Among the community of Japanese Internet users, the presentation of a new character for the popular video game recently caught attention. GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE. Before talking about the character, it is important to talk about the video game for those who are not familiar with it.
GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE is a role-playing video game where the player controls one of up to five interchangeable characters (girls called “Nikkes”), who are distributed in formation on a battlefield to shoot from behind a defensive object. Since the video game is in third person, the player can watch the girls shooting from behind in a position on their kneeso the title is especially popular for the lush butts it designs for them, which wobble with each of the shots.
Anyway, curiously the new character announced, “Marciana”, is not standing out recently for something related to her rear. Its design draws attention because the character has a navel piercing that, according to women on social networks, is incorrect. According to a criticism that became a trend, they believe that it is not wrong for the character to have a piercing, but what is wrong is the location of it.
It was the following opinion that attracted attention on comment forums in Japan:
- «The “navel piercing” is trendy for some reason, apparently because of references to this video game character. However, as a fan of this women’s fashion, I feel uncomfortable. This is because people who have both piercings done below the navel in this way are quite a minority. I have a hunch that the designer is drawing girls based on his fantasies again, as usual.».
Much of your criticism is, in fact, valid. It turns out that belly button piercings are mostly placed above the belly button. This is so common that the fact of drilling underneath it is known as “inverted piercing“. Furthermore, the piercing below the navel is generally placed there when you want to place a fairly large earring (that is, something that hangs), but in the character we can see that it is a normal piercing.
Unfortunately, the woman ends up ruining her valid criticism when she directly attacks the designer, pointing out that he “draws girls based on his fantasies.” Netizens interpreted this to mean that “the designer is a virgin who has never seen real women“, so the comments did not take long to arrivecausing the woman to close the comments on the publication.
- «Oh my god, are you seriously looking at these details now to make a review?».
- «It’s just a drawing, what is the need to over-analyze it like this?».
- «Of course, because there is nothing to say about the unrealism of the size and physics of the asses in this video game».
- «It’s all good because he’s an anime character, do you also criticize people who decide to pierce themselves below the navel?».
- «So people who get pierced below the navel are a recognized minority? Aren’t you discriminating against them then?».
- «I agree that it looks pretty strange, but it seems like he ruined it by inserting his ideology into his review.».
- «If designers started drawing girls based on real women, no otaku would play their video games again».
- «Feminists seem to love to say that men draw their ideal women based on their “fantasy tastes,” but isn’t that actually what makes video games so successful?».
Fountain: Otakomu
