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Did you like the size of eyes on female characters in the show?
Oct 30, 2019 9:02 AM
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I was once talking about anime art styles with one of my friends and he mentioned that the size of the eyes on female characters turned him off the show.

So now I wanted to make this thread to discuss it with the MAL community
Oct 31, 2019 8:01 PM
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I know people who don't like the artstyle, but I find it OK.
Nov 1, 2019 2:49 AM
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Aldnox said:
I know people who don't like the artstyle, but I find it OK.



I myself like the art style and don't see the problem with the art style with female characters when we only really have 2
Nov 8, 2019 9:53 AM
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I hated it. Honestly the worst part is how Tanya's eyebrows go around nearly her entire eyes.

That said, I got over it after a couple episodes. I mean I still strongly dislike it, but I was able to ignore it for the most part.
Nov 17, 2019 5:16 PM
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meh doesn't bother me
Nov 21, 2019 11:09 AM
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To be honest I was slightly bothered by Tanya's eye brows.
Nov 21, 2019 11:10 AM
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no but i do laugh at the fact that the reason behind the design was to prevent people from making lewds of it.

clearly they don't understand the power of rule 34 artists.
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Dec 10, 2019 1:30 PM
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The artstyle was great to me. The eyes were not a problem at all. In fact I liked their design: big, shiny and cute. They added a lot of charm and cuteness to female characters. :)
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Jan 13, 2020 3:08 PM
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mmosimca said:
Honestly the worst part is how Tanya's eyebrows go around nearly her entire eyes.

Do you mean eyelashes? Cause that’s her eyelashes going around her eyes. Her eyebrows are only above her eyes.
Apr 18, 2020 8:34 AM

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Yes, it was one of the reason why I didn't watch this anime when it aired. It gives the impression that the female characters are going to be annoying, especially considering that the set-up of the anime looks more serious. Characters being drawn like this is one of the signs it will be the "cute little girls trying to look dangerous and failing" type of anime. If you look at the cover of the novel, it gives you a completely different impression.
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Apr 18, 2020 11:20 AM

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I actually didn't mind it in this anime.

The only giant eyes I can't stand are the ones from clannad. Characters literally look like emotionless aliens. I dropped the series halfway through the episode 1 many times because of this.
Apr 24, 2020 4:44 PM
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No because the anime is about war not cute loli girls lol... so i guess it's a part of the show and it was most likely done on purpose.. and i like Tanya's eyes actually c:
May 3, 2020 1:24 PM
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I don't mind them at all. If anything, it's refreshing to see different art styles than seeing the same old photocopied waifus.
May 26, 2020 6:02 PM

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No, it was a shock the first 2 episodes but i got used to it, at least the characters look different from other shows
May 26, 2020 6:44 PM

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Tanya's eyes are pretty much the best thing about this show.
Aug 11, 2020 1:06 AM
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If you think these eyes are big then go watch Air, Kanon and Clannad. These are tiny in comparison πŸ˜…
Aug 18, 2020 1:51 AM

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I doesn't prevent me from watching the show, but this design bothers me, not only when it comes to the eyes but the mouth as well.
And looking at the novel's covers just makes me dislike the show's design all the more. Novel Tanya has a very juvenile, almost angelic face, while at the same time being truly scary, and that's actually the contrast between this angelic face and those psychotic facial expressions that make her scary, she's a monster in a child's body and it shows.
In the show, she doesn't at all give me the same impression because she doesn't even look like a little girl but like a cartoony baby, and a cartoony baby's face is much less effective than an actual kid's one. I'm actually incapable of taking Show Tanya seriously. I haven't read the novels so I don't know how she is there but in the show, and that's mostly due to her design, she just seems comical to me, not scary. (Though I must admit I'm only at episode 4, maybe it'll change.)
And it looks like the show itself knows that her design doesn't make her scary in any way, so all it is able to do to fix that is rely on psychotic smirks literally all the time. But even that doesn't make her scary when it happens for the 10th time in a row.
So yeah, this design is bothering me, however it's only Tanya's that I truly dislike. I'm really not fond of Viktoriya's, but at least it kind of fits her character anyway.
Aug 24, 2020 11:39 AM

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Not at all I really enjoy their design, especially Tanya's
Aug 27, 2020 3:52 AM
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Anime characters have big eyes. News at 11.

Ok, seriously though, the cartoony style in which Tanya and Serebryakova are drawn wasn't what I was expecting at first given the grim subject matter of the series, but I got over it quickly. Considering that the show is more of a dark comedy than a drama, I think the cartoony look ends up working in the show's favor, as it helps ease the transition between the darker parts of the show and the comic relief.

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