BlBlood_Diver_A
July 27, 2019
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[A Forest of Tights] Tights. According to Merriam-Webster, tights are “a skintight garment covering the body from the neck down or from the waist down”. In this particular anime, we will refer to them as a skintight garment from the waist down. Denier. According to Merriam-Webster, denier is “a unit of fineness for yarn equal to the fineness of a yarn weighing one gram for each 9000 meters”. In other words, a material with low denier tends to be sheer, smooth, and silky, whereas a material with high denier tends to be thick, durable, and sturdy. For example, a 30 denier tight (sheer) is finer and andsmoother than a 60 denier tight (opaque), which is thicker and sturdier.
Now, why do we need to know these definitions?
There are two reasons why I listed them: 1) this entire anime revolves around tights and deniers, so it's important to have some information about it, and 2) it helps to differentiate amongst of our main characters. For example, Yua Nakabeni wears 30 denier tights, Ren Aikawa wears 60 denier tights, and Homi Moegi wears 110 denier tights; when one notices Yua's tights it will be more transparent and smoother looking than Homi's tights, which are darker and thicker. A pretty important distinction.
Anyway, if you have a fetish for feet, thighs, or tights, then you will enjoy this show, as there are many scenes and camera shots focusing exclusively on these parts.
STORY:
It's clear from the beginning that the main focus of this show is on tights, feet, and thighs. In fact, the first few scenes involves Yua bending her knees, with the camera zoomed in on her tights and thighs, and taking a picture of a puddle of water, and as she begins to leave, the camera is still focused on her tights. This simple scene highlights what we, as the viewers, can expect from this show. Many, many tights and thighs scenes!
Miru Tights has no story, rather it's a collection of “slice of life” events from three highschoolers' and a teachers' perspective. There will be many normal and mundane life events, such as rain drenching one's clothes, working at a part-time job, receiving punishments, and dealing with ripped clothes. And, yet somehow in every single episode, Miru Tights is able to squeeze in many sensual or suggestive scenes, usually involving tights or thighs. For example, Yua likes to cosplay while showing off lots skin, Homi sleeps in her swimsuit with tights on, the teacher makes sexual advances on a young boy, an interesting foot 'massage' takes place in the classroom, and we get to watch the point of view of cat. Overall, the story is nonexistent, however its fanservice scenes of tights, thighs, and feet is plentiful and well-intended.
SOUND:
The opening song features no lyrics or vocals, but piano music that plays soft-sounding notes, and in the background, there are stunning walking animations of highschool girls wearing tights as its main camera shot. The ending song entitled "True Days" is your typical J-Pop, and like its opening intro, this outro also features many scenes of our main characters' tights, foots, and thighs from various camera angles and shots. Moreover, there are three versions of this ending song, i.e., the voice actresses will sing their characters' solo version of it during episodes when their character is the primary focus.
The voice acting is pretty good. It should be noted that any sensual or suggestive scenes were vastly improved by the voice actresses' quiet, soft-spoken, and, occasion, flirtatious-sounding voices. The background sounds features many effects that emphasize on tights and the characters that wear them, for example, tights tearing apart, tights stretching and being pulled towards the waist, water dripping from the rain and clothes, and many others. Overall, the sound design for Miru Tights is excellent.
ART/ANIMATION:
Miru Tights is a beautifully animated show. Whether there is a fast and slow moving camera shots, the scene will not lose a single frame, and the character/object animations move a with crisp and fluid motion. The scenes where the movement animations and camera shots are slowed down are amazing; these scenes are intentionally slowed down to emphasize the fanservice, such as 1) the girls slowly putting on their tights displaying their bare legs and underwear, 2) flowing skirts that reveal their tight covered bottoms, and 3) random leg and feet movements covered by their tights.
It should be obvious from the first few seconds, but you're going to watch many scenes of tights, thighs, and feet from various camera shots and angels. The zoomed in shots of these parts only reinforces the notion that tights, thighs, and feet are the main focus of this show. It also helps that the art is very polished and detailed, most noticeably when featuring those prominent parts. Overall, the art and animations are outstanding, especially when it comes to the level of detail for our main characters' legs and feet.
CHARACTERS:
While the show does provide much screen time for our main characters, there is surprisingly little to no character development, personality, or memorability. The characters are cute, pretty, and beautiful to watch on screen, however their only real purpose is to act as a vehicle to show-off their tights, thighs, and feet. Every main character in this anime wears tights and is either a 2nd year highschool student or a teacher.
Yua Nakabeni is a 2nd year student with dark blue, long hair and wears 30 denier tights (sheer). She has a twitter account where she posts cosplay images of herself, e.g. maid outfit, nurse, bunny suit, and school uniform, and also likes to flirt with Ren Aikawa.
Ren Aikawa is also a 2nd year student with light brown, shoulder-length hair, and wears 60 denier tights (opaque). She works at Berry Cafe as a waitress.
Homi Moegi is also a 2nd year student with black, short hair, and wears 110 denier tights (thick). She is a rich girl (as noted by the personal driver in episode 1), is part of the swim team, and has a younger brother.
And finally, Yuiko Okuzumi is a 27-year old homeroom teacher for the three main characters. She has brown, long hair, and wears glasses and 20 denier tights (sheer). It's hinted that she likes to make sexual advances on naive and innocent highschool boys.
ENJOYMENT:
I expected to watch a show about tights and I got what I expected: tights, tights, and more tights. I was not disappointed. I enjoyed every moment of this show, and I hope that Japan will create a second season.
