As a kid I assumed no one knew how old these two were because they were mysterious ninjas, but it turns out Tecmo just redacted their ages in the English translation for obvious reasons. It’s funny they went with this route instead of just bumping both characters up to 18 years old. I guess Tomonobu Itagaki refused to tamper with the sanctity of his precious DOA canon michael-laugh

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I’m sad to report the PS2 version of DOA2 seems to be one of those early PS2 games that’s interlaced to hell and back and will look like a jagged mess no matter how much you upscale it in PCSX2 ooooooooooooooh

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      As far as I know, shonen anime main characters aren’t typically sexually objectified as a primary marketing gimmick.

      EDIT: Seems that apparently they often are. I didn’t know; haven’t seen enough of them.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        My friend, what are you talking about? Have you seen the main female characters in shonen anime? Almost all of them are significantly sexually objectified. My Hero, Fairy Tale, One Piece, you name it.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          2 months ago

          Have you seen the main female characters in shonen anime? Almost all of them are significantly sexually objectified. My Hero, Fairy Tale, One Piece, you name it.

          Apparently not nearly as many as I should have. Not really my jam overall, so I didn’t know.