April 17, 2015

The uselessness of public opinion polls

A Japanese website asked Japanese readers: Which female anime character has the most curves?

Well, as stated the question is stupid. If drawn correctly, they should all have the same number of curves. Some will be longer and more bulgy than others, but if the character isn't malformed or diseased, they'll have the same number of curves.

Anyway, ignoring that, the list that resulted was very strange. Three different girls from K-on ended up in the top ten. One of those, Tsumugi, arguably rates being on the list, but the other two shouldn't even have been also-rans. Lucy Heartfilia managed to make 14th place but she was the only character from Fairy Tail who rated.

No one from Senran Kagura was on the list. Super Sonico wasn't on the list, and being curvy is her signature feature. No one from Maken Ki was on the list. No one from Madan no Ou to Vanadis. Sylphy got ignored. None of the girls from Dragonar rated. No one from Momo Kyun Sword. Yukikaze Panettone was slighted. No Rias Gremory.

As usual, people ignored the actual question and just voted for characters they liked. I'm a bit surprised that Louise wasn't the winner; that would be in character. (But I guess her star is fading.)

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 11:45 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 "most curves" is a poor translation; clicking through to Goo shows the original title as "'pocchari-kawaii' anime girl ranking". So it's more of an overall "plumply cute" than curvy.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at April 17, 2015 01:47 PM (ZlYZd)

2 Yuno from HidaSketch is on the list?  THIS Yuno?

This list is ridiculous.

Posted by: Wonderduck at April 17, 2015 01:49 PM (jGQR+)

3 If they're looking for "plumply cute" then the snubbing of Super Sonico is particularly strange.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 17, 2015 02:48 PM (+rSRq)

4

Unless some people read it as the art style that TVTropes calls "puni plush."  That covers Yuno et al.  (Warning: TVTropes.)

But yes, almost every poll of this sort maps perfectly onto "how many people have seen this show."  It has to; you can't (usually) vote for something you haven't seen.

Posted by: Mikeski at April 17, 2015 06:11 PM (aLP9q)

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