2015 may not have been the year of the drone, with the flying devices having already well established as providers of dazzling aerial photography or indiscriminate military death, but now a Japanese fashion brand has used the machines to save blushes by carrying off a first – a nude fan dance censored by a fleet of flying drones.

Under the title Kind Drone, the short sees two nude ballet dancers striking poses in their birthday suits, all while nimble and dexterous drones carrying small squares of paper shield their NSFW body parts in perfect time.

Check out the video, along with its twist ending, below:

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