Is 'Loli' culture in anime, and similar tropes, a gateway to pedophilia?

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Super Chad AI Robot 3000 (Banned) 30 Jun @ 3:25pm

July 2 edit: I've changed the topic slightly as generalizing ALL anime under this umbrella is wrong and disrespectful to genuinely well written anime and it's fanbase. I'm sorry.

And should it be banned from the west?

I've noticed one constant pattern, especially on Steam, when it comes hyper deprived perversion and being accused of pedophilia or sexual deviancy.

Anime surrounding loli culture, and similar subgenres, tropes, and aesthetics.

The culture surrounding these subgenres of anime appears to be deeply rooted in perversion, especially when it involves lolis, age-ambiguous characters, etc.

I think anime depicting lolis and similar imagery should be banned from the west and places like Valve/Steam should be doing more investigating around this behavior and these individuals possibly abusing this platform

Last edited by Super Chad AI Robot 3000; 2 Jul @ 4:45pm

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Electric Cupcake 30 Jun @ 3:28pm

No, now take your bait elsewhere, baka.

xDDD 30 Jun @ 3:29pm

No.

Fajita Jim 30 Jun @ 3:29pm

*Looks at Japan*

Sources say yes.

Super Chad AI Robot 3000 (Banned) 30 Jun @ 3:32pm

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:
No, now take your bait elsewhere, baka.

It's not even bait. If you can't see it when it's blatant then maybe you're part of the problem? Baka.

milliardo 30 Jun @ 3:32pm

Absolutely.

Maximus10113X 30 Jun @ 3:34pm

So long as the younger anime characters wear clothes that aren’t revealing then I don’t see the problem. If you are implying that having underage characters in anime is part of the problem, the same could be said for any underage characters in fiction.

I don’t really watch or play anything anime though, so take anything I say about it with a pinch of salt

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Fajita Jim 30 Jun @ 3:38pm

Originally posted by CookieClicker :):
It's no more a gateway than shooter games are to creating mass shooters.

In the land of used little girl panties in vending machines, magazine after magazine of preteens posing in underwear and lingerie, and ♥♥♥♥ like La Blue Girl or whatever it is.

Yeah, it's a symptom, not necessarily the cause. But for some, it can be the cause.

Last edited by Fajita Jim; 30 Jun @ 3:38pm

Under there 30 Jun @ 3:39pm

Depends what you watch

BunnieBealla 30 Jun @ 3:43pm

"Is anime-" yes uwu

[FFK3] Trovaa 30 Jun @ 3:45pm

no lol

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Tommy Salami 30 Jun @ 3:52pm

People saying yes need their hard drives checked immediately lol

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c Z p 30 Jun @ 3:54pm

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:
Originally posted by CookieClicker :):
It's no more a gateway than shooter games are to creating mass shooters.

In the land of used little girl panties in vending machines, magazine after magazine of preteens posing in underwear and lingerie, and ♥♥♥♥ like La Blue Girl or whatever it is.

Yeah, it's a symptom, not necessarily the cause. But for some, it can be the cause.

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Last edited by c Z p; 30 Jun @ 3:57pm

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