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Why did they cover up her navel in the original series?
It wasn't censorship because they love showing belly buttons and at least in the diglett episode she raises her hand and you can see her navel, so it's more of a her shorts are covering her belly button. But that wasn't fashionable at the time, it just seems like an odd choice, especially since her new appearances have her showing her navel despite being the same outfit.