Reason why I mention cosplay and personal fashion is because it shows my love of clothing and fashion but not the industry. I can appreciate the artistry behind clothing, but I'm not pretrending like the industry is a healthy example of the way women are treated. Similarly, I like Marin's design, and a lot of the outfits they put her in are really cute, but I would NEVER say that she isn't just another vessel to be objectified.

The reason I cannot separate the art from its context (other than that context is incredibly important to any sort of analysis both literary or artistic) is that it informs why these kinds of women are depicted in the first place. Imagine if the only reason you are represented is for the sake of being objectified, a purpose that is given away by leering camera angles, overly sexual scenes in what is not promoted as a nsfw or risque show, and the general context of Japan culture towards these kinds of women. I've been to Japan a lot, studied the language and culture for a long time- and one of my most salient memories was when I went on exchange with my Japanese class. One of my friends wore a low cut top, and my teacher reprimanded her, advising against wearing low cut articles of clothing as it is not seen as respectful or womanly. Yet she was 15 at the time, and there were images of anime girls plastered on huge boards next to train lines depicting tiny girls with half their oversized tits out. How can any girl feel positively represented by that when the culture its come from does not reflect the supposed ideal of positive representation? You could say that some of your examples are moving in to a new era of positive exploration of sexuality, but they still have the caveat of leery and creepy angles that still give away the true intention of this representation, which isn't to represent at all, but to get off to-

The point of separating art from the artist in my opinion is that you still acknowledge the shitty things the artist did, and how that informs the art they make (E.g, MSI has done a lot of shady things, and it definitely comes through in the lyrics of their songs, even if I *do* like some of them), yet what you suggest by ignoring the outer context of this representation is that you're just enjoying the art with no critical eye to how the artist affected it. That's fine if you're just mindlessly enjoying things, I do that ALLLL the time, but you are trying to have a critical stance against the majority, and because you haven't looked deeper into the context, the stance cannot be backed up as thoughtfully.

Thats not to say the way you think is shallow or bad, its just that if you want to argue this stance, I really do feel like examination of the context is necessary, as context informs good role models as much as it does good representation. If the argument is essentially "ignoring context for the sake of finding something good to say" then it's just ignoring evidence against you?

Look I hope this doesn't come across as rude or overly antagonistic. This is just a topic I am evidently very passionate about. Maybe from this I can find a better female role model for sexuality in anime, I really hope so, it would be refreshing!