y'know, it's funny how i get along with yoko taro far more than i do hideo kojima as far as 'video game authors with extended complex stories to tell' goes
mostly because kojima told us "no no there's important story reasons why she's in a bikini! when i tell you, you will be ASHAMED of your WORDS and DEEDS"
meanwhile yoko taro is just "yeah it's because i want her to step on me and she looks really sexy. next question"
(and even then, it's funny, because i feel like they do the opposite. kojima promised a big important story, and then delivered a collapsed souffle of Uhhh Nanomachines I Guess. taro tells a compelling story that treats the women in his stories as actual whole complete people, often with far more agency than anyone else there, and keeps the fanservice around to intentionally subvert the expectation and games standard of "oh this is the t&a character, she just looks pretty".)
