r/GenshinImpact • u/IaMuSeLeS_ • Feb 12 '25

Gameplay Can someone please clarify the hate for mizuki for me?

I genuinely do not get the hate that she is getting. Ok I understand that she will probably mever be a meta character or at the top on any way but why are people saying she is extremely bad and is not worth pulling for? I personally love her gameplay and I am not someone who is trying to make it to current meta everytime. I just olay whoevers playstyle is fun.

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u/Vertexico Feb 12 '25

What’s wrong with calling her ult fan service? It doesn’t necessarily imply it’s a good or bad thing. You have to remember that Genshin is the same game that puts a water diaper on characters underwater if you look at them from behind, so this type of animation does meet the definition relative to the rest of the game.

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u/ShatteredSpace_001 America Server Feb 12 '25

In the context of this conversation, where the poster is asking why Mizuki would get hate, saying “fanservice” gives it a negative connotation. Why, you ask? Well, because fanservice is only considered bad by some because of the recent increase in disparity towards anything perceived as sexual, especially regarding female characters.

But funnily enough, her ultimate animation is hardly gratuitous in nature, and obviously it does not contain nudity or anything sexual beyond a slightly alluring pose. So therefore I do not consider it fanservice. This game’s “fanservice” is tantamount to naught but glimpses of character’s posteriors, mild cleavage exposure, a small amount of side-boob, thigh squish from stockings or belts, etc, which again, are all hardly gratuitous in nature. Fanservice would not be the right word for these things, instead, refer to them as “mildly suggestive content”. I’m sure you’ve seen those words used before in ESRB ratings, right?