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I noticed that commonly now in anime that mostly female characters' clothes
are being torn especially in fight scenes.

I googled and found this to be called [Clothing
Damage](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage), and here
are a list of [examples](http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/Clothing_Damage)
from anime and manga from which I remember in [_High School
DxD_](http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/High_School_DxD) where the main
protagonist Issei uses a technique called Dress Break _to make his female
enemies lose the will to fight_. Also found in [_Dog
Days_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days_\(anime\)) and
[_Freezing_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_\(manga\)).

Even JRPG games such as [_Doki Doki Majo
Shinpan!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Majo_Shinpan!) and its
sequel, [_Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! 2
Duo_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Majo_Shinpan_2_Duo) has this.

Who started this trope? Is it somewhat related to the origin of the [tentacles
trope](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/818/) in anime?


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Where did the anime trope of "clothing damage"/"clothes being torn" originate?


The most likely culprit is [Go Nagai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Nagai),
the father of Ecchi fan service. You can probably trace it down to as early as
["Shameless School"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harenchi_Gakuen), which
often had female characters "losing" their clothes:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fLge.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fLge.jpg)

But the actual tearing off of clothes may have first been in [Mazinger
Z](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MazingerZ)'s manga (circa
1972), linked from the very [article in the
question](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage):

>   * It happens to Sayaka Yumi in the original manga sometimes (too many
> times for her liking). Given that it was created by Go Nagai, the man who
> introduced Fanservice in anime, it is not surprising.
>   * In one chapter, several female robots with blades replacing her arms
> sliced her dress to ribbons, without actually cutting her flesh or
> underwear.
>   * Great Mazinger: Jun Hono suffered from this more often than Sayaka (much
> to her disliking).
>   * It also happens to Boss in Mazinkaiser, when the Gamia Q sisters attempt
> to assassinate him, thinking he's Kouji. His school uniform and his boxers
> are torn to ribbons by their hair.
>

Doesn't end there, by [Cutie
Honey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cutie_Honey), he's gotten quite good
at it:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/000Ed.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/000Ed.jpg)


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