Thread:Ixbran/@comment-1672596-20161223113734/@comment-1672596-20161223153214

Ixbran wrote: Calling her 18 is just a copt out, same with MArie Rose. They could draw a character whos physically 6 or 7 but then they can come up with some made up disease claiming shes 20 and people would buy it

I do not buy that Honoka or Marie are 18, and if they are, its just barely. At least with MArie Rose her inclusion in Musou stars offers a chance at a unique take on a graple style character thats fast and agile. Honoka? Shes just a mimic character whos main reason for existing is 'the developers wanting an actual school girl character over someone who just wears school girl uniforms'. There are so many other uniquely designed characters from the DoA series who could have been better suited, however because of the games cast being limited to whats popular 'in japan' and Marie and Honoka are popular 'in japan' thats why they got in. Marie at least offers something unique, Again Honoka is just your standard mimic character seen in all fighting games, just as a high school girl. I don't like her being in Musou stars, really thats my only issue with her, up till now I was just indifferent to her. But after her announcement I realy wish they had gone with someone who would be more deserving, like Hayate, Tengu, or even Genra.

Also EW thats just nasty I did not want to know there were men out there who sexualized May from Pokemon, why would you put that mental image in someones brain?! You know, the Japanese developers could have just as easily, I don't know, give her and Marie Rose the exact same treatment as what they gave Kasumi, Ayane, Kokoro, and Eliot in all pre-DOA5 games (ie, have their true, underage ages listed in Japan, and outside Japan, either list their ages as unknown, or otherwise keep 18 years old for releases outside Japan, while the Japanese games gave the real age.).

And anyways, yeah, they really shouldn't have included Honoka or Marie Rose in Musou. If they needed representation for the DOA franchise in that game, they could have at least used Kasumi, since she's the literal face of the franchise.

And the reason I brought that bit up regarding May is because the guys in charge of Pokémon had absolutely no shame in doing that, and even made that much clear. And May wasn't even the only underage girl they explicitly sexualized. They did the same with Dawn (in fact, at the time Hidaka had that interview where he made this explicit, Dawn had just joined the main cast), and they did something similar with Serena with XY, which aired around the time DOA5 came out, maybe DOA5U (and bear in mind, all three of those girls were explicitly 10 years old).

You can read that particular bombshell here: http://pokebeach.com/2008/07/second-pokemon-interview-with-masamitsu-hidaka-many-interesting-points

And in particular:

"So then I said, “Why can’t you just ditch Brock, have Ash, have Misty, and then bring in a new boy? That would be switching up things instead of having a new girl.” His following answers made me laugh my head off I had to pick it up off the floor and reattach it. He stated that they like to switch up the girls because it gives the boys some new eye candy every once in a while. He also said girls are more customizable and you can change their outfits, like when they are in their bathing suits (yes, he specifically said that). He also said Ken Sugimori designs a new girl with each generation and that gives them another excuse to switch the girl, though I reminded him that there is also a new boy with each generation too, and it wouldn’t hurt to use them."

Yeah, you can probably get a good idea how much of a scumbag Hidaka was in reality from those comments. Not even the Dead or Alive creators right now are THAT degenerate.