Not to mention the visible ribs! Wow.

....riiight

Goodness lol

ummm...

the baby is cute....

Do you know /anything/ about pregnancy? The arched back and erect nipples are part of the package. It's not exaggerated, it looks entirely normal (and astoundingly realistic for anime) for a mother that far along with that small of a body-frame.

;_; Wish I looked like that.

I don't think that looks normal.

Ummm, yeah, about that...

how alsome

Perky. And 12.

She looks like she is feeling pretty sexy for a woman with one leg and half a womb.

wow this is really graphic. Makes you think. What is up with Japan these days?

and that japanese girls rarely have DD breasts...

the nipples look pretty painful

the back arch- maybe not... as for exaggerated nipples? well youhave to remember that not everone has teeeny tiny ones... hers actually look about like mine so i really dont think there's anything wrong with it.

What really disturbs me is how young she looks!

I have spent time working in Japan. Exaggerated breast size and eye size is typical of Japanese manga characters. Manga is frequently used in education because although Japanese are highly literate, they just plain like this style so it works. You can see many Japanese of all ages reading manga (comic books) on the train in Japan.
Given the number of very young girls in Japan selling their services to older gentlemen in order to support their wardrobe tastes, while the illustration copy does appear to be straight forward information (directed at young viewers) it should also serve as a warning to reconsider the risks.

Yeah this is just....yeah....

i dont know why y ou're all so freaked out by this.

it's OKAY to draw nudes, she's not having any sexual intercourse, so i really don't see how this is 'graphic'.

we were born naked.
women (who dont have fertility problems) are all meant to become pregnant.
yes, japanese women are small framed women. i LIVE in japan so i see women with this type of figure all the time. in fact, annorexia is encouraged in japan...it's simply a part of their lifestyle and nothing to be freaked out about.
japanese people don't slouch as much as americans, and considering the fact that she is trying to show off her womb, the fact that she's arching her back isn't so abnormal, especially since her arms are raised.

yes, some women are born with big nipples.
no, japanese girls typically don't have big breasts like the character in this picture, but like a previous commenter said exagerrated eyes and breasts are common in japanese manga, those are both more caucasian characteristics and the japanese envy us for those characteristics. in fact going through japanese shops, i sometimes run into creams, or other strange things that claim to make eyes more round and large.

And hey - plenty of men are attracted to pregnant women. Y'know...fertility and all. Maybe it's finally good to see someone portray a pregnant woman the way they see them: sex-ay.

I know I didn't look like that when I was pregnant with my son, and I have a small frame. I just looked like I had hidden a large watermelon under my shirt.

jimmalou, your idea of small frame is obviously different from mine...

I read a lot of manga and watch a lot of anime so it's normal for me to see this kind of stuff. and i agree with itsdifferent4girl and jenniferellen it is common to see in most anime and manga.

OMG........

friend

huh pornograpik,,,^^

Well anime is the more graphic of the 2 and more revealing. Manga is well more cleaner then anime more covered up I mean.They do show a lot of revealing stuff but it is not that commonly found in Manga. Since I have friend(s) in japan and and friends that are asian and chinese and japanese I know a lot about this subject. well the best way to illistrate the fertility of women in a picture form would perhapse be anime or manga either one would serfice to it.