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[Knight Alone]

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[buypolar pop]

if you need something to do i have a 10 page qualitative paper due by Sunday

[Knight Alone]

Originally posted by buypolar pop:

if you need something to do i have a 10 page qualitative paper due by Sunday

lmao whats the topic? If it's theories of advanced social behaviour among Cretaceous therapod, souropod, and hadrosaurian dinosaurs i'm totally in.

[Swag Messiah]

Really enjoyed reading your topic, I didn't even think about it, cause I got used to "anime outfits" xd
It's a shame that there are so few outfits for the characters. I understand that Normin and bath towel skins are traditional for "Tales of" series, but it would be nice to have different costumes.

[Stabbey]

The justification is fan-service, because she doesn't seem to want to attract the attention of the Abbey which rules the world, and that outfit is a lot more distinct and highly conspicuous than just about anything else would be. Especially because many high-ranking exorcists have seen her in person and lived, and would be able to pass along a description down the chain of command.

When it comes to female character designs in Japanese games, the answer is always, ALWAYS fan-service.

[jabberwok]

Originally posted by Abbecs:

Really enjoyed reading your topic, I didn't even think about it, cause I got used to "anime outfits" xd
It's a shame that there are so few outfits for the characters. I understand that Normin and bath towel skins are traditional for "Tales of" series, but it would be nice to have different costumes.

They relegated that stuff to the DLC, unfortunately.

[Simon]

My justification. She just happened to find the outfit while escaping from prison. Although tattered, but is easy to move in. Just like you said, she can't feel temperature so she just never bothered to change afterwards since she was focusing on revenge rather than appearances. This showcased her personality in a subtle way.

[jabberwok]

Originally posted by Simon:

My justification. She just happened to find the outfit while escaping from prison. Although tattered, but is easy to move in. Just like you said, she can't feel temperature so she just never bothered to change afterwards since she was focusing on revenge rather than appearances. This showcased her personality in a subtle way.

Yep. The game implies this pretty heavily. She just doesn't care, pretty simple justification. It wasn't even a whole outfit that she found, just some rags in a box to replace her ruined shirt. She's still wearing the same pants.
That's why I didn't change her outfit until later in the story...

What bothers me more than her clothes is the fact that she happened to find a wristblade AND a pair of boots with a hidden blade, yet neither of them are the ones she was using when she was imprisoned.

[Sixtyfivekills]

Why would you try to justify an edgy girl wearing a skimpy outfit in a fantasy world where you meet a witch, lizardman, emo samurai and similar?

[Dziedzic™]

In the words of Yoko Taro when asked about the way 2B is dressed. "I Just Really Like Girls" I personally believe this is perfect explanation with no good arguments against it for every "skimpy" outfit in gaming.

[Lλmbdλ]

Stop trying to justify fan-service, it's make it worse
At least nobody have say "she breathe with her skin" XD

[Felicia]

I changed her out of that crap as soon as I possibly could. So glad her village outfit is available from the start, because her default outfit looks STUPID. I mean, I like fanservice as much as the next guy, but the girl looks like shes wearing holes with tiny strips of fabric holding them together.

[Stabbey]

I considered changing her outfit, but largely stuck with the default. In-game, I'm either (a) controlling someone else, (b) seeing her from behind which is less noticeable, (c) in combat and not paying any attention to her outfit, (d) watching a skit which uses the default outfit so it's unavoidable anyway.

Originally posted by Demi:

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to accept this as 'anime logic'. Like how in anime you can always pick the main character out from a crowd just by their crazy hair/outfit, meanwhile no one else in their world notices anything out of the ordinary.

Well, the main characters talk about Velvet's outfit several times, wondering why she wears something like that when she has access to non-tattered clothing, or noting that her outfit is poor protection from the cold - which in itself should draw suspicious attention. If the game is talking about it, it's certainly fair game for players to comment on it.

[BoozeJunky]

She wears the outfit because, like birds to flight, it is in her nature. The question, therefore, is - What can change the nature of a Bird?

[RayoSombrio]

Fan service is part of many japanese games. Deal with it.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Stabbey:

Originally posted by Demi:

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to accept this as 'anime logic'. Like how in anime you can always pick the main character out from a crowd just by their crazy hair/outfit, meanwhile no one else in their world notices anything out of the ordinary.

Well, the main characters talk about Velvet's outfit several times, wondering why she wears something like that when she has access to non-tattered clothing, or noting that her outfit is poor protection from the cold - which in itself should draw suspicious attention. If the game is talking about it, it's certainly fair game for players to comment on it.

Not just the main characters.

Teresa comments on it first time they meet, and the priest in the first church... and when she gets angry about it, he points out that he's still a guy.

Games do sometimes make fun of these outfits in one way or another. Neptunia does it too, in the Neptune/Million Arthur interactions when they are discussing their skimpy outfits...