“The Pose” is simple. You have an artist who wants to draw a girl to be a bit enticing but he is not sure what part of the anatomy a majority of his readers enjoy. Are they attracted to a nice set of breasts or do they prefer a well formed posterior? If you draw the girl from the front you can have a detailed look at the beauty of the hills but the bottom is hidden from sight. On the other hand if you look from the back the rump is on fill display but the top is harder to see in its full glory. So the artist uses his trump card contained within “The Pose” by drawing a girl as is she were the most dedicated discus thrower on the planet. You can’t just be looking over your shoulder. That is not fully doing “the Pose.” When engaged in “The Pose” the character is turning around to look behind them enough that both breasts are fully visible which as far as I can tell would a decent amount of flexibility in real life. It seems rather uncomfortable to me especially if you were to try an maintain the position for any reasonable amount of time.
Yes, I just talked about a silly fan service pose for a whole post. But it is such an odd phenomenon that I have to wonder if it has a name. I am not an artist nor have I taken art classes so if this pose has a name I would be curious to know what it is. If it does not have a name we as a community should give it one. As nerds obsessed with nomenclature in general it seems our sacred duty.
Reverse Thieves 
As someone who enjoys boobs, I applaud this post.
One more reminder that I need to start frequenting YKTTW again.
Ooh, I’ve got a name: “Twisted Service.”
Nice. Let see if we can make that a meme.
– Hisui
That looks rather uncomfortable. Stocking in particular looks like her spine has to have been removed.
Also the obvious answer is two drawings of each girl, one from a front angle and one from a back angle. Duh.
Sometimes space in a manga or anime only allows for one shot becuase they have to move onto “plot.” (Most shows that use “The Pose” are hardly plot intensive.)
Or sometimes with fan art you only have one chance to make a first impression. ;)
– Hisui
Actually that pose is fairly comfortable as long as you maintain a daily regiment of light stretching and exercise. I can do it pretty well although there is probably no one out there that wants to look at my butt.
I am sure that Russian gymnasts and the Blue Gunner can do that pose but most people cannot. ;)
– Hisui
I actually associate this pose a lot more with American superhero comics and their portrayal of women than I do anime, possibly because The Pose is aided in its endeavors by the skintight superheroine outfits.
It’s also because it is not an unusual sight in the middle of some fighting or other action that makes it really stand out.
That is precisely why I wondered if that pose already had a name. It is an enough of an oddity that I assumed that at least the American fan community might have some name for it via our comics.
– Hisui