History Main / SkinshipGrope

A FuroScene with girls will inevitably end up with one character admiring another's physical development, with subsequent [[LesYay teasing and tickling]]. An added gag is that a highly flustered male on the men's side of the bath only able to hear the discussion and either taking it out of context or trying to get a peek, sometimes both. This is commonly used as {{fanservice}}, but pops up in {{shojo}} as well as {{shonen}}. This fanservice-oriented trope is much rarer with guys, aside from playful horsing around -- with the obvious occasional exception of YaoiGuys.

A related trope in the West is the Womens' Locker Room, which in a [[SexComedy certain kind of work]] is synonymous with platonic (or not) LesYay.

* In the ''Manga/GetterRobo vs Manga/{{Devilman}}'' {{Crossover}} made by GoNagai, [[ActionGirl Michiru Saotome]] and [[DistressedDamsel Miki]] -their respective series' female leads- play around while they are bathing, touching at each other.

** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'' episode 10, Subaru ([[MemeticMutation whom rainbows are]] [[LesYay straighter than]]) tries various means to wake Teana up and finally decides to try to do so by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUaufp2cXeg squeezing her breasts]]. In the supplemental manga, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_strikers_the_comics/c012/11.html Wendi does this to Deed]].

** And then repeated almost verbatim in the [[DistantFinale epilogue]] with [[ShesAllGrownUp Shinobu]] mistaking potential new resident Ema for Su..

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has several very odd examples: When Ranma (in girl form) is first introduced to the Tendos Nabiki pokes her breasts twice (much to Ranma's repressed annoyance): once to demonstrate that yes, she is indeed a girl and the second time just to reinforce the point. Later on towards the end of the manga Nabiki gropes Ranma ''again'' and confirms that girl-Ranma's breasts have indeed grown ''[[FanServicePack even larger]]'', in a scene many consider the biggest example of LesYay in the manga (which is normally rather opposed to homosexuality).

** This almost gets her killed. The girls are ''not'' amused or too flustered to react by the time the [[strike:fanservice]] traumatic incident is over.

** [[spoiler:The second to last chapter takes this almost to point of BlackComedyRape]].
* ''Manga/{{Minami-ke}}'' has a variation in episode 6, when Haruka tries to help another character buy a bra. Oh, and she's unaware that the person she's groping [[WholesomeCrossdresser is a boy.]]

** This also happens in the TV series-- but it's Belldandy showing affection to Skuld, so it tiptoes into [[MoeMoe sweet and heartwarming]] territory.

* ''[[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu]]'''s "HotSpringsEpisode". The boys are listening in as Melissa Mao starts rubbing ointment on [[TheDitz clumsy girl]] Tessa's cute naked butt. When Mao starts moving on to other places and Tessa is heard telling Mao not to "[[LesYay stare at me like that!]]'' cue immediate NoseBleed, even from experienced pervert Kurz Webber.

* In ''Manga/CodeBreaker'', the CloudCuckoolander Nenene likes to grope Sakura's breasts, even nicknames them "hii-tan" and "mii-tan", which obviously comes from the Japanese words ''hidari'' for "left" and ''migi'' for "right", coupled with the [[JapaneseHonorifics affectionate suffix "-tan"]].

* It happens once in ''TheSweetestThing''. [[spoiler:Christina Applegate's character catches another woman staring at her boobs in the restroom. She offers the woman a grope to show off her implants, and soon the whole room is joining in]]. Hilarity ensues when two men walk by while the door is swinging shut.

* Happens in several of the optional bath scenes throughout the ''{{Suikoden}}'' series.

* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': In later playthroughs when Rin reluctantly agrees to bathe with Komari during the sleepover, Riki hears Rin being shocked at where Komari is touching and the latter assuring her that it's okay since they're friends and both girls. And in the Mask the Saito OVA, it happens three times: first from Kurugaya to Kud as she tries to tell her that small breasts are cute too (as this is [[LovableSexManiac Kurugaya]], even Kud isn't innocent enough to not understand that this action isn't quite platonic), from Mio to Haruka after Kurugaya says she can grow her breasts by having them massaged by [[LesYay someone she likes]], and then from Rin to Komari in an attempt to copy the former.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has several very odd examples: When Ranma (in girl form) is first introduced to the Tendos Nabiki pokes her breasts twice (much to Ranma's repressed annoyance): once to demonstrate that yes, she is indeed a girl and the second time just to reinforce the point. Later on towards the end of the manga Nabiki gropes Ranma ''again'' and confirms that girl-Ranma's breasts have indeed grown ''[[FanServicePack even larger]]'', in a scene many consider the biggest example of LesYay in the manga (which is normally [[UnfortunateImplications rather opposed to homosexuality]]).

-->'''Kiriei: (indignantly)''' [[ThanksForTheMammary "LET GO OF MY BOOBS!!"]]

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'' plays this for laughs, during the mudwrestling match between Kosame and Kiriei. The moment Kosame pins her on the mat, she drops all pretense of grappling with her and starts groping her instead - going so far as to [[spoiler: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything lay atop Kiriei from behind and rub herself against her]]]], while slipping her hands under her bra so she could fondle Kiriei directly.
-->'''Kosame: (dreamily)''' "Oh, Ms. Kiriei, how I've longed for this. As I thought, your skin is perfect."

-->'''Kiriei: (indignantly)''' "LET GO OF MY BOOBS!!"

* ''Anime/GirlsBravo'' plays this for laughs, during the mudwrestling match between Kosame and Kiriei. The moment Kosame pins her on the mat, she drops all pretense of grappling with her and starts groping her instead - going so far as to [[spoiler: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything lay atop Kiriei from behind and rub herself against her]]]], while slipping her hands under her bra so she could fondle Kiriei directly.

* ''PlasticLittle'' has a scene where the girls have some fun and bond at a bath.
* ''{{Photon}}'' has a similar scenes as the above.

* A recent chapter of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' features a girl who does this to total strangers more or less entirely for the pleasure of feeling other girls' breasts. She even rates them on a [presumably] 100-point scale, and provides detailed commentary vaguely reminiscent of someone doing a wine-tasting.

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* Japanese schoolgirls, at least, really do seem to do this to one another on occasion. They also tend to glomp each other in more generally suggestive ways in public; they even call it ''sukinshippu'' ("skinship").
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* Shikimori Kazuki in ''{{Maburaho}}'' angers his male classmates when he enters the men's half of the bath and starts talking, preventing the other guys from hearing the girls talking during a Skinship Grope.

* During the HotSpringsEpisode of ''{{Persona 4}}'', one of the girls in the party is subjected to this by the others. [[spoiler:Amusingly, the girl being felt up is ''Naoto'', who had up until recently been [[SweetPollyOliver masquerading as a boy]].]]

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* Japanese schoolgirls, at least, really do seem to do this to one another on occasion. They also tend to glomp each other in more generally suggestive ways in public; they even call it ''sukinshippu'' ("skinship").
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* As noted at the top of the page, Kyou gets a little handsy around Kotomi. Kotomi does not really appreciate this. For her part, Kotomi treats it as... well, sexual harassment basically. And [[ItMakesSenseInContext denies having a tail]].

->'''Kyou''': Kotomi... are you all right? He didn't do anything weird to you, right? Like suddenly clinging behind you against your will or touching your butt and breasts...

->'''Tomoya''': [[VisibleSilence ...]]

* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': In later playthroughs when Rin reluctantly agrees to bathe with Komari during the sleepover, Riki hears Rin being shocked at where Komari is touching and the latter assuring her that it's okay since they're friends and both girls. We even get a CG of [[GirlOnGirlIsHot what he imagines happening]]. At other times, Kurugaya also tries this, also with the excuse that she's also a girl, but as she's a pretty open LovableSexManiac no-one is fooled.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' being Eva there's a twist. The whole bit is done entirely with dialogue. We just see Shinji's reaction.

