When I was young I got into anime and manga and japanese culture. I thought anything to do with japan was sooo cool.
It was the time when the internet was blossoming. As I learned more and more... I gained and lost respect for the culture. Every culture has an ugly side. But one of the things so ingrained there is just disgusting, is lolis.
The thing people dont understand is that lolis dont stop in japanese media with just anime/manga.
There are swimsuit model/panty magazines with children posing in them for sale.
Its kids parents bringing them to these shoots..... wonder what kind of dads they have? The kind that read the magazines and know which ones to be in? Fucking disgusting that seemingly no one bats an eye to this practice.
I will say, its been a while since I looked into this subject, as its not something I like to think about or focus on. Just one of those dark things you find out about that breaks your perception of something forever. Things may have changed, I vaguely remember hearing about legislation about lolis in anime/manga, but I doubt it.
That stuff is common all over the world. In fact it supposedly happens a lot more in America then in Japan. Russia also is pretty well known for doing that. ---
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