Is it permissible to watch Japanese animated series (anime) if one lowers their gaze when images of immodestly dressed women appear, and the music is muted, knowing that the series does not contain fully explicit or nude images, but rather clothing that sometimes reveals shoulders and legs, and rarely the abdomen?
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If you mute the music, there is no impediment to watching animated series, unless a significant harm results from it. As for the images present in animated series, they are not to be equated with real images.
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