* One episode of ''CyberTeamInAkihabara'' featured the main characters, who interestingly enough only got this much dialogue in the particular episode, doing what sounds for the life of them to be a very half-assed recitation of the typical conversation. It ends with an exasperated LampshadeHanging by one of the other characters that "Yup, we've done every cliche in a hot springs episode..."

* One episode of ''CyberTeamInAkihabara'' featured the main characters, who interestingly enough only got this much dialogue in the particular episode, doing what sounds for the life of them to be a very half-assed recitation of the typical conversation. It ends with an exasperated Lampshade Hanging by one of the other characters that "Yup, we've done every cliche in a hot springs episode..."

* Suprisingly, Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Risa does this to Hinagiku.

* ''Manga/Minami-ke'' has a variation in episode 6, when Haruka tries to help another character buy a bra. Oh, and she's unaware that the person she's groping [[WholesomeCrossdresser is a boy.]]

* [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Kuroko]] thinks 'intimacy' is wonderful. Mikoto disagrees, as she does not enjoy being groped while [[SchoolgirlLesbians the groper]] sounds steadily more and more excited... Yeah, she gets booted through the door.

* Suprisingly, [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Risa]] does this to Hinagiku.

* Although she doesn't do it in the main anime series, [[{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]] is inordinately fond of grabbing her well-endowed comrade Amelia's breasts in the ''Hourglass of Falces'' manga.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', while the girls are relaxing in the bath, Cana asks Lucy if it is true that Natsu [[ThanksForTheMammary groped her once]]. When Lucy reluctantly confirms this, Cana says it is her turn and grabs her boobs.

* Inverted primarily for comedic purposes in ''{{Naruto}}'', in which Sai makes fun of Naruto's... size ("oh, you have one after all?"), much to the amusement (considering how loud Naruto gets) of the women on the other side, and to Sakura's embarrassment.

-->--''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}''

* There were several scenes in ''ElfenLied''. Kouta first did it accidentally to Nyuu, and for a while, she thought this was a socially acceptable practice. Even after [[spoiler: she learns to act like a normal human being]], she still gets the urge to do so.
* ''DearS'' has an entire episode devoted to this, with the RunningGag being that everyone keeps asking if it's a mixed bathing house when people start running in the wrong rooms.

* One of the DVD extra picture dramas for ''Anime/CodeGeass: Lelouch of the Revolution'' features an entire skinship scene featuring naked Kallen, Milly, Nina and Shirley. Kallen was not amused. Fanboys ([[EvenTheGirlsWantHer and more than one fangirl]]) were.

* ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has the girls all groping [[spoiler: Naoto]].
* According to the [[AllThereInTheManual Sound Stages]], Hayate of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has a tendency to do this to the Wolkenritter. ''Including'' the overly serious Signum. ''Including'' the WeaponOfMassDestruction Reinforce. And she apparently does this to her subordinates when she grows up.

** In ''Anime/StrikerS'' episode 10, Subaru ([[MemeticMutation whom rainbows are]] [[LesYay straighter than]]) tries various means to wake Teana up and finally decides to try to do so by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUaufp2cXeg squeezing her breasts]]. In the supplemental manga, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_strikers_the_comics/c012/11.html Wendi does this to Deed]].

* This leads to the first (of many) NakedFirstImpression of the ''LoveHina'' manga: Before encountering anyone, Keitaro notices the hot springs and can't resist taking a dip. Naru comes a few minutes later, and attempts this on the scared Keitaro, mistaking him for Kitsune. Cue MegatonPunch when she notices her error.

* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' has several very odd examples: When Ranma (in girl form) is first introduced to the Tendos Nabiki pokes her breasts twice (much to Ranma's repressed annoyance): once to demonstrate that yes, she is indeed a girl and the second time just to reinforce the point. Later on towards the end of the manga Nabiki gropes Ranma ''again'' and confirms that girl-Ranma's breasts have indeed grown ''[[FanServicePack even larger]]'', in a scene many consider the biggest example of LesYay in the manga (which is normally [[UnfortunateImplications rather opposed to homosexuality]]).

* A recent chapter of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' features a girl who does this to total strangers more or less entirely for the pleasure of feeling other girls' breasts. She even rates them on a [presumably] 100-point scale, and provides detailed commentary vaguely reminiscent of someone doing a wine-tasting.

* ''MinamiKe'' has a variation in episode 6, when Haruka tries to help another character buy a bra. Oh, and she's unaware that the person she's groping [[WholesomeCrossdresser is a boy.]]

* In ''AxisPowersHetalia'', [[MoeAnthropomorphism Korea]] loves groping China and Japan's breasts. Even though all of them are male. Prussia also does this to Hungary, thinking that the latter's chest area is his weak spot after he complains of chest pains...only to find out that [[UnsettlingGenderReveal "he"]] is simply entering puberty.

* In an early chapter of ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Oh My Goddess!]]'', Urd chases Skuld with the intent of administering, in her own words, the "Big Sister Bust Size Check''.

* In ''ParadiseKiss'', when Yukari is in her underwear so Miwako can take her measurements, the latter happily exclaims "''aw, cute bra!''" and proceeds to poke her breasts.
* Rika did this, to her ([[AmbiguouslyGay most likely just]]) best friend Satoko, at least a few times in omakes, for the ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' manga. Did I mention they're both 9 year old girls? Though..Satoko is rather developed for her age.

* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'''s "HotSpringsEpisode". The boys are listening in as Melissa Mao starts rubbing ointment on [[TheDitz clumsy girl]] Tessa's cute naked butt. When Mao starts moving on to other places and Tessa is heard telling Mao not to "[[LesYay stare at me like that!]]'' cue immediate NoseBleed, even from experienced pervert Kurz Webber.

* ''OnePiece''. After the events of Alabasta, the crew is relaxing in the baths. On one side you have the men being dorks, and on the other you have Vivi washing Nami's back, who looks at her playfully, then asks to switch.
* ''HidamariSketch'', the [[http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4812/hidamarisketchx200908yu.jpg "Because We're Such Close Friends" strip]] (first half shown above): When Miyako and Yuno show Nori and Nazuna the bathhouse, Nori can't help but admire Miyako's size and asks permission to feel her up. Nazuna joins in; Yuno really wants to, as well, but backs down out of embarrassment, probably due to their experience of BathtubBonding.

* In ''{{K-On}}'', a [[BlindWithoutEm glassesless]] Sawako-sensei tries to differentiate between Mio and Azusa using their bust sizes and her own two hands. [[MegatonPunch It didn't go over]] [[CranialEruption too well]]. (Someone with more normal eyesight could tell that Azusa was more deeply tanned, and that they have [[TsurimeEyes different]] eyes.)

* Coming with the FuroScene territory in ''HighSchoolOfTheDead'', every female core cast member drunkenly exchanges gropes in or around the bath. Perhaps coincidentally, this was just one episode before the TokenMiniMoe was added to the group.

* In ''CodeBreaker'', the CloudCuckoolander Nenene likes to grope Sakura's breasts, even nicknames them "hii-tan" and "mii-tan", which obviously comes from the Japanese words ''hidari'' for "left" and ''migi'' for "right", coupled with the [[JapaneseHonorifics affectionate suffix "-tan"]].

* ''PandoraHearts'': In the 9th omake there's a picture of Lotti groping a blushing Ada's breasts.

* ''Webcomic/BustyGirlComics'' once [[http://bustygirlcomics.com/post/21982833730/and-still-not-yours did a strip about how groping other women (be they friends or strangers) is totally not on]] because of how irritating and creepy it is, and that the excuse of "What? It's not weird! I have boobs too!" doesn't work (since the boobs you've just groped aren't yours).

* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''s "HotSpringsEpisode". The boys are listening in as Melissa Mao starts rubbing ointment on [[TheDitz clumsy girl]] Tessa's cute naked butt. When Mao starts moving on to other places and Tessa is heard telling Mao not to "[[LesYay stare at me like that!]]'' cue immediate NoseBleed, even from experienced pervert Kurz Webber.