Fanservice is fun. The feminine form (both woman and femboy) is gorgeous and natural and dare I say divine. There's your TIL.
Let's honest with ourselves: A lot of anime uses bad fanservice as a crutch which only makes an already bad anime worse or distracts from what would have been a good anime if they didn't go out of their way to make the fanservice trash.
Let's be further honest: A lot of media in general is sexist as hell whether it's horny or not.
I want a shamelessly horny anime or manga where the fanservice is either weaved intricately into the characters to the point it's just a natural extension of their behaviour (like, say, Senran Kagura or something. Who remembers that game?) or elevated to being thematically relevant outright in a tasteful fashion (A la Kill la Kill)
What I would consider broadly Bad fanservice is rather run of the mill. A strong-hearted girl suddenly turning into a blushing mess at the slightest hint of skin; a fragile one being utterly humiliated; otherwise solid relationships being soured by a character being a leering pervert and the other being clearly distressed by it one minute then "Oh you!" the next; a feminine-leaning guy or proud girl being treated as shamed and lessered by being forced to wear a maid outfit or the like, etc. I want them to be at worst apathetic in the same way we're apathetic about breathing. And if a character's personality is just "The Cast Whore" that's also bad fanservice. Anything that consistently treats sexuality as tE butt of a joke is off the table.
I want that as a cherry on top of an otherwise solid fantasy with likeable, colourful characters.
Any other aspect of it can be broad; it can be noblebright, it can be grimdark; it can be an action, slice of life, romance, whatever; it can be focused on magic systems, it can be focused on political intrigue, it can be focused on ecological worldbuilding; I'd prefer it not be a power fantasy isekai where a blank self insert gets bitches for no reason, I'd rather said bitches be the main cast (bonus points if some of said bitches are femboys like myself, we all want heroes that look like us.)
Hell, I WANT a fantasy specifically, but I'll give anything a shot so long as it has a respect for its characters as characters and not plot devices, and an adoration for the feminine form. I just PREFER fantasy when it comes to the massive genres.
I just want a show or comic that recognizes how to be shameless without being sexist.
I'm at peace with those who are sex-negative who are going to call me a gooner, and those who are sex-positive/neutral but believe I'm expecting a lot by wanting sex-positive media to actually respect their fanservice sources. I don't think treating the beauty of the human form with respect is asking too much.
I'm having trouble remembering off the top of my head examples of what I want that I've already watched, but I can just edit it later as I'm reminded:
- Kill la Kill (The peak of "Elevated" Fanservice that I've seen thus far)
- Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Relatively light on fanservice, but that which existed was diagetic and very in your face)
- Gunsmith Cats (Sidenote: Kenichi Sonoda really is the platonic ideal of 90s Anime artstyle, isn't he?)