hm nice but if not panties then what.

Look like panties to me.

I think she means because she's got hose on over them.

that still doesn't really make any sense. :\

They must be made of some seriously bright fabric to appear that light over black hose.

RiderFan said:
They must be made of some seriously bright fabric to appear that light over black hose.

not all hose is opaque.

hytone said:
not all hose is opaque.

I know this. I have more pictures of pantyhose on my pc than anyone else on Danbooru (both CG and Real women).

I made the deduction of the fabric since her leg color is null.

Mayhap she's wearing her panties over the hose? Sounds like the only plausible thing at the moment... as weird as it is.

Maybe it's a bikini bottom instead. And bikini bottoms obviously aren't embarassing!

We may never know.

Whatever they are, they can't be over the hose if the hose's center line goes over them right?

did they ever say that on the show? I cant remember

I just discovered this myself.
http://s-witch.cute.or.jp/pants/index.html
"They're not panties, so it's not embarrassing!" is the official tagline of the series now.
Does this mean that all Strike Witches images should have the 'panties' tag removed?

...is that a serious question?

Not really, but I do wonder if maybe there should be a "not_panties" tag or something similar to reflect this catch phrase since it's so prevalent (there are over 3000 images on pixiv tagged with it). Like yukkuri_shitteitte_ne or kono_lolicon_domome.

She's obviously wearing pantyhose under panties, under another pair of pantyhose, which leaves the panties visible, but not her skin.
It's a pantswich on a pantswitch.