka, which I'm putting below the fold. They are pretty much SFW, but they're also pretty big.

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This person is a ninja.

Her job is to be inconspicuous.

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1 You're not supposed to notice!

Posted by: Jaked at June 30, 2011 12:26 AM (ZehkU)

2 Hey, you're not looking at her weapons, right?

Posted by: Avatar_exADV at June 30, 2011 12:58 AM (mRjOr)

3 You could never tell anyone about her because they'd never believe you.  So her Cover is Intact.

How many thousands of hours of television have been wasted on a loudmouthed Ninja wearing Orange coveralls?  (I tried watching that, but Nested Flashbacks during a fight scene is just BAD.)

Posted by: Mauser at June 30, 2011 02:34 AM (cZPoz)

4 Ah yes, the Highly Conspicuous Ninja.  Though to be fair, its not like her outfit is *that* bad, if you presume she has cinematic ninja super skills, and can appear and disappear largely irrespective of exact color camouflage.  There certainly have been much, much worse ninja outfits.

Posted by: metaphysician at June 30, 2011 05:03 AM (hD30M)

5 Actually, ninja's job is to kill people. And distracting them with boobs works.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at June 30, 2011 06:44 AM (9KseV)

6 She looks completely harmless. I see no weapons. I do not feel threatened when she suddenly appears out of the darkness. And I seem to have difficulty providing a clear description of her face. If that doesn't describe the perfect ninja, what does?

...and if they put a figurine on the market, sign me up.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at June 30, 2011 08:36 AM (2XtN5)

7 I think it depends on how you define "weapon".

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at June 30, 2011 09:41 AM (+rSRq)

8 Eh, she's got a sword visible on her back, she's not *totally* unthreatening.  I'm just saying, her outfit is subdued colors.  Its not blinding bright, and its not midnight black.  Its not even close to the worst ninja "dress uniform" I've seen, taking into account being worn by a buxom catgirl/doggirl.

Posted by: metaphysician at June 30, 2011 10:30 AM (hD30M)

9
'I think it depends on how you define "weapon".'
Well, she's got two weapons of mass distraction right there...

Eh, she's got a sword visible on her back, she's not *totally* unthreatening.

...which obviously just failed to do their job.  Meta, you shouldn't let your eyes wander like that.

Posted by: ubu at June 30, 2011 10:50 AM (i7ZAU)

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...taking into account being worn by a buxom catgirl/doggirl.

I think Yukikaze is a fox-girl. It's also possible that she's a minor deity. There is dialog in eps 10 and 11 which imply those things. She's been alive for a very long time and she may be immortal.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at June 30, 2011 11:59 AM (+rSRq)

11 The Wikipedia entry for the series has her as a å¤©ç‹ (tenko), so either way, she's a divine fox.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at June 30, 2011 01:08 PM (fpXGN)

12 In ep 12 she explicitly tells Shinku that she's a fox deity. And she's about 160 years old.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at June 30, 2011 02:55 PM (+rSRq)

13 160 years old and referred to as a "fox".  If she's older than her prey, isn't the correct term "cougar"? 

Posted by: Siergen at June 30, 2011 03:20 PM (RRRYd)

14 In her case, the correct term is "babe," but fox is an acceptable alternative.

Posted by: ubu at June 30, 2011 04:49 PM (GfCSm)

15 Oh, she's a fox?  Well, mythologically speaking, what she wears doesn't matter, because you only get to see what she wants you to see anyway. 

( if bringing physics into an anime discussion kills catgirls, what does bringing "serious" mythology into a discussion of fluffy fanservice do?  )

Posted by: metaphysician at June 30, 2011 06:32 PM (hD30M)

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...but that means the outfit pictured above is just "what she wants us to see," regardless of what she's actually wearing.

So she thinks that's appropriate ninja garb.

Of course, since she's surrounded by other people dressed like anime characters, she blends right in.

blends right in...

Dang, she really is a good ninja.

Posted by: Mikeski at June 30, 2011 07:00 PM (GbSQF)

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I don't know how to contact the owner of Karmaburn. Which drives me a bit nuts sometimes, because I find myself having feedback, and no way to feed it back. I seriously doubt that whomever it is reads here, either.

So I'm talking to the wind. But I'll do it anyway.

Karmaburn is coming up with nominees for "Girl of the Year". And he doesn't include Her Royal Highness Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois.

...oh, you mean he isn't talking about "Babe of the year"? Never mind then.

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If you saw this on a treebranch above you, would you fight or flee?

Or something else?

(It's from one of the Ichiban Ushirou no Daiamou omake. The North American BD release is out now and I'm going to guilt-buy it soon. It'll be interesting to see if these got included.)

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