Censor Steam: Difference between revisions

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The use of strategically placed steam or smoke to censor the "naughty bits". Used most often in [[Anime]], but also in [[Western Animation]]. Its use in [[Live Action TV|Live Action]] is rarer, as real smoke is hard to control, and is often transparent. Most recently, [[Censor Steam]] can also be seen in the form of glimmering rays of light, or black shadows.

Coined from the preferred censorship tactic of the [[Fan Service]] anime ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'', which often obscured entire scenes until the second season premiered on another network.

 

 

A similar phenomenon is noted in more recent U.S. superhero comics, and is most strongly associated with the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] character Storm.

 

Another related trope, in which the naughty bits simply aren't drawn at all, is [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]].

 

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