It should be noted how young girls are almost always the victims of such pedophilic acts. Or Japan presents high school girls (aka teenagers) who are shipped with supernatural creatures that are at least a century old, like in Inuyasha or Noragami. A perfect example would be anime like Kodomo no Jikan which revolves around romantic love and sexual lust that third grader Aoki Daisuke (yes, that’s right) has for her 23-year-old virginal Daisuke sensei. When pedophilia isn’t presented with rose tinted glasses, Japan uses the “Oh, she looks 12 but she’s actually a 2000 year old mage cursed to forever look like a child” trope to claim that technically this wouldn’t be pedophilia. Not only is anime flooded with pedophilic relationships, it has them presented in such a manner as to make audiences root for them. Related Exposing the Cabal’s Global Child Abuse Network - Who or What is the Whore of BabylonĪ lot of people use the “Oh, it’s not real so it’s okay” logic to excuse a lot of questionable actions, but let’s face it – as a whole, the entire anime community has become numb (instead of still being repulsed and horrified) as to what should rightly repulse them. Right from incest to pedophilia to abuse – there isn’t much that Japan hasn’t kawaii-fied and presented to their non-Japanese audience as something that’s totally normal. (Sonal) Fans who’ve been watching anime for a while know that anime is an extremely problematic medium. As always, we offer this for your consideration, not to say we endorse or agree with everything that the article has to say. We’re sharing this specifically to highlight the normalization of pedophilia along with the normalization of disrespectful sexual views and practices, such as violating personal space without repercussion. The article also highlights other aspects of anime that the writer feels are unjust.
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) The following article exposes some of the sexualization of children in anime.