Hot Springs Episode: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Kamina''': Simon look! It's a hot spring! Ohh...Ohh, a hot spring! A veritable smorgasbord of everything a man's heart truly desires and craves! A building that's sole function is to accommodate to a man's passion, fiery spirit and raging soul!

'''Simon''': Uh, Bro, what are you talking about?

 

The cast finds a reason to spend an episode at an ''onsen'' [温泉], literally "hot spring" (which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what it is]]) -- a popular type of Japanese resort/attraction similar to [[Skinship Grope|communal bathing]]. It's the Japanese equivalent of a European spa town. Naturally this provides an excusable opportunity for [[Fan Service]] if a show is so inclined, although some shows aimed at younger kids will use [[Modesty Towel|toweled characters]]. Some series that aren't geared towards younger viewers will broadcast with towels, but remove them from the DVD version as an incentive to buy the DVDs.

 

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* Done rather well in ''[[Gunbuster]]'' with some rather...brash detail to the girls

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': In chapter 8 of the original manga, Kouji and his friends spending a while on a hot springs resort in a mountain. That episode was noteworthy because Mazinger-Z did not show up and it had a very funny Kouji/Sayaka moment in the hot springs (with a double [[Luminescent Blush]] included).

* ''[[Koibana Onsen]]'' is about three sisters running an onsen. Twice, they take a vacation to visit an .... onsen!

 

* [[One Piece: Parallel Works]] had Yuki-Rin, Kazuma, Heathcliffe, and Aki going to one during the Five Days of Fun Arc. It didn't really have any [[Fan Service]], but Heathcliffe's backstory and Yuki-Rin's {{spoiler|amnesia}} were discussed among the Capricorns.