Otoko no Ko wa Meido Fuku ga Osuki (input needed)

... Quite.

Now, I couldn't care less about whether or not this work panders to those with a crossdresser fetish; is this work pedo-pandering, or not?

This...sounds silly but not cutworthy, really. Unless we';re missing something...?

Currently reading through it. As far as I can tell, the only pandering going on is related to the Otokonoko Genre fans, there's no pedo-pandering. The character design is the generic 'androgynous cute' that doesn't really have any relation to the age of the characters, and nothing in the in the dialogue emphasizes, or even really suggests, youngness of the characters. So it doesn't seem to really be suggesting or presenting the characters being children, and ergo isn't pandering to pedos.

EDIT: Finished reading through the seven chapters I could find, above still stands in my eyes.

edited 4th Jun '12 5:21:34 PM by SilverFayte

Thanks, lebrel. I must've missed that pothole earlier.

Anyway, now that I've had some sleep and enough alcohol to reboot my brain, I'm going with can't figure out what age these guys are, Weird Japanese Thing, Borderline, now excuse me while I go reassert my masculinity by punching a bear, BZZT- *We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties*

Seriously, though: Borderline - Restore but Curate if needed for me - while it's clear that its aimed at a completely different audience than the one that 5P is considering, the fact remains that you have 4 teenage boys of indeterminate actual age being put in very skimpy outfits with frequent Panty Shots.

edited 4th Jun '12 6:36:58 PM by Pyrite

Over 14 or under?

Think there was a mention of highschool for at least one of the boys, but nothing was ever completely specified.

edited 4th Jun '12 8:39:24 PM by Raidouthe21st

This is the part that worries me, really.

Does it really matter whether the fanservice is of guys or girls, though?

Far as I can tell, it's a question of whether (a) it's fanservice, and (b) it's of little kids. Now, I don't have an answer to that (havenae checked out the show, don't really plan to) but those are the only two critera, right?

Well, the fanservice part is pretty clear, but it would have to be up to porn levels to matter unless we think it's pedo pandering.

I do have to say in what little of it I managed to sit through, it was more I See London, than a Panty Shot. They seemed to be done for comedic effect.

Bump to move locked threads to the bottom...of the list.

Does anything more need to said here, or can this be voted on and wrapped up?

Well, we still need to put Willbyr into that maid outfit I bought him for the occasion...

... Before we do something that just might send Komo to the loony bin, let me just say that I gave it an angelhead; it's weird, but it isn't a porno.

But it would be just adorable! Even if I have to catch him first...

*...*

Dear God, what have I become?

Poor Willbyr. This is what he gets for being one of the most quiet ones.

Exactly! Now hold him down while I tie the apron on!

ignore this post

edited 17th Jun '12 4:24:38 PM by Raidouthe21st

Anything else here? This has two angels.

No more chapters since latest review, so no more material besides what's been commented on. I think it's about done.

Er... my apologies, I thought that I had already voted on this series, but apparently I hadn't. I'm not sure how long this has been sitting waiting for a third vote because of that.

This will be the third angel. Could we get a look at the page text to see if it needs cleaning before the restore goes through?

A quick scan doesn't reveal anything bad, but here's the full text:

The main cast.

->The rumored cafe in town named “Cherry Girls” ->4 maids work there, but they are actually the owner’s sons. ->There’s no way such cute girls could be guys, you say? ->No wait, there’s no way such cute girls could even exist! ->—Translated Introduction

Cherry Girls is the creation of Hobby Channel (Hobby Japan’s hobby blog/news site. They are also the creators of Queens Blade). It’s a short story series (mostly text with a few illustrations) that was announced back in early April 2008 and once a week since then have been updating their site, introducing each of the four maids/brothers and prefacing the main story with a prologue. Has a general Slice of Life plot; WITH TRAPS!

Yes, meet the four trap-brothers:

• Nao: The beautiful eldest brother who is loved by both his brothers and everyone else.
• Yuki: The second eldest brother and tsundere who are dragged into it against his will.
• Tomo: The third eldest brother who make the dresses and teasing Yuki inbetween.
• Rio: The youngest brother and a lively boy who really like to acting like a girl.

Has also received a manga adaptation based on the original stories.

An example of Otokonoko Genre.

Compare Otome Wa Boku Ni Koishiteru. Contrast Hokuto No Ken.

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The series provides examples of:

• Badass Adorable: Yuki.
• Bifauxnen: Possibly the main cast's cousin Shizuka.
• Bishōnen: Everyone that you get to visually see that isn't female.
• Cheerful Child: Rio.
• Cosplay Otaku Girl: Tomo, although he is a boy.
• Cute Shotaro Boy: Rio.
• Dragged into Drag: Yuki.
• Four-Girl Ensemble: Although these "girls" are actually cross-dressing boys.
• Freud Was Right: Many things Rio does innocently tend to be... sexualized.
• Hair Antennae: Yuki.
• Hot for Teacher: Rio has a crush on his sensei.
• Ho Yay: Lots. Quite of bit of it happens between the brothers.
• Gain Axing: Not used for obvious reasons, but discussed by Tomo.

—> Tomo: What they call ‘swinging boobs’ are found in anime quite a lot... It's what they call a performance.
Rio: Tomo-Nii, you know some weird stuff!

• Onee-sama: Nao, the oldest of the four brothers and loved by the others.
• Panty Shot: Subverted. These are boys.
• Slice of Life
• Shout-Out: To Strike Witches no less. In this◊ chapter Rio cosplays as Yoshika when trying on panties.

—> Tomo: A new challenger has appeared.

• Supreme Chef: Yuki.
• Too Kinky to Torture: Some of the costumers just love to have Yuki stepping on them and beating the crap out of them.
• Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Of course.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: The four main characters.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Again, Nao.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Yuki, and some other minor characters.

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edited 30th Jun '12 1:16:02 PM by lu127

... The people in that image are guys?!

Apparently.

They look girlier than me!

Apparently this is a thing.