Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-15 03:55:53 UTC
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@mushi If fanservice is a representation of the male gaze, Monogatari is a representation of the different gazes of its respective characters. The series itself is not just about sexuality, but also our perspective on it as people. Don’t believe me? We can even take that famous toothbrush scene as an example. In that scene, Karen (the female character) is wearing clothes far outside of her normal attire with the intent of deliberately messing with Araragi (the male character). While normally more gender-neutral, her clothing in that scene is an intentional show of vulnerability. This is accentuated even more in the way the camera spends lots of time panning down. The whole episode is really revolving around a joke that “brushing teeth shouldn’t be this sexy”, and is in itself sort of a satire on the nature of fanservice. But it’s one step further too; it’s also a meditation on intimacy.